New-York tribune., 1896-04-03
IVES STILL IN THE LEAD.
GARNER DEsPONDENT OVER HIS RE-
REPEATED DEFEATS AT BILLIARDS.

A SMALL CROWD AT THE MADISON SQUARE uAH-
DEN CONCERT iIALr,-THE CHAMPION TWICE
PASSES THE CENTURY MARK-sAYs
HE CAN DO EVEN BETTER.
II does not take American sportsmen long to draw
a conclusion regarding foreign competitor III al
most any kind of game. from track racing anu
nrze fighting to the more delicate and strategic
game of billiards They saw Albert GARNER ''ie
cue champion Of Belgium, play on Monuas a''
Tuesday and they gauged his capapilioe7 anu
cleverness They that the chances for V'c'o's
would be confined 10 the two Americans, Ives anu
Schaefer.
That was the reason that there was standing-room
only at the Madison Square Garden Concert nan
on Wednesday night and the same conditions are
likely to prevail the closing game in TINS city To-
morrow night when Ives and his ex-teacner WIN
play their final game In this city. Where seats hao
been selling for 50 Wednesday night. there were
rows of empty opera chairs last ''s"'' "'''N
begging at half the sum <o,, .cross
Ives fairy away from the ma" ,.oli .,,
tho ocean, and after the second ihn'ie II W. ~,,
q matter OF how many points the chah 'o" 49, w.
uin by Ives particularly In the carry par u ~ ~
uoms handled the ivory balls like magician ne
e"''' -. caut,ous as he had been with his old
,achsr for no knew the exact speed OF MS ruhn"s
mate and in consequence nothing was 100 auu'c'ou'
for him to attempt
IvES'S REMARKABLE RUN.
He made the next highest run OF the 'ou, ,.,
in the fourth Inning, pilins UP iof po'" 80,
astonishing rapidity. For the four 'h''he' ~
erage was 75a. a remarkable performance -.
practically system OF play Is a,,.,,so
draw shots evoked frequent outpursts OF app
rd h,s cushion shots were unerring as the ouie'
from the rife OF IA sharpshooter. lie pass7u '.'S
,en,ury mark for the second time III 'ne
,,n,n, scoring lao points. slipping up on c'oso
draw The element Of competition was absent -
n, ha,nn,on won the bank and started OH
,,, . IN, He made the opening shot IN tne usu"'
nov ,aking the two lower cushions ana secu'ns
FAIR po.itio on at the upper end OF the green 'o.'
He drove the balls across the table repes'eu' a"
counted 80 points In good style. lie 'ei' 'o"" y"
simple draw. +, rourc IN
.At.,, xban no missed on a two-cushioh carro"i'
leaving the balls close together Tor the Amer W
GARNER could not get the balls together, anu 'O'
OF the shots made In open ptayyi py - The lower
he compelled to drive nnsson s with ,ndfferen,
cushion four times III s"'N''
results each time -, ,r s,rni,V around the
Ives nn auicaf sfter Counting half dozen they rested
near the lower rail The champIodn pnd ,n "a and saI
Keep MN e,nr " missing straight draw. not suhcien.
force being used, the cue pai, Sivpp"e Dppw "'
away from the objective piece OF ivory
GARNER FAILS on MAssE PLAY
TIL. foreigner then rolled up fourteen missing Oh
"A nos
.,o, Garn,er missed the first ball. Ives ran 20
+, Ste ,blrd attempt bringing his total up 10 49,
,,h =, average OF 46 ID lie missed on three-
.h,o, carrom GARNER picked up iive ana m'sseu
~ -ound-the-,ab.e position shot. This gave 'he
,a,or from across the water a total OF ~ VI "
noln,s behind the American -
rho cbaunion was chewing gum like n schoolgirl.
.r., be started IN on his fourth inning. ana ne ud
-, a,va Tho gum much rest during the next haii
h,- -. q, the balls on the lower rail- and ticked
90 po,n,s with lightning rapdity. He played with
=, nav confidence and grace which he did not snow
on Wednesday and rolled l64 points the next iarses,
run OF the tournament Ives missed oi, y. ~ 0
,,,-, ,he cushion on "A klss GARNER Jumped the cue
n.u ~ the table and Ives caught Y with the dex,
,crty o, n green diamond knight Inc fh'hs ,loSel
WIN ,ne This po,awas IN which shows that the
new game has no t"r'ors ior 'nis .,i, h,,ino
GARNER playing loosely 'PP"''"'' ""''
| abandoned all hope
THE FOREIGNER MAKES A FIvE-CUSHION
SHOT.
ives ran "A in the eighth. Increasing his lead 10
,.s :, 70 for GARNER Ives took matters easily IN the
ne,, three innings adding only y 20 his total score
| G,rnler showed some clever shots In the eleventh
| inning and the spectators tried to encourage the
ys.tor with hearty applause. His thrty-hrst point
! in this inning was a nve-cushion around the taoe
| play which loudly appauded. Ivcs ran g, ou.
he game in the twelfth inning with pretty cluster
| OF 90 ana made the best average OF the week
! Il have only one more defeat said GARNER mean,
| ing his game tonight with Schaefer and he heav.d
s sgh Of relief and resignation I cannot get in
| the game" continued the visitor II Is All so new
ly's M n. esGr msn oh % ' can play better Bill
iards than that" he sad. The score was a. io'-
| lows:
| MIN runs ~, lao 10 AvernE- ~
G%rner 1' 30 il 5 . J. O. II. 81 s+ioa II'sh
schaefer and GARNER will play tonight.
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