Year: 1859

Since Morphy has beaten the best player in
the Old World, and laid out in despair all the
others at blindfOld chess playing, one of our
Milwaukee billiard players has been practising
in private the unhsard-of feat of playing bill
lizards b!indfOlded. and so successful has he
become that on Saturday night he played
match game on four tables at the Newhall
House, with eight Of our best players, against
odds, the wager being free seat in our fash
Ionable church. IF he lost he was to furnish
seats for his adversaries, and if he won thay
were to do the same by him-ons seat against
eight AT eight O'Clock q large crowd had as
sembied and the tables were prepared Mr.
Angle was led into the room hiindfolded, and
after shaking hands with his opponents, drink
ing glass Of n. o. Poney brandy, picked out
ms cue, chalked it carefully and commenced.
On the first table from the clay Off be made
four mine shots, and as he went to make the
NTH one, was taken with a cramp in the stom
ach and missed.


lie went to the next table, and although the
black ball was creased, made the handsome
run OF seventy-three, then shot his ball into
the left hand side pocket on the corner p,aced
his finger to his nose, wheeled gracefully ON
one heel, and began at the third table Here
ne was less fortunate, and scored but twenty
points, owing to the return of the "cranp !"
frequent bursts Of applause greeted his skill.
aai after taking jIlip all around he went to
the fourth, and made run Of eighty nine;





turned to the first table, and although he had
made some beautiful plays before, fairly out
did himself, and run the game out, making
the last shot with an umbrella, merely to show
his skill = At the second table he was equally
fortunate. and closed the game there, making
even thirteen shots" from backward and
left-Eanded shots at that At the third table
he made run of twenty-four from csrroms,
and then, having but three to 20, undertook
the feat OF jumping the white and light red,
and pocketing the dark. Standing on chair
he bowed gracefully to the crowd present,
chalked his cue, and showing his great mem
ory, walked five times around the table
mounted the chair, turned bis back to the
table, and shot between his legs, clearing the
hrst two balls, pocketing the dark red, and
shooting his own into the bread basket of one
oil our corpulent property holders, accidentally
OF course,) and from there striking an eye
glass young dandy was using, breaking it all
TO pieces, AMI lnjuring the PERSONS face


At this stage Of the match the other parties
gave up, and felt satisfied that Mr.. Angle was
the best player in the world. To prove this he
re-dghtened the bandage over his eyes, and
approaching the fourth table, prepared for his
final exhibition Of skill. He chaiked cd, sat
down In two chairs, and adjusted his belt. He
then arose, and from spot balls ran the game
within two points of out; so brilliant was his
shots, that sparks absolutely flew from the
balls. On his last shot, owing to having
chaiked his cue with piece Of an apple,
which had been placed in the cup By mistake,
ne passed the first ball, jumped the second,
kissed on the third, cushioned, and on the
back run absolutely made thirteen, and sat
down amid deafening applause


Each OF the persons present contributed five
cents to get a ten cent drink, and the glasses
being placed on the first table, he walked to
1t. and picked out his own 'todr from at least
two hundred others! He was then taken up
on chair made of cues, and was carried to the
bar, where each of the guests shook hands with
him, one man giving him FIVE hundred dollars
to have the first shake Mr. Angle is without
doubt the greatest blindfold player in the
world, and will leave for the East in few
days. His likeness will be seen in the New
York LsggIa of Feb. 30-MiI,cau&ie Mans.