The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-22
THE BILLIARD TOURNAMENT

SECOND DAYS pLAY-RupoLpHE DEFEATS GAL
IAeHER, GOO TO 439, AND DAILY DEFEATS
HEIsER, 600 TO 100-sExToN TO PLAY IN
THE TOURNAMENT
The second game of the billiard tournament was
played at Cooper Institute yesterday afternoon in
presence of 800 persons more being ladies.
The contestants were A. p. Rudolphe. of New York,
and Thomas j. Gallagher. of St. Louis. In strnging
for the lead Gallagher won. For twenty innings
nothing remarkable occurred and but little brilliant
execution displayed. The score then stood
Gallagher. lOI; Rudolphe. 81. IN his twenty first
inning Gallagher counted 1873 points. giving
him total of 2S7. This run in many par
ticuars was brilliant. though had it not been for
scratch early in the effort his subsequent sue
cessful nursing would not have occurred. Still,
the delicate of touch which the St. Louis
player showed was duly appreciated and gem
erously applauded. Rudolphe followed with II. and
the end of his twenty inning he ZIG points
down. 1t looked seriously for him and he took OFF
his coat. Several fine plays around the table and a
good deal OF nursing resulted in the total of ITO
before he broke his nest The next eight nine in
nings were commonplace. and when Gallagher sat
,Ss hsa Of " The Was s, AN
worked vigorously. With excellent Judgment aud skill
full nursing along the rail he added 159 to his
score. which placed him the leader by 66 points. At
the end Of the thirty eighth inning Gallagher 70
points the worst Of It, The latter then missed,
did '.au. and again another opportunity was given
the st. Louis player. but again his shot was blank
when the Frenchinan. making run of 81, his score
showed 500 and victory by lGi points. Time of game
Oh 19m. Eugene Carter was umpire for Gallagher
and E. A. Smith for Rudolphe. The score was as fol-
lows-
80 ITO. o. 49, 49, 4. s. IL. Is. l59. Q, AZ, 49,
Z, Is. 0, $500
Gallagher 6. 5. 81, 7, g. 49, O. 8. 2. 81. 2
O. o. o. 1. 1873. T. L. o. ?. /. 49, 49, 40 q 4s. l. g.
10, 0, 0--439.
Winners average, Is; losers average. 10 s9-4O
EVENING GAME.
The third game OF the tournament played in
the evening before fine audience. Maurice Daily, of
New York. and John Randolph Heiser. of Boston.
came together A. G. sauer acted as umpire for
Daily and d. T. Pusifer for Heiser. Mr.. NJ. Geary
was the referee, and g. II. Ellis official marker
Heiser won the lead, and points was the result
of the play. Daily scored half that number III his
initial effort. Safety shots were then made by each
opposite the New Yorker. Daily in his fourth inning
clicked the balls along the lower rail to the tune of
49, the score then being,Daly, 80; Heiser g. AT the
points while Heiser had 10 marked up for him. In
the tenth inning Heiser got the balls to suit his
notion somewhat. and by careful nursing counted
C2. Several misses occurred at this juncture
Daily exclamng to his umpire after one of his
failures, II don't know how it is" Days
ifteenth inning was OF great service to him. The
balls acted finely and by pretty and cautious nurs
ing he did not leave the table until 233 had been
netted for the effort. This made him just 81
ahead of the Dostonian the announcement of which
was received with tumultuous cheers. Heiser then
missed, when DAILY again got the pals together, ana
nursing them up and down the rail just lie
liked, he supplemented his big run with another
though not large. yet still of three figures
it being 175 This made the total-Daly, 553;
Heiser n. The game now looked foregone concu-
sion for the New York lad and with two three
of unimportance Daily in his nineteenth inning
stood 5o3-only 81 to win. Heser scored
Z in his twentieth attempt and failed to do
better by sheer carelessness. He left the balls
"all in a heap" for DAILY who ran the 81 required
right off the reel, which credited him with the game
and brilliant victory. Time Of game p. 3sm. The
full score is appended
DAYS, 0, o. 80. o. 6, H. SO, l, o. o. G, 0, 0, 233,
ITS, 9, 9, 6, X-G00.
Heiser-sW 0. Q. 8. o. o. o. g. 2. 2. /. o. o. o.
!, IT, 0, TOO.
Winners average, 80; losers average, s.
SEXTON COMPETE
Sexton has consented to play in the tournament.
and tonight he will meet Slosson The game is
pected to be brilliant and exciting.
In the afternoon Gallagher and GARNER viii play.