The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-21
THE BILLIARD TOURNAMENT.
scHAEFER WINS THE OPENING GAME AGAINST
GARNER BY SCORE OF SIX HUNDRED POINTS

sCHAEFER WINS THE OPENING GAME AGAINST
GARNER BY SCORE OF SIX HUNDRED POINTS
TO -FOUR HUNDRED AND TwENTy-NINE.
The billiard tournament for the championship OF
the world, the emblem of the same. valued at $500.
and money prizes amounting to $2,100, was opened
last evening at Cooper Institute. The contest
ants are GARNER. Rudolphe. Schaefer. DAILY.
Gallagher, slosson and Heiser. They are all
pretty we'll known in New York. with the
exception Of Heser. who. though Western player.
dates himself from Boston. He the last to enter
and took the place Of Joseph Dion. who retired
about two weeks ago. There eight entries
originally. which would have made the number of
games to be played twenty-eight. Sections with
drawa leaves the total number of games to be played
twenty-one exclusive of any that it may be necessary
to play for places in of one more ties.
One Thousand dollars OF the money prizes go with
the emblem OF the championship; six hundred to the
second best man. three hundred to the third and two
hundred to the fourth. The games to be each GOO
points. Sexton's withdrawal freely discussed and
various theories advanced to account for it, There was
general expression OF surprise and regret among the
other players, who only too anxious to cross cues
The hall was comfortably filed. and there were
more ladies' present than vt any previous billiard
entertainment in this city. 1t was nearly halfpast
eight when GARNER and Schaefer took up their cues
in evening dress while schasfer stepped to the table
in more democratic costume-minus his coat.
GARNER won the string for lead and counting from
the spot scored 10 points and retired Schaefer fol-
lowed with but points for his opening play and in
second sec play. made i. and in the third g. leaving
| the balls almost ''crotched for Schaefer Tho
! latter began tho Clicking" process on them
Ut once and carried them across the lower end rail
80 points In single shot he turned them nicely to
the side rail and jSnlneyea tho q. length Of Of
| the upper end rail, where they had yielded
him l3G. In crossing the end rail they spread
made with an effort to drive the first object ball to
the other end of the table and back into position.
The run netted him l44 Schaefer had twenty five per
cent of his 600 points made when GARNER began his
fourth inning with but II to bis credit He
increased the number only points and
getting them again on the rail 'Ciick, . "click''
agan-ten, twenty, thirty. forty. fifty times. and
and then by an occasional draw the table
easy masss for better position. he kept them going
until he got from them 1877 points making his total
| 2S8 to CARRIERS 20 in four innings each.
UPHILL GAME.
| GARNER whose manner is usually excited. took the
| situation very coolly, and in opening the eighth
inning played well and carefully. The balls did not
behave well for him. however. and 1t took him fifty
shots bring them to the end rail- They broke away
again after two or three shots. and he found more
| difficulty than usual IN getting them back
He hit them little too hard or too easy
| lust enough to make the next shot trouble
| some. At so points. after good drive around the
table to gather in the corner, the balls iroze" on
|
| but the balls ''broke' badly and he retired
with 50 points. The contestants took but
ons s Us opened the tenth with gap 81
| 175 points to close up. The inning yielded him a.
principally made along the cushion A second
s'freeze" caused the balls to be spotted and in play
ing from the string he missed the red ball kissing
the white from its spot Just. Just before slf the
close of the even innings with an air of
confidence. played fast and successfully, the balls
answering his touch with an sppearanSe OF intsii
| he retired with As points. An ordinary amateur
might easily have played better than either of them
for the next nine innings in which Schaefer took
| total of "a to "A for GARNER.
CONTINUED ILL LUCK.
The latter opened his twenty-second inning with
exactly 200 points on his string to his antago-
mist. The balls favored him little, and he made 10
on the rail before they got straight son him. a
pretty kiss from the cushion brought the balls
| into play again, and he went to 40, when an
other freeze interrupted him. He counted from
the spot and the audience manifested their sympathy
| by warm applause miss-cue a draw shot caused
him to sit down at 45. The next play that elected
any applause was schaefers in hi, his twenty,sixth
! any other time in the game lie rolled up
u and turned two points on his last
shape at the beginning, and few shots suficcd to
bring them into complete submission on the rail
| They gave him so and "froze for the fourth time
The spot shot left them badly and he got but 10 more
making his score 34s to Schaefers 6o5 He made Is
opening the . y to sr
went in for S. He left them on the cushion for
Schaefer who worked them along to the corner for
&c. and turning to the side rail finished the game
| with run Of 81
THE SCORE.
Following is the score:-
Garner-lO. l. 6, g. o, H. 3. 49, /, a. A. 20. g. 2,
40. 6, As. II. 9. 9. II, go, rs. o. {. 56.429.
Schaefer-7. 0, a. 1877, 8, o. y, l. As, o, 0.
], 13, 90 8. 8. IL. "A, n. 10. o. 0. $1,000.
Winners average. 10 l13l losers average, 10 1881
This afternoon Rudolphe and Gallagher will play
their game together and in the evening Maurice DAILY
will contend with Heiser.