The San Francisco call., 1896-04-02
An Exciting Contest at First,
but Sehaefer Finally Drops
Behind.
BRILLIANT EFFORTS CHEERED.
The Young Napoleon Scores 600 Points
TO Schaefer's 5e4 in the Nine. ~
teenth Inning.

NEW YORK y Y, April Line third
game of the New York series of the
Garnier-Schaefer-I 1S-inch: baIkyhne
billiard tournament was decided tonight
at Madison square Garden. Frank c.
Ives and Jacob Schaefer. were; the con-
testants.
Vacant seats in the hall were at a
premium when the: game commenced.
The CRACKS put in an appearance at $50.
Both received an enthusiastic reception.
On the first attempt at the bank both
were even TO a hair. so. Referee Poggen-
burg ordered another trial. Ives won on
the second attempt but failed to score. The
Wizard only registered two before he broke
down on a cushion shot,.
Ives contributed.a a run of thirty mine, dur
inc the making of which he made some
brilliant plays. Schaefer hardly found
his true form until the fourth inning.
One and zero rewarded mis- efforts in the
second and third innings. Ives did not do
much better in the third. and fourth,
scoring one and three respectively.
In: has fourth. journey to the green
Schaefer gave an exhibition OF his true
form before; he broke down on an attempt
at a: jump Shot. His. youthful opponent
retired ON his fifth inning without lncreas-
ing his score, and. the cards read: Ives 43,
Schaefer 3S.
Sohaeferin the next tinning showed mar
velous skill. Nursing open play and
fancy shots followed each other with a
SCIENCE and -delieacy of touch that fire.
quently aroused the enthusiasm of the
spectators
.Schaefer continued to score until he had
made 1I5, when he went out on difficult
two cushion. shot. lives then scored 73
points before a difficult bank shot caused
his DOWNFALL: Schaefer responded with q
cluster of So, and the score card read: /:
Sixth inning, Ives 1f6, Schaefer 2l9.
Twenty seven from Ives and four from
his rival were, the contributions to the
seventh inning. ives; seemed nervous as
be started his eighth, and scored but three
p9irts SchsefAr followed with a zero.
Ives opened the ninth with a miscue
and Schaefer broke down after making A.
On his next try Ives gathered in 20 before
bad position compelled him to leave the
lower rail and. go for a two-cushion shot,
which was fatal. In the next inning
Schaefer failed 10 Increase his score. AT
the end OF the tenth inning the score read /:
Ives 217, Schaefer 227.
The boyish docking champion lost no
time in taking the lead once more, and
Schaefer's admirers were dampened good
deal. Getting the spheres in position
along the top rail, Ives. iuggled with the
anchor nurse and sent the red ana white
balls in turn. journeying down the table
only to bring them back to his command
again.
A generous burst of applause greeted the
call OF 1i6, which was the highest run so
far Three more were called for Ives be-
fore single cushion-carom let Schaefer in.
He piled up 90 before the balls were frozen
and the bank failed to come off. Ives 1856,
Schaefer 256.
Twenty-one was Ives next tally. The
ivories broke. badly for Schaefer, but he
cc@piled thirty-one by magnificent open
pig before he retired. Ives passed his
fourth hundred at 1925 o'clock with the
aid of a neatly executed As. Schaefer
scored 27, and on Ives claim the referee
decided that Schaefer had missed his
twenty-eighth shot, difficult masse.
The fourteenth and fifteenth innings
were not productive of much result to
either. Three and one were Ives dona-
ton. while Schaefer failed to score in the
fourteenth and only contributed seven in
the fifteenth.
I Both failed to score in the seventeenth.
falling down on a long single-cushion
shot. Sixty-four from Ives and seventy
from Schaefer made the score in the
eighteenth inning read: Ives 527,
6chaefer 1884,.
In the next inning Ives ran out the 900
points with a break of 1O3. The score:
Ives-O. 80. l, 3. o. 7S 27, 3, o, 20, lle, 81, As,
8, I, 27, o, 64, 10000.
sciaefer-2. |, ., 85, lis, sc, 4, 0, 4, o. 20, 81,
27, q, 7, 3, v, 70-394.
Highest runs-Ives 49, Schaefer lis.
Average-Ives 81 1l-19. Schaefer, II 1918.
Referee-Mr Poggenburg.
ScoTer--Ci W. Foster.