The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-19
THE BILLIARD TOURNAMENT.
SlOSs0n Defeats Schaefer in the Third Game
Vignaux and Schaefer to Play Tonight.

CHICAGO, Nov. 18-The third game Of the
balk-line tournament was played by Slosson and
Schaefer Slosson had the services of w. H.
Cation, of St Louis, as his umpire. The bank
for the lead was won by Schaefer, but he failed
to count, and left good opening for Slosson,
who soon worked the balls to the lower end, but
lost his grip, and missed a round-the-
table shot at twelve He got an open
ing in the third inning and made
forty, when the balls lined, and he
missed the kiss follow. Schaefer started in good
shape, but the balls lined against the cushion,
and when he missed he gave Slosson another
setup, and he made forty-one by clever work.
missing on an easy kss-shot Schaefer ran
forty-two, and finally missed difficult draw
shot Slosson followed with thirty, missing q
onecushion shot for lack of speed Schaefer
encountered difficult breaks, and was not play
ing well. At the end of the fifth inning the score
was: Slosson, 123 Schaefer SO. In his seventh in
ming Slosson had some ugly breaks to deal with,
but oy strong play overcame them and at IL
had the balls we'll in hand at the lower end rail
he ran 81, stopping wi tn miscue. Slosson in
herlted another set-up in his eighth inning, and
with a run of q passed to his third string, the
call being: Slosson, 202; Schaefer, 81. The
balls were left safe on Schaefer, who again left
his opponent gift and he ran 81 off of it,
Schaefer now got a fair opening and
did some superb balk-line playing at average
width of twenty inches. He stopped at 80 with
line break in the middle of the table, and
when he missed Slosson's ball was frozen to the
red Counting from the lay-off, Slosson gath
cred the balls at the upper end, and kept them
well IN hand for handsome run of
For four consecutive innings Schaefer
scored blanks, the balls being left very hard for
him, and Slosson made but 36, all told, during
this TN time; Slosson. with a run of 62 in the
fftee nth, brought his tota! to 430, Schaefer hav
ing but lS1. Sosson again got the balls in the
sixthenth. and ran "a, leaving Schaefer an open
ing, but he only got 10 out of it. Score; Schaefer,
2h7; Slosson, 454.
Schaefer did rather better in the nineteenth
and held the balls we'll punched in the upper
left-hand corner for about 40 shots, when he
took them over to the opposite corner for 20
more. Then he nursed back again and at II
made foul and left the balls so closely huddled
that hat would have covered them all. Sosson
made ~ next and Schaefer led off. At his eev-
enth his ball was frozen, but by fine playing
his ball returned, He kept the balls we'll under
control for the most part. but in changing them
to the other end he knocked them out of reach
and. at 85, missed. There was now some nerv-
Gus work on both sides for little while and
with it some hard breaks Both men showed
the strain, but Slosson was the first to get his
breath, and ran a. Schafer found the balls
clustered, but after one count missed a simple
draw.
Finding that his opponent was badly fustercd
Slosson took hold once more, and ran 33.
There were then some hard breaks on both
sides, and neither did much execution
for a while. At the close of the TWEEN
tyninth inning the. score stood: Slos-
son, 5S3; Schaefer, 399 Schaefer rallied
in the thirty third inning. with a run of 70,
whicd carried his score TO sol, Slosson, 594
When Schaefer missed a difficult bank, the balls
were left we'll for Slosson. who easily ran 6, and
closed the game at eight minutes before IL
o'clock. Schaefer and Vignaux play tomorrow
night.
The score Of this evenings game was as fol-
lows:
o. O. II, 10, 3, II 85 2 I2 o. IL, a. 5, o O. 4 /
19, 10 total. SOL. Average Is 633: highest run S5
Slossonml2 - o, 40 Al, 80, II, 35, 27, 81. 83, 8,
2. B. g. O. 3, 6; total, 600. Average, 19 6-33; high
est run, S3.