The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-06-26
A Grent Billiard Game,

a wonderful game Of billiards was re-
Gently played in Cincinnati, Ohio, between
Jacob Schacfer and George f. Slosson.
Schaefer lost the bank for the lead, and
Slosson started off with ID. Evidently not
yet ready to settle down to work, Schacfcr
could somewhat coax but 5 out of the balls,
missing closely Il fine shot for position.
Slosson did little better in his second in
ming, sitting down after he had put in 8
rather awkward shots. Then Schaefer got
up, chalked his cue, and fired a onc-cusl-
ioncd shot clear across the table, requiring
the greatest accuracy to make. lie Tailed
| Oh the effort, but the balls were yet wide
apart. A dozen draws and cushion shots
were required before the refractory spheres
| could he handled to his liking, but at last he
brought them against the left hand rail, n
little below the middle of the table, and the
| work began, which, when finished was to
astonish the billiard world. With prcci-
sion that was absolute, and the graceful
freedom Of the arm and wrist which is
characteristic of Schacfcr's play, he worked
the balls along the rail, turned the corner
with matter course air, and settled
them on across the lower end. Occasional
ly n masse shot was required, and there was
a large proportion of the double kiss shots,
for which Schacfcr is SO famous. Once the
balls broke in line, and there was no way
out of 1t except by Il risky long kiss. lie
banged away as If the position was the
easiest imaginable, and, catching the second
object ball OH its return from the cushion,
made the count, amid applause so trcmcn-
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 Schacfer's request, until finally the
audience was requested to be little mldcr
| in it's demonstrations 1t was useless, how
ever, for, rs the wiry little Chicagoan rolled
out his hundreds, there was no restraining
the spectators. After playing for thirty -one
minutes, and stopping but once for sip of
water, Schaefer missed on a fine carom, but
| not until lie had made the enormous and un-
paralleed run of 900. The shouts were
perfectly car splitting, and the excitement
| very great. Slosson got up from his scat
and went to the table with the air of 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 81 he again sank back in
his seat, his total score being 44. 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 60 to the fence and stay there. Once
there, however, he attended to the rcst, and
never stopped till he had scored run of
300 and the game, making his average 1891.
Throughout the game Schacfer made In all
eleven masse Shots some of them seeming
ly impossible, and missed not one IIc
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 stupcndous
defeat hc had sustained, and doubtless con-
| vinccd of the uselessncss of ever again tack
ling Champion Schacfer for the emblem.
Tho latter was literally in the hands Of his
friends, and was almost pulled apart by en-
thusiastic hand shakcrs