Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-06-18
A Great Billiard Game.
''YOu bet.

4 wonderful game of billiards was re-
Gently played in Cincinnati, Ohio, between
Jacob Schaefer and George +. SlOsson.
Schaefer lost the bank for the lead, and
Slosson started off with II. Evidently not
vet ready to settle down to work, Schaefer
could somewhat coax but out of the balls,
missing closely a fine shot for position
SlossOn did little better in his second in
ming, sitting down after he had put in
rather awkward shots. Then Schaefer got
UP, chalked his cue, and fired one-cush-
ioned shot clear across the table, requiring
the greatest accuracy to make. lie tailed
on the effort, but the balls were yet wide
apart. A dozen draws and cushion shots
were required before the refractory spheres
could be handled to his liking, but at last he
brought them against the left hand rail,
little below the middle of the table, and the
work began, which, when finished, was TO
astonish the billiard world. With a preci-
sion that was absolute, and the graceful
freedom of the arm and wrist which Is
Characteristic of Schaefer's play, he worked
the balls along the rail, turned the corner
with a matter of course air, and settled
them on across the lower end. Occasional
" masse shot was required, and there was
a large proportion of the double kiss shots,
for which Schaefer is so famous. Once the
balls broke in a line, and there was no way
out of It except by risky long kiss. He
banged away as if the position was the
easiest imaginable, and, catching the second
object ball on its return from the cushion,
made the count, amid applause so tremen-
dous that it shook the plastering from the
ceiling. Schaefer called the referees at
tention to the particles of dust that had fal-
len on the cloth, and in accordance with the
new rule, the referee carefully removed the
little distractions. This was done several
times at Schaefers request, until finally the
audience was requested to be little milder
in its demonstrations. II was useless, how
ever, for, as the wiry little Chicagoan rolled
out his hundreds there was no restraining
the spectators. After playing for thirty-One
minutes, and stopping but once Tor sip OF
water, Schaefer missed on fine carom, but
not until he had made the enormous and un-
paralleled run of $50 The shouts were
perfectly ear splitting, and the excitement
very great. Slosson got up from his seat
and went to the table with the air of a man
who plays because it is his turn, and not
with the faintest hope of winning. The
balls were left handily for him, but he was
in no humor to handle them judiciously,
and after scoring q he again sank back in
his seat, his total score being A. Schaefer
commenced forthwith his play to bring the
balls to the rail, but they broke very badly,
and he sent them across the back, and up
and down. and around the angles, thirty
times or more, before they finally consented
to 90 to the fence and stay there. Once
there, however, he attended to the rest, and
never stopped till he had scored run of
3O5 and the game, making his average 3335.
Throughout the game Schaefer made in all
eleven masse shots, some of them seeming
" impossible, and missed not one. He
never froze, and judgement was never once
asked on a disputed count, so distinct and
clear-cut were all his plays. SlossoE left
the hall overwhelmed with the stupendous
defeat he had sustained, and doubtless con-
vinced Of the uselessness of ever again tack
ling Champion Schaefer for the emblem.
The latter was literally in the hands sf his
friends, and was almost pulled apart by en-
thusiastic hand shakers.