Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-03-01
Nan TOURNEY.
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Santed.

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81 5 - Il 81 Wednesday nights
S khe billiard tourney at
e he most exciting and
356j ught together Gentle
~ & sl Slosson and the farmer
IS SIS? Frank c. Ives, and an
audience witnessed the
Them, aud went wild with
T the briiliantruns and plays
+ - made As a result OF the even
Dplny Siosson retains his equal footing
Eth Schaefer, even as regards average,
HAiIe Ives continues q good second from the
average point of view. All things consld-
a3red it is doubtful If a finer game of billiards
RsSill be seen in the tournament.
Il was just SIG when the game began, and
Ives won the bank by o small margin. de
didn't waste any time, and cracked out
big lead OF ST. He had made 10 whom he
drew tbc fr!iS INTO q nicc position ON his
blk line After he had scored his 3ith but
ton the refer-c decided the two white balls
rrozm In attempting 10 make his Soth he
disturbed the white object bnll and lost his
play But il Ives Thought he was going to
run away from Gentleman George i'll that
f;-~,.ion he was nl:ssaHcr, for SioSson had
his stroke 1T the Start, and The way he made
the iycries dance delighted every one. The
balls ran just rs 10 wanted them TO, and IN
seemingly less tiine than it takes to tell the
story he had IL buttons to his credit and
then retired Ives caught small ones, and
George kept up the good work with another
large run, this tins with ono of &C. Both
men wore playing tall billiards. but strange
TO say, quit the third inning with small
runs. In the fourth Ives played finely.
Some OF tho shots seemed utterly impos
sible, but he made them with as much ease
as il it was an every day event. When be
made run of 81, considerable portion OF
which on tho balk line nursing, he slipped
Up on an easy carrom cushion draw. In the
very next inning SlosSon supplemented this
with a run OF g. most of which was &C
CURED BY tho incest kind Of rail and line
play. In Tie sixth inning Ives bad the red
bail in enc corner and his opponents ball so
situated agninss the upper raj! that all he
lad 10 do was 10 make . four cushion drive
and lie would score the point. This he sue
caedcd i'll doing, and, much to his amaze-
ment, for the shot YVES simple one, the
spectators fairly howled and kept up their
applause for some time. Ives was aston
ished, but lie smiled looked at Gentleman
George, who also smiled, and continued his
play, slipping IN on the very next shot.
III the eighth inning Slosson increased the
gap materially with n run of 80, but after
Ives had counted II and George l, the Michi-
gandcr made every ones hair stand on end
with run OF 81 that brought him within
cbootiror lictnpco ,)f GeOrpe Good play
followed until Slosson caught the balls on
the bali line, and the way he made carroms
was caution. lie did not stop until 1856
had been counted. Ives came to time with
all the assurance and GOODNESS Of q veteran.
In fact, Siosson and Ives were the coolest
persons in tie hall, and they continued their
work rs if no one was present Ives care
fully chalEed his cue, daintiiy walked to the
table and, after L casual glance at the situa-
ton, started q run of 9S.
Slosson caught five little ones in the next
inning, and in the next after that cracked
an egg. Ives, meanwhile, had secured s,
and after Georges inglorious miss he netted
pc. The score was then: Slosson, 42o; Ives.
400.
After that, although Ives played finely,
the biggest run he could make was SO.
George was too cool and collected to be dis
concerted by an opponents luck. He was
playing his own game, and he - a.
end md ~ LSnsdS Satisfaction of every one,
-. ended the struggle with run Of 2G
The score follows: Slosson, 500, Ives, AS
Averages: Slosson, &c 6l9; Ives, % ll-lo
Hirhest rms: Slosson, 1856; Ives, rs.