Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1883-04-18
Championship of the World.

Championship of the World.
The following from the New Yorl
Sun describes the billiard contest be
tween Jacob Schaefer and Maurice
Vignaux, at Chicago, April 9th, fol
the championship Of the world;
In banking for the lead Schaefer won
took the black ball, but failed to count
being kissed or Vignaux made / | points
closing on missed twO-cuShion shot. In
the second inning Schac.cr began play by
neatly collecting the balls at the upper
right corner. The spectators were de
monstrativc 90 the noisy point, and ap
plauding almost every shot indiscriminate
ly. The play was Of Schaeicr's usual kind
chiefly for position aud opportunity tC
nurse. Schaeier missed a difficult massC
after running IS. NignauX responded
with only buttons. Shaefcr miscued in
his third inning, while the imperturablC
Frenchman got lG, retiring on draw 10
cushion.
In the fourth inning the wry American
speedily called the balls together with his
magnetic cue into his iavorite lower cor
ner, When the marker had called 81,
Schaefer made particularly fine masse,
but closed soon aftcrward at forty points.
VignauX could make but five. Then
Schaefer got a single, which was a beauty
! but missed the next, an easy one. Wig
nauX, in his half of the inning, did the
! first great playing of the evening. BY the
evenest, most delicate playing, chiefly in
the lower end, he ran up 1870 before miss
ing an easy follow. In this run he dis
played his marvellous GOODNESS and skill
in driving and holding the balls in posi-
ton. Generally the balls broke we'll for
him. At the close the call was in his
favor at 175 to ~.
During the latter part Of VignauX's run,
Schaefer looked anxious to get at the balls
again, and when he did he went to work
for business. His many beautiful masse
shots called forth great applause, and
these and his position play were the feat
ure of the big run he made before taking
a seat again. After playing just eight
minutes and half, all i'm the lower end,
Schaefcr had reached 100. lie kept count.
ing rapidly, the 18th shot being a truly
marvellous masse. When he reached 1870,
or the extent OF VignauX's run, the APP
plause shook the house, and the boys in
the upper tier appeared about to fall over
the rail with JOY. Somebody shouted,
"Take off one ball :! and thereby convuls-
cd the spectators. When the marker call
ed 200 the audience was fairly anoat in
happiness. The run closed for 900, the |
miss being short, easy one-cushioncd |
shot, made for position. The call then |
was 900 to 11j in favor Of Schaefer, his |
average being almost 30. Nignaux, in his |
half of the inning made only II, missing
q two-cushion shot out a corner.
Shoafp seventh iuniup NNos but IN tlta
miss being an easy draw. Vignaux was
in still worse luck, with 3. In the eight |
inning the New Yorker drew his third |
blank, apparently through carelessness. |
The Partisan, being Ia in the rear, felt it |
necessary to do something TO close the |
gap. He made -, slipping up on follow. |
The ninth inning opened most suspicious
ly for Schaeier, but wound up speedily |
with bakers dozen OF points. Vignaux
then secured his first egg. In the next |
Schaefer got and NiguauX 81. Vignaux
began his tenth inning with count on an
kiss, continuing on to 1G. |
Schaefcr had previously made miss,
which he repeated in the eleventh inning.
The Frenchmen than evened mp matters |
and considerably more with pyramid OF
100 The siXty-sevcnth shot of this was
perhaps the finest five-cushioned effort of
the evening 1t looked impossible to make |
it, and Vignaux studied long before max
ing the attempt. The call showed Wig
naux Ais, Schaefer 33i.
In the thirteenth inning Schaeler made
10 by very hard work. He left the balls
bad for Vignaux, who played for safety,
missing and leaving the balls in turn bad
for Schaefer Schaefcr missed and Wig
naux did ditto. The playing continued
bad to the seventeenth inning, when
Schaefer recovered his nerve and tantaliz.
ed his spheres for II neat run OF %. At
the close the score stood 44S TO 421 in his
favor. The Frenchman made but two,
missing an easy draw Schacfers eigh-
tenth turn resulted in 1G points, the miss
being q long masse draw. The balls were
apparently safe, but VignauX managed to
count, and once more ran ahead with 81
buttons.
In the nineteenth inning it was anybo-
ly's game, with almost q certainty that
the first good run would make the winner
Schaeler got only 10, missing difficult |
1ne single cushion in the corner. Vignaux |
counted 10, and had then lead of II. In
the twentieth inning Schaefer, after max
ing 10, when the balls were in fine posi-
tisn, missed from pure carelessness in not |
naux' however, gave him another lease of
life by only putting up IL. Schaefer now
needed 10S to win and Vignaux Of. The
wizard got the balls together at the upper
end Immediately on taking the cue, and |
retained them within easy counting dis
lance up to almost GO when they got away |
With the greatest GOODNESS
and nerve he gathered them again, and, to
make long story short, ran the game
cut,
Schaefcr--O, 80, 0, 40, I, 900, 10, 0, 10, o,
0, 3, 10, 0, z, 2, 90, 10, 8, 10, 10S. Total,
600. Average, % 1921; highest run, 220. |
Vignaux-11, 4, 10, 8, 1870, II, 3, ~, 0, 81,
16. 100, o, 0, 3, 0, 9, %, II, II. Total, J03 |
Average, 25 900; highest run, 130.
The first prize, won by Mr.. Shaefer
consists of 81 200, and a handsome
miniature gold billiard table. The
New York World gives the following
regarding the two players;
Maurice Yignaux was born in Is
nathan, France, and is thirty-eight
years old. He is little over six feet
tall and weighs about 240 pounds,