New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-23
SCHAEFER AGAIN CHAMPION.
HE DEFENT- eLOS>ON EASILY.
BRILLIANT MATCH WHICH AROUSED GREAT |
FNTHTSIA~M

FNTHUSIAsM.
Jacob schaefer. OF Chicago, thu billiard champion
beat George f. >lossOn OF this city, last night in the
Lenox Lyceum. In the great championship
game OF 500 points at the I4inch balk-ne
thereby remaining the champion Of the world
and winning the Prunswc, Bake Coc"dcr COmpai -
silver llinch balk-llne championship cup u money
stake OF $1,000 and the net box Office receipts The
contest between the champion and the famous New
York billiard PLAYER attended 10y great crowd. Who
appatded enthusiastically whenever particularly good
play was made. which every few minutes.
Before play was called all the seats had been sold at
the box onice, and people who wished TO the
game We're forced to procure tickets from The sp"cu-
latorS who tlronged The sidewalk. TIE crowd surgcd
through The doors and quickly filed all the seats aud
standing room. When the gume began the tiers Of
seats which were ranged each OF The four sides Of
the table were crowded with excited men, with q
woman here and there. In almost every box there
were one or Two women, WHO seemed rs much in
terested I'm the big match : the wildly cheering
In the crowd were Dudley Kavsnagh. Colonel NJ.
Geary. ex Champion John DAILY. Richard Roach,
Thomas Rogers. Frank Clark, Miles Farrer, Judge
lslake j. J. Doyle, Randolph Heiser. ex-Commodorc
Kane, Chester. G7lswOld. i. V. = eddie
J. j. lyslop, Frederick stenway. David John
son, \. Miller. DR.. Asch, Philip Dwyer and
J. Murray In the match game between the big
knights Of the in Chickeng Hall last fall SlOssOn
DtdJ inc cudHlplOi ana the games DclWctu lncH
match and championship, stood Is to Il In favor OF
schaefer. The betting before the game was to
for the Champion
Schaefer the bank for ball and first play. and
took the spotted ball. At % O'Clock Pincus Levy
Of Philadelphia the referee put the ball In play. and
Schacfer began by making miss Slosson managed
10 make Two ami the Chicago champion again
failed to The largest run in the first
five inning made by SlosSOn in the fhh-37. In The
teuih Schaefpr made five successive difficult
shots, which called forth storm Of applause. Slos-
son made four cushon-carror shots and made a run
o 60. the highest far in tho game and 81 ahead
Of Schaefcr. At O'Clock the stood Schaeer 192
Sos,ol 1911. Tho fist OF 100 was made
in the sixteenth inning by the Chicago champion and
at Just 10 O'Clock. The made in eight
minutes. and a howl of delight rent the air. When
Schacfcr finished his inning. six minutes later he had
made a run OF 80 and nlnety-ope ahead OF his
opponent. This the biggest OF the evening and
a thunder OF applause and yelS shook the building.
The highest which sclaefer managed to make after
that WAS IOl In the twenty. first Inning lie made
one OF the best shots Of the evening i'll the twenty
third inning-a double cushion carrombank: slosson
who secm'd to be somewhat " ratified braccd up
I'm the twcnty.,xth inning and made nun OF 1i9 In
fourteen mnute-. When he reached the iOo-mark the
air rang with louder cry than greeted the
100 run ~ Chicago player, and when lie failed on
an easy bank grosn went up. but IL was followed
by applause and cheers. Sch8cfer made an extremely
difficult kiss shot on the cushion at one hall the length
OF the table The applause which followed almo, raised
the roof In fact. al through the evening the crowd
was most generous ~ applause and encouraged the
PLAYERS After his big SlOssOn seemed t. lose
nerve and missed comparatively easy shots In an
cXaspertng way for his hackers and the crowd began
TO thin out A. that Slc,,n had small hope OF
coming ont ahead The score at this time, II y. m was
GOO 10 80 in favor ~ >chacier. The game dragged
on with small runs until al midnight this was the
score Scha.icr, 80 Slo~Son, Dol. Ten minutes hr
Schaefer made a run ~ IL aud wont out winning The
game by the 81 500 10 5D2. shout went up ana
his hacker, swaImed down the arena and siDok hi,
hand. THIS In the summary:
Schaofer-O. o. -. 3. 80. 3. o q, ?s ;. g. o. H. g.
15j g. 81 20 IOl g. 90 .. SO, 6s, II. d. IT, :. o.
), 1i-S0O.
slosson-2 5 81. IL. 81. = o. d 6j. . -, !, o, >.
~ Il. 2o-592
Average runs-schaefcr c5s; sosson. i7s. Highest
run made, l55. Schacier. Tme-3 hours AZ m!nutes