Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-11-30
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Many of III readers will remember
Shafer, "The Grasshopper," who beat
Tony Craker in u match game Of bill
liards in this town about a year Ago..
We copy from the New York Herald
the following account of a match
which he recently played in New York
with Daily, the great billiardist:
The stranger won the string for lead
and made 3 points. DAILY followed
with a miss, but on his third inning
took in II points, which somewhat
overcome Shafer, who, though he made
some very pretty shots, failed To make
over 3 points at a time before the
eighth inning, when he scored IA.
Daily made ID on his sixth and is on
the ninth inning, Shafer still laying
pc ;rly and with bad luck. The game
stood at the close of the tenth inning
sHAFER 20, DAILY 1870,
And looked very much one. sided. 1t
looked more so at the end of the next
play, when Daily added So to his string.
retiring on a ''push" shot. On hi.
thirteenth inning Shafer took a dozen
points to 3 for DAILY. Shafer opened
the fifteenth inning with ZONE very
nice play on the side cushion. They
got away from him and in bringing
them back they froze on him at 35 and
he failed from the string. On the fol-
lowing inning he won a great deal of
applause. which he earned by splendid
play. He showed his knowledge Of
keeping them against the rail, making
good draws and masses, out Of which
he took 10 on the end cushion, after
which he turned them to the side and
ran them half way up for l25 points.
He led them gently on to l42, when he
was obliged to scatter them. He kept
at them for 1855 and missed a very easy
shot. This changed the tenor of things
and Shafer became a great favorite. 1t
seemed to affect Daily, who only made
3 on his next play. The game now
stood
sHAFER 23l, DAILY 1911. .
In opening the eighteenth inning
Shafer played for SO, when they "froze"
and he missed. This left him with hut
25 to make, while Daily wanted 4 of his
second hundred. The latter added Is
% his score. and Shafer missed. Daily
did tho same, when Shafer got them in
good trim and, with % points, came
within 2 of the goal. After several
bad plays on both sides Shafer flushed
the game, making an average of 1914.
BELLIaERENT DovEs.-The quiet of
lower Buel street was disturbed yes
terday afternoon by a little unpleas-
antness among a number of tie female
residents ofthat locality. The affair COM.
menced with a tongue contest, which
was followed by a fisticuf encoun
| tar mhan tho va n ntShad Anva mo
cured a pistol and tool a shot at her an
tagonist through tho side of a house.
She must have missed her mark,
however, as the building shows no
Indication of having been perforated
with a bullet. We understand that all
parties are under arrest, and doubtless
the merits and dement's OF the case
will be passed upon by Justice Beatty
tomorrow.
MACHINERY TO BE REMovED.-We
learn that the hosting works of the
old Phenix Mining Company are to
be placed on the Skylark shaft of the
X X Company. The work of tearing
down and re-erecting will be com
menced at an early day. The Sky
lark is eligibly situated for the devel-
opment OF a huge bonanza.
THANKs.--We are under obligations
to the members of the Hook and Lad
der Company fov complimentary tick
cts t o the ball this evening. Ii our
Senior can get his store clothes out OF
soak he will be certain to be there.
No STocK BoARD.-To-day being a
legal holiday, there will be no session
Of the San Francisco Stock Board. The
loutside public will be gamer TO the ex-
tent Of commissions, il nothing moro,