Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-04-15
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Winner OF Such Test Could Rightly
Claim the World'n Championship.

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Winner OF Such - Test Could Rightly
Claiin the Worldn Championship.
My views on cushion caroma az a game
| for professionally TO play were Expressed In
former article. The slowncsa OF the
game alone prrcludcs the posnibllity Of
Its ever being acceptable 10 the public,
excepting for an occasional contest TO vary
the monotony OF the repeated bulk-llno
contest For steady diet It Will ~, he
favored either by those who patronize BILL
llards for tho eake Of Hening great atars
perform or by the amateur players every
where who naturally follow tho leaders In
whatever Enme they may adopt.
Cushion cnrOma arc not commonly played
IN billiard rooms today. Amateurs do not
like the game, a. u rulo, though there VIII
occasionally be found one who does. Cen
orally he Will be found 10 be a player who
has bohn unanccfssful IN mastering the
nicer problems OF bailg iino ouch M deli
cato nursing the mnfHc, etc. In many
caBcs q player who can discount anoihor
ct bsilt-llne nnds hard work 10 hold with
him nt cushion caroma. Nevertheless cuHh-
ion oaromn arc reroHnlzed branch OF
billiards. and quite M difncult TO mnRtor In
It's way rs my other branch. Until nome-
thing occurs TO change my opinion ] shall
bolieve Jacob Schaefer 10 be the greatest
living exponent OF this particular style OF
bllisar1a--lndcod, Mt all stylea. with the
diced person viii deny % Frank 9. tvca the
credit OF being tho greatest player tho
world has aver eecn at bnlk-lno billlardh.
In single night's play Rchnefar may win
an occasional game against Ives, lust AZ
Slosnon did RGninat 7oharfer when the lat
ter was Acknowledged 10 be considerably
the beftar player. on the whole, however,
Ives should win the large majority OF
games.
1t has 30 happened thDt ballf-llnc has
oorecr ~ player iIo made his debut at
time whom straight rail- aud cushion
cnrcfna Ind been discarded. SCHNEIDER was
then az ihe zenith OF his fame. the uudH-
putod champion OF the world. The belief
was frequently exprtrand that tho world
would nnycr sce another Sch.cfer. Jake
himself had probably como 20 share In thla
belief and feeling secure IN hlr position
had ceaked 10 practice for the purpose OF
Improvement fvcs, young. ambitious ana
e.fted with wonderful natural TALENT. took
mp tho game where sohaefcr had lett or,
making II u speciality aud practising noih-
lnr elise lie wns favored by opportunities
such an no other young expert haA ever
had.
schaefer. who has always bccn tho friend
OF young players, recoRniEing IN Ives tho
nnnislng o. a crest expert, became his
teanher. giving him the benefit OF kuowi-
edge and experience which Il WAS In the
power OF no other man 10 the world to bo-
stow. Largely lnrouNh nus innucHcc ife1
was. NJ an early porlUd in his career, ploocd
On tho salary list cf a manufacturing arm.
his sole dulles being 10 practice playing
billiards and improve lie was thus on
nbled 10 pursue hts practice unintefrunt-
ely. being relieved Of the burden or oman
clal worry which has 50 hammered tho cf-
forts OF every other young expert.
Ives was not found lacking 10 that most
necessary Of all traitu, appllcstlos. pnrbape
no other living player fSn over practircsl
and studied no diligently and pernia'ently
rs ives. No other player has been situated
whore II waa possible for him 70 do no.
whether he would have erccccdcd 80 Won
under ispn favorable circumstances no one
can ray hfy prrsonai boiler - thnt ho
lwoulo, thansf Il would probably have ~
qdlrdd d much i1ngfr time. Be TINT ns Il
may wc know that he has euccocded %
nnch an extent that he " row ronHlnprcu
10 outciAss all othes players IN tho world.
II would be folly for schaefor or anyone
oire 10 aftempt Longer to disguise this fact.
IIla grand a9erhgc thus fnr ~ the tcurnnr
rpent nnsy 30 prcsrrEt y ncAriy doubio That
Of Bchaffer ard fopr times that Of GARNER.
A contest. nn even f4rrue between pinyfff
Of 30 vido dii,msncn IN hpNcd ~ plainly
farrc. II - therefore 70 be hplrfN that
M. DAILY the pionolfr Of fho tosiua-
1 menis. VIII In Bit own it'errglo 10 alter
1 tho arTanGczncnu tsut tho gamor 70 pe