New-York tribune., 1886-01-29
VIGYdUY FIGHTING HARD.
CHAPTERS LEAD LARGELY DECREASED.

SCIlAEFER'5 LEAD LARGELY DECREASED
A CROWDED HALL AND A LONG SESSION OF PLAY
-sCHAEFER IN UNUSUALLY POOR FORM.
If the billiard match at Cosmopolitan Hall
was to last many moro nights, the management would
have to put seats the edges OF the table to accommo
date the crowd The space about tho green oa1e arena
grows beautifully less from night TO night as tho line OF
settces creeps In upout People began to como at an
early hour ast evening eager to SEQ whether NlgnauX
would pick UP the 3G5 ponts-one Tor each uay
in the which lay between him and his slender op
ponent one patriotic Yankee malicousiy sussestcd
that the Frenchman give matinee performances III or"er
to catch up It was rumorod that Vignaux HAD offered
to wager untold sums that he would make run OI -oO
points bof0re the game ended, aud II was S'hera"y
thought that last night would be good time Tor hlm 10
let himself cut II he going 10 90 1t az all By thc
time the foreigner had gained over 700 points on the
home champion the impression became prc'a.e"' th"'
he had lot himself out and to good purpose.
Vignnux was the first to enter the charmed rectanee
lie dropped his nscpIrablc cOmpanon-tEe case con,
tanning his olntcd cue-upon the reporters table Al
saith went over TO toll him to brace up a"d snow
w.ckct aud pcryecse generation how they play
billiards fl. France, Then Schacfer sauntcrcd In
and carefully deposited hi' Derby hat
uudcr the tabo Ills faithful second, Gus Newland'
followed close a his heels. fcw minutes later Referee
McCtecry fought his way through tho hOWhhs moD
without the door aud appeared. At twelve minutes past
O'Clock the balls reully pJcol as Schac!cr had
left them on wednesday night Schacfer adjusted bis
lnmaculatc white tie, tried cushion earom' ana
sat down with the comforting relic
t.,a tnat bad beginnings popularity sup
pose L to mako good cndngs. Tho champion from
over tho sea tried I3 luck and succeeded better lie
counted fourteen slowly and then stirred thSF mp "tn
asptcil rOuud.ta5!e shot. Then he walked olch ih
forth along the upper cushion untll tAe m"tstf H"u
counted TART -,wo aud sat down happy IN the con,
sciouSicss tidI:Ae had irit pref ~ s'Sto " ,- ,'
his opponent The little man Win the D4S cue VIZ l',C
equal 10 the undertaking. however. MS tIerfcaS
m's>c srut the cue bd around ~ al" @ w tr ,r
ne started OF on strdIhtIW ~ ran oi t"t"J-'o"i
ToD si came rouriug nto the hail, tramping over
the door with poudcrous rrtd standing ny lA u' a'st9
- -.'ii'' 'u ,,n. rn,r, NOR, wa c.b1Wluy and
ul.hlug of course. I}t iu al this Dcjltm me p!'cd
frcrcl,asn went 5crcurly ANA counted % points:
lrt,c. s,r,,p, together - lille carOm, aud mat,c
/ s.o.s aud cImo TO Er,f on ioI'" n4'I Is"""N
/ ttry poi;.cal proces,.ou wandered around the
cor.,r Hith beat 0t drum aud oucr dscoriaut sohh-
! iur FrcHcuGan tcU his hands ih h'tp1r'"oty E'H'
tutr wine an expression ot tar most essFHtal"S an,
.u. un-cI over h., face flu trrd AMI eisY stOt ana
fnird Before -chaefcr could recover from i" song pI
,hc DIAM he lad art.cal dcco"''H nts score " nn
he pulled biu.c'f together aul counted ,'y'.iy.hyr
%th chara'r:iI-y rai''{i iir t,yor oi w.
1aa%" After l1 nginios ..er%s .r.,s Ggsg"St ya,,1
pu trcolor my -niuc po.rta a. rad OF thrssi"rs
apd strrc- on 'he evening N"rD ~ % ,s t
mining The ltilc ran io'it-Iu" i'lit' ah"-, 20
f.,t "A Bul" -cAotold coulI cau them oh aud the
boundaries over the faces %; tie ic French colony III
hc gallery. contracted pcrcrpuhi,. Tho smile came
/ L.tk 10 It's own. however, when the fIrl'N-
/ man ra.i.cl with five runs u tnrN-oiN. ninety
. nine. tWru'y-ciGht. thrty-cIgt ana tHtytAifc.
respectively, while the Yankee champion dld IrAruc1D
pO'liug. - . .
across tine oJr their way out, or 10 dog "H tc har
! -alts w.tA q succession o. rcsouudluH tHnhp Una.
I aunpv,d the player, cyccsstveiy. Fl-uaIA hit
! down IN disgu-t the Mddle OF n r"h
/ and fn.rd misnraby WHOM Ee tried to RESUME
orr-Aiion- -cua Ter only succeeded u Srpiin- I'"
When fht annoyance h1d mod rstcI t.c Frcncltrt1 ran
f,rty-Hvc. p,- u. the 900 point After Two mY!c l!-
ii 4, aud played. tuC confusion cAu7cl bb drih'
. -prctltoi, L.-w worse thtu ever and Ni-uauN AT
fovuaEl'n Al thi, trouble was due 10 tbe arrange
me- ut tur Ia by which cvoy spectator hdl 10 ""h
AROUND the tLlr drop oi nlgh staging, before nc
[ rnuIt get out ~ IN" place when u was 50 GRO" el
shortly after II o'co K. the ltc wizard OF The cue
ut forth MS ma icll and ran ono hundred points
NynauX con nurt the even tenor of his way, count
W up points while ihr spectators folded thelr tents ana
stole away, but not siltuLY. OcrA-Iouhiiy ono "uiu
log L,a elbow passing or brush tIo eul o hls cue
/ bat he didn't mind -mal matters likc thht
Vgnaly was handicapped by an unfortunate foul In the
/ thirty lr,t inning -..,-.. q,
Al midnight srhirfer was within ihirty-tour points o!
his 500. while N.gniuN was playing "hd h"l one nun
drtd pont- before BE- could count thr 200 nects
sary TO bring his n The three evenings up To l9Oo
Tho gaiuc ended at 1910 - ~.
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