The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-09
SEXTON AND SCHAEFER.
FIRST MEETING or THE GREAT BIL-
LARD ARTISTS,
Tae Champion Defeated by the New star
sexton In Had Form and Makes
a Poor showing.
Iapeelal to the Chicago Times.l

hours oil SLOW, uphill Work SGhheiet sooleu
his 6Ootb point and won the victory ne has
| longed for and dreamed about for nearly two
years Il was not d brilliant victory nor
| well-contaatad game Sexton scored only 16g
points. and his highest run was only 81. The
namn occupied twenty seven Innings, and the
| wInner's average Of "a CAT looks small beside
some Of tho remarkable records which this
tournament has shown. Still 1t was great
| triumph for tho Chicagoan. 1t was the most
trying and important Of his public appear
| apees He met his most dreaded rival. who
plainly had the sympathies of tho immense
audience. A favorable result was OF the ut
most moment to him IN It's bearings on hs
position In tho race while IL was Of less oonse-
quenoe to Sexton, no having already lost his
chance to win the emblem Under these cir
eumstanees Schaefor made the best average
yet achieved In an important and decisive
public contest. The game tonight has no
doubt added TO his reputation and given him
o place among blliardists that no has not, In
| the public estimation occupied before. Both
experts complained bitterly before the game
| had progressed far that the balls were not
| true Schaefer said they were the erookedest
| set he had ever played with, and sexton com
planned that their angularity interfered with
every shot he made. Nevertheless, 1t is
| hard to account for Sections almost completes
collapse tonight. In the afternoon no played
q splendid practice game with George Slos-
| sun, and he entered tho hall tonight conf
| dent TINT he would win the match Tho
crowd was enormous, and many were unable
| to get into the hall. Large sums had been
stalted on the result, and the betters were
nervous and noisy The mingled cheers and
| Misses that greeted every other shot did
not eontribute a. the perfect eauipoise Of Tho
players. After Mike Geary had made an
| abortive oratorical effort, in which his voice
was drowned by Q unanimous demand from
the audience to sit down. tho players
strung for the lead, and Sexton won. He
missed his first shot. and Schaefer scored
only two. Four points were all Sexton
counted In the next inning. and then Schaefer
commenced tho largest run OF the game. 1t
| was a fine display Of nursing. At his four
tsenth shot Schaefer brought the worries to
the upper left end Of the Monarch cushions,
and starred down the table. At the lower
corner he had scored seventy. just rs he
turned his Tooth point he brought tho balls
nicely around tho opposite corner and started
back up tho table. AT bis 10th point he froze
and failed to score from the spot. II was one
Of Schaefer's most perfect displays Of nurs
ing, and his nerve and precision ut this early
stage of tho game surprised the
not again show tho Same confidence
until late In the game, when he played with
tho utmost abandon. In spite Of his promis-
Ing lead he was evidently afraid that Sexton
game both players kept safety shots In mind
| ut every stroke and many of their small runs
may be ascribed to the intense anxiety Of
zach not to loose 'set-up' for the other. In
| the fourth inning Sexton madeta succession OF
long shots, caroms, draws and masses, all of
| which were loudly and deservedly applauded.
| He made only twenty-elght points, but II was
really the finest exhibition Of skill he showed
during the game. His shots were brilliant,
but somehow he couldn't make positions.
| After a series OF difficult strokes he finally
got the balls together, and then missed q
masse leaving them just whore Schaefer was
| likely to utilize them for a large run. Schae-
| fer was throughout much more successful In
his safety plays than Sexton. The latter
rarely had good opening, while Schaefer
improved n number Of fine chances
that were thrown In his way This
time Schaefer, missing masse, made only 8
from splendid leave. In the fifth inning
Sexton made his largest run. He gathered
the balls for q nursing bout, after Is long
shots, and orept along the rail very nicely
until he froze Mt the thirty-eighth point, and
then missed from the spot. il was about all
the billiards he made by nursing during the
game. Several times afterward he was APP
parently in Ethe outset of a long run, but he
couldn't hold the balls together. Schaefer 8
game exceled mostly in the superiority of its
position shot. In the teRth inning Schaefer
made 80 points by nursing and more by open
shots. After this inning both experts struck
q streak o. poor playing and tho crowd began
TO laugh ~ loudly as u had previously APP
plauded From the eleventh to the eighteenth
inning, inclusive, Sexton made only IS
the eighteenth Schaefer added a to
his string. Sexton had now scored al even
hundred and Schaefer, who had been pulling
slowly but steadily ahead had 336 points to
his credit. Sections friends We're still hopeful
that he would have an inspirational fit of skill
and pull to the front in long run. 1t was n
forlorn hope, and the expert had completely
f.1-l aid tnrSF nuAFt hn ln1 Id Mum
Der of splendid chances were thrown In his
way, but he failed to improve them. He
J made only two double figure runs In the rest
of the game. In the nineteenth he made ID,
then froZe, and after increasing the score to
20 he missed. In the twenty-seventh inning
he had perfect set-up. but utilized 1t for
only % points. Accomplished to those around
him that no could do nothing with such an Inn
perfect set Of balls Schaefer meantime had
been improving In the boldness and precision OF
his strokes, and in the accuracy of his position
shots His twenty-third inning, where he
scored 80, was a remarkable display Of free,
open playing For the first time since his
first large run he showed perfect confidence
in himself, and for the rest OF the game he
played with dashing and brilliant abandon.
In the twenty-fifth inning he made 25 on long
shots, then nursed along the rail-. He scat.
tered the balls ate7O; then with variety Of
shot, and had smooth work until he froze at
1871, when he missed from the spot 1t was one
of the most brilliant and varied displays OF
the SERIES In the next inning Sexton left the
balls heaped, after scoring 9, and Schaefer
made A from the set-up. In the twenty-sev-
enth inning Schaefer made the remaining %
points on his string by nursing along the up
per rail.
Schaefer has now won six games, and has
yet to meet Slosson. The latter has lost one
game and Schaefer therefore stands the fair
est chance of winning the championship
emblem. Slosson must win his game with
Schaefer and then beat him again in the tie
game In order to carry off the first honors.
The following is the score:
Schaefer-2, $50. 1, 9, o. %, 3, 6, 1, 49, 1, /, O.
o. S, A. 40, O. Is, 8 o, 49, 0, 13l, A, 23-Totai, 600
average. % 6-27.
Sexton-0, A, 28, 30, 8, II, 0, O,2,4,1 0, 0, A.
o, 4, 20, 2, o, 8, 0, 2, 5, 0, 22-Total l69; aver
age, 6 1927.
Gen. Robert e. Lees Arlington Estate.
Especial to Cincinnati Gazette.l
4 WASHINGTON, Jan. Silt is the genera
opinion among LAWYERS familiar with the