BILLIARD MATCH FOR L2OO.

Evening Star, Issue 4233, 20 September 1876, Page 2

BILLIARD MATCH FOR L2OO.

NESBITT v. MANSEN,

J&f?* 8 /- Nestor au-i C. Kansen glftyed 1.000 up at billiards at the Temperance Hall last evening tt» JLIOO a-side, before a not very numerous audience. The match was expected to prove very exciting ffotn tb.6 apparent equality of Ihe players, hut ft Was fiptin out to Ittch afl indrdittate Wth that almost all the interest died away until near the end. Both players seemed afflicted with nervousnesß or an extreme amount of cautiousness, and each played worse than wren fflemttrins strength with the English chamgiofl last week. Neßbitt took ths lead from the start, but the scoring was so slow that over forty minutes was consumed before the first 100 was put up on the marking board and the game was called Nesbitt 105, Mansen 80. The successive centuries Showed the ncore as follows: -Nesbitt, 203 to 131; 300—219 t 400—266; 500—342 j 803—412 702-filg; 801-714; 903-827} 1,000-919. Nesbitt th.is won by 81 points, in six hours and a half. The winner's best breaks were 32 and 30; Hansen's being 82 and 28. Mansen was at one time two hundred behind, but during the latter part of the game infused temporary hope into his backers by pullii g Up to within sixty points of his opponent; but Nesbitt again shook him off and won rather easily at the finish A great deal of time was Wasted by the slow manner in which the strokes were played, Mansen especially dwelling tediously over every shot.