The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-14
BEAUTIFUL COLLABORATING.
Termination of the Schaefer-yignaux Match
The Former an Easy Winner

New YORK, March 13-The international bill
lard match between Schasfer and Vignaux came
to a termination this evening. The attendance
as on previous evenings, owing to the lead OBJ
tanned by Schaefer over Vignaux, which last
night was ], l28 points. The spectators were re-
warded, however by seeing some of the prettiest
billiard-nIaying ever exhibited in the city.
Schaefer took up the game, and ran 45; Vignaux
made 6. and then Schaefer. playing with much
dash and brilliancy, scored SO. The balls were
kept for some time upon the balk line, and for
many shots he handled them like father his
triplets. He failed on difficult all-rcund the
table shot Vignaux stepped up and executed a
mastery shot. which brought down the house;
he made % points. In his fifth inning, Schafer
rapidly made "a; Vignaux counted Ii In an easy
of-hand way, and Schaefer made g. 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
difficult masse Then the Frenchman got to
work, and made Is. He failed on an all-round-
the-table shot, and left the balls well fixed
for Schaefer who soon had them
going, and on his twenty-sixth shot
made masss on the Dss aorn ting
house. Schaefer followed she first with another,
which was also exceptionally fine, and continued
until he had made 62 points and completed one
half of the desired 600 Vignaux made in his
eighth inning his total score being 81. Schaefer
made A more, and gave Vignaux chance,
which he improved by making neat run OF 50.
Schaefer, for the second time during the game,
looked through and gave the Frenchman
another chance, of which he avalled himself, at
the same time giving fine exhibition of his art
in billiards, counting with wonderful skill until
he had bagged IS buttons. The fiftieth shot was
applanded on it's merits as draw.
Schaefer made single. and left the
balls in position for q draw. which Vignaux
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 ball forcing the shot against the
left side cushion and kissing back to the red.
Then the Wizard" put in several beauties, and
much trouble The run, which terminated IN
ACKNOWLEDGMENT shot, was loudly ap-
plauded
Schafer now had 35s to the Frenchman's 337
for the twelve innings. Schaefcr scored another
single, and Vienaux made 48, slipping
up on masse by hairs breadth.
Schaefer only got 2 V;gnaux was playing
we'll now. and made Al. In six consecutive
innings he had scored 334 points and he added
80 in the fifteenth inning Scnaefer made 8 on
his fifteenth and q in the next. In his seven
teenth he made 43; Vignaux made 6. and then
cracked goose egg. Schaefer counted and
90 Vignaux made l in the nineteenth inning.
and Schaefer began again to play beautifully.
He cracked the balls round In a wonderful way
till he turned his last string; Vignaux was 469
He added rs to this in the ensuing three innings,
while Schaefer was making 81. The score then
stood Vignaux, SAT, Sehaefsr, 543. Vignaux
added 81 to his score while Schaefer was making
g., but the latter made a run.of 38 in his twenty
seventh inning, and completed the score of 600
in the twenty eighth. Appended is the score in
ful
schaefer-45. 83, A, o. "a, 3, rs, 62. Al o, 1,
II, L. 2, 8, 20, 43, g. 20, As, S, 9, z. 8, o, O,
80, 5000 Average, 81 1928; grand average
vignaux-6, %. 20. o, IS, 2, IT, 1, So, 55.
"a, 1O8. 49, 81, 80, 1, g. o, A. o, 4. 1. 73. 4, 8,
~, &583. Average, q 1927, grand average,
Time-Three hours. vignaux's total, 1855.