St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-20
AN UNUSUAL GAME.
Sohaefer Wins the First Game of Bill
iards From Vignaux, After Being
Considered Beaten.
Both Play Nervously and Under Great
Excitement, but Make Some Very
Difficult Shots.
Conclusion of the Convention of the
National League--Business
Transacted.
Chandler and Glover Matched to Spar
Eight Rounds--Other Sport
Ing Events.
schaefer Defeats yignaux.

Schaefer Defeats vignaux.
CHICAGO, Nov. 19.-Schaefer and Wig.
nauX were the contestants in the fourth
game of the balk-line tournament. The
attendance was again very large, though
less than that of the preceding games.
Schaefer felt deeply chagrined at his two
defeats, and expressed great confidence in
his winning to-night's game. The betting
was lively at even money. as VignauX had
shown in the game of Tuesday night that
he was equal in strength of play to either
of the Americans. Schaefer won the bank
for lead, and counted from the lay-off. He
missed the second shot, an easy one
cushion. Vignaux made run of 81 in
line as he missed the bank shot Schaefe1
started in slowly and played in ragged
fashion, having no knack of controlling the
balls. In his half of the eighth inning,
Vignaux ran SO, and the score stood 139 to
s in his favor. He left the balls close to-
gether for Schaefer who handled them
rather clumsily for time and was obliged
to resort to long drives and difficult shots.
He stopped at "a by reason of faulty
drive shot, and left the balls punched for
VignauX. The foreigner played with pre-
cision and command and in his Gus
tomary stated and admirable way, piled up
So. He left Schaefer
FAIR OPENING,
but the New Yorker missed weakly. Again
the Partisan proceeded in a mastery style
to demOlish Schaefer's chances for the big
prize, this time making run of So. in
which some superb shots occurred. One
fyxrA
another draw shot on the angle across the
entire width of the table and the third was
combination kiss shot around the table
for five cushions; the balls lying in line
close together against the head of the cush-
ion, follow shot was out of the question
and straight kiss impossible. With con-
summate calculation the big foreigner
played on the white and thereby kissed the
red over toward the right-hand corner,
where his own ball met it and counted on
its return from the trip around the table.
This great shot was loudly cheered. At GO
he stopped on a difficult draw to
the cushion. Once more in the
eleventh inning Vignaux added to
his big total, this time with a well-played
run of 81. The score was now 314 to "a, in
VIgnauX's favor. Schaefer miscued and
missed in his twelfth, from sheer nerv-
BUSINESS. Vignaux followed with Is, miss
ing on one-cushion bank. He left the
balls hard for Schaefer, who opened out
with a screaming masse shot and in one OF
two more shots got the balls in hand for a
good long run. He seemed to gather self
control as he went along, and although not
playing with his usual stroke, he did ex-
tremely well. At 81 he spread the balls
ia ~ hx, fo,1l l,ix,
missed hard draw shot. Score, Vignaux
found a set-up and worked it for 29, when
he finally
MISSED ON A BANK SHOT.
He left Schaefer long buck, but the
little man went after it around the table and
got it. Another shot, and hard one, too,
gave him good position, and with the
best playing he had done he went on with a
beautiful run. At 43 he froze to the red
and banked successfully. Again at 100 he
froze, but with an outward masse counted
amid tremendous cheering. At ITO he
again stuck fast to the red, this time in such
a position that he could neither bank nor
masse. The balls were spotted, and he
made the string shot in elegant shape. He
stopped at 152 on a very hard cushion
shot. Vignaux was perceptibly affected
by this unlooked-for state of
things, and in his next four innings
broke in pieces, missing his favorite draws.
Schaefer gave him safety medicine for two
innings, but in the seventeenth he opened
out once more in grand style and made a
run of Sc. There was great cheering as he
passed his opponents score. The call
now showed Schaefer 42s and Vignaux 800.
During all this time Vignaux stood near
the table constantly and kept his eyes on
Schaefer. Twice he claimed no count on
Schaefer, but the referee ruled against him.
Schaefer's run of 81 in the eighteenth in
ming gave him lead of exactly 100, 465 to
Vignaux's 365. In the last half of the nine
teenth inning
VIGNAUX CAUGHT HIS SECOND WIND
and got in run of "A, missing on draw
shot and leaving the halls together for
Schaefer. Score: Schaefer 46S, Vignaux
446. Schaefer utilized the set-up with
another magnificent run. in which he played
the balk line and worked the ends and cor
ners as they have not been worked before in
this tournament. He stopped at ITO by a
hair-breadth miss of two-cushion position
shot. Schaefer SIS, Vignaux 446. A care
fully-played run of 10 by Vignaux in the
twentieth inning ended with the miss of a
draw shot. The balls were left very hard for
Schaefer and he made two blank innings
and tried the safety plan. After making
point in the twenty-tirst, VignauX was
kissed oat of count, but in the twenty
second he ran SO and reached his last
string. Score: Schafer, SIS; Vignaux,
500. A miscue by Vignaux gave Schaefer
a set-up in the twenty-tfth, and he made
100. Vignaux had no chance in his half of
the twenty fifth, Schafer opening out with
some daring shots, ran IL and the game
in the twenty-sixth inning, thus winning
a most extraordinary victory.
Tomorrow night Slosson and Vignaux
play.
Schaefer-1, 0, 1, 0, 4, 2, Q, 0, IA, O, 2, 0, 81,
152, Z. 2, &c. 81, 3, No. 0, 0, 0, o. 10. IL. Total,
600.
vignaux-2, 81, 10, IA, 2, IA, 1, SO, SIS, s3, 81,
Is, 49, 1, 0, 8. 5, 7, "A, 10, 1, SO, 1, T. O. Total
507.
Highest runs: Schaefer, 152, ITO, 81, SO;
Vignaux, &c. SO, 55.
Averages: Schaefer, 20 lib; vignaux,
20 7-25.
Time, hours 4s minutes.
National League Convention.
New YORK, Nov. 19.-The tenth annual
convention of the National League of Base
Ball concluded its labors at the Fifth
Avenue hotel to-day. The next meeting
will be held in Chicago. A meeting of the
schedule committee, composed of 6. II.
Schmeltz of st. Louis, ]. A. March of De-
troit and Henry Wright of Philadelphia
will be held in New York on the first
Wednesday in March, 1886. Mr.. Rogers
of Philadelphia. MI. Day of New York
and Young of Washington are made MEM
bers of the arbitration committee. The
Spalding ball was adopted as the league
ball for the coming three years, and the
the resignation of an honorary member, A.
G. Mills, was accepted. The following
resolution was adopted: