The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05
SC HAEFER DEFEATS IVES,
Brilliant Exhibitions of Difficult
Shots Given by Both
Contestants.
The Game Ends With the Score GOO
to 534 in Favor of the
Wizard.

NEW YORK, n. Y, April 4.-The Sec
ond meeting between the "Wizard" and
his former pupil was, if anything, fraught
with more interest tt an their first
game on Wednesday night. In addition
to the keen rivalry that always exists be-
tween Schaefer and Ives, the doubt which
Schaefer has expressed of Ives ability as
an all-round champion, and the fact that
the Wizard" had Wednesdays defeat to
counterbalance, all tended to intensity the
fervor of to-night's battle.
The tournament will be continued in
Boston, commencing on April IA. The
cushion-carom game will be played in that
city and Maurice Daily will join the trio
making it four handed game.
The game tonight commenced at $50
o'clock. Alfred de Orc, the champion
pool player, was the referee. Ives won the
bank and gathered in neatly executed
bunch of 48 before he broke down on an
easy cushion shot. Schaefer contributed l
and then missed, failing on draw shot.
In his fourth inning Ives gave an ex-
ample of his skill as billiardist Gather
ing the balls along the top rail, he gath
cred up the points with startling rapidity.
His easy touch and the accuracy with
which he drove the balls down the table
only to bring them back at his will
brought forth several rounds of applause
from the audience. A loud cheer greeted
the scorers call, and then the failure of a
simple draw shot sent the youthful cham
pion to his seat. He had passed his first
wire, and when Schaefer missed with to
his credit the score read: Ives, 1888;
Schaefer, Is.
Ives passed his second wire in the next
inning with pretty break of "a. The
"Wizard" registered zero.
Four ciphers from the ninth to the
twelfth inning caused murmur of sur
prise among Ives friends.
With the aid of % in the ninth and in
the eleventh inning schaefer passed, his
first wire and the score read: Ives 234,
Schaefer 102
Ives added 80 in the thirteenth and the n
schaefer gave an exhibition of fine play
ing. With position play of wonderful
quality he rolled up very high score.
Nurses" ''drives." ''masse shots" and
"draws" followed each other with unerr-
ing certainty.
A loud cheer greeted him when he
reached the century. Continuing, he
forced 76 more before he tripped and re-
tired with the second highest run of the
tourname nt-176-to his credit.
The score now showed Schaefer in the
lead for the first time for the game, the
cards reading: Schaefer 278, Ives 267.
The youngster started off in the fifteenth
inning with deep-set determination to
swamp his rivals lead He kept the balls
L.,
showed that the Wizards wonderful break
and consequent lead did not unnerve him
any.
He corralled eighty-three before long
draw shot beat him; he had passed his
third wire and passed Schaefer again, the
score reading: Ives $50, Schaefer 27S.
Once more it was Schaefer's shot, and
notwithstanding the balls broke against
him at first, he continued to score until he
had made 159, when he tripped, leaving
himself in the lead with the score: Ives
800, Schaefer 437.
Ives retired with four to his credit in the
seventeenth, while Schaefer made seventy
four caroms and passed his fifth wire. The
score was, seventeenth inning: Ives 354,
Schaefer 519
Everybody in the hall closely watched
Ives eighteenth inning. He soon got
down to business, and before many min
utes had elapsed made 81. when be tripped.
Schaefer Unexpectedly broke down on
his fifteenth shot, and the score was
Ives 421, Schaefer 533.
Ives had hard game to win, and play
as he could he was unable to overcome the
Wizards lead. The final score:
Ives 534, Schaefer 600. High runs: Ives
129, Schaefer 176.
AVERAGES. Tvas 29 71O Schaefer 20
Result of series: Ives won 3, lost L;
Schaefer won 3, lost l. GARNER lost 4.
HnS an Ruclspf- -Shons