W. R. Av. G. A. J. Dion ($1,500) 5 122 14.29 9.43 C. Dion ($1,000) 5 89 30. 10.78 A. Garnier ($333) 3 119 30. 11.13 G. F. Slosson ($333) 3 104 16.67 8.60 Wm. Sexton ($333) 3 136 15. 10.96 M. Daly 2 124 23.08 12.32 A. P. Rudolphe 0 67 6.75
=Schaefer vs. A. Kraker.= About this year, Schaefer played and won a $500 match in Virginia City, N. T. (we think, having no record but memory), averaging 12 or 12.50 in 500 or 600, which was high for that region, high for himself, and high for his surroundings, unsecreted pistols stimulating him to unusual efforts.
=Shaw vs. Carter.= Adelphi Theatre, Toledo, January 7th.—$500, 4½ × 9, c. b. S., 500—15.13—108; C., 311—89.
=Rudolphe vs. Daniels.= Bumstead Hall, Boston, January 20th.—$500, 5 × 10, R. giving odds of 150. R., 600—13.04—68; D., 426—44. This match came of a billiard-room encounter between the pair in N. Y. City, Daniels receiving odds then, also, and losing.
=Sexton vs. Slosson.= Tammany Hall, N. Y. City, January 27th.—$1,000. Sexton, 600—15.38—73; Slosson, 482—110. It was this match, with its high winning average, that determined the choice of Sexton over Slosson to go to Paris as challenger of Vignaux to the last game for the first world’s championship, which see under 1873.
=Schaefer’s First Public Match in the East.= Ford’s Opera-house, Washington, D. C., April 26th.—Announced as for $2,500 a side. Lewis Shaw, 600—10.72—69; Jacob Schaefer, 547—76. It was because of Shaw’s victory that he, instead of Schaefer, was admitted to the Centennial Tournament of May following.
=Centennial Tournament.= Horticultural Hall, Philadelphia, May 15–27th.—300–point games. This tournament took its rise in a purse of $1,000 proffered by Frank Queen, editor of the New York Clipper, to whichever billiard manufacturer should add most. H. W. Collender added $4,000. J. Dion, Daly, and Rudolphe played off their ties in Irving Hall, this city, June 5, 6, 7, with the results shown here in apportioning the prizes. Nine games apiece. Average of tournament, 10.07.
W. R. Av. G. A. Wm. Sexton ($2,000) 8 287[8] 60.[8] 14.73[8] A. Garnier ($1,200) 7 176 37.50 13.78 G. F. Slosson ($800) 6 103 21.43 13.48 J. Dion ($600) 5 106 50. 14.26 M. Daly ($400) 5 153 23.08 13.04 A. P. Rudolphe 5 175 23.08 12.66 J. Bessunger 4 91 12.50 7.83 C. Dion 3 86 15.79 8.72 L. Shaw 1 62 6.98 7.26 M. Foster 1 79 6.38 7.29