New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-21
THE TOURNAMENT BEGUN
ScuAEFER WINS TIE FIRST GAME OF
BILLIARDS.
nr DEFEATS nr1sEn Fly 4 SCORE or 800 POINT

HL DEFEATS HFIsER Fly SCORE or 800 POINTS
TO a22-poINTS or THE PLAY.
Tie handicap balh Line billiard tournament. which
many player, believe Will be TIE greatest ever con
tc.ed began at Chichcrlne Hall last night with game
between -chacfcr. WHO played the fouFiecnnch line
aud ie.-cr. at the eight inch game. II was almost
forcgone conclusion that schacicr would VIM and ne
d!d. ~ a score ~ 500 80 323
That local interest I'm the tournament has been
aroused to the highest pitch was shown by tho sIle
and character Of the audience Fully loo spectators
were present about one fourth Of whom were women.
Among the men were many well Known 'up men,
lawyers, politicians and members Of other professions,
There was some delay in opening the box olcc owing
o The fact that the carpenters ST u at work In
arr,IIu, the stage seats and this caused annoyance
tn a ut,uer % persons who kept out in the cold
air waiting In line Another delay was caused by the
negligence Of one To bring to tho nan some
taors chalk with which to mark the balk lines or tho
table A piece Of common chalk was used, hut as
# made the lines uneven the PLAYERS objected ana
the lines had % be erased. Finally the proper kind
Of chal, arrived and the table was made ready. Such
delays Invariably incident to the opening h'Fh'
of a tournament. but tho managers promise th&t III
future they Will not occur
The result Of the game was not surprise OK
cent 70 those who witnessed It. lIescr played
,,perlly eXcept when he missed, which he invariably
ala on the easy shots. II seemed almost lncompre
hcn,e that player Of his experience should manure
the bali, SD excellcnty for time only to sip up ol
I,nces That could have been taken advantage OF by
bc.lnncr Any one witnessing his play, WIN inc OK
,,ution Of his absurd misses, would have regarded MN
a. irviuclblc. Schaclcr clearly was not III MS pest
e,, and hceon his work a. II he did not care whether
me won or not. At time did he play "lth caFciui
study II the balls did not run to SUIT MN he "o""
or, then, all around the table, If Angry with them
and administering punishment. Ihen "'eu i"'S ava
,,, t,.,,.cves a,tridc the ball line. he would pass
a, ,f,.e.. 80 he Dl M
,,utIv that II seemed II he were caics-ihG them
a., Long so good hi, play Of hand and ap-
,,rcnuv careless At one time he would execute the
INST astonishing masses. k,sc, ana draws ana AT
another amaze the spcc ttors by missing 'H' c'c N'
# hots III, run Of O5 in the twenty seventh lh"'h5
WAS made by line rushing IS, by having ire TWO
obi,ct balls astrdc the baIlinc and then sending
,n ar.t If the two 10 the cushion and back to its
l.o y Kissing the cue ball. These kiss shots were
,,ot. so drlcatcly that they really had the appear
ancs'of carc9sca.
The PLAYER, came on the platform In evening dress
schasfcr However, exchanged his dre's coat for ms
famous Jacket after strngng for the lead ON the
string for the lead llcscr won and selected the Whtc
ball lie missed the opening shot, leaving the pans
lady separated. Schacer counted two ana then
missed Il hard three cushion shot giving llclscr iine
openng. Tho latter made eleven prcttiy' but Wheh
ho Ind worked the balls to good position on the
ccht-incb line characerstically missed simple bank
shot schaefcr made two easy shots and missed ono
~ easy Of execution as the Others, leaving n
difncnt position for his opponent Hleiser managed
to roll up six and left the balls very hard again for
The Wizard, who found II Impossible
n score Ueiser then made eight and
again left the worries where the West
ern man could not count. fIcser ran twelve
and left schaeier an easy chance. Schaeiers hith
and sixth shots in his Gfth inning were extremely
dlMclt masses in both the balls being In line
end all fast to the end rail. This execution evoked
hearty round Of applause lis twentysxth and TWEEN
fyclehth shots also masses and again tho spec
taor. showed their appreciation by apphudng WIN
enthusiasm Sclaefer mis- ed the easiest Kind Of
simplc carom ON The side rail, with the balls not q
foot apart ON ms forty seventh shot.
Uciser made five pretty open shots and Thea sat
down. having missed an easy draw The wizard
handled tho spheres with superb skill for the small
run OF eleven, and then missed difficult hl'sShot
from the side rail. The balls were left badly for
Hescr but by force followshot splenddly executed,