The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-04-21
SCnAEFEk BEATS VIGNAOA
The First Contest Between the
Two Champions of ,Le Cue.
Scha"fer Displaying Marvellous
Skfit and coins stne ruu Of
%2O ias W hich some fS ifli-
ant Isa se ShatS were
Made.

CHICAGO, April The game this at
ernoou b-twten DAILY and Don was real
V "A fine one, but ~ il did not affrc1 the
championship emblem it attracted yer,
title notice. At the very start Daily oh
tanned lead which ne co ,tlnuously i'll
creased up to the twentieth inning, when
the score was 36I t, l4S in his favor. A
ruu of 80 w;zsD IONS only effort of conse-
uuence. Then Dion began series Of
runs which very nearly closed the big gap.
| and strengthened the good opinion a. 70
his general skill. He made runs Of 53, 81,
26. 81. 26, 80 and Is, and then capped il
with 10l. his best effort in the tourna-
ment. DAILY put in tirst-class work. and
ran out in the thirty-tifsh inning. leaving
Dion 1T $40.
The largest and finest audience that ever
assembled in Chicago to witness Il billiard
match was that which filled Central Music
HALL TO overlooking Tonight on the occa-
sion of the clo-iug game of the great In
rernational Balk Line Billiard Tourna-
m mt for the championship Of tn" wo,l i
and $500 gold emblem. Previously Mau-
rice Vignaux OF Pars has won five games
and lost none. and Jacob Srhaefar, of New
York, had an exactly similar record. II
was the first time that the present cham
nion If America had ever been matched
against the champion Of France. Either
player by selling the game could have
made him self com Portable for life. The
game proved to he close enough to he nt
the most exciting nature. and especially 60
-owarfl the end, when so much depended
mon "a hairs breath.
In banking for the lead Schaefer won.
took the black hall. hut failed TO count
hning kissed off. Vionanx made il nnin'a.
losing on a missed two-cu>lion shot. tn
th" second inning Schaef4r began to play
by neatly collecting the balls at the nrper
right corner. Tho spectators We're do
mons'rative to the noisy roint. apnlaudin"
Utmost every shot indi<criminateIv. THE
nlav was of Srhaefer's usual kind. chief
for position and opportunity to nn'se.
S,<hapfer missed II diff Init massn. If az
'arnning 35 Vign.,fx responded with
nnlv fnu~ buttons. St.haafar mizc,lnd j"
h;s third inning VIII Ia the inpartnhah'e
Frenrhman got 16, retiring on a draw C
,ri<hion.
Igs hsS Sx,s3I a Yrp
<s,eeflilv called the BAL together with his
nHsrnetic "I1a ittto his favo.i 'n~err rn"r
When thp marker hail called 81 ~chaefp~
made Da,tjrrlarlv fine m.ssa Int closed
soon afrerward at forty points. Vienanx
..nn'd make buf five. Then S..haef"r gor 81
single, which was beauty. but missed the
r,"xt. An pasv one. Virnaux. in his hnlf
~ iha inning. aia tho tira- great playing
Of the evening. Rv the evenest. most del
icate PLAYING, chiefly in the lower end. he
ran mp l39 before missing an EASY follow.
In this rnn he displayed his marvellou.
oolness and skill in driving and holding
the balls in position. Generally the balls
broke well for him At the close the cstil
was in his favor at ITS to 70.
During the latter part of Vignaux's run.
Shaefer looked anxious 70 get at the balls
again. and when he did he went to work
for business. His many beautiful ma~se
shots called forth great applause. and these
and his position play were the feature Of
the hig run he made before taking 4 seat
again. AFTER PLAYING jnst eight minutes
md a half. all in the lower end Srhaefer
had reached 100. He kept counting rap
idly, the 18th shot being truly marvel
'ons masse When he reached 139, or the
extent of Vignaux's run, the applause
hook the house. and the boys in rhe upper
tier appeared abont to fall over the rail
with jov. Somebody shouted, Take off
one ball !" and thereby convnlsed the spec
tators. When the marker called 200 the
audience was fairly afioat in happiness.
The run closed for 220. the miss being a
short, easy one-cushion shot, made for po-
sition. The call then was 299 10 It's in IA
vor Of schaefer, his average being almost
o. Vignanx, in his half of the inning,
made only IL, missing two-cnshion shot
out Of corner.
Schaeter's seventh inning was but 10,
the miss being an easy draw. Vignaux
was i'm still worse luck, with 3. In the
eighth inning the New Yorker drew his
third blank. apparently through careless
ness. Tie Partisan, being II in the rear