New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-20
THE BILLIARD TOURNAMENT
sCHAEFER DEFEATED BY sEXTON-AN EASY VICTOR
FOR yIGNAUX.

lard tournament Tammany Hall was played yester-
day afternoon between Maurice VignauI and Eugene
Carter. The attendance was not large Little interest
was shown in the game because vignaur was looked
upon certain winner "A an exhibition OF Inc play
ing by viguaux the game well worth seeing BUT vs.
contest 1t possessed not the slightest Interest," Sna
many of the spectators tired OF It ana lst the han oei'fo
1t had concluded. Thefollowiug was tho score;
4 yign915 J. l. 4 T. H. i H. g. 81 80 g. +
B. T. H. sS &vsfasS o. >
Carter-i.2 2s5,8o99.0M23&6 ;T29I r.
S:i;5: i64S d'S&d' o. o.
There were not many vacant seats Mt the evening
game between jacob schaefer and william Sexton
Moreover. the game depended 10 great
defeat Of schaefer would still leave both vignauI
and sexton sLance OF winning the first prize Betns
the spot ball lie missed the drst shot sexton
made g. schaetsT again missed while ItrsS SsI
dflcnlt shots and the way sexton made them showed
that he was in the best form stu third miss ,,h io1
sSod n Ho found the s"S balls tue
upper cushion. BY delicate play he drove them to the
he had added g to his score lie missed on dS9
seacSr %adS h s"' ar POINT but he
only counted one more. and then missed But 5H, in
beautiful three-cusnlon carom. This brought tue
balls IN good position ana III q very lew n,nu ,
by IA In the thirteenth by %. IN the fifteenth ana SIX
teenh by IA each. in the seten;eenih ny IT, IN the nine
tceuth by - and III the twentieth ny = lheso runs
when we're all made in his usual olT-hand. almost
ahead of sexton who had been playing since
his third inning III poor form Al the Close OF INC
twenty Inning the score stood schaefer 246 sexton
10 and bets OF : to l were offered and declined But
inst then Sexton began 10 improve IN MS
thirty second inning he made 20 and II IN
the thIrty.thrd. lie only 81 points behind
schaeler. and his friends appiauded vigorously;
After making these Sexton did nothing TO speak OF
for scvcfa innings. lie missed the easiest shots ana
was dropping and more bohnd his opponent uutil
at tho close Of the seventy second inning ne
one thought Schncfcr would win the game.
In the seventy fourth inning schaefer left sexton lIr
balls in the upper right corner Ihe latter couhle 81
before he sat Schaeicr for he next few nnlu6s
did almost nothing. sexton, too, played poor, unu Tue
cichtieth inning Then he again found the bnlls Jl7t
where lie wanted them and counted 80: ms made me
score-Schacer, 429 se1tdn az, ana rs the itl.el
announced Il the Applause really dcaiennG In INC
eighty inning Scaeer did nothing and sexton ony
counted l. Both we're very nervous In INC
clgnty-thir1 inning schaeier made - am, anu
him the eighty NTH, when sexton ma re another re-
nnrkable run Of 81. This he followed by - In the
cighyseventh. which only left him to CO. Ihrsr he
made In the next inning. schacner was AZ points
behind.
The following was the score :,a
sclaefeg- o. o 22 o. ~ / p ~ p o. - - a q q :
:. 10 t. O. D. II, T. g. o. u T. o. H., L. H. l. l-4'3 Az
S .sTi s. Il. 81 222ss&LO.O.b.h.lol 2.
g. ~ o. l. g. . %. - -. J. - n - =" a. 3 = o. H. o. j. g.
!. 3 l. 10 o 10, u, .. O3 B. 10 20 3 J. o 10 o.
a. {. 3 al J. J. l. o. 2. So l. . o. 81. ~ 4-JOV Az
erage . Oil Time OF game, three hours
AT the end Of the weeks play DAILY leads all oihcis In
the tournament lie has won two games ana lost none"
Scharfer has audo-t one, NGnauI nasw won one
ana lost two; sexton and wallace nave chch won Two
ard lost two Dion twOand lost one and carter
has won none and has lost three In all eleven have
been Played