New-York tribune., 1906-04-24
SF7TTON'S SECOND PRIZE.
Beats "U7iaard" Schaefer Easily in
PlaN-of Of Tie.

George e. Sutton won second place last night in
the 1872 championship billiard tournament when ne
defeated Jacob Schaefer by a score of 500 to 2S1
in the playo of the for second and third prizes
in the concert hall Madison Square Garden The
winner averaged % III and made a high run OF
19l. Schaefer made high run of 1O7 and averaged
II 1916 The attendance was small.
The final standing of the seven players in the
tournament with all ties played off, is as follows:
Slosson, first; Sutton. second; Schaefer' third;
Hoppe fourth: Cure. fifth: Cutler, sixth; Morning
star. seventh. The total amount of prize money.
entrance fees and net gate receipts. which Will be
divided among the first five players on the basis
OF 40 25 10. 70 and per cent, is estimated at
$4,000 This means that Sossons will be
nearly 5000 In addition he receives the worlds
championship emblem. which is subject TO chal-
enge.
Sutton has already challenged Slosson for the 1S2
championship. and the latter has ten days in which
to accept the challege and cover Suttons $3.50, or
forfeit the title. The match must he played wlthln
sixty days. Slosson has not yet announced whether
he will accept the challenge, but 1t Is 'he
general opinion that he will do SO.
The match last night between Sutton anu
Schaefer was too one-sided be interesting. Sut-
ton played the superb. brilliant. steady balk-
line billiards which for him the best single
and grand average and highest run in the tourna-
ment Just finished. His of 1sl was model OF
exquisite execution combined with clever head
work. Schaefer off his game, and showed his
usual high grade billiards only in the sixteenth
inning, when he made 10I carroms.
Sutton won the bank, and chose the spot ball.
He started off with Is and Schaefer took 10. 1t
was slow billiards for four innings. but in the fifth
Sutton gathered 40 and in the sixth and seventh
innings Schaefer made runs of % and 81 At the end
of seven innings the score 112 to 12i in favor
of Schafer
Then came suttons sparkling cluster of 1sl car
roms in the eighth inning. which gave him a total
of 800 and an average of 81 rs This big run by
Sutton seemed to take the heart out of schaefer,
and thereafter the Wizard" played ndifferently
In all save his last inning. Sutton, however, was
in fine stroke and with runs of 26. 50 and "a had
a total of 423 for twelve innings Schaefer had ac-
cumulated only 1863 points meanwhile.
Sutton made 81 in the fifteenth inning and
needed only 2S more win, while Schaefer required
500 The latter in if he meant to get the
required number of points. He began to play real
Schaefer balkline and gathered in 107 carroms be-
fore he fell down on the easiest kind of straight
carrom It was Schaefer's last inning, however, as
Sutton out the game with Is in the seventeenth
innings.
George B sutt2n-2s O. Is. Is, 90 1s o. l91 : 2e 81
Pu runs - 1Si. ss, g. AZ
Jacob schsefer-1o H. II l. % 81. a 0, / ;. q,
Referee|Edward Mclaughlin.
There will be a regular billiard feast tonight in
the concert hall ~ Madison Square Garden. in aid
of the San Francisco sufferers. All the profes-
sionals who played in the recent tournament and
many of lesser note together with several leading
and Schaefer and Hoppe Will play snort games az
1872 balk line. Cure Cutler and MornnSstar VIII
Ferdinand Poggenburg Dr. l-eonldas l.. Mat Cal-
vim Demarest and Edwin W. Gardner, the anna
teurs, will have short sessions at a. balk line and
Miss Nav Caarlus and Edward Mclaughlin viii
give fancy shot exhibitions.
Next week the professionals who competed in the
recent tournament will so to Chicago 10 play in a
similar competition.