New-York tribune., 1886-01-30
VIGNAUX TO THE FRONT.
PASSING scHAEFER AFTER A STRUGGLE.
DIsORDERLY PERSONS KISSING THE PRENcHMAN--
LARGEST RUN OF THE GAME.

DIsORDERLY PERSONS Kissing THE PRENCHMAN->
LARGEST RUN OF THE GAME.
Two extra pyramids of chairs graced tho
scene at Cosmopolitan Hall last evening. They were
soon filled by the nfOwing tide OF bliardlovers. When
the players sauntered into the hall there few
vacant seats and many people were standing up.
BILLY" Sexton, OF cushion-carom fame, acted as
schaefer's best man, while the faithful "Al" Smith
was at Vignauxs elbow. The French colony In the
gallery had several additions to its number and the
tented smile that Overspread each showed
that they were well satisfied TO the certainty Of
victory for the tricolor Referee McCreery announced
that another match for three six thousand points be
tween vignaux and schaefer had been arranged,
Jack Bowling, Of Chicago, backing the latter 10 the
extent OF $500 and "Dck " Roach. OF st. Louis,
wagering a similar amount the Frenchman's skill,
Then there was a stage wait OF considerable
duration, and the 1000 people packed away like so
many sardines In more than usually uncomfortable
box restive. The referee answered the questions
Ing that In the air by saying that of the con-
testanfs wished to weigh the balls and that the scales
were tarrying by the way. When the balls wero
weighed before the first nights play the red proved
to be just the slightest fraction Of grain tho
lghtest. No objected at the time, but last
night Vlgnaux thought he would like to have
them weighed again. The scales came not.
however and Sis O'Clock schaefer prefaced his
for the evening with the customary ducks egg.
The Frenchman improved the opportunity by making
fifteen. The little man drew another blank and the
Frenchman matched 1t with third. The spell was
broken in the third inning and when schaefer sat down
bud Schoheld put little string Of sixteen buttons
where had been before. Vignaux responded by q
series OF most mathematically perfect shots. No
matter how many cushions were taken into account the
result calculated to fraction of inch. aud tho
obedient little spheres swung around their predesned
orbits to the rprng music OF applause. and huddled
up close together like the loving little pieces Of ivory
lev The crowd 10 largo that ft kent
getting in its own way and snarlng like dyspeptio
hyena Those who had seats were unkind as TO re-
quest the many who hadn't to " sit down.. while the
in the back wanted the in the front row to
to wait until the tooaccommodaung usners solved the
problem Of seating three men Ia two chairs, Still he
fiy sixth shot left them suspcIousy together
every such case the following little pantomne Is enacted
them with his haud smiles smle OF chili-like innJ-
cence and gives his big head deprecaory little shake.
The referee in his turn repeats the operation
his opinion and the game Is continued while the
decision their way rejoicing In this case the de-
esion mot frozen and vignAux went on past tnc
there seemed to be reason why he shouldn't run up
his 6i points then snd there After TER ne mad s
thought Finally he distributed his 230 pounds OF weight
all ane asps at tho side crowd ns tSS gey
and gathered the elusive point but the effort was evil
IDENTIFY too much for him, as the next shot JAILED 10
In the next six innings schaefer added only thirty
points to his dminutiye score while his opponent rolled
up l7I thus putng lilies OF France 233 ahead Ok
the American eagle That hooknoscd bird might nave
been put still further "in the hole" II the Frenchnan
hadn't tarred too long In one OF the little
chalk Lectangles and been ruled out on
bak. This made the fourth technicality on which
the innocent foreigner has been trppe1
up in the course OF the game After this schaefcr did
and anassed two OF sixty seven aud forty~
four points their effect almost neutralZed by
bunch OF eghtytwo buttons that Nignaux put on the
other the string In tue eighteenth inning Schae
fer made the largest kind OF squirt ana scored iso
points the largest run Of the game: This brought hlm
up within niue points OF the Frenchman on the grand
total Another run of seventy-eignt points put him
forty five head, and the crowd yelled with glee. Inc
next inning schaefer scored sixteen and a2ainse
his first foul. For ve innings the play dragged
on and then Vignaux ended It foT the evening with
a run OF ten that made his score for the
night SAT and for tho four nights 2,fOO. -
in the next the last inning there came the first diff
ference opinion between referee and player that has
ruled the OF the schaeer was play.
ing and had sixtysix TO while VignauX had only ten
schaefer thought certain shot counted but he referee
said The hOOdums in the gallery shouted and Kissed
that VignauX failed to make the masse shot thao
schaeier had left him. This same ruiaLly element
among spectators has deal more TO say about
the game than warranted by the small price OF ad-
mission paid. Patriotism ls virtue, but foreigner 10
entitled to fair play.
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