St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-24
By Series of Miscues, slosson Loses the
Third Game. Leaving Victory
Undecided.
Both Men Play Nervously and Succeed in
Missing Some Very Easy Shots
The Score.
A British and an American Chess
Player to Compete for the
Championship.
Swindled Bookmakers of Detroit on
to the Swindlers--M NJ oth's Mis-
take--Notes.
Schaefer and SIosson.

Cd1CAGO, OcC, oo.-loCudtl0I anu Sluo-
son played in the billiard tournament to-
night before less than 400 spectators. There
was little OF no betting, as the Slosson men
asked odds and Schaefer's friends would
not bet more than even money. Schaefer
having won the bank and missed the lay off
shot, Slosson took hold promptly and
opened the game with run OF II. Schaefer
responded with 54 and then came series
Of hard breaks and small results for the next
four innings. Schaefer got an opening in
the seventh, but a careless miss stopped him
at FL. He left Slosson a set-up and he
turned on his second string with run of
55. Score, Slosson IA. Schaefer 80 Runs
of Al and 56 by Schaefer in the tenth and
twelfth innings brought him very close, and
When Slosson had scored nine in the
twelfth and stopped because he completely
forgot to get the balls out of balk the call
was Slosson 206. .Schaefer 1876. Taking advan-
tage of the fine set up, Schaefer ratified off
clever run Of IS. which took him fairly to
the front for the first time in the game.
Score: Schaefer, 274; Slosson, 206. Schaefer
missed masse by a kiSs-off, and left good
break for SlOsson, but the balls lined at Is
and he missed again. In the fourteenth
Schaefer let soft set up go. and this time
SlOsson did rather better, running up 26.
He had good luck in leaving the balls safe,
and it was not till the fifteenth inning that
Schaefer got another chance. when by an
elegant balk-line play he piled up So, and
he now led SlossOn 336 to 24S. Slosson now
rallied handsomely with run Of 10S, in
which he
PLAYED SOME ELEGANT BILLIARDS
of all sorts. and received round of ap-
plause The score stood 356 to 336 in
favor of Slosson. The latter claimed he
counted On the 1O9th shot, but the referee
decided against him. Schaefer found the
balls punched, but played them badly, and
stopped on IA on kiss-off. Slosson in
herited an easy break, and, by steady and
strong execution, went to his fifth string
with a run of SO. The score at 9:45 was;
SlossOn, 425: Schaefer, $50. Schaefer failed
wretchedly at his next opening, spreading
the balls badly on the his third shot, and
leaving them punched, when he missed.
This gave Slosson added confidence, and in
with run of SO. The score at $50 p. m.
was: Slosson, 4S4; Schaefer, 353 Schaefer
cut this down in his nineteenth with
a neat run of 1872, in which
he played a twenty-inch balk-line
very prettily for dozen counts. Then
he got them on a fourteen-inch line and
made about SO in this way. When he bea
Slossons high run he was loudly cheered
Score at 1905: Slosson, 4s4; Schaefer
ATS.
Z Z g g SigssDn got his opportunity in the twen-
tieih Inning, but fouled at 5. The balls
lined against the end rail and Schaefer
missed the almost impossible masse and
left the balls together. Slosson utilized
his good luck to the extent Of 81. The
score at 1918 was $40 to 475 in his favor.
Schaefer got fine balk line position at
once and had made 25 nurse shots, when he
froZe and was compelled to spread the
balls. AS the result of bad judgment in
attempting an extra hazardous round-the-
table shot he left a set-up. but Slosson
only got 12 out of it. For his twenty-ffth
inning Schaefer got fair opening and
availed himself of it splendidly, with some
beautiful all-around execution, for run of
81, and he now led once more. The score
was COS to $50. Missing cross-table posi-
ion shot in his twenty-sixth, he
GAVE SLOssON ANOTHER CHANCE.
Slosson stopped at 25 on kiss off and
left Schaefer gift. but he lost it at IA on
a careless overdraw and again Slosson got a
chance. He played roughly though and
stopped at Is. Schaefer fell down on an
easy draw and this time showed better
control of the balls. At the end of the
twenty-eigth inning. which closed at 1856,
the call was, Schaefer $50, Slosson 61.4
Both men were now doing rather poor work
but in the thirthieth inning Schaefer
ran SIS, missing two-cushion shot
by a hair. In his next inning he
missed through sheer carelessness and left
set up. Score: Schaefer 7O2, Slosson
$40. SIosson was unable to do anything,
and Schaefer in the 32d got the balls for a
run of SO, closing his run at 11:15. Once
more Slosson had the balls well left him.
He settled down to business for run of 81.
Schaefer went back at him gamely and did
some elegant nursing in the lower left hand
corner for 40, missing an awkward masse
and leaving the balls punched for Slosson,
who went to pieces at once. and Schaefer,
at 11:17. made 13 and the game. This
leaves the tournament another triple tie.
SCORE.
Schaefer-o 81, 5, 0, 0, 0, 81, 0, II, Al, 2, Sc,
IS, 3. 5s IA. 8, l22, 0, o, 3d. o. s. "a. 16. II, l.
0. 55. 8, SO, 49, 1880. Average. % Alt;
highest run, 1872.
Slosson-71, 2 s. 8. o, o, 55, IS, %, 9, 4. 9, Is,
26, /, 1Os SO, SO. 0, 5, 81, 0, H. A. l, 25 49, 1s,
4, 2, IA, 81, 3-668. Average, 20 S-33; highest
run, 10S.
Time of game, 8 hours 35 minutes.
At an early hour this morning it was de-
cided that Millard Adams, manager of
Central music hall. wonld assume the man
agement of the unfinished billiard tourna-
ment. He will pay all expenses and re-
ceive the gate receipts, and the game will
be played to finish, commencing tonight
with game between Schaefer and Vignaux.
CHAMPION CHESS PLAYERS.
Britain and Americas Best Men to
Play a Series of Games.
New YORK, Dec. 23.-Ten days ago J.