Omaha daily bee., 1897-11-30
FIVE BILLIARD EXPERTS
Opening of a Tournament Which Will
Settle Worlds Championship,
BALK LINE WITH ANCHOR SHOT BARRED
schnefrcr aud Daily BcRin the Contest,
the Wizard winning--Ivcs, Sios-
son and sutton TO
Follow.

NEW YORK, Nov. 29.--Thc fve-cornered
billiard tournament which will decide the
championship of the world, began tonight
in the concert hall Of the Madison Square
garden. Aside from the glory, the champion
billiard player will receive a diamond mccall
and so per cent of 81 200 purse added to
one half of the gate receipts, The contest
ants in the tournament are Frank Ives, the
present holder Of the championship emblem;
Jacob Schaeffer, George Slosson, Maurice
DAILY and George sutton.
This tournament is being held under diff
ferent conditions than those of any other
contest in the United States. The eighteen
inch balk line, with the anchor shot barred
is the last game which the big ones" are
asked to solve.
DAILY and Schaeffer were selected to open
the tournament. 1t was expected that the
meeting of these two old timers would form
a drawing card. On the contrary, the con-
cert hall was hardly half filed. There were
number of women in the audience, and
perhaps the most interested spectators were
Ives, Slosson and Sutton.
DAILY WEARS SPECS"
The players were introduced by Thaddeus
Coles of Chicago. Edward Mclaughlin is
the referee. Schaeffer entered the contest
wearing satin-sleeved Cardigan jacket and
his shots through spectacles. The former
won the bank and selected the "back."
Three was the best he could do in his
opening inning. DAILY at the first effort
scored five. Schaerer in the second inning
scored fourteen and as hard luck seemed
points. At the ending of the first fifteen
innings Schaeffer led by ffty-one points
with total score of ninety.
While there had been several pretty shots,
neither of the experts appeared to be play
ing anything like the billiards they are
capable Of In the nineteenth inning
Schaeffer made a run of seventynine,
which made a total of 173 buttons to his
credit. His eightieth shot was the simplest
kind of spread, but was missed through
CarelGssneCs
Dlly'S play grew worse as the game
progressed. 1t was not until the twenty
first inning that he succeeded in getting a
count in the double figures. Then hard
work was rewarded by an even dozen. Two
innings later eighteen poirts were strung
by careful play.
SCHAEFFER'S PRETTY PLAY.
In the thirty-thlrd inning schaelrer again
emerged from the rut and gave another eX-
hibition Of skill, making a run of frty-one.
His eighteenth shot was magnificent long
masse, which brought the crowd to its feet.
At the end of the thirty-ffth inning the
Wizard was nearly 200 to the good. Through
out the game Schdeffer used his famous
draw whenever he had a chance and sue
cess rewarded his efforts to an unusual
degree.
Daily, on the other hand, seemed unable
to do anything with his draw. He did not
6egin to get his stroke until the erd was
virtually out of reach. In the forty-second
inning a three-cushion shot for position
brought down the house. The following
inning masse won great applause for the
New Yorker. Pretty work in the forty
eighth inning yielded bunch of thirty-eight
for DAILY, his highest run during the night.
Schaeffer went out in the fftythrd inning.
The score by innings was
Schaefer- r--3. IA, "a, 15 1, 10, 0, o. o, 16, s,
16 4. O. 8, /, 49, 8, 8, l. 2, o., g. IA, 0. /, ., II,
TO- 81. 16, o. g., II, 3, 1S, g. 10, o. A, 20, 80, 10.
4O 2, 90, 0, 0, 500.
Daly-5, /. o, 5, g. 2, 2. o: O. 2, 2, !, $, 10.
/, %. 0, 0, 3, 12 4, IS, o. j, O. 0, l, /, o. A. %,
@, l. 2, g., 5, 2 g. II, o. 20, %, 3S, Q, o. 6, 0,
"a. II. 2. 1l-219.
Highest runs: Sctaefer, 70; DAILY, 3S.
Averages: Schaefer, 1888; DAILY, 1852.
Tomorrow afternoon Slosson and Sutton
will meet, while in the evening Ives and Daily
will cross cues.