Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-22
THE CUE CHAMPIONS.
Ives Beats Cation In Good Contest In the
Tournament.

Ives Beats Cation In n Good Contest In the
Tournament.
NEW YORK, February N.-The second game
of the billiard tournament at Chickering II all
was played this afternoon between Cation, of
Chicago, and Ives, and resulted in victory
for Ives The game was 500 points eight
inch balk line, no handicap. Cation won the
lead and chose the spot ball, but started in with
q miss. Ives made run of 5 to begin with and
after Cation made he scored more Cation
then ran up "a Ives missed and his opponent
rolled of II missing an easy draw, Ives again
scored nothing. He seemed to be nervous and
failed to get the balls together. The man from
Chicago counted times in the following inning
and Ives only got one making the score OF the
NTH inning Cation IL Ives TO-
The next round Cation retired after gather
ing nothing, and then Ives shook off his nerv-
business, and brought his score up to 81 by
run of 81 He made a number OF clever
cushion shots besides making IA on the line.
Cation followed with carroms making his total
just 10 less than Ives but it fell still further in
the rear when Ives sat down to rest after claim
ing 81 more buttons. HIS nervousness. had
vanished and shot after shot he made was
heartily applauded. He played gracefully and
though not as quick as Schaefer, with that
seeming carelessness which made the "Wizard"
so famous. Cation followed with goose egg
and Ives did not do bit better. Then Cation
made ., bringing his total up to 5S while Ives
was lis, which with the run he made in the
inning with Catton-7-madeit LIZ.
Cation cracked the three balls once in the
average Of $40. In the tenth inning Ives
made a run of 98, making his total Us and his
average q $40 but he made one cushion masse
at the lower end of the table which brought
down the house. Cation followed with just
l. Ives playing prettily and when, he
chalked his cue again he counted 81 times with
number of position shots and cushions. Cat
ton only made L Ives then made run of l9,
and Cation followed with a run of 81, during
which Ives claimed a push, which was not
allowed. Ives scored in the next inning, and
probably would have made more but he burned
his fingers making difficult m4sse.
In the fourteenth inning Cation scored 10.
Ives s. fifteenth inning Cation IS, Ives q, and
then Cation rolled up 50, which made his total
up score of 69 Three goose eggs followed,
two for Cation and one for Ives. The latter
made points, and the score stood: Ives 4Ol,
Cation 2Q. In the nineteenth inning Cation
only scored 4, while Ives tried very hard to
make a run, but only made II. missing on
cushion draw Cation followed with a run of
q, bringing his score up to 22T.
In the twentieth inning Cations average was
IL 7-20 Ives average % 1920. Cation made q
easy shots in the next inning and Ives only
made l. then Cation made two and Ives got
Ives scored IA. Cation braced up and made a
run of 65, Ives finished the inning with 3 run of
II and the score stood, Ives 44O, Cation 20.
Cation scored IL and Ives made more, which
Cation followed with a run of "a. Ives then
picked up his cue and never stopped until he
ran out the game. The score in full was as
follows:
IvesS4GGL5 81. 81, O. O. 9s. "a, 10. Z, s, 2, SO,
o. Z, II. l, L IA Il, 6. $780,
Catton-O. L "A L. 4 s.0,LLL.1, 81, Is 3S
5S, 0, 0, 4 q 2 !, 65, II, 1880.
Average-Ives, Il: Cation, 20.
Best runs-Ives, 9S, SO. Cation, IS. IS. Time
of game, two hours and 29 minutes.
The third game was played before nearly
L 500 ladies and gentlemen In Chickering II all
ola a
inch balk-line, against Maurice DAILY, playing &
inch balk-line. Mr.. McGuinness, OF Boston,
was referee. The game began at sos O'Clock,
DAILY leading with the white ball and scoring
points. Slosson made 13 points, and in his
second inning scored 81. DAILY made 4, 6, 8, in
his next three innings and in the fifth inning
made a run of n points by careful nursing. At
the fifth inning the score stood 90 for DAILY
and 49 for Slossou. In the sixth inning
DAILY played with extraordinary skill
and care, and when be missed had
ivories won frequent applause. From that on
until the twelfth inning his play was poor, but
in the inning mentioned he punched the balls
for 40 points slosson made only 10 points from
the second to the ninth inning. Runs of q, 80
and 81 however, brought his score up to a total
of 205 points at the END of the twentieth inning
At that stage of the game DAILY was in the
lead Ii points. Dalv made goose eggs in the
next two innings, while Slosson scored 20 and a
blank. In the twenty-third inning Slosson
made run of 5S by close shots. At the end of
INC IWenIy-ulIn Tile Sdlno SbOOus Ddlg,
236; Slosson. go. At the end of the thirtieth
inning DAILY had go points to his credit, while
Slosson's score had reached 33U. Daly's aver
age for run by innings was 5000, and |
Slosson's IL. In the next five innings DAILY only
managed to make 10 points to Slosson's 7S. In
the thIrty-sixth inning DAILY scored q, and in
the thirty-eighth 29, and in the for
tieJh IS. his last play, for in the last half
of the inning Slosson ran out the SO points
which he lacked to complete the necessary 500,
DAILY having All. Averages-Daly 10 l7-40;
Slosson, IL 20-40. Highest runs-Daly, 63, 40,
and mir