St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-18
A WIZARD OF THE CUE.
slosson and Sohaefsr Play the Second
in Their Series of Billiard Con
tests at Chicago.
The Latter Wins, After Making Some
Wonderful Exhibitions of Skill
SloSson's Nerve.
Bob Gates Takes the Honors III the
Field Trials at Grand juno
ton, Tenn.
A Mill for $1,000 a Side Arranged
Between Danforth and
Warren.

CHICAGO. Dec. 17.-Central Music hall
was comfortably filled with lovers of the
game of billiards when SlOsson and
Schaefer appeared on the platform at s
O'Clock this evening. John w. Mccullough,
of st. Louis, Immediately announced that
the game was to be 500 points, cushion
caroms. for $1,000 side, and the gate
money. Eugene Carter was announced as
umpire for Schaefer, Jon Thatcher. OF
Cleveland. for SlossOn. Henry Ryan, OF
CHICAGO. referee. and Charles Mathews. OF
Chicago. marker. Without further pre-
Lminaries than the weighing OF the balls,
THE GAME BEGAN,
Schaefer won the bank. took the black
call and missed. SlosSon counted l and
missed. Schaefer counted l. Neither
counted in the third inning, and at this rate
the game moved on till the sixth inning,
when Slosson rolled up IA, mostly in the
lower left-hand corner, and sat down amid
loud applause with a total Of 20 to his
credit. Schaefer made and SloSSOn 2.
Then the wizard" resumed his cue and
the determined look which he was wont to
wear during his last game here. He quickly
reached SloSSOn'S biggest run amid ap-
plause He played on steadily. and Tor
the both shot brought down the house with
a brilliant reverse English, e-cuShiOn
shot, the entire length of the table. He
was about to sit down on the 9th when
AN OUTRAGEOUS SCRATCH
saved him. He resumed his run with re-
newed vIgor, and when finally he missed
an easy across the table shot he sat down
with a run of 4S to his credit and total of
81. From this on for some time the aver
ages were better. SlOSSOn making runs Of
II, II and IL, with one or two goose eggs,
and Schaefer runs of II and and series
of single numbers. At o'clock the score
stood: Schaefer LOG, SlOSSOn 81. Then
there was a spell of goose eggs for both
sides, interspersed with single and double
counts. The playing then became unin-
teresting. In the eighteenth inning
Schaefer knocked out II points. making his
total around 100. while SiOsaon had but SO.
The score did not advance rapidly, but the
game could not be called stupid. A great
variety of shots were shown, and there
were frequent
BURSTS OF APPLAUSE.
The sixty-eighth inning Melted Slosson 1 Z
hard earned points. This so startled
Schaefer that he soon after, in the seventy
ninth inning, ratified up &c, with apparently
no effort. The score, when he at last missed
an easy two cushion shot, stood: Schaefer
322; SlOSsOn, 229. In the seyenty-Seventh
Schaefer woke up again for what was
destined to be series of wonderful runs.
Scoring 9 in the Seventy-seventh, he fol-
lowed it with runs of Z, 90, IL and 81
During this squirt Schaefer gave what is
believed to be the finest exhibition of
cushion caromS ever witnessed in public.
Men who had been used to see cushion
caroms played in hammer and tOngs style
WE'RE AsToUNDED.
The playing of Schaefer was chiefly re-
markable for his marvelOusly delicate
mastery of the balls. When he had COM
p!eted his run of 81 there was perfect
storm of applause, Notwithstanding
Schaefers lead of 157 points. SlOssOn ex-
hibited surprising nerve and ,aStonished
everyone by his brilliant finish. The close
was of the most exciting character. Unlike
Slosson, Schaefer appeared unable to play
even an ordinary game. but the magnificent
lead stood him in good stead, and SlossOn
failed to overtake him in time.
Following is the score:
Schaefer-0, /, O, 2, 0, 5, g. 4, 8, Z, 6, 0, Q, 0,
5. 8, l, 0, II, 0, 0. O. o. 2 O. O. %, 4, 0, 4, 2,
O, 0, 3, O. O. l, g. %, g. 0, 0, IL, ~ 1, /, 6, O,
Sc, Z, Q, O. 0, 0, 0, 0, 9. :, 20 IL 81, l. l. q l. 2
2, O. 0, 1, 3, 1, 0, 0, l, o. l. o. s. t. g. T. l, 0, l,
4, 8, 2, Is, Z, 1880.
Slosson-1, 0, o. 2, 8, IA, 2, 1, 1, 1, l, o, S,
Is, II, 4 2, 0, IL, 0, O, 2. 0, 3, Q, 0, l, L. 0,
8, 0, 3, 0, 6, 0, 0, 0, 8, 8, O. 3, 0, 1, Is, o. 5,
8, = IL, 2, 6, l, 1, o. 6, l, Il, o. l. l, 0. 6, 3,
2, 1, 0, l, Il, 10, 2, 0, g. 0, O, 5, 8, 6. 8, 10,
Q, %, L, l, 2, Is, 0, IA, II, O. 0, 10, 5, Is, 0,
10, 0, 8, 4, 1, 6, 1. 0, 6, 3, 9, 4, O, 2, 0, II
$50.
Schaefer's average 4 56-111.