1878.
Four First-place Ties Out of Seven Players. Championship of Chicago, January 7th to February 4th.—300–point games. Henry Rhines ($150), Frank Parker ($100), Albert Hoa ($50), and M. Honahan ($25) had to play off, result being as given above. Peter Snyder, Ben Saylor, and Chas. P. Miller were the remaining contestants.
RHINES VS. PARKER. Same city, April 11th.—Championship and $200. Parker, 500—4.95—65; R., 449—36.
First First-class Tourney in New Orleans. January 10–19th, c. b., for $1,000 in prizes. Ties resulted in the precedence here given. Sexton topped Slosson’s San Francisco general average.
| W. | R. | Av. | G. A. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sexton | 4 | 297 | 30. | 22.37 |
| Slosson | 2 | 173 | 23.08 | 16.80 |
| Rudolphe | 2 | 134 | 24. | 15.07 |
| M. Daly | 1 | 136 | 20. | 15.07 |
| C. Dion | 1 | 145 | 19.35 | 13.91 |
Average of tournament, 17.25.
Sexton vs. C. Dion. St. Charles Theatre, New Orleans, February 5th.—$2,000 a side, c. b., Sexton giving odds of 200. S., 1000—27.78—228; Dion, 765 (with odds)—94.
Indiana Championship. Washington Hall, March 18–23d.—Probably a 4½ × 9 table, c. b. P. A. Byers, gold badge and a Brunswick-Balke billiard-table; J. Randolph Heiser, $100; Henry Bussey, $60; and Jacob Garratt, $40. The best run (116) was made by Bussey, and the best single average (30) by Heiser. The other competitors were Geo. Morris, J. R. Seaman, A. Hawkins, and C. E. Carney.
Challenged by Bussey and receiving forfeit on May 23d, Byers resigned the championship emblem to the State Association.
St. Louis Handicap. Chas. E. Mussey’s Room, March 21–28th.—600 points up, c. b., for money-prizes aggregating $400. G. F. Slosson, C. Dion and J. Schaefer were at “scratch,” T. J. Gallagher received 10 per cent., and Wayman C. McCreery 20 per cent. Schaefer beat Dion, Slosson beat Schaefer, McCreery beat Slosson, and Gallagher beat McCreery. In beating Dion in the play-off, Schaefer ran 429, eclipsing Sexton’s match-run of 417. (This led to the match next below.) Average of tournament proper, 14.79 (four games apiece).
| W. | R. | Av. | G. A. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schaefer ($200) | 3 | 327 | 66.67 | 27.97 |
| C. Dion ($125) | 3 | 194 | 13.04 | 12.27 |
| Slosson ($75) | 2 | 288 | 37.50 | 14.25 |
| Gallagher | 1 | 182 | 19.35 | 12.73 |
| McCreery | 1 | 88 | 17.78 | 12.38 |
Schaefer Forfeits to Sexton. Match of three games, 1000 points each in New York, Chicago and St. Louis, for $2,000 a side, highest aggregate score to decide. Schaefer side incurred forfeit through failure to make the final deposit, July 3d.
First 1000 Points in a Night. Three-ball. Turner’s Hall, Chicago, November 20th.—$500 a side. Slosson, 1000—25.64—293; Schaefer, 739—217.