The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-07
BILLIARD SHARPS.
Schaefer Wins the Tournament by the Most
Brilliant Play.

CHICAGO, April 6.-By beating Dion in the
afternoon game of the billiard tournament
to-day Maurice DAILY secures the third prize,
Sexton fourth, and Morris fifth. Daily led
off briskly, and early took a strong lead, but
in the thirty third inning Dion ran 101, his
largest run in the tournament and thereby
came within sixty points of his opponents
score:
Daiy-e, 81, /, 55, %, So. 3, 9, 12, o, /, S5,
o, a, o. 1, s, 20, 9, 10, q AZ, 6, 25, Al, 6, T.,
3, 2, 49, 5, 20, 49, 4, 5; total, 600. Average,
II 5-35; highest rum So.
Dion-21, s, s. 50, l, 2, 10, 90 %, 0, 6, 0.
1, O. 5, /, /, g. ., SO, a. 0, 26, 81 26, 80,
age, 10 1885, highest run, 101.
The closing game of the tournament to de-
eide thesworld's championship at the Balke-
line game was played this evening, to an au-
dience which literally packed Central Music
Hall to the DOORS The players were Maurice
Vignaux and Jacob Schaefer. The character
istic points of the game were the nervousness
on the part of both players and fine rally
toward the close by Schaefer, after Vignaux,
through extreme nervousness, failed to profit
ily two OF three good opportunities to with
So nervous indeed was he that he could not
retain his seat while his opponent
was playing but moved excitedly
about, while the perspiration stood out
i'll great drops upon his forehead Schaefer
won the lead and chose the black ball, but
failed to count on the first stroke. He was
followed by Vignaux with run of II; then
Schaefer gathered 3S on his string. Vignaux
made in his second, leaving the balls in
bad position, and Schaefer failed to count.
The first point of special interest was by
Vignaux in the fifth inning when, having
conquered for time his nervousness in the
previous innings, he ran 139, the game then
standing-Schaefer, 49, Vignaux, 175.
Schaefer then took the balls, and by the most
brilliant play conceivable, including
open and close caroms, around
the table, draws, masses and
rail-nursing, amassed a total of 900. The
call then stood Scheafer 299, Vignaux 175.
The next notable performance was by Wig
naux in the eighth inning. in which he
counted II, and in the twelfth, when he
scored 100, Schaefer making small runs until
the seventeenth, when he added 50 points by
rapid play. The score then stood 448 to 423
in Schaefer's favor. In the eighteenth in
ming Vignaux made So, and both began to
show great nervousness, making small runs
and misses. In the last half of the
twentieth, with the game standing 1872
tie, Vignaux had the balls where he
should have made the game easily, but over
careful play caused him to miss an easy
stroke for the eighteenth shot. Shaefer
opened the twenty-first inning with 108
necessary to win the game, and the balls in
bad position, but the little man succeeded
in making a count, and after few shots got
the balls together near the rail. From that
point to the end his play was of the most
brilliant and daring description.
Again and again the balls broke
badly for him. He took every
chance, however, and with rare nerve in the
face of trying circumstances brought them
together again and ran the game out amid
great and deserved applause
Score: Schaefer-0, 3S, O. 49, l. 220, 10, 0,
49, O. 0, g. 10, 0, 7, 2, 95, 16, o, 10, 1OS; total,
500; average, 2S 1921. Highest run, 22o.
Vignaux-11, 4, 16, 5, 1870, II, g. II, 8, 81, 16,
109 0, o, 8, 0, 2, 81 II. II; total, 500; average,
rs $40; highest run, 139.
Time of game, two hours and thirty-five
minutes