SEXTON LOSES TO SLOSSON. Central Music Hall, Chicago, October 24th.—Championship and $500 a side. Slosson, 500—3.55—38; Sexton, 483—30.
Next day, Slosson resigned the emblem to its donor. Passing again to Sexton without further competition, it eventually became his in perpetuity.
Johnson vs. Reeves for $1,000 a Side. Madison Square Hall, N. Y. City, November 9th.—4½ × 9 table. David Johnson, 250—2.14—13; John T. Reeves, 233—12. (See Bookmakers’ Tournaments.)
1884.
Carter vs. Gallagher. St. Louis, February 20th.—$500 a side. C., 400—4.35—33; G., 327—31. [Carried a term higher, Carter’s average becomes a shade better than the best prior match record, being 4.348 to Daly’s 4.347.]
Championship of Massachusetts. W. P. Marshall’s Room, Boston, tournament on 4½ × 9, ending March 1st.—Moses Yatter 8—1, E. H. Marshall 7—2, C. F. Campbell 6—3, and T. W. Allen 3—4, prize-winners. Allen made the best run, 26, and Campbell the highest winning average, 3.33.
There were nine match-contests for the emblem, John Morse winning the first three, Campbell the fourth and fifth, and Yatter the remaining four.