Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-11-18
scHAEFFER DEM0RAIIzsD.
he Gets Panic Stricken in His Play
With Wgnaux
AND IS BEATEN BY l5s POINTS,
An interesting and Exciting Game OF
6iIIiards---Vey Good and Very
Bad Playing.
VARYING FORTUNES OF The PLAYERS

ShtIAGO, NOfSnOeE NC 9eSNAH
night of the l+inch bslk line tournament
drew large audience at Central Music
Hall, but not SO large IS that Of last even
ing. Yignaux's defeat By slOssOn gave
rise TO the belief that he woald have little
chance against Schaefer, and the latter
was the favorite at odds of two to one and
freely backed Considerable betting
was iona on the question Of
average, ten to seven being laid
that it would not bs %. Schsefer won
the bank, chose the black ball and missed
the lsy-of shot.
ssHAEFFER LEADS OFF WELL
Both men started slowly but in the
fourth inning SchaeHes got good ssnd-of
aud gslloped away With run Of 1872 uiss-
ing at last on an easy position draw. Fully
one-hak Of this run was made in the
regular bAlk line position. which
he got twice on different runs. Schsefers
runs Of forty-fve in the fifth inning, Was
fine illustration of sll-around billiards, and
his miss was on hard draw TO the cush'
ions. HIS miss in the sixth inning was a
mssse shot when the balls we're lined
against the cushion. At the end Of the
first half Of the seventh inning, Schsefers 8
total WAS 2l1 against IS for Vigusux.
Schae efess eighth, which ended en- q
missed masse took him to 265 or just POI
points ahead.
yIGNAUX DOES some PLAYING.
Vipnaux got we'll started for o run but
ended q, twenty FIVE with a freeze. He
got 10 going again in the tenth and did
some strong playing but spread the balls
at thirty two and missed hard cushion
shot lie did much better in the tenth,
when Schaefier lad Jailed on an over
hazardous effort and did some very
strong and steady plsyiug. As
display OF billiard skill this was most re
markable exhibition Tor he made almost
every conceivable shot. As he beat
Schas tfers ruu OF 1872 the cheering was
loud and long and again when he tied
Schseffer's score When al last the for
eigner stopped st l66 at hard oue-cushion /
shot The call was Yiguaux 299, Schaetfer
2g3. Schaeffer showed the strain and made
easy misses in the next two innings. He
made pslpsble scratch in the thirteenth,
but couldn't take advantage of it. Again
in the fourteenth be fell down on sn easy
position draw. Vignaux was also nervous,
and in his fourteenth forfeited good
break By faulty draw shot Schsster now
caught his wind again and ratified OF SIX.
ty-tWo handsome billiards.
Vigusux was not to be outdons in raj
lsiug power. In his 63j shot he got out Of
a tight place with 8 grand three cushion
bank Ct great difficulty, and once more got
possession of the balls, aud with run Of
sc took the lead sgaiu-4l7 to 394.
sCHAEFFER DEIoRALIzED.
SctssHer was now badly demorAiizsd
and for four innings missed the plainest OF
shots. .yigusux kept up his wonderful
record Of no blank innings, and in hls
nineteenth passed to the final string with
q run OF %, Score: Vignaux, 5l4;
SchasdeE ;98. Schaeder seemed TO
get settled in the twenty-frst
inning when he made 81, butit ended with
the miss of an ordinary follow shot, and
left the balls in a heap for yignaux, who
ran "a. In his tSenty-secoLd and twenty
third inning, Schstfers plsy was pi,ifally
weak. he had plenty Of chances to pat
in ard make big run and win the game
but il was not in him. Yiguaux took bis
time and with a ran Of ten closed in the
twenty fourth inning the most remarkable
game 10 billiard hisiory game without
single blank Inning on his side
SCORE.