Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-19
D0DDS' GREAT GAME.
The Pittsburger Plays in Good Form
and Defeats Ed. Burris.
MORE FINE BILLIARD PLAYING.
Local Ball Club Directors to Prefer Grim
inal Charge Against O'Connor.
GENERAL SPORTING NEWS OF THE DAY

There was some good billiard playing
yesterday at the Grand Central Rink, three
very interesting games being played. TIVE
men played in tine afternoon and there was I
good attendance to witness them. Tht
interior OF the building was extremely com
Portable and the spectators enjoyed them
selves immensely. Mr.. Shaw again ofiiciatet
! as referee.
| The first contest was between Champion Nc
Laughlin and ]. H. Cline, both from Philadel
phia. They made very exciting contest OF it
Nc LaughlIn soon went well to the front and in
the early part of the game it looked as II he
won Id be an easy winEer. But in the last hun
dred he went considerably out of form and
Cline began to get dangerously near to him.
| Mclaughlin apparently became ratified and In
| IL breaks he only scored l3 points. This gave
| Cline an excellent opportunity, but he. too,
| "went to pieces" and even failed to play up to
his ordinary form. During the game Cline
made some splendid shots around the table
which drew forth rounds of applause. But M C.
Laughlip was much his superior in nursing
the balls and Cline's inability on that point
causes him to work much harder than his op-
ponent The contest altogether was well
worth seeing although neither man played in
his best form. Following were the scores OF
the game:
MCLAUGHLIN-l. 8. 0. g. Is. + O. T. Q. i, 10 !, 3
go Is s j. Z i ss$s$Sa Il : a + T.
gLIsGgH : i s. g II ,s J. Il Il.
80 O. l, s. 4, al, H. l. O. !, Il, q s. = 3
McLaughlin's highest run, %; average, 5262
Cline's highest run, Il; average. ll-62
The second game was between the two local
men. William Walker and Harry Boschert.
Considerable interest was taken IN the game
and numerous quiet wagers were sraked on the
result The contest proved to be an exciting
one and, singularly enough, the score was the
same as in the preceding game. Mr.. Walker
started out very badly indeed. as in his first IL
breaks he only scored "a points, while Mr.. Bos-
ebert. in the same number of breaks, piled up
more than 100. Mr.. Walker began to getne
and really did some fine playing, but it was too
late. He played plucky losing game, but
Mr.. Boschert was too steady to be caught and
finally landed good winner. Following were
the scores:
BoscHERr-5, 49, o. II, l. G1,S 6. 10. g. 1869
8, !. o. O. 20 u IS l. o, 3 Is, l, l. g. ], Z O. o o
90 8, g. 2, O. 2, 6, 81 O. A, o, l. 5, 0, 8, g. 2, g.
W1IkEE-S Al Z So4 l. Isl
i L. s. % o T. O. o, 2, 20 D. Q. !, O. o. g.
Boschert's highest run. 26; average, S 10 S..
Walkers highest run. 20; average, 3l-57.
The evenings game was probably the most
exciting of the series SO far. The rink was
filled with an enthusiastic audience who
showed their high appreciation of the contest
by frequent applause that Was both loud and
long. The contestants were ex-State champion
William Dodds, of this city. and Ed Burris. of
Philadelphia. Mr.. Dodds was in splendid form
and won great game.
The visitor started out with good lead, but
shortly after the first century" was passed the
home player settled down and made run of
81, which put him in front. From that on he
played strong game which surprised his
friends even. Burris went sadly out Of form
when Dodds went to the front, and the former
played very poorly. indeed.
There is considerable rivalry among the local
men, and Mr.. Walker bet S100 last evening that
Mr. Dodds would not beat his (Walker's) aver
age of Yesterday afternoon. The contest was
close one, it will be seen there is only small
fraction difference. During the evening the
Stroup trophy was exhibited. 1t is, indeed.
handsome piece of workmanship.
There will be three games to-day. Messrs.
Burris and Cline will play this afternoon. In
the evening the contestants will be: Walker
versus Mclaughlin, Dodds versus Boscbert.
The latter will be exciting. Following is last
evenings score:
g. .. 3. T. I. 3 iSS, IL 81. Q, Il, j. O.. SSs.
II, ., l, z 10, . 8. l. A. A. 6, o, o. O. g. L, z 2,
10, S, 2 ., 9. l, 800.