Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-11-19
SLOSS0N WINS.
The Third Game in The Billiard
Tournament.
scHAEFsR LEFT OUT IN THE COLD.
SlOssOR Leads OF and Keeps Ahead Dur
ing the Game---TOIerab|e
Playing.
sL0ssoN AHEAD 80 At THE FINISH.

CHICAGO, November l5.-The third
game OF the tslk line tournament was
play ed to night by Slosson and Shaeter
Schaeter had the services OF ". Il. Cotton,
of St. Louis, as his umpire. The bank for
lead Sas won BY Sehsefer, but he waited
to count and left good opening for Slos-
son, who soon worked the balls
to the lower end Of the table, but lost bis
grip on them and then missed round
table shot at twelve. He got nothing in
the third inning and made forty when the
balls lined and kiss followed. Schsefer
started in good shape, but the balls lined
against the cushion, and when he missed
te gave Slosaon another set up and he
made toftyoue BY clever S1rk, hating on
an easy kiss Schseier run torty.two in
spite of five line breaks
and finally missed difficult draw shot.
Slosson followed with thirty missing one
cushion shot for lack Of speed. Schaefer
encountered diff ult breaks and was not
playing well. At the end Of the fifth in.
ming the call was Slosson l23. Schsefer
6fty-thres. In his seventh inning Slosaon
had some ugly breaks TO deal with. bat By
strong play overcome them and at twelve
had the balls we'll ia hand at the lower
end rail. He ran thirty.two stopping
with miscue. Slosson inherited another
set up in his eight inning and with run
Of twenty.seyen, passed TO his third sring.
The call being Slosson 203, Schaefer
ninety.one The balls were left safe on
Schsefer, who again left bis opponent
gift aud he run itty.seven of it Schafer
now got fair opening and did some
superb balk line playing at an average of
twenty inches. he stopped at eighty
with line break in the middle fthe table,
and when he missed he left Slossen's ball
frozen to the red. Counting from the lay.
of, Slosson gathered the balls at the upper
end and kept them we'll in hand for hand.
some run OF eighty.three. Score; Slosson,
342; Schaefer, III. Four four consecutive
innings Schsefer scored blanks, the balls
being left very hard for him, and
Slossou made thirty-six all told, during
this time. Slosson, with run OF
sixty.two in the fifteenth, brought his score
to 430, Schsefer having but lo6. Slosson
again got the balls in the sixteenth and
run twenty four, leaving Schsefer an
opening, but he only got uiIe'e out Of
it. Score, sehaefer AT; Slosson 45I.
sCHAEPER rICIs Up.
Schaefer did rather better in the nine
teenth and held the balls we'll bunch,d in
the upper left hand corner for about for.
~ shots, when he took them over to the !
opposite corner for twenty more Then he
nursed them back again and at seventy ,
one made o foul and left the balls
so closely huddled that Q hat would
have covered them ell. Slosson missed at
twenty and Schsiier started of again. At
his eleventh shot his ball was frozen to
the white bat with superb masse out
ward his ball returned and counted,
A gain at forty the balls lined far apart
and he counted with grand mssse stroke .
Loud cheers greeted both these shois.
He kept the kali we'll under control for
the most part at the upper end, but in
changing them to the other end he got
them out Of easy reach, and at eighty five .
failed on one cushion shot. Score, slos' .
con, 4SS, Schaefer SIG.
There Was lGV
BONE NERVOUS WORK
on both sides for little while and with it
some hard breaks. Both men showed the .
strain, but Slossea was first TO get his
breath and ran thirty.tonr, missing /
on q bank shot. SohReter i
found the balls close but
but after one count missed a
simple draw. Finding bis opponent was
badly austeerd, ,Sloason took. hold once more
and ran thirty-three. There were then
some hard breaks on both sides,
and ueithe! did much execution
for q while. At the close Of the twenty |
ninth inning the score stood Slosson j83,
Schaefsr 359 Schsefer rallied in the .
inning with 8 grand run Of
seventy Dine, which carried bis ssore 10
sol.
Slos,on 594 when Schsefer nursed diff
cult bank. The balls were lett well for !
Slosson, who eatily ran COO and closed the /
game at eight minutes before II o'clock. /
Schs ster aad VignauE play TO morrow
night
S,ogE.
: lhaeiet-O 0, /, 10, a. s. Il, is. 0, o0.l5 100,
0, u. Is, 3, II, IS, 2, II, " H. Z, 3. 0, Q, T.
Is, s9......... ..... ...... ..'.lOl
Average, Is 6-22; highest run, -.
0, 40, Il, 20, II. 3S, q, 81. So. g. 10.
Os,62,24, 0, II, %, 2, 0, 10, o, "a, 80, = 4,R