Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-11-21
the FRENCH TERROR.
Viunaux Beats The Record for Re-
markable Playing.
he MAKES THE GREAT AVERAGE OF IS
And Beats SlossOn aga Good Points
and SpOiIs His Chance for
the Prize
A GREAT GAME OF BALK LINE.


!. CHICAGO, November 2O.-Slosson ant
Yignaux met again tonight in the bali
line tournament before large audience
This game was Of especial consequence al
if Slossoa won it be captured the big poi
of money, while should Yignaux win there
would still be chance to tie all around il
Schaefer beat Slosson tomorrow night. In
the betting, which was quite brisk, Wig
naux commandedodd Of 100 to 80. Slos
son appeared in q close fitting cordigan
Jacket while Vignsux dofed his black
dress coat and played in his shirt sleeves.
The bank for lead was won by the Partisan
who quickly gathered tine balls on the left
hand rail. where they lined on the ninth
shot and he tailed on a mssse stroke.
Slosscn found them fairly grouped, but
lined them on his first shot. He massed
to the cushion and counted, securing a
good position thereby He soon organ
lied the worries at the head
of the rail and BY judicious
and careful drives to the sides and end, he
/ beat the record OF the tournament for the
biggest opening run, which ended at II
with the miss Of an easy direct Garom. He
| left Vigusux very hard cross'table cush-
ION shot, which he made, but after making
the second shot the bslls broke absolutely
safe and he stopped Slosson's run Of "a
in the second inning ended with the mics
of a very mean draw shot when his ball
was against the rail. The call was !Slos,
son lOl, Yignaux IL.
YIGNAUX's BIG Run.
When Vignaux went to the bat in his
third innings he found the balls very stub.
bornly inclined and succession of tough
est possible breaks, but be overcame them
With mastery power and kept on clubbing
out billiards The balls stopped in line
at least dozen times, compelling him
to play messe and bank shots. He proved
equal to the emergency, and played as IT
he would never stop. After time the
balls became more tractable, and at 100
ne had handsome balk line position at
the lower end OF the table, and held it for
twelve shots When he beat his own high
run of l66, the audience cheered vigorous
". He stopped on an easy one cushion
shot At Slosson's first shot,
the balls lined safe on him and
he missed. The call was nov, Vignaux
2E6, Slossou l0l. Vignaux made terrific
draw, nearly the length of the table, for the
opening shot Of his fourth inning, and
stopped. At thirty.two on an easy spread
Slosson had to go aound the table, and he
missed.
THE FRENCH TERROR
now cracked another big run, making his
billiards IS though nothing could be easier.
At 80 he narrowly missed simple mssse.
Slosson could do nothing in his next two
innings, and Viguaux missed long one
cushion with English in his sixth, at the
end of which inning the score was 337 to
Ill in his favor.
Vignaux caught on again in his seventh
inning and pounded out some more stun
ming billiards. There was very little bslk
line in this run, but there was some tre-
menduous execution. There is nothing 10
say Of this big run except that it was
COUNT, COUNT, COUNT
all the time with long drives and short
drives, draws, masses, forces, follows, banks
and all the known technique of billiards.
Slosson, who saw $1,000 slipping from his
grasp. stood BY and watched his
downfall with wan and hopeless
face. When ViguRux had fin
ished the run OF Ia he was exactly 400
points ahead-5ll to Ill. Slosson SEEM
ed to feel lighter hearted now that he
knew be was beaten, and in his seventh in.
ming played very prettlly until he failed
on long one cushion stroke aud
left the balls in huddle. Yignaux pro-
cseded TO run out the game, having &C
complished the greatest record ever known
at billiards. The game occupied one hour
aud ffy-fVe minutes The feeling now is
that Vignaux has underplayed in practice
and that he is unquestionsbly the greatest
billiard player on earth.
SCORE
viguaux ct. .........9 le5 30 80 la $500
Ayerage-75.
High runs -Is5, Ia o. 90.
Ay5Tage-l9 81.
High runs II.
ANOTHER MATCH.
Wsyman McCreery, Of St. Louis, referee
in the balk line tournament, and Captain
4. c. Anson, of the Chicago baseball
club, played match game Of
three hundred points, l4-inch balk line,
for $50 eide. st Slosson's room today.
Apson won the score 800 10 200. To-mor.
row, Eugene Carter is to play Anson
6fty points, three cushion caroms, Carter
betting 800 against leo that he wins.
MAURICE DAILY CHALLENGES THE WORLD.
New York, November 2O-Mauriee
DAILY, the billiardist, issues q challenge to
auy man in the world to play match al
cushion caroms, the winner Of Chicago
tournament preferred,