St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-24
NAPOLEON ives is AHEAD.
The SCORE E0w STANDS IVES 2.4e5,
SCRzEF- 3 2225.
THE uEzaEB LOSES HIS GRIP.

It Was the Napoieon's Night. aGd
He Played the Prettiest Nurs-
ing Innfag of the Series-At
One Time He Scored 296, |
Breaking on a short Cushion
Draw.
CHICAGO. Nov. 23.-Schaefer set
another hot pace at Music hail tonight
IN his billiard contest with Napoleon
Frank c. Ives. The reports of last
nights brilliant playing drew a crowd
this evening that filled all the desirable
seats.
SehaefeT went II work as if he meant
to increase his read, and he did it in his
wizard way. When The game was called
last night be had up III on an unfinished
run. He continued it tonight with
the balls in an Indifferent posi-
ton near the lower end. He R1rsed
them TO the center of the table over TO
the side rail. across the table again, and
slowly bat surely edged them TO the
lower Tight-baRd corner. aud got An
anchor position in his coveted spot. 1t
" o. l4El x i4E maui OfCA --yD idSt ili-alS
without budging one OF the object balls
from the desired position. and il looked
as if lie might HOW repeat the perform
aDce But his nerve was not so steady
nor his touch so delicate, and after L
points on the anchor the balls broke.
He then had D.. ana he increased this to
81 in open play tefore he sat down.
Ives Starred ia with ali air OF business.
bat fell down on the seventh shot In
stead OF taxing a cushion. lie choose a
long HaSsr Tor sake of position. II was
the first luaSse he missed since the
game isegaIi tuesday night. Barring a
run Of = ia the fourth inning. Schaefer
did practically nothing from then until
the JenIA inning.
Ives got little torpid, too. and there
was considerable desultOTy playing on
both sides, although ives scored 102 in
the sixth by pure SIKH, breaking Oh
kiss sECl dead from the cushion. The
black anu white aiternated pretty rap
Idly after that for few innings.
Then Ives recovered his master
stroke, and IN an all-0ver-the-table play
scored ~. For the second time during
the game he WAS again ahead of his
antagonist. the total score standing:
Ives. l,ol6; Schaefer, l,159.
This example put Schaefer on his
metIle bit. ana his next inning, the
eleventh. Witnessed some peerless po-
sition plays. He rolled them in all
directions, bat the object balls invaTi-
ably stopped nearly in position. After
making fUTty-twU in this way, he failed
on lAe easiest shot of the series. The
game was slow after that, excepting the
master shot OF the game 10y Ives, who,
having ali three balls in a line on the
1ravfar,EaH ha1f q
first oujecI ball lightly on the top, and
scored on The other gracefully, six
inches away. amid great applause.
Sch2Sfer did not follow I'D his squirt.
He got Iameniably weak again, and
manifested a lack o. confidence in him.
sell. FROM the fourth inning TO the
sixteenth his Total score was s., and "A
OF tie were made IN two innings. 1t
was by this Tine almost settled fact
that it was the NapOleOn's night. and he
cInched That conclusion by taking the
cue and playing the pTettiesi
nursing innings OF the whole
series. lie scored 296, breaking
oil short cushion draw. shot be had
made three dozen times during this run.
Wa!cn placed him ahead Of the Wizard
364 points oU the whole game and 494 Oh
The evening play. Schaefer strength
eued MS play 10y hard Flooding IRON
the seventeenth inning. He made NJ
great runs. bat his average was high
Tor ten innings. After that the playing
on both SIDES averaged small, b0tf
men complaining that the ball:
rolled InaccuTately, Owing 10 {
dTaught some thoughtless janitor haC
admitted. The game then ran along
like boys zane from then until th'
close. Ives got to one point of the fnisl
by small runs, and he used three in
nings getting that point. He ant
ScHaefcr aiternated with ciphers.
IUn3Eht's score: ives, 907; Schaefer
62o.
fetal score three nights play: Ives
2,4y0; Scaaefef, 2,25S.
average tonight. Ives. IS 7-S5
SciIae!eF, = $3.50. Score by innings:
Ives, -. 81, !. 0. IO2. 0. 10. 0. 100,
i, Z. :. IS, -96, I, 81. 0, IS, 0, 50, l, -,
:. -. ,, q, o, Is. Il. 0. 0, l-9S7.
SchaetcT-s7, 0, {, IS. l. 0. /, !. !. /. 4:
@. d. o. -. I, i, -. 70. ", 81, I. 30, IS. L
=. o, !. o, !, o. j, ), o, 0. 0. 14-62S.