The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-11-18
BILLIARDS AGAIN.
The Frenchman Beats Shaeffer
in the Second Game
yIGNAUx. 500; SHAEFFER. 4+5.
The War Cloud-John Bright-Glad-
stone and the Irish-Four
Men Ktlled-Etc.
The Billiard tournament.

CHICAGO, November 1.-THE second
night of the fourteen inch balk line
tournament drew a large audience IN
Central Music Hall, but not so large as
that of Monday night. Vignaux' defeat
by SlOssOn gave rise to the belief that
he would have little chance against
Schaefer, and the letter was the favorite.
at odds of 2 to l, and feely backed at
that. Considerable betting was done on
the question of average. 10 to being
laid that it would not be 2j. Schafer
won the bank, chose the black ball.
and missed the lay-of shot. Both me n
started slowly, but in the fourth inning
Schaetfer got a good send off and gall
loped away with a superb. run of l. 2,
missing at the last an easy position
draw she t. Fully one-half OF this run
was made In the regular balk-line posi-
ton which he got on different rails.
Schaeffer's run of IS in the fifth inning
was fine illustration of all
round billiards and his miss was
on a hard draw to the cushion.
His miss in the sixth was masse, when
the balls were lined against the
cushion. at the end of the first halt of
the seventh inning Schaeffer's total was
2l7against IS for Vignaux. Schaefer's
eighth, which ended on the missed
masse, took him TO 265, or just pol
points ahead.
Vignaux got well started for a run,
but ended at % with freeze and an un-
successful bank shot. He got to going
again in the tenth, and did some strong
playing, but spread the balls at 80 and
missed hard three-cushion shot. He
did much better in the tenth. when
Schaeffer had failed on an
over hazardous effort. and now
did some very strong and steady
playing. AS a display of billiard skill
this was a remarkable exhibition, for he
made almost every conceivable shot.
AS he beat Schaeffer's run of 132, cheer
ing was loud and long and again when
be tied Schaeffer's score. When at last
the foreigner stopped at 176 on hard
one-cushion shot, the call was
Yignaux 299, Schaeffer 29S, Schaef
fer showed the strain, and
made easy misses in the next two in
nings. He made q palpable scratch in
the thirteenth, but could not take adj
vantage of it. Again in the fourteenth
be fell down on q position draw. Wig
naux was also nervous, and In his
fourteenth forfeited a good break by
faulty draw shot. Schaefer now
caught his wind again and ratified off
81 handsome billiards.
Vignaux was not to be outdone in raj
lying power In his sixty-third shot he
got out OF tight place with grand
three-cushion bank of great difficulty /;
and once more got possession of the
balls and with a run of So took the lead
again, ALI to 394. Schaefer was now
badly demoralized and for four innings
nings missed the plainest shots.
Vignaux kept up his wonderful
record of no blank innings and
in his 10Th passed to his final string
with run of o. Score-Vignaux 514,
Schaefer 39S. Schaefer seemed to get
settled in the 21st inning when he made
a run of 81 ,,but it ended with a miss of
an ordinary follow shot, and left the
balls In heap for Vignaux, who ran
81. In the ed and 23rd inning Schae-
fer's play was pitifully weak. He had
plenty of chances TO get in big run
and win the game, but it was not in
him. Vignaux took his time and
with a run of 10, closed IN the twenty
fourth inning, the most remarkable
game IN billiard history-a game with
out a single blank inning on his side.
Vignaux-7, 8, 9, Z, 8, 4, 20, %, IL, 80,
166, 2, IL, 10, IS, IA, 81, Is, %, 3, 81, IL,
%, 1. Total-600.
q. 2, %. 4, 9, 60, ?, 1, l, 0, 0, 81, s, 4, O
TotaI-445.
Highest runs-Vignaux-l66. IS, 81
Schaeffer-132. 49, 81.
Averages-Vignaux, Is, Schaeffer
Time Of game. 2hours and so minutes