The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-29
YESTERDAYS SECOND EDITION.
THE following items of news appeared in our
Second Edition of Sunday:l
Fine Billiard-Playing at St. Louis.

ST. LOUIS Nov. 27-The first of the two
games of cushion-carom billiards between
George F. Slosson. of Chicago; and Jacob
Schaefer of this city, was played at Masonic
Hall this evening. The games are each for
$1,000 side and gate receipts, 500 points, on
regulation fvebyte table. The crowd gath
cred slowly. and at $50 P. NJ, when Judge
Chester H. Krum stepped to the table
to make a few Introductory remarks,
some 400 people were present, but a stream of
would-be spectators were pouring through the
doors. Judge Krum annouced Mr.. "Dumph'
Rhlnes OF Chicago. as referea, and Mr.. Charles
Matthews. OF this city. as marker, and then in
troduced the contestants, who were enthusl-
astlcally received, and bowed their acknowledge
ments. At $40 the bank was won by Schaefer,
who chose the white ball and missed. leaving
an easy one for Slosson on the lower
left corner of the table. The opportunity
was improved by the Chicago man. VINO sat down
with seven to his credit. Schaefer made three,
missing on an easy crosstable shot Slosson
failed to score. Schaefer made four, and again
missed an easy one At this stage both players
seemed little nervous, and the playing was
very rapid. Up to the eleventh inning the play
ing was Indifferent and few shots of brilliant
character had been made. Then Schaefer made
several difficult plays, adding sixteen to his
score leaving the totals at the end of the elev-
enth inning Schaefer, k31 Slosson, % From
this time on to the thirty~frst inning
the game was interesting. and was marked by
number of very pretty shots on each side, which
received applause However, Schaefer seemed
In the better form, and continued to increase his
lead over his rival, who seemed unable to get at
the balls in good position for run of any size
In his half of the thirty-6rst, Schaefer crossed
the 100 line with run of H. Slosson followed
with is, the score standing: Schaefer, lib;
Slosson, 70.
Slosson seemed to gather himself together at
this point, and in the next five innings sue
ceeded in passing the one hundred point, the
score standing at the end of the thirty-seventh:
Schaefer, 1885, Slosson. Ill.
The next eight innings were without feature,
but the Chicagoan was playing the better bill
lards, and Notwithstanding Schaefer had dotted
his coat, continued to narrow the breach be-
tween himself and his opponent, and in the for
ty-ffth tied the score at 137 amid round of
hearty applause. Close together the strings
kept for the next ten minutes alternating in the
lead to the ifty-fifth, when Schaefer, by run of
g. placed his score at 1885, with Slosson 191. In
the ffty-sixtn Schaefer put the second hundred
to his credit with a run of %, the score then
standing: Schaefer 22l; Slosson. 181. Ten more
innings served to place Slosson in the Lead once
more, he having 263 to 258 for his opponent. In
the seventy-third inning Schaefer got to his
Booth point, with Sosson 279.
In his eighty third inning Slosson passed his
third hundred, making two and leaving the
score: Schaefer, 1913: Slosson, BOZ. Slosson
then obtained the lead, and continued it, get
ting 400 before his opponent the score standing
at the end of the one hundred and fourth in
ming Slosson. 403; Schaefer, 391. Three in
nings later Schaefer had made 400, and Slosson
42l.
In the one-hundred- and tenth Schaefer sue
ceeded in getting point ahead of his advers-
airy, the score standing 422 TO 421 but he held
the lead for only moment, Slosson taking it
again and holding it to the finish, winning by 81
points. Toward the close Schaefer rallied, but
could not last, and the close was rather tame.
Following Is the score in detail:
slosson-7, o, 81 200, 3. z, o. O. 6. 1, A.
5, 2 O. l. O. 2, i, o, 1, o, 2. 8, o, Is g. s. 10. s,
g. g. o. o, l, Z 8, 1, 8. 7, 10, 4, 3, o. l. 2 L, 16
o. A. o, o. o, 4, s. O, 6. l. 2 1, 10. 4, 1, 49, s. o. 6,
l. A. A. 6, o, II. o. o. 10, 3, 4 o. d. s. g. g. 0, o, 3,
o. L, 20, 2, 5, o. 2. 2, IL. o, 8, 10. Total 500;
average 1913: best runs, 10. 10, 26.
Schaefer-O 3, 4, 8, o. o, o, 0, o. O. 16, z. 3, Is.
Q, !, Q, !, 4, Q, o. 8, !, 9, 4, g. l, 19,O.7
2 3,0,2s3;0, ], GO; 4, 0, 2, 10 9, 8, 90. 10.
IL o. o, Is, o. o, o, z, TO- o, 8, 1, l. O. O. s. o, o,
0. s., A. g, l, 5, o, /, 4, 6. 4, l. LA L. 5, 3,
49, l, s, o, o, o, o, 8. o, T. T. g. l. 1, 7, 13-Total
469 AVERAGE 3 90. 123; best runs 26 %.