Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-11-22
TEE BILLIARD TOURNAMENT.
-. slxth Game Played by sehaefer
and sle.son.

-. sixth Game Played by sehaefer
and sIs.sen.
ruc.ao. Nov. 2i.-Schasfer and Slns
-, pl.xsi the sixth game OF the bake
- billiard touru tment tonight. ihe
..,a.t,of, ~ affairs Was peculiar. Sis
- and yionaux had sacn won two
a.ass and Schssier one game. A VIC
- ,oy slo-son would make him rijh-r
tsgO. shIie his defeat would make
,,ols tie. There Was 4 large amount
:, y,oasy bet. Schasfer v,s the favor
y. tne odds esrly " tks day being 500
"a, In hrs f.vor,+u in tue afternoon
.ss,st, became neatly even. Just be
80 IN. game. however, Scaasfer's
sy,snds offered 800 20 So, and It was
tv.ely taken. Referee McCteery an
noanoed the situation OF affairs aud
s..ted that no provision had been made
= .b- event of tie for continuing the
.ssrusnaeRt, bot that 1t would be played
ASIA O'Clock the tao players banked
o., the lead and Schsefsr won by hair.
a. soon,ed from the lay of and gath
"a the balls, bu, missed his second
sh,,t an easy one cashion. fhe balls
~s,s Ieft in line, bnt by banking to the
oooosite cushion Slosson counted aud
hsid them well t02stner. de played
I'm we'll for a run OF 63 and had a
GOOD position At the rail when be failed
b cot the balls out Of bake on tue sec
and shot. Schaefer found good open
inc. bat spailsd il on draw to cashion.
slossoa ulcked of II and missed one
- rf,aa tho table
schasfsr had an opportunity in the
fifth inhing TO put IN a Rooa fun' out
his position play was very poor ana ne
stopped at IL. Slosson played the sew
enth inning 70, q run of "a and ne,
too, showed considerable nervousness.
sobsefer's miss Of an easy ons cushion
sbot in the eighth inning left a SET up.
and slosson now Sc, to work in good
,bape once more and at a stopped on
sdeI,sate one cushion effort. This time
tbs balls we're left grouped for Schsefer,
rho quickly ratified up "a, only to fail
an an easy short draw for position.
Isayiop the usa, set up. At the end of
tbe seventh ianine the call WAS Slos-
soo, l2l; Schaefer. 50.
slossoa increased his lead with run
AZ g3 in the ninth, missing q delicate
risa hack from cushion. sohafer profit
sd by a iiue set up by making his best
nm thus far, The balls lined on him
three consecutive times, bot he counted
With az many masse shots. He kept on
until be had made very pretty run OF
"a vheu be came to grief on very easy
drsv and left the balls in a heap. The
esll vu: Sloss N, 1888; Schaefer, l32.
slosses then passed TO his third string
vitb Q run OF q. Schaefer. IN his
eleventh inning missed plain two
cushion shot and again left the balls
veil banched for Slosson, who at 36
missed hard cross table kiss shot in
which be had to use bridge Schaefer
responded With 70, missing an easy
draw shot In an unaecountable manner.
The balls we're left at the head rail. AZ
veil 40 SlossoB could have placed them
With bis fingers, but hs did not handle
them very well and stopped at %, before
having spread the balls badly. This
seemed 10 give sohasfer courage. for he
settled down to business aud played
magnificent run OF l07. stopping on
Isft handler. The call now was, Siosson
Es; Sehsefer 265.
siosson was perceptibly shaken by
Sehssfer's ran of speed, and played his
next two Innings very poorly. Schacfer
IN the fifteenth made n neat run OF 42,
and now was sQuareiv shead for tue
6st time by 307 60 293. A square set
% gave Slosson run of q in the sew
sDieenth, and he was again ia front
With 336 to Schaefer's 30S. But Schaefer
vas LOT to be shaken of. He dashed IN
En.s fk.x - In hn al Ia mt
sad never stopped until hs had IN de
III. and failed on mssse shot. TIE
seufs vas now, Schaefer 442; slosson
&.
slosscn now peeled of his brosdcloth,
bot it did him no good. He played -
wfy peor ruu of "a, in which he had
peuty OF opportunities. Sehasfsr rap
idy scored run Of IL IN bis twentieth,
Stopping en a Inns break in whioa he
could neither bank or masss. bat tried
kiss follow. Again IN the twentieth
81 sson found the balls veil busched
for him, and he staggered alouR with
enly II, aud when he missed perfectly
easy one, the balls we're set up for
schasfer, who ran 20, aud his soors
was b35 TO Slssson's $40. In the twenty.
third inning Schaefsr tried q hard
round-tabie shot, and got beaten out Of
the count BY kiss, and left Slosson q
hne sss up. The Chicago boy accepted
this loeky interposition thankfully. aad
once more began 10 plsy billiards. A
fun OF "a 10 bis twenty third was very
yell played, until he succumbed to a
saecsssion of tough breaks, though
these we're the result largely of MS
faulty position play. The score was
sehasfer RsS, Slosson 4i6.
schsefer in the twenty-fourth piled
up ~, missing q very hard left hand
draw. S.osson followed with 20, and
Schafer with 10. Both were auxisus
aud nustsred. Slosson's run of "a in
the twenty fifth ended with q freeze,
and be failed 30 make lay OF stroke.
ne got another opening in the tweaty-
axth, bui stopped y, 2 Iu the twenty
evsnth Schafsr nads the necessary 3,
and the tournament ended in triple tie.
Schaefer (blaekl Il. 2. 0, |, 7. o, 2, 81,
AG &, l07, 0. ~. |, o. ia o, %, 40. 20,
LE, 10. l, 500. Average % s Z. High
~ runs. i07. ia.
slssson twhite )-63. II. 0. l. Is. o. "a,
~ 81, %, 36 S6, u. 1, 7, o. l6, "a. l5. "a,
y ~, 81. 20, 2, 4. 2-492. Average,
Ms. Highest ron. 63.
Arrangements for playing Oh the ties
annot be made tonight, but IL Il
nooeht that Battery ID Armory can be
s'sed up With seats in amphitheatrical
Iefm and that the tournament will bt
pAyed 70 an end commencing Tuesday
eaaht With one game eash of 800 points.
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DENIES rng ACCUSATION.