The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-11-17
BIG BILLIARD MATCH
BETWEEN rnREE pRoFEssIoNALs
opened at ohlosEo LAST NIght-Tho Initial
Game Between sio"on and viEuAuE
ProvsI to be M K1el,inE Contest.
The Frsrohman Defeated.

CHICAGO, Nov. l6.-An assemblsge o
fully 1900 people attended the opening
game OF the great iourleen-inch balk line
billiard tournament, in which Maurice
viguaux, Of Paris, Jacob Schaeffer, of New
York, and George F, slOsson, Of Chicago
are contestant. There was large at
tendance cf la,lies in tue boxes and The
parque;te circle seats, and the solid bui'
ness man OF the city were well repre-
Sc tied.
The winner Of this tournament will be
entitled to cave the whole OF purse oi
1890 and thu excess cf The receipts over
expenses 1t IL expected the pr Is willag-
grpgato over 5000 The tournament was
formally opsnrd shortly at'e o'clock by
an addTess by JuiZe Gary, CT the Snprene
Court, OF Chicago As each OF the p ayers
was introduced q hearty rOInd Ofappls17e
was given, Slosson gstsipg rather TIE
warmest reception. WsyGiau McCreery,
Of st. Louisi an accomplished amateur,
had been permanently a2Seed on as ref
er3e Of the tonrnam eDt, snd Charles Mat
thews served as marker.
Yignaux won the bank, chose the white
ball and counted from the lSynF. but
stopped at Que. Sloa.oa did no better.
In the next inning both got good positions
but lost them by Imperfect play.
sL:ssoS SHOWS FRONT.
In the ninth inning Slosson began to
show something like COED form. He did
some very handsome mlssing and rolled
up So, falling on an awkward two-cushion
effect, Vignsux responded with hand
some run Of 81, in which q short draw,
when his own ball was frozen TO tbs cush-
ion, ELECTED applause.
Siosson now played with csrs aad pre-
cision and rolled of q succession Of fine
shots, stopping a. % and leaving Nignaux
an almostimpossible shot. After a blank
inning Slosson improved the twelfth for
run OF 43, which brought his score to l39
against IS for Vignaux. Vignaux then
went to grass on an easy shot and Slosson
took possession OF the balla for 20, which
gave lead Of an even 100.
YignGux took heart At Slos3on' miss Of
an easy shot and in his fourteenth inning
made his best run Al, which mads his
total 100r Slosson having 1850. slesson now
lspsed into loose play for an inning or two
and his opponent letthe fifteenth go by
with only 8. At his next opening he frozs
10 the rcd ball at 5. but counted from the
lsy.oF and kept on until he
had accomplished the best run
up to this stage, 70, and
had gained lead. His seventeenth netted
him SO, and the score now stood 2l4to
lTG in Vignaux's favor. SloEson now
made fine rally and put in his largest
run, which again gave him the lead. For
the FIRST time his stroke seemed WHAT
ought 10 be and he played like race
horse. Great cheering greeted the shot
which passed Vignanxs best run. he
ended at 50 on very hard masSe shot.
sLossoN WINS.
The call was, SloSson 265, vignauX 2l4.
Small results followed for little and SlOs-
son was frat to break the spell, which he
did with handsome run Of Il, and the
.core stood, slOtson S5l, vignaux 2S8.
slosson In the twenty.Grst did some more
excellent work, from which he realized
SO. Score, siosson 42l, Vigpaux
26S. slosson's run Of 20 in the twenty
sixth inning was supplemented by 81 by
viEnaux; who stopped on very bard
draw. Two innings later Slos:on ran Al,
SO that marker caiied Slosson 53l; Wig
naux 800. The Frenchmsn's Iun OF 40 in
the tWenty.ninth made the game
again look doubtful, as it brought
BIN up within lOl points OF his opponent.
But Slosson came promptly forward with
90, and needed but 5 points more. He
missed an easy shot, ard gave Vignaux
another opening, which he i'm
proved by playing the best bill
iiards and making the best run OF the
game. Slosson watched his play with
painful solicitude as the bigman approach
ed the century point, and when the
marker called one hundred the house
rang with cheers. VisNaux stopped at
lOB on miscue and SlOsson ran out.
The winners average was 10 2'S2; los
ser's average l7243l, Time 3 hours aud
1 minutes,
schseEisr and Vignaux play tomorrow
night and Schaeier and 6losson Wednes'
day night.