The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-23
THE BILLIARD TOURNAMENT.

GALLAGHER AND GARNER PLAY VERY cLosn
GAME, WHICH Is WON BY THE FORMER BY
Ii PoINrs-sLossoN DEFEATS SEXTON 600 TO
81 AND MAKES RUN OF AL, THE LARGEST
ON RECORD.
Inc fourth game of the billiard tournament at the
cooper institute brought together players yester.
DAY afternoon Albert GARNER, of New York. and
ihomas D. Gallagher. OF st. Louis Mo. In stringing
or the lead the referee unable to decide had
won, and the order '.String over aaain was given
amid laughter GARNER proved the better man in the
second attempt He Went to work with his coat on,
looking every inch quiet. gcntlemanly cueist The
oais broke tMriy Tor his FIRST effort, and with little
judicious nursing he was credited with 40 points
Gallagher took OFF his coat aud commenced
cautiously. He missed. GARNER ran mn 80
i'll his second inning, and sat down with
total OF 81 TO blank for the Western man. II
l05 10 in favor Of the Frenchman at the end NJ
the fifth inning In his trial the latter failed TO
score. and Gallagher went to the table determnedy.
His face the ''do or die expression Careful
playing placed the balls together and making the
best possible use of the opportunity the marker
counted SO as the contribution to his score. Then
they ''roze and being spo ted, Thomas missed in
his over anxiety and resumed his seat. Score
lO6 to los, i'll favor OF Gallagher. Interest in.
creased III the result. and the players looked
at each other and laughed. In fifty minutes
the marker announced. Even game-107 ALL"
At the end of the eighteenth inning the
to 2l2 in favor OF St. Louis GARNER acknowledged he
was beaten; but from that time on he fought ter
ribly, though he 2s6 down at the end of the
twentieth inning There were go As. IS, 69. Al added
to his score. while Gallagher was compelled to be
eoana Snt TIE difference b saa smaller Tier
men was less than loo. With miss for
Gallagher. there were coughs and low whistles
throughout the house, aud the spectators seemed
intensely excited. GARNER was only So points the
worst OF II when ne commenced his twenty ninth
inning. III he ever gets them the rail he
it out said his umpire. He sat down for 80 aud
from the lips of lady on the platform louder
looked around and smiled Then Gallagher sot
another chance. He quickly lost it. He could only
nier. 5o7. The Frenchman becoming more
confident. and 70 more made in the next
inning left him only ten points behind.
The spectators held their breath. Everybody
stood i'll their seats and craned their necks and in
clined their bodies to get good views Of the table
for Il GARNER added more to his score. and there
were only three points between them5s9 to $50. The
Frcnchman, all excitement, made another essay and
point the result. Then Gallagher secured I,
and the marker amid profound silence
nounced. .'Mr. Gallagher has to go. and Mr..
dred regrets dropped from every part of the
Eouse. 1t was fair audience and. "May the best
table very nervous. He counted /. O. 8. and. with
trembling hands. made the last shot. Camel"
shouted the marker and every soul in the hall gave
the victor credit GARNER fought terrible up hill
battle and almost won it clean out Of the fire.
The score AZ follows:-
Gallagher1o o. 3 2. 96. O. "a. s. as. s. "a. H. So.
g. 49, 8. 20. 90 9. g. %. 4. 0. 49, 10. 1. A.
60O
Garnier-42 49, q d. l. o. @ II, a. H. IL, Is. IS, /,
O-5S7
Winners average IT 22-sa; LOSERS average II 9-sl.
Time of game. Oh. 20m.
sRxroN.
William Sexton. OF New York, and George +. Slos.
son. Of Chicago. ILL.,. met in the evening. The house
was crowded. and ministerial faces could be picked
out by the dozen There were scores Of ladies' in the
t fair r sex na and bs she was
referee briefly explained Sections position regarding
the tournament and then introduced the old antao.
nists. Both the appeared in 90 Cd health and in
their attires looked II they had just Jumped from
bandboxes. Sexton never seems capable of great
fatigue, but said he felt every WE'LL The lead fell
to Sosson and he failed to count Sexton also missed
Slosson, in his second essay the balls into
and they yielded "a before he was compelled to sit
down Sexton failed to count until the third inning
when he made 4. This broke the ice and pleased the
house. Slosson in the sixth inning coaxcd the
balls to the side rail, and before he got through
with peting them he compiled H. Every shot
applauded. the house being in excellent humor and
added only 2 TO his still meagre score.
the figures standing 1913 to % in favor OF
Slosson. BY this time the manners Of the men
were compared. Sosson is quick. almost jerky in
his movements while Sexton is deliberate, and
seems bundle of method aud calculation. slosson'a
seventh essay was q unit only, and Sexton misset
ant result SO far the New Yorker was CONCERNED,
it proved the beginning of the longest rum on
record The spectators to this juncture afraid
apparently. tho game would at least open stupidity.
slossons play dispced that fear He soon placed the
balls along the rail- and then round and round the
table he slowly nursed and clicked them. 1t rs.
3d. 70, 1O0. l50 200 $50. 800. Would he !.
miss9 The applause deafening. Still
rail to rail they went slowly but surely. the
being heard the remotest OF the hail. Tho
marker cried $780," and to the audience
cheered On and on he nursed the worries and. doing
just what he wanted with them. they went pipg up
the grand total until 400 was reached All this time
Sexton coolly looked and occasionally smile
When sSsson his broke his wss aars
"Ahl" from 500 throats. ''The longest
run on record said the referee. This
and moro panlcmonium. The stood Slosson.
570 Sexton 25-rather bad predicament for the
great player vino met the best in the world. With
apparent unconcern. and seeming to care no more
than il the game even terms, Sexton went to
the table, but he retired with a. making his total 81
Sosson added then Sexton skiiully counted 80 and
many hoped he would get the balls on the rail, mia
opponent had done, but he failed The tally 57j
TO 81 in favor of Siosson. Now the audience was
wrought up to the pitch Of excitement, snd though
talked in loud tones, yet there whisper.
ings and mutterings on every hand. Ten more fell
to Sosson his tenth essay and Sexton could only
contribute to his string 5losson needed only
II to make game, and it seemed dollars to
cents that he wonid nI t up the
to go. Sexton had another opportunity, but missing.
his last chance was gone. Slosson easily made the
required. which him game. COO to 81 beating his
antagonist 5l3 points. Sexton was the first to con-
graduate the winner. which he did very heartily.
Time of game-onc hour. thirteen minutes. The
slosson-, "a. 2. o, H. II. L. AL, 3. 10. IL. Goo.
Sexton--o. 0. 4. IL. l. z, o. ~. 30. 8. 0-s1
Winners average. 30; losers average. lOl1.
The game in such short time that Mr..
Rudolphe requested to give exhibition of
fancy shots. which he did
This afternoon DAILY meets Gallagher and in the
evening Schacfer plays ludolphe
WILLIAMSBURG ATHLETIC CLUB.