Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-03-18
PALACE PARLORS.
. Grand Billiard Tournament
Monday Night
AT w. r. CARRIERS NEW BILLIARD
PARL0RS.
A Large Crowd Witness the Game.-An
Elegant Place.-An Interesting
COntest.-Caroms.

Contest.-Caroms.
Lovers of the game of billiards
'itnessed an interesting and, at
ines, exciting contest Monday night
t w. R. Carter's new parlors, be-
ween Prof. Jno. Donovan, an expert
.mateur Of st. Louis, and Mexico's
,est manipulation of the "~ivories."
Both are No. l players, well known
" admirers of the game throughout
he state, consequently large crowd
vas present long before the hour
announced for the contest to begin
} o'clock sharp.
A description of the new place will
not be out of order. Mr.. Carter has
spent fully $1,000 in fixing up and
identifying his billiard parlors and
saloon. The latter is flushed ele-
in cherry and ash wood, with
mahogany bar; the floor is of flag
stone; the bar fixtures are the very
finest to be had the walls are deco
rated with paintings pleasant to look
upon, and the windows r shaded
with elegant lace curtains. The finest
cut glass graces the side-boards, just
in front of large French mirrors.
Everywhere universal taste is dis
played, much of which is due A. E.
Garrett, who did the painting and
decorating.
The billiard and pool tables are
new and of the best maka-the Bruins
wick Bake Collendar tables with the
unrivaled Monarch" cushions-and
are greatly admired by patrons OF
the game. John Mckinley, Jr., has
charge of the billiard hall and Gene
Tomlinson, the prince of clever fei
lows, is head bartender.
Billie Carter is one of the leading
horse men of the state and has al
extended acquaintance all over thu
country. Whatever he does he doe
right He started out to fix up tn
daisy saloon in the west and he ha
succeeded beyond his W expects
tions.
THE GAME.
The first game was three ball straigt
billiards, Donovan playing 500 points t
the amateurs 200.
In banking for the lead Donovan VOL
chose the white ball and after scoring
: round-the table shots got the balls in II
y lower right hand corner, where he MAE
s and the balls broke. He closed his fir
inning with l9 to his credit. The amateI
counted 8 and retired. In the second il
n ming Donovan made l and the amateur
effort netted him a goose egg. The thi
d inning Melted 81 for the ST. Louisian.
If the eighth the amateur made 20 by car
full nursing and out on an easy one. T
expert chalked his dandy cue in t
. twelfth and went in for the biggest run
20 the evening. After securing 10 roun
the table he got them in the lower rig
d hand corner, where he handled the ba
40 like affectionate triplets. On the 4
shot he made a beautiful turn up the
rail, made 35 and missed an easy caro-
st The amateur got the balls in the upl
right corner and quit with Is, his i
u shot, a difficult masse, eliciting applau
donovan turned his second hundred
the seyenteeth inning, the Mexican hav
So, Donovan made the most difficult s.
NC of the game, a masse, but fouled the |
re with his sleeve. lie made 81 in
twenty-second inning and completed O.
i'll half of the desired 500. After the TWEEN
seventh inning, when Gloomy" made
both players seemed to be badly rat'
ar as they missed comparatively easy sh
y. with charming regularity. Donovan
1T. covered himself in the thirty-fifth
counted %, making several fine d
:. shots which were applauded on t
LII merits. Donovan added 95 to his 81
we IN the succeeding nineteen innings W
ird the amateur, who had been improvin:
the game progressed, was making rs.
=, the sixty-second inning the ANA
played some pretty billiards until he
VS. made IA, when he miscued on an
OF one. Donovan, 444; amateur, 1873.
his, Donovan made &c in the sixty-fo
md and the amateur made / and misc
He completed his score in the sixty-t
"a, leading the St. Louisian at 473. App
isi' ed is the score in full:
sell Donoyan-l9, /, 81, 10, 3, O., 3, 2,
all 0, rs, 20, s, Z, l, IL, |, 0, /, Is, O, q,
IA, Al, o., g., 0, 0, 0, 2, 8, 25, l,3,3, O.,
/, 4, 6, o, IL, o,3 s, 90, s, 0, 0, 2, 9,
em- IL, 8, O, l, 0, &c, 3-47S. Average,
65; highest runs, rs, Al, 81, "a.
Amateurs, D, 2, 5, 8, 1, L, 20, 0.
lble is, /, 4, O., 2, o, 8, Q, 0, 2, /, L, 2, 0,
This 8, o, 1, 2, Q, 9, 0, Ia, 0, o, l, 0, s, o,
4, IL, O, 6, /, 4, L, q, 5, "a, 5, 2, Z,
Ia, l, IA, 8, L, i-20g. Average, 0
vrus Highest runs, 30, re, II, IL
The. Time of game, two hours and
:. minutes.
D BALE-I4NE GAME.
~eo- In the e game etwee the
1T OF PLAYERS Donovan was to play 200 !
balk-line to the amateurs 100 !
straight billiards. In this game,
the preceding one, the Mexican can
'a.o victorious. Both players were In
lveiy bad form and made no shots of in
are ance, except in the eighteenth !
,ouId when the amateur made ~ beauties
,,h.r in the thirtY-second when Donovaii
% neat the right rail. Following
score:
sscR. Donovan-1l, 1, 8, 6, Is, =, 0, o,
SIZED o, 2, II, 2, 2, 8, /, 10, o, 0. 4, Q, s, 4
80. /, 6, O, o, %, s., 0, 2, o, 5, 0, s--it9.
'ause age, 8 1899. Highest runs, Is, 10,
lind Amateur-e, O, /, 0, O. 4, 1, 8, 0,
body /, /, o, z, /, -, 0, 2, l, 4, o, 81, 9
o, 4, Z, 0, !. IL, 4. ], 2, 6, l, ]
elves Avarsua 9lz Highest ruua. 10.