St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-18
BANK SHOTS AND MOSQUES.
some Splendid Playing Done by Wig.
naux and Schaefer.
directors OF the National League Hold
Meeting at New York.

CHICAGO. Nov. 1.-THE second night
OF the fourteen-inch balx-Iina tonrnament
Wv CIV, large audience. Vignaux, defeated
ny oioSooh' gave rise to the belief that he
would nave little chance against Scbaefer
ana the latter was the favorite at odds of o
10 l, and freely backed at that Considara-
Die Dettlng was done on the question of
average, 10 to being laid that il wouId no
20. Schaefer won the balk, chose the bI.clI
Dali and missed the lay off shot Both men
started slowly, but In the fourth inning
Schaefer got good send-off and gallonad
away with a superb run of 132, missing at
last on an easy-position draw shot. Fully
one-half of this run was made in the
regular balk-line position, which he got
twice on different rails. Schaefer's run
OF 45 in the fifth inning was fine illustra-
ton OF all-around billiards, and his miss
was on hard draw to the cushion. His
mss III the sixth was masse shot, when
The balls were against the cushion, and at
the end OF the first half of the seventh in
nlng SchaeferS total was pit, against 45
1or Vlgnaux. Schaefers eighth, which
elued on missed maSse, took him to 267,
OF just 2O1 points ahead. Vignaux got
well started for run, but ended at 25 with
freeze and an unsuccessful bank shot. He
got 10 gong again in the tenth, and did
some strong playing, but spread the balls at
81, ana missed hard three-cushion shot.
ne ulo much better in the eleventh. when
ochaefer had failed on an oyer-hazardous
eilort' ana now did some very steady and
strong playing. Asa
DISPLAY OF BILLIARD Skill
thls was remarkable exhibition. for hs
LII ,ia yea ALMOST every conceivable shot. AS
ne peat Schaefer's run of 1872, the cheering
was loud and long, and again when he tied
ochaeIers score, when at last the foreigner
stopped at 1877 on hard one-cushion shot.
tile call was Vlgnaux 299, Schaetfer 293'
ochaeIer showed the strain and made EASY
misses IN the next two innings He made
palpable scratch in the thirteenth bnt
could not take advantage of it. Again in
the fourteenth he fell down on an essv-nn-
sition draw. Vignaux was also nervous in
| the fourteenth and forfeited a good braal,
by faulty draw shot. Schaefer now
| caught his wind again and ratified off 62
handsome billiards. Vignaux was not to
De outdone IN rallying powers. In the sixty
tnlrd shot he got out of a tight place.
with grand three-cushion bank of great
dlfhculty, and once more getting possession
OF MS balls, and with a run of Sc, took the
lead again, At to 1914. Schaefer was now
badly demoralized, and four innings missed
the plainest of shots. Vignaux kept up his
wonderful record of no blank innings. In
his nineteenth he passed to the final string
with a run of %. Score: Vignaux, 514:
! Schaefer, 29S. Schaefer seemed to get set
| tied in the twenty-frst inning, when he
made a run of 81, but it ended with
miss OF an ordinary follow shot, and
| LETT the balls in a heap for Vignaux,
who ran "a. III his twenty-second
and twenty-third innings Schaefer's play
was pitifully weak. He had plenty OF
chances to make big run and win the
game, but it was not in him. Vignau1
took his time and with run of 10 in the
thirty-fourth inning closed the most re.
markable game of billiards in history.
game without single blank inning on hi.
| side.
vignaux, 7, 9, 9, r. 9. 4, 90 25, IL, 80, 1877. ?.
l. Is, Sc, IA. 3D. is, 28, 3, 3d. Is. 20, TO- Total.
| 900.
schaefer 0, 2. 0, 1872, As. IS, 25. As, 5, 81. 2,
26. 4, 9, 81, 2. 1, 1. 0, 0, 81. g. T. O. Total AS.
Highest runs: Vignaux, 1877, &c. 81 Schaef.
er, 132, 4s, 81; averages, Vignaux, 25;
Schaefer, is 1924. Time, 2:50.