The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-30
BILLIARD TOURNAMENT
OPENING OF THE FIVE-CORNERED
CONTEST FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
DAILY Defeated by "NiEard" schaefer,
the Former Scoring but 270
Points to the Latter's 500.

NEW YORK, Nov 29-The five-cornered
billiard tournament which will decide the
championship of the world began tonight
in the concert hall of the AIadison-square
Garden. Aside from the glory, the cham
pion billiard player will receive a diamond
medal and 80 per cent. of a $1,000 purse,
added to one-half of the gate receipts The
contestants in the tournament are Frank
Ives the present holder of the champion
ship emblem; Jacob Schaefer, George Slos-
son. Maurice DAILY and George Sutton. This
tournament. is being held under different
conditions than those of any other contest
ever held in the United States. The
eighteen-inch balk line game, with the an
Choir shot practically barred is the latest
game which the big ones" are asked to
solve.
Daily and Schaefer were selected to open
the tournament. 1t was expected that the
meeting of these two old timers would
form drawing card. On the contrary, the
concert hall was hardly half filled. There
were a number of ladies in the audience,
and perhaps the most interested spectators
were Ives, Sutton and Slosson. The players
were introduced to the audience by Thad-
deus Coles, of Chicago. Edward McLaugh-
lin is the referee. Schaefer entered the
contest wearing a satin sleeved cardigan
jacket, and Daily, who was in his shirt
sleeves, gagged his shots through specta-
cles. The former won the bank and Sc
lected the black" Three was the best he
could do in his opening inning. DAILY at
first scored five. Schaefer in the second
! inning scored fourteen, and hard luck
seemed to follow DAILY, the Wizard ran
up ten points. At the ending of the fifteen
-. @sr.fes
with total score of 80.
| 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
| Schaefer made run of 10, which made a
total of 173 buttons to his credit. His
eightieth shot was the simplest kind of a
spread, but was missed through careless
! ness. Daly'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 Is points were strung by care
full play.
emerged from the rut and gave another ex-
hibition of skill, making a run of 81. His
eighteenth shot was a magnificent long
masse, which brought the crowd to its feet.
At the end of the thirty fifth inning the
Wizard was nearly 200 to the good
Throughout the game Schaefer used his fa-
nous draw whenever he had a chance, and
success rewarded his efforts to unusual
degree. DAILY, on the other hand, seemed
unable to do anything with his draw. He
did not begin to get his stroke until the
game was virtually out of reach. In the
forty-second inning three-cushion shot
with drive for position brought down the
house. In the following inning a masse
won the applause for the New Yorker.
Pretty work in the forty-fourth inning
yielded a bunch of 80 for Daily, his high
est run during the night Schaefer went
out in the fifty-third inning. The score by
innings was:
schaeferoS ID 2, a, Is; l. 10, O. Q, 0; Is, 5,
2, H. 10, 81 16, 0, g. II, 3, 10, 5, 3, 10, O. A. 90
80, TO- 40. 2, %. 0. o. 500.
2 2, o. o. g. IL, a. Is. 0, /, 0, o. l. l. o. a, %, o. 1
e. g. 5 2, 8, H. 0, 20, p, So, 0, o. g. o. "a, IL, 2,
11-279.
High runs-Schaefer, 70; DAILY, 49, Av-
erages-Schaefer, 8 1858; DAILY, 1852
Tomorrow afternoon Slosson and Sutton
will meet, while in the evening Ives and
DAILY will cross cues.