Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1886-01-27
BILLIARDS.
First Game in the International
Balk Line Match Between Wig
nanx and Sehatfer.
The Frenehman Defeated BY tbe
New Yorker with Fase-The
Play In Detail.

New YoRK, January 26.-The inte,-
national billiard match, fourteen-inch
balk lice, 5000 points, 500 points per
night, for q stake OF 5000, between
Jacob Schaefer and Maurice Vignaux,
which will continue for five consecu-
tive nights, was begun tonight in the
Cosmopolitan Hotel. Odds OF 500 to
$50 were offered on Schaefer. The
attendance was very large. The table
was surrounded by rising tiers OF
seatP. which were crowded with repre-.
sentatives Of the social and sporting
world Of New York. Shortly after s
o'clock Schaefer, followed by Wig
naux, entered the room. The lights
above toe table were turned up, and
Weyman McCreery Of st. Louis, Us the
umpire, announced the terms OF the
match. Vignaux won the lead, but
80 closely that the umpire was Obliged
to scrutin 20 the position OF the rails
from either side OF the table. Vlg-
naux chose the spot ball and counted.
He continued TO shoot with
STEADY THOUGH NOT BRILLIANT PLAY
until he had made ~. Then Sehaeter
made II and V,gnaux 4, slipping up
on an easy carom. Then Schaeier
manipulated the balls admirably and
followed them around the table, ex.
ecuting at intervals his wonderful
masse shots arid most rapturous APP
plauee. until be rolled up 100 points,
when tie app o5aio was tumultueus.
By this time Schaefer mad exchanged
his evening dress coat for Gard gan
Jacket, but with easy indittereI C .
Viguaux chung to his swallow-tail. AT
lOS points Schaei,r missed a simple
shot and sat down with a total
Of 10 points to Ii for V gnaux.
Vignaux made and Schae-
fer 81. Both players then made
duck eggs, and Vignaux removed bis
evening coat, paying in his shirt
sleeves. lie made only 3, but one was
a we'll executed draw shot. Then
Schaefer made 81, and the score stood
Schaeier 305, Viguaux "a. In the
seventh inning Visnaux made Al, and
then stopped on pslDable push shot.
SC lasfsr tie ran 1903, the running
mark ci the 100 being l,udly ap-
plaLdsd. At the tenth inning there was
RIPPLE CT EXCITEMENT,
and daI gerous glitter in The eye oil
VIgnaux, when, after m king two
points, the scorer called miss" the
balls being in balk all the time. Wig
naux sat down and appeared discour-
aged. Up to this time the luck of the
game had been decidedly against him,
Then Schaefer made % and Vignaux
10. with beautifully executed masse
shots. The game went on unevent'
fully, though Schse,er appeared TO be
PLAYING ia good form. In the twenty;
third inning Schaeier made 30, 'eavinl
him but 33 TO 60. Vignaux made his
final rally in the twenty-fourth inning
when he put together 20. The follow
ing is
THE scoRE:
Vieneux-l2, 4. 8, 0, 5, 4, Al, 9, %, 3
10, 9s, 2. u, s, p, 2, II, Q. l, /, ], l, 6O
0, 10. Total, PA.
Schaefer-ll, los, 81, 0, 65, IS, 1903
Q, O, 90, Q, So, IA, Is, 0, l, l, 81, l
| 0, Z, 80, ., 0, 2S. Total, i 0.
Winners average, 81 IL; losers av
ersge, l0.l4.
Time oil game, two hours and fortl
minutes.
Under the rules governing thu
match, the balls will be placed in thu
same positions when play is resumt
which they occupied when time wa
called. They were about mid wa,
along the rjrht hand rail OF the table
the spot ball within the balk line
The second bout OF 60 points vii
take place tomorrow night.