Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-11-21
THE ToUKSAMEyT.
sLossos MEETS yTgsArx.

CHICAGO, Nor. 9.-Slo s-oa ana Vic,
naax met again toniQh. Ia The haIss
line tournament before a LARGE audi
enee. The game was one Of sznscial
consequence, a., II SiOsson vos Il, hs
captured g big pile Of monsv. vbiIs
should NiRnanx win, there voald stiIl
se cnanee 10 tie sll around, II Sch aefel
oeats Siosson tomorrow night. In the
o7stlnR' which vas quite brisk. ViRuaux
commanded odds of 300 70 $50. Sias-
sen appeared % close fitting, cardigan
Jacket. ~hile Vignaux doffed his black
ofsss coas and played in his shirt
slesves.
Ihe bank for lsad vas Won by the
rarisian. WOO quickly gathered .hs balls
on tne left hand rail. where they lined
aiser the ninth shot and he failed on a
% asss stroke. Siosson found them fair
" grouped, bat lined them on his first
snss- he rnasssd 10 cushion and count
ed. securing good position thereby.
he soon organized the ivories at the
head rail, and by iudieioas and careful
drives to the SIDES and ends be bsat the
record of the tournament for she biggest
opening run, which ended at II, with q
miss OF an easy direct earom. He left
shot, which he made, but after making
4 second shot the balls broke absolutely
safe aud he stopped Siosson's run Of
"a IN the ssoond inning ended with a
miss OF a very mean draw shot when
hrs ball was against the rail. The call
Was Slosson l0l; Vienaux
when Vignsux vent to the bat in his
third inning, be found the balls very
stubborniy inclined. and had a soooes-
sioa OF the toughest possible breaks.
Dat overcame them With mastery pow
or, and KEEP, on clubbing out billiards.
The balls stopped in line at least doz
en- times, compelling him to play mssse
and bank shots. He proved eaual to
every emergency, and played as IL he
would never stop. After a time the
balls grew more tract able, and at loO be
bad handsome bake line position at
the lower snd Of the table, and held il for
twelve shots. Then he ch .ngsd to the
same rail and kept it. When he beat
his own run Of 1866, the audience cheered
vigorously. He stopped at 1876, on an
easy one cushion shot. At Sloss
first shot the balls lined safe on him,
aud be missed. The call nov was Wig
Ranx A5; Slosson 10i.
Vignaux made terrific draw nearly
the length of the table for the opening
shot of the fourth inning, and stopped
at 81 on An easy spread. Slosson had
TO 90 around the table aad missed.
Tne French terror nov cracked out an
other big run, making his billiards a.
thsuRh nothing could be easier. At 80
be narrowly missed a simple nlasss.
Siosson oosld do nothing in his next
two innings, and Vignaux missed a long
one cushion shot with iaish in his
sixth, at the end Of which inning the
score Vas s37 to l04 in his favor.
ViRnaux eaught on again in his
inning and pounded oat some
more stunning billiards. There was
very little bake line 10 this run, bat
there vas some tremendous execution.
There ~ nothing to say # this big play
ing, except that II was coont, oouat,
csant, all the Tins. with long drives
aud short drives, draws, masses, forces.
follows. banks aud all the known tech
niosi of billiards. Slosssn, who sav
f5OJO slipping from his grasp. stood By
aud watched his downfall with a van
and hopeless face. When Vigoaux had
fuished his run of ia, he was exactly
fO0 points ahead, tbs score being 5ll
To Ill.
Slesson seemed to feel lighter hearted
now that he knew be was beaten, and in
his seventh inning played very prsttily
until he failed on a long one-cushion
stroke and left the balls in the middle.
Vignaux proceeded to run ont the game,
having accomplished the greatest rec
ord ever known at billiards.
The game occupied one hour and
ffty i've minutes. The feeling now is
that Vignaux has underplsyed In prac-
sice. and that he is unquestionably the
greatest billiard player on earth. Fol
lowing is the score:
Vignaux-9. 2, 1876, 80, ~. o, ia. 81;
total. 600. Average, IS. Highest runs,
1876 and ia.
slosson-7. "a. 10. 2, 7. %; total, l36.
Average, ID z. Highest run, II.