New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-06
SCHAEFER WINS THE MATCH
HE DEFEATS SLOsSON AND GETS THE
BILLIARD CHAMPIONSHIP
CLOSELY CONTESTED "AAS IN "
SQUARE GARDEN LOST BY Fovk POINTS IN
THE ElaNr~ 4 INNINo-THE DIAMOND
EMRI.nM AND A SUBSTANTIAL
St'A TttE STAKES

SUN TaE STAKES.
C<-,yus r slosson OF New-York the Miii"rd
ch,moou Was beaten BY Jacob Sohae'sr N
Chicago IN . match For the diamond ohahpio'n''
emblem and 500 side. with tho net DC" ie".P,
Added in Madison Square Garden 'oh'e'' iia''
LAST night The game was o." points Up a' eis"
tsen-inch halk line, shot in osik ana one si,o'
IN aDohor spaces 1t the hrst game rof inc
emblem played snne the Student 'e'o's som W"
Il last autumn In open tournament III '''S '
from Sutton. DAILY Ives ana Schae'ei HA'e'
sa,,oru windup with Ives. who was oeieS'eo a''''
ga.,ins within two points Of the winning s'o'e'
ne veteran masters Of the cue have sur'io"''''
all the difficulties Of bslk lines that can be deViSe''
And the new series Of restrictions oy egh'eeh-HV
lines has made most interesting variety VI VNp.
billiards which will surely tend To- 'TFiVa " ,
perpetuity Of the popular interest IN the game w.
these new difficulties have also been coh7"e''"
and the inventor Of new complications mas nee" ''
70 work once more 10 contrive others
Edward Mcrourhlin was the referee botn
ln,sh,s Of the cue wore their old-time car"iea"
Jackets with silken sleeves The a'te''u""Ne "
oood and the interest displayed throushou' ""S
keen Schaefer the favorite in the oe''i'e "
oAds q, 10 10 4 The game was started Al slo
,,o,o,t schaerer winning the bank and selecting
,be HACK ball schaefer failed TO count on MS
ors; Try and slosson followed suit. In the Seeonu
,nn,rs each nlayer put couple OF buttons 10 his
credit neither having yet warmed up 10 hlS "0'N'
I'd Variance,
scheefer followed this up with three consecuuNe
soosa-eess and the friends who had wagered the"
money on him looked reproachIuly ut him In me
third slo.son made s, and In the n1th inning ~
mora making his lead IS to 2 Slosson missed on
difficult kiss shot. =,
schaefer picked UP little In the next TWO IN
niprs making II and then q. Sosson drawing
nat, of hvee and the seventh inning ended win
slo.,on IN the lead % to &C. Slosson lost once
through not getting the ball out Of baik' ana a
second time a misscue stopped MIN Inc eApe'''
vrre now playing with better results. and the on
locker, were applauding the difficult draws masses
kisses and carroms made with an easy grace h''o
. aeltcacy ~ touch which were almost ocwlderihs'
schasfer ran II In the tenth inning. Shipping up
m a single-cushon carrom he naue - III '"'
eleventh inning and IS tn the twelfth prIts
ting his total W 70 81 SIosson' ineai'"iiii>
had all but stalled and he turned hh -
inning with only IS his credit-42 points oehhu
his rival schaefer drew two blanks, and Sioseoh
pulled up q. making his total 81
schaefer Increased his lead in the Dt'eei.h III
ming with a pretty cluster Of ". made mostly II.
clever play Near the nenire Of
The table without moving the oaIls Two Lh not'fe
This gave him lead OF LIZ 70 o. anu %, oV geftna
the balls out of bak oh guess m TOO ,S ssr9 sish
,aan,b inning when Schaefer took possession or
the worries He kept them ticking away uh aad n of
a. points on blossom schaefers total was 2S to 100
for Slosson. $1,000, - 49,, .htr,,.-,htrA in
IRON ncl ne scSs efer seemed lose control Of
the cue and In the six innings ne mao on! ny,
nnints Two and a quarter hours after the gam,
SStarted or at 1880 p m. Schaefer had lead OF
5oT "a ojS for Sosson and there was ever! pros,
meet that the game would not be hnshed uhui
after midnight. - , .,o .-,,
,heromansl runs In the latter part OF the game ne
made sixty-six In the seventy-seventh inning ana
IN out the game in the eighty-frst inning Win
"a slosson slipped up on an easy carTona III MS
ei1htieth inning with only four points 10 go