The sun., 1881-11-27
NIP AND TUCK AT TIE CLOSE.
SLOSSON AND MORRIS MAKING A HARD
IfGHT FOR THIRD PLACE.
Wallace Losing his shnncs for n Prtze In tho !
Aiternoor's Piny-The Averages th"t were |
Made In tho Tourns by All the Men. |

Auernoor's PIay--The Averages that were
Made In tho Tournament by All the Men.
When Dion and Schaefer won the first and
second prizes in tho billiard tournament on
Friday night Slosson. Morris. and young Wal
lace had ench won five games aud lost four.
The third and fourth prizes lay between thepl.
and yesterday the ties were played. Morris
and Wallace met at noon and played game OF
300 points. and Slosson then played and de-
feated the loser OF the former game. Wallace.
This left Wallace out OF place. In the evening
Slosson and Morris played for tho two prizes.
Morris is. perhaps. the slowest player In the
tournament. and his gamo with Wallace lasted
noarly four hours. Norris led of with 8. and
Wallace missed. In the 18th inning Wallace
made Is. and the score stood In his
favor 33 to II. Ho increased his lead
by steady play, while Morris lost ground
by half dozen bad misses. In the
9th inning Morris. who stood "a. made II
pointe. and followed It INN ediately with IL and
then with H. He missed IN the seth iuninR.
and stood TO- This brought him up 10 Wallace
on even innings. By two runs Of Is zach in tho
seth and 37th innings Morris placed himself "a
points in the lead. Wallace nadea run OF 10 in
the 40th inning. and came within Q OF Morris.
who presently wdened the gap by a run OF II.
Wallace went ahead again In the 49th inning.
when he ran &c by good open play. The scors
then stood 148 to 1873. Both mon then play I'D
poorly for ten innings. during which however.
Morris gained little. 80 that q run OF in tho
6lst and an other in the esd inning put him once
more in the lead. Wallace recovered his place
for n few rounds. but in tho 10th inning Morris
ran 13. and stood 191. with Wallace q behind.
From this point Wallace failed to hold his
ground He made a run OF 10. but Morris ran
IL. l3. and IA. and by more careful play ran the
game out in the l06th inning. when Wallacs
; nsa W..os won their IN the
3 Ho![;9s 8 q H. ls Is o. g. is
S9sso = = .vsi.f. !. s : J. o. o. o. l. . H. a
& g. ! 70 = : a.g. 49,. 8.
o-2e2 Average. 52iOS
slosson next played Wallace, who had already
table. sl1Sson led with l. and Wallace followed
with II. Up to tho eighth inning he led slos;
but 10. The score was then 90 to 25.. In tbs next
inning they tied at 81. and then Wallace went
slowly. but surely. from that point IN the game:
A tho thirty-siAth inning ne was 80 ahead OF
Spd the trS 4 hGa k9p about .t d
his lead TO So. Wallace ssoned TO loss heart
and he mado frequent misses. Blossoms best
runs vera four, 81 10 each. IL. "a. IL. and
Is. He m.ssd IN tho Goth inning. with but one
70 go. and finished his 800 points in tho next
inning. Wallace then was So points behind.
The score was:
Il. s?;'sns' 5 81 $ H. 8 3 50
s$sssI }, e E 'sf =
WAi,afs-li IS 10 l. Is g 70
~, ( i.+,o.O:. :.o,i.s, 10 TX { s,i;I -, !.
) j. o. IRA AS.i..: = 10
The, game in the evening between slosson
slossop led OF in good shape, scoring is and
y Il The thttd and fourth Innings, MoFri.
SSliS,so9 f"i!owsi presently WIN "a; then with
ssorel Is and ha 49, fr Morris n4es mesn,m: ne
an an sS apfeS to saca d2nSG ses
sons string OF 1872; on tho tl!tieth inning Sos-
son wass 2g5 and Morris 1850 behind Nor
and in the sixty-eighth inning he had reduced
Slossous lead TO /; Sosson went ahead again
innine. This load he held despite run Of il
by Morris and many other good shots. until the
m Mclrs cmo nanf In TasR sa Within s i, run Sons si
la, his 1924 inning slosson got the
balls together in bunch In the lower corner
the feat in tho upper corner. and by rail play
scored Il, This eavo him a lead OF 80 ovor
S0sson continued TO lsad Norris by from 80 TO
40 points. and ran out IN the ll9th inning eav.
ing Morris with &c 10 mako. Tho game lasted
four hours. Tho score was as follows:
slosson-5. 5. II, ~, /, . 5. .. =. H. T. o. 10
g. y o. = - l. L. o. l. 9. 4. 3 H. 10 g. o. q. g. !, o T.
o =, u. o l. s., q, O, 5. - @ J.. O,ae3, -
q , =. / :. j. 8 5. $ 9. o. l. a'i.0s ;. T. II o :
> o. s. q. d o. D o l. 3 & 10 iycr-ge. a3lia
Motf.>-u. - .. % . g. Z ~. !. O. o. T. u. IL. ~
5ooi.i ~ 4, 4o ~, 10, aga ~
5 . L. l. o. j. l. 2.7 o. l. 2 o. ~. o. 7. o. /. 4. u
a. - = l. o. 10 o. l. !. Q. . y. 2 !. l. U, o. l. L. o.
90. .. l lO-;5+ Average 5 50,
The diamond emblem will be presented to