St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-28
A WIZARD WALLOPED.
Jake Schaefer Defeated in the First Game
of the st. Louis Billiard
Contest.
George Slosson Carries Off the Honors of {
Long and Tedious
Contest.
Harry Wilkes the Conqueror In the
San Francisco Trottng
Match.
Yale Takes the Disputed Football
Game--Langdon knocked
Out.

ST, LOUIS, Mo-, Nov. 27.-The first OF
the two games at cushion carom billiards
between George Slossen, of Chicago, and
Jacob Schaeffer, Of this city, took place
this evening. The games are each for
50, 900 side and gate receipts, 500 points
on a regulation 5x10 table. The crowd
gathered slowly. and at ESQ p. M, when
Judge Chester II. Krum stepped to the
table to make few Introductory remarks,
some 400 people were present, but stream
OF would-be spectators was pouring through
the door. Judge Krum announced Mr..
dump" Rhines, of Chicago, as referee,
and Matthews, of this city, as marker, and
then introduced the contestants, who were
enthusiastically received and
BOWED THEIR ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
At $40 the bank was won by Schaefer,
who chose the white ball and missed. leav-
ing an easy one for Slosson in the lower
left corner of the table. The opportunity
was improved by the Chicago man. who sat
down with Z to his credit. Schaefer made
three missing on an easy cross table shot.
SIosson failed to score. Schaefer made 4
and again missed an easy one. At this stage
both players seemed a little nervous and the
playing was Indifferent. and few shots OF q
brilliant character had been made. Then
Schaefer made several difficult plays,
adding 16 to his score, leaving the
totals at the end of the eleventh
inning: Schaefer 81, Slosson 81. From
this SINE to the thirty-frst inning the game
was interesting and marked by number OF
pretty shots on each side, which received
applause. However, Schaefer seemed
IN BETTER FORM
and continued to increase the lead over his
rival, who seemed unable to get the balls in
good position for run Of any size. In his
half of the thirty first. Schaefer crossed the
hundred line with a run of Is. Slosson
followed with Is, the score standing,
Schaefer 113, SlossOn 73. Sosson seemed
to gather himself up after this point and in
the next i've innings succeeded in passing
the hundred point, the score standing at the
end of the th.rty-seventh inning Schaefer.
1913: SlossOn. Ill. The next eight innings
were without feature. but the Chicagoan
was playing the better Billiards. and not
withstanding Schaefer had DOTTED his coat.
continued to narrow the breach between
himself and his opponent. and in the forty
fifth tied the score at 1877 amid round of
applause. Close together the strings kept
for the next ten innings, alternating in the
lead until in the fiftY-fifth. when Schaefer,
by a run of 20, placed his score at 1879. with
Slosson 19I. In the fifty-sixth, Schaefer
put
THE SECOND HUNDRED
to his credit, with run of %, the score
then standing: Schaefer 221. Slosson 191.
Ten more innings served 10 place SlossOn
A. f,,o1 hQ no "a
for his opponent. In the seventy-third in
ming chaefer got to his 300th point, with
SIosson 279. In his eightythird inning
SIosson passed his third hundred, making
two and leaving the score, Schaefer 331,
Slosson 3O1. Slosson then obtained the
lead, and continued it, getting 400
before h $ opponent the score standing at
the end of The 1O4th. SlosSon 403. SchaefAr
391. Three innings later Schaefer had
made 400 and SlossOn 421. In the 10th
Schaefer succeeded in getting one point
ahead of his adversary. the score standing
422 to 421. but he held the lead for only a
moment Slosson taking it again and hold
ing it to the finish, winning by 81 points.
Toward the close Shaefer rallied, but could
not last, and the close was rather tame.
Following is
THE SCORE IN DETAIL:
slosson-7, 0. 5. LIZ. o, o, 2, g. 7, o, o, o. g. 1,
4, s. 3 O. L. O. O. g l. 0, l, 0, 2, 8, 0, Is, g. 8, 10,
8, 8, g. 0, 0. 0. l, T. s. l. g. T. l9, L. g. o, l, 2, l.,
H. l. O. l. s. g. s. II. IA, 8, 9, IL, O. l, 9, 2, 1, O.,
2 O. 4, 0, O. O. 4 3, o. g. l, 2, 1, TO- 1, l. Is. 5, O.,
s. l, 4, 4, 6, 0, II, 0, 0. 49, g. 4 o. 4, 9, 500
3, O.. l, IS 2 5, 0, 2, 2, II, 0. g. 10, 500. Az
erage, 8-l23; best runs, 10. ~, 26.
Schaeafer-0, 8, 4, s, 0, 0, 0. 0. 0, 0. 16, Z, 8.
H. O. l. 0. 0, 1. 4. 0, 0, 6, l, s, 4, p g. 2, l, 49,
O. 7, g. O. g. 2 O. l, 0, 0, 4. 0, 2, 10, 9, 2, 3, =.
0, TO- O. 2 % %, IL, T. g, 4, 2. 8, l, l. 8, O. II,
l. l. IL, 0, O. 16 O. O. O. T. 10, 0. g. 1, l, 0, 0, s. O.,
O. o. 5, 4, 2. s, l, ., 0, l, 4, 6, t. l. l. 4, L. g. l.,
s. s. 13, l, s, 0. 0, 0, 0, 9, 0, 2, l, 1, l3
469.
Average, 9-S23, best runs. 1918.
Time of game three hours and fifty minutes.