The New York herald., 1879-11-25
SLOSSON DEFEATS SCHAEFER.

WINDING UP THE REGULAR GAMES OF THE
TAMMANy HALL billiard TOURNAMENT
CARTER, SEXTON AND sLossoN Yesterdays
WINNERS.
The last regular games OF the billiard tournament
played at Tammany Hall last evening before
fine house. many ladies being present. The first
contest brought those two experts William Sexton
and Maurice DAILY to the table. and q moderately
fair game the result. Each had many
friends and the bookmakers in the vicinity
OF the hall were very busy attending to the
wants OF their customers. Sexton the favorite
In q handicap to win by rs points. Sexton won the
bank and missed. Maurice responded with /. and
this indifferent beginning was fair index
of the four subsequent essays. as the score
stood-Day. 2; Sexton, l. II guess the balls
cold. said somebody. whereat there was general
laugh. Billy changed his cue before he attempted
his sixth inning. remarking, II guess I'll go back to
old reliable" And "old reliable 1t proved. as in
finely executed style he made his buttons move
along So points. Much of it was by open work.
and his ninth point was effected by six cushion
shot. draw carelessy played sent him
to his seat. Maurice with determined
visage commenced his half of the inning and
enabled to accumulate "A. The game thus in fair
progress the audience settled down, ready to appre-
ciate aud applaud. The seventh and eighth
efforts for each exceedingly poor, and DAILY
in his ninth put 10 together. the score
stsnding-Sexton. 62; DAILY. &c. William could
do no better than 5, and Maurice went to the
front with IS. carefully played. William looked
particularly astonshed, and. with magnificent
open play. '.set" the balls we'll and then retired
a"jumping'' shot. His bad luck did not desert him.
the next inning. with IL made he failed to get
the balls out Of the fatal triangle and left thom
fairly well for his opponent. DAILY seemed
out Of sorts somewhat in his twelfth and thirteenth
trials but still the leader by Sc to 81 The tour
teenth inning gave William 3 and Maurice TO- and
the subsequent effort piled up 80 for Sex
ton. the markers call uneven innings
like Trojan to fill the gap, but could get no fur
ther than - and his retirement troubled him. Tho
addition OF 65 by William in his sixteenth trial was
another astonsher Maurice and his reply ceased
at 9. Bad luck. poor Judgment and the balls being
in perplexng and difficult positions caused the in
nins to the twenysecond to be devoid OF interest.
Waking up from the ethargy into which he had fallen,
Sexton worked the ivores all around the green for
81, and missed simple cushion shot With the
somewhat weak response of 8 from Maurice william
entced 1s from the balls and would have done bet
by William placed him further toward victory by
As points. and it this demoiisher that sent Mau
rice all abroad. He made only 1. and then William
full score is appended
az srxTos00 o Q o. s.. 1;6 1saSo o. 49, 80.
DAIY-1, 0. 0. o. l. a. O. o. TO- IS. Z. /. Z. 10. 10.
9. y. O. 1. 10. l. 0. 4. Q. !-l52
Time Of game-One hour and thirty two minutes.
sLossoN DEFEATS scHAEFEa.
old
latter great favorite. Schaefer won the lead
and failed. slosson made the creditable opening of
80 by nursing and missed draw that he
should have made. The champion could
progress no fu further than thai In l. and and some 1a
ru.sa-leml" Nerved by his good luck Slosson went
for slaughter. Prudent play and rare judgment soon
were successfully and brilliantly manipulated for
&C. This run. done with steady hand. was recog-
l. there was wild hilarity. No such
game OF billiards 1d. & up to this point had
perceptbly nervous but oftsner than is his wont
he to the table to examine the position Of the
for the champion, he failed to countsn his third
inning. and George also failing. Schaefer breathed
freer and made fourth attempt Another faiureI
The friends OF jacob were amazed. Sosson oncc
more jumped to the table, and with two shots the
admirer. .~ click! Clicki The delicate carrOms
rolled his figures to grand proportions spry
& was vsons wrsncS faoe o
the chalk his cue, tho exquisite manipulation
went on. With 25 there were cheers. with SO there
was excitement OF an intense nature, with 75 the
player had the house to his side and shouts of
''do it. boyl" you are doing yourself proudl'
far side of the hail. On and on the balls
were moved by the wonderful magic maple
piled up, when they were Of . necessity broken.
and the crowd who had applauded his wonder
sE in CRIED m the s hey
wished the overwhelming leader to con-
tnue his counting until the end OF time. Two more
shots in the open with success. and Slosson sat
down with 81 more buttons his string. Schaeter
was not wholly unconcerned. and he could re-
spond more heartily than l. The score now was
Slosson 1922 Schaefer. g. The fifth essay by slosson
showed more splendid play, and he "bossed" the
ivories AZ points. and took mis- seat with 240 to his
credit while Schaefer had but27 This gave George
average juncture Of 49, something marvellous
under the new rules. schaefer again approached
the table, but had lost heart. and the hitherto
vincibe seemed unable to do himself any sort of
justice. He made single carrom. and was then
from Georges magic cue until ~ wero rolled
his way. and so on. slosson remained the leader.
and ut the ninth inning lacked only
3 to give him the victory. These he unable to
make in the tenth and eleventh innings. and with
work In the twelfth inning. He soon struck race
horse gait. and the rail quickly put together 65
getting balls Of the forbidden ground in the
required two Shots Schaefsr claimed they were out
Referee Adams examined them closely and found them
on the line SO decision against Jacob and in
| favor OF Slosson, who quickly made and game
leaving Schaefer at Ill points Schaefer was struck
| which, added to his Saturdays defeat. may In
measure explain his unsccountabe showing OF last
| night The following is the full score:-
SLossoN-39 &C. o. 81, 4S. 81, 4. IL. l. 0. 500.
scHAErEn-O. l. 0. O. %. i. !. 0. II. l. o; 65-ll1.
Winners average. %: losers average. "a.
Time Of game-Fifty-nin minutes.
HEIsER.
Eugene Carter and j. Randolph Heiscr met in the
afternoon in the twenty sixth game. As it was i'm.
possible for either to win any of the prizes how
the contest might terminate. the game was re-
garded Of interest only far IL filled up the
blank spaces In the summary against the PLAYERS
names. The full score il annexed:-
CARTER-6, Z, l. H. o, 3. g. D. o. 0, IA 0. 80,
81, o. l. /, ii, q o. 0. 1O3. ~, 800
HEIsER-2, 4, o. s. 0. y. .. 30 o. o. Z 0. !.
2, /, 4, Z. o, l. IL, l, 2-96
Winners average. ii 10; losers average, 9-13
Time of game-One hour and seven minutes.
PRIZES.
Schaefer takes the third prize of $3.50.
Tonight, at Tammany Hall. DAILY and GARNER will
together in of 500 points. to decide the
fourth and fifth prizes, $50 and 500 respectively
On Saturday night Sexton and Siosson will
cues in game OF 600 points, to determine the first
and second prizes $1,000 and 5000 and tho cham
pion medal. which is subject to challenge.
ANOTHER SCULLING SCHEME.