Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-01-26

Ives average in his game with Schaefei Q year and half later was AS in a game of 8, 600 points. The Young Napoleon 's' average, though numerically less than that of the Frenchman, is really slightly better considering tho fact that he playee in a game of thrice Us many puints.
 mention all these little details to eu able my readers 11 get line upon the rel. ative merits of the men. Any student O. billiards can sec that they are pretty even ly matched. The talk of Ives playing 6, O0t points against Vignaux's 5000 is the veriest nonsense. He could never give the Frenchman such odds. He will havo his hands full to win. In justice to Ives it must be said that he never ventured sucL a rash proposition. What he did propose was game of 1000 points with Vignau1 and bet of $6, 900 against $5, 900 that he would defeat the Frenchman. Ives was misquoted and made to say that he would play 5000 points against Vignaux's 1000 That was cabled across the Atlantic, and Vignaux immediately clinched the sup posed offer and signified his willingness tC make a match on such terms for $5, 900 side. Ives and his packer say that they VIII take the Frenchman even upon such disadvantageous terms. I doubt it yery much. 1 don't think they have money fol oonGagrations. Ido think they will do all Tn their power to bring about match up on an equitable thsis.
 Who will win such n match' Well, Il have said that I consider Ives, Vignaux, Schaefer, Slosson, Plot and Eournil all pretty close together in the II inch balk line game. will go bit further and say that I think Ives is slightly in the lead That is Rs far as care to go as Q prophet
 have spoken of Frenchmen as our only competitors in the proposed international tourney which billiard lovers hope for, and I may be asked why I do not include the famous John Roberts of England and some of his countrymen in the lists. The reason Is simply this-in England they dc not play straight billiards as we do. Their game is a combination of billiards and pool, with balls as small almost as marbles and table as big as the side of barn. At that game Roberts could make children out of us, and at ours VIC could make a novice out of him. There would be no in- terest whatever in any such games. -
 If our French brethren should cross the big pond, they would be assured of a faiI field and courteous attention, this de- spite the fact that NJ. Fournil complains that he has been slighted in these regards. Monsieur is unreasonable. He has been earning over $500 a month since he came to America and has only failed of a match WlIn Ives or CCnaeler tune CnleL Duruen or his complaint) because he has had no backing to effect match with either. Should ho get tho necessary collateral have no doubt either gentleman would ac- commodate him. Some foreigners, when they come to our shores, expect the earth and all the gold and silver in it. When Americans go abroad, they leave their coin there, instead of bringing hoLne that of the stranger. know thar'wheh went to France some yeafs ago received no $500 a month from the good people of that country, but rather left that aTffount in good American dollars over there every month, and I know of other American billiardists who did the same thing. It is only within the last two or three years that American players have captured any French francs. These fortunate gentlemen were Ives, Schaefer, Slosson, Carter and Cation