The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-05
SLOSSON THE CHAMPION
AFTER YEARS OF WAITING, THE
STUDENT FINDS HIS OWN GAME.
Wonderful Rally ut the Finish in His
Game with Ives, Winning by
Score of 500 to A0S.

Napoleon of billiards Champion Frank G.
Ives, tonight, George F. Slosson won the
series in the eighteen-inch balk-line billiard
tournament for the championship of the
world. During this series THE Student"
as Slosson has always been known, won
against all of his opponents, taking four
games. To-night's game was one of the
finest exhibitions ever given here.
Ives held the lead until the very last in
Ming being within two of the game when
Slosson, far behind, took up his cue. The
Student by marvellous work. which set
the house wild, ran out and won with run
of sixty points ir. his forty-first inning.
schaefer takes second place, with three
games won, Ives third, Daily fourth, and
Sutton, who has lost all his games is last.
the prize for the highest run, which is the
record, 40. The score:
2, p, o. O. 26 H. s. IS, 6, 0, IS l. Is, l, l, l, 49,
2, 6, 4, o. 81, u, Z, %, Is. 60-5OO.
25 y Q, 49, g I, 50. e a. o. j. 49, IS,
ages-slosson. L S-41; Ives, u Gal
High Runs-Slosson 81; Ives, g.
Time of game-Three hours and twenty
minutes.
The sensational wind-up of the billiard
tournament in New York last night will
game. No one had figured on Slosson hav-
ing the ghost of a show against Schaefer
and Ives. as 1.-The Student has been rele-
gated to the rear years ago. little better
than the short stops perhaps, and far
beneath the rank of wizard" Shaefer and
Napoleon" Ives Slosson was billiard ex-
pert when Ives almost had to stand on
box to brush the tables This was back
in met Irif tad iY1fo
Chicago from his home, at Grand Rapids.
He soon developed cleverness as a boy
player and Slosson, who was about the only
teacher of billiards in the country at that
time, gave him job as table keep
er in his Chicago room This was
before Jake Schaefer moved his hall from
ST. Louis to Chicago. Schaefer had repeat
eddy defeated Slosson at both the old
straight-rail game and at fourteen-inch
balk-line, which was then the champions
game. At cushion carroms SlossOn was one
OF the few masters and it was not unusual
Tor him to win at that style. He acquired
the soubriQuet of THE Student" for his
careful play. Ives developed SO rapidly un-
der Slossons training that the student
saw in the boy possible coming champion,
and his one great desire was that Ives
would some day be able to defeat Schaefer.
But Ives. was of a nervous temperament,
and soon believed he would learn more un-
der Schaefer. He deserted his first teacher.
and during two years travelled over the
country playing exhibition games with the
wizard He developed so rapidly that
friends soon wanted to match him against
the master
There was tournament at the Central
Music Hall, in Chicago, in which SOssOu
was induced to compete and he came out
third best, Schaefer being first and Ives
second. Ives believed he could defear
Schaefer and there was a 3,0O0-point match
arranged, which Schaefer won. There was
still another match and Schaefer defeated
Ives by only one point. Later the young
Napoleon took the Wizards measure
peatedly and come to be considered the one
great champion. Now both Schaefer and
Slosson have defeated him.
new game, eighteen-inch balk-line, with the
anchor barred and only one billiard al
lowed in balk. This was Slosson's oppor-
tLnity. His head for cushion carroms I'M
doubtedly made is possible for his cele-
brated victory. While Ives has showed the
best billiards during the tournament, he
able that his recent ill-heaIth is also largely
responsible for his defeat. AS late as last
stricken with consumption and that he
would never be able to play again. His
record breaking of 40, and his high
average of 81 4-16 in his game with Sutton
shows that he can still be king of them all.
At the same time Slosson's great finish last
night was the most brilliant incident dur
ing the series. Ives turned his four hun
dredth button PA points ahead of Slosson,
and none dreamed that the result would be
in favor of the Student. In his last six
innings Slosson piled up PA billiards, MAX
ing an average of 3512 and II S-41 for the
entire game. Such speed places him once
more in the front rank of billiard players.
The high averages for the tournament are:
Ives against Sutton. Observation-Disclosures 4-16
Schaefer against Ives....................i5 1853
Slosson against Ives and Schaefer. RIP S-41
DAILY against Sutton. Observation-Disclosures. 1851
Sutton against Ives. Observation-Disclosures. 5-15
The high runs were:
Ives =. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $40
Slosson ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 81
Schaefer c.. .......................... So
DAILY Observation-Disclosures. 70
Sutton ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. So