The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-23
YESTERDAYS SECOND EDITION.
THE following items of news appeared in our
Second Edition of Sunday:1
The billiard Tournament ENDS in a Tic.

The Billiard Tournament Ends in a Tie
CHICAGO. Nov. 21-Schaefer and Slosson
played the sixth game of the balk-ine billiard
tournament tonight. The situation of affairs
was pe8nliar. Slosson and Vignaux had each
won two games and Schaefer one game A vic
tory for Slosson would make him the richer by
So, 0OO, while his defeat would make triple tie.
There was a large amount of money bet. Schaefer
was the favorite in the early part of the day.
Just before the game Schaefers friends offered
100 to 60, and it was freely taken. Referee Nc
Creepy announced the situation of AFFAIRS and
stated that provision had been made in the
event of tie for continuing the tournament, but
it would be played off and no DISPOSE
ton of the money would be made.
AT 8:14 the two players strung
for the lead and Schaefer won it by hair. He
counted from the lay-of and gathered the balls,
but missed the second shot, an easy one cushion.
The balls were left in line, but by banking to
the opposite cushion, Slosson counted and held
them well together. He played them we'll for
run of 3d. and had good position at the foot
rail- when he failed to get the balls out of balk.
Schaefer found good opening, but spoiled it on
his first shot, and after making two counts,
slipped up. Slosson picked IL and missed.
Schaefer had an opportunity in the fifth to put In
good run, but his position play was very poor,
and he stopped at IL. Slosson played the seventh
inning for a run of Z and he too showed conSid-
cradle nervousness Scnaefers miss of one
cushion, in the eighth, left set-up, and Slosson
now set to work in good shape once more, and at
A stopped on delicate one cushion effort.
This time the balls were left grouped tor
Schaefer who quickly ratified up "a, only to fail
on an easy draw for position. Slosson increased
his lead with run of 33 in the ninth, missing
delicate kiss back from the cushion. Schaefer
profted by the fine set-up by making his best
run thus far. The balls lined en- him three con-
secutlve times, but he counted with as many
masse shots. He kept on until he had made
run Of "a, when he came to grief on very easy
draw. and left the balls in heap. The call was
Slosson 1913, Schaefer 1872. Slosson then passed
to his third string with of 90 Schaefer in his
eleventh inning missed plain two-cushion shot,
and again left the balls we'll for Slosson, who at
Sc missed a hard cross-table cushion shot, in
which he had to use the bridge. Schaefer re-
sponded with 26, missing an easy draw shot in an
unaccountable manner The balls left at
the head rail well as Slosson could have placed
them with his fingers but he did not handle
them very WE'LL and stopped at %, after having
spread the balls badly. This seemed to give
Schaefer courage, for he settled down to bust
ness and made a magnificent run of 1O7, stopping
on tough left-hand draw. Score-Slosson, 1885,
Schaefer, 265. Slosson was perceptibly shaken be
Schaefers rush of speed, and played his next two
innings very poorly. Schaefer in the fifteenth
made neat run of AZ. and was now squarely
ahead for the first tme-307 to 293. A square
set-up gave Slosson a run of 81 in the seven
teenth. and he again was in front-336 to 308-
but Schaefer was not to be shaken off, He
dashed in for another big run in the
eighteenth, and never stopped until he
shot Score-Schaefer, 442; Slosson, 1856
Slosson pulled off his broad cloth, but it did
him no good. He played. a very poor run of q,
in which he had plenty of opportunity. Sehaefer
rapidly scored run of 73 in his twentieth.
stopping a line break in which he could
neither bank nor masse, but tried kiss follow.
Again in the twentieth Slosson found the balls
we'll buuched for him, but he staggered along
with only II, and when he missed q perfectly
easy draw, the balls were set up for Schaefer,
who ran 40, and his score was 535 to Slosson's
$780, In the twenty third inning Senaefer tried
hard round the-table shot, and got beaten cut of
count by kiss, and left Slosson fine set-up.
The Chicago boy accepted this lucky interposi-
ton thankfully, and once more be-
gan to play billiards A run of 81
in his twenty third inning was very we'll
played, until he succumbed to a succession of
tough breaks, though these were the result
largely due to his faulty position play. Schaefer
538, Slosson 446 Schaefer in the twenty fourth
piled up IS, missing a very hard left-hand draw.
SlossoE followed with 20, and Schaefer with 10.
Both were axious and 1ustered. Slosson's run
of "a in the twenty-ffth ended with freeze,
and he failed to make the lay-off stroke. He
got another opening in the twenty-sixth, but
stopped at 2, and in the twenty-seventh Sehaefer
made the necessary 9 and game, and the tourna-
ment ended in a triple tie.
The score of the game is as follows:
Sehaefer-1, 2, o. l. IL, l, O. q "a, IA O. &c,
1o7. ~. l. Q, Ia, o. 73 40 2, 1, AZ. 10, 1, $500.
Average, 22627: highest runs, ia, 1O7.
Slossono63 II. O, L. 13 Q, n: "A, 33. %, SO,
492. Average, 18 24-36; highest run, 63.