, 1881-09-04
SPORTING.

BILLIARDS.
The proposed c.&slaioll-tarrom tournament
in New York see1us to lnect with favor
everywhere among billiartl-1uvers, as this
style uf game is rapidly increasing in pupu-
lar'ty-its strength lying largely i'll the fact
that it brings good players upon = mnre
equal footing tfian any If tile nursing y
games. For instance, Sexton nay outptay
DAILY fer tile lirst half Ut the gl,le, but he
will never be so lar AHEAD but that Daily can
possibly overtake him. Then, too. the
cu5!lion-carr0m &;s.1iac, is illustrated by ey~
perts, is Il peculiarly charming game by rea-
sui Ut the immense variety Ut execution it
laiuires. "Senator" Mike Gc:try has un-
tlcrtaken tile vurkin@-up uf the propnsed
New York tournament, and has just issued
i circular in which, ;ttuonE uther things, he
SAYS:
The games will bc .0U points each tquitc lonsL
The amount nf pr,z.s is :,4D, and guild cup Uf
rrcat value: the hn'dcr ut it is subject tu i
cftt!ieu=c aud shall be compelled 10 piuy ID tth
days tIcn npticc IT said challenge, and fur not
!c>s than <:,e1a side. Thus ru: may seem stern.
rertisin2 either himself Or business. II player
holds the cup one ychr nnbeaten it becomes his
given where tiltiard-lubic manp1acturcr
WAS not interested. It, is given Under tho
patronage of Mr. Nichard Hoach, OF the st.
l.uuis Turf Exchange, simply to see who is.tho
best hlliarl player, ,al,d not vim any ,nercenary
n.utvc. The difficult character Of cushion
c1trron,s requires not unly corrcGt, but the fast
xtublc OF tho J. ~. Brunswick Il llalke Co.'S
wlll he used. Ehc referee shall be Il profess
siUual player, either active or rctired-One
whose knowledge of billiards is thorough, whu:c
honesty is above reproach, anu whu will decide
promptly. It is cnlculntr1 to hnvc seven ez,-
tries. snouid = greater number wish to enter
their chuicc will hc determined hy preliminary
tournament This afAir will eclipse evcrythin,
Of its kind held heretofore. and will bcgiu the
latter part Ut October.
-Atno1aS the players eligible without dis
putc for this tournament are Scllacfer,
Siusson, Sexton, DAILY. GARNER, and Wig
naAx, but it is very doubtful il either uf tile
French1nell can bc induced to rul1le over and
try conclusions with the American experts
bonuses nowadays But it is highly ttcsir;i-
bic that the West bc represented lit tile
tt,urllamrtlt-ii1 fact, such representation is
essential i'll order that it may be National III
satctSs e,t 3s W:t WS's5r'y ths playSr s to rsprf @
lace, of Chicago. i Voting !nan whose
recent performances 1T atcushiun curru,lls have
been such It's u entitle Tim u entrance.
Wallace Is young paycr-about the age Of
Srllar1cr when the latter first tuok Ie:ttiNv
iaak alnony the first experts of the world
aud, like Scftlctcr, Is Il modest, retiring
young lttAn who expects IL n.lkc lame with
the stick and nut with tilc chin. Wallace
has discounted the strongest amateurs If
N44I%lt1V III Al1E IA9t tNV llltutll9 at ElSHiOA
carrolas, and seldom LOST game. liz las :lv-
er;lSttl frun. three 10 fur III every :salnu Of
lUu points, aud nut ol1ce in ten times l1as
taile1l Il, nal*. runs 0f twenty tu thirty. Ills
skill Is unGoubtcd, ard he t,;ls The respect
and confidence 0f :ll win k1,nw him. Let
Wallace be admitted Us the Western, repre-
sentative III the tournament. by all means.
ATHLETIC.
The athletic and pugiliS;ic exhibition given
1t Mccormick Hall last evening under the
infringement Of ''ParsoE'' Charles L. Da-
yies, tile principal attraction being iii cxhi-
lition BY john l.. Sullivan, the champiun
heavyweight Of the country, drew out Il
large audience, not less than 1000 people
being present to witness the various eycnts
OH tie program. showing that such cxhibi-
tions, when well conducted. will he patron
izeGl by a respectable class 0f citizens. l1and-
some silver cups were offered fvr the best
light, middle. and heavy weight sparrers,
and 4 wrestling match bctwee, Duncan e.
il6ss; the ;ll-round champion wrestler of Cam
ada, 3uu. T. ". johnson, was also set down !
to ochhr. .-
AuloNg the lisht~weishts the first contest
ants EFIc William and Charles Saunders;
wllo spaffel three rounds in very scientific
manner. .tlletcup being awarded to William !