St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-09
WIZARD AN EASY WINNER.
THE STUDENT BEATEN BY NEARLY
FOUR HUNDRED.
THE TOURNAMENT is BEGUN

The Three Cornered Contest
Opens in Chicago in Music
HaIl-Capt. AnsOn Acted as
Observation-Disclosures Makes the
Six Hundred While Slosson
Scores Two Hundred and Six.
CHICAGO. Jan. S.-Central Music hall
NaS well filled tonight at the opening of
the second section of three-cornered
fourteen-inch balk line billiard tourna-
ment between Jacob Schaefer, Frank C.
Ives and George f. SloSson. The first
section was played in New York three
weeks ago, and was ended i'll a blaze OF
brilliancy, when in the concluding
game, Schaefer made his unparalleled
run of 500 and average of 100, beating
Ives six hundred to fifty. The terms
of the present tournament are sweep
stakes 81, 800 of which winner takes all,
while net door receipts are divided into
80, so and 20 per cent respectively.
Cordial applause greeted the appear
Rnce of the three contestants. Capt.
Arson, the celebrated base ball player,
who is also a high-cass amateur at
billiards. had been chosen as tourna-
ment referee. His massive form showed
TO conspicuous advantage in fall even
Ing dress. while his familiarity with
foul lines, m SSed balls, ETC., gave ample
assurance of as competent judg-
ment on the green cloth as on the green
diamond. At twenty minutes past
eight, Schaefer and SloSson banked for
lead, which Schaefer won, and, as
usual, chose the black ball. He scored
On the lay-off, but missed the second
shot through lack of force, leaving
good bunch. out of which Slosson eX-
tracted four, falling on an easy one, a
cushion shot. Play on both sides was
weak and faulty for a time, neither
seeming 10
GET HIS STROKE.
In his fifth inning, Schaefer. 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 "a before he
lost the valued position by too much
speed with the cue ball. He stopped at
86 on half mis-cue. and again left the
balls huddled for SlOSSon, but he was
doing ragged work and got but - out of
il. 1t was not until the eighth
inning that Slosson showed any
thing like form, and even then many
Of his drives were faulty in speed,
but by good execution and careful aD-
plicauOn he kept the balls under con-
troll, ana by good general play ran 81.
Score: Slosson. 1O5; Schaefer. 81.
Schaefer responded with welI-played
run of so, but line breaks were his
downfall. In the tenth inning he sailed
forth once more, and at 10 had the balls
anchored on the lower end, but lost
them at 80, when drive to the side re-
gained the position, but not eX-
actly the right. there being too
much space between the red
and white for perfect anchor
At So he troZe, but with a masse sent
his ball out and back and counted. This
lost him the anchor. however, and he
was obliged to rely upon all-round exc
cutiOn. This he did with exquisite
skill, using the corners and sides with
great effect. At 81 he got the anchor
once more, but not exactly to suit him,
and at l25 he had lost it again, but had
the balls under absolute control In
six shots he had the nurse again, only
TO lose and get it
EVERY DOZEN SHOTS.
The play was all the more beautiful
because of the variety, and the big
audience enjoyed it keenly. At 155 he
had the two object balls frozen to the
rail and TO each other, and with that
marvellous 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 lS3 the anchor was aban-
dOned,an at 2l6 Schaefer stopped on
long left hand reach which caused
him TO miss. Score: Schaefer, $50:
SloSson, 1GG. The good break which
SloSsOn inherited yielded him bnt 10.
The Wizard was still IN the humor FOR
billiards, and danced away with fine
assortment of pretty things in which
some baik-llne nursing was greatly
reliShed by the spectators. At 1906 he
failed on a hard cross-table cushion
carom, and his total was 1856, against
l25 for SlOSsOn. Then the Student
rallied with So, which Schaefer
offset with 50. Both men were moderate
IN producing results for the next two
innings, though Schaefer, in the four
teenth, turned upon his last string.
score, Gus 10 I62. In his next inning
ochaeter was in fair way 10 end the
game. when he sat down at II, due to
his failure to get the balls out of balk
line. SlosSon had meanwhile put to-
gether rather ragged collecti on of 40,
which brought his total to POP. With
the air OF man who proposed to close
the evenings entertainment then and
there, Schaefer, in his sixteenth inning,
proceeded TO run out the game with so
very neat and attractive billiards.
Score:
Schaefer, l, 0, 70, Sc, 0, 81, 10, 80, PIG,
1O6, 80, 10. is. y, 50; total, 600; average,
BIZ; highest run. ZIG.
SloSson, 4, G, 0, 2, u, 10, 1, CT, !, 10, SO.
4, O. 40, 4; total, 206; average, 10 lilo;
highest run, 81.
Referee, Capt. A. c. Arson; time of
game, 2 hours.
Ives and SIossou play tomorrow night.