Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-22
a TRiPLET TIE.


' ~ - " N"''
CncVco, liI., NOV, 9l, Sclncier and
slosson played The SiNth game oi the
halS-llne tournament lo-uluht. The stu.
alton o. affairs was peculiar SloesoN
and NtgnauN had each won two games
and Schaeicr one victory Tor Slnsson
would mako him the riclcr toy $4,000,
while hi, defeat would make a triple
tie. There WAS q large amount 81
money - SlAeler WIS the b-
Vorito, the odds early u tie d0y be-
ma alpg TO $40 In bls iaNor, pui in
The afternoon tip rate lconWg liurt
nearly even just Notprc lhe gamo, how
ever SCtaefgrs friends oNorcd 8lOu 60
500 aud 4 WIS freely ukeN Retcve
Mci wrN announced the tu0,i0n oi
affairs ana stated toat mo- provision had
nceu nlRtte IN tho cNcNt oi % tte Tor con-
/, Nnuing the tournament, hut it would hc
played pf aud no disposition OF thu
money would be made. AZ fourteen
minutes past O'Clock the tWd players
strung for The luad ri,B Schacler won 70
by point. ne counted from The lay on
and gathered the balls, but
missed The second shot, an easy one
from The cushion, The balls woro left
IA a lluc by q banking 90
the opposite cushion Slosson counted
and held ihem well together. lie played
l them well for ruU OF ~ and had good
position At the foot OF the rail when he
failed 20 get ne balls out OF halG,
Schacilr found an opcninC bus spoiled u
on his inst Ca making two counts he
Slipped up on The draw 90 cushion Slos.
son pickpd j, and missed ! cushion
shot across the table. Sehaclur had an
opportunity IN tho iliih pppt ina goodruu
hut his position play was worry poor and
he stopped az ~ Sluss0n played the
( seventh Inning for nan In !, apd he too
showed considerable NERVOUSNESS Sche0-
ier's misS OF the cushion ln the eighth
left aCt-up, and Slossou nov set
! 20 work IN good shape, and no
! a. stopped ON a delicate 0ne-gUshion
effort This time Che balls were LETT
grouped for hthHoiCr, who quickly ran up
4 33 only to fail on am Easy draw for posi-.
ton, leaving thc usual srt.np SlossOn
Increased his lcnd with run Of 90 la
the ninth, missing delicate kiss
bacN from The cushion Schacirr
4 pruhtcd by tlo inc sct.up
by making his boet run thus far. The
balls lined on HIM three consecutive
timns, but he counted with as many
musse shots. lie kept 90 until he had
made very pretty run Of ~, when he
came to gflei on an easy draw, aud lett
the hulis IN heap
The call wns Slossop lJs, Schacfer 80.
SlossQn then passed to the thlrd string
with aruu OF ~,
score slossnn vi, SthneIcr W.
Schacier IN his eleventh inning missed
q plain two cushiun shot and pgaln LEFT
the balls well for slosson, Who Mt w
MISSED hard oros6-tabir cushion shot,
IN which he had 70 use the bridge.
Schaefer responded with 20, MISS
Ing an easy draw-shot IN an
uuaCcountablc manner The balls were
left at the head rail as well as Slosson
could have placed Them with his fingers,
but he did not handle them very we'll,
aud stopped az 2S, after having spread
the balls bndly, This seemed 20
give Shaeier courage, for he
settled down 70 business and
made magnificent run OF l07,
stopping on u tough lcit-hHnd draw
Score SlossOn, $50; Schaefer 2G5.
SluAsun was prrceptbly shaken by
Schaciers rush Of speed, and played his
nest TWO innings very poorly. Schaeier,
Ia the fifteenth, made run Of ~, and
was squarely ahead for the
first time, B07 TO 203 A square sctup
. gave slosson a run Of - In the seven
! teenih. nnd lie again was IA 'front.', ojV "
Sclaoiers aDs, But Schacier was not 10
be shaken of lac dnshed IN for another biz
run In the eighteenth inning aud MEYER
stopped until he Ind made M aud failed
OIL masse shot.
score schaefcr ii2i slosaon, $3.50.
SlosHon now pulled on his broadclotl,
but Il did bin no 20 q. He played a
very poor run Of 27, IN which he
had plenty OF opportunity. schuefer
, rapidly scored II run OF ~ W
ms 20th stopping on Il line break on
which he could neither buuk nor maeee
. nat tiled kiss follow Again ia the 2otl
; slussOu found the balls VIII punched foi
h1i, but he staggered along with only
~, aud when he missed perfectly
easy draw the balls were SCI
inp Tor Schaefpr, who run 49, ana his ecorc
/ Was 585 10 Slosson's $50. IN the twenty.
4, t.i,l,t sb,t uud on btutan ont uf n count