The sun., 1893-10-08
ROBERTS WINS THE MATCH.


a' nv 'Na6fH kaAHR Want
n, As.srie,a Lss Ass.rs.tis Lsss All rs-
tsrsst In the struesi.-Tewsrs the cose.
Hewever. ne Made One Han Of nee
Peints ,asd Then Gave 10 Up-Roberts
Played Fine Hi iards Towsra shs Fiaish
It,was singular coincidence OF the big in
ternational match that John Roberts. the Eng
lish champion. and Frank Ives. the American
star. finished yesterday 10 the Lenox Lyceum.
that whom the final day opened Roberts should
have been just ! 023 points ahead OF the Ameri-
can. This was his lead In their FIRST match In
London, when the Michigan boy got the balls
nearly "jawed" In an end pocket and adopted
successfully the anchor" shot catroms that
Jacob Schaefer first made famous In this conn
try Ives won that London match. and those
who know his strength at nurse catroms
would not have been surprised st all to see
him sweep away the stunning advantage that
pert. Ives himself referred jocnlafly
to the lead on Friday night and said that q
few rail runs would swamp the 1,023 points.
Ives amused himself at Maurice Daly's cafe.
after Friday nights game. making regula-
tion American carrom bali strike nine cush-
ions In flight around 5 by 10 table. It ID
great trick shot and particularly thrilling
when executed on rainy night, rs Friday
was. After he made the star fancy shot Ives
took somo nerve tonic and went to bed. His
ardent admirers expected to see some great
rail play yesterday against the able hazards
that the English champi executes with such
amazing ease.
There wasn't much promise OF good billiards
In the opening stages Of the afternoon game.
though Roberts played some pretty hazards.
nx,lN ~ h.kt 4 ia
his nlay was in dishearteninR contrast to his
stirring work OF the preceding day. He missed
shots at times that he really ought to have
made with his eyes shut they were so simple.
He redeemed this weak exhibition By o Hne
break Of 91 in the twenty second inning. Ives
was playing the rockiest kind Of billiards him.
self meanwhile. and krowled audibly at his lack
of stfanse eSasy Ia and ns'R RoSss @ = thoass
PLAYING with sort Of commonplace languor
quite quite as % ireousntlS % as hazards % to add 70 his
~, !. q .Si: !sps.a5s Il whom everybody was
iS tls. I a SSEs 5S
ms sons er With the qsheTs Msko n00idss ne
soable @ Ssnrs . ereats. % which included many ~
gan the magic nurse carroms. He lost them at
as s2sfSi Gs
Sy snsss 70 Tts
sssrs St oSl to Iyes's Slo4 Yes had pared
score:
sj$i;; s. !: + i
,;;:? s, i Y iii
i, ef.s; f1s: 81 '
ill Es;s'rss-M'r'in.f Humphreys. M'rt'r-Budd SEQ,
means eonsi der himself sure Of Victory. de- de-
s lea e. ss his when
those rail- ssS
hia They are really wonderiul:"
valsh as s. psE osrs: 81 ss &c.
termined to prevent the result WHICH he ad-
sa1ssRRs as
ss:saasly; q |. SIs H. Ssbl. When e e I las hrsd
S"s psyns sss sssn safe to bet that
checkmste. Il he could. Ivss.s mannlyrine to
e.. e vS .ds rsIsa ;IIS
Young y American. He got them. going 80 fsst
sss sS nnn Gs q sss fSSS 81 ?fs p
This sertaIply didn't look promislPg for
SF
kent up his fine hazards, and the American |
fooled Srogns the table r. insllestual siforts 70
ali to pieces after y time. Six Innings followed |
hand running without single count. Roberts |
fsRs shss eR Rs PSSas ns
Roberts to gain The
youth who had twice beaten him with ease;
He rolled up, sixty seven in the, thirty-frst |
nH1ling Hl vss sna shs score was called Roberts
There was a good deal Of applause fer Rob.
oWn o way. W and made q SCI series % Of pretty shots. @
but he ought to have played tip-top billiards
with an adversary 80 1oweEees to do anything |
ber Of clever MASSES. shots that he has been
weak on. and they won applause.
1t s hsaards Rowever Until the thfty iHH shS in
sf .S Nm III Sfss .ss. "a s:.sss
md the big Englishman proceeded without
yss sat Beside The referee the Eng
thsn he sqddsnly. irmpsd UP: caught q. rsii.
ssss as 81 E. psse' nurse
side pocket Jaw but caught them again in |
past the eornsr pSeE Ct amid roar Of spSlsuse.
4 . reached the sido pocket again with a score
of 3+S. and again lost the rail
The balls were spotted. and he counted and
sept the carroms and hazards going unit. h,
had gathsTed 39U all told. The billiard lovers
Roberts lntorpo nted one OF his startling
Jump" hazards into an end pocket, an ran
he game out directly afterward with break
in Ives's part. Ho seemed to be- thoroughly
lninterested. Roberts beat him ,202 points.
The nnal score:
Robtrts-5l. o. 10 I.a n. o. u. o. sa "a %. a.
!. q, g Z. 49, q; .I,s-l, i7aaao,G 90. & 81
rand total
ly.s-o. ~ 30 s. 10 4 @ "a, p 2aoo.oeG
q g. o. ~ o. IL. 20 o, o. o. 2 q. III. O. 3. o. g. g.
'b8. 42zo34 =, ! i.S !:s. grand total
Average-Roberts "a. l5-t1. Ives 10. $40.
High Run--RobertS 1906 Ives. 30b.
Reforeo-WilliAm Sex