New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-27
An EXCITING CONTEST.
IVES GIVES sIOSSON A HOT TUsSLE!
scHATFEn AND sLossoy NOW TIED FOR FIRST
PRIZE IN THE BILLIARD TOURNAMENT.

PRIZE IN THE BILLIARD TOURNAMENT.
Tho most exciting and hoty contested game OF
all yet played In the handicap bakline billiard touna'
ment ut Chickering Hall was played last night 10
tween slosson fourteen Ech and Ives teight
sosson won after desperate struggle In winch no
had to exert himself to tho utmost To keep III inc
lead OF his young opponent. lie played with great
nerve and steadIncss and TO this he owes his N'o'
Ives PLAYED with exceeding brliancy OF execution,
much after Schaeicrs style, AMI the skill he dispia' o'
would have won almost any other game, as MS cA
cellent average shows This victory tics siossoh anu
Schacfer Tor first prize. both having won 'hrc' s.
and lost nore slosson VIII probanly Dc' 49,
when they meet, and schacfcr should aetea' D"'
to night, thus making slon-on and schnc'cr again
tie This will give intense interest the hhai s"''
in the tournament scheduled for saturday night oc
tween slos,on and sthacicr. The game t'-ihsh' "o
tween DAILY and schaefer will be exciting Dec"uo '"
tho sworn enmity between the men
ives won tho lead In last nights game, ana scoreu
on tho opening shot lie got the balls on the i'ur
teen inch line his twenty NTH and nursed thc" 'or
a run OF a. The balls were left nicely for Slos'oh
who continued for II points. The balls were icrt
badly for Ives. and he could get only more ITO
left SIo..on another good opening. and that payer
mado 80. The balls continued to break banly i'r
Ives Who on his fortcth shot, got the cightih'h ho
nicely and carried the balls to the side RAIL- whco no
turned them on his scventcth shot toward the op'
po,it- end Of the table. They separated badiy III
eighty and he missed In his eighty NTH shot Sio,
SOIL had streak II bad luck IN MS 'o'' TN
inning. but continued his effective DUB
and In tactics for a run Of 3d. all on open play. lie
missed difficult draw and Ives proceeded with ead
Of 60 against him. His bad luck on breaks 'on,'
ucd, however and he made but .. In HI hai VI 'hc
sixth inning Slo>sOn made !.
Ives opened the seventh inning with :, missing d"
easy .,nr,c-cu>rion shot sl,s,on did almost pre-
md mi,
opportunity Ives made . again. and then Sioesoh
pro coded on a good run Of open shcs. After making
30 he mi, ,ci on all attempt 10 execute an allaround
the table his shot During the first part II his next
run Ives had s,r,.hs Of both co"d and lad luck y
brilliant long na>.c wa, made his seventy hret
shot, and the cAcitrd spectators fairly shouted lie
made Il without nursing a, all OIL the line. and missed
a NEEDLESS attempt to make a nlt,Sc sAot TIC iuii
length Of tho table.
sl,rson re- pended with -, a.! made 10y open play
and Ives scored IT., ,ccpnd mis-, II the game "n hard
shot around the table. sioS-on made one ana then
missed on close draw. In the twelfth Inning I've,
made a ,uccc.,inn ~ brilliant MAJ" and hank shots
running a OH open play AID bringing Ia score "a
within II points Of that Of h> "pp"ncni. at which
there WAS great cheering. In h. thirteenth Mnins
elo,son got the tide rail Inc nicely aud hep, the bAll'
there for u, point, n splendid sivl" lilo had
them bach the end luc ~
| and uurscd them there .upcrtly. II" was loudly
chccrd when lie lad pa,-rd the Tooth point
t.. hi, ,pcidd II" hid mad" l'I' when the balls
lined up on tic side rail. and he missed al attempt al
, NJ, shot.
Noting diuut,ri hv the great lad h. shi!ful "p
pui"iit ipW had I'', vent plu'kl {" work IN HI
min: 10 ,ut II down. bat missed difficult cushion
h., oh L., L.nciN ilnh stroke. >lo'''n made Only
, md I've IA the neat inning. and then -i"'
mod hi> rr>t mi 4 o." game. I've, ned d
Ninety points IL h" h"-ln H. ninet"tth nhhi
| tn, 81 away fam hin a.".n az -. 1h'n he 'tc
.ut.d iuuist e h-illtnt 'Lrn >Apts. II" made -
and inI-.,4 - hard daw i"g I'.iii'n. The score no"
.,pd =! .,.,i A. Ives. a.. -lp,>,n et'l' secure
| the i"csi.d -. lrrlutS d., half 4 10" n.n"t~ntf
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