1873.
Francois Ubassy vs. Henry Miller and John Bessunger. In Harmony Hall, New Orleans, and in Nixon’s Amphitheatre and the Globe Theatre, Chicago, Ubassy gave odds varying from “discount” to 200 in 600 and 300 in 800, in April, May, and June. The half dozen contests were of importance chiefly by reason of Ubassy’s runs and averages. The highest of the former were 117 and 116; of the latter, 15.79 in 300 in New Orleans and 17.78 in 800 in Chicago.
Amateur Championship of Louisiana. New Orleans, May 12th to 28th.—Tournament of 200–point games on a 4½ × 9 carom table. This series was so called not so much because quite all the contestants were clearly non-professionals as for the reason that any professional championship at that precise time would have fallen to either Henry Miller or his brother John, then first and second best players in the State. All matches of the new series were 300 up, on a 4½ × 9 table, for a stake of $100 a side, and played in New Orleans. Record of tournament, four games apiece:
| W. | R. | Av. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| F. Maggioli | 4 | 22 | 4.17 |
| L. Abrams | 3 | 43 | 5.88 |
| A. Coste | 2 | 34 | 4.57[[2]] |
| J. Cochran | 1 | 20 | 2.78 |
| C. Blanchard | 0 | 38 |
[2]. A losing average.
From June 10th of this year until July 14, 1874, there were a dozen or two matches, Maggioli, Abrams and Choate taking turns as champions. Ultimately, the emblem became Maggioli’s permanently. The highest run of the series was 60, and the highest average 12, both by Maggioli.
First Championship of the World. Irving Hall, N. Y. City, June 23–30th.—First first-class professional tournament anywhere at three-ball caroms. Games, five apiece, 300 points. This tournament made the 5 × 10 carom table, bar crotch (4½ in. in all directions from the cushion-junction), the standard. Garnier and C. Dion first and second after playing off.
| W. | H. R. | Av. | G. A. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garnier | 4 | 113 | 12. | 9.32 |
| C. Dion | 4 | 77 | 10.75 | 7.57 |
| Daly | 4 | 62 | 9.68 | 7.01 |
| Ubassy | 2 | 98 | 17.65 | 8.53 |
| J. Dion | 1 | 64 | 10. | 5.60 |
| Deery | 0 | 79 | 6.08 |
Average of tournament, 7.89.
All matches were for the Challenge Cup and $1,000 a side, and all but the last were played in Tammany Hall, N. Y. City.
GARNIER VS. C. DION. December 2d.—G., 600—10—68; D., 480—61.
GARNIER VS. UBASSY. January 30, 1874.—G., 600—8.70—108; U., 460—50.
GARNIER VS. DALY. April 3, 1874.—G., 600—12.77—75; D., 380—62.
GARNIER VS. RUDOLPHE. December 10, 1874.—R., 600—14.63—161; G., 387—101.
RUDOLPHE VS. MAURICE VIGNAUX. February 22, 1875.—V., 600—10.17—60; R., 556—58.
VIGNAUX VS. SEXTON. Grand Hotel, Paris, France, March 3, 1876.—V., 600—19.35; S., 459—run, 129.
Jacob Schaefer’s Public Debut. Washington Hall, Indianapolis, July 25th.—Purse game. Schaefer, 300—4.84—38; Parker A. Byers, 183—20. He had also pursed two weeks before, Jacob Garratt beating him by 1000 to 932; but it was at the four-ball game, and in Garratt’s Indianapolis billiard-room.
First Championship of Pacific Coast. Mercantile Library Hall, San Francisco, August 25–30, 1873.—Tournament for championship, a silver cup and $650. Games, 200 points, six apiece. Mott won play-off.
| W. | R. | Av. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. McCleery | 6 | 31 | 3.39 |
| Tony Kraker | 5 | 30 | 4.65 |
| J.H Mott, Jr. | 3 | 32 | 3.92 |
| Wm. Terrell | 3 | 18 | 2.79 |
| W. W. Wright | 2 | 32 | 2.73[[3]] |
| J. W. Little | 1 | 26 | 2.90 |
| L. W. Perkins | 1 | 23 | 2.53[[3]] |
[3]. Losing averages.
Slosson and Schaefer’s First Meeting. October 5, 1873, Indianapolis, $100 a side, was the first meeting between a pair that have met oftener in public than any other two. Slosson, 500—5.32—35; Schaefer, 321—45.
Slosson vs. Daly. Kingsbury Hall, Chicago, November 8th.—$500 a side, Daly giving odds of 100. S., 600—5.68 (in 500); D., 593—44.
Chicago’s First First-Class Tournament. Kingsbury Hall, November 10–21st.—Aggregate, $3,100 in cash prizes, seven 400–point games apiece. Garnier and Daly won in playing off. Average of tournament, 6.46.
| W. | R. | Av. | G. A. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garnier | 6 | 82 | 17.35 | 9.88 |
| Ubassy | 6 | 69 | 12.90 | 7.98 |
| C. Dion | 5 | 86 | 8.52 | 6.56 |
| Daly | 4 | 153 | 12.12 | 7.44 |
| J. Dion | 4 | 124 | 7.18[[4]] | 5.60 |
| Slosson | 2 | 68 | 9.09 | 6.53 |
| Bessunger | 1 | 71 | 7.28[[4]] | 5.66 |
| Snyder | 0 | 48 | 3.72 |
[4]. The 7.18 and 7.28 were not winning averages.
In tabulating this tournament originally, the mistake was made of including the tie or extra games. Omitting them makes a slight difference in the general averages of Garnier, Ubassy and Daly, but none at all in J. Dion’s.
First Three-ball Championship of Massachusetts. Boston, closing December 5, 1873. Three prizes for place, and one for high run. Five games apiece.
| W. | R. | Av. | G. A. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Hickey | 4 | 34 | 6.67 | 3.74 |
| F. Dennison | 3 | 45 | 3.08 | 2.80 |
| C. E. Wilson | 3 | 51 | 4. | 2.76 |
| J. Peck | 2 | 22 | 2.06[[5]] | 2.27 |
| Lon Morris | 2 | 37 | 3.77 | 2.80 |
| D. T. Pulsifer | 1 | 24 | 2.60 | 2.30 |
[5]. The 2.06 was a losing average.
Match-stake was $200, but there was only one contest—Bumstead Hall, Boston, January 7, 1874. Hickey, 400—3.40—22; Dennison, 323—26. On March 3 following, when there was no challenge outstanding, H. resigned emblem to Massachusetts Billiard Congress.
Tournament at Two Different Games. (See Four-ball Game, 1874, for one.) New Orleans, April 6–30th.—200 points up, for three prizes. Called an amateur tournament. Hoa won play-off.
| W. | R. | Av. | G. A. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H. Miller | 5 | 58 | 9.52 | 5.37 |
| A. Hoa | 4 | 48 | 5.55 | 3.93 |
| J. Miller | 4 | 29 | 3.88 | 3.20 |
| F. Maggioli | 3 | 47 | 4.08 | 3.34 |
| A. Coste | 3 | 33 | 4. | 3.03 |
| L. Abrams | 1 | 27 | 4.65 | 3.60 |
| C. Quaid | 1 | 32 | 3.98[[6]] | 2.68 |
[6]. Quaid’s 3.98 was a losing average—beaten by one point.
MILLER VS. HOA. New Orleans, July 1st.—M., 300—3.33—20; H., 285—29. In this match, as in the other, the stake was the championship and $25 a side.
MILLER VS. MAGGIOLI. Same city, September 1st.—Maggioli, 300—3.85—33; Miller, 277—21.