Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-24
IVES GAINS THE LEAD.
Steady Playing of the Champion Puts
Him Ahead of Schaefer.

Champion Ives took the lead in the BIZ
lard match at Chicago for 5000 last night.
His scoring $50 points on Wednesday night
to SO by Schaefer put him within easy
striking distance of the wizard. his total
being LIB to LOCO when Wednesday night 5
play ended, There was a much larger at
tendance of billiard lovers. More than 900
people had their eyes riveted on the green
baize battle-ground of the champion and the
wizard billiardist.
Schaefer left off Wednesday night with
an unfinished run of Ill and ahead of Ives
by 81 points. The worries were in easy posi-
ton to resume operations with the cues,
and the wizard picked out 81 easily at the
anchor nurse and open-table billiards. This
gave him d run of 19S for the whole inning.
Ives friends and hackers were in the
majority last night. and gave him all the
applause he deserved for his brilliant play
ing. He kept ahead of Schaefer on the
nights score. and by hard cushion and di-
rect carom work piled up runs of 1O2, 296
and 10.
His last break. made in the tenth inning,
put him 81 points ahead of Schaefer on the
grand total, the score standing 1,S16 for the
white and 1,159 for the black.
The announcement of Ives lead was graft
flying to the spectators and put the wizard
on his mettle, but il evidently was not his
night to play billiards.
After his first play Schaefer did not seem
to be able to catch mis- stroke except in the
fourth inning, when he made a break of
5S. mostly at close range. In six innings
his cue and skill combined only increased
his score by points, and his friends began
to look at him anXiously.
Ives was in great form and showed by his
superb execution in the sixteenth inning
that he was a master at the art of billiard
playing.
Every conceivable kind of a shot was
made by the cool, calculating, machine-like
player, and he came near breaking the
great high run record of ;i43 made by Schae-
fer Wednesday night. As it was he rolled
up 296 without having the balls at the
anchor nurse any length of time He ex-
ecuted the first jump shot OF the match
along the rail the only way out of a
bad hole and was loudly cheered.
Extremely difficult masse shots and fine
open table play were conspicuous features
of this big run, which was brought to an
end by missing an easy draw.
1t left him 3I4 points ahead of the wizard,
however, the score standing 2,2U1 to / .s33.
Schaefer wore an anxious frown and con-
tinued TO play poorly.
Schaefer did better toward the latter part
of the game, and finished 1I2 points behind
Ives. The first iIl-feeling was developed
between the players during a dispute as
to whether the balls were in the balk line,
and when Referee Rhines decided against
Ives the spectators took sides.
Following is the score by innings:
Schaefer-1 600; 81, q. g. -, |, o, l, l, 1, 4.
~, D, 3. D. -, 1, Il, -, ~ g. 81 l. 81, IS, Is,
40, ., 4, ., 1, 5, U, o. %. IL. Total, 2,22S Total
for night ti2S High run, 81.
Iyes-1,Jl3; I, ~, 81, /, a. 1U2, D, IL, o, 40
.. II, 4, Z, 6j 2'6, /. 81, o. SO, o, 30, l. -. Z.
2, 10, =, o, .. q, H. o. q, l. Total, =, 100 Total
for night, SS7. High run, 29G.
Schaefers average for night, Il 1896
grand average, - 25-SS
Ives average for night, - 1875; grand
average, - 1856.