First Known Use of 5 × 10 in Four-ball Game. Academy of Music, Lafayette, Ind., March 2d.—$400. Parker A. Byers, 1200—24—96; Wm. F. Kenny, 817—108. The 5 × 10 is to be suspected of having been utilized in this way once or twice before, but this is the first sure case.
Slosson and Daly’s First Tournament. Rochester, N. Y., March 28th to April 1st.—1000–point games, counted in threes, p. and c. barred, but on a 5½ × 11 carom. Daly won play-off, and Slosson the $25 extra for highest run. Six games apiece.
| W. | R. | Av. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| G. F. Slosson, $200 | 6 | 342 | 52.63 |
| M. Daly, $70 | 4 | 240 | 71.43 |
| Eugene Kimball, $30 | 4 | 186 | 37.04 |
| Wm. Jakes | 3 | 207 | 26.32 |
| Jeff. Ferguson | 2 | 234 | 41.67 |
| Frank Fitch | 1 | 240 | |
| Frank Twitchell | 1 | 28.57 | |
Rudolphe vs. J. Dion. Platt’s Hall, San Francisco, April 1st.—Second of three games, every one for $1,000 a side. R., 1500—20.27—228; D., 1288—207. For third, see Three-ball Caroms. The first, English winning-and-losing, caroms and pocketings, with 2⅛ balls on an English 6 × 12 six-pocket table, was played in same hall, March 15th. Dion, 1000—4.24—29; R., 956—40.
Plunkett vs. Nelms. Assembly Buildings, Philadelphia, May 23d.—$250 a side, counted in the old way on a 5½ × 11 carom. P., 1500—28.85—132; N., 1183—138.