66.67 in 600—J. Schaefer, 1878.
60.00 in 300—Wm. Sexton, 1876.
RUNS IN NON-CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENTS.
287 in 300—Wm. Sexton, 1876.
327 in 600—J. Schaefer, 1878. (S. ran 429 in tie-game, but it was outside of tournament.)
CHAMPIONS GAME.
All play was on a 5 × 10 carom, with 2⅜ balls, and also with a 14 × 28–in. line, except in last two public matches.
Abbreviations.—Player, 600—18.75—165; Player, 585—151—signifies winner’s total, average, and high run, followed by loser’s total and high run.
1879.
First Tournament at Restricted Three-ball Caroms. In the Champion’s Game, as originally played in public on the dates given below, an oblique line was drawn near every corner. Its purpose was to make it harder to swing the balls (“turn the corner”) in the progressive nursing process known as “straight rail.” On the short rail, this line ended 14 inches from the nearest corner, and on the long rail 28 inches. Within any one of the four balks so formed, only two successive shots could be wholly made; but, for it to count, the second shot had to send at least one ball out.