New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-01
sLosSON TAKES THE PRIZE.
WINNING THE BILLIARD TOURNAMENT.
sHAEFER LEADS FOR HALF THE GAME-A GREAT
AND NOISY CROWD.

| AND NOISY CROWD.
Irving Hall was crowded, packed, stuffed to
repletion last night by dense mass OF lovers OF inc
game OF billiards who to the end OF the FOUR
teen inch bak-line tournament shaefer ana SIoSsoh'
the vanauishers OF champions, having beaten all the
| contestants In the lists, came together III
one grand final conflict. Amateurs ana
! friends OF the competitors who had backed
their opinions by certain large amounts OF Uniteu
States currency rlsked their lives and limbs by forcing
their way through the bowling mob about the door 10
see the game confident that the tournament would emu
| I'm no ant-clmax At twelve minutes past the hour'
when every chair that could be found about the prem
ses was occupied the contestants entered the little oo-
long rectangle I'm whose stood the table, S0ssOn
In his businesske cutaway Snaeer. In the fan glory
Of an expansive shirt front and satin tie Aiter an
armed truce OF minutes during which the question
| OF referee was discussed, Matthew Hewens was
dragged forth from the retirement Of the back row Oh
seats installed In the high seat OF honor, and hostes
were begun.
| The cutaway was discarded. and the " cawhammer
exchanged for the brown cardigan. shaefer won the
bank and opened with a nun OF 2 wherest the crown
roared slossOn did likewise missing the third by nara
luck nnd received a similar ovation. Schaefer caught
some OF the wild excitement OF spectators by infec
ton and scored two one after the other whiie
SlossOn improved the shining minutes by laying up TWO
runs OF 80 and %, brisiling with brilliant shots
shaefer then awOke 10 the fact that It was time for MIN
to be and doing, ana began operations Win s"P
ping shot that drew tho cue ball back four feet and
countered on the red Then he gathered them
by the lover bank and did playing
In the good old way, counting II, but the thirteenth
lacked legs Shaefcr climbed to the table and gain
cred in l. got the balls together the upper cushion
and connted 70 shifted to the lower cushion and made II
81 Here slosson claimed bak, but the referee re-
fused to be convinced Shaefcr resumed operations
pokng the balls around the table vcousy then gather
ing them By a shot that brought down the house IN a
storm OF applause he raised the score up to 60 by ne
style of play which he has made familiar Slosson
put by AGAINST rainy day, and shaefer added II 10
his earthly possessions. The game moved along slowly
until the eleventh inning 1t stood: hhaeicr, III :
SiOssOn. 1913.
In the next inning shacfer relieved the monotony by
run OF 30 slosson put points into the gap that was
beginning ~ open hut Shaefer was not TO be caught SO
balls flying in opposite directions. but they all
back to the corner again. The am was an er,
ratio The Cuehall tWirled obedlenty ahh
scratched hard TO get around the corner but the coth
smooth. slosson tried 10 nurse the refractory
spheres suhmis sion, but broke mp hOuscke ping
the 18th I'm the fifteenth inning he ran 40 by superb
PLAYING The contestants aud the referee then
went into COMMITTEES OF the whole TO dl-,
cuss the question whether the 4dh should
opinions as expert testimony. The point finally set
tied and sOs sought bis chair. while Shaefer nuTsed
+" Two 6,indred and cighty-one to 200 in favor OF
shaefcr called the marker and the blekcrs OF the man
FROM Chicago began 10 get nervous but IN the eghtcenh
inning their chan pon ruled NJ 30 points ny iauues'
The 9th point left them all IN "A row u me
cowslips in Mistress Mays garden. but halk shnt
solved the difficulty Tine T2d point left the balls snu Is
together and for thirty shots hey lay more than
eight inches apart The ssh let Item lined up along
the cushion delicate combination shot was attempt
ed bu failed and the cOuquerOr Of NrnluN sat down To
chalk MS while the binding shook WIN applause
shacfrr took things As hc found them and counted on
49, which carried him step beyond The third mile
stone. sti left him 40 points n the Afer this
be went piece, badly AID sandwirhed In zerOs be-
the foriorn digs thar adorned his score IN haf
hearted that LEFT possible doubt to the result
while strobe along with OF - 81 81 play
superior to balk lines and all the other Ihorns IN tue
flesh which wOny the billiard player. The
25ih inning closed the game with slaeicr
hgurntvey OF sight 80 points In the rear. All the
bonkmakers IN the cty the Of the conflict
Int the betting done quietly Al smith had over
81 900 on SnsOn white David johnson Lost heavily by
shaefrr'- defeat The betting the champions which
has heavy throughout the tournament has All been
laid amounts. bus just before The began
800 To $50 SlO>son Among those prcscni were
Carroll Livingston General SCkcs. Howell Osborne, T.
Berry WALL DR. Charles Phelps. sheriff Davidson. County
Clerk Keorau. Excise Commissioner noukhtOn Roswell
Flower. Colonel John T. Fellows and Professor Austin
Flint. ir.
Tie game lasted two hours and 1--WE minutes. and the
excitement throughout was Intense. " Bravo, " and
shouts of exuatun greeted every shot thai cogd e by
stretch of tie Eiuaiun hited above she
place. ana IN the of failure deep Sigh would sweep
mass 81 spectators ike the wilma among
The prizes viii b" gwen ont 90 saiur
day at No SEQ Broadway The score was % follows;
shaeer-2 a. o. ~. S. H. l. 49, !. q. 50 90, l. H. ST.
4. 10. %. a. 30 l. o: total, alOi AVERAGE, ~ % 80 90
Slosson-2 80 -. ., = ~ T. -, a. D. 10 - 80, y ~
o., TO- ~, l5 -, 10. b. lot to A. 300 average 20