The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-01-26
.ENTHUSED over Hmm.
Pittsburgh Greatly Interested in
Champion schaofor,
WHO Wins TWO FINE GAMES THERE.
To 500 him Play Gives a DoiusIvo
Idea of tho Ease of tho Finest
shots-Whnt Wheeling People May
Expect at tho Opera House this
EvcninG-"1hc Wizards" Skill

Judging from tho interest created In
Pittsburgh laat night and tho night DO.
foro in tho billiard playing Of Jacob
Schaoicr and W. A. spinks, Wheeling
people will have a chance to witness a
raro contest at tho Opera House this
evening, to say nothing OF tho exhlbi.
ton fancy ahota by both these cham.
pions. Yesterdays Pittsburgh Dispatch
says:
10 500 Jacob schacior play billiards
leads spectator TO think that making
cushion caroms or any other kind OF
caroms Is ono OF the easiest things to do
in life. Why, when no is manipulating
tho cue there Ia apparently nothing
difficult ut all about tho game; Il looks
rs simple as playing marbles, and ono
wonders why tho most unskillful back
woodsman cannot turn in and reel OF
so points at n crack without any trouble.
The wonderful, tho marvellous skill Of
Schacier as billiard player cannot be
explained. Ito simply astounded an
immense audience last evening Mt tho
Fifth avenue Brunswick billiard hall,
and everybody present could easily
understand why he is called tho "Niz::
ard"
Champion Schaeier and W. A, Spinks.
champion OF tho Pacific slope, played
two games at the hall named last even
ing. Ono was tho 14.inch balk line
game, 800 points UP, and the other at
straight rail, 200 points up. The spa
cious hall was cxceilently fitted I'D for
tho occasion and was packed. Every
person present was delighted with tho
entertainment; and without exacccra-
ton 1t was tho best entertainment of
tho kind that has ever been held in
Pittsburgh.
The champion looks just as he did
years ago and his skill is just as extra.
ordinary. He WINS ia very good form
last evening, and his brilliant playsIwere
loudly cheered. In tho li.inch balk
line game he once or twice showed his
skill at the "anchor nurse" play; but no
was not DESTROYS OF running too biz a
score by it, and broke the balls away.
Mr.. Spinks is good player, but no
was little out OF form last evening. and
what might be called in very hard luck.
The balls rolled badly for him in botn
games. Several times no mado some
very brilliant shots and was well ap-
plauded.
The 14-inch balk line was frat and
Schaefer began the contest by making Il
goose egg. Spinks made one and then
tho champion ran up 20 by i splendid
play. He ended his run by failing in a
masse ehot. Spinks followed with n
brilliant IS and then Schaefer made an.
other cipher. Spinks followed with n 5
and al and Schaefer with a 70 and a 8.
Then the champion made the second
highest run OF the game. lie ran up
70, and in making them he utilized tho
"anchor nurse" twice. Tho play was
really splendid. Subsequently Schaefer
made. runs Of 40, "a, 81 and with an un-
finished break OF rs ran out tho game.
Spinks's highest run was ~, and was
the result OF very good playing indeed.
During n conversation before tho
game Schaefer said that he will not take
part in many more tournaments and
that he will go to Paris this year and
stay,there three or four months,