The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-20
TWO BILLIARD GAMES
CATION WINS THE FIRST FROM
SPINKs BY A CLOSE SHAVE,
And Napoleon Ives Takes the Sec
Exhibition of Scientific Playing.

CHICAGO, JAM - ~ Cation defeated
Spinks this afternoon in the third game
of the eighteen-inch balk-line tournament
by a score of go to 249. This leaves the
situation as regards the player who is to be
left outside the money still undecided. Had
Spinks won this afternoon he would have
been sure of fourth money. with a fair
chance for third. His victory last night
over Schaefer gave him confidence, but Cat
ton, after getting warmed up, began piling
up the caroms in q most disheartening way,
and in the eighteenth inning took the lead
with a clever rum of thirty. Spinks came
back with a pretty cluster of forty-four,
but the Rock Island boy was not to be de-
MED, and returned the compliment with a
run of thirty-four to which he added fifty
six in the twenty-first inning practically
clinching the game. Spinks made three
double-figure runs in the next ten innings,
but offset them with four singles and three
goose eggs, so that he did not become dam
gerous. Then Cation, in turn lost his grip,
allowing Spinks to creep up on him. He,
however, managed to stay long enough to
run out the game in the thirtieth inning.
The score:
Catton-1O 0, o. 3, 0, /, Z, o., !, 0, S. 2, 4, Is,
Q, 3, 6, l, 2, 1-26O. Average, 1918; highest
run. S.
spinks-S, 0, /. q. 6. 2, 0. /, 70. 3. 3, %.
O. z, 2 l9, A, g. g. /, &c. l. /, J. o. 10. o. 0, -. O.,
10, 10, B. L, 0, O-249. Average, A-SS; high
est run, A.
Referee-John Matthews
Marker-Charles Matthews.
After one of the finest displays of scien-
tific billiards ever shown in Chicago, Frank
Ives tonight defeated George Sutton by a
score of 400 to 100. Ives Won the bank but
missed the lay-off shot. Sutton made ten,
and then the Young Napoleon" proceeded
to show the possibilities of the game.
Draws, masses spreads and bank shots al
ternated with skilful nursing kept Marker
Matthews busily calling off the shots until
123 was reached. Then Frank fell down on
a hair-line shot. Sutton piled up fifty-one
In his third inning, nineteen in the fourth
and thirty-siX in the fifth. The Ca
madam was responding to the applause of
his many friends among the spectators,
and. had he been facing any other player
than Ives would undoubtedly have won the
game. Ives put up fOrty-five in his fourth
and in the sixth gathered eighty-three, but
four short of the handicap. miss and
four short innings left him still one short
as Sutton had been putting up a few but
tons for himself. and at the end of the
eleventh inning the score stood: Ives 295;
life, and with runs of twenty-nine, forty
nine and twenty-seVen filled his score
leaving Sutton with but 100 to his credit.
This was the first game in the tournament
in which the winner of the bank has won
the game, and many bets were lost because
of the break.
Sutton and Spinks play tomorrow after
noon and Schaefer and Sutton in the even
ing. To-night's score:
Ives0, 1913, 0, As, /, SO. O. 20, z, 6, l, o. 49, 81
Total, 400. Average. 2S Al; high runs, 1923, 49,
Sutton-10, O. 81, 10, So, 0, L, 16, ~, /, 0, o. 4.
Total, 100. Average, Il 4-19.; high runs, 81.
&c.
Referee-John Matthews. Marker-Charles
Matthews.