The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-13
THE BILLIARD TOURNAMENT.

| THE BILLIARD TOURNAMENT.
MIR. JACOB sCHAEFER THE BILLIARD
CHAMPION OF THE WORLD.
The Most wonderful Game Ever Played II
America-The Greatest Average an,
the Largest Run on Record 600 1,
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New York Sun. February 81
The last regular game In the j. NJ Bruins
wick and Bake tournament for the billiard
championship Of the world was played II
Cooper Institute last evening. All the experts
but two had gone overheard and been thrown
ashore by the surf Slosson and Schaefel
were the only ones left upon the craft. ant
there was room for but one. The other must
take. water. Both players come from tn,
West Both are twenty-five years old
Though hailing from Chicago, Slosson is
Kalb, St Lawrence county, in 1854. He was
the last man to play Sexton for the American
championship, and was defeated. He
has worsted Schaefer four times the
Tammany Hall, the third In Chicago and the
fourth In ST. Louis. In this tournament Sios-
son had twice made an average OF 75 the
highest on record. He revenged himself on
Sexton on January %, defeating him by the
| extraordinary score Of 800 to 81. In this game
Slosson made a run OF AL, the largest on re-
| cord. In a game with GARNER on January q
he ran 403. Schaeffer was credited with the
next highest average and next largest count
on record He had an average of 662a, and
has made run of 1929 Slosson is blue-eyed.
active little fellow, with pale face and regu-
lar features. His hair and moustache are
brown. He dresses in ministerial black, and
usually wears white cravat. Schaefer is
about the same height as Blossom, but not SO
handsome. He has hatchety face and there
are hollows in his cheeks which force his
cheek bones into undue prominence. He has
small, sharp brown eyes, and wears slight
moustache and ruffied scalp-lock Slosson
has an earnest, eager expression and Schae-
Ter always looks as though he was afraid of
doing something for which he might feel
sorry.
By s o'clock the hall was jammed to suffo-
cation. There were two streams OF humani.
ty leading to ticket boxes, one rising in Third
Avenue. and the other having its source near
Lafayette Place. There was large attend
ance OF ladies. VIM. Sexton umpired the
game for Slosson, and Edward Davis was
referee
The men entered the hall together at 10.
They played In their shirt sleeves. Slosson,
mindful OF Days mistake, stuck to his turn
down collar. Schaefer wore his usual modest
Piccadilly. The pearly gift of GARNER was
the only jewelry to be seen. The betting was
very heavy. and slightly In favor of Slosson.
Sections friends went in to get square, and
put up Inelr money Without stint. The hall
was filled with them.
AS the men went to the table to string for
the lead they were greeted with Sc OF ap-
plause. Slosson won the lead, took the an
giles, and counted. The wild shout that fol-
lowed told him that he had the sympathies of
the audience. He ran Is by open play, every
shot being heartily cheered. Schaefer made
IL by play equally beautiful, but retired with |
faint applause. The Colporteur made 8, and |
slipped up on an easy cushion shot. Schae-
m had rtxxfL .,A =
Of the crowd affected his nerves He played |
his bail too full and failed to count Slosson !
scored 0, and left the ivories for Schaefer a |
second time. The latter failed to count on a |
simple carrom, and was showered with de-
rls1on. SlosSon then went for the balls like
sportsman beating up game. He flushed
covey Of birds In the lower left corner, and
gagged Is in crossing the table. AS he turn
ed the corner the applause broke out again.
strong and hearty. He began to pick up
birds along the rail and brought down IS,
when one Jack Frost claimed the farm and
irove him from the field. The worries were
spotted. There was noise like the humming
II vast hive OF bees. Slosson's ball struck
Jack on the white, and the ominous hum
ming broke into hoarse roaring. The Col
,orteur IAN II, falling to count on long fol-
ow. There were score OF long drawn
'Ons."
moment afterward SIosson began to shoot
ection and he counted slowly and DELHI
rately. He had dropped Twenty-Five. when
le flushed the largest covey ever known In
he upper right corner. The balls ran to-
.ether in whirl Of applause. The sky began
o rain caromS. The st. Lawrence boy turned
he first angle with seventy-two, and began to I
rop the birds along the left rail- Schaefer ,
watched O. very delicate shot, and called ,
lime, claiming that it was push. Mr..
ieary decided against it. Slosson kept on
nwu the fatal left aafar In y.
laimed q foul, but there were cries OF de- I
lsion, and the referee shook his white head ,
way walked Slosson dropping bird at every
op. He turned the lower left corner as !
PEACEFULLY as thistledown, and began to /
narch across the table with 40 points In the /
un. The number was increased to 200 at the :
ext corner, and the yels OF his partisans
we're deafeniDg. He marched up the rail with
our score OF successful shots, but flushed
ONE strong flyers in the next corner. All. :
owever, were hit and retrieved. AS he |
cached his favorte angle Marker Ellis sung :
ut 300. The audience heard 1t, and 50 did
'armer Frost, for he came along and ordered I
he skillful sportsman off his land. The balls 6
'ere spotted: The murmuring OF the excited 8
pectators died away, and the hall was as !
till as death. Slosson Counted, and 500 :
anes danced upon the floor like the rattle J
musketry. SloSson more than counted. In :
cyan to drop them right and lett along the :
ital left rail. Such growing and chuekles .
ere never before heard in Cooper Institute
he expert turned the lower left angle with
20 on the run, and Increased it to $50 as he
egan to move up the right rail. Schaefer
ropped In his seat, and seemed to lose ali in.
rest in the game. The 400 was made near d
le upper corner The shouting and stamp s
g were redoubled. The boy took glass Of i
alter and opened fire afresh. The marker
Tiled 40. Slosson had again beaten Schaef-
IS lon longest run, but the crowd made no
smonstration. When 442 was called handle
onium broke loose. The Colporteur had !,
,aten his own run and the highest on record. q
ithout waiting for the sea to become calm
olazed away with royal nerve. At AGO
;naefer turned to Rudolphe, who sat at his :,
de- ~, "Ru," he said, won't you take my q
mo Not tonight" responded the artis- ~
French professor. This is fearful" After u u
run on o. 464 Slosson failed to count, and l. i
oan filled the hall. The marker called the 90
tme: Slosson, $50; Schaefer, 10. "a "a
ochae1er walked to the table with face as ~
!, as Sisyphus. He stood upon foot :,
rim bal