St. Paul daily globe., 1893-01-08
THE REBER EMBLEM.

After the jewel becomes the property
of club, it will be played for by the
individual members of the club, as in
the original series of games.
Next Saturday night ROXey will draw
to see who will play the first game, and
a regular schedule will then be made
out.
The rules are:
Eight-round pieces or weights of
brass, marked A and b, to distinguish
the opponents, are used. Each shall
weight one pound, and they are about
two inches in diameter and half inch
thick, and are fine castings and per-
fectly smooth Oh the bottom.
Before beginning play the surface of
the board shall be sprinkled with very
fine sand and perfectly dry.
About five inches from the end of the
board a straight line shall be drawn.
parallel with the ends. This is called
the ''duco" line.
About five feet from the end of the
board is drawn the hog" line, and all
ton must be taken off. All pieces over
the duce line count two, and ifa piece
hangs over the end of the board it is
| called ship and counts three. When,
at the end Of the round. no piece is over
the duce line, then that piece nearest
the same shall count one.
In four-handed game one opponent
| from each side must stand at the end of
the board, not changing from one end Of
the board to the other, as in a regular
game, but remain as they started. shov-
| ing the pieces alternately, the winning
man at either end always leading off.
When piece rebounds from the end
| of the board, said piece does not count
and must be taken off.
All pieces gong into the gutter do not
count and must be taken off; but when
| piece leans against the board it counts
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| The teams entered in the Press shuf-
| fieboard tournament are constituted as
| follows:
Pioneer Press-Capt. Cochran, Seixas,
| Woodward, McNamee; substitutes,
Williams and Miller.
Globe--Capt. Black, Clifford, Ward,
Ryder; substitutes, Koch and Kemp.
Dispatch-Capt.C Chantler, Fedderman,
| Hawks, Melady.
News-Capt. Wood, Deacon, Sawyer,
| Vandiver; substitutes, Sherin and Lee.
The tourney will be conducted under
the management of Billy" McKivitt.
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There has been no excitement among
| the local billiard players for some time,
| but before the close OF the present
month the ivory orbs Will be clicking
music at Foley's to the stroke Of some
of the speedieSt st. Paul amateurs. 1t
will be the opening of the annual event
given by the veteran manager Of the
| better class of sports and healthful pas
times. Thomas Foley. 1t will be a tour
nament for the amateur championship
of st. Paul, and handsome and costly
gold medal emblematic of the grand
! game will constitute the first prize. The
first game will occur Tuesday, Jan. "A,
and the entries will close the previous
Saturday, and all entries should be filed
with MI. Foley.
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AS has been explained In these col
umns, this tournament will be depart
ure from all previous events on the bill
| lard table. Hitherto it has been
deemed necessary TO give point handi-
caps in order to euualize the speed of
the contestants. Mr.. Foley has been
experimenting with number of his pa
irons who may be likely candidates for
| local championship, and he has found
| that the S-inch balk line serves the pur-
pose with astonishing rlcety. The ex-
| pertinent, indeed. has demonstrated that
there are fully dozen st. Paul anna
| teurS, among whom IL would De exceed
ingly difficult for the shrewdest guesser
to select with any degree or certainty
the winner. Nor could one guess
which will be last. And it will be a
genuine championship. The player re-
ceivng a handicap allowance should
scarcely be considered real champion
in the event of his winning a tourna-
ment. He is simply champion at the
odds he had received. This fact will
lend additional interest and zest to the
series.
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The winner of the medal shall be con-
sidered the master amateur while the
emblem is in his possession, but the
winner must successfully defend the
title three times in order to have the
badge pass to his possession perma-
nently. Then the winner is rightfully
the champion until new championship
shall have been created. But this en-
bem is only a first prize. AS is his
usual custom, he will give two additional
prizes, or a second and a third more
properly speaking. Just what these
will be has not yet been decided.
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The games will consist of 100 points