St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-27
VIGNAUX DEFEATED
In the First Game Of the Billiard
Tournament.
He Plays n Poor Game--GaudauI
willing to Row Teemer.
Easy Victory for schaefer.

NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-The international
billiard match, fOurteen-ineh balk-line, /, 900
points up, 600 points per night, for a stake
OF S5, 900, betweeen Jacob Schaefer and
Maurice VignauX, which will continue for
five consecutive nights. was begun tonight
in Cosmopolitan hall. Odds of 100 to so
was offered on SchaefeE. Ths attendance
was very large. The table was surrounded
by rising tiers of seats, which were crowded
with representatives on the social and
sporting world. Shortly after o'clock
Schaefer, followed by Vignaux, entered
the room. The lights above the table were
turned up and w. McCreery of ST. Louis,
the umpire, announced the terms of the
match. VignauX Won the lead, but so
closely that the umpire felt obliged to scru-
tiniZe the position of the balls from both
sides of the table. Vignaux chose the spot
ball and counted. He continued to score
with steady though not brilliant play till he
made IL. Then Schaefer made IL and
Vignaux 4, slipping up on an easy carom.
Then Schaefer manipulated the balls adj
mirably and followed them around the
table, executing at times his wonderful
masSe shots. amidst the rapturous ap-
plause of the crowd. until he footed
up 100, points, when the appreciation
was tumultuOus. BY this time Schaefer
had exchanged his evening dress coat for q
cardigan jacket, but with easy indifference
VignauX clung 10 his swallow-tail. At los
points Schaefer missed a simple shot and
sat down with total of 119 points, with l6
for Vignaux. V gnaux made and Schaefer
81. Both players then made duck eggs,
and Vignaux removed his evening dress
coat,
PLAYING IN HIS SHIRT SLEEVES.
He made only 8, but one of them was a
well-executed draw shot. Then Schaefer
made 65, and the score stood Schaefer sos,
Vignaux "a. In the seventh inning Wig
naux made IL, and then stopped on pal
pable push shot. Schaefer then ran lO3,
the turning mark of the 100 being loudly
applauded. In the tenth inning there was
ripple of excitement and dangerous glitter
in the eyes OF Vignaux when. after making
points, the scorer called ''3, F" the balls
being i'm balk all the time VignauX sat
down and appeared discouraged. Up tc
this time the luck of the game
had been decidedly against him. Then
Schaefer made 90 and Vignaux 10.
with beautifully executed masse shots. The
game went on uneventfully. though
Schaefer appeared to be playing in good
form. In the third inning Schaefer made
90, leaving him but So to go. Vignaux
made his final rally in the twenty-fourth in
ing, when he put together 60. The follow
ing is the score:
Vignaux-I2, 4, 5, 0. 8, 4. Al, 9, %, 9. 10. 50,
2. Q. 6. %, 2, L. o. l. 1, 1, L, 60, 0, Is; total,
ga.
Schaefer-l1. los. 81, 0, 65. SO, lOS, 2, o. %,
9. 50, IA, l3. o, 1. l. g. 9 i, 0, Z, 9, 8, o, 2, O.
2S; total. 600.
Winners average. sI1s; losers average,
10.14; time of game, 2 hours, 40 minutes.
Under the rules governing the match the
balls will be placed in the sameposition when
play is resumed which they occupied when
time was called. They were midway along
the right-hand rail of the table with the
spot ball within the balk line. The second
bout of 600 points will take place to-mor-
row night.