St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-27

ter, Frank Ives, William QaLtan, ON Gal
| !agher. Maurice Daily, William Sexton,
| Will Hatley, Francis Maggioli, Louis
Shaw. Johnny Bessinger, Joseph Dion,
and many others. After Schaefer and
Slosson, it is matter of dispute who
OF the others eclipse the field. Ives and
| carter are having a controversy that
Will probably soon lead to champion
| snip contest in Chicago, and Hatley
and Maggoili have been talking play
for time, but Maggioli has apparently
| fiunked.
There are great many
Amusing Incidents
related about players and games. One
day Schaefer was matched against
Johnny BesSinger, and the latter was
unable to find his favorite cue. He
worried great deal about it, and was
| grumbling when Schaefer won the
| bank.
Never mind,' said Schaefer, good
| humoredly; 'you may not need cue
at all in this game"
| This sally elected sheer only. 1t
| was 400-point game, and Schaefer did
! not give up the balls until he had en-
| comprised the run-and his prediction
| was realized. His rival had no use for
| his cue.
| Will Hatley once won champion
ship game from John Matthews, of Chi
cago, and the latter had the biggest av-
erage. Hatley won the bank, but did
! not get the worries under control.
| Matthews had scored up all but two
buttons and Hatley still had sixty to go.
Hatley run thirty-one and Matthews
| stopped with one point, and then Hat
ley ran out, giving him the game with
shade the smallest average.
Frank Ives. 1.-THE Napoleon is his
| popular sobriquet, is rising young
! performer. Last spring he electrified
the billiard world by running 800 from
| the spot in Dalk line game in Chicago,
| leaving but one point to go. He was
playing Cattan, who scored zero, and
Ives went out, the game standing 400
to 0.
Will Hatley is an intelligent player
and has faculty, which is absent with
good many other professionals, of ex-
planning the science and the technique
OF the game. This attribute once led
him to teach ambitious aspIrantS in Chi
cago, and not few good performers
among amateurs owe their proficiency
to his tutelage.
Hatley's reputation reached the ears
Of a charming young married woman
who had craze to emulate Mrs. Louis
Shaw, the celebrated lady billiardist.
She opened negotiations with Hatley.
and he began course of instruction,
but an unhappy episode put an abrupt
period to the course.
The lady exhibited a surprising
faculty, and was progressing rapidly,
to Wits amazement. Finally the balls
became scattered at the lower end of
the table in place where it was i'm
possible to employ bridge.
''How can | make this carrom?"
queried the fascinating pupil. Will
raised his left leg and resting il on the
rail of the table easily completed the
shot. He then replaced the balls in the
positions they were before he made the
stroke.
But 1 can't put my leg ON the table,
she protested. THAT would hardly be
the proper thing for lady to do. would
it?' and her eyes filled with amaZement
and doubt.
''Truly. see nothing improper in the
position" returned Will modestly.
With I-suppose-it' s-all-right look and
an admOnition to watch the door to pre-
vent surprise from any outsider, the
pupil essayed the shot as instructed by
her mentor. Whether or not she made
the carrom is not related, but the lady's
husband learned of the episode and the
following day he laid for Hatley with
NotlIllS gun. anu w III lids IOlSWOIl
teaching ladies in the future-that is
ladies who boast a masculine affinity.
1t should be remarked in this connec-
ton that the professional billiard play
er looks upon all sorts of pool games
with utter contempt. They protest that
they are all diversions and gambling de-
vices. Billiards is a game that seldom
is furnished by the gamblers vocation.
The games that are of the sportive
speculative character are the red, white
and blue, as it is called, thirteen-ball or
pyramid pool. and in pool and bottle
pool. The rules are simple and almost
everybody who plays at all understands
them, and description here would be
unintereSting.
Among the Amateurs.
Among the promising amateur play
ers of the city Mr. Thayer occupies a
front rank He has an easy execution
and understands the angles we'll.
Al Sibley is making rapid progress.
Since.he began studying Will Hatley's
style he has doubled his game, and he
keeps all the locals thinking. Mr.. Sib-
ley is an ardent devotee, and he finds
more solid enjoyment in the game than
in any other sort of recreation.
E. V. Brewer plays strong game,
but he is partial to the old four-balls
StSie. AL lldI He is lldOlo 10 make
prOdigiouS run any inning.
DR.. Lawton handles the cue with a
frmness that makes him a dangerous
opponent for almost any of the boys.
He is particularly fond of playing
cushion carroms with Tom Foley, who
is an Old-time expert, but who has fallen
somewhat into disuetude of late, but he
can give any of the amateurs a game,
however.
Dan Callaghan had rather play than
make big money in a pine lanG deal.
He usually gives odds to his opponent.
Ed Nettleton is frequently in the game
with him, and the two make a team.
Joe harrington has an admirable
stroke, and he executes difficult shots
with grace and ease.
Conductor Brundage plays with per
feet abandon. To see him shoot one
might be pardoned for thinking he was
after general results. But such con-
clusion is quickly dispelled by the spec
tator who observes the sequential plays.
Fred Sibley ranks among the best
amateurs of the city. He makes them
all over the table.
Albert Hoa-well. he used to be a
professional, but he is playing very lit
tie now. Still, he is in it with the boys.
viii S. Monroe is strong open table
shot, and he delights in a three-hour
siege with frien now and then. The
boys all like him. and are always anx-
ious to get him as rival.
Charley tairchild cannot be counted
among the lghtwelghts. He has good
stroke, and good idea OF caroms and
position strokes.
AL. Friend plays pretty game. He
might make it good deal stronger, but
he has the true instinct of the artist
and always looks ahead. He masses
the balls and if he misses his opponent
has snap.
W. w. Erwin and Cy Wellington,
with "blood born prides" often roll the