Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-05-17
CLICKING THE IVORIES.
THE BILLIARD CHAMPIONS
PLAYING IN NEW YORK.

Nignaux and Dion Again Pitted Against
Each Other-Vignaux the FavOrite-
Dion the Winner by Fifteen Points
Pretty but Not Brilliant Playing the
Rule.
/ Nsac York San
! The cushion carrom tournament in
winch Maurice NignauX, Jacob Schaefer,
( William Sexton, Maurice Daly. ,Josenh
Dion, Eugene Carter, and Thomas wal
lace are pitted against each other, began
in Tammany Hall last evening. The
games are 800 points up, on a AZ by Q
Collender table. The prizes are a cold
and silver billiard table, by lS inches.
and $1,000 cash to first man, $500 to
second, 5000 to third, $500 to fourth, and
5000 to fifth.
There is much speculation among bill
lizard men as to who VIII come to the front
in the tourney, the compact table and
uncertainties of the game rendering the
final result perpleXingly doubtful.
The opening contest was between Wig
nauX, the French champion, and Dion,
winner OF the cushion carrOm tournament
in Cooper Institute, November, 1881.
The hall was well filled when Messrs.
NignauN and Dion appeared at $40. Mr..
Budd Schofield acted as marker and re-
ieree. Dion led of with the white ball.
making one point. Vignaux failed TO
count. The first double figures were
made by Dion, in the fifth inning, where
run of 10 gave him total of 10, against :
for NigDauX.
Dion made doubles of 10 twice, up to
the fifteenth inning, the score standing SO
to - In his favor. NignauX took a sip of
amber-colOred liquid from phial before
using his cue in his fifteenth inning. His
face, rendered pale by his late sickness.
assumed reddish tinge when he faced
the field of green again. BY fine open and
corner play and subtle draW-shOts he
clio ked off 40 points, following in the next
inning with 10. Dion doubled again with
II in the twentieth inning, NignauX max
ing ., which sent his score up to an even
100, an average of .. Dion had - buttons
to his credit.
SO far there was little excitement, but
the players were greeted with liberal ap-
plause on the achievement of difficult
shots. Dion made a brilliant twice-around-
the-table shot in his twenty-second inning,
ending with run of Il. This gave him
100, with his opponent only points in
the lead. NignauX gathered IA in his
twenty-second inning, and by beautiful
play i'll the twenty-fOurth added Il to his
string, stepping back on rather difficult
bank shot. This sent Dion 55 points TO
the rear.
VignauX made his second hundred in
exactly eight innings, averaging 121I. He
had resumed his old form. Dion was SO
points away at this time.
NigneauX logged steadily ahead of Dion
IN the 300th block. A run of l9 in the
fOrty-secOnd inning sent the French cham
piOn up to 305. Dion was resting at his
21lth mile post.
Slow play was the feature in the 4OOth
block, NignauX requiring seventeen in
ningS to get through it. Dion crept IN n
few points in this block. The score at the
end of the tifty-ninth inning was 4OS to
32S in favor of VignauX.
Dion turned into his five hundredth
block in the seventy-fifth inning, with
run OF IL. He followed this with a run of
20, making his score 400. He was Slowly
creeping up to his opponent, being less
than fifty points behind. Ripples of ex-
began to creep through the han
as NignauX fell off in his play and Dion
The veteran PLAYED very
receiving rounds of applause
at each difficult shot. At this stage of
the game Dion made 81 in seven innings.
while NlgnauX scored points only. In
the eighty-third inning Dion ran Ia and
then stopped TO look at the string. He
was then only Ii points behind. Trudging
up hill gamely and steadily he ran his 500
points out, and won the game in the
inning. The veteran was an
plauded to the echo at the finish. His
friends nearly twisted his hand off by their
vigorous congratulations.
Following is the score:
Dion, l, l, l, 10, l, 0, l, ., I, 1, 10.
0, 10, 8, 3, 3, 1, 0, u, II, IS, 6, l. II. 10
!, I, 10, 3, II, ., 0, /, 0, 10, l. 0. 3. o. q,
D, IA, II, 20, l, &, !, @, 1, 0, I, 7. 1S. 4 O.
1, 13, s, 3, 8, 7, 2, :, 0, 9, 6, /, 6. O. o o
= 4, l6, 20, 3, 3, s, 6, :, s, %, ., 800.
Average, 15-17.
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