The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-11-21
THE BALK-LINE MATCH.
Schaeffer Wins the Most Wonderful
Game on Record.

than that of the preceding games. Schaeffer
felt deeply chagrined at his two defeat and
expressed great confidence in his winning
to-night's game. Bettingw was lively ateven
money, as Vignaux had shown in the game
of Tuesday night that he was equal in
strength of playing to either OF the Ameri.
cans. Schaeffer won the bank for the lead
and counted from the lay-off. He missed
the second shot-an easy one cushion. Wig
naux made run of 81 in his second inning,
stopping with the balls in line, as he missed
q bank shot. Schaeffer started in slowly
and played in ragged fashion, having no
knack Of controlling the balls. In his half
of the eighth inning Vignaux ran ST, and
the score stood 139 to 8 in his favor. He
left the balls close together for Schaeffer,
who handled them rather clumsily Tor a
time and was obliged to make
LONG DRIVES AND DIFFICULT SHOTS.
He stopped at "a by reason OF a faulty
drive shot and left the balls punched for
Vignaux. The foreigner played with pre-
cision and self-command, and in his custo
mary stolid and inexorable way piled up
55. He left Schaeffer a fair opening, but
the New Yorker missed. Again the Partisan
proceeded in mastery style to demolish
Schaeffer's chances for the big prize, this
time making run of 63, in which some su-
perb shots occurred. One was twO-cush-
ion shot for position, another draw shot
at an angle across the entire width OF the
table, and third was combination kiss
around the table for five cushions. The
three balls lay in a line close together
against the head OF the cushion. A follow
shot was out of the question and a staight
kiss impra cticable. With consummate cal
culation the big foreigner played on the
white and thereby kissed tie red over to-
ward the right hand corner, where his own
ball met it and counted on its return from
the trip around the table
THE GREAT SHOT
| was loudly cheered. At 63 he stopped on
difficult draw TO the cushion. Once more
| in his eleventh inning he added to his big
| total, this time with a well-played run oi
81. The score was now 314 to 81 in his
| favor Schaeffer miscued and missed in his
| twelfth inning from shear nervousness. Wig
| naux followed with Is, missing on a one
cushion bank. He left the balls hard fol
Schaeffer, who opened with screaming
masse shot, and in one or two more shots
got the balls in hand for Il good, long run
He seemed to gather self-control as he went
along, and although not playing with the
usual stroke, he did extremely well. At 81
he spread the balls wide apart by a faulty
drive, and then missed hard draw shot
! Score-Vignaux, 1927; Schaeffer, 1S1. Al
usual, Vignaux found a set-up and worked
| it for 29. When he finally missed on Il hare
| bank shot, he left Schaeffer tough break
but the little man went after it around thu
| table and got it. Another shot, and Il hare
| one too, gave him a good position, ant
with
THE BEST PLAYING He HAD YET DONE,
he went on with beautiful run. At 43 HI
froze to the red and banked successfully
Again at 100 he froze, but with an outward
masse counted, amid tremendous cheering
At 10 he again stuck fast to the red, this
time in such a position that he coult
neither bank nor masse. The balls wer
spotted, and he made string shot il
elegant shape. He stopped at 152 ON
very hard two-cushion shot. Vignaux wal
perceptibly affected by this unlocked fo
state of things, and in the next four inning
broke in pieces, rrlssing his favorite draws
Schaeffer gave him
| SAFETY MEDICINE
for two innings. In the seven
teenth Schaeffer opened out ono
more in grand style, and made ;
run of sc. The call now showed Schaeffer
42S; VigEaux, 36O. During all this tim
Vlgnaux stood near the table constantly
and kept his eyes on Schaeffer. Twice h
claimed no count ON Schaeffer, but tn
referee ruled against him. Schaeffer's rul
of 81 in the eighteenth inning gave him
lead of exactly 1OO-with 465 to Vignaux'
365. In the last half of the nineteenth
inning Vignaux caught his second wind an,
got in a run of "a, missing on draw shot
and leaving the balls togetherf for Schaeffel
Score - Schaeffer, 46S; Nignaux, 44e
Schaeffer utilized the set up with
ANOTHER MAGNIFICENT RUN,
in which he played the Balk. line and worke
the ends and corners as they have no
been worked before in the tournament. H
J stopped at 10 by hair breadth miss OF
cushion position shot. Score-Schaeffel
SIS; Vignaux, 44G. A carefully played I'll
of 10 by Vignaux in the twentieth innin
was ended with miss of draw shot. Th
balls were very hard for Schaffer, and
made two blank innings, and tried tn
safety plan, making one point in tt
twenty first. Vignaux was kissed off, bu
in the twenty second he ran 36, and mac
his last string. score-schaefter, o1o; w
naux, SOP. A miss cue by Vignaux gay
Schaeffer set up in the twenty fifth and
made 10. Vignaux had no chance in b
half Of the twenty fifth, and Schaeffer, ope1
| ing out with some daring shots. ran II an
won the game in the twenty sixth innin
thus winning a most extraordinary vi
|, tory.
, Tomorrow night Slosson and Nignau
: will play.
SUMMARY.
, Schaeffer-1, 0, 1, 0, 4, 9, 0, 0, "a, 0,
0, 81, 1852, Z, 2, SO, 81, 3, 40, 0. 0, 0,
10, 12.-Total, 600.
Vignaux-2, 81, 10, II, 2, IA, 1, SO, 3
63, 81, 13, 20, l, 0, 3, 5, Z, "a, 19, l, 3
( l, 4, O.-Total, 5O7.
e Highest runs-Schaeffer, 152, no, 81, 8
Vignaux, 63, SO. So.
Averages - Schaeffer, % 1-13; Vlgnau
20 1875.
. Time-2 hours IS minutes.