The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-14
BILLIARDS.
A Tournament Suggested Between First
aud Second Class Men.

/ a o uruR IN e1iI suggested between ElFBI
aud Second Class Men.
Notwithstanding the interest manifested
In this city for billiards, it seems strange
that on exceptional occasions only match
! game is arranged to take place at some Of
the leading billiard halls.
There are people in this city who would
! gladly pay a reasonable price to witness
clever contests between some Of the crack
players, and il a tournament were inau-
gurated and conducted properly, the sport
would be given au impetus which would
! make blizzard matches popular First-class
players are in the minority; in fact there
are only few Of them left Second-class
biliardists are numerous, and a handicap
tournament which would bring the cracks
on an equality with the second-Taters would
prove drawing card here.
AS near a. can he asceTtained the follow
! ing is a TecaptulatlOn of the several meet
! ings of Schaefer and SlOSSOD at balk-liDe
! billards-;hst is in actual contests:
Chicago, May p 1884 tmatch. S-fnch}-Schae.
/ fer 500. SlOssOn 3o+; winners average So 40;
! best runs, p and zoo resp ctyrly.
/ Chicago, January 20, 1881 match, Pinch
| SehsefeT 800, SlOssOn 719; average IA; best
/ runs, 100 aud SO respectively.
New York, April 20 10 20, 1885 first tOurna-
ment AZ l4-inch)-SlossOn won first money by
beating SchaefeT (Score Of game not easily oh
tainable), aud made single average OF % 1922.
grand average OF 8 ., and high run OF 4S.
Scu3efer made d single average q IS 1927, a
grand average Of , and q high run OF 81.
Chicago November 10 p. 1885 UtIaugular
tournament l4-luch)-First game: SiOsSon. GOO;
Sci aeteT, sol winners average, IS 10. Sixth
game: Sehaefer 600; Slosson, 492; winner s
average, 2Zi4.
Chicago, December q to % playing of ties,
triangular touTuamehi)-Seha 500; SlOsson,
/ Cos; winners average. % 2
Chicago December - 20 % final decision Ct
triangular lCniuaheni).S 800; S!osson,
500; winners average, % -.
Chicago. April y, 1887 (march, 14inch)-
1879.
81. Louis, January 10 u 1883 handlcap
tournament-Scha won FIRST prize winning
all his games Grand average OF winner. % 3
single average, 90 game with MaggiOlD; high
run, 200 SlOSsOn made lie with John MOuds
for second and tnlrd money. bis grand average
| being 1915; single average. ] 3 5-I3; high run,
136. Schsefer here scored total Of 1900 points,
! the games beng 400 points iu length.
New York, February % 10 March l. 1890
tlaudIcaD Of lines, Schaefer and SlOsson PLAYING
! 14-incn, the others S-inch)-SIosson 800:
/ Schaeier, 49, winners average 16; high run,
/ 1875. SlOssOn won Drst money, bis grand aver.
age being 17l2i single average, 20 10; high
run, 136. SchaefeT won second money, with a
grand average OF 49, single average, &c 6-l9;
nigh run. 169.
Chicago, ADril TO - 1890 nandicap OF
points. Schaefer aud SlOssOn scratch" al 800
-Scharfef, 300; SlossOn, 277i winners average
%; best single average Of Schaefer. 80 G-I3;
high run, 200; grand average, %. SossOn's
best single average, 25i grand average. 20 Is;
high IN. 178.
Kew Yoik, December l. 1890 (match for
Championship emblem, 14-inch)-Schaefer, 500:
Slosson, 609; winners average, 10 2l4li best
run. 1913.
New York, October 26, 1891 match, 14-lncb)-
Slosson SEQ oehaeier $685. winuers average
p high run, III.
New York, January %. 1892 match for "A.
E l9Sh championship - Sehaefer,. 8ooi slosson,
592; winners average, % 9-l7; losers average,
II 3l-33i highest runs, Schaefer 155; Slosson,
1919.
II will thus be seen that Schaefer has won
nine out Of thirteen, and that only once has
SlOss0n defeated him in match game at
the balk-line. Sehaefer has played many
more matches and tournament games at the
balk-line than SIossOn. The latter has
never played with Vignaux, other than in
the triangular tournament Of 1885. The
wizard" won the eight-inch balk-li line
tournament Chicago. 1883, and therein de-
feated Nignaux for the worlds champion
ship His best single average in 600 points
was 40; his grand average, % 7-31; high run.
30 FignauX made a single average OF 81
1l-19; grand average, p; high run. 246