New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-22
SLOSSoN DEFEATED BY ScHAERER
THE BALK-LINE TOURNAMENT ENDS IN TIE AMONG
THE THREE PLAYERS.

THE THREE PLAYERS.
CHICAGO, Nov. q (Spccau. in
tickets to the xh billiard game OF the bak line tourna
ment drove rushing trade tonight Central Music Hall
being TANNED 10 OVERLOOKING with spectators. over
1000 people witnessed tho contest which between
Schacfer aud sossOn. The former led in the betting
before game odds of 800 to go quotations being
nearly even however tho balls had been etrong
schacfer won the bank and scored from the spot but
missed easy Onc-cushOn shot. By magnificent two
cushion bank shot thpn grouped the balls. ana
by careful nursing and daring open-ablo play placed
90 to his credit when no failed to
get tho balls out OF balk. sohaeier'
apparently badly ratified, stepped to the table, but
stumbled on his third attempt slosson followed with
Il. In the nth inning schaefor secured II. which
trng gain nuli1ed by Slossons running p In the
seventh. At this point slosson calculated each
shot carefully and made - though. which run
was followed by OF "a by Schacfcr Again did slos-
the thlrtes In the ninth inning. by three
delicate shots Schaefcr gathered the balls ana
clicked OFF H. missing on a simple draw S'osSon foi
lowed with o. leaving tho Sosson 22l Schaeior
1872.
schar;er failed TO score in the eleventh in1ng and
left slosson an easily obtained &c. and he followed this
with 90 more The simplicity OF the shots on Whch
sohaefer slipped up created considerable as
gust among tho spectators. and the longdrawn-
out "ohs" seemed TO discOncert the Ncw-IOrker
Twenty-oght was all ssosson could got on
for mighty effort and by series OF magnificent posi-
ton plays seemed Il clutch the balls click
OF point al. point until he had attained run OF
1O7, niiay failing extremely difficult draw. This
left Schaefer % behind the standing Sosson
2s5 schaefer PCS slosson pieces Mt this stage
OF the game. making two successive simple misses
schacfer put himself in front in tho fifteenth inning
by clevery executed OF ~, the score
standing 3O7 to 293 sosson followed with D. thus
going the front again. once put on his motto
schaefer again passed tho hundred scoring ia amid
tremendous Chceriug ana leaving The score Az TO $50
in his Sosson could only get ~ aud Schsefer III
the next inning put himself 10 buttons nenrerto Victory
coming to grief almost impossible klss shoI
sosson hraccd himself up for final effort IN the TWEEN
tich inning, but the balls ran hard Tor MN ana -
was all he could get Sch'cicr ioi0Weu r Nun 1U'
making his score 5J1 to Ills hdvcrs'rys t'c' inc, SUI
ccedng two innings were tame. but III MS nan ol the
twenty third SlussOu made n run OF - against VIVA
iookoi Ike hard luck Both players cvlnccd
great nervousness 10 the close, tho excite
fever heat SlnSs6n ran - ia the twcuty-hnh inning
but failed on simple one. schaeicr Wi'7ti III tn'
schacicr the lo needed aud he game ended
The result OF the ionrnamen, !, Therefore tnpio u'
Will be played oil. division VI tho stake money !" DO
Il + a Ito wing IS the score:
u 'c1H'l'r l. III SO Az &vr = =, 3@
80. lIa, '@ =, ia -. 27t 90 ,L7o g.
IL !t55i'' il sb rua, g..
It Is uaigagie4ly tho gTcy,l ,,s ,' GgIGog
q poGS Srn,. GII ina the TO has been
from tho first and that the games ulNo been played
r2[diP 'oc .nor, 29 oR t., "H %epo,ai
P P'r,ou who '' has clo.,y wa,chci cyrry
ssmg apl {. i ai S ny , AMI 4ci P''i"" a.,
hi, Judgment that tho g!mcs have been won
around. aud that understanding his
FOR some time existed among the 'hIce PIayrr;
equally among them. Thus ftr tho 'rtrr-