The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-15
YESTERDAYS SECOND EDITION.
THE following items of news appeared in our
Second Edition of Sunday]
Beautiful BilIiard playing,

NEW YORK, March 13-The international bill
lard match between Schaefer and Vignaux came
to . termination this evening. The attendance
was large. although the crowd was not as large
as on previous evenings, owing to the lead OBJ
| tanned by Schaefer over Vignaux, which last
night Was /, 128 points. The spectators were re-
warded, however, by seeing some of the prettiest
billiard playing ever exhibited in the city.
Schaefer took up the game, and ran 40; vignaux
made 6, and then Schaefer, playing with much
dash and brilliancy, scored &c. The balls were
Kept for some time upon the balk line, and for
many shots he handled them like father his
triplets. He failed a difficult all-rcund the
table shot Vignaux stepped up and executed
mastery shot, which brought down the house:
he made % points. In his fifth inning, Schafer
rapidly made "a; Vignaux counted Is in an easy
of-hand way, and Schaefer made 3. Vignaux
then made 2. and Schaefer began to play pretty
which took all the balls into the upper
left-hand corner of the table. Then
he played upon the bunch very gently,
keeping them together with marvellous skill. He
kept them going in and out of the balk lines,
across the head Of the table, while every now
and then white or red ball would make an in
cursion to the lower end of the table, always
returning to Its former position with unerring
accuracy. The way that he just touched the
balls showed that he was in splendid form. He
finally missed on the seventy-sixth shot, in trying
a difficult masse Then the Frenchman got to
work, and made %. He failed an all round
the-table shot, and left the balls well fixed
for Schaefer, who had them
made masse on the balls ls restins 3
against the lower cushion. It brought down the
house. Schaefer followed the first with another,
which was also exceptionally fine, and continued
until he had made 81 points and completed one
half Of the desired 600. Vignaux made in his
eighth inning; his total score being 90. Schaefsr
made A moro, and gave Vignaux chance,
which he improved by making neat run of 60
Schaefer, for the second time during the game,
looked through and gave the Frenchman
another chance, of which he availed himself, at
the same time giving fine exhibition of his art
In billiards, counting with wonderful skill until
he had bagged 55 buttons. The fftieth shot was
applanded on its merits as . draw.
Schaefer made single. and left the
secured, and % more On the sixteenth shot
the balls were ali in balk on the lower left hand
corner, and the Frenchman sent them out and
back with precision. The next was pretty kiss
shot, the one bali forcing the shot against the
leftside cushion and kissing back to the red.
Then the Wizard" put in several beauties and
made IL, and Vignaux pulled out Is without
much trouble. The run, which terminated in
an all-round the-table shot, was loudly ap-
plauded.
Schafer now had 35S to the Frenchman's 337
for the twelve innings. Schaefcr scored another
single, and Vignaux made 4S, slipping
up on q masse by hairs breadth.
ScuaeLer only GOT fsgnauX was playing
we'll now aud made Al. In six consecutive
innings he had scored 1874 points, and he added
81 in the fifteenth inning, Scnaefer made on
his fifteenth, and Is in the next In his seven
teenth he made 43; Vignaux made 6. and then
cracked goose egg. Schaefer counted and
20. Vignaux made in the nineteenth inning,
and Schaefer began again to play beautifully.
He cracked the balls round in wonderful way
till he turned his last string; Vignaux was 469.
He added Is to this in the ensuing three innings,
rvh 10 Ccho l. the
stood: Vignaux, SAT, Schaefer, 543. Vienaux
added "a to his score while Schaefer was making
8, but the latter made run OF 80 in his twenty
seventh inning, and completed the score Of 600
in the twenty eighth. Appended is the score in
full:
Schaefer-45. 49, A, o. "a, 3, rs. 90. A, Q. l,
II. 1. 2, 8, %, 43. 8. 90 As, 5, 9, z. 8, o, o,
SO. $500 Average, 81 1928; grand average,
vignaux-e, %. 20. o, 10, 2, II, 1, SO, 55,
"a, 1OS. 49, 81, 80. i, 6, o. 4. o. a. /, 70. A, 3,
~, 1858. Average, 81 1927; grand average,
16 3-32.
Time-Three hours. vignaux's, total, 1855.