The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-13
IVES WAS TOO STRONG
Wins Again from SlOssOn After
the Game Was All but Lost.
The New Yorker Got i'm a Run of IA,
and at One Time Led the Young
Napoleon by Nearly $50 Points.


second time in the balk-line billiard tour
nament tonight, this time under conditions
more favorable to the New Yorker, who
was completely showed under last Tuesday
night by Ives's big run Of 4S7, made almost
entirely with the anchor nurse. Tonight
the anchor was barred and Slosson felt
that he had living chance at the all-round
game His play up to the sixth inning
Tuesday night when Ives shut him out
with the big run, was good enough to have
hurried any player with the anchor barred.
SloSson having won the bank and missed
the lay-off shot, Ives cornered the balls
on his first shot and started off at rat
ting good pace, but soon lost his hold and
sat down at nineteen on easy spread.
He let go on the same kind of shot at
his next opening While in the third inn
ing he got sewed up on a bad line break.
with his own ball jawed. Slosson started
off with unusual slowness, even for him.
For his first four innings he had plenty
of opportunities, but could hardly make a
shot TO suit him His fifth inning showed
some Improvement, his run Of thirty-nine
being we'll played for the most part, though
characterized by imperfect force. He had
now taken the lead, 90 to Y. In the seventh
inning the score stood: Slosson, 100; Ives, AZ.
set-up in the lower right hand corner, but
let go at seven on safe shot beginner
could make The balls were left very safe,
however. and the young Napoleon got an
other benefit in the shape of a good leave,
and he set to work to do something
with 1t. At seventy he had the anchor,
but did not use half his allowance of ten
shots He now struck a smoother gait, and
was trotting very fast. His 100-mark was
passed with the balls we'll in hand, but
freeze and bank split them at 121, and at
124, after a very poor drive, he missed
hard cushion shot Score: Ives l6l; SloS-
son, 105.
In his twelfth inning Slosson did some
very neat balk line nursing for siXty-four,
and seemed likely to make an important
run, but unaccountably slipped up on the
of this inning gave a fine exhibition of
open-table nursing, hating on slow follow
for lack of force. The run or flfty-nlne car
ried him TO 241 and Slosson 154
Slosson found the balls ready punched and
showed his appreciation of the fact by do
ing his very best work thus far. After some
elegant short drive nursing with an occa-
sional longer journey, he at last scattered
the balls and failed on tough two-cushion
attempt His run was siXty-seven, and the
score now stood-Ives, 241; Slosson 221.
In his fifteenth inning Slosson stepped to
the front for the first time, leading on with
a magnificent long shot around the table
for position, which he got to perfection His
fortieth shot was long and extremely haZ-
ardous bank, which he would have missed,
fulness for this prize playing was exhibited
by some superb playing. in which he showed
a perfect stroke ,O and -, rare iudgmen IT,
the tournament. the audience, cheered
heartily. On he went with close
drive and never stopped until at IA a hard
him: He had now gained a strong lead,
Hard breaks stopped his sixteenth inning
at eight. his ninth being kiss which de-
prved him of "a COUNT p Ives IN MS sot SIX x
but froze at twenty, and missed an out
and-in masse. Slosson again found the
balls in heap. but could only get twenty
two out of them. In his eighteenth he
failed on an easy masse to the cushion, and
quit at seven, when the outlook was most
barren innings while Slosson
was reaping his harvest and
I'm his half of the eighteenth set to work in
dead earnest. He found the balls in easy
shape and held them for a long time in the
upper right hand corner, using the balk
anchor all right but cast 1t overheard
forthwith, preferring the open sea to shoals.
He was playing balk line billiards at it's
but strangely decided to smash his position
out of all shape when there was not the
slightest need of 1t, and so fell down at
16. Score: SloSSon, 402; Ives. 36S.
Then followed two blanks on either side.
due to effective safety play, but in his
twenty-first Ives broke the deadlock with
at seven on easy draw. Both men were
letting go rather slight proVocation
just now, as both seemingly felt the stage
was a critical one. Ives, in his twenty
fourth inning, got a nice break in the lower
left hand corner and worked 1t for eight
cen before changing TO the opposite side,
but in getting out of balk he scattered the
balls and quit at twenty-Seven. SlosSons
failure on an easy maSSe cut him OF at nve.
A rank scratch on his second shot saved
lyes's life in the twenty-fifth, which he
began with AIS against 456 for Slosson. Ives
now resumed the lead with a well-piayed
run of 1O4 which ended with a. freeze and
a missed bank. Score: Ives, 5l9; Slosson,
|, 456.
There was poor play and easy fall downs
on both sides for the next few innings until
the thirtieth. Ives ran Sc and was now with
in sixteen points of his 6U0, while Slosson
lacked lie. He managed to gather 70 in his
thirty-frst inning, but ended by leaving
set-up and Ives set in for 16 and the game,
but was kissed off at Q. Slosson opened the
thirty-second with half dozen hard stots
and then had the balls in good nursing
shape but failed at 46 on an easy draw,
leaving Ives to go, which he made at
midnight Score:
Sosson-O, /, 6, 4, 80, 3s. IL. 5. o, 5. o. "A,
81, o. ia. s. %, T. 6. 0, 3d. q, 3, ., 2, l, g. 2S,
20, 1852.
l. o. 90 0. 100, 0. o. Z, 2, H. q, 1Oi, o. 5, 2, 2,
Sc. 8. 800.
Averages-Slosson. II 9-16; Ives, 1881.
High runs-Slosson, IA; Ives. 124.
Schaefer and Ives play tomorrow night.