Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-25
VIGNAUx BEATEN
By Schaefer In the First Game OF
the Deciding Series,
SCORE: scHAEFER 800, VIeNAUx 67I
Some Remarkably Fine BaikIiRe Bill
liards Played BY Both Of
the Contestants.

mouse OF INC scosOh Noo oseA y
game tonight between Vignaux and
Schaefsr, in continuation Of the balkhne
tournament, made necessary By the triple
tie. Only two hundred people were pres
ent. In the betting Vignsx was the favor
ito at odds Of 500 to $50. Play began
moderately, and yignaux had reached lO3
when Schaefer showed ssventyeight. In
the seventh inning. schssfer opened out
With run Of siehtytwo which endsd'with
freeze and failure to count
from the lay of. Vignaux entered upon
promising run, but stopped at twenty on
single cushion miss. he got another
chance in the next inning, and this time
he nursed the balls very patiently Tor run
Of twenty-six, failing on an easy douoie
cushion. Schaefer struck series OF
HARD BREAKS,
and was tied up for four innings, but he cut
loose in the twelfth inning with run OF
ifty-one. Score: Schsefer 226, Vignaux
l6l.
Yignaux also had five barren innings, but
PLAYED his fourteenth to good purpose, re
slizipg q total Of lO9 in an uninteres1ng
manner. Many Of his shots were faulty
but by his great draws and drives ne man
AGED to keep on until at last be failed on
an easy csrom. The score at $50 stood;
Vignaux, $50; Schaefer, 272. :,
Finding the balls comfortably punched
ot the bead rail Schaefer ran sixteen
and fell down on q mssse and lett
set.up. Vignaux made forty and stopped
on simple one.cushion shot. Schsefer
followed with fty-one, the greater part OF
which were made with balls on different
sides Of the line at the lower right hand
corner. o
Scors-yignsux $40, Schaefer S3S.
Vieuaux then scored q, bringing the
totals up to 4C6 and 342 in his favor.
Schsefer had struck weak and barren
streak of play and for four innings made
but seven points A wretched failure IN
the twenty.6rst gave Vignaux 9 steady
made position from which he realized
thirty, himself playing poorly. schaefer
was now
ONE HUNDRED POINTS IN THE REAR,
and when he had made sixteen ne lett
another setup. Viynsux took up the
monotonous work again. At 81
he made 9 palpsble scratch
when the miss would have
left Schaefer gift and kept on till he had
run 81. Score, Vignaux 527, Schaefer
362. Schaefer was having the hardest OF
luck while everything was in the French
man 8 favor. Schaefer got fresh start
in the twenty-fourth inning and did some
clever playing until bad shot lost him
the control Of the balls, and he stopped
at 81. Score 644 to 4l3 in Nignsuxs
favor. The latter overcame an almost
impossible break at once and gathered the
balls for q run Of "a. He began the TWEEN
ty-sevsnth inning with
ANOTHER BARE-FACED SCRATCH
and prefted By it with run OF twenty
eight, which ended in failure to get the
balls out of balk. Schsefer got only fifty
eight out of it. Atl0:45 the end Of the
twenty-eighth inning, the call was: Wig.
nRux 489.
In his twenty ninth Schsefer came back
with a beautiful run of 1877, in which he
plsyed at the top of his speed using the
balk line nurse with marvellous proficiency.
He missed with the balls lined and all
touching the cushion, Score: Viensux
600, Schaefer GA.
yIGNAUX WAS PLAINLY UPSET
and let 90 of good position after making
two points. Vignsux played his thir.
teenth inning with great care, but stopped
at twenty-five on hard combi-
nation; this shot leaving the balls
closely grouped fer Schaefer, who reeled
of ssventy.seven in fine style, ending with
a foul on q mssse when his ball was frozen
to the red. Score-Schseffsr 772, Wig.
nsux 627. The balls were fsvorably left
for Vignsux at the lower end Of
the rail and he went to work
az though he had no idea
of giving up the game. Another failure
to get the balls, stopped him at forty-four,
and gave Schsefer set up and he ran the
game outst ll:25.
Score-Schaster 800; average 25; high
eat run 1877.
Vignaux, 67l; average q 2.sl; highest
run 100.