St. Paul daily globe., 1892-03-20
IVES BEATS SCHAEFER
The "Young Napoleon Of the
Billiard World Is Now
Champion.
Sehaefer, Veteran Hero OF a
Hundred Victories, Hand
lily Beaten.
Ives Feared the "WiZard'S"
Skill and Played Very
Carefully.
His Best Run More Than
T. uSeeIancf
His Best Run More Than
Doubled Jake's Highest
Inning.

T CHICAGO, March 19.-Frank G. Ives IS
now the champions, billiardiest of the
world. This evening he easily defeated
Jacob Schaefer, who for some time has
held the championship. The game
played tonight at Central Music
hall was in many respects one
of the most interesting billiard
matches ever played in this coun-
try. Jacob Schaefer. the worlds cham
pion biliiardist, and Harry G. Ives were
the contestants in the game. which was
for SOC points, fourteen-inch balk line.
The contest was for the worlds cham
pionship, carrying with it the hand
some Brunswick-Balke-Co -Collender COM
pany's silver trophy, $1,000 side,
and the gate receipts. Henry
Rhines was referee and Charles Mat
thews marker. The game was made
more interesting from the fact that the
winner, before he can hold the title OF
worlds champion, has to again win it
from George F. Slosson, the lat
ter having already issued his chal-
lenge and posted his forfeit for game
10 be played within sixty days.
In the boxes and front seats were
number of admirers of the game from
outside points. Conspicuous among
these were Dick Roche and Jerry Ma
honey, of New York, the former the
Wizards backer, and Tom Foley, OF
st. Paul. Contingents from Indiana,
Michigan and the southern part of llli-
nois were also present. Here and there
in the audience were numerous repre-
tatives of the gentler sex.
Odds on Schaefer.
Betting just before the beginning OF
play was to in favor of the Wizard,
and the latter's admirers also placed
good deal of money on their opinion
that the Napoleon would not make 500
before Schaefer run out. The Wizard,
calm and self-posseS5ed. was the first to
put in an appearance inside the raised
enclosure, while Ives, who followed a
few moments later, wore 1aunty, over
confident kind of an air. His reception
was III the nature of an ovation. To-
nights game began at 1926. Ives won
the bank for first shot. and
scored nothing. At the outset Ives
was quite nervous, and care
fully, almost anXiously, watched
each one of Schaefer's forty-five points,
secured during the first inning. Schaef-
er, in contrast to his opponent. was cool
and collected, and allowed slight Sar-
castle smile to pass over his features as
some well-played shot was vOciferouSly
Rpplauded.
In the second inning Ives regained
his nerve, and from that time to the
finish the game was carefully played,
each shot, on Ives part, being
we'll studied before it was attempted.
That the good wishes of the audience
of nearly 1900 people were with Ives
was made evident in the third
inning, when a chorus of sympa-
thetic ''ahs' and sighs greeted the an
nouncement that Ives had fouled Oh his
sIXty-ninth point. At the end of the
first hour eight innings had been
played, and Ives, who had 132 points to
his credit, led Schaefer by one.
Ives Master.
In the tenth inning Ives made another
run, scoring sixty points. When he
missed the audience again gave audible
vent to their disappointment, one voice
lery: ''That's too bad; poor little fel-
Iow.' From this up to the twen-
ty-eghth inning interest was to
some extent lost. Then every
one woke up to the fact
that Ives was playing great game,
while Schaefer was doing miserably.
AS Ives passed his 400th point i'll this
inning the cheering was loud and pro-
longed When the inning finished Ives
had 400, while Schaefer had but 274.
Poor playing, comparatively, then
marked the contest until the thirty-ffth
inning, when Ives seemed again to
realize that he was making for himself
a reputation. AS he successfully
passed the fifty and seventy-five points
loud cheers greeted his play. When
ninety was reached, one of his friends
shouted, "make it century, Frank"
Ninety-fve was all he could do. however.
This was the best run Of the game.
1t was now evident that Ives
would win, unless Schaefer did playing
more phenomenal than any he had ever
yet done. This inning closed with the
score 627 to 430.
From now until the end of the game
Ives had everything his own way.
While. making run of IA in the forty
fourth inning Ives friends began
to think he would run the
game out, but an exceedingly
difficult carom shot was missed and he
retired with 754 points, against Schaef-
er's 46S. A run of 10 in the forty-ninth
inning gave Ives the game, Schaefer's