The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-13
JAKESCHAEPER'S BGAVERAGE
WIZARD OF BILLIARDS MAKES
500 POINTS IN 10 INNINGS.
Defeats Cutler, Who Has q Losing Average
of Swimmers Figures 81 4-I0
-SlOsSOn Win the Afternoon Game by
Making Two big Runs Near the Finish, |

tournament In Madison Square Garden Con-
cert Hall for the championship at 1872 balk
hne was played last night. Jake Schaefer
made the big average of 81 4-i0 and defeated
Albert Cutler 500 to $3.50. The Wizard was
last. sure. consistent. His opponents aver
age Ia the next biggest of the tournament
but a losing average, Cutler has found all
three OF his opponents at their best, but he
made q pluoky and improving night. He has
played well and has deserved better success.
he gave Schaefer a stubborn battle up to the
time the latter cut away with a trun Of 1874,
three innings from the finish.
Schaefer missed the opening shot by a
loot and Cutler ran is. He got bad position
on a draw to the cushion, and in trying to
reasonable the balls by q draw he misoued
S~chaefer in turn made a string of 81 points
with mighty little fuss. Though the balls
were apart and he carried them about the
table, that incompatible touch Of his was
IN evidence, His expenditure OF force was
calculated TO a dot and the click OF bali on
ball was like a lullaby.
The twenty-eIRhth shot was n daarant
Scratch. The cue ball missed In biseotlng
the three upper rail balk spaces. but the first
oai' driven to the other end. returned and
Knocked the cue ball against the second
pal' which was lying Quiesoent on the upper
END rail. Jake's third inning was q technical
gem. He marched the balls up the table
'bNho lill cl OHt U InP lDUR DnlK
lines; that is. making II his base Of operations
ana not getting far from 1t. lie made the
oalls travel the least possible distances.
Played mostly from ball to ball and kept the
cue ball hard by all the time. At the fftleth
shot he swung the balls to the other side OF
the table, In the next ten counts he mace
Tour masses In succession.
The ninety-thlrd shot was q MAGNIFICENT
position effort. 1t was a draw, with a kiss
PACK from the cushion to help. 1t brought
the TWO object balls together directly In
'front.' of the cue ball. Many short spread
draws in which the cue ball was an inch
or two from the first ball and twenty-four
inches or so from the other were in the run.
and the Wizard was noticeably sure in these,
AFTER unravelling a skein Of 90 he missed
Just such a shot as has been described
a three inch leg to the first ball and a thirty
inch leg to the second.
cutters fourth trip TO the table was em-
oeiiished by a shower of hard around the
table and other rangy shots. He was tangled
up by kisses and alignments. and the billiards
were forced from the unwilling bullets. BY
ana by the balls were enticed into a corner,
and Cutler played them with the genuine
finish of a master until a wide right angle
masse brought him to grief.
Schaefer entertained with some more magic
IN the seventh inning, The cue ball assimi-
lated 81 points, partly through nursing. Dis
tances We're microscopic for a while, but in
gong between the balls to get on the other
side the cue ball did not go far enough. A
drive to the side rail would have spread the
balls, 80 a drive down the table and back was
resorted TO. 1t gave fair position but ended
the nursing. There We're cross table counts
IN SutIer 8 seventh, inning that were pippins,
ana nerVy drives luminous enough to shine
prlRhtly IN any company. The run was 81
long, and the score then was 253 to ll5 in
Schaefer's favor. Cutler thought he made
the referee thought otherwise.
inning a splendid seapce Of, g. made his
mid-table and played as Il he were II 5ene ~
hting by association; He, too. brushed
ness and consumed but little space He
perpetrated a luscious mass6 out in the open,
one knee resting on the rail. and obtained
ages. Jake got away from the aeros ffrrsst
his total was SSs. Cutters was 22i. " '"N
cutler g recovery from the goose egg aflic-
Of ei05 S. T poin Ius' w a eRhR Rss ended An b art ! miss sF IT =
slow shot of the cushion. swelled his total
What are you up against" a friend asked
drop shot hail. the length of I the tab!Hes n n,p p
via u ao 19s f FnG%'" Ball said Gis!R eSs.ie to an a., e"G rail i;
the score Cutler was getting edges Where
PsTsl0} SlI he had snd been ss missing them. With,
NdINihl. pa AM HIS JOlTDnllnR amour
freely, he assessed them for A. This, follow
ing = right after his run Of 81, made his total
va. he was PLAYING tenaciously, and giving
Al points ahead.
c6 SShqeieT however, let oqt another link.
family as 10 Just get there and caressiTe he
balls to ard fro on the end rail, he roilIcked
into the 9Th hundred At the seventY-dfih
played a dead cue bali and swung the red &c,
the end and back f9T bqlf a dozen, shots,
line, At the n~inety-frst shot he had the
doTClIle balls at the other end of the pasture.
The 6 S,hIch shot wqs a draw and a
tinued to herd the balls for points ali over the
range, and neared the finish the spectators
When within nine points of the finish Schaefer
missed q masse in a corner,
The Wizard made a solitary point. then
SchaefeI-o,. SO, 90, IS, o, 10, 81. 4, 20, 8. o, 40. 20,
~ 1 g. Total 800. Average, 81 4'lO, High runs,
.culefIIisss 9. 5, 80, 0. 81, 81, IS. 81, 5, o. SIS, At, 2s.
T., Total 500. Average. "a AIS. High runs, 81,
1t was by stiff uphill work that George
Slosson won his game yesterday afternoon.
II ever a cause looked hopeless the Students |
lid for the greater part of his contest with
rear until four Innings from the finish. He
,.asn not 1T, FEELING es,Gs S Vi gtb keen ,n6 but The he gTitted ls
Of cue and carom and waded into the worries
with ,determination 10 get all out Of them he
could. Making a run OF 1853 and following !
it with one Of l08, he rushed into the lead
and won the game by a score Of 800 to ass.
The Students run surpassed the nursing
run of Schaefer's, made on Wednesday af-
%ternoon. and Is the best so far OF the tourney.
The game started In dragging fashion. Nor
n~ingstar being the first TO break into double
figures. This was a scant IL In the fourth
inning. Morningstar was after the line nurse
and did get In some good sized spells OF close
counting, but his touch was not quite as soft
as he wanted IL to be. and the. balls spread
on him. However. after he had weaved the
globes gently. in and out Of the spaces in the
tenth inning for a cluster of 80, the score was
ISL TO 20 In his favor.
The atrocious game that Slosson was putting
up was shown by the fact that his. best run
in the first fourteen Innings was only 8. He
gathered in 7S points In the next two innings.
but even after this pronounced brace the
score was 272 to 1871 against him. Morning
star, plugging along steadily, Increased his
lead, and was well along In his fourth century
when Slosson was just rounding into his
third. Morningstar had done some gilt
edged work In the masse line.
It's a shame to charge for such an exhi-
billion" remarked Slosson Of his own play
when he Jailed to count In the twenty-fourth
inning. Beginning the memorable twenty
ninth inning bis stroke was still out of keller,
and the, first fifty SHOTS Of the fat instalment
were all sorts, the Student feeling his, way
to the hundredth shot he was himself again.
He played close billiards at one end Of the
"a able, and by this time was In smooth working
order. The l2sth shot was a screaming Ave |
count, The cue ball caught the far
hall fret drove II down the table and hack