Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1885-05-01
BILLIARDS.
Patti Looks on at a Fine Game.
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Patti Looks on at a Nne Game.
LFrom the New York SUM-
:" Cham pion Jacob Schaefer sauntered into
irving Hall last night in stunning dress
suit, and scanned the ladies' gallery to see if
Patti was in the box which she has engaged
for every night of the balk-line billiard tour
na1nent. It was the first time he had ever
dressed that way for billiard match in the
city, and he quickly peeled off the dress coat
and slid into his cardigan jacket with black
silk sleeves when he found that the diva was
absent
Maurice Daily complacently screwed to-
gether the ivory tipped, jointed French cue
that he used in all his exhibitions abroad
Albert Newberger made the referees throne
of Office luminous with his personal dia-
monds, and the bootmakers promenaded soft
iy around and gathered in all the floating
bets. There were not many of them, but
what there were got down in the books as
500 to $50 the boy in the cardigan
jacket.
Schaefer gripped the twine-bound of his
Chicago cue lightly between two fingers and
his thumb and made single carrom DAILY
took off his dress coat, chalked his iointed
cue, and rolled up SO prettily. Schaefer
made another solitary carrom, and DAILY
coaxed Is additional carroms from the gy-
rating spheres.
linen oCudeIer eXpeflmented with chalk
himself. 1t was some special chalk he had
brought along in the pocket of his dress suit
When the cue had been anointed with it the
Dalk-lina champion toyed with the globes
with surprising delicacy of touch He rolled
up dazzling cluster of 40 carroms right on
the edge of the long balk space in twink
ling. DAILY wet his lips with ice water and
drew an inglorious blank. Schaefer employed
his chalk again, and made 49,
DAILY gulped down half goblet of water at
once, and manipulated his jointed cue so eff
iciently that thirty-one buttons were slid
along his string before the cue went back Oh
MIN on draw shot Schaefer put his right
foot forward, piled his cue like fiddle bow,
and the globes sailed along ths edge of the
balk line and softly chimed 29
"Schaefer, III; DAILY o." called the mark
''Bravo!" cried the billiard lovers.
Gone hundred to $50 on Schaefer," ssduc-
lively murmured bookmaker. Five men
snapped MIN up ss quick as a wink
Maurice smiled and reeled off "a brilliant
ly. Schaefer looked thoughtful, used chalk
and executed some masse shots of varied
beauty. Then he waltzed the globes about
the cushions and sat down with "a more to
his credit.
A brunette in a bewitching bonnet trip
ped along the gallery floor behind dark
gentleman with magnificent shirt front.
"Ah, Patti and Nicolini,' adniringly
whispered the spectators. Then the throng
lifted their hands toward the diva and
brought them together with enthusiasm
Daily looked happy and played 10 at his very
best open-tabled beauties. Schafer stepped
up and ratified off 10, too, in varied and
interesting style The diva pointed each out
with her black fan, and commented upon
their merit with critical delight. Patti is an
expert herself, and she has beautiful table
set up in her castle i'll Wales and plays
French carroms for amusement. Champion
Slosson stood near by, and waited explana-
tions of the intricate details of the play over
the wide expanse of Signor Nicolini's shirt
bosom.
The game got complicated and exciting
Schaefer interrupted Daly's run with claim
of foul, on TIE ground that he had not driven
the object ball out of the balk in two shots.
The referee waved his huge solitaire ring i'm
pressively, and decided for Schaefer DAILY
and the referee discussed things animatedly.
Schaefer played ahead and unconsciousiy
made three shots on the forbidden baize ter
ritory himself. Daily insisted that it was a
foul. The referee hadn't seen it. Therefore
he gave Sehaefer ths benefit of the doubt, ard
let him keep on. DAILY looked Enthusiastically
and the audience hissed
Things looked ominous for DAILY and went
for Schaefer. Patent chalk and
nursing play rolled up the carroms album
dainty. He coaxed 36 out of the cornered
group, and bagged the same number
afterward along the verge of the
balk live. Then he used his cue on the
open table with mastery strokes until he
had reeled off a diversified and pleasing
series of a.
DAILY tucked up his shirt sleeves with re-
newed resolution, and adorned his record
with picturesque run of 40, and then made
Patti jubilant and the crowd vociferQas by
carrom that whirled around fv~
cushions in an intricate and alaazirsg f4igbt
Schaefer ealmly operated on his cue tip
with ehatk ana aeftl" chimed 80 with the
globes bals 80 a final opportunity to illus
De =. "eo III science of the game with a group
- o4 varied shots, and Schefer gracefully
the game with 46 carroms of faultless beauty.
The crowd let out it's lung in good-natured
and Patti clapped her gloved
hands.
'What do you think of the play?' Joe
Dion asked the diva, in suave Canadian
French.
''Oh, would give worlds" she replied,
with the sparkle of enthusiasm in her eyes,
IF could only play well.n
Then Police Captain Clinchy came, in
rotund serenity, and escorted the party to
their carriage, and the men who had bet on
DAILY paid up their bets on the record.
% ssRaeferl ss sf j 49, 3D. % g. 1os7 7o s4fe
500.
Daly-aa 6, g. 49, O. T. 81. ., 0, H. "a 1s. 49, II, n
O. 2 o, 12, 40, 1. O. 8. IL, 1, 2, 5, 0, 0, 1876.
Time of game-Two hours 12 minutes.
Best runs-schaefer, SO, So, and 46 DAILY. 42, "a,
and 33.
Averages Schaefer. 155 80; DAILY, 95s.
Marker-Mr. Budd Scofield.
Tonight Joe Dion, the expert who disas-
trously fooled with fan that had a dagger
in it, will cross cues with Sexton.
The Rev Charles H Hap1iD oloota5 o,o
of the vice presidents of tho Western Massa-
chusetts Yale Alumni association, is a grad
uate of the Hartford High school and of the
Yale class of 1871