St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-25
Lightest House Of the Season Witnesses
saw-Of Game of the Triple
Billiard Tie.
Vignaux the Favorite in the Betting at
the Beginning, But Schaefer Wins
the Match.
Inc Frenchman Unable to Make the
Balls Roll Satisfactorily During
tile Game.
A Chicago Sport Offers to Back tbs
foreigner Against Shaefer at
Any Price.
Schaefer's Victory,

CHICAGO, Dec. 24.-The Hgbtest house ~
tne season was attracted by the game to-nieh
oe1ween V1gnaux and Schaefer in the con-
tlnuation OF the balk-line tournament match
mace necessary by the triple tie. Only 200
were present. In the betting Vignaux was
moderately, and Vignaux had reached Ina
Wnen Schaefer's string showed rs, In his
seventh inning Schaefer opened ont with a
run Of 81, which ended with a. freeze and q
FAILURE TO count. From the lay off vignaux
entereo upon promising run, but stopped
a. ath ~ Oh single-cushion miss. He got an
otner chance on the next inning and this
patiently for a run of 20. falling falling
on an easy condensation Schaefer struck a
series OF hard breaks and was tied I'D for
TOUR innings, but he cut loose in the twelfth
Win run OF 81. Score: Schafer 226. Vien-
aux 16l. Vignaux also had five barren in
hlngs, put played his fourteenth to good pur-
pose, realizing total of 1O9 in a laborious
ana undressing manner. Many of his shots
were Iaulty, but by his great draws and
ariyes ne managed to keep on until at last he
Vlgnaux 270, Schaefer 235. Schaefer STRAIGHT
way responded with 81, and was two points
aheao. Vlgnaux proceed to pound out go
rather ragged billiards, missing an easy
masse. The score at $50 was Vignaux $40.
cchaeIer III. Finding the balls
PUNCHED
at the head rail Schaefer run l6 and fell down
on masse and left set ur. VignanY made
Az and stopped on a single one-cushiop shot.
Scnaefer followed with 81, the greater part of
winch was made with the balls on different
sldes OF the line at the lower right hand cor
ner; Score: Vignaux $40, Schaefer 339. For
his half OF the nineteenth Vignaux scored 81
bringing the totals up to 406 and 40 in bis
favor. Schaefer had struck weak and bar
rem streak OF play, and for four innings made
out seven points. A wrecked failure in the
twenty-first gave Vignaux ready.made nos;.
tlon' from which he realized 80, himself plav-
ing poorly. Schaefer was now 100
points in the rear, and when he
had made 16 he left another set-nn-
Vlgnaux took up the monotonous work
again. At 30 he made palpable scratch
Wnen the miss would have left Schaefer a gift.
ana Kept on till he had run 81. Score: Wig
naux, 527; Schaefer, 362 Schaefer was hsv.
ing the hardest of luck. while everything was
IN the Frenchman's favor. The New York
lad got fresh start in the twenty-fourth in
ming, ana did some clever playing until bad
shot lost him control of the balls and he
stopped at 81. Score, 544 to Alb in Vignaux's
favor. The latter overcome an almost inn
possible break at once and gathered the halls
Tor run OF "a. He began the twenty-seventh
with another barefaced scratch, and profited
Dy 1t With run of %, which ended with a
falture to get the balls ont of balk Schaefer
got only 90 out of it. At 10:45, the end of the
ewenty-eighth inning, the call was vignaux
500, Schaefer 4S9. In the tWentvenintl,
Schaefer came back with
A BEAUTIFUL RUN
OF 1877, In which he played at the ton of l,is
speeo, using the balk-line nurse with marvel
gus proficiency. He missed with the balls
nned and all touching the cushion. Score.
vignaux, 600; Schaefer, 674. Vipnaux was
ps lalnty upset, and let go of good position
aIler making two counts. The game closed
at - 20. V1gnaux played his thirtieth inning
Will great care, but stopped at rs, on hard
combination kiss shot, leaving the halls
CLOSELY cn grouped for Schaefer. who reeled off
~ III nne style, ending with foul on a
dhasse, When his ball was frozen to the red
score: Schaefer, T72; Vignaux, 627. The
, palis were IaVorably left for Vignaux at the
lower END OF the rail, and he went to work
as though he had no idea of giving
up. the game. Another failure 70 pet the
sails stopped him at A and gave Schaefer
pct up and he ran the gameout at II OK The
score by innings is: 1no
Schaefer-2O, 0, o, 25, 8, 80, So, 1, S. =. Q 81.
., o. IT, 81, 2, !, 3, 1, 16, o. 81, 1, Is 2 S. ISL
. yignaux-1. So, 0, 80, 4. 49, 20, ss, ?. r, 3. o,
0. 10s go, 40, 2, 2, Z, ~, 10, 30, 81. II - 2
%. l, 2, 25-6n. - -
1877. ""' So nsnes' run'
Vignaux's average was a1 1891: highest
run, 100.
BILLIARD TALK.
Jonn bowling, Chicago sporting man. to-
10y onereo 10 Oack V1gnauX against Schaefer
from S2, 800 to $40, 900 SIDE the game to he
prayed in New York. 5000 points, 14-inch
Dalk line. Richard Roche of ST. Iouis ey-
pressed Willingness to match Schaefer for
S@'ouO, OUT at last accounts the Vignaux party
hao hot come forward with his money.