The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-29
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CIGAR.
YIGNAUX AND SCHAEFER.
BY Careful Playing the Frenchman Manages
to Pile Up 1853 Against Schaefer's 1,S00.

New YORK, Jan. 28.-The third nights play
in the billiard match between Maurice Vignaux
and Jacob Schaefer took place tonight. In the
first two nights Schaefer made total of 1900
and Vignaux 835. Cosmopolitan Hall was again
filed with an immense audience, representing
the wealth. culture and intelligence of New
York. Many ladies' also, were present
Gossip was much INDUCED in on the ultimate
results of the contest, and notwith-
standing the lead obtained by Schaefer, very
many were inclined to believe that the chances
of Vignaux were uninpaired. AT P. NJ Wig
naux entered the room. He seemed cheerful
and satisfied. Two minutes later Schaefer came
In, and at Sis P NJ, Mr.. McCreary the referee.
made his appearance Schaefer led off with a
a duck egg. vignaux made 80, while Madame
Vignaux smiled approvingly from her seat in
the gallery. Then deity. and with great
tenderness of touch. Schaefer played all the
billiards he was worth including two magnii
cent masse shots, for run of "a, slipping up on
miscue on draw shot Then Vignaux manipu-
lated the balls so successfully that 80 points
we're added to his score. Then Schasfer made
30 and missed on an apparently easy shot. Wig
naux made and Schaefer nothing Then Wig
naux, by a number of fbeautifully-made cushion
and kiss shots made by playing alternately on
the red and the white ball and the cushion keeping
without the balk line, made 65. The score at the
end Of the eieth inning stood: Vicnaux III.
Schaefer 134 In the eleventh inning. Vignaux
made the shot of the match thus far The red
and the white balls stood in q line with the spot
ball tvignaux) which rested upon the upper
1eft.hand corner of the table. The other two
balls were opposite the rghthand rail. Vignaux
played on the white ball on the front, ran down
to the lower cushion, and twisted upwards and
backwards to the red ball on the right-hand
Dide Another shot, 'englishedn against the cush-
ion. made complete 100 points. He finally retired
having made l26. Atthe end of the fourteenth
innings the strings showed that Schaefer had
made 2U7, and Vignaux BAG. From that point
Schaefer played a rather tame game With a
Bpurt OF eflective work In the twenty y-eighth l.
ming he made loo. and in the thirtieth, 78 Y g
naux. on the other hand. after putting together
80 in his fifteenth inning, made no very large
Euns nor did he make many small ones The
result was that, with a steady succession of
double figures. be managed to amass 9Is buttons
when Schaefer reached 600 and the nights plav
Bnded. being in the Frenchman's favor The to-
! tails for the three nights now stand: Schaefer.
1900; yignaux, 1.753 The following is to-night's
score;
schaefer--O. "a, 35. o, o. o, O. Is. 1. 10, i, o. g.
10. g. 18, O. g. o. 49, g. 1, o, o, 3, 3, 3. 100, 49, q
rs. 13, 5, 10, 2, 1, /, o, 10. Total, 600.
Vignaux--32. so, A, 65. 8, 0, o, IL, 5. 0, 1876 5,
Q, So 80. % So o. AZ, s, AS, o, 44, SO, 2, 80, o.
30, ID, 81. Q Az So o. g. 2 o. s-Total, 91S
Time of game, four hours. Schaefers average
IS 1880. Vignaux's average, "a 6-SS.