The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-22
THE BILLIARD TOURNAMENT.
The Final Game Won by Schaefer, Leaving
the Contest Triple Tie.

CHICAGO, Nov. 2L-Schaefer and Slosson
played the sixth game of the balk-line billiard
tournament tonight The situation of affairs
was peculiar Slosson and Vignaux had each
won two games and Schaefer one game. VIC
tory for Slosson would make him the richer by
S., 900, while his defeat would make a triple tie.
There was alarge amount of money bet Schaefer
the favorite in the early part of the day
Just before the game Schaefer's friends offered
100 to 60, and it was freely taken. Referee Nc
Creery announced the situation of affairs, and
stated that provision had been made in the
event of tie for continuing the tournament, but
it would be played off and DISPOSE
ton of the money would be made.
At 8:14 the two players strung
for the lead, and Schaefer won it by hair. He
counted from the lay-of. and gathered the balls
but missed the second shot, an easy one-cushon.
The balls were left in line, but by banking to
the opposite cushion, Slosson counted and held
them well together He played them well for
run of 63, and had good position at the foot
rail, when he failed to get the balls out of baik.
Schaefer found good opening but spoiled it on
his first shot, and after making two counts,
slipped up. Slosson picked II and missed.
Schaefer had an opportunity in the fifth to put in
a good run, but his position play was very poor,
and he stopped at IL. Slosson played the seventh
inning for a run of Z, and he too showed consid
| cradle nervousness. Scnaefers miss of a one
cushion, in the eighth, left a set-up, and Slosson
now set to work in good shape once more, and at
A stopped delicate one cushion effort.
This time the balls were left grouped for
Schaefer, who quickly ratified up "a. only to fail
on easy draw for position. Slosson increased
his lead with a run of 80 in the ninth, missing a
delicate kiss back from the cushion. Schaefer
proited by the fine set-up by making his best
run thus far. The balls lined on him three con-
secutive times, but he counted with as many
masse shots. He kept on until he had made a
run of a. when he came to grief on very easy
draw. and left the balls in a heap The call was
SlossOn 1913, Schaefer 1872. Sosson then passed
to his third string with of % Schaefer in his
eleventh inning missed plain two-cushion shot,
and again left the balls well for Slosson who at
30 missed hard cross table cushion shot, in
which he had to use the bridge. Schaefer re-
sponded with rs, missing an easy draw shot in an
unaccountable manner. The balls were left at
the head rail as well as Slosson could have placed
them with his fingers, but he did not handle
them very we'll, and stopped at %. after having
spread the balls badly. This seemed to give
Schaefer courage. for he settled down to bust
ness and made magnificent run of 107, stopping
on tough left-hand draw Score-SlOsson, $50;
Schaefer, 265. Slosson was perceptibly shaken by
Schaefers rush of speed, and played his next two
innings very poorly. Schaefer, in the fifteenth
made neat run of a. and was now e~'larely
ahead for the first time-3O7 to 293. uare
setup gave Slosson a run of q in tia ien-
teenth. and he again was in front-336 t 08-
but Schaefer was not to be shaken off, He
dashed in for another big run in the
eighteenth, and never stopped until he
had made ia, and failed on a masse
shot Score-Schaefer, 442: Slosson, 1886
Slosson now pulled off his broad cloth, but it did
him no good. He played a very poor run of q,
in which he had plenty of opportunity Schaefer
rapidly scored run of 70, in his twentieth.
stopping on line break in which he could
neither bank nor masse, but tried kiss follow.
Again in the twentieth Slosson found the balls
well buuched for him, but he staggered along
with only r. and when he missed a perfectly
easy draw, the balls were set up for Schaefer,
who ran 40, and his score was 535 to Slosson's
800. In the twenty third inning Scnaefer tried
hard round the table shot. and got beaten out of
a count by kiss, and left Slosson fine set-up.
The Chicago boy accepted this lucky interposi-
ton thankfully, and once more be-
gan to play billiards. A run of "a
in his twenty third inning was very we'll
played, until he succumbed TO a succession of
tough breaks, though these were the result
largely due to his faulty position play. Schaefer
538, Siosson 446. Schaefer in the twentv-fourth
piled up DO, missing very hard left-hand draw.
Slosson followed with 20, and Schaefer with 10.
Both were axous and fiustered. Sosson's run
of "a in the twenty fifth ended with a freeze,
and he failed to make the ay-off stroke. He
got another opening in the twenty-sxth. but
stopped at 2, and in the twenty seventh Schaefer
made the necessary and game, and the tourna-
ment ended in triple tie.
The score of the game is as follows:
Schaefer-1, 2 O, l. IT, l, o, 2, "a, "a. o. 26,
1O7 AZ l, O. ia. o. 73. 40, 2 l, AZ, 10, 1, $500.
Average % 6-27 highest runs, ia, 1O7.
90 sl9ssono63 .: II o; l. 1s, ~ a. 30. e. &c.
492. Average, Is 24-36; highest run, s.