The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-03
THE WIZARD DEFEATED
NAPOLEON IVES ONCE MORE HOLDS
BILLIARD CHAMPIONSHIP.
After Playing "a Fast Game and Get
and His Old Pupil Won.

CHICAGO, April Frank Ives defeated
Jacob Schaefer tonight in the match for
the championship at eighteen-inch balk-line
billiards by score of 600 to 427. He had
to work hard for the honor, but there was
not moment when ne did not hold his old
master safe in all points of the game. Jake
played splendid billiards as a rule, but the
strain of the game told on him after his
high run of ninety in the twenty-fourth in
ming, and in eight innings he made but four
teen points. In the meantime Ives had
pushed up 1859 buttons and clinched the
game. Ives was given a fair show by the
spectators and that undoubtedly helped
him to keep up to his work Ives and
ochaeter Will meet Monday afternoon and
evening in a match game of 125 points at
three-cusion caroms for 500 side. This
match has been made principally to test the
popularity of three-cushion billiards. The
betting is heavily in favor of Ives.
Jake won on the bank but missed from
the lay OF by hairs breadth. Frank took
hold with good heart, and as though he in
tended to make a runaway race of it. His
eleventh shot, with a lineup in ball was
executed with precision and gave him good
position, from which he counted up to thir-
ty-five, when he fell down on shot the
length Of the table. The Wizard" came
back with pretty cluster of eighteen, and
gathered eleven in the next inning after
Ives had made seven. Three innings of
single figures followed, and then the young
Napoleon added tWenty-Sx to his score by
careful billiards. This did not daunt Jake.
for he had thirty buttons pushed up on his
string before the balls froze on him and he
missed the lay-on. Ives took them up and
ran fourteen, his thirteenth shot being a
left-handed one at two cushions that
brought down the house Schaefer ran thir-
ty-seven in his ninth inning. This put the
Wizard" in the lead and Ives did not like
it. The balls lay hard for him, but he
pulled out nine counts, and then, by diff
hon fhaaxs In fI11
nurse. At fifty they broke badly for him.
and he missed his fifty-thrd shot on lack
of draw
Jake did nothing for six innings. while
Ives was piling up forty-eight. This was
too slow for Schaefer, and he proceeded to
put together sixty-two very pretty billiards.
Ives could do nothing in return and it was
not until the eighteenth inning that he
touched the double figures In the twenty
his way and proceeded to harvet a crop or
buttons. He had added sixty-five to his
string before he failed on a two-cushion
venture. In the twenty-second Ives took
his turn and looked as though he was good
for century, but lack Of force caused him
to miss his ninety-second shot Jake could
get but a single billiard and Frank made
eighteen, putting him sixty points to the
good Then Schaefer started to even mat
tiers up. The worries rolled kindly for him
and he soon gained the lead and kept piling
up the count till he reached ninety. Then
he failed to get the balls out of balk and
sat down to watch Ives play. He saw some
pretty billiards. but was very well pleased
when the Young Napoleon failed on a
hard cross-the-table. shot after counting
forty three times. From that time on Ives
had the game all his own way and ran out
IN the fortieth inning with an average OF
fifteen. The score.
Schaefer-0, is, ii, 1, 5. !, 80, ., 81, 5, IL. g.
l, 0, 81, l. 8, l. IS. 10. l: 80, 1, 2. 0. II,
., 9. o 0, e, s, 0, 8, 4, /. 2 1-42Z Average,
10 2I-40 High runs, 80 and Co.
Ives-35 z. /, 4, 3, 26, IA, 0, 50. ]. 10, TO- 49, O.
0. 0, !, p, 2, I, g. 81, IS, A. 49, IA, 8, Is. 20,
Q: !, II. q, g. "a, l3, ], 0, 5, 22-60O. Average,
Is. High runs. 81 and 50.