New-York tribune., 1880-01-12
REvIRKIBAE BILLIIRD PLAK

SrUkFFER'S VICTORY OVER SEXTON
THE CHAMPIONSHIP CONTEST ~ TAnf,NY HALL
WINNING BY rurEEN POINTS II SIX HUNDRED.
The first contest for the championship in
IN. billiard champions saur since iie tournament n
Noy.ub,r last, vhca the priz' was won by
william scXton occurred Slur1uy rlsit I'D lam
,,.,, Ir,u between sexton and Jacob schtefer
Tire gun. wus COO point. up. and was played ODD accord
,nc. yy.h the ucw ulc- which lar corner pay.us
r.p H. g.c.,ou of Boston. acted a- rslore". George
-. -,, .. umpire for Sexton aHI Eugene Carter for
-..9.f.r There were about I5o0 spectators present.
SEXTON won %. b,ul aud chose The White hal. Hc
.cur one and failed 100 aa easy s.o s.altr ltled on
n first attempt aud Sexton resumed thc enc only to
i. -eb1.,r tncu ,ot the balls on the loit ral about
h.li way Gown aal r.u 2) gong ort ODD an easy draw
ON fourth iun u. sexton gained much appi1"ie by
!f4 r,u,a .c. tll.c play winch yt dcd him 10. Poor
execution on both sides followed until Sexton's
.,v.uth uriug. when he put together 81 brlli9rt
rouud-thc-tahc shots and fancy nurS.n*. ScAaefer
followed with g. and then sexton by good VOrS, ran 81
In the IO.h mlin-. sexton began hy r1Uudthc-tabie
,av and ram 90 when De got The u4, "a The right Iaii
and worked tl,m up 20 tie angle for js H. crossed
Ill. ... i.ur AVID uod tbc bol, rUuo.l- h "hcn d.
missed yesy ca-. c,icm, having run 90. schaeiet
tni-- nu' tuc game tl-n stood sexton l'2 S't 'r,
a. Nothing noteworthy followed u1tl -ctaef,r's -tn
Irriu. 70, f.rrd thc bal- scattered, but turec shots
.pr.ed 2, bring 'ncm to,eth'r the nprc- ief rai.
;le innpinulqtDI the balls with wonderful dextcr.ty.
and when ne bad made the length of the r9i BE- had
scored - The angle crossed sslcv. and tAe pay
along tile love ra continued. lis 9th point brousht
him into tue IilAt-haud angle ana when hc had Wadr
100 hc was lis way mp the rail Thirty
s,. more c.:oms brought I.m INTO the
uou,r r.t-and corner auI i trying 20 cross it the
balls scattered. Teen followed sei.s of dInicult
fr.v anl ur--t .iots all of which hc made w.'h ap-
p,rr case When hrmade If he had surpassed the best
record lp the late Tournament proprr although 'n play
lr, or one the olo~~on mui" lGj. His 1921 shot
most B. ai,ult one, Tho rcd ban was on the u'p'r
rail- i. Own btl was front q, 81, and the thrd ban
was halt way down. and Oh, ia the centre of the table
Wu.a Dee srorcd the ppau-e Was deac.lu. lie failed
oi, fnr .. -.,t which comp rltiycy sian, ,lc one.
r.....ar tl.u stool: S.v.ou. t5-; scla.;er 1916.
Ta.u.N. LaIfG,z.n innings were un. telt, ing On hs
i-...rii ,rn. sexton began VITA several unprr,cu1-
a..'ott rut when hc hil m.dc -j ar had tie balls ca
trI.u-.i..uul was ia for h~,r, work ll- manpn.
lated tarui down 10, uu Co On. corner Ter % crossed
.1.rIy uAteI .Iong ur lovrr rail and his way
up wh,u h had l3 fbe balls then broke badly hut by
carclu work hc managed 10 pu together ljl before he
failed This again placed Inn IN thc lead. ScMefgr
oud - In his twcuty-hfth. inning eehacier ic7scncd
the gan hy 81 points which were put together by ar
iisfc billiard pllyug the up"u table. The game
tGcu Stood. sexton. i)2; schaeicr 3o1 Xton rau IS
~ a." 80 80 ~, hni 5,dc IS when ne bun. he'd
he bl'ls ON the upper part Of the lett rail. Then
hr rcrcuted hs former performance. having 100 wnen
in th' lower anye and 1872 when across tne lower ra.
III, 1T shot vlsa int~,6. after WA u the balls were
sc,ti.rrd lie failed after makng ll9 Tue game tlcu
was = Xtou. 43O; scbaefcr, l0O.
On the 2Sth inuiuJ ~chactrr nal IN balls aud was in
q far way ~ doing well. when sexton clim push
and % was allowed. On hs next inning aitrr making
L., schaefcr got the balls IN MS fevoute poaiton
and was wOrAng them down tne lett rail- Hppar
cLty with the In his Own hands. nut after max
ing hc tailed on mase sexton besn MS thiFtl-hr,l
inuing hv open play nut with some nursing hr made
81 when hc got the left rail. lie had scored 80 WhCn
inc, broke and hl. following shots were al maze
around the table u he failed after scO.ng - scuati
rr followed with -. and was given out nY the
referee ON the 18th shot whch he claimed
10 hnve made The game then stood, eexioh. o6l
sch,erer SO The thrtYsccOnd was StNtOus las
inning and IN It he made q, leaving hm 10 points to
go Scharler got the ba Is frat on tue lower ana after
tn ,cin The result was received with loud cheering
TIE following Is the score IN detail:
sovtnn-1.o.6. 80. Is. 81, . 6l, 2.3.1.O.I 10
I5I 90 ~ 23 O. >. g. %, L. q. -, >, 9S, 24-IOia
arhnefcr-0 . o. 80. 90 g. 3 o. q. o. 1G2. -, D. t.
3II7 >, = ., 4, 81 149. H. u, A. >, "a, 5l-rota
winner average 1s't; losers average, 3293s. Time
OF game, . hours AND % minutes.