The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-09-15
FRANK IVES GETS O
Says that yignaax. GARNER. FourniI. sad
Cure May Play Here.

Frank Christian Ives, the young Napoleon Of
billiards. got home yesterday on the Augusta
Victoria, after a seven months sOjourn abroad,
looking healthy and hearty, and wearing an ex-
traordinary straw hat that he got In Paris, but
which he quickly called in when he got TO his
hotel in the thriving Tenderloin district. The
young stars arrival took everybody in the bill
lard world by surprise, as II was understood that
he was still in Berlin crossing cues and easily
beating the German billiard champions. Ives had
announced in a letter TO Maurice DAILY that he
was going TO bring a novelty back with him. He
was reticent yesterday about this novelty, but il
10 certain. all the same, that the novelty In Ques-
ton Is a French billiard star. Although Ives
does not say so, there is every reason To believe
that FOurnil and Cure have signed for an
American engagement this fall and that ives
negotiated matters for them.
Fournil is the player Of whom Schaefer said.
on his return from Paris about three weeks ago,
that he was the most promising player in Eu-
rope. Ives brings back a letter from Albert Gar
nier. written in English, in which GARNER states
that Vignaux, the French champion. is willing
To visit America and play again, provided he
receives $4,000 and q three months engage
claim all prize money that he may win
In case he takes part in any public
even for such a player as yignauK. and he may
not come. Albert GARNER has arranged, IL APP
pears, TO come with him. Uarnler, VINO - well
known To the old-timeFs, has always had a de-
sire TO revisit this city, where he made a bust
ness and a financial success a decade ago. Car
nier is now well OF, and Is playing good bill
Ives, besides the news OF the probable arrival
of hrst-clAss foreign talent, brought with him a
lot OF souvenirs OF his trip abroad. One OF these
was a six-legged French table and five French
billiard cues, one OF them a present from Four
nil. All these cues weigh about twenty ounces
proving that French billiaTdists hAbitually play
with heavier cues than are ordinarily used IN
dne sets OF billiard balls. ives started for Eu-
rope on Feb. 81 last. He played SchasfeT in
R0berts's Egyptian Hall direstly after his
SchAefeT became partners until the Minister
OF the Interior ordered all public games upon
which billiard lovers wAgered money N the
this onicial introduction OF the games that -four
ished formerly without interference Is permA-
nent. and that II has killed the old style OF pro-
f~essiOnal billiard exhl6itlonsin the French capt.
In Paris Ives met VignauX twice in private,
defeating him in a 800 point game al l4-lnch
balk line and again At three-e1shlon c9rEom
SscaSs a public match, but the FrenchmAnd de-
clined 70 play. When the onicial order stopped
play in Paris Ives went % CAlsoad, took he
cure there for . awhile, and then went 20 Berlin.
He said last night that Berlin Is the hyellest
sort VI a place for billiards, and that when he
goes abroad again he will surely play there
hsnt had there SH tRst he had 70 decline
because he couldn't postpone his departure on
account OF the Tremendous rush or returning
night between sexton and Mclaughlin At Days
cademy. He will be In town for = week or
more, aud he will In all probability give e1hibl,
mother returned Sith him He has not yet
made any plans for the future. He thought
some time ago Of settling IN this city Psrm4-
neatly, but this project may b As~aaoAsd