Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-11-20
SCHAEFER'S LUCK.
Fourth Game of the Balk Line TOurna-
ment at ChicagO-Vignaux De-
feated by the
Little New Yorker After One OF the
Most Extraordinary Contests
on Record.
Brilliant Playing and Difficult Shots on
Both Sides-A Phenomenal
Victory.

CHICAGO, ILL, November 10 --Schaefer
and Vignaux were the contestants in the
fourth game CT 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 conf
dence in his winning tonight. The bet
ting was lively at even money, as Wig
naux 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 the lead, and counted from
the lay of. He missed the second shot,
an easy cushion. Vignaux made run of
81 in his second inning, stopping with the
balls in line, as he missed the bank shot,
Schaefer started in slowly and played
in a ragged fashion, having no knack of
controlling the balls. In his half of the
eighth Vignaux ran SO, and the score
stood 139 to in his favor. He left the
balls close together for Schaefer, who han
died them rather ciumsily for a time, snd
was obliged to resort to long drives and
difficult shots. He stopped at "a by rea-
son of faulty drive shot, and left the
balls punched for Vignaux. The foreigner
played with precision and self-command,
BILE 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 sCHABFER's CHANCES
for the big prize, this time making run
of 63, in which some superb shots
for position; another a draw shot at an
angle across the entire width of the table,
and third was a combination kiss shot
around the table for FIVE cushions. Three
balls lay in line close together against the
head of the cushion; follow shot was out
OF the question and straight kiss i'm
practicable. With consummate calcula-
ton the big foreigner played on the white
and thereby kissed the red over toward
the right hand corner, where his own ball
met and counted on the return from
the trip around the table. This great shot
was loudly cheered. At IS he stopped on
a difficult draw to cushion. Once more in
his eleventh inning Vignsux added to his
big total. This time with well played run
of 81. The score was now 3l4 to "a, in
Vignaux's favor. Schaeter miscued and
missed in his twelfth inning from sheer
nervousness. Vignaux followed with Is,
missing on one cushion bank. He left
the balls hard for Schaefer, who opened
out with
A SCREAMING MAssE SHOT
and in one or two more shots got the balls
in hand for good long run. He seemed
to gather self-control as he went along, and
although not playing with his usual
stroke, he did extremely well. At 81 he
spread the balls vide apart by faulty
drive, and then missed hard draw shot.
Score-Vignaux, 237; Schaefer, 1S1. AS
usual, ,Vignaux found a set-up, and worked
it for 70, when he missed on hard bank.
ua of Sahcafar I,4 L.
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 yet done he went
on with beautiful run. At 43 he frczs to
the red and banked successfully. Again
at 100 he frcze, but with an outward
mssse he counted, amid tremendous
cheering. At ITO he again stuck fast to
the rod, this time in such position that he
could neither bank nor masse. The balls
were spotted, and he made the string shot
in elegant shape. He slipped at l52 on
very hard two-cushion shot. Vignaux was
perceptibly affected by this unlooked-for
state of things, and in the next four iu-
nings 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 run of Sc There was great cheer
ing as he passed his opponents score.
The call now showed: Schaefer, 42S; Wig
naux, $50.
DURING ALL THIS TINE
Vignaux stood near the table constantly,
and kept his eyes on Schaefer. Twice he
claimed no count on Schsefer, but the ref
cree ruled against him. Schaefeis run of
81 in the eighteenth inning gave him
lead of exactly 100 465 to Vignaux's 365
In the last half of the nineteenth inuing
Viguaux caught his second wind, and got
in run of "a, missing On draw shot, and
leaving the balls together for Schaefer.
Scors..schaefer, 46S; Vignau1, 446.
Schaefer utilized the set.up with
another magnificent run, in which
he played the baik line, and worried
the ends and corners as they have not been
worked before in this tournament. He
stopped at ITO by hair-breadth miss of
two-cushion position shot. Score-Echae-
fer 57S, ViGnaux 446. A carefully-Flayed
run of l9 points by Viguaux in the twen-
tieth inning ended with the miss of draw
shot. The balls were left very hard ior
Schaefer, and he made TWO blank innings
and tried the safety plan. After making
one point in the twenty-first Vignaux was
kissed out of count, but in the twenty
second he ran 5a points and reached
his last string. Score-Schaefer SIS, Yign-
aux 502. A miscue by Vignaux gave
Schaefer set-up in the twenty fifth, and
he made ten. Vignaux had no chance in
his half of the twenty-6fth inning, and
Schaefer, opening out with some daring
shots, ran IL points. and the game in
the twenty-sixth inning, thus winning
most extraordinary vi.t"-- o-n,o-ror
n,o ts,-. oIOsson and Vignaux.
SCORE
Schaefer - l 0 O 4 2 90 "A 0 2 0 81
152 2 So 81 8 110 90 0 10 1900.
Vignaux 2 81 10 IA 2 IA l 80 55 63
81 Is 60 10 0 "a 10 l So 4 0-507.
Highest Runs-Schaefer: 152, ITO, 81,
Sc. Vignaux: 6S, SO, 90.