The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-05

experTgure IN . IurmUr JUurnament con-
WINGED him that he had no chance on earth
to win the need Of victory IN the present
series Of games with Ives and Schaefer for
adyersaries.
In q tournament under cushion carom
rules how different 1t would bel All tho
great players of the world could take part,
and no man would be sure OF victory uu-
til the last battle had been fought, tho last
button strung up. Look at this list OF men
who would eagerly jump at the chance of
participating In suoh tourney Ives and
Schaefer, of course, excepted; they have a
"good thing" at balk limo and wish to
nurse it) and pick a winner II you can:
Vignaux, Plot, GARNER Slossop, Carter,
Fournil DAILY, Ives, Schaefer and your
humble servant. All of these pley cushion
caroms equally we'll, and there arc two or
three and possibly moro men growing up
who can play pretty nearly Rs well as they
What redhot tourney that would be-
and what Excitement 1t would causei l
trust the press and public will demand
such q tournament In the interests of sport
and feir play. II they do, they Will break
up the present monopoly or billiard trust
of Ives and SchaefeF, for 1t Is practically
that and nothing else under present oondi-
tions, or rather Is Is a race of tho Young
Napoleon with himself, with tho Wizard
rs running mate 60 force Ives to lex
tend" himself, as our English friends
put 1t.
Cushion oaroms is tho best game for
the players and the public. 1t makes the
former play for all they are worth all the
time and 1t enables the spectators, oven
those at the farthermost ends of the hall,
to witness the execution of every shot
Cushion caroms bring out all the quail
tiles of head and heart player possesses.
lie must have an eye for distance, be an
accurate judge of force and have an excel
lent delicacy OF touch. He, too, must have
nerve and courage Any faltaring means
disaster. But In that game the clement of
luck does not enter as largely as 1t does In
balk line. Every shot must be played for,
and no big or heartbreaking (for an oppo-
ncnt) runs can be made. Twenty, thirty
or forty shots are a great run at cushion car
oms. bad the record at that gamo-77
shots-made in q big tournament 10 years
ago, until the Boston tournament. But
even anotber run like that would not dis
courage q game player. He could make it
up by two or three brilliant coups.
would suggest that In the tournament
at cushion caroms, which feel sure will
occur In tho near future, 300 instead of
900 points, "a formerly obtained, DO the
game played. That would give everybody
q chance and not tire physically weak
players out. At 800 points strong men like
Vignaux and Ives might wear out their
competitors toward the end Of the week
Suoh tournament would only DO q con-
test of endurance, like six day walk.
am now In bed, laid up with a broken
arm. think have had about as much
"luoh" as any man living. have in half
dozen years had both my right and left
arms and legs broken and suffered frao-
ture of the shoulder and also of the head.
1t is golden guinea to a goose though,
that will be IN the next cushion oarom
Tournaments If do not break my neck in
my next mishap.