New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-04-06
ANOTHER BIG BILLL1RD MATCH.
INTEREST IL THE CHICAGO HANDICAP

sLoSSoN And >,HAEFI.E AcAIN TO STRIVE FOR
FiEsr noN0Ls-lVES \ DANGEROUS MN
Interest among local bi,ad playcsF Boz .he pro
fcs.iona. ha.dicap ha.ilns lillind tournament.
which viii begin in Cheas, tomorrow night. Is
almost &c. great i' lu,t hcior. inr ~" or"
tournament in February. aud there b, ro cid o..
speculation a. to the results oi 'hc flme>. ~
,our.c almost everybody lcDc,c- ta' tne -irusSe
for frt pr lr al the end WIZ hc lctNren ~io and
>chacfcr. although tie rc'oid mad JOS lsr- 30 90"
Scw York tournament. and The Favorable odd, A'
which he f. entered for tAc chicago games. lead
number IF the knowing ones" 70 Civ h.n a fairy
good hackn-. 1t is Sohactcr own stamping
ground however. and naturally De- f. strong
favoritc in the Wet In tn, CIV >io-."n and
>clacfcr ar about terms in The britlus. viii
I've, close az. Thee it, 10 betting on Tie others i's
nr>' money any odd.
Whoever originated to project 81 having t"'
tournaments. one handicapped OIL Inc, and the other
on points. 30 MD Dee credited with a dca! ~ bu'..
les -hrcwdnc~,. ior never De, there been NOR" cN-
ci, mcnt anon, all CLASSES Of p..yors than l, been
created hy these series Of coat. ST.. Eo;orc th'
Sew York tournament Wa. p'ajcl. great May
blazers who were wise IN their own conccl, PRO
dctcd all Of -uipr,c hc'au-c - tAc landi'a)
on line. So one know cNacuf what Oh, di' renee
lctwccn the fourteen aAd the eight incn ln', in
actual play va,. nnd not few found argument, +"
how tina, % wa, equal 10 = discount. >chA'fT him
eli held TN, ,cy and Tor Tine refused r." enter the
Sew York tournament. because he Cd not believe
TIA, h. and >o--pn ooud successfully cope With
the other PLAYER. conccilng them tnr odd, - -lN
inches on line.
Tn, sort Of handcappng va, an experiment. and
the result, demonstrated that the odd were not
nearly % heavy a. 50 many lad believed thy wcre.
When II /. idercd hat the ball, come "e ihcr i'r
the Inc nurse Oh the fourteen inch line almost II not
tI.. Il. fla. 81. Z inch ID
HAT the extremely cGcctv, ont ani in piay across
the end 81 the table f. a. easily cXccatd N.th -four
teen inch Ire, e, with eight it VIII uoi seem 'uspi,
ing that the superior .h Of the scratch men 'hould
have over. t.cm comparatively ca-y f.ci"rc, over
their opponcnt, AZ even points.
I'm, . where t'c sucrdnc,, oi the
donbc tournament idea come, n. The odd,
u the first tournament were a'mott
.nrcrccptible to The spectators NoN. in ,he 'ii'Ae'
struggle I'D which all The men viii play th" i1'r'co"
in,h line the exact ODD, Will De- .IDwn "u the wire
ahcrc all ciu aud understand them. Those
who .aw so.-on ARD ~oLacfcr vctor- az the odd, on
line, do not lad II easy 10 believe That they can win
nearly 80 handiiY ~ The string odd ~" '"'ht'
10th ~lo.,on ard ~,hac.cr can dri'a' lic-cr and
cation. the tuo former PLAYING 500 points 10 30
point, bv lhc two latter hut Il Is SIRE that they
can defeat I,c- who La, e. make uny 80 1"ni-. cor
Dalv who pa,, only 800 ~tiil ~o-son ana s''i'lr'
are both po- ,a-cd OF such superb shil That either
must lac REGARDED a, capable Of winning from the men
T., whom, he is supposed t. be able To- 'on'cdc tho
Odds.
Their. f.. much more reason for regarding I've, q,
dangerous iartor In The struggle for MI p/" III lh'
chicago tOuiii lincnt than there va, Tor l'clrNihS
him capable of winning the tournament plh''n IA Ne"
Norh la support of tins II can bc a---rird tiil ia
almost all HI Sew York game, I've, played ne "nF
iccu uc line fully a> often 70, lc dld IA" 'l-h 'h'h'
and ,.i VA. able 70 make -in.ic sNc:a.'- Of over
twenty three and twenty i've ana Sidnd average ~
over seventeen only fraction lc-. Than - lhricr'
nr sin a fraction better tnan >o,-on'- grand Average.
II i, Known too thai ICES IN, had the advantage OF
more Than "A wear, prictic" with ~chacfcr. The two
men have travelled much together through the Wet
giving exhibitions. In Their game, ~ hrl >'li'i"T
n,vcd 400 points 10 IN,-'- 200. fouiccu inch halh
Inc After a time Ives improved y" mat he won All
made. 100 for ~tincicr 10 800 for Ives For "a wlhr
mi. made their contests even. bat finally II va, i"u
nccc.-ary to lessen the handicap hN giving ScmcicI
which they played their latest ,rric, Of =, hihioli
lr,uc~ and then Sclaccr llad a Nilr the better ~
Inc odds, This statement was made by I've, himself
aud there were many ~itncsscs To- IT, ~ there were
Local pride was BATTERED by >losson's victory IN
the New York tournament, and the student ha, a
strong follow ing, Whose member, are confident Oh'' io
will come, back with more hOnOro. DalA i II "hhhN
sure OF at least fourth money, ana IL M""m ,Ip'".
maj Cation and llcl-rr are Ont Of IT. II >o0,"n
dcfcot. ~clacfor f'cin. Dick Roche, ScAaricrs
Iackcr VIII Try t. get ON match "twccn the nir!
,r 600 a sldc. and lac MAY iry 10 dc - even II
tournament. Roche rcccntlv offered TO bet T"h"p I"
- 900 that cond defeat ~io--on At any game
,,nuld wager 1000 even that ~clacicr w"nd win
at that This - regarded a, hlnll. for ~ - wei
known that ~lo~sOn is avclsc To playing any more
,uatcc-. He la, large bu-lhc~, l" l"ph Hfl'f ana
went into these tournaments merely 10 assist In stim
Ihc Tournament viii begin To morrow night with II
game between sDsson tjooj ana cation '2'ol.