New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-13
SLOSSON DEFEATS SCHAEFER.
A LARGE CROWD SEES THE SECOND GAME
OF THE BILLIARD TOURNAMENT.
CLOSE PLAY NEAR THE END OF THE coNTEs!
ARoUsEs GREAT INTEREST-sLOssoNS

CLOSE PLAY NEAR THE END OF THE CONTEST
ARoUsrs GREAT INTEREsT-sLOssoNs
SCRATCH PROvOKEs LAUGH.
The second game In the series Of six which VIII
be played in the great triangular tournament PC
tween Frank C. Ives, Jacob Schaerer ana oeorse
F. slosson. was played last night at 'ne 'aAN''o''
Square Garden Concert Hall.
AS on Monday night. the fourteen-ihcn oaik "ne
game was played, 600 points up. The eontestants'
the old rivals-Jacob Schaefer and George =. Sios-
son-were presented to the spectators oy Maur'ce
DAILY at SIS. George Moulton was CHOSEN referee
and Budd Schofeld. marker. City OFFICIALS eiuo-
men, DOCTORS merchant-princes lawyers, heh-aoou'-
town. and boys from "de Bowery.' all sat TOT
hours watching the spheres as they Foheu' ="
sponsve to the dextrous work Of the two experts
Slosson won the bank, chose the white paii' e&-
changed his coat for the brown cardigan JacNe'
he wore at the first game. began work In MS sio"
deliberate way made fifty points, ana then ih''Seu
schaefer in a black jacket with shiny SIX FIX
sleeves and silk handkerchief tucked d. IN ef ts
wastcoat played and missed. Slosson MADE ni.y
eight his second inning, and when ne m,Ssgv
schaefer made his first count he Payet bis nne
teenth-and from that time his stroke was sure;
and kept the balls at the lower rail- TN ne s
balls all in a bunch was a master stroke, but ne
failed on one just like it after his sdUt
Slosson followed with thirtyeight points making KIM
some beautiful shots and missing an easy caron'
simply because the ball had not force enough
didn't have the legs" ,., IT,.
Schaefers third inning was Disappointing. ne
made but fourteen points out OF gooa was on
the road to a big run on the fourth inning wh T
n kiss cut him short at twenty-seven, Schasiel
then did some good work which at times was
nothing short Of brilant-all at the upper RAJ, ran
a two-cushion shot Slosson maze one on e MS
nth and Schacfer followed with twenty-five.
Slosson scored his first zero In the sixth INNING
Schaefer followed with twenty-seven, anu wren
he fell on the twenty-eighth his pail stoppinixS
within n hair s-breadth Of the carom a loud On
Of disappointment went up from the spectators
In the seventh inning the most notewor.hy, pous
was the fourth one scored by Slosson whicn was
scratch" at which everybody laughed: put y
netted him seventeen points. and Schaeler earheu
SIossons ninth inning brought the hrst three.
figure score of the evening Al tne pesnIiilS ~, 20
the thirteenth inning there was dinerence OF Iy
in the scores Sosson having 367 10 MS creolt anu
Schaefer 267 Schaefer wiped out this majority amio
great applause In the thirteenth inning
and reached its climax in the eighteenth inning Il,
when Slosson made ninety-s points "nich sar
him only three go. and then missed Scnae is
was nervous and DID not or could not make me me
most OF the opportunity left him ne maze , ous
noint 10 go half the audience standing ana ex.
cited Again Schaefer lost his chance ne MADE i nu'
two points and then Slosson made MS oOtn pony.
giving him an average OF thirty. Inc game vac
not 80 brilliant the first OF the series put Tow
ard the last much more exciting Inc score "
innings follows:
slosson-so 49, SO. q. 1. O. IT, 8 l2s. 2 a. H. 3D.
o. II. 8, 90. .. ZOO.
schaefer-O So H. a. %. q. 0. 49, IS. A. l. 2 III
25 e5. o. "a. 2-oi3.