The New York herald., 1879-02-07
THE BILLIARD TOURNAMENT.

GARNER DEFEATS RuDoLPHE IN THE TWENTY
sixth GAME, AND GALLAGHER FALLS VIC
TIM TO sLossoN IN THE TwENrY-sEvENrH-
SOME VERY FooR PLAYING.
The afternoon game in the great billiard tourna'
ment the twenty-sixth, yesterday. was begun NJ
forty minutes after two O'Clock. Messrs. Rudolphe
and GARNER the players and as usual the
former was responsible for the delay. Sexton sat IN
reserved seat. The audience was not large hu
dophe won the lead and chose the white ball AS ne
chalked his cue previous to commencing he ex-
claimed TO the marker. 'Here! you got knife? Cut
out re stone out of zis" The spectators became ex
cossvely weary the slowness of hccontest and in
the midst of their yawning drowsiness they mad
nothing but Rudolphes peculiar mock heroics to
save them occasionally from dropping into slumber
When Rudolphe was engaged his third inning
Carriers umpire stepped forward to watch the baiis
more closely than he could while seated just then
Rudolphe made miss. and he could not neglect the
opportunty to create such little scene he most
delights in That's all your fault" cried he ex-
citedly "what do you want to come around me
for Eef You vaz nice looking man
vould not care but" and he shrugged his
shoulders. In his fourth inning Eudoiphe made
draw This was his first important run, amounting
to a. GARNER counted by open play. one shot
which went round the table being especially good.
In the eleventh inning Rudoiphe ran M to ~. Gar
nier piled up the figures till they reached 81
On the forty eighth inning Rudolphe made fine
masse The balls getting in questionable iuxtaposi-
ton, and the umpire again scrutnizing them very
closely Rudolphe stared at him and exclaimed with
tracically quizzcal air.
What again? You had better go home. you had.
You make me lose re game. damned sure!
Rudophe at one time made Ave misses and GARNER
four, nine altogether succeeding each other. amid
derisive laughter. GARNER. however, improved his
method during tho last hour. The game ended at
half past six. GARNER being the winner
The following is the score:-
Garnier-9 3, /. a.. 5. IS. 0. ls. o. o., 9,
ss s g. ss J. g. 81 To.ei o. Co., - 49, .
a. haa9ipneS 81 o. o. "a g. 49, o. 25 O. 81
]. 10, O. s. 1s,6. ls l. Is O. o. O. o. 0. 81 o. o.
o.I2 H. 42;e s7 oisr Total ,So5s.o Sos aec7
After the dinner hour large audience gathered in
the hail. but it not nearly filled and they were OF
previous evening. Mr. George +. Slosson and Mr..
Thomas J. Gallagher were ready for their encounter
precisely at eight anu 'ne na nat e n
usual duration. Many ladies were present. and they
evinced very great interest Sosson looked cool,
calm and confident, and Gallagher had very serious
and very intent expression of countenance- The
lead fell to the former and he opened very carefully
aiming for good position but failing to get it, Never
theiess he made 6 by the old fashioned open play and
lost the 62d by the accident OF kiss Gal
lagher scored and also lost by kiss: slosson,s
laghcr second inning brought him but three points
and Slossons third was rewarded With only l. Gal
lagher in the fourth inning counted "a points by
keeping the balls penned pretty closely in the lower
end Of the table and there grouped them. The
cushion served to give him his fifth shot and posi-
tion by means of which he urged them 70 the right
rail. He went with them only one-third OF it's
length, however and then returned to the
corner. After fine masse shot he miscued.
jumping the ball. and marked only %. Gallagher
Cautiously and with effort pursued the open policy
until he hanked the red and the white ball in the
lower left corner. Picking up 10 points there
h. fa1 md n
1sSs SSs' corner. u after turning which. about the
dftieth shot, he allowed them to separate,
only. however to gather thcm into the lower
right corner The tactics Of the nurse were practiced
.hout the distance toward the ton. clever
stroke-the 144th-avoided the crotch. BY the 14sth
they dispersed again. but returned obedientiy
and steady journey back along the right
rail was begun. measured by the light tapping
of the cue on the ivory. About three-ffths OF the
way down nasse was missed. The run counted
1877 and was warmly applauded Slosson fouled and
Gallagher played with the wrong ball. plumbers which
came in succession and countcrbslanced each other.
In the ninth inning Slosson employed his 'cele-
brated nursing tactics with great success although
he complained that the frequent masse shots made
the black and the red in his front near the upper
cushion. turned the corner dcftly and trudged down
thirds to the bottom. He turned again the one
hundred and thirty eighth stroke After the one hum
dred and forty the balls were frozen at the right
corner. On the 160h he turned back. after several
mastery manruvres, to the right rail and when half
way its length marked 202. The 22lst shot, which
he missed was comparatively an easy one. In the
fifteenth inning Slosson repeated the same tactics and
scored Z3G. Gallagher then made 62. Sosscn made
no more than Is ut thereafter, and Gallagher no
more than o. In the twenty second inning Slosson
won by a count OF 4. The score is as follows:-
Slosson-61. 0, ], o. %, 2 o, 221, q. Z, $780, o.
l5 1, 8, g. l, 4. Total, G00
Gallagher 2, 0. "a. 1877, 2, o, 2 o. g. o. o.
g. 4, :, ., i. 3. Total, 321.
Winners aycrage. ~ 622; loser average, Is 621.
There will be no 2ame played this afternoon. In
tho evening The great contest between Slosson and
acb will tax via