The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-23
IVES AND SCHAEFER
PLAYED BRILLIANT GAME, IVES
TURNING DEFEAT INTO VICTORY.
Crowd of 500 Local Lovers of Bill
lizards at English's to Witness the
Masters of the Cue Play.

Fully five hundred people saw Champion
Frank Ives defeat Wizard Jacob Sehaef-
in a brilliantly played game of fourteen
inch balk-line billiards at English's Opera
House last night. Schaefer made three
rapid runs Of triple figures, while Ives did
the trick twice, scoring the high run of the
game-221 points. But for ridiculous miss
on an easy half draw for position when he
needed only six points to run out the game
Ives would have made average of over
seventy which would have broken the
game with the anchor barred. Ives holds
the high average record of 6S 2-10 in a six
hundred-point game played at New York
last November. His average last night for
five hundred points was 81 $40. The high
est at the game, anchor barred. is $685.
made by Ives against Schaefer in Chicago
in December. During the same series of
games Schaefer averaged 81 Ills for 944
points, which, all things considered, is the
best exhibition thus far at the champions
game Last night Schaefer had less
inning than Ives and made the best aver
ages 81.
1t was q beautiful exhibition of mastery
billiards from the start. The game was
won the 'fbank'' and chose the white ball.
He tried for a two-cuShion score and
missed by hairs breadth fron while He c disag
The balls We're left in perfect condition and
the wizard began scoring in his own in
imitabiy rapid style as if it We're nothing
the the : Wor is Draws" drives and
masses were made with mathematical
precision now and then enciting an out
burst of applause for scoring after what
seemed to the crowd an Impossible leave,
crowd became furious. At 100 it was again
convulsed. Finally schaefer missed at 1856
little lii. H6 doubt t of his ability to make.
The balls were left hard and Ives missed
for the second time fo SchaefeF had nurse
in three shots and continued his opening
brilliant run, adding les more b before th he
champion had made billiard
Ives seemed greatly amused whenever
r rap i increasing eu score. The champion
was not at all disconcerted, and at MS
s and by sriaa preer Exhibition eaS Of
nurse than his opponent had shown, ac-
cumulated eighty seven buttons, sitting
down on slow two-thirds follow. Schaefer
had the balls in shape for another hun
dred, but missed after making seven on a
balls Ives added forty-three. and Schaefer
was again left in good position but again
fell down after making seven IN n eTscty rs
left in position, and Ives for the first time
struck his real gait, playing almost as rap
idly as. the ex-champion He passed the
hundred mark with perfect control of the
balls. but fell down after making l4o.
balls lined up on the rail, causing him to
miss an up and down the. table, two,
cushion carom. Ives was Kft hard and
tried an all-round-the-table shot, scoring
by a most fragrant scratch" with double
kiss that provoked a tumultuouS outburst.
He gathered only three points, however,
and left long two-cushion shot, which
Schaefer missed.
Ives found the balls nicely gathered in
the lower left-hand corner within balk and
started in on his big run; The score stood
351 to 273 against him. He scored rapidly
with the balk-line nurse. and at 200 points
was still in perfect control of the worries.
There was no reason why he should not run
out the game, but he fell down at 22l and
Schaefer had one more chance. The 'wiZ-
ard needed 149. He seemed to be playing
reckless game, driving the object ball three
and four cushions for position every few
shots Passing the hundred mark he had a
good chance for scoring the remaining 40
points, but at 1O7 the balls split wider. and
on a cross-table draw for position he missed
count and Ives ran out the game. Score:
Ives-O. 0, ST. 4S, lao, 3, 22l, $500. Average.
Schaefer-1s6, 100, 7, 7. A. o. 1o7-45S Aver
age, 65 81.
Referee-Parker Byers, of Lafayette.