Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-04-15
THE BILLIARD MATCH.
Some Excellent Playing Done-schaefer
Keeps In the Lead.

Keeps In the Lead.
New YORK, April l4.-To-night was
the fourth OF the billiard match Of 1000
points between Jacob Scbaefer and Geo.
f. Slosson. There was large attend
ance. Schaefer began the play. The
balls were in excellent position at the
start, and by two masse shots he gained
the long rail, and raised his incomplete
run OF 6S points by the previous night
by a run OF IS, thus scoring on the s2nd
1873 points, when he missed masse
shot. Slosson then took the table, max
ing Q shots. The total score now stood:
Schaefer, 2, ,465; Slosson, 1853. Schaefer
in the next inning played at times in
marvellous manner, eliciting applause.
Having brought the balls together, he
held the rail till he had made 202, miss
ing on a difficult shot. Slosson
went to the table, playing with
the utmost coolness. After few shots
on the open table he rallied the balls and
playing rapidly soon scored 26O points,
and was loudly cheered as each 90
points was called by the marker. He
missed on masse shot, leaving the balls
in A favorable position for his oppon.
ent. Schaeier took the advantage and
scored on the third inning OF the even.
ing SO points. Slosson getting the balls
to the rail again started off on another
apparently heavy run, when the claim
was made that the balls were frozen. On
this inning Slossou scored 60 points.
On the fourth and fifth innings
Schaefer only made eight points, and
nothing on the sixth and seventh.
Slosson scored four on the fourth in.
ming, missing on the fifth and scoring
two on the sixth inning. On the seventh
inning, by railing the balls and by
number OF splendid open table shots, be
made A run of 208. He missed on
a difficult shot, leaving the balls again
in a fine position for Schaefer, who
made in this ttbe eighth inning lbs.
SIosson made 10 by q splendid draw
shot," which evoked applause that was
several times renewed. Ii was by long
odds the finest shot executed in the
match to that point. Schaeter had the
balls on the rail in a twinkling, when
Slosson retired and playing with an easy
and graceful stroke, made 93. Three
innings later Slosson made magnificent
run, 252 points coming, to
grief on "kiss." Schaeier
resu med the play and favored still by
fortune ran l23 points in about ten
minutes. Sloeson had by this time,
however, beaten Schaeffer on the even
ing's game over 200 points, having made
SIC while Schaefer was scoring 622. In
his next inning, amid general cheering,
he passed l23 and kept on playing till
he was cut abruptly short in what prom
ised to be a very large run by the set
ting" Of the ball a second time. As 1t
was he made ls2 consecutive shots be-
fore he gave way to Schaeier, who made
Is and then on Slosson missing speedily
ran 40, needed to complete his 500
points, leaving the balls in perfect rail
position.
Scorce by innings-Shaefer. 65, 202,
90. g. 5, 0, o, 1853, s4, o, o. 2, l23, 10. 40
500. Grand total, 500. slosson-9,
26O. 60. 4, o. 2, 20s, l9, q. l., 4. 252, lS2,
O-l,O2S. Grand total, 2.6SS.
The Tins says: When the claim Of
frozen ball was made, Referee Kava-
nagh Lit . match and, studying the
spheres for several minutes, decided
them frozen. Slosson attempted to
play Q masse, when Morris, Schaefers
umpire, reminded him that the balls
were frozen. This reused the ire st the
spectators and caused them TO hiss tne
umpire soundly. The upshos was s'os'