The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-18
From Sundays Second Edition.)
All Billiard Records Broken.

NEW YORK, Dec l6.-The largest crowd
OF the week assembled at Madison-square
Garden concert hall tonight to see the
closing game in the great Schaefer-Slosson-
Ives tournament. Schaefer and Ives played,
and the game was the final and decisive one
or the contest.
The game was not begun until S:45 o'clock,
and the audience became extremely impa-
tent before the men appeared. William
the week, was the referee. Schaefer won
the b. and chose the spot ball. He was
fallen into his stroke almost immediately,
although he only contrived to pick up
The bas were H e in 8er bad wav fo
Ives, and he failed to count. Schaefer
sailed in greatly in earnest and pulled out
simple cushion carom. Ives got them near
the upper rail. and began to get interested
in a nice exhibition of balk-line nursing.
He became SO interested, in fact, that he
failed TO get the balls out of balk after
making 80. The score then 70 SO in
his favor. Schaefer and Ives were both APP
parently determined. Schaefer failed to
count. and Ives, who apparently in a
state of lasstude, rolled them around for
ten and stopped on miscue. For the Sec
ond time Schaefer failed to hit the object
ball, and there were some groans over the
poor playing when Ives made only four.
In the tenth shot he got the balls securely
anchored on the lower rail- and he began
TO play the nurse with superb lightness
that he had not before displayed during
the weeks games. He used his cue as deli
cately feather, and the worries seemed
scarcely to move under the magic touch.
Young Ives brought his teeth down hard
on his mouthful or chewing gum when the
wizard passed the one-hundred mark, but
Jake went right on with the work, encour-
aged by the terrific plaudits of the crowd
whenever he made quarter of a hundred.
When he passed the two-hundred notch
cheers rang out all over the hail. When
Schaefer still perfectly fresh, and with a
grim sort of a smile on his face, passed the
three-hundred mark the assemblage rose
as one man and shouted for fully five min
utes. If he could only hold the miraculous
position Schaefer would equal, IL not sur
pass. the big anchor nurse run of 456,
made by Ives in the Chicago tournament
From side to side Of the table he walked,
hopping his forehead, but cool and i'm
perturbable. When he had completed $780,
hoarse Jake walked to where his attendant
was waiting and took another quaff from
the teacup.
With renewed nerve he went back to the
table and began again. Every man in the
crowd had his pencil out keeping tab.
Ives occasionally would rise from his seat
and step rapidly to the table, looking at
the balls eagerly for a minute as though
to question the legitimacy of their posi-
tion but tnere WIS b no halls mep might ,i e ~
have been glued to the table. They were
simply anchored" in the literal sense Of
''Three hundred and ninety-three," called
out the marker, and the crowd, In an UNI
speakable state, of excitement, began to
1t came and the roar that followed was
not to be suppressed for another five min
utes. Meanwhile Schaefer TOOK short
uuaff of ice water and went back to the
table. Ives never took his eyes from the
table as the scoring went on.
-Four hundred and fifty-five, called SEQ
field his voice Il little tremulUus. Another
count and the worlds high balk-line run
would be tied. Schaefer stood still for a
-Four hundred and fifty-six," almost
shouted the popular Bud"
y Of qT fpi9 not oe mh @af s te
exhibitions Of themselves as they did when
this announcement was made. They were
not content with giving forth meaningless
wells from their lungs, but they stood on
their seats and waved their arms wildly
about The women waved their handker-
chiefs in . JOY which they only felt by
contagion. Schaefer did not wait an in
slant. bit made another stroke with the
wonderrul cue and went on with his work.
When he got to $50, Schaefer was tired.
His movements from one side to the other
OF the table were labored. The perspira-
ton poured from his forehead and his big
white Six handkerchief was almost con-
stantly in action. Sixteen more We're need
ed. He made sixty in the same space of
Five hundred and sixty-hve,' rolled OUT
scofeld. again impassive; sehaefer wiped
and looked at the table intently:
Five hundred and siXty-siX." 1t was over.
Ives boted for the ante-room. Schaefer
struggled TO get away, but he was corralled
his exhibition shots in view of the compare
tive shortness of the evenings game. He
was under strain such as few men are put
TO, but he courteOusiy acquleSced. The
crowd sat down, under great excitement,
and watched him throw the balls on the rail
with his cue and bring them back TO carom,
make masse shots the length of the table,
make double-cue drives and follows, make
shots such as only a man who is born to
that sort of thing could dream of accom-
plishing. The crowd then went away sat-
isfied that Schaefer had proven himself the
master, but 1t was the consensus of opinion
that the anchor nurse is henceforth doomed
in big billiard contests Schaefer beat the
worlds record in his big run, having out
done Ives by clean no He also beat the
average attained by the great Vignaux, of
France, which has never been equaled here
tofore. That average was IS. Schaefer's
average tonight, in six innings. was just
exactly 100. Ives. who only scored 80 in his
five innings, averaged 10 Score:
Schaefer-l2, IA. 8, 0, o, 566-6OO
Ives-O 80. 8. 10. 80