The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-21
ADJUSTMENTS.
An Event i'm billiards.

An Event I'm Billiards.
The match game between Ives and
Echaefer that will be played tomorrow
night at Englsh's means more to lovers
Of billiards in Indianapolis than the mere
exhibition of the champions game. While
in the number of players this city will
doubtless rank with any of it's size it does
not begin to rank with many even smaller
places in the number of expert amateurs.
There is not a 5x10 table champions size)
I'm use in the city and even the 41ax9
table there is not local player who can
put up ''fifty-or-no-count'' game Hardly
a halfdozen players in the city be de-
pended on to make runs as good as %
In Hotpoint game, and until amateurs
arrive at that degree of excellence there
can never be any great interest in what is
aptly termed the only '.gentleman's game"
Ives and Schaefer, the two greatest mas
will rlay 500-point game at fourteen-inch
ball ne on a 5x10 table, which will be
for sr the occasion and nl. set up In
parquet seats will be removed, and a better
place for the exhibition could not be
game if it had been made 1000 points at at
employed by the. champions at balk-line
VIII not be as easily appreciated as if they
with which Indianapolis players all
anchor nurse is barred. and the the rail
line nurse. something no player in Indi-
annapolis. can hope to accomplish except by
viii be witnessed with real pleasure, and
1t will, Of course, renew interest in the
zane THERE are probably fly FIVE hundred
fhree time that number who now and then
KNOCK the worries about" or. would like
TO- so that large audience will likely see
Nne game. In every city where the wiz
ard and the Napoleon. of billiards play
to the Winner, and hence az good ~ Contest test
may be expected. The game is one in
which not q few ladies in this city have
taken to In the past year around the tables
IN private houses, and fair representa-
ton of the women will see the contest.
II can be viewed with much pleasure by
those even who know nothing of billiards.
Grand-'Charley's Aunt Tonight.
The name and plot of '.Charley's Aunt"
which opens at the Grand tonight, hinges
on the fact that two college youths are
In love with two girls, whom they invite
TO lunch in their rooms at college, expect
Ing that the aunt of one of the hosts will
arrive from, Brazil in time to act as
chaperone. She does not come, and
smooth-faced chum of theirs who has had
experience in amateur theatricals, is per-
suaded to don woman clothes and imper-
senate the belated relative. He is asked to
40 THIS Tor only f1fteen minutes. but
series of complications ensue which compel
him to maintain the deception throughout
nlcatons that foow are are pia b ae IN c9 th
extreme. The two girls take fondly to the
bogus aunt. and he. takes advantage of
his opportunities and returns their kisses
ana caresses with great vigor, much to the
discomfort OF the lovers, his chums. He
also an% h receives two proposals of marriage
tions extremely ridiculous The play from
first to last is constantly funny. The en-
priced Wednesday and Saturday matinees
The comedy is one of Charles Frohmans.
Something New mt the Empire.
Victor's vaudevilles will open a weeks
engagement at the Empire commencing
matinee to-day. The company judging from
the list of artists is good one. There are
three distinct features on the BILL One of
the most prominent is the mysterious"
GAIA, who will perform feats of strength.
that Sandow can't begin to do unless GAIA
should teach him how. She lifts heavily
Weighted chairs without any exertion. breaks
green hickory saplings, and numerous other
eeemingy impossible feats. Coleman and
plots viii also appear in their exhibition Of
fancy shooting. The three Girdelles who are
making their first tour of America. AS
equals squalls in this country or Europe. Among
Byron and Langdon, sketch artists; Mex
MILAN the rascal comedian; Harry Ben
Leslie. 1>i''e
The management of the Empire will try
Fonnessy has gotten together a company of
speciality artists of his own picking, includ-
Ing several prominent 81 stars ,neuding Ryan
Brothers, and others of that class.
Park-Charles A. Loder To-Day.
The attraction offered the patrons of the
Park this afternoon, tonight and until
Thursday will be the new farce-comedy
enttle ION the Co." by Frank Dumont
also author of "Rainmakers," 'McFad-
denis Elopement'' and other comedies. In
putting this comedy together the author
has utilized all the latest happenings and
ideas which are original and catchy. One of
the many new features is the working of AN
incubator, which in itself is novel ana
Is full OF such surprises, and, as the title
or the play suggests, IL is continually ION
the 60 from start to finish. 1t also gives
an. new field for his talent The me-
chanical effects and the special stage set
tings which are carried for this production
add much to Its success.
"AInddin Jr.. Sale Opens.
The sale of seats for Aladdin, Jr,'' at
English's the last half of the week opens
this morning. Beginning next Thursday
indianapolis play-goers will have an oppor-
tunity of seeing the big spectacle that
amused Chicago all last summer. Man.
ager David Henderson will unfold, for
Aladdin. Jr..'' which Is the biggest and
most gorgeous spectacle ever presented
at the Chicago Opera House. The libretto
was written by j. Cheever Goodwin, the
author of Wang" and the music was
composed and arranged by w. III. Batch
elor.
Nat Goodwin on the Rampage.
Nat Goodwin has been doing just what
no aOt In a1 flxr he
Rgain-raising scene. The following spe-
cial to the st. Louis Globe-Democrat from
Dallas, Tex, tells tale which, if true,
Mr. Goodwin will regret when he comes
to-" Says the Dallas correspondent:
when Mr.. Goodwin arrived in Dallas he
encountered the Oriental poolrooms and
played the New Orleans races. Mr. Good
wins luck was against him. and he lost