The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-11-14
BILLIARD CONTEST OPENS
sCHAEFER MAKES 500 To SOS FOR
FRANK C.. IVES.
The Latter Had the Best of 1t Until
the Last Run, When the Wizard
Rolls Up 120 and Wins the First
Game-The Features of the Play.

NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-THE six-day
billiard match between Jacob Schaefer
and Frank c. Ives began tonight at
Madison Square garden concert hall. The
match is for $1,000 at fourteen-inch balz
line, the anchor nurse being barred. The
game Is one of $500 points 600 points be-
ing played each night. The attendance
was not large and play began at S:25.
Budd Schofeld was marker and Capt
Arson of the Chicago base ball club acted
as referee.
Schaefer won the break and missed his
first attempt for the carom. Ives started
in with some bright playing and put up
score of thirty He broke down on
difficult masse. In the second inning Ives
ran up thfrty-eight and failed on a diff
cult draw. Jake tried double cushion
stroke, but went behind the ball and Ives,
on resuming, ran up sixty-four by care
full nursing. Schaefer then began TO play
and at fifty-one brilliant carom off three
cushions received a round OF applause.
He continued to score until he had rolled
up log points, when he broke down over
an easy shot
Ives lost no time in getting to work
again and after scoring fifteen a fluky
carom gave him a new lease of life and
he reached twenty-five, when he gave way
to the wizard. Schaefer made a carom
and gave way to the young Napoleon,
who missed. and the wizard by brilliant
play added twenty to his score.
Ives only succeeded in scoring on his
seventh inning to which Schaefer re-
sponded with twenty-five. Then Ives
broke down, after making one, and the
game at the end Of the eighth inning
was: Ives, 10; Schaefer, 1914 Jake
jumped into the lead with thirty-seven.
Score: Schaefer, POI; Ives, 10.
1t was here that Ives made a good run.
After he had scored about fifty he began
to play balk line nurse. Schaefer con-
tributed a steady run Of forty-two and
yes followed promptly with nearly
double that number. He stopped at
seventy-six. Triple figures again came
in when Schaefer had his next say. They
were very pretty billiards that he played,
and very rapidly he played them. His
figures were 10S for that inning. All
Ives got was two little ones. Schaefer
followed with seven, after which Ives
gathered eighty, bringing his total up to
4S1. Schaefer was 35S
The wizard in the cd days of straight
billiards never played more rapidly than
he did in his next inning. They were run
ming smoothly when a bit of carelessness
dOwned him at siXty-seven. Ives scored
twenty-siX, all hard ones, and yielded the
table to the wizard again, who showed
something now in corner play and licked
off forty-five without much trouble. Then
they split and he missed. Ives scored
once and missed an easy one. Jake drew
a blank. The youngster then made thir
ty-five. Schaefer secured one. Ives
poked twenty-five, making his total 56S.
The wizard finding them to his liking did
not stop counting until he had scored 129,
which ended the nights play. Score:
Schaefer-0. II, g. 0, 106, 1, 20, %, 81,
AZ. los. Z. 81. 45. O. 1, 129. Total, 6OO
Average, So SIT.
Ives-SO, s, SO, Ga, %, o, 4, I, 15S, &c,
2, so, &c. l, 80. Total, 56S.
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