The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-09
THE WIZARD IN FORM
Winsthe First Chicago Game from
SlOssOn by 600 to 206.
High Run Was PIG, with Plentiful
Amount of Delicate Anchor Nurse
Ply that Pleased the Crowd.

CHICAGO, Jan. 8-Central Music Hall
was well filled tonight at the opening of
the second section Of the three-cornerei, IA
inch, balk-line billiard tournament between
Jacob Schaefer, Frank c. Ives and George
F. Slosson. The first section was played
in New York three weeks ago and was
ended in a blaze of brilliancy when in the
concluding game Schaefer made his unpar-
alleled run of 566 and average Of 100, beat
ing Ives GOO to 80. The terms of the pres
enI tournament are sweepstakes of s1,500,
of which winner takes all. while net door
receipts are divided into 80, 30 and 20
per cent, respectively. Cordial applause
greeted the appearance of the three con-
testants. Capt Adrian Anson the cele-
brated ballplayer, who is also high class
amateur at billiards, has been chosen as
tournament referee. His massive form
showed to conspicuous advantage in full
evening dress while his familiarity with
foul lines, missed balls, etc, gave ample
assurance of as competent judgment on the
green cloth as on the green diamond.
At $40 o'clock Schaefer and Slosson
banked for the lead which Schaefer won
and as usual chose the black bail. He
scored the lay off, but missed the sec
ond shot through lack of force leaving
good bunch, out OF which Slosson ex-
tracted but four, ta1llng on an easy One-a
cushion shot. Play on both sides was weak
and faulty for time, neither seeming TO get
his stride. In the fifth inning Sclaefer in
four shots got the anchor on the end rail
at the head of the table, and with the balls
astride Of the line made twenty-four before
he lost ,th the ". valued p1stipn by too much n
on half misscue and. left the balls hud-
died for Slosson, but he was doing ragged
work anu got but out Of it; It was
not until the eighth inning that Slosson
showed anything like form, and even then
many of his drives were faulty in speed,
but by, good execution and careful appli,,
by good general play ran g. Score: Slos-
son, los; Schaefer, si.
run of 80. but line breaks were his down
fall. In the tenth inning he sailed forth
once more and at 10 had the balls anchored
when a drive to the side regained the no.
too much space between the red and white
with mass sent his ball out and back
and counted: This lost him the anchor.
however, and he was obliged 70 rely upon
quiste skill, using the corners and sides
with great effect. At 81 he got xthe anchor
once more, but not exactly to suit him., and
balls under absolute control. In six shots
he had the nurse again. only TO lose and
an the more beautiful because of
the big variety and the big audi
ence enjoyed Ii keenly. At 155
he had the two object balls frozen to the
rail and to each other, and, with that mar
velous touch. the like of which the world
has never seen, he kept on as though he
would never stop. For time Slosson
stood near the table and watched, but then
went and sat down with an amused smile
on his face. which seemed to say, What
'can't be cured must be endured" At 1S9
the anchor was abandoned, and at 2l6
Schaefer stopped on a long left-hand reach
which caused him to miscue Score:
Schaefer. $50: Slosson. log.
THE good break which Slosson inherited
yielded him but nineteen. The Wizard
was still in the humor for billiards and
danced away with fine assortment of
pretty things in which some regular balk-
line nursing was greatly relished by the
spectators. AT 106 he failed on a hard
cross-table cushion carom and his total
was now 436, against 125 for Slosson. Then
the student rallied with thirty-three, which
Schaefer offset with thirty-five. Both men
were moderate in producing results for the
next two innings, though Schaefer, in the
fourth, turned upon his last string. Score:
sos to 1872
In his next inning Schaefer was in a fair
way to end the game, when he sat down
at twelve, through failure to get the balls
out of balk. Slosson had meanwhile put
together a ragged collection of forty,
which brought his total up to 202. With the
air of a man who proposed to close the en-
tertainment then and there, Schaefer, in his
sixteenth inning, proceeded to run out the
game with eighty very neat and attractive
billiards. Score:
35, 10, is, u, so Total, 600. Average. S71z.
Highest run, 2l6
Sosson-4. 0. o. 2, II, 10. /, 81. 1. 10. 80. 4.
0, 40, l. Total, 2O6. Average, 13 1l-l6 High
est run, 81.
Dlay tomorrow night