New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-01-27
SCHAEFER FAR IN THE LEAD.
MAKING BIG RUNS WITH GREAT EASE.
FINISHING THE PLAY FoR THE EVENING WITH ooo
FONTS TO 274 FOR YIGNAUX.

FlNISHING THE PLAY FIR THE EVENiNG Win wv
FONTS TO 274 FOR vlGNAUx.
Patriotic billiard players ont in force last nlght
They went to Cosmopolitan Hall to witness the first
skirmish 10 the international battle between jacob
Schaefer AMI Maurice ViguauI. The sporting
fraternity wns well represented by men who wanted to
make up their mind from the first night how to bet
on the result of IL five da struggle for 5000 points
The table with it, stood in the centre OF
the Inverted pyramid of faces. under conrumptNe
arrangement OF gas jets. The galleries which are gen
orally adorned with the div 'iutes who smile on the
roller skating professor contained sprinRnng oi
feminine lovers of the noble game OF billiards. Az
o'clock referee Wayman McCreery dOfed his shiny
silk hat and climbed up the dry-goods box that
served him for throne. Then a round OF applause
announced the appearance OF Scheater and le"
minutes later there another burst. as the porty
Vignaux walked into the arena with his jonted cue in
a under his arm.
The referee made hs little speech of explanation,
the balls and the fourreennch balk line were critically
examined by the contestants, BUD Schoheid
crasped the bridge with which he rattes the buttons
Scbaeier crawlcd INTO the inevitable cardigan jacket,
and the struggle for glory and $4,000 began. Inc
cues clicked ana the balls rolled down to the other end
of the .abe then coming back in leisurely manner.
they laid their cheeks lovingly up against the lower
cushion II Solomon had been billiard player the de-
clsion would have taxed his judicial powers to the
utmost but the referee thought the Frcnchinan had It,
and the latter selected tue spot ball. He counted and
ran seven points of open play. Theu he took of his
coat and made 1t twelve A difficult threc-t ushion
shot Was attempted and missed by hairs breadth
Sthaeier ron two and lined them up carefully, hut
he counted aud carefully nursed the balls along the rail-
until the conscientious Bud had chantcd ten. Ine>
eleventh was made three-cusbi"n shot that
81. ain and
faed The iointed cue waved over the table and four
more points were counted for France. Schaefer then
grded up hi. lons and began reeling off draw shots
and mas,e shots in a Delightfully."- easy way The
twcntyr fh shot punched the worries on the balk line
and 1t looked as if he was going try his old game Of
working along that chally way. sending ball down
10 the cushion occasionally to straghteh matters up
but they rolled badly, and he worked along with open
table piaving until the thrty-third shot That was
massc that Interested Nignaux deeply, but 1t counted
all the same The hail hundred point was PASSED Dy
careful nursing. lie climbed upon the table Tor the
sixty took No. II back banded, and passed the
hundred with the balls well together In the middle Oh
the table. by this time the temperature hlu faeh 50
low that the Frcuchman had TO put on his coat again
Schacicr kent ON walking about the table untu the
marker had chanted los to the accompanying mnic OF
the ivory spheres and then he rested on his la9rcls
Vignnux counted live by wide playing and then took
another vacation, while Mrs. NIgnauX IN the gallery
looked grave. The Chicago lanHee with the derinan
name picked up twcnty-one points from various as
of the table and the FrtnchmHn followed with ducK
egg Aot TO be out-done Scba"ier added second
embry opc duckling to the columns OF Il score card
Nipniux quit the poultry business and scored three
Schaefer took the hint and made It siXty-fyo.
Schaeicr 2OJ Nigna,& -, SAID the yeraciouS
Bud " aud the patriotism OF the crowd went seNerh
hundred points above par.
In the sixth inning the French champion contented
himself with four more FONTS, anu hcbaeier, aSaiu
taking up the thread Of the proceedings, scored thirty
two with the easy confident air OF a man VINO Is -oV
points ahead OF his opponent The thirtythrd was
made Is EOLdcriu twisting HaSsc sh0t that chusth
the ewes OF tha most wcared spectator to open with
,utAzem,ut lie ran three and missed on an easy
shot In tie seventh inning NiguauN, more than
doubled his score counting forty one pcna, nclndinS
maLy delicate shots that duly appreciated DS the
impartial sPccthtors he referee caile ie last oilg
push and the biz FrruchmHn rcegated TO O0scnitty
while Schaeirr made lO3 shots several OF which IN
duced much ~ hJ-,' nd wclti"d his opponent per,
ecptibiy Score 144 20 90. said the marker AMI
NipnanN stock was Il drug the betting market In
th, ninth inning he pascd tho hundred point MltA one
To spare. >chaeior failed to count. Then NlluauN
scored three Ionts without Retne outside oi one OF
the httlc squares and the referee ntcficf'u h'I'
Wa, short ,olloquy md tho owner OF the ionted cue
had 10 1T down. Schatfcr ran hytwo points IN the
twelfth inning At the end of the fourteenth the game
stood Scaae.cr I-7 Nignaux l53. At this point the
game Jagged ,OT half dozen innings Ihcn one ol me
"a, lets began melt und drop Ia the middle oi the
table The referee and marker Organized themSeIt'
into -aiynuc coru- and removed the wreck. In tuo
twenty third inning the Chicago champion puHtd
hirn -c together and trnderly nursod the bans al"hI
In. balk line in h- familiar style until ninety points
the easiest shot Of the evening. NignauN tlcd
the saiue tactics and scored sixty. Two molc
ors but no brought lis score up pa Then schaeer
made the twcuiyclght points necessary TO bring his
up to 600 points and end the play lot the oven
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SCORE BY INNINGS.
venaaS u 4; s. o. B., a. p 20 o. = i5,-5otai 10, 4S i
y "a t. ayo,sa i = 10 Z: ;is = nsneti c5 - w.
sch,eer-Il, ro. ~ o o. 3d. l@,' y; - T, ~,
60 %y l2.c rs IL highest ris l5- 3d. l53, 50, 30