The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-15
GLEANINGs
IN ALL THE RIELDs: OF FACT, NEAR
AND FAR.
what Is GOIHE On In Every Land aud
CIims-ARaiFS IN the AntipOdsS-
AOmentOuH Matters In RuSi.
mess, Government, Com.
meFee aud Society.
THE BILLIARD MATCH.
Fourth InnIng Of the Match BetWeeE
blOSson aud BchAefeF.

bIOSsOn and BchAsfeF,
NKw YoRK, April l4-To-night was the
fourth OF the billiard match Of 4 900 points
between Jacob schaefsr ard George F.
slosaon. There was a large attendance,
sChaefer began the play. The balls were
in excellent position at the start, and by
two masse shots he gained a long
rail and raised his incomplete run
OF sixty.siRht points OF the previous
night by run OF G5, thus scoring on
the ninety second inning 1888. He missed
q masse stroke. Siosson took the
table, making nine shots. The total score
now was, SChaeier, 2,465; Slosson, 1859.
schaeler, in the next inning, played at
times in marvellous manner, ellciting ap.
plause. Having brought tho balls together
be held the rail till he had made 2O2,
missing on difficult shot. SloSson
went to the table playing with
the utmost Coolness. Alter few shots on
the open table, he rallied the balls, aud
playing rapidly, soon scored 200 points,
and was loudly Cheersd Rs each 90 points
was called by the marker. He niissed on
a maSse shot, leaving the balls In favor
able position for his opponent Schatfer
took advantage OF this, and scored on the
third inning OF the evening 03
points. slosSon getting the balls to rail
again started of an apparently heavy run,
when the claim was made that the balls
were "iroZen," On this inning SlOsson
scored 65 points, On the fourth and fifth
innings Schaefsr only made points, and
nothing on the sixth and seventh.
Slosson scored on the fourth inning,
missing on the fifth and scoring on the
sixth inning.
0h the seventh inning, by Railing the
balls and by a number Of splendid open
table shots, he made q run OF 20S. He
missed on difficult shot, leaving the
balls again In hne position for SChaeier,
who made in this, the eighth inning, 1853
points,
SIosson made 10, one by splendid draw
which evoked applause that was several
times renewed. II was by long odds the
finest shot executed In the match TO that
point. SChaefer had the balls on the rail
In twinkling when Slosson retired, and
playing with an easy, graceful stroke,
made o..
Three innings later Slosson made q
magnificent run Of 252 points, coming to
grief on "kiss."
schaeIer resumed the play and favored
still by fortune ran l23 points In about ten
minutes. Slosson had by this time how.
ever, beaten sChaefer on the evenings
game over 200 points, having made 746
while Schaeler was scoring 624 In bis next
inning, amid general cheering, he passed
12S and kept on playing until he was cut
abruptly short In what promised very
large run by the ''settlinR" of q
ball the second time. AS 1t was he made
1872 consecutive shots before he gave way
70 Schaefer, who made 10, and then, on
SloBson missing, speedily ran the 10
needed to complete hfs'S00 points, leaving
the balls In q perfect rail position.
The Times says when the claim OF
"frozen ball" was made Referee Kavanagh
III match, and studying the spheres for
several minutes, decided them frozen.
Slosson attempted to play Inssse when
Morris, SChaeler'a umpire, reminded him
that the balls were frozen. This reused
the Ire OF the spectators and caused them
to hiss the umpire roundly.
The upshot was that 5losson missed,
and then there was another loud outCry
against Morris. Hhaefer was hissed when
he started to play, and when be missed on
the fourth shot, 80 intense was tho feeling
ot parttsanRhlp, that loud burst oi ap.
plause hailed the unluCky stroke. Both
players were upset by this occurrence,
aud there was some wild playing for q
time.