New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-03
A RECORD RUN BY IVES.
THE CHAMPION SCORES ONE HUNDRED
AND FORTY POINTS IN ONE INNING.
THE AVERAGE. aIn. THE BEST EVER MADE AT
THIS SORT OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. DEFEATS
sCHAEFER AND NOW THE VETERANS
ONLY CHANCE is TO WIN THE


GAME FROM IVES NIGHT.
a decided increase in the attendance al '""
billiard tournament at the Concert Hall. Madison
Square Garden yester lay seemed to have a bene-
fetal effect upon the players. and two excei''h'
games resulted. The afternoon contest pe'"es"
Ives and Sutton was by far the best OF the WEEK.
the champion winning after one OF the nnes' eH
hib.tions Of scientific billiard playing ever sec"
in this city The evening game between sosso"
and SchBefer was rather easily py o'osSo"
the surprise OF the tournament.
The contest between the champion ana suite"
was not expected to bring out any reihai nao'e
work as It was thought that Ives. teeihs secure
would not overexert himself. ana tha' III coh'e
auence the contest might drag out to some length.
The boyish- faced expert, however, played ike a
man who had an important engagement when
he had TO keep at all hazards He started OH VIII"
. and then clicked of %; Sutton meanwhile ura"-
ing : and the supposed lucky number was toi-
lowed with a cipher In the third inning Ives YVES
content TO add &c his string. while Sutton added
n boker's dozen TO his list. Then Ives began a
half hours billiard work which will long be re-
mcmbered by the enthusiastic spectators he as
sumed control OF those ivory balls and wheh ho
missed he had made total OF 81. taking COM
manding lead. Sutton made a single and sat down.
and then the champion Of them all started IN on
record breaking run
lie took his cue In hand and begin to send the
worries around the table with the skill OF wizard
No matter what position the balls managed 20 se'
into Ives was their master and difhcuit masses
draws and carroms were made with astohishins
precision and qulckncss He lost no time and did
no more walking than was absolutely necessary
Loud appause announced his completion OF the
first century OF the tournament nen ne maze ,
the onoOkfrs stood up and SEEMED Gnssrea TO-
A close cushion. missed and he sat down.
In the fourteenth inning. Ives maze the next
of he uagk
Ave more points. all made In that easy graceful
zane in 9' the Sixteenth inning making the remark
able average OF $il. The game VAS In vast con-
Ivc.-e % 49, 81. 40. l. q %. g. Q. 49, Is. q 49, 49,
sutton O. 10. 30. /. 10. o 2. o. o. T. o. a. o.
Ives's average 3Is su,ton's average. 81.
rh. c,,. las, night wa. between the old-,ime
rivals Scbaefer and Slosson. While Schaefer was
exnec,od 10 prove the winner. Sossons friends
were confident that he would MAKE a ,nucn 49, Co.
showing than he had done the day before Schaeier
started of twenty one. and olosson ~eh' on
better In the third inning sen he
20 collapse utterly. During the next zen u nr
neIher MAJ e mef bo a. we n.T pest anu
In the dftcenth inning slosson began TO Play
biiiords with all his old-tlme skin and precision.
scoring twenty-seven. he repeated IN IN" h mex
inning and followed this up "ltn iorty-t"9 put
IONS IN the seyenieen'h n I'M hs eighteenth
irrfur nv adding sixty-ono more points TO MS !ist
and taking lead whlch seciheu l" P'" "'' ''' vs.
thusasm ont ~ Scha"ier ,.. ,,.- .,t
Schaefer rallied IN the thirty fourth iininH aiIi
missed In the ihir,y-seventh inning sosson made
fortv-Iour points making his lead W. 70 Zoi iorr
schaefer with only nine 10 20. Blossom mlssed
twlre making the necessary points In the fofty-
arst inning and ending the game The gaincs 20,
f,v all ~. paiv and sutton In the Afternoon ana
Iycs and Schaefer In the evening. Scha''ers oniy
hance now Ia to defeat Ives. and on form ne cou.n
.o,nr,,n1 largo odds that he could not DO Il. The
record t. date Is rs follows: Ives. won TWO and lost
mono. Sos-on won three and lost none, Schaeler.
wnn TWO and lost one. Sutton and DAILY lost three
each - .,,,
The score q the afternoon game was as follows:
s.o..on-:: o I? = 10. l. q. II q. O. ~ O. p.
q. A. 81 3 Is Ii. n. Is. 40. II, z H. IL o. o..
= o : ~ o. O q. 80 Hshe-, nun. 81. Average.
scsa-fer-?i. :. .. I. % 10 o. l. :" o.
q o. e. 2. 1. -. :. u. = = ~ u. " !. D..
- 6 ;s6 n shss, run. a. Average. o 20 81.