. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 1884 ^Xjc fgvjectkv and j&partsntatt. .uO BILLIARDS. The opening of the Saylor Brothers' new parlors, which took place last Saturday evening, was an undoubted success. The initial attraction was a game in 500 points between Ben- jamin Saylor and J. F. B. McCleery. The reputation that these two players have earned by hotly contested matches, whenever they have met over the green cloth and ivories, at- tracted as large an audience as could possibly enterthe rooms. Saylor won the lead off and missed. In the 6th inning he scored 23, followed by a neat run on th
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 1884 ^Xjc fgvjectkv and j&partsntatt. .uO BILLIARDS. The opening of the Saylor Brothers' new parlors, which took place last Saturday evening, was an undoubted success. The initial attraction was a game in 500 points between Ben- jamin Saylor and J. F. B. McCleery. The reputation that these two players have earned by hotly contested matches, whenever they have met over the green cloth and ivories, at- tracted as large an audience as could possibly enterthe rooms. Saylor won the lead off and missed. In the 6th inning he scored 23, followed by a neat run on the rail which was sud- denly brought to a close by a miscue on the -43d carom. McCleery seemed to be laboring under great difficulty, the cushions on the new table appearing a little too lively for him who had become habituated with theslow "Monarch" and the consequence was that at each cushion carom his ball which would have the proper direction on a slower table would re- bound, after taking the cushion, with too much rapidity to be affected by the English, and a miss would follow. The 11th inning showed: Saylor 7S, McCleery 12. At this stage the latter by elegant play managed to get the balls on the long right rail, and the way his points rolled up made many be- lieve that his assertion, "If I e^er get them on the rail, the game will be mine," made before the game began, was about to come true. When the caller saug out 55, McCleery stopped to chalk up, at the same time offering to wager $25 to $20 on the result of the game. There were no takers and he con- tinued his play, but it was evident his interest was flagging. Four more counts were scored when he missed the second ob- ject ball by not giving enough force to his. In the 19th in- ning Saylor scored 47, and after McCleery's miss he followed up with a beautiful rail run almost making the circuit of the table and counting 109 points. No doubt his run would have been much higher had he paid less attentio
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