New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-27
SLOSSON WINS THE MATCH.
HE DEFEATS sCHAEFER WITH EASE.
THE WIZARDS SKILL AT BILLIARDS SEEMED

TIE WIZARDS SKILL AT BILLIARDS sEEAED
TO DESERT HIM-soME FINE RUNS.
Chickerlng Hall was crowded to the doors last night
Long before the hour for the beginning OF the olau
match. 500 points up, between schaefer ana siossoh
for stakes of 1000, the net gate receipts anu III
reality If nomlnaly the championship at the Jour
teeninch baIk-line game. the crowd at the boxomce
extended ont into Fifh-sve. Even after the players
were introduced the throng kept pouring In. Dudley
Cavanagh was chosen referee The betting was at
800 10 SG5 slosson before the sport began.
Applause began with the appearance of the ex-
perts, both Of whom played in evening dress. slosson
.ot the lead having the white ball. and began counting
az once. His first round, the table buttOn elected
more applause. Eight nine ten. eleven called the
marker as the STUDENT picked up point after point
with gathering shots the vorys refusing 70 respond 70
his efforts to bring them together for the latest
wrinkle nursing down the Inc. Twelve thr-
teen7 went the dull voice Of the marker and the
white orbs together beautifully. Twenty four
points was the best the NewYork representative could
do he sat down on easy shot.
schaefer drew mingled applause and laughter with
reversible draw 10 the cushion that would have been
scratcho for any other player. The wizard sat
down because he failed take the balls outside the
lines after scoring twenty buttons. Sosson's EFFORTS
added 40 points 10 his Schaefer then ran up
II hard billiards. missing single gathering sho''
Slosson responded nervously with large ." goose
versbe cushion draws in his next inning winning APP
plause but the whole house drew breath as ne msse1
an easy angie draw and sat down with run Of only
ID one Of SlOssOns best efforts, fine BANK shot'
drew enthusiastic applause, but the student couid
only roll up IA points when nervousness made nun MSS
a shot that would have been an easy one for ne
gnner schaefer got the balls together with beauti-
ful straight draw He rolled up ~ points before ne
had 10 retire slosson replied with run Of 25 missing
a Gathering shot by hairsbreadth. Then each made
one and missed Schaefer began on what was ap-
parentIy a run with q clever masse getting the balls
on the line, but he had to give IL up WIN
only 3. The best SlOsson could do was H. again
retiring on a shot amnteur could nave cOuhVeu On
schaefer was nervous too recording only points. The
Student" was certainly in the better FORM schaeier
not seeming able 10 "get into the stride" Sosson
got the balls together and ade "a before the simplest
NJ carroms put him back In his seat Then came a
succession Of "goose eggs Schaefer recovered first
and with Il superb three-cushiOn carrom began run
OF 1G. missing an easy singe-cushiOn shot slosson
counted 90, when he made foul shut In auempuhg
masse with the balls frozen.' schaefer's thirteenth
shot IN his next inning brilliant three-cusmon
carrom. but he missed the next one causing the
spectators 10 from applause almost 10 grosns IL
was re Od-time Willard truly but only flash OF
the former genius sosson licked Of 25 and sclaefer
made l point. the game standing 30 to l3l In
favor OF slosson -Four beautiful arOundthe table shots
bv SOssOn electrified the audience In the next inning
An easier but more show slot. "kssfollow' drew
even more rcOundng evidence OF approval He scored
60 points in this inning. 70 which Schaefer responded
feebly with single button. twlce-sround the table
shot that counted full ard square drew greater ap-
pause than had yet been given for Sosson In the next
| inning when he made a run Of 50 points. Scnaefer
failed TO count slosson secured another run OF IA
roins before schaefer could get control Of his nerves
which he did long enough 10 up II buttons on his
string At the end OF the seventeenth inning the score
stood slosson $50, Schaefer 140.
The first really great run Of the evening came In the
twentyf fourth inning When SlOss0n got 10 seventy
FIVE he received loud applause at 100 points the house
| stood NJ and applaudcd. At 125 there was another
outsurst but by this time every one was so intensely
interested q pin could have been heard TO fall. By
bank by round the table. by masse and by draw the
carroms rolled up cheer burst forth as the champion
| made the 15Oth point. On ne went lons cushion
| rang out The play mostly brilliant ar0und-the
table work lie got rounds or applause Wnch ne nse
to acknowledge at the end OF run OF l.S polntss
Schae.er drew In twenty buttons, ana elosson'
| next effort was nine points l.. H.
| Forty buttons Really Schaefer was coming 20 MIN
! -eli The Wizard showed another sampl, OF his mar
| forty-eirht Slosson answered with fifty points
! Fr ~ this on there WIS no question whatever about
Goose eggs and schaefer pulled up little but the
lead was far too great % be overcome.
The score by innings was as follows:
slosson-e4 40, o. IA, 25, l, L., "a. o. o. 26; &c o
q o. %. 9. 81, 81, :. 3. Total, 500.
schaefer-2O, II. IS, a.. /, = o, o. l6, ID; o. l
0. l, o. i, Is. 0, l. 10 2, IL 30 49, = ~ IA
! l. Is. 2. 80, H. l, Is. Total 3d.
sloss6n % 90 schasfer II 10. Time Of game hours
and A. minutes.