The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-17

Ms victory was Gained Ry Nurse Play
and re Made n superb Kiss and Rouus-
thc.tabie shot-Ive- Kept Tune with
Him In brilliant Masses aud Draws
Ives Lead, By <5I In the Total Score.
Both Frank Ives and Jacob Schnefcr surprised
he critics OF billiards last night when they
opened the NTH night of their long struggle at
balk line billiards In the Madison Square Garden
Concert Hall. Ives. having an unfinished run to
make at the opening Of the game, rolled up ss
carroms by nursery work and open play, and the
Wizard. following him. gathered in 126. II was
exceedingly clever billiards this. especially on
the part of Schaefer. who. without any effort to
test the table. so far as tho tempera-
ture of the room and the elasticity of
the balls were concerned, ratified or
n string Of frst-class billiards. The Wizard, by
the way, Ind apparently been inspired by the
fact that he had been able to put up an average
Of 81 Ola against his dangerous young rival the
night before. This average. a really big one,
was juggled with by tho types on Thursday
night, when the Wizard outplaycd his clever
and younger adversary. Ives jumped in with
his wondrous nurse, and rolled up III. and 80
swiftly that the spectators hardly had a chance
TO realize how big the billiards really were that
he was turning out. The total scores went up
on the Garden wall then showing Ives. $500:
! Schaefer, 1919.
"NNh WI Ni' W gu" A'hllh That hN n -
rooter of the most enthusiastic kind in the per-
son Of an aged but still juvenile enthusiast in
billiards, who vociferatcd his good wishes above
the din OF plaudits. 1t looked "a II Schaefer
still held his old-timc remarkable popularity
with New Workers. for the whole house seemed
to be pulling for things TO come his way. His
masses and banks, brilliant in design, were sig
nails for really exceptional outbursts of popular
approval.
The WiZarUla cent 1ry CarrOm set the bilIiard
lovers wild. II was an able single cushion effort
that he came within an nee of missing, because
IL had to be played slowly, and the cue ball
seemed inclined to roll Off. He stopped at 1l6
at length, with "a. to lves's 100. the grand total
being: Ives. a,599; Schaefer. 2.O35.
The Wizard kept the game on the hustle in
great style, and fired off II swift wice-around-
the-tablc carrom that was unerring in the ac-
curscy with which the cue bali absolutely flew
IL was n com arativeiy easy shot, to its mark.
but so show ythat the hall echoed with applause.
Ives cracked two duck eggs, and the Wizard
went to work at dcxtcrous nursing around tho
anchor space. and he did this bit of tTickery TO
the satisfaction ofall the billiard lovers. He was
again, as ON Thursday night, gaining, though
slowly and with effort, on the big lead that the
young Napoleon held. lie nipped seventy beau
ties and then stopped short. Again the extreme
dclicacy OF his stroke had proven n detrimcnt,
because with perfect position for the balk-line
balk spaces soon enough.
that c~onsummate trick Of his at delicate balk-
line play. and sen. the Wizards pretty little run
It'll, This IRE break : put ,I Ives on his mss,3ls, and in,
got a lucky Kiss that whirisd his euc ball G unrH:
cause it was a rank scratch, and kept things
going until lie had rs stored away TO the good.
The wizard let NY one Of those skvrocket
nHSses tnat always DrlnE down the house and
quit AT four, seemingly exhausted.
with n mnssG along the rail. every whit as good
as Schaefer's. and fell down with IL to his
credit for the inning; There seemed 10 be some
older expert, S%chaefer, was the first to recover.
kept the carroms singing merrilyy. Draws and
served served "n no Keen s@ ocf Tbs s,ob 5eson@ %ndcr ma I;s
clever control Sit'p His s"G nursing ii1:eS was "" a sen fGs
and winsoino exponent of technical art.
knew, how good it really was. 4 glad shout
hailed his century carrorl. nttesting that he still
n nSa , ysf E ISs, iE Eias ni and THE The w Sqrss f'T Fsps T ,Ss
globes Ginning out the c9rroms swiftly. An
the worries widely On a hard kiss, but the vi.
ard G x a dilicnlt two,Gnshi3n shot and
points TO lves's i95, or a grand total of 2,:5s,
Schacfcr Kept ut his frisky rival, hammerins
out the billiards whenever he got the chance.
and he g2t q chance TO PUT up some stiif one, in
" N 'fF',1 't'' We ~. AN'
break, ornate and praiseworthy; carried him
around his NTH string, with n dandy total Of
play. II cut II wedge out or the Young NapoleOn's
lead on the total too. The acg;rresaIs scores stand
Inc Mpitsian Of GSiitIiarIs, The ' yoS3ssysr
quick order; TO the deligh. Of apprsciaIiys on;
loose on masses. which were made with
astounding ,trequencyi lie let Loose also
the motion Of a swan. and picked Hp httY,seveH
carrOlns all over. Ii was not IA large run. but il
wasa memorable one. because it enabled him to
again beat his youthful rivalol the nights play.
The cluster carried him around his sixth string
with n total of 90 TO lVes's 4Gi. This was =
lead On the nights play of $50 points, and,
moreover, he had beaten Ives three nights out
OF the tivc on individual night score.
Everybody thought il was all over again when
passed easily another century mark. He missed
ON lis l9.i Carrom, though. and the Wizard
and got the globes running easily and swiftly
into double figures. One of his shots was
y, wicr-arnund -the-table effort. lie caused
The hrst object ball Ia kiss and drove the Second
into the corner. The cue hall went kiting all
around The table aud caught the second object
ball just in time. IL was n beauty bright. and il
like il in the match, and II ranked AS a
irhnd exhibition Of the, accurate judgment ~
~, ami tbs sent him M To 11J 10 the Young
NapnleOn's ~. IN the nights play. Then the
made two little bits ~ runs Of tour
,Ach. and hacked up his cues, viii a srand total
score Of 1000 To Schacfrr's 4,540, The Wizard
had chopped out q good slice of the youngter's
! dead ad'c csTiia lint Of lictory, r." sco %sT stands:
Ives :. M: -, Q, o. l2l. ia, 10, 4, o, O, %, :,
Il I: lh S rs g. Is. 'e ~ a ; "a a4leL "a l. 20.
=. -. l. o TSn- I.i43 a.14t.
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Rsisrrg-Capt Gn~nG. Markc, blid sroneld.