1871.
[In this and all later years, table a 5 × 10 carom, with crotch barred, unless mentioned differently.]
First Match on a 5 × 10 Between First-Class Players. Platt’s Hall, San Francisco, January 12th.—$500 a side. J. Dion, 500—3.60—46; Deery, 474—37.
January 26th, same hall and stake, Dion giving odds of 100. Deery, 600—3.73 (in 500)—57; Dion, 479—42.
February 9th, same place and stake, Dion now giving 50. Deery, 600—5.98 (in 550)—83; Dion, 491—25.
These were the first public three-ball contests at odds between first-class players, and the odds was always marked up at the start of the game, instead of, as usual now, one man’s going to 500 against the other’s 600. Practically, or temperamentally, there is often a difference between ways that theoretically seem the same.
Rudolphe vs. Garnier. Apollo Hall, N. Y. City, January 21st.—$500 a side, 5½ × 11 carom, crotch not barred, but no crotching, Garnier receiving odds of 15 per cent. Rudolphe, 600—5.46—72; G., 510—28.
C. Dion vs. Daniels. Bumstead Hall, Boston, January 24th.—$250 a side, 5½ × 11 carom, no bar. Dion won by 300 to 131, with 38 against 12 for best run.
First Professional Tournament at Three-ball Game, and Also First Championship of the Northwest. Chicago, February 2–28th.—Games 300 points, balls 25
16. Playing off, Foley beat Pearce, and Coon both Pearce and Foley. Six games apiece.
| W. | R. | Av. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H. Rhines | 5 | 34 | 4.84 |
| J. W. Coon | 4 | 36 | 4.41 |
| T. Foley | 4 | 32 | 4.55 |
| P. J. Pearce | 4 | 23 | 3. |
| J. Vermeulen | 3 | 30 | 3.75 |
| A. Le Brun | 1 | 18 | 2.88 |
| H. Liverman | 0 | 29 |
The 25
16 ball had not been used in tournament before, and has been availed of in but one since. It makes “position draws” harder, and failures easier by an eighth of an inch. Yet it made less difference then than it would make now. There was but one match.
RHINES VS. COON.—Crosby’s Music Hall, Chicago, May 27th.—$250 a side, same balls. R., 400—4.82—54; C., 295—18.
Coon vs. Garnier. Same hall as above, March 8th.—$200, 5½ × 11 carom. C., 600 (odds of 100)—4.76 in 500—58; G., 522—35.
Coon vs. Parker. Same hall and table, March 11th.—$500. C., 400—3.48—22; P., 320—29.
Parker vs. Rhines. Same hall and table, March 22d.—$500. P., 400—2.44—26; R., 369—29.
C. Dion vs. Deery. Platt’s Hall, San Francisco, April 7th.—$500 a side. Dion, 500—6.41—58; Deery, 476—73.
J. Dion vs. Rudolphe. Congress Hall, San Francisco, April 17th.—Third and last of three games (see Four-ball Game for both that style and English billiards for $1,000 apiece). D., 500—4.72—(run not recorded); R., 472—69.
Daly vs. Rhines. Brooklyn Hall, Brooklyn, N. Y., November 6th.—$500 a side. Daly, 500—4.27—44; R., 397—58.
First Triple-figure Runs. National Theatre, New Orleans, November 20th, 22d, 25th.—Separate games, $500 apiece, crotch probably not barred. Joseph Dion won by 500 to 479, 365, and 268, including odds of 150 received invariably by Henry Miller. Winner’s averages: 4.95, 6.85, and 8.94. Best runs per game: D., 48, 105, 107; M., 29, 23, 11. [In this city, January 16, 1872, C. Dion ran 109, mainly in the crotch of a 5 × 10; but as a billiard-room match it was not a record.]
First Double-figure Average. Corinthian Hall, Titusville, Pa., December 7th.—$250 a side. Garnier, 500—10.42—80; Daly, 233—27.