The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-30
VIGNAUX AND SCHAEFER.
Last Nights Play Gives the Big Frenchman
2.4O0 to His Opponents 1887.

NEW YORK, San. 29.-The fourth nights play
in the great balk-line billiard match between
Sehaefer and Vignaux attracted number OF
spectators sufficiently large TO fill all the seats
and crowd all the aisles and vacant spaces not
withstanding tho fact that extra seats had been
put in. The interest manifested in the result
was intense. and the betting slightly favorable
to Schaefer, notwithstanding the excellent
play Of Vignaux last evening, when no
reduced the lead of his opponent from
365 to AZ. Schaefer came up first, at $685. and
was soon followed by Vignaux Madame Wig
naux occupied her usual seat in the balcony.
Game was called at SIS P. NJ. Scbaefer led off
on the balls, played in the position which they
occupied at the termination of last nights game,
but did not count. Vignaux made Is, Schaefer
scored nothing for the second time. Then
Vgnaux did not score, and Schaefer made 16 by
careful play. Then Vignaux began a run which
promised well, but more than once COM
PEELED to suspend play owing to the confusion
which prevailed in the hall, caused
by those who came late. Cries of
''sit down. to those standing caused
Vignaux to cease play altogether, but soon he
renewed it and made AZ points. which, for the
first time placed him on par with his opponent.
Many beautiful draw shots distinguished the
run, and a fine masse shot on the side ELECTED
the first outburst of applause of the evening
Vignaux now had "a points and the balls we'll
in hand. He made 100, and the hall shook with
applause. Up to this time, with the exception
of those shots previously mentioned, the per-
formance of Vignaux, while safe, was not brill
liant. In fact, he appeared to have adopted the
tactics of his adversary, and abandoned his
snowy manner of play for one more conservative
and substantial The told this fact as
plainly as words could. 1t was an easy draw
that he finally stopped The score on the third
iyui or nod Sc1,o nfo Tho,
Schaefer made 5, including a pretty cut-shot in
the corner and Vignaux made 5, and on his fifth
inning began again a series OF nursing Shots re-
peatedly sending object balls to the cushion. and
the table On his sixteth shot, Vignaux made
chance shot which was good play on the risk
he had to take, the balls being in line,
with the red In corner and the white ball be-
tween. Shaefer seemed nervous However, he
made II on his seventh inning, slipping up on an
easy shot. He left the balls close together, and
Vignaux was not slow to avail himself of the OPP
portunity. Nursing was the order until 30 but
tons were placed to the good. Schaefer looked
gum, and made two, duck eggs in succession,
the spot ball at the bottom, and
the red and white balls in a line at the top of
the table. By cushioning the shot was made by
ViGnaux- On the fourth shot four cushion
shot was bravely made At fifty points he was
loudly applauded on making a well ''englished"
shot. Scnaefer's bad luck continued to pursue
him, and although he made run of twenty the
balls did not seem to roll right, and he stopped
easily. He had then made sixty-s:x in ten
innings or a total of 1866 points. Vignaux made
twenty-eight on his tenth inning, and his score
was 351 for the night, or a total of 2, 104.
little over an hour had been consumed in
play Schaefer made run of sixty-se with
out apparent effort, and his admirers went wild.
Vignaux made little counts of two nine and
one until the thirteenth inning, when he scored
eighty-two, and twenty-five directly after.
Schaefer meanwhile ran forty-four and thirty
eight, and in his eighteenth inning made the
run of the evening and of the match-1S0. There
were no fancy shots. but every shot was played
for and deserved When 100 points were made.
there was applause, as also at 137, which
equaled Vignaux's best run, and also at 178,
when he eXcelled Vignaux'S and his own best
record. Vignaux made "a in good style, bani,
shot, with the cue ball played from between the
object balls being especially applauded AT the
end of the eighteenth inning the score stood 491
to All in favor of Vignaux. Schaefer then
began to play, ana made rs. He gathered the
balls together, and had them broken up at
will, until he missed a masse shot
very Acknowledgements the lower rail.
Vignaux made many pretty shots right along in
his nineteenth inning. The "ohs" and ''ahsn
were numerous. He stopped play on difficult
bank shot in his twentieth inning, and both play
ers started on the home-stretch on the last hun
dred points, although few among the audience
remembered that Vignaux must make CAT points
to reach the requisite goal of 2,400. which one
party or the other had to make. under tie rules
governing the match. This part was explained
to those present by Umpire McCreary when
Vignaux had counted 496 on the nights play.
Schaefer followed, and there were many Kisses
over decision against Schaefer by the referee.
Schaefer counted three, and Vignaux made ten
points and finished the fourth evenings play The
following is the score:
vignaux-15, o, 1877 S, 60, g. SO, o. SO, %. 2, g. O.
1, 80, %, o, "a SO, Ia, 1s, 81, o, 1O-647.
Schaefer-0. @. rs. 3 1 T. IL O O 20 G7 q ID
Grand total-vignaux. 240O: Schaefer, 1887.
Averages-Vignaux, 81 1924 Schaefer, % 9-24.
Time, three hours.
Schaefer has accepted challenge from Wig
naux to play another game of 5000 or 5000
points for So 500 side. after the conclusion of
the present match.