Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-11-17
KNOCKING THE worries.
The Chicago Billiard Tournament
Opened Yesterday.
sLossoN BEATS vIaNAux Ga POINTS.
An interesting Game and Some Good
Playing Done BY Both
Contestants.
GREAT EXCITEMENT At THE FINISH.

CHICAGO, November l6.-Aa assembly
Of fully 1900 people attended the opening
game of the great l4iinch balk line billiard
tournament in which Maurice Vignaux Of
Paris, Jacob Schaefer of New York and
George +. Slosson Of Chicago are contest
ants. There was q large attendance OF
ladies in boaes and the parquette circle
seats, aud solid business men OF the city
were vel Represented Among billiard
notables we're Eugene Carter OF Cleveland,
John Callahan Of Milwaukee. Parker Beers
Of Lafayette and many others. The win.
ner Of the tournament will be entitled 10
receive the whole Of parse Of $4,000 and
the excess OF receipts over expenses. 1t
is expected the prize will aggregate over
5000.
THE TOURNAMENT
was formally opened shortly after 8 o'clock
by an address BY Judge Garry OF the
Superior Court Of Chicago As each Of
the players was introduced, hearty round
OF applause was given, Slossou getting
rather the Tsrmest reception. Wsyman
McCreary, of St. Louis, au accomplished
amateur, had been previously agreed on as
refsree Of the tournament. and Charles
Matthews served as marker
Vignaux won the bank, chose the white
ball and counted from the lay of, but stop.
ped at one. Slosson did no better In
the next inning both got good positions but
lost them by imperfect play. In the ninth
inning Slosson began to show something
like good form. he did some very hand.
some nursing and rolled up IS, failing on
an awkward Two, cushion effort. Vignsux
responded with handsome run of 81. in
which short draw, when his own ball was
frozen 70 the cushion, elected applause
CAREFUL sLossoN.
Slosson now played with care and pre-.
cision and reeled of a succession Of fine
stops stopping at u and leaving Wig.
naux an almost impossible shot After a
blank inning Slosson improved the twelfth /
for run of 43, which brought big score
to l39 against So for Vignaux. Wig .
nsux then went to grass on Gu easy shot,
and Slosson took possession Of the balls for
20, which gave him lead Of an even 100. !
Yignaux took heart q. Slosson' miss of an .
easy shot and in his fourteenth inning
made his best run. II, which made his
total 100, S!osson having l59. Slosson
now lspsed into loose play for an inning
or two, and his opponent let the fifteenth
60 by with only 6. At his next opening
be troze to the red ball at 8. but counted
from the lsy.otf and kept On until he
had accomplished the beat run
up to this stage, IS, and .
gained lead. His 18th nettel him 33
and the score now stood 2ll to l76 in
Vignsux's favor. Sloston now made q
fine rally and put in his larges, run which .
again gave him the lead For the first
time his stroke seemed. what it ought 10 .
be and he played like Q race horse. Great
cheering greeted the shot which passed
Vignaux's beat run. He ended at 50 on q
very hard nsSse shot
EXCELLENT WORK Of SLOsSoS.
The call was Slosson 265, VignsuX pa. .
Small results followed for little and Slos' .
son was frat to break the spell which he
did with handsome run Of II, and the
score stood Slosson gal, Yignaux
23o. Slossop in the twenty first did some
more excellent work from which
he realized 69 Score Slosson i2l Wig
usux 26S. Slosson's run Of Is in the 26th
inning was supplemented by 81 by Wig.
yignsux. who stopped on very hard
draw. Two innings later SloSson ran IL,
60 that the marker called Slcsson 53l,
Vignaux $50.
THE FBEXCHNAN's RUS
Of 10 in the 29th made tn game again
look doubtful as il brought him up within
lOl points more Of his opponent. Bot
Slossou came prom otly forward With 63
and needed but points more. He missed
an easy SHOT and gave Vigoaux another
opening which he improved BY playing the
best billiards and making The best run OF
the game Slossou watched his play With
painful solicitude as the big man ap
preached the century point aud when
the marker called one hundred ths houte
rang with cheers. VignauE stopped al LOG
on q miscle and Slosson ran out
THE SCORE.
sIosson-I O0lI06O IS q q " - IL -
u G9 I6 2 26 y ! 63 s.
VaguauX-i 752ISL0 al v 8. IL Y . II
as Is ? 20 IL isa G70sSl Is 40 l1.S6.