The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-11-21
fNvtNClBLE.
He Beats All Of the Worlds Great
Billiard Records.

CHICAGO, November 20.-Slosson and Wig
naux met again tonight in the Balk.ilne
tournament before q large audience. Ihe
game was one Of especial consequence, as IL
Slosson won it he captured the big money,
while should Vignaux win there would still
be a chance to tie all round, If Schacfier
should beat Slosson tomorrow night. In
the betting, which was quite brisk vIgnaux
commanded odds Of 500 to $50. Slosson
appeared in a close-dtting Cardigan jacket,
while Vignaux dotted his black dress-coat
the lead was won by the Partisan, who
quickly gathered the balls ON the left-hand
rail, where they lined after the ninth shot.
Slosson found them fatty Grouped,
but lined them on his first shot.
He massed to the cushion and counted, Sc
curing a good position. Thereby he soon
organized the worries at the head OF the
rail. and by judicieus ard careful drives to
the sides and ends he beat the record OF the
tournament for the biggest opening run,
which ended at II, with the miss OF an easy
direct carom. He left Vignaux a very hard
cross-table cushion shot, which ne made,
but after making the second shot the balls
broke absolutely safe and he stopped.
SIosson run off "a in the second inning,
and ended with the miss of q very mean
draw SuOU WHICH, AIo jail Woo ~6~H
rail. The call was Slosson 1O1, Vignaux
H.. When Vignaux vent to the bat IN his
third inning, he found the balls
VERY srUBBoRNLY INCLINED,
and had a succession of the toughest pos
sibly breaks, but overcame them with
mastery power and kept on clubbing out
billiards. The balls stopped in a line at
least a dozen times, compelling him to play.
masse and bank shots. He proved equal
to every emergency, and played as II ne
would never stop. After a while the balls
grew more tractible, II at 16O he had q
| handsome balk line position at the lower
end oil the table and held it Tor
twelve shots; then he changed to the
side rail and kept on. When he beat his
own run of 166 the audience cheered vigor'
ously. He stopped at 195 on an easy one
cushion shot. At Slosson's first shot the
balls lined sale on him, and he missed. The
call now was, Vignaux. 2O6; Slosson, lOl.
Vignaux made a terrific draw nearly the
length of the table for the opening shot OF
his fourth inning, and stopped at 80 on an
easy spread. Slosson had to 60 arOuno
the table ana missed. The French terror
now cracked out another big run, making
his billiards as though nothing could bs
easier. At 80 he narrowly missed a sim
pie masse. Slosson could do nothing IL
his next two innings, and Vignaux missed
q long o%ne-cushion shot, with English II
his sixth, at the end of which inning tn
score wal 1877 to Ill in his favor.
v1GNAUx CAUGHT o. AGAIN
in his seventh inning, and pounded out SOM
stunning billiards. There was very httl
Balk line in..this run, but there was SOM
tremendous execution. There isnothingt'
say of this big playing, except that it wa
count, count, count all the time, with lon
drives and short drives, draws, masses
force follows, banks and all the know
technique of billiards. Slosson, who SAY
SIS, 900 slipping from his grasp, stood b,
and watched his downfall with a wan an
hopeless face. When Vignaux had fnishe'
his run of TIA he was exactly 4OO point
ahead-511 to Ill. Slosson seemed ofee
lighter hearted o that he knew he wa
beaten, and in his seventh inning playe
very prettily until he failed on a long ont
cushion stroke, and left the balls in tn
middle. Vignaux proceeded to run out tn
game, having accompanied the creates
record ever known at billiards. TIL gam
: occupied one hour and ffty-five minutes
The feeling now is that Vignaux has undel
played in practice and that he is unque
tionably the greatest billiard player o
? earth. Following is the score:
Vignaux-9, 2, 1876, 80, 80, 0, LA, .:
total, 900; average, IS; high runs, ~:
= ia.
, Slosson-77, "a, 1, 0, 2, 7, 25; tota
1856; average, 10 CT; high run, II.