Best Record Performances at Four-Ball Caroms in Matches for a General Championship
Best Averages on 6 × 12 Four-Pocket Table
166.67 in 1500, jawing barred, pushing allowed—J. McDevitt, 1868 (see series under 1863).
25.86 in 1500, push and jaw allowed—J. Dion, 1866 (see series under 1863).
Best Runs on 6 × 12 Four-Pocket Table
1458, jaw barred, push allowed—J. McDevitt, 1868.
616, due to jawing—J. Dion, 1867. (See series under 1863 for both.)
Best Averages on 5½ × 11 Four-Pocket Table
40.54 in 1500, push and jaw barred—C. Dion, 1876.
31.25 in 1500, push and jaw barred—A. Garnier, 1873. (See series under 1869 for both.)
Runs on 5½ × 11 Four-Pocket Table
321 by C. Dion, 1872; 279 by A. P. Rudolphe, 1870; and 249 by Maurice Daly, 1873—all push and jaw barred. (See series under 1869.)
Public Contests Not for General Championship
Best Averages on 6 × 12 Six-Pocket Table
12.20 in 2000—Michael Phelan, 1859.
17.24 in 1500—John McDevitt, 1863.
10.00 in 1500, push and massé barred—Dudley Kavanagh, 1862.
Best Runs on 6 × 12 Six-Pocket Table
177 by Dudley Kavanagh, 157 by John Seereiter, and 129 by Michael Phelan, all in 1859.
90, push and massé barred—Michael Foley, 1862.
Best Averages on 6 × 12 Four-Pocket Table
8.40 in 1000, push and jaw barred—Michael Phelan, 1864.
166.67 (by jawing and pushing)—John McDevitt, 1868.
Best Runs on 6 × 12 Four-Pocket
56, push and jaw barred—Michael Phelan, 1864.
1483, by jawing and pushing—John McDevitt, 1868.
Best Averages on a 5½ × 11 Four-Pocket
42.86 in 1200, push and jaw barred—Frank Parker, 1870.
Best Runs on a 5½ × 11 Four-Pocket
492, push and jaw barred—Melvin Foster, 1869.
327, push and jaw barred—Maurice Daly, 1871.
315, push and jaw barred—J. Dion and A. P. Rudolphe, 1870.
Best Averages on a Carom Table
15.38 in 1200, push and crotch barred, size 6 × 12—Victor Estephe, 1865.
25.00 in 1500, push barred, crotching allowed, but none done, size 5½ × 11, 25 16 balls—Dudley Kavanagh, 1865.
39.47 in 750, push barred, but average due to crotching, 5½ × 11, 25 16 balls—J. Dion, 1866.
33.33 in 1500, crotch barred, push allowed, 6 × 12—E. H. Nelms, 1867.
1000 in 1000, push and crotch allowed, 5½ × 11—Melvin Foster, 1869.
32.26 in 1000, push allowed, crotch barred, 5½ × 11 table, $500 a side—W. W. Wright, Virginia City, N. T., December 11, 1868. Loser, C. A. W. Jamison, who was given odds of discount, averaged 51.23 in his total of 1537.
93.75 in 1500, 5½ × 11, crotch barred—M. Daly, 1871.
Best Runs on Carom Table
543, crotching barred, push allowed, 6 × 12—E. H. Nelms, 1867.
297, by crotching on a 5½ × 11—J. Dion, 1866.
1000 (whole game), by pushing and crotching, 5½ × 11—Melvin Foster, 1869.
Best Average in Tournament
100 in 300, 5½ × 11 four-pocket, no restrictions—M. Foster, 1867.
Note.—No account has been taken here of either tournament games or matches on any table smaller than a 5½ × 11, which was the first-class professionals’ limit.