The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-09
SCHAEFER WON EASILY.


The wizard 4" Averaged ~ t.s. ana made
High Rua OF 41e-A Big Crowd saw
the First Game t. the Bslk Live Tour
ney ne ChicnSo-sIosSon In Poor Form.
CHICAGO. Jan. 8.-Schaefer Ives and Slosson
made their bow separately, to- night at Central
Music Hall to q large number OF their admir-
ers. schaofer and Sosson were the first con
testnnts in the billiard tournament for a sweep
stakes Of $500 each. the three players to meet
each other twice in n pame OF 900 points at
the fourteen-lnch balk line game.
Capt. Arson Of tho Chicago Baseball Club
was the referee. and Charley Matthews held
tho markers cue. His duties however were
curtailed. There were no strings Of buttons to
keep moving. The score was kept by means
OF cardboard numbers on a board back OF the
stage schaefer won tho game by a score Of
Geo to 2O8 He averaged 37ia. and made n run
OF 2lo.
Schaefer won the lead and counted with the
black ball. but his first inning was limited to
one point Slosson followed with four points.
and for three innings neither player did much.
In the nth inning srhaefer started for the
anchor The balls had been left in good posi-
tion at the upper leit-hand corner. There was
a cheer when they came To anchor on the
fourth shot. and Slosson looked worried. Jake
kent clicking of billiards until Marker Mat
NneWb -O II NuS eNlubHN NUuJ lne
anchor was not perfect. as IL went to pieces.
Open table rlay followed Jake stopping short
with bunch OF 80.
Slosson retaliated with a pretty cluster OF
twelve. Then the ChicaEoan missed and the
New Yorker picked OF nineteen. Schaeier
amassed twouty- one In the seventh inning and
the student" secured one. Open billiards
yielded Jake a total OF nineteen in the eighth
inning Slosson made an effort for the
anchor in his half on the lower
rail but lacked delcacy Of touch. Then he
went in for rail nursing n nd later for open
play. He passed fifty, and all sorts Of billiard
shots followed each other
Disaster attended bank follow but the run
OF sixty-seven sufIlcod to put the Gothamitc in
Slosson. 1O5; Schaefer. 81
Jake now seemed to be out for blood and got
II. lie reeled oil thirty. The tenth inning was
interesting. On the sixteenth shot Schnele
had the spheres in position on the lower left
lie licked OF twenty.sx. breaking he
nurse on the thirtv.ninth Isl, shot, Then he
take the halls out on the table.
On the Fiftv-'hird shot the halls froze. Slns-
to 70 nEs n Ths his sr
FL and n s sSs.o IL f ish faa
When he reached tao century mark he had
The globes q soto the lower right; hand rail,
a nEnr J"u"'1 "hu ne "ta'l n"u ras, h nue
the The marker announced 10 the anchor
was again nearly rorfect. Slosson smiled
and made frequent trips to the
crossed the POO line. After he rolled IN 2lb
he failed to connect on q plain carrom. 1t was
aglorious run. and PLACED him far in tho lead.
Nineteen was the best Slosson could do. The
man from Chicago started OF at merry clip
on another big run. F3rty-hve were made
easy. Then came the anchor again.
Up and past 100 went the Wizard" long
draw. fully two-thirds OF the length Of the
table. proved u stumbling block. but Jake hal
added l06 billiar's to his credit making his
When slosson opened his half Of the inning
he had scored only 12J. Before he got
through he had rul his score up TO 1873.
ter he had by dint Of hard work gathered
thirty five, went to pieces on an easy straight
carrom. In tho thirteenth inning Schaefer
ran nineteen, while Slosson drew goose egg.
Then Schaetcr grabbed off eighteen In the
iourteenth inning. and had increased his total
The Student" had been outrlayed at all
points. He got n move on in his half Of the
fourteenth inning and scored forty. Then
Srhaefor took twelve and Siosson four. The
Slosscn. 2Wk
In the next inning Jake who had only eighty
to go. ran out the game. lie had made seven
ty-nine and had one to go when the balls lined
euted gave the Wizard" the point The
score:
sehaefer-I o. l. o. 81. o. 81. 10 ~ PIG los SO. 10.
~ ~. 81. Total. 900, average 37 high runs, 2IJ.
sios.on-4 o O. q IL. 10. /. NJ !. TO- ~ T. Q, 40. 4
Total 2Os average, y II il; high runs. ~, 40
The game tomorrow will be between slos-
son and Ives.