Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-09-18

I've Wins the Championship OF the
World.

world.
Jacob Schaefer spent a winter in Eureka
playing while here several match games Of
billiards. Hc was from Kansas, and the
boys christened him 1.-THE Grasshopper.'
Since returning to the East he has developed
marvellous skill as a billiardist. Heis now
the acknowledged champion Of the world.
The Billiard Mirror for September describes
a game between Schaefer and Slosson, in
which the former came off an easy victor.
We extract that portion relating to Schaef-
er's playing. Says the Mirror:
Then Schaefer got up, chalked his cue,
and fred a one-cushion shot clear across
the table, requiring the greatest accuracy
to make. He tailed on the effort. but the
balls we're yet vide apart. A dozen draws
and cushion shots we're required before the
refractory spheres could be handled to his
liking, but at last he brought them against
the left-hand rail a little below the middle
OF the table, and the work began. which,
when finished. was to astonish the billiard
world. With a precision 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. Occasionally a masse shot was re-
qnired, and there was a large proportion
Of the double-kiss shots for which Schaeftr
is SO famous. Once the balls broke in a
line, and there was no way out of it except
by a risky long kiss, He banged away as
If the position was the easiest imaginable,
and,c catching the second object ball on its
return from the cushion, made the count,
amid applause so tremendous that it shook
the plastering from the ceiling. 1t was
this shot that was referred to as a scratch"
by some OF the writers in describing the
game, but very enormously, for it was per-
fectly evident to a skilled observer that the
stroke was accomplished precisely in the
manner played for, and that the position
of the balls was such that a count could
not have been made in any other way.
1t was a shot equally brilliant and daring
in conception and execution with the ex-
traordinary kiss shot made by Gallagher in
the New York tournament.
Schaefer called the referees attention to
the particles Of dust that had fallen on the
cloth, and, in accordance with the new
rule, the referee carefully removed the little
Instructions. This was lone several times
at Schaefer's request, until finally the au-
dience was requested to be a little milder
in their demonstrations. 1t was useless,
however, for as the wiry little C~hicagoan
rolled out his hundreds, there was no re-
straining the spectators. After PLAYING for
t%hirty-one minutes, and stopping but once
for a sip of water, Schaefer missed on a
fine carom but not until he had made the
enormous and unparalleled run of six hun
bred and ninety. The shouts we're per-
fectly ear-splitting, and the excitement very
great. No snch interest and enthusiasm
were ever before manifested within the
somewhat extended experience of the editor
OF the Mirror, and he can only hope, for
the sake of billiards. that the changes and
notifications thought to be necessary in
future a repetition Of such great runs, will
prove to be equally exciting and popular
with spectators.
Throughout the game Schaefer made, in
all. eleven shots, some Of them seemingly
impossible, and missed not one. never
froze, and Judgment was never once asked
on a disputed point, so distinct and clear
cut were all his plays. Slosson left the
hall overwhelmed with the ~stupendous de-
feat he had sustained, but by no means
convinced Of the uselessness OF ever again
tackling Champion Schaefer for the em-
blem. The latter was literally in the hands
of his friends. and was almost pulled apart
by enthusiastic hand shakers.
Schaefer's winnings in this match were
not far from 81, 200, including the stake OF
$500, the excess Of receipts over expenses,
amounting to about 5000, and the present
OF 500 made to him by J. NJ. Brunswick
q Blake Co., on the night Of the match. in
recognition Of the great performance that
had taken place on their table and cushion.