The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-11-21
THE GREAT BILLIARD mArcu
scnaener Again Defe.ted. ~,
Sl0ssOn.

q, ,Itlhhe4s9; ths n November 1s.-The third gam.
nlgnt by Slosson and Schaeffer schaa e~ aeso. W.
4aa 2 the services of w. II. Cotton nf St
LOUIS, as his umpire. The bank for the
ECU was won by Schaeffer, but he failed to
, .4unc, and left good opening for Slosson
VINO soon worked the balls TO the love,
enu' OUT lost his grip on them. and missed
round -the-table shot at 12. He cot an
opening In the third inning, and made 40.
follow. ' "'''eo 'ne KISS
Sehaeffer started in good shape, but the
pals lined against the cushion, and when
no missed ne gave Slosson another set up.
anu ne made Al by clever work, haltinp on
an easy KISS shot. Schaeffer ran ~ in
olmcult draw shot. Slosson followed
with ~, missing one-cushion shot fol
iack OF speed, Schaeffer encountered diff.
cult breaks, and was not playing well. At
the end OF the fifth inning the call was
Slosson, 123; Schaeffer, So. In his seventh
inning Slosson had some ugly breaks to
deal with, but by q strong play he over
came them and at IL had
THE BALLS WELL IN HAND
at the lower end of the rail. He ran 80
stopping with a miscue. Slosson inherited
another set-up in his eighth inning, and Will
run OF 27 passed to his third string. thu
call being Slosson, 2O2; Schaeffer, 81. TIL.
balls were left safe on Schaffer, who AGAR
left his opponent gift, and he ran 81 of
OF it. Schaffer now got fair opening, anc
did some superb Balk-line playing at al
average width of tW enty inches. He ended
at 80 with line break in the middle of tn,
table, and when he missed he left Slosson'i
ball frozen to the red. Counting from tn,
'lay-off Slosson gathered the balls at tn,
upper end and kept them well in hand fol
a handsome run of 83. The score stood
Slosson, 342; Schaeffer. I'll.
FOR FOUR CONSECUTIVE INNINGS
Schaeffer scored blanks, the balls being lef
very hard Tor him, and Slosson made hui
36 all told. During this time Slosson will
run of 62 in the fifteenth brought hi
total to 400, Schaeffer having but 1876
Slosson again got the balls in the sixteenth
and ran "a, leaving Schaeffer an opening
but he only got 10 out oft. Score-Schael
fer, 217; Slosson, 454. He did rather bet
ter in the nineteenth and held the balls wei
punched in the upper left hand corner 70
about 40 shots. when he took them owe
to the opposite corner for about 20 more
then he massed them back again, and at Z
made foul and left the balls so closel
them all. Slosson miscued at 20, ant
Schaeffer started off again. At his elevent
shot his ball was frozen to the white, bu
with
A SUPERB MAsSE
outward, his ball returned and counte
again. At 40 the balls lined far apart an
he counted with grand masse stroke
Loud cheers greeted both these shots. H
kla lie rtra f0r
most part at the upper end, but in chang
ing them to the other end he got them ou
of easy reach, and at IS failed ON one-cusl
ion shot. Score-Slosson, 4SS; Schaeffel
376. There was now some nervous wOr
on both sides for little while an
with it some hard breaks. Bot
men showed the strain, but Slosso
was the first to get his breath, and ran 81
| missing on a bank shot. Schaeter foun
the balls clustered. but after one count
missed a simple draw. Finding that hl
opponent was badly fiustered, Slosso
| took hold once more and ran 33. Ther
were some hard breaks on both sides, an
neither did much execution for while. A
The close of the twenty-ninth inning th
score stood, Slosson, $50; Schaeffer, 3S!
Schaeffer rallied on the thirty-third innin
with a grand run OF 70, which carried hi
| score to sol and Slosson 594. Whe
Schaeffer. missed difficult bank, the bal
| were left well for Slosson, who easily ran
and closed the game at 1852 O'Clock.
THE SUMMARY.
schaeffer (black)-O, o, l, 10, AZ, 5, 1!
IS, o, 80, 5, 0, o, Q, 0, IL, 10, II, IS,
IL, O, Ii, 4, 3, o. 0, 4, l, 1s, 79; tota
| sol; average, Is 6-33; highest run: 80.
| Slosson (white)-12, o, 40, Al, 30, II, 3!
27, 81, 80, 8, 10, o, ., 62, "a, 0, Il, 20,
| o, 10. o, "a, 33, z, 4, 2, 3, 8. o, 3, 8; tota
500; average, 1S 6-33; highst run, S3.
Shaeffer and Vignaux play to-morro
night.