The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-04
ANGLO-AMERICAN CARROMS.
MIXED billiards AT THE Ere IN
TERNA TIONAL MATCH.

l ShomntOn NOucrte httes t"o sssah EN"rso
| and Fa,is-Ive. Cats Down Hi. Advcr-
snry's Lead In the Arternosu-Ths Eng
| Ishraru's Superb unsard Piay Applaud
ed-Do Orc and Robert. TO Play Pool.
Pool Champion De Orc will play John
Roberts. Jr.. the English billiard champ ion. an
international match at pool, half English and
half American game. This cheering news was
announced by the authority OF the Cuban cue
expert himself last night He came into the
Lenox Lyceum to ace his friend Ives continue
| his up hill battle with tho big English expert
| The pool match will give New Workers q gen.
uine treat.
Thore was a good deal Of interesting work
in the billiard match yesterday. 1t began with
the arrival In the hall OF waggish club man.
who walked in last night with his broad trou-
| sers turned up at the bottom and took front
| seat He created some merriment among tho
| ld-tmers In the assemblage OF billiard lovers.
| He said that turned-up trousers were the
| proper caper. because tho Ives Robert match
was so English. The match is English. sure
| enough. modernized English. but 1t also so
| closely resembles the old American game OF
the days before the war that the gallant bucks
OF those good old days will probably turn out
In force to see the renaissance OF the cellar
door game. There 10 brilliant carrom playing
OF the regulation French pattern In the game.
however. 1t is OF kind that excites the ad-
miration OF critics, too. The extraordinary
size OF that cellar table adds greatly to the
effectiveness Of the cushion -carrom strokes.
The big English champion has won instant
favor by the marked courtesy OF This bearing.
He plays tho gentleman's game in gentle-
manly manner that Americans are always
quick to recognize. When the game was re-
sumed yesterday afternoon Ives got his cardi.
Cket and set to work with O VIM 10
pare down the big lead OF Monday niEht,459
points He brought his nGfa6e sa sk at T tba
game, and Whitfield the lead down in chunks
and ''t then a'e esppoa the climax y roll.
ing Up an ornate bunch Of ~ This was ,hs
Roberts made 10 all his ,thirty-six innings put
together: Roberts's largest DOUBLE figure G,
noon total first. but the young Napoleon had
H. had piled up 197 while the athletic Eng
total or 15sS $50 to f fs32 for the Ensshnan Who
was nov put 283 points s, ahead. This was the
ssiSSss :, e E u Is T. s
d ss: 4 3 !, 81 Il 80 So
h.s, RsIs. s.S q hsSsl,. Tvs is
The evening opened with an interesting in
cident for the admirers of the French carrom
It Tss Thsn the M haSa
unaccustomed task Of nursing The worries. He
made but five nurse strokes. Then he went to
sonIssed when ives claimed foul. Then he
bowed and retired.
aiterward Whenever the Ash pole was in use
the Gothamites grinned and the club man
y Was So k. dear Old london play doneher
There were frequent. bursts OF applause
whi 20 ypaa nj In door
were a tribute to Roberts's magic hazards
which were amazing IN accuracy Of execution.
drives alons the ~ long rail- The cue bail
often travelled the ,whoe length Of the table
strokes. The American got applause. too by
mSsss that ~ were
boxes. The tremendous size of that huge
tSo. b the
The, cue bali had to travel three. quarter. OF
irst time such miss had happened Roberts
the rail- at last an instant later His lne work
at nursing came to an untimely end by luck
ss s
scores: Roberts. III: Ives. 40 The English,
Ives essayed an . e,n,cesdinel, pretty two:
oS Rs sae a with
s.ed the the
closest sort Of shay S.E ne sst tie
TRs brousht downs
the house by skilled safety play with but two |
balls on the bic. bringing both balls into baIk.
and again essayed the rail- nurse. He Jared
skill kill particularly With the use Of the bridge
TO nurse with the bridge is the most difficult
before he lost his lucky, position. 1t was the |
pesky side pocket that broke his play up He
atsr Rs lost hs ran posoS
Is hazard. where tho cue ball glides
Of the side Gi the o 81 ball and rolls close
that sets the enthusiasts wi d. Ives while this
ns pSs fESRaf kt 5sekn
ing the masse when he got a good chance:
but he invariably went to grass on this trick
f IN H sds poeEe G IN {Se
house appnuded them enthusiastically. Even
ss sTcks ns
English champion. He was having things all
way ss" H sv meds TRIPLES and yss
Roberts tripped on the simplest bit of a
Of the prettiest nurse and position play. Of the
night. Tho star carrom was q great kiss
wild over 1t. The noteworthy break yielded
ll8. and they were handles and no mistake.
freak Of 81 He had made ' but 's ONE T masse
during the night, 1t was a. good one though.
Roberts is now 562 points ahead The score:
Roberts-54. =. As 10. 3. o. TO- 10. Q. 81 2 y 10 o.
as T. . 10. o. o. ITO, 2 T. 3t 1928, II. 20. Al NJ o.
AZ 2 Al 13 4. 3. .. l. 75 49, 2S=l oo2 so3@2. 800
fvesNss. a. a. ooa 40 2ss17.a2,Laa2,11.
10 o. T. /, o. AZ. SS. IL. III. II. o. o. l. 80 q ID O.
8, Q. 90: 4 llS.1ost $50 -, 2t.: grand total.
Rnn-Roberts. 1913: Ives. ll8. IRsferee-william Sex
ton. Markor-Budd sconed.
Bicycle Races At the Danbury Fair.
DAssURr. Oct. 3-The Danbury Fair. which 10 the
largest exhibition Of It's kind In New England began
Its twentynfth annual show to-day. There arc i'm.