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.