The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-15
Il VIEW RECORD At BILLIARDS.
Ives Makes q Run OF SO Mt Cushion Car
roms, and Defeats DnIy.

Ives Makes q Run OF sS Mt Cushion Car
roms, and Defeats DaIy.
Boston, April 1.-THE contestants to-night
In the second game of the second series Of the
international billiard tournament, at Bumstead
Hall, were Maurice DAILY and Frank c. Ives. 10
was n cushion-carrom game. 800 points up.
The hall was well filed with lovers Of the
sport. many OF whom came In the expectation
of witnessing some brilliant plays, and they
we're not disappointed. Tho game resulted in .
victory for Ives, hut It took him hfty-fouR
innings to complete the journey. The final
score was: Ives. 800; Daily, $50.
Ives broke the record at the game with q run
Of s5. lie played in the hardest kind Of luck dur
ing the first part of the contest. and not untilths
seventeenth inning. when he harvested dozen,
did he exceed single figures. Half u dozen goose
eggs disfigured his score up to that time, while
DAILY. who started in with plenty of confidence.
made O good AVERAGE.
The New Yorker pleased the old timers here
by q run of twenty in the fourth inning. fifteen
in the sixth. ten in the seventh, thirteen in the
eighth. and fifteen In the ninth. His work was
Of the most brilliant order.
During the first twenty-four innings Ives was
unable to make the balls roll properly. His
prospects, were good for making a large run In
the sew enteenth inning. but he slipped up on Q
masse after making twelve. He counted all
TlkuL.D u u tODA w = v " ~ -
down some one asked him If he counted,
Counted, ;" he said. 81 came near breaking IT,"
Ives. after q long run OF Ill luck, pulled him.
self together in the twenty-hfth Inning and
gathered in Al. 1t was the first time the specta.
tors had q chance to see what ho could do. ana
they appreciated It,.
As the worries clicked incessantly DAILY. who
had O long lead. grew nervous. but his nerves
were not too far gone for a run, and the next
inning saw him pile up billiards until the
marker announced that ho was 20 to the good.
With the exception of IL by Ives In the thir,
ticth and IA by DAILY in, the same inning, small
scores wero made until the thirty-hfth, when
Ives knock ed out 20. He pickle! out 20 more IN
the fortieth inning. and In the forty-nrst gotths
spheres rolling Just right for a record run.
He collected them at the upper END or the
table aud began a siege OF adroit nursing that
shade. AS Ives neared the half hundred mark
the spectators became breathiessly stlll. PUT
whom he passed IL there was II tnmult. le
played some astonishing position shots when
ever the spheres got out of nursing territory.
and kept OH counting. When tho record OF 80
New York Dec. 10. 1881. was passed, the SPEC
tators cheered loud and long. but the applause
at the record smashing was nothing 10 thaH
which broke loose when Ives outdid the run OF
81, made by Schaeter in practice two weeks
ago. Ives finished with 80.
credit. and played the p%rettiest kind OF billiards.
but when lves.crawled up ana passed MN ne
got ratified and missed som" very easy shots.
He managed. however. 10 pull himself together
In the last inning and made his total look better
by q run OF twenty-five. In this run lie dld some
TO shake hands with him when the game was
finished. M
Ives's average was ) 3O-5i and Days 4 3s-o3.