First Professional Tournament. Phelan & Collender’s Union Square Billiard Rooms (upper floor), N. Y. City, October 26–31st.—Invitation or private tournament on a 6 × 12 carom table for two souvenir cues, one given by Claudius Berger, of France. In the table below, a “Lost” column is specially inserted because of a shortage of games, that between Lynch and Geary (the latter substituting for Christian Bird, of Philadelphia) being neither played nor forfeited. All games were 500 up but the final and deciding one (Kavanagh, 1000—29.41—144; Tieman, 746—156).
| W. | L. | R. | Av. | G. Av. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dudley Kavanagh, N. Y. | 4 | 0 | 144 | 29.41 | 20.49 |
| Philip Tieman, Cincinnati | 3 | 1 | 185 | 21.74 | 18.41 |
| James Lynch, N. Y. | 1 | 2 | 162 | 18.52 | 18.37 |
| Joseph N. White, N. Y. | 1 | 3 | 94 | 12.20 | 10.55 |
| Michael Geary, Chicago | 0 | 3 | 65 | 9.04 |
1861.
First Public Match Between Western Players. Wood’s Theatre, Cincinnati, November 21st.—Philip Tieman vs. John Deery, both of Cincinnati; $500 a side. T., 1000—12.25—106; D., 683—54.
1862.
First Public Home-and-home Match. Cleveland, O., March 6th.—First of two games, each $500 a side. Dudley Kavanagh, N. Y., 1500—13.39—118; Michael Foley, then of Cleveland, 1065—102. Return: Irving Hall, N. Y. City, April 3d, F., 1500—9.43—99; K., 1466—108.
Push and Massé Barred. Half-way game, Kremlin Hall, Buffalo, N. Y., November 6th.—Also for $500 a side, but barring both push-shot and massé. K., 1500—10—86; F., 1296—90.
This was the first public match from which the push-shot was excluded. No other has ever barred the massé.