New-York tribune., 1886-01-31
SCHAEFER WINS THE GAME
THE STRUGGLE CLOSE ONE TO THE END.
vIGNAUX ONE HUNDRED AND sIxTY-Two BEHIND-
THE LARGEST RUNS OF TIE GAME.

THE LARGEST RUNS OF THE GAME.
1t is the early conner that catches the vacant
seat Lovers OF scientific billiards who taught
this maxim In youthful days, when impressions sink
deep, began to drop into the hall at Broad
way aud Forty-f last evening at the early
hour of o'clock. BY half past there wera
several hundred people holding down the twenty-five
wooden chairs which they had rented at 81 night
The dollar admission fee however chilled the ardor Of
those with whom economy tenpors enthusiasm. Still
the receipts for the five nights amounted to about
$4,000 AS this is TO be equally divided between the
players after the expenses paid there little prob
ability that the loser Of the match will soon become
burden upon his friends. Eight o'clock came. bnt
players few minutes later the procession entered,
"Al" Smith lent the moral effect Of his presence and
support to the French champion, while Billy" sexton
gave aid and comfort to schaefer.
The scales produced and the balls weighed
by Referee McCrcery under the eye OF the vgant Sec
Onds. As previously stated. the red a little the
ghtest. therc not enough difference TO furnish
the basis for argument and at STA o'clock the
referee called tho game. For the three preceding
nights. Schaefer has had the opening play aud has i'm
moralized himself by making point out Of the three
chances His big antagonist superior 10 precedent
and started In with run OF twenysx, most OF which
were gathered in at the lower end OF the table, At
Schaefers opening shot his friends and his hackers
broke into uproarous applause He ran seventeen and
then the red ball nterfered with his calculations by
kissing the spot ball out OF the way. Vignaux was
getting into position for play when his coatseeve
touched the red ball The watchul eye OF the referee
caught the foul. and the unlucky foreigner con
PEELED to seek the retirement OF his armchair. whereat
the schaefer faction in the gallery reoiced and capped
nightly Their favorite gained little by the advan
tage however lie counted four and then went wide"
The Frenchman returned 10 the charge and collected
| fifteen points from all the table. Then he
banked for the next, the cue ball swerved
lust a trne from the straight and
path and it was count" In the sixth and seventh
innings all patriots reoiced to see the little man
come back his Old form" and enable the sernly i'm
partial bud" add 112 buttons TO his string, while
the heavy weight from Paris counted the enormous
total three points In the next inning schaefer ended
a run OF wentysix points by making his first balk, the
last two shots being made without get
ting the balls out Of one OF the little
rectangles vignaux didn't lose heart, however,
or his grasp on the situation. lie settled down Tor
long
"Fortyl forty-one~ ~ cried Bud" schofed, tho
delighted markea In those clarion tones that long
service as crier at the General Sessions
Court has developed. The balls were hn-
ing up like file OF weldriled ma
rne at every but the clear eye OF the French
man saw some way OF the difficulty and tho count
went on to seventy-four. Here Sexton became
interested and swung around the table with his
seveneague stride to get nearer view OF
the situation. The referee followed and
delivered verdict OF frozen" Viguaux solved tho
ninety y-third shot put him level with his opponent
for the evenings play, and as no
rounded the hundred point the French
sympathizers rallied all their forces for round
of applause At l06 however their favorite reached
the end of his tether and retired from the field. Then
an hour Of bad playing fell upon the contestants and
| zeroes and units plent!fuly besprnkled the scare
| card schaefer tho first to rally. When
the clear tones OF the marker announced forty eight
the crowd recognized that the game stood even at 9o
| on
| The vory-tipped cue OF the niue AmetIsan
continued r0n thus T%'' far in the evening vas
amassed. 50 that when he sat down the massss
chopped ninetyseven OF of the string OF one hundred
buttons and announced; "schaefer 29'; 'lghauI'
For several innings the game, altcmated back
| and forth. First one would pun up 70
ihe race for buttons ON the evenings play schaefer
was always ahead and as It took little mathematics
interest and enthusiasm didn't run as high as mirht
have been expected La the twentieth inning howeser
settle the game then and there The balls fingered low
hG' ,n' wHnrS tSey are neither "ont nor in" aad
where the happy player can enderly nurse them aoug
with no fear OF being disqualified Tor bsk Ine tte
wizard waved his magic cue and the points bosso~ed
forth in tens and twenties lie PASSED ns
Tun OF i0G and still went and on, playing with TIC
g .crceIy contain themselves Tor gee The shadow
of great grief rested that French colony IN Ihs
turned appealingly upon her nelgbbor Tor sympathy
Tic ali about the table IN his deterunatea
to ace everything while the iI-manuered occupants OF
the back seats were continually shouting 10 nun 20
| sit down. But all things must have an
end and finally Schaefer remembered his manners aSd
| sat down to give the Fgcncnmau a chance. - 80
| 'Score, $50 to 26s IN favor OF NlsnauA
| cr,ed the marker, and the American edfts
| screamed n scream OF victory. Alter half dozen
that added nothing but dgits 10 the score tse
Frenchmau strung together ninety OF tue pretest
| shots that ever suatched billiard victory rom
1 tho laws OF defeat Stll he was over q nun
dred points the The next time he got chance,
sixtv stx points brought him TO within less than hsi
hundred points of the little man whose cardigan aokes
yos ts,npearng down the hOmestretch AT rapid ras
Tho atter seemed foe the approach VI ms rival ioc
no ran thirty points of nand thls put lnZ hnssh
eyen poiuts within the hirteth hundred In Two moro
rim. OF hry-ive and hfty-elSht the American chsai-
Mon carried the stars and stripes 10 glorious hhsn
y kavinV the TrIcOor l62 points III tsS
rear As the end approached the exciteen gew inSro
| and more Intense The referee was every where fha
| Frcnchman moved for stay OF proceedpgs
! when schsefer within few points ot
,bs fin Al He said that OF the shO;s ddht counts
| but the referee decided ag inst him. ooo, -,-.
When Schaefer scored the last Of his 5000 points.
| and tue Victorious player was borne around
fhe table on the shoulders OF his hafcrazy backera
bor review OF the game shows that schaefer has mSde
| the three largest runs-leO LIS ana los Nlguauts
| has four times been shut off on fouls or
bsks while tho American met with only two misfoet
nnas Of that kind. Referee hcCreery dd nos
t.Ea MIA ewes off the game once In It's course
of Aftean hours, and his decisions were prOhpe
and imnartaL outside OF the unfair treatment oil me
by tho spectators thero is nothing to hiudsr
he FagIe from screaming his loudest; ana even teas
can hs party forgiven whom the treatment whlch SoS
| .on reosiyed IN Paris is remembered
Following is the full score:
SCORE BY NIGHTS
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