New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-27
END or THE BILLIARD TOURNAMENT
WALLACE AND vIGNAUx WIN THE TIE GAMEs-PosI-
TON OF THE PLAYERS

WALLACE AND vIGNAUx WIN THE TIE GAMEs-PosI-
TON OF THE PLAYERS
The tie for the second prize in the billiard
tournament played of yesterday afternoon by
Jacob schaefer and Thomas Wallace. Each had won
four games and lost during the tournament but at
their last meeting schaefer had been such an easy
winner that every thought he would have mere
walkover yesterday Poor play was the rule on both
sides until the sixth inning when schaeer licked Of o.
This he followed by IL in the seventh inning, "a In the
NINTH and 10 In the tenth and at the close OF the tenth
inning the Schaefer, SO; Wallace, DO In the
twelfth inning Wallace made 20 points. the highest run
in the tournament This completely ratified Schaefer
and Wallace with great in the sixtyninth In
ming.
The following was the score:
sehaeferoo 3 3, so, 90 II. "a: TO- o92oo l. 2
t. s5 Avsass S4SG g. h s hest e run s. L.
So %.sl.ISe 81 q H. b. e. IL H. TO- a.
i&ts 7 2s SsSs Z 2 run M Is Tno ii
game. 2hours aud 10 minutes.
As Maurice vgnau1 aud Joseph Dion had each lost
men they met last night to Contest fourth prize
The game es aording seientifc display OF billiards
e s1s snsa9 gained S0"Ss in
sixth inning and retained it to ,, the clone ,Ss
game greatly improved in his play In the seventh
inning yignaux warmed up TO his work and Dy neat
this last rum which he made chiefly IN tue corners Wig
showed decacy of nursing that has been equalled
by no one except schaefer He was heartily cneerea
when he took his seat at the conclusion OF his run In
the twentyseventh inning ygnau1 scored 49, which ne
followed in the next BY % In the thircth by 90 IN me
nifty first by p. These placed him over 100 ahead
Of Don the standing at the end OF the nityhrst
inning secured 40 points by Ie aafSund tne taI te
play but the Frenchman won easily IN the sixty mhtn
inning.
The following was the score:
,o y,spsqt-S g. % o. g. d 3D. p J.
fa5Go g. %vSfasa ~ 5s55 s.
PiGn17 l2e4s6SS b - D. J. + 8 b as o.
Ss5e highest run IS Tine Of game hours and
minutes
with the close Of this game all the ties have been
played of, aud the following is the standing of the
various players: Daily won i've games aud lost one
lie therefore wins the emblem OF championship ana
the first prize OF 900 Wallace takes the second prize
OF $780, nc having won five games-one OF them a tle
the third prize OF 500. with four games won ana three
lost and the Ffenchman Is as low a5 fOurtn HIS pie
$500. Dion. the NTH and last prize man. gets 500
Sexton and Carter nonplaced the latter has lost
all OF his games and Sexton lost all except two lhe
highest single made during the tournament was
has has " also the best general average,
OF 6l2 This il one OF the strangest things about
strange tournament. The who makes the best gen
era single gets only third place The hgn-
est run 49, and was made by Wallace Nlgnaux and
sex ON come next with OF 90 each The presenta
ton OF the prizes viii take place on Tuesday night at
Madison Square Han, Bro dway near Twenty-tmrd-st
VgnauK and schaefer spent many nonrs
at the balk line game. vignaux desires
tha the game shall be for one emblem OF championship
where he it from Viguanx. but no says
sa% Willing IN a c to for play 600 Whether ysaa4
determined. but MI collender stated last niSat that
some sort of match between the two champions would
certainly occur within three weeks