The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-12-24
TWO AMERICANS
IN TIE BILLIARD CHAMPIONSHIP.
slo..on aud sAastor Try cOnelu.iOn.-Avsry
Exciting Dame in which the Latter
Finally Comes Out Ahead An.
other Triple Tie on Games.

CHICAGO, Dec. 23.-Schaeter and Slosson
played in the billiard tournament tonight
before less than 400. spectators. There
was little or no betting as the Slosson men
asked odds and schaeier's friends would
not bet more than even money. schaefer
having won the bank and missed the lay
of shot slosson took hold promptly and
opened the game with arun ofseventy.tWo.
Schseier responded with 81 and then came
a series ofhard breaks and small results for
the next four innings schaefer got an
opening in the seventh, but careless
masse stopped him at 81. He left Slosson
a set up, and he turned on his second
string with run Of s.. The scors was:
slosson III, Schaefer 50.
Runs OF Al and So by Schasfsr in the
tenth and twelfth innings brought him
very close, and when slosson had scored
nine in the twentieth and stopped because
he completely forgot to get the balls out
of bake, the call was Slosson 206; Schaefer
1866. Taking advantage OF the tine set-up
Schaefer ratified clever run Of rs, which
took him fairly TO the front for the first
time in the game. Score: Schseier 247;
Slosson 2U6. Schaeier's miss OF a maAse by
a kiss of left good break for Slosson, but
the balls lined at Is and he missed again.
In the fourteenth Shaeter left soft set
up and this time Slo0son did rather better,
running %. BE had good luck in leaving
the balls safe, and it was not till the
fifteenth inning that Schaefer got another
chance, when by an elegant bake line
play he piled up 5S, and he now led
Slosson 338 10 94S. slosson now rallied
handsomely with run Of los, in which
he played some very elegant billiards ofall
sorts, and received q round Of applause
as he tied and passed his opponent
The score stood 1856 to 1886 in favor OF Slos-
son. The latter claimed he counted on
the l09sh shot, but the referee decided
against him. Scbieier found the balls
punched, but he played them badly and
stopped at IA on a Eiss-oH. Slo9son in
herited an easy brush, and by steady and
strong execution went 70 his fifth string
with run Of 80. Score: slosson, 1926;
SchaefeF. $50.
scHAEFER's FAILURE.
schaeter failed wretehedly at his nexs
opening, spreading the balls badly on his
third shot and leaving them punched
when he missed. This gave slosson added
confidence, and in his lsih inning he took
q long lead with run OF So Score, Slos-
son, 4S4; Schaeier, 353. Schaeier cut this
down in his 19.h with neat run OF l222,
in which he played q 20.inch balke-line
very prettily for doz,n coprts. Then he
got them on l4.inch line and made about
iftyin this way. When he beat Slosson's |
highest run he was loudly cheered. Slos.
son 4S4; SctRtsr 475. Slosson got his
next opportunity in the twentieth inning,
but failed at 5. The bulls were lined |
against the end OF the rail and
SctRter missed an almost impossible masse
shot and left the balls together. slosson |
utilized his good luck 10 the extent OF 81,
and the score was $40 to 575 in his favor. |
Schaeicr got "a fine bake lineposition atonce
and had made % nurse shots when he |
iroze, and was compelled 10 spread the |
balls. As the result Of bad iudg-
ment in attempting an e$Ia hazard
Gus round the table shot he
left set up, but sIosson only got twelve
out Of it. For his twenty.fith inning
schaeier found fair opening and ayailed
himself Of it spIendidly with some beauti-
ful all round execution for run Of 81 and
he now led oEco more. The score was
60S 10 556. Missing a crosS-the-tRble |
position shot in the twenty-sixth he gave |
slosson another chance.
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