The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-03-08
JAKE Is A WONDER SURE
Sehaefer GIVES an Exhibition Of Real
Billiard Playing.
IVES DIDN'T SHOW UP
He Is Very III In Salt Lake-But the
Exhibition I'm MaguIre's Last
Night Was a Good One and
Greatly Enjoyed.

BUTTE, March Jake Schaefer gave
an entertaining exhibition of the mar
velous dexterity which has won him the
well deserved title of wizard of bill
lizards" at Maguire's opera house to fair
sized and thoroughly appreciative audi
ence tonight. Frank c. Ives, the young
'Napolian of Billiards." was advertised
TO appear and compete with Schaefer for
the honors, but he was taken very sick at
Denver few days ago and, although he
attempted to continue the exhibitions, he
was compelled to give up at Salt Lake,
where he is now under a doctors care.
His place was taken by William l..
Cation, a clever young professional BIZ
liardist, who was telegraphed for to Chi
cago when it became apparent that Ives
sickness would compel him to lay off.
Cation plays what would ordinarily be
considered brilliant game of billiards,
but he is SO completely overshadowed by
Schaefer that the performance tonight
simply resolved itself into an exhibition
by the latter.
Realizing the condition of things Schae-
fer exerted himself to the utmost and
with such good success that in the
enthusiasm which he aroused a great
many of the spectators entirely forgot the
disappointment which they had at first
felt over the absence of Ives.
Schaefer's title of "The Wizard" is
well merited by the magic power which he
seems to exercise over the worries. He
can mako them do almost anything he
wants to, and when he gets fairly started
on one OF his long runs it would appear
that there Is nothing to prevent him from
following the example of Tennyson's
brook. He is a rapid and brilliant player
and he piles up points at a wonderful rate.
He handles the cue like q fiddle bow, with
a touch that is as delicate as q mothers,
and he is without an equal in nursing"
the balls. He does not seem TO know how
to miss n draw shot, no matter how long
or difficult 1t may be. and he is almost
equally sure on masses which he executes
with great brilliancy.
The first gamc was at straight billiards.
250 points. Cation broke and nursed and
Schaefer followed suit. Cation missed
again and Schaefer scored two and fell
down in trying to get the balls together.
Cation. made "a run of 10 and Schaefer
then got the balls together and ran pa.
He nursed them down one side of the
table and back again, scarcely moving
them half an inch at a time, and then he
took them across Ethe upper end -and
lacked only one point of going out when
he missed masse shot because he was
too sure of it. Cation missed again and
he ran the game out.
The second game was 300 points, 14-inch
balk line. A great deal more skill is re-
quired in this game than in straight bill
ards, and Schaefer did some wonderfully
pretty work, his play all the way through
Astounding with the most difficult shots.
many of which were so easily made that
they looked easy. Cation played a very
pretty game, but he was unable to get the
balls together and hold them in anything
approaching Schaefer's style. The fol-
lowing was the scores by innings:
schaefer.. IL, % is, 81 76 %, 0, 90 476,s,1-sOo
Canton ......6. &c, /, 6, Z, z, o, o, $50
Schaefers ayerage-21
Schaefer then gave an exhibition of
fancy and trick shots, which were greatly
enjoyed and loudly applauded. His long
shots and follows and draw shots looked
simply impossible and people who did not
see them would scarcely believe that they
could be executed without the assistance
of the "black art.n