Newspaper article from 1862 about pool tournament

[doitforthegame]

Came across this while doing some research. Found it somewhat interesting, though the writing style a bit annoying.

http://www.nytimes.com/1862/04/04/n...rn-match-for-1500-points-foley-200-ahead.html

Bob

ps- just found this followup article.....

http://www.nytimes.com/1862/04/05/n...vanaugh-against-michael-foley-foley-wins.html

 

[mr2_serious]

Cool. I was hoping for it to be a scan of the actual article...hehe. Nonetheless, it's still a good find.

 

[cuesmith]

Came across this while doing some research. Found it somewhat interesting, though the writing style a bit annoying.

http://www.nytimes.com/1862/04/04/n...rn-match-for-1500-points-foley-200-ahead.html

Bob

ps- just found this followup article.....

http://www.nytimes.com/1862/04/05/n...vanaugh-against-michael-foley-foley-wins.html

It was a bit hard to read, but the gist of it was the Ohio boys went to New York and kicked ass! Nothing new! lol

 

[doitforthegame]

Interesting it mentions rather lengthy runs...some over 100

 

[catpool9]

Billiards of Old

Came across this while doing some research. Found it somewhat interesting, though the writing style a bit annoying.

http://www.nytimes.com/1862/04/04/n...rn-match-for-1500-points-foley-200-ahead.html

Bob

ps- just found this followup article.....

http://www.nytimes.com/1862/04/05/n...vanaugh-against-michael-foley-foley-wins.html

That was a blast from the past for sure, enjoyed the read, thanks for sharing.


David Harcrow

 

[conetip]

That was good of you to post that. It seems to be the type of style at the time.
It is a shame that most of the people reporting events these days are not as descriptive.

 

[JB Cases]

Not much has changed in pool in 150 years either. http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=500+dollars+in+1862+is+how+much+today

Still playing $10,000 challenge matches.

Love this line:

"The circumstance is remarkable, when it is remembered that there are no fewer than six pockets in a billiard table, and that something is put in all of them during a good game, and frequently with two others that are not attached to the mahogany."