The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-04
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THEF BEGIN THEIR SECOND TOUR
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CHICAGO, Dec. 3.-Ths second tournament
this season between the billiard giants, Jacob
Schaefer and Frank G. Ives. began this evening,
at Central Music Hall before All audience Of only
moderate size. In the boxes there were . num-
Der Of ladies. hut the fair sex does not appear to
manifest the usual interest in the game. Cap
Arson. the baseball player, was selected as ref
cree and charley Mathews was scorer.
Schaefer won the bank and chose the black
ball. lie missed the first shot, and left the
worries in easy position for Ives. The Young
Napoleon pulled them together and then scat
tered them. scoring only five ON the set up. lie
missed a dificult draw. Schaefer again failed
TO score, and Ives made q neat follow kiss.
Thea he piled up twelve rather pretty billiards,
including another follow kiss and two difficult
draws. He lost control of the balls on a bad
poke. Schsefer got hold Of the worries in his
third attempt and made 80. Of which %
were piled up rs fast as the marker could
count them. After getting the balls at anchor
he slipped up on an easy cushion draw. In the
same inning Ives pulled together fourteen shots.
and left the balls in bad position for the wiz
ard. who missed and left Ives a set up. lie
took no advantage OF the opportunity, however,
making but B..
IN the NTH inning SCtaeier scored %. Tie
got the balls in anchor on the fourth shot and
kept them there for s points. His twenty-hfth
shot was a beautiful kiss from the cushion.
lie was not in the best kind OF shape. how
ever. and had hard work holding the balls
together. His hftieth shot was a brilliant
masse, following 1t Immediately with a difficult
draw that brought the balls together into the
lower left-hand corner. They froze on the
ffty-ffth shot, and Jake missed ON q bank,
leaving the worries in easy position for Ives, who
made only .. Schaefer could not count In the
sixth inning. although he made a brilliant draw
across. the table. and Ives poked out an even
dozen from the leave.
In the eighth inning Schaefcr made a
number Of brilliant shots. including massG..
hard drives. &c. and u number VI draws the
length Of the table, the net result being IS, lie
out Of balk after the second shot. This gave
the Wizard the lead by Y, but Ives
piling up l21 by rapid and accurate plays. He
banked the balls a dozen times with exact pre-
audience cheered heartily. as IL was The first time
either player had made double figures. Schaeiers
next three innings Melted him Gnt a.; lie
the tenth inning Jake picked up dS and then fell
again, making a total Of but 10 IN the
continued to increase his lead, adding III in the
tenth. 10 in the eleventh, - in the twelfth; and
3To for Ives and IA for Schaefer.
From this point on Jake didn't appear to be
IN IL at any stage Oh the game. IL WAS tleaf
that he was not in his usual form.
and when the Wizard" Is out OF CON
dition" nobody can be more completely out. IN ,
the fifteenth inning he made i've little points, i
scoring once on II beautiful twice-around-the-
table shot and slipping up on an essy single
carroni. In the next inning he got a very
hard leave and made only one billiard out of IL.
Ives touched high-water mark with q run Of
ISIS. The ball. lined up and a difficult masse
spoiled the " Sapoleon's snap.
The total score OF the night was: Ives. GOO;
ll3. Ives's average was - 3-ll, and
~ 17-lS.