The sun., 1897-12-04
SCHAEFER DEFEATS IVES.
zHE"LITTL Il WIzA RD" PLAYS GREET
BfLLIARDS AT the GARDEN.

y1vch for George Suttsn-Ir 1vea Dsvpa slss-
aon To-NiEht There viii Re Triple Tie.
Frank Christian Ives. the young billiard won
der, played the second OF tho three critical cue
battles Of tho big billiard tourney last night with
his old adversary. Jacob Schacfor. In the Madi'
son Square Garden Concert Hall. The famo oil
Ivcss splendid game on Thursday afternoon
with George Sutton. In which ho broke two
records. tho high run and high average. had
spread abroad, and there was great out pouring
of billiard lovers, in expectation OF witnessing
another display OF his matchless art. There
was carly an exhibition of seeming feeling De-
tween the two. In Ivos's challenging OF Schaef-
er's balk-llnc play. IL wns' the first timo tho
men had met since Ivcss sickness last spring,
when Schacfcr was bombarding bin with chal-
lenges for championship battle, which. OF
course. the younRster couldn't hecd. IT, was OF
!, interest for tho old timers 20 recall the days
when the young Napoleon" used to study
billiards under Schaofcr. when the latter
was the acknowledged master of tho cue in
: America. Ives now has the advantage In youth
p and marvellous eyesght over his old mentor.
since then. winning victories everywhere. and
before play began last night he was the undoubt-
The halls had been in the hall and on the table
q for fully half an hour before the game to accus
tom them to the tcmpera,itn,rc. iycs opened the
expected at the start. aud Schaefcr executed 4
cushion carroms. Ives also made 4, tripping on
sSnE efSs TSe and Ssn
Ives got tho worries started and began some of
shots were tho most noticeable feature When
time tim heres be resorted % to some Of his famous position
drives to keep them under control. He corralled
poi s sehaofoP S having @ Il on his side of the
=. An unlocked for kiss stopped Ivcs's run in an
N MI nln fin hn m On ayA
= -chance 10 Schaofer to execute several difficult
pnd beautiful cushion carroms. that were fol-
lowed up by some delicate straight cnrroms of
thing like his old seli Tor tho fret time in tho
expert as was Ives's. On the firtioth carrom Ives
jumped up md claimed that his rival Ind not
retort from Schaoicr. and Referee Mclaughlin
ended It by deciding in Schaofor favor. Tho
run ended at 56, and Ives made solitary carrom
This kick on Ivcs's part turned the popular
feeling 10 Schecfcr instantly, and ho resumed
! i6us bus change in tho WARDS dcmeanor, and
cue touch which wns almost entirely absent
from his preceding performances in this tour
h ssea m % 'aa nnd 10 turned he wire IN
!. lfader. Tho board showed this score: Schaefer.
shots in balk against tho rules. This time there
great applause. af schasfcr again ana rishtfaiiy
received the referees decision. :, The referee
:sehaefcr should not operate against the player.
Tho hubbub disconcerted Schaefer and he
pped short tSs se9r1g Srrg ,bs singles sn aobat
@ ssmo: his turn. The eiieft nstsea =. and
the youngstor then cracked duck egg"
,g 10 was not until tho thirteenth inning
that Ives, swung round his first wire, but
the cheers OF tho nssenblngC. He rolled up q
cluster of TO- ono of them a corking three-cush-
green ivess % score re was as 12s st to schacfors l57. 81
The "Wizard" made three.cushion shot
Tss y Sy of
play and nursery cnrroms. surpassed his pre-
vo1s tourney run of ~ ana went Ground the
shouted their delight when these hess scores scores
we're we're displayed: schasfcr, a4s; Ives. 1as.
other exhibition of his suddenly revived skill.
this time giving to his friends a glimpse of
afoSna his tird Wire With cluster Of rs 81 snGe sar
y Fams o. teohsqmmnte 9 beauty, his score mount
T Ss to Iysss pss ass Meantime Ind
when: II % iSs ssssn'es9th inning; he H made $ds
Of IL. It is true that he s executed i
lost the dash that marked his former cue
battles. and his admirers groaned at times at
partly on "a his Of paS 1s
but the Wizard raced of on a third big S. OK.
cprsion gathering earroms expertly all over
the green. He widened the gap in the scores
with a bunch of l3. Terminating in q daring
p contre table masse that missed by a hair.
breaks Of 50 and 81 q soo % saiea around o Iss his
hird third wire. Things looked a little better for
But the. latter came back at him with an: an:
other pile Of 80 uptly contrived carroms.
OF 4 the s with total
lvess play knew that the chances favored
schaefers success Iyos's downfall came in tho
anur5ery break of "a the final score being 500
to 4O1. The two had given a lot OF fine carroms
,sntsFlsned them should ives @ defeat @ taS sossog
to;night there VIII be triple tie for the trophy.
1.-THE Score last night follows:
- Schaefer-+. g. 0. o. q 90 10. go. &, o. 49, e. s5 g.
st49a1 '' v " D. o. u u D. ~ u u d. o. a.
f2ts' ssS' 30 SO! l. 90, ia; is. 8. o, O. o. is
Ass Pss r2s
Rereree-Edward Mclaughlin.
~ Time OF game-Three hours.
- yg.. THE AFTERNOON GAME.
Maurice DAILY and George Sutton competed
{ yesterday afternoon. Sutton got to the table
: hrst, and he was first to evolve q substantial
the medium Of the cushion kiss trick; To this
were some fno open csrroms, sutton resumed iHs
j, playing position shots with nicely and captured
~. lhcy tlrneu DIS HrBb Wire the score stand
fingi Sutton. 10; DAILY. SO. ~, -,
q. psly woke up at this juncturs and began to
turn out fine billiards. They outshone and
oNereame sutton,s break. One of them was a
mnsse that carried tho player easily out OF q
dilemma where tho balls were lined IL p badly.
He kept tho globes gliding about gracefully
Of "a. but. stopped short Of II by
begy pst him on tEo 0rsas ssecnd of wis 1s
and In tho lead by score of 1873 to sutton 4
HI. Sutton having made dandy long draw on
the rail In his nineteenth inning, made Ives and
the young Napoleon s. celebrated jump shot
He sent the cue hall up in the air and landed
It plump between tho two OBJECT balls on the
rail. He made only four singles In tho inning
though.
Soon DAILY was again at work knocking ou,
straight and cushion carroms in an interesting
way. He netted "a, ana turned his second wire
with 20l to sutton's l6l, The play became
quite ragged ana uncertain for n long ant
tedious interval after that until DAILY stirreC
things up bit with swift carrom that race
the cue ball twice around the table anc
made y tako six cushions to count. sut
ton, .205; Daily. 26o. Things dragged again
al sln hfu lid, ,,i.a itE