St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-28
A WIZARD WALL0PED.
Jake Schaefer Defeated in the First Game
Of the st. Louis Billiard
Contest
George Slosson Carries Off the Honors Of 6
Long and Tedious
Contest.
Harry Wilkes the Conqueror in the
San Francisco Trotting
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
So, 600 side and gate receipts, 500 points
on regulation 5X10 table. The crowd
gathered slowly. and at 7:50 p. H., when
Judge Chester II. Krum stepped to the
table to make few Introductory remarks,
some 400 people were present, but a 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. rs marker, and
then introduced the contestants, who were
enthusiastically received and
BOWED THEIR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
At $40 the bank was won by Schaefer,
who chose the white ball and missed. leav-
ing an easy one for Sl0sSon in the lower
left corner of the table. The opportunity
was improved by the Chicago man. who sat
down with to his credit. Schaefer made
three. missing on an easy cross table snot.
Siusson failed To score, Schaefer made 4
and again missed all easy one. At this stage
both players seemed little nervous and the
playing was Indifferent, and few shots OF
brilliant character had been made. linen
Schaefer made several difficult plays.
adding 16 to his score, leaving the
totals at the end of the eleventh
inning: Schaefer 81, SlossOn 27. From
this me to the thirty-first 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 a run Of any size. In his
half of the thirty first, Schaefer crossed the
hundred line with run Of Is. Slosson
followed with 15, the score standing.
Schaefer 113. SlOssOn 70. SiOsson seemed
to gather himself up after this point and IN
the next iye innings succeeded in passing
the hundred point, the score standing at the
end of the tn rty-seventh inning Schaeter.
1913; SlOsson, Ill. The next eight innings
were without feature. but the ChlcagOan
was playing the better Billiards. and not
Withstandng Schaefer had d0fed his coat
continued to narrow the breach between
himself and his opponent, and in the forty
fifth tied the score at 137 amid round OF
applause. Close together the strings kept
for the next ten innings, alternating Ill the
lead until in the fifty-ifth. when Schaefer.
by a run of % placed his score at 1873. with
Slosssn 191. In the ffty-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
in the lead once more. he having 263 10 25S
for his opponent. In the seventy-thIrd in
ming chaefer got to his S00th point, with
Slosson 279. In his elghty-third inning
Slosson passed his third hundred, making
two and leaving the score. Schaefer 33l,
SIosson Sol. Slosson then obtained the
lead, and continued it, getting 400
before h opponent. the score standing at
the end of The 1O4th, Slosson 403, SchaefHr
391. Three innings later Schaefer had
made 400 and SosS0n 421. In the 10th
Schaofer 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 aud the close was rather tame.
Following is
THE SCORE IN DETAIL:
Slosson-7, 0, 5, l. 2, 0, 0, 2, g. T. 0. 0, 0. 6, 1,
l. 2, O. t. O. o. q l, O, 1, 0, 2, g. 0, 15, 8, s. 10,
s. g. g. O. o. O. l, s, l, 9, Z, 10, 4, 8, 0, l, 2, |,
l6, l. O. l. D. 3, 8, II. A. g. g. IL, 0, l. Q, 2, l, O,
2 O. l. O. O. O. D. 0, 6, l, 2. l, 10, 1, l. 1s, 5, o,
5 l. 6, O. II, 0, 0. 10, 8, 4, q, 4. 2, 6. 3, O.,
3, o. l. 26, 2. 5, O,2, 2, II, U, 8. 10. 800. Av-
erage, 1923; best runs, 10. IL, 26.
schaeafer-O, 8, 4, s. 0, 0, 0. 0, 0, 0. 16. Z, 8,
Is. Q, l. O. O. 1, f. O. O. 6, 1, s, 4, ,. 9, 2, l, l9,
0, Z, 2. 8. D. 3, 2 O. l. 0, 0, 4, o. q 10. 9, q g. -
0, 10, O. , 26, %, IL, 4 2, 4, 2 8, l, l. s, 0, IT,
l. H. O. O. 16, 0, 0, 0, Z, 10, O. g. l, l, 0. 0, 3, O.
0. o. s. 4s2 s. l, 5, 0. l, 4. =, 4, l, |, T. 4, 3, l.
s. 8, 13, /, 5. 0. 0, 0, o, s. o. I. T. q l. 1, Z, 13-
459.
Average, 9-S2S. best runs. 1918.