New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-02
SLOSSON THE WINNER.
BRILLIANT PLAYING AT THE CLOSE Cf
THE BILLIARD TOURNAMENT.
BIG AUDIENCE AND MUCH ENTHUSIASM
DAILY, IVES AND CATION TIE
FOR THIRD PLACE.

DAILY, IVES AND CATION A TIE
FOR THIRD PLACE.
Never since the old times. when GARNER kudophe,
the Dions and the present day experts Siosson anu
schaofcr used to fight fierce and eager battles over
,,o hi,l,,rd table in Tammany and Irving Halls for
championshp honors has so large an andichcc WIZ
ressed a billiard struggle as that which Sathe'cu III
Ctickcring Hall last night to sec Slossoh ana S''ac
Ter contend for supremacy.
Il was the last game Of the handicap balk-Nnc
tournament. and upon it depended the glory OF VIC
.rr and first prize money. Thc had met often
,.,nrc ana their many hard contests had chgchdcIcd
n hitter personal feeling. This condition Oh things
sud the great ability OF the players served 10 attract
IN the scene OF the contest an army of ardent dc-
votecs of the game. The body OF the hai' inc nti'
conx and the stage wore crowded with people almost
IN the verge Of suoetion. Hundreds Of extra seats
were improvIscd by means Of boards placed over the
arms of the scat, and many more
hundreds than could be seated occupied s;andlngroom
clear back to the walls upstairs and down, and all
around the hall II wildly enthusiastic, but
impartial a,scmblagc. the good play Of both men
receiving hearty applause.
II was a struggle worthy of the great audience
although the averages were not rs high as they
would have been had not much been at stake
s,osson won by ls7 points and overwhelmed
with congratulations lie perfectly cool through
ort while Schacfcr evidently became extremely
nervous toward the close Of the game SCISSOR VIII
receive 81 800. Schaefcr $1,000 and the remainder
Of 81 900 Will be struggled for By the three men IN
the tie.
slo,son won the lead and selected the white
BALL lie made the opening shot and another hard
one Of three cushions. missing on his third but
leaving tho balls SAFE. Schacfcfs failure to coant
spread the spheres widely apart but slos0p. after
executing several difficult shots around the tabl;
gathered them In the lower lcfthaad corner. HIS
ut-and in play the table showed him to be
in excellent form. and he started oil speedily Win
one Of the prctticst ever witnessed In a Dill!
lard contest. When he had reached fifty on open
play. the crowd chccred heartily. and when. after
getting the balls nicely on the owercnd ba line. he
passed 1OO the applause amounted to perfect yell
lie made 1855 and missed hard all Tound the hOlc
drive.
In his third inning schacfcr aroused the audience
TO a high pitch Of excitement by starting on lhc
race horse with 'hc ball, either side OF the upper
end balklinc. lie counted almost a. rapidly as thc
rlcr coud call the shots and the spectators actually
shouted with delight. Wien he had made 100 the
cheering was tremendous. lie made 10" ana h'''cu
an easy single ,hon shot During this ran the balls
al one time were all frozen TO The end cusoI inc cue
ball and first object ball foot apart ana Tie o'icF
one far i'm the corner. The audience sent up
mighty shout when sohacicr made TINS count WIN one
Of his match massc strokes.
slosson's sixth inning. In which he made L. was
full of brilliant strokes. including BANK sho, inc en-
tire length Of the table and drive twice around inc
table when the second object ball was frozen last III
the law Of the corner The cheering was almost con
tnrou> during the In his seventh Inning 9i's'oh
uode 20 and missed a simple cushion draw. S'hir'cr
then made - on open play. and Ti>sed mas" 10
bring The balls into nursing position S'ssoh mani
43 y out and IN play In his tenth lhilhT' anu m''.-
a difficult three cushion stroke. IN" NlzaN a'ueu -
70 III, string in hl- eleventh inning by Inc nursing
~ff
From tie eleventh t. The twenty fourth inning tue
mon ..eucd 10 be bent upon preventing cach otheF
fr,u, obtaining an advantage rather than upon audlnH
Ia their score This naturally led TO great zeal %
open play, AZ which slOs,on showed " ut''"'" ""
p,rority lie gradually Increased Ms ienH ~ s''"
open runs taking care 10 leave the balls s"c ""c" "
missed In his twenty fourth innine >losson ran %
by ont aud IN plays. ana INC s'"'' '"'" ''"' '
son. 3-j >chacicr -i2.
IA Ia, twenty seventh inning sloseln made - OS
the line nnrse and seemed 20 Vc on for ionS rum bn
he missed an easy bank. and lefi the balls wei I'"
for hi, OPPONENT >clacfcr took advantage OF thi'
opportunity 70 the extent 81 % points. thus "V'h'
Ing his -corc - Us. So.s,n resp rdc with % miss
Ing hy an unlucly KISS which left the b"l, let mp
The Wizard could make but =. and. missing. played
fnr s,f, slo..on missed. also PLAY Ing flr Nhi"'N
ard a., result the Wizard could not score. so son
secured 10. and missed dsa" hy ml''u'nf N'h''c'
made = aud missed because of his nervousness "Ich
had pciccpilbly incrca ed a. slo''on gaau'"y o'e"
away from him.
with a twinkle In hl, eyes. but with his teeth set
hard lie needed Il a. win, and le ro' tA'M pS
| brilliant open work. The cheer that went up ecu"
have been heard mile In the open ar.
The contc. tants shook hands in formal way. but
there wa, no warmth IN the clasp. Following Is the
score: .
se.oa:s 3' $40 4 90 100 - % II . 10 10 :
schaefcr-o = 100 90 4 Il ) 0 - : l 10 1 o. :
. o SO - I-5i3
Br,t rn,-slo,.on ls5 - 49, S'ha,icr Io', ~ =
Me- p, g""t m Nc 81 d aa s2' hou ~ i 81 minute
long bat exciting game was played In th' after
| noon between Maurice DalJ and William H. eaton
, siG " the eient men balhnc each played -
| r,retnllv ~ he knew how 40 vcrs long rlt> wcn'
n'asn ".ccpt one of ninety hy Cation. Ia irc end
- the c,mc &, wa, nip AMI tuck between tie players
~ The end ~ IN" twenty 18th inning thc score "h,
t,nirrs r,rh man took successive lead three or four
timcs hoth played good billiards TOO IN u'e
birtlcth inning cation ran HI score ip 70 ~ Wiu'
a GOOD count Of sixty two point, leaving DaN n't.
SN points behind him. The latter mace F'g'
c,rnrt tor victory and ran good run ,"l i'iN IA
+, vo. mo- use though Cation went out IN the tlrN
'"'I rho '' sro,c by innings was as follows
40 e j - 81 81 = li g Avirs s 'sa
nfS , : = s a1'ls. Il 81! g z
Thc tic between DAILY. Ives and Cation vii ~, he
ulayed off a. suitable IiiI can pc 'c'
thckcrng Hall being engaged Tor some ui i"o A.
Tho play on viii require three games 10 "''"e '''
tics. ..
The record OF the tournament Is as follows
Won Lott Won. Lost
s s.; ::::: S ii:::'
BILLIARDS At THE RACQUET 'l''b
The ,amc for the billiard championship OF the New
York Racquet cinb played last evening at the ,"'
house Twrntv.sINth.st and SiNthaNc. hri"'cn J. -
nuann and Alexander Morton. Mr. Knapp Won V F"
scor. OF 800 points Mr.. Morton's 1873 The LONGEST ~"