The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-15
BIG BILLIARDS.
TIE sExTON-sCHAEFER MATCH-GEO.
sLOssON I'M TIE FIELD.
NE Challenges sexton for the Champion
ship-Eafs AcLiOn Censurea Here.

NE Challenges sexton for the Champion
ship-ERIs Action Censured Here.
Some days since the DEMOCRAT announced
the fact that Sexton. the great billiardlst. had
made O match with Schaefer for $4,000 side.
three thousand points up and three games. res
peetively in New York. Chicago and st. Louis,
this information coming at the time from let
ter written by Sexton. then in Chicago. to Joe
Walker, of this city.
Since then. it seems, and after all the prelimi-
naries of the match had been agreed upon. such
as choice of table, cushions, ETC., George Slos-
son. player of no mean ability
HAS CHALLENGED SEXTON
for the championship Of America and $500
side. In referring to this last challenge the last
number of the New York Clipper comments as
follows
One Of the last persons Sexton saw when
leaving Chicago on June 1 was slosson,i who
Sexton. When the latter reached this city. on
June 6, the challenge in substance was In one
81 our dqes hayRg been segrHph6ed fr9
cial notification OF the document There Is but
one view to be taken Of this mater; The
rules, be commended for upon different table
than any of those which are to be used In the
$4,000 match. If Sexton could be interfered with
In his practice for the great match by bJuncing
him from one table to another. it would pay the
supporters OF Schaeffer to sacrifice the $500
called for by the match Of less magnitude. But
Sexton informs US that this threatened Slosson
match will not trouble him at all. He is Datu-
rally little annoyed that O protested friend of
his should seemingly be seeking to divert his
attention from matter OF so much magnitude
as the pending $4,000 match but he stands ready
to defend the championship of America"
against anybody at any reasonable son time. 80 far
barn door forty eight hours after he has played
Schaefer the first OF the three games. 1t may be
the. championship, Of America" for the same
night as tnat on which one Of the three games
with shaefer is to be played, and In that emer
forfeit that Championship, It is NOT easy 10
say what is not possible under those rules, for
Maurice Vignaux once lost this, champion
ship" In q way by which he could not possibly
have acquired it under precisely similar cir
cumstances Perhaps before the present week
is over the guileless city Of Chicago will have
shown its full hand.
Since the foregoing was placed In type Sexton
NEW YORK. June 10, 1878.
William Sexton. Cham pion of America:
/ have received from George T. Slosson $3.50
forfeit to play you for the championship of
America and the emblem. according to the
from '0"' ! remain MaTTfHEw DELANEY"
Sexton now has no doubt Of the object Of this.
He Is of the present opinion that he would for
felt the medal we're the challenger any one else;
but its being bis PROGRESSED frirn Slosson has
reused his Vermont ,'dander," and he will play
George anyhow-that is, unless Chicago wishes
70 make him encounter both Blossom and Shae-
fer on the one night He left our office late on
the afternoon Il the tenth instant. intent upon
getting copy of the cham ionshlp rules to see
precisely how he stands as TO having equal voice
In the choice of day, and resolved to begin
practice Oh June IL, at OConnor's rooms. Tor
the Sehaefer match.
1t will be remembered that during the winter
of 1877. Sexton and slosson played match
game here. at the Globe Theatre, of 1900 points,
Slosson getting only few over 800 points In
the game, and that is the time at which Sexton
made his famous run of AIT. Subsequently and
repeatedly slosson has stated in billiard circles
here that he could not beat Sexton, and the fact
that he now comes to the front wit b q challenge
right upon the heels, as it we're, of the schaefer
match leads Sections friends In this city to the
belief that some OF Shaefers
FRIENDS ARE WEAKENING.
and as O means to disturb Sexton have adopted
this most singular procedure. 49,
According to the terms of the match with
Schaefer Sexton will play on one table Of his own
choice and one chosen by Sehaefer. which COM
pels him to practice on two ableg. II he accepts
Sioason's challenge the latter will select Q wire
cushion" table, which Sexton knows but little OF
and be must, therefore, add one more TO his list
of tables TO practice upon, which must. as
matter OF co nrse, discom mode him. and which
cannot help but affect seriously his playing In
THE MATCH WITH scHAEFER.
slosson's friends here are none the less sur
censure him for issuing the challenge unon the
verge of the Sext n Schaefer match. the friends
Of seFon claim t nat .soo @ gaGKes can
championship game, IL by arranging that they
can rattle" sexton ny his thribbls table Drac-
tice ard double. game to such an extent that
Large sums Of money have already been put
up here and elsewhere on the sexton schaefe9r
procedure on slosson's part, at this iuncture
Is strange. to say the least of 1t.