Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-09-19
KRAKER v~ANQUISHED,
The Billiard Match Last Night.
The California Champion Meets the
.sKansas Grasshopper's and IL
..GObbIed Up"-Larxe Aver.
ages Made-00 Innings
Game, 6OO-163.

There was q large attendance last
night at Bigelow's Hall to witness the
match game Of billiards between An.
thony Kraker, Champion of Califor-
mia, and Jacob Schaefer, of Kansas,
familiarity called the "Grasshopper.r
The latter Is a young man recently ar
rived here, and has commanded
considerable attention by his dex-
ferrous manipulation of the ivory
spheres. Although he is not yet OF
age, he has defeated the champion
players Of the States Of Wisconsin and
Indiana and played a number of games
with the most brilliant players Of the
Eastern States, among whom was Sios-
ser, who defeated him after a closely
contested struggle. At s o'clock last
night The hall was crowded with spec
tators eager TO witness the match, and,
the principals soon after putting In an
appearance, the work of fixing the
preliminary arrangements of the game
was commenced. Considerable trouble
ensued in the selection OF the umpires
and referee. Aner an hours work il
was finally decided that the hackers of
the respective contestants should zach
choose an umpire and they each TO
choose q referee and leave the selection
to a vote of the house. Gabriel Hall
was selected as umpire for Schaefer,
and NJ. ID. Foley represented the inter-
ests of kraker. The umpires zach
chose one Of the audience for referee.
Hall selecting II. l.. Chase and Foley
Max Muller, the latter by a vote of the
audience icing chosen to fill the unen
viable position of referee. The pre-.
limiraries thus arranged, Judge Het-
eel read the articles of agreement
entered into by the contestants,
which, briefly stated, were as follows:
That the game should be three ball
carom; size Of ball 2ss inches; for a
purse Of $1,000, $1,000 a side, the win
ner to receive all the money taken in
at the door, and pay expenses incident
al to the match.
A large number OF ladies were pres.
ent, who seemed to greatly enjoy the
novelty, and we're rapturous in their
applause when any very difficult shots
we're executed. Sehaefer was a favor
ite not only with the ladies but SEEM
ingly with almost the entire audience.
AT y O'Clock both players proceeded to
the table, and scoring for the lead
Kraker won, starting off with a run of
., followed by Scbaafer with a solitary
l, making a bad miss. At the fourth
inning Schaefer, by good manage
ment, added 81 to his score. followed in
the sixth innings by Kraker making
At the tenth innings the game
stood: Kraker 100, Schasfer los. At
one stage of the game it was thought
that Schaefer had lost all chances of
winning. his opponent being over 100
In the lead and playing exceedingly
well, while Schaeier seemed TO have a
run OF III luck, the balls breaking bad
ly. AS the match drew near the close
the excitement increased, and when
Schaefer took the lead on the string the
cheers that greeted his performance
were deafening. Schaefer closed the
game in the fifieth inning, having
made his 600 points, his opponent
being 563.
The largest runs were: Schaefer, 60,
81, 46, IS, 80, 26. Kraker, So, 81,
As, 40. q, 20, %.
Following is the summary of the
game: