The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-30
BILLIARD STARS AT PLAY.
.y<oo1 scHAEFBR DEFEATs lrAU-
pTo1 DlLF IN THE BIG TOURNEY.

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Tho billiard lovers Of New York got their Hrst
viov NJ the newest STYLE Of the balk.line game
last nipht when the tournament was opened In
Madison Square Garden Concert Hall that 10
dcsIon,d to establish q new championship for
which any expert In the world may challenge.
The game chosen to illustrate the up-to-date
standard OF the experts 10 played with the table
morked of with 1S.inch balk.line spaces, but
on,v one shot is allowed when the object balls
arc IN "balk." The old rule permitted two
abots in balk, and tho change has increased tho
a,eacplties Of play far more than an ordinary
dcvo,ee NJ the game would imagine. It has de-
nrived all tho competitors Of the chance Of play
inc the old second shot for position, and has
largely neutralized all corner" play.
The new emblem of the championship was COM
pleted yesterday and 1t WASH the hall last night.
Its donors, the Brunswick-B alke-C ollender Com.
pany. have chosen instead Of the old silver
challenge cup q trophy Of the famous old.timo
medal kind, and It 10 o handsome one Of the sort.
II Ia an ornate medal depending from a heavy
gold min and set with seventeen diamonds and q
single ruby. Attached to the bar is q string Of
miniature counting buttons Of gold that are
movable. Upon the face Of the medal 10 . fe-
male figure OF Victory wrought In silver. hold.
ing a cue in her left hand and . laurel wreath
in her right.
The competitors for this latest emblem are
Frank c. Ives, Jacob Schaefor, tho wizard
George slosson. his old-time rival; Maurice
DAILY, dean Of the experts. and George Sutton.
who has never been seen in this city in q
championship tourney. The amateurs, upon
whose patronage depends the prosperity Of the
game of billiards, were well represented among
the spectators last night, and q number Of women
attested by their presence the high regard with
arrangement for tho public convenience was q
giant blackboard designed to show the tourney
record Of Of each @nn,aI az srr IL r was neatly eat yys ds.
able, too, for the purpose OF comparison. The
table was q narrow,rsilod pattern of entirely
Mclaughlin. who is the referee for the tourney.
marked out tho ,balk lines. being particular as
s IL sos " @narsory 'RH can m NO " longer sn b 'i accom- com:
Wizard" schaefer and Maurice DAILY. who
together in evening dress and were introduced
by I. 2. Cowles, who announced that. besides the
OF prize money, entrance fees, and tho net gate
receipts. Mr.. Cowles explained with care and
cleGrness the changes in the game, and received
schaefer won the lead, peeled of his Tuxedo
at once and pulled oul 3 on the open table, and
DAILY made 5, also on the open. DAILY played with
his favorite old 17.ounco cue that has stood him
IN good stead In many previous bouts on the
set the enthusiastic were enabled to discover that
ra9 old Of fo 500. aoo P' ana 5oS s asro 'G aOns a up ~
with for good. Open table play seemed
balls. The crler Kept track Of ali play from the
gallery and shouted out the score of each man
Improvement and the onlookers liked it. But
time. Both the stars cracked duck esss too fro.
sy ~ I, Ri, tie Wizard ygI z got ,.5 past his M;,s er : ,i half sa hHG;
Of 10. and the crier shouted: "Schaefer, 60;
a corner kiss by schaefer. where one ball was
frozen against the end rail, and which shot was
played to drive one object ball out Of balk, ex-
a S1tsd t dsse "rss " FSo psso 81 tHs nis f. 1 aas tho he
1t wasn't until the nineteenth inning, though,
! !nha nS 0s ana " q ptss he held Z the MOB sic;beSs
under so y, q S xsFE S%rGst'TiilEy srd and r6 rolled n, up
mens q Position raised ,genuino enthusiHsm
a little while once or twice, when he had them
together near the interdicted balk spaces. he
display ended the score was shouted: "Schaefer
schaeter: by the way, holds the record run
ever tried In this country. The Wizard left
cloth was running so fast" that no appeared
to be afraid of the speed OF the balls. and
DAILY made his first double figured in the TWEEN.
ty.1rst inning. a break that Noted Just u dozen
buttons. He followed it up with a break of 10.
fore this. but he seemcd Disguised with the way
the worries eluded his efforts to get them under
time OF it himself. and he objected to the constant
calling of the score and 1t was stopped. Jake
said that the calling distracted ,s his mind from
carrom agreeably varied the slow, progress Of
his plan Of play. Meantime DAILY had rounded
daisies plucked with great care from difficult
pc ]. hn2R lot The sD marker called ss1a the score:
DAILY continued in n pessimistic mood and
watched his adversary with languid calm when
the latter began to wake up a SECOND LII. Zine and
ratified of drives and "banNs.' draws and
masses" and cushion combinations in lively
t piisd up and g. k' FSsy 1t ss %e q Ris SCORE ss h '%S
e 2ss. baly s!tll had 100 buttons on his wire:
third wire with a total Of 304. Daly went down
,S only =; falling q to d riys q ball out OF bslk'
lne nr the p siobes G Kept pe' right Eana on np breski tns s 6Sns.
with a persistency that was calculated to mako
him moro dispirited than ever;
advantage Of tho lull to bunch. ,Dexterous dou-
bles of 20. %, and SO. respectively. and q num-
applauded. One masse, where all three balls
were in a straight line near the rail. was partio-
ularly noteworthy because of it's difficult execu-
ton, from an almost inaccessible position. Tho
final break of SO carried the veteran around his
second wire. and an outburst of handclapping
hailed tho score:
"Daly, 225; Schaefer, $780,"
The Wizard" started In 4 with a squirt and
around the head of the table. He slid around
his fourth wire with AL to the veterans 225.
There were several masses Of fine design in this
bunch and he added to this number in his next
effort, when he got tho globes near an anchor
space and toyed with them with delicacy and
admirable Judgment. Fine position play
ivories left the dangerous anchor spot. The
expert captured 40 in the break.
"lt's all over" said DAILY. spontaneously. as
the Wizard" sat down. but the veteran kept
the globes spinning in pretty fashion when it
came his turn. corraning 6 cluster Of "a.
Jake fired off a superb reverse English
three,cushion draw that was q wonder.
Of three lined.up balls, which were over two
feet away from the end rail and parallel with, It.
The cue ball shot from tho first ball TO the side
cushion, travelled TO the end cushion. there r..
cushion. Rugged It closely as it ran. and scored
amid a roar OF applause. 1t was the star shot Of
the niUht Sphaafar won the aranne Ave minutaa