The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-01
CHAMPIONS WITH THE CUE.
SLOSSON AND IVES DEFEAT SUTTON
AND DAILY.


SIOsson shows Far Greater skill
Than the Supposed New Wonder
and Wins by a Score of 500 to 3SS.
Ives Beats DAILY Easily by 500 to
256-HOpeS That Ives Would
Eclipse Schaefer's Run of 1I6 at
Chica go Not Realized.
New York, Nov. S0.-Cieorge F. Slosson
and George Sutton played the second
game in the billiard tournament at Madi-
son Square garden concert nall this after
noon. Slosson won the lead and chose the
white ball. He led Off with a nuke, and
Sutton followed, scoring !. Slosson gath
cred in p after which Sutton ran up 9,
keeping in" most of the time. Slosson
made 4, playing wide. Suttons next run
was 90 a wide carrom being used inef-
fectively. In the fifth. Sosson made a
splendid masse play, within the line, max
ing an out and in Slosson passed
Sutton in this inning, making 10 and los
ing the twentieth on a sky rocket Thir-
teen was Sutton's score in this inning, Civ
ing him the lead, a daring two-cushion
drive finishing his run and scattering the
balls.
At the close of the first ten innings the
score stood: SIosson, 40; Sutton Sc. An,
other long run of % in
the fifiy-third carried Slosson
over the hundred mark the score
standing 34l to go in Slosson's favor. As
the game progressed SIosson's superior
skill was visible, and Sutton seemed to
lose nerve with defeat staring at him
In the sixty-ninth he braced up for "A.
and in the seventy-second he made a
grand rally and made a run all over the
table for 50, sky rocket" ending it, The
! score follows:
Slosson 800; Sutton SSS Averages-Slos.
son 3d. sutton 9-37 High runs-Slos-
son, 80; Sutton So. Time 3 hours, 46 min.
utes.
A warm welcome was given to Frank
| c. Ives tonight when he stepped up to
| the tablesto begin, with Maurice DAILY, the
third game of the tournament on many
| sides We're heard the expressions of the
| hope that Ives would break the record of
| Schaefers Chicago run of 49, and so
| make record for the newest style of balk
| Inc billiards 1t look as though Ives had
| luck with him, for he won the lead, but
| he picked up only l. DAILY got the first
! applause when he gathered in nine easily
| in the first inning. Ives "fell down af-
| ter five buttons had been passed to his
credit, and DAILY got seven. Ives led with
| a run of twenty in the third inning. In
| the eleventh inning Ives made run of
Il
| stood at b. But in the next inning Daily,
! by running up % points, made a tie.
In the thirteenth inning Ives scored A.
! He scored q in the next inning and later
made run of q.
DAILY then showed brilliant work. and
in one inning scored 80. Then Ives had
! l76 points to his credit and Days record
| was 1O9.
In the twenty-eighth inning DAILY.
through a misunderstanding, made shot.
using the wrong ball. There was slight
| dispute, but Referee Mclaughlin settled
| 1t by placing the balls where they were
! at the LHglnning of Days play The
| spectators were divided on this decision,
| some claiming that the balls should have
| been put on the spot This did not inter-
fere witty Days playing, for he rolled ur
10 points. n4flp"
| In the thrtieth inning Ives played q
nice little game of hide and seek with
the network of chalk lines and gathered
| in a cluster of 26. Then there was an
other scatter and the sky rocket" play
took the place of delicate, hair splitting
touches But the balls were rolling right
and Ives kept on until he had reached
the GA mark.
In the thrty-third inning, Ives rolled up
| 3S more points, and in the thirty-fourth,
| Daily added twenty-four to his score. Ives
followed with 30.
The score follows: Ives, 800; Daily 256
High runs, Ives, "a; Daily. 3S. Averages
Ives, 10 1897 Daily, 4-36. Referee Ed
ward Mclaughlin. Time, hours.
The afternoon game tomorrow will BIZ
| between Schaefer and Sutton and Slosson
and DAILY will play in the evening.