The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-11-20
AN UPHILL GAME.
rHE roUaru rounNAMENr TNI4l
10 tho Great Bill ard Ma oh-pIEnauz Leads
sohasnsr by Long odds at the Start, bat
the New Yorker BY Magnificent
spurtS Finally Comes out Ahead.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Nov. 10.-schaeiIer ant
vignaux were contestants in the foutti
game Of the balk line tournament, Th'
attendance was again very large. schsef
fer won the bank for the lead and counteC
from the lay of. He missed the secoBt
shot on an easy cushion. Vignsux madt
a run OF Il in his 81 cond inning, Stoppiuf
with the balls in line as he missed the
bank ehot. Schaeffpr started In slowly
and played in q ragged fashion, having nc
knack Of controlling the balls.
In the tenth inning ViguRu1 made some
superb shots. 0Ge was Two cushion back
for position. Anothera draw shot at an
angle acrBI the center width OF the table
and q third WAS combination kiss Bhol
arounl the table for Ave cushionA. The
three balls lay 10 line close together
against the head cushion. A follow ebot
was out Of the question and straight
kiss imprscticable. With consumma,e
calculation the bgtoreigner played on the
white and thereby kissed the red over to-
ward the right hand corner, where bis
own ball met It and counted On its return
from the trip around the table. This
great shot was loudly cheered. AT 81 he
stopped on difficult draw to 9 cushion.
0ace more, in his eleventh inning, viz.
naux added to his big total, this time with
q well played run OF 81.
sCuAKPFER AWAY BETIHD.
The score was 3l4 to 81 in Nignaux's
favor. schaefler miscued and missed in
his twelfth inning from sheer nervousness.
vignaux followed with lS missing on b
one cushion bank.
he left the balls hard for schaeiEer who
opened out with a screaming masse shot,
and in one or two more shots got the balls
in hand for a good long run. He seemed
TO gather sslf-contfol ss lie went along,
and although not playing with bis usual
stroke, he did extremely we'll. At 97 he
spread the balls by faulty drive and then
missed hard draw shot. Score, Vignaux
So, Schaeier lSl. !.
As usual, Vignaux found q SIT up, and
wor ked it'for 90, when he finally missed
on hard bank shot. Hs left Sch!effsr
tough break, but the littls man went after
it, and got it. Another shot, and bard
one, too, gave him agood position, and with
the best playing he had yet done, went
on with beautiful play. Al 43 he freEs
to the red and banked successfully. Again
at 100 h. iroza, but with an outward masse
counted amid tremendous cheering. Alto
he stuck fat 10 tho red in such
a position that he could neither
bank nor masss. The balls were spotted
and he made the string show in elegant
shsps. He stopped at l2l ona hard two
cushion shot. Yignaux was perceptibly
effected bv this unlocked for state Of
things, and in the nextlour innings broke
in pieces, missing his favorite draws.
MAGNIFICENT Squirt.
schacffsr gave him safety medicine for
two innings, but in the seventeenth he
opened out orcs more in grand style and
made run Of So. There was great cheer
ing as be passed his opponents score. The
call now showed Schsetler 42S, Vignaux
500. -, =-i.->-'.p-. - *. ~.
During oil this time ViGnaux stood near
the table constantly and kept bis eyes on
Schae def. IWlco ne Claimed no COUNT Oh
schaetfer but the referee ruled against
him. SchaefIer's run Of 81 IN the 18th
inning gave him lead Of l00-48S to Wig
naux's S65.
In the last half Of the nineteenth inning
Vignaux caught his second wind and got
in run Of Is, missing on a draw shot
and leaving the balls together for
Schaeler. Score: Schaefer, 4Gs; Wig.
naux, 446. schaefer utilized the set up
with another magnificent run in which be
played the balk line and worked the ends
and corners as they have not been worked
before in this tournament. He stopped
at ITO BY hair breadth miss OF q Two
cushion position shot. The game ended
in the twenty-sixLh inning. Schaetfer,
600; YignRux, 567.