Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-05-16

vignaHH Defeated ia the GaMs a
Cushion CArrOsna.
! VETERAN JOSEPH pIoSs GREAT UPHILL CANE
AND BRILLIANT VICTORY.

From ~ New Yora Sun.
The cushion carrom tournament IN whisA
Maurice Vignaux, Jacob Schaefer, william Sc =
ton, Maurice DAILY, Joseph Dion. Eueene Garter
and Thomas Wallace are pgtted against each
other. began in Tammany hall last evening. Tia
games are 500 points up. on 4 AZ BY Collepdar
table. The prizes are gold and silver billiard
table, by Is inches, and 81 200 cash 10 nrst
man, $500 to second, $500 to third, ssoo to
fourth, and 800 to NTH
There is much speculation among billiard mea
as to who will come to the front IN this tour.
ney, the compact table and uncertainties OF the
game rendering the anal result perplexingly
doubtful
the French champion. and Dion, winner OF the
cushiou-carrom tournament In Cooper institute.
November, 1881.
The hall was well filed when Messrs yicnaux
and Dion appeared at s. 10. Mr. Budd Sconeld
acted al marker and referee Dion led of with ina
white ball, making one point vignaux failed
to count. The first double figures were male
by Dion Ia the fifth innings where a run OF Is
gave him total or 10. against for yignaux
Dion made doubles OF 10 twice, up 10 the If
teenth inRing. the score standing S. to SO In hie
favor. Nignaux took sip of amber-coiorcd
liquid from phid before using his cue ia RI
fifteenth inning. His face, rendered pale by his
late sickness, assumed Q reddish tinge when 40
faced the held OF green again. BY fne open and
corner play and subtle draw shots he clicked OF
40 points. following In the next inning with 10
Dion doubled again with IL I'm the twentieth IN
ming, Vignaux making 8. which sent his score
up TO an even 100, an average of 5. Dion had y
buttons to his credit.
So far there was little excitement. but the
players were greeted with liberal applause on
the achievement of difficult shots. Dion ma 1e
brilliant Observation-Disclosures shot In his
FtWenty-second inning, ending with run Of IL.
ms gave him 100 with his opponent only
points In the lead. Vignaux gathered Ia IN Tia
twenty-second Inning. and by beautiful play In
the twenty -fourth added IL 10 his String. stem
ping back on rather difficult bank shot. This
sent Dion IS points to the rear
Eignaux made his second hundred in exactly
eight Innings, averaging 12h He had resumed
his old form. Dion was Sc points away at this
time.
vignaux logged steadily ahead OF Dion IN the
SUVth block. run OF 10 IN the rty-second
inning sent the French champion up TO 3o6.
Dion was resting at his 2l1th mile post
Slow play was the feature I'm the 4OOth block.
vignaux requiring seventeen innings to get
through 1t. Dion crept up few points In this
block. The score at the end Of the ifty-ninth
inning was 406 to S2S In favor OF vignaux.
Dion turned into his 5O0th block In the 18th
inning. with run OF l6. He followed this with
run Of 20. making his score 400 He WAS
slowly creeping up to his opponent, being less
than 80 points behind. Ripples OF excitement
began to creep through the hall AZ yignaux tell
on In his play and Dion strengthened. The
veteran played very carefully, receiving rounds
OF applause at each difficult shot. At this stare
OF the game Dion made So In innings, while
Vignaux scored points only. In the SD In.
ming Dion ran 10, and then stopped to look at
the string. He was then only 16 points behind.
Trudging uphill gamey and steadily, he ran hie
500 points out, and won the game In the S5th
inning. The veteran was applanded to the
echo at the finish. His friends nearly twisted
his hand OF by their vigorous congratulations.