New-York tribune., 1906-04-12
sCHAEFER pEFEATs MoRNINGsrAF


Jacob Schaefer. Of Chicago, who the last
championship billiard tournament in this city. IN
1901 decisively defeated Ora c. Morningstar. by a
score OF 6O 2 in the fourth of the 1872 balk
made the highest run OF the tournament TO date,
49, and gave splendid exhibition of the pure balk-
line game. although ne averaged only 1s 1427:
It had been reported that Wizard Schaefer, as
best form. After the match such rumOFs m rs were not
briliiancy. speed and deiicacy The way he nursed
the ivories exquisite to behold. Once he gath
within rff mare spaee haH Of R%ee in he OF
The run of 1877 points was a treat for the the spec
nurse all prevalent. the cuest rarely resorting TO
be former got no his se sk
was helpless and, while he played plucky losers
too rolled poorly for him throughout the game
Now that schaefer has demonstrated that he is
ter contests, for sosson and Sutton are playing
akn and 4 H0PPe o mgs efa 3f @ SaPdT PS
ure as a contender, and Morningstar and Cutler
credit a Victory over Cure The matches between
Schaefer and Slosson and Hoppe are sure TO be
after seeing schaefer play that he would be re-
turned the winner of the tournament
THE GAME IN DETAIL.
schaefer won the bank end chose the spot ball
He missed the opening shot, and Morningstar
started off with cluster Of 10. There was no
scoring to speak Of until the the NTH inning, & when when
piled 30 carroms before he fell down on rather
difficult follow shot
seventh
playing for position rather than carroms, assumed
control Of the worries and with startling rapidity
fRa e sK e0 o e aR 10 oVer of brds Could
talk write volumes about this run Its most re- re-
nnrsed @ Oi the worries into POSITION in the centre q
carrorns without moving the balls a foot The
beauty of the run consisted in the fact that was
piay. In fact, Schaefer drove the object ball the
length Of the table only three times during the
When he he passed 11s the high run made by sqt
ased Hoh ed baTd Shot % but @ one whck he fully expect
ed TO make. The three balls lined up IN the lower
first When the cue ball came back 5d Il missed both
the object balls entirely schaeTer Locked surprised p
for a miss and the run was over.
o s me non Tng and an sn Averages Of % E while Morn
ingstar had only AS In the ninth inning Schaefer
with a total of 2OS and average of % % He
missed on an easy looking draw sho{ n at tne Upper
inning inclusive. Morningstar gave wretched ex-
re9cbins double figures once. From the tenth to
the thirteenth inning. inclusive. Schaefer. too.
% SgSsar Os came back to life in the fifteenth IN
Ming and gathered in % carroms by clever nursing.
He foiIoIyed with Is more in the seventeenth inning
and made Il in the eighteenth. 1nls gave MIN
scbae} 5 R IN the mean time had double figure
runs of r. 13 and 26 in the fouteen' 1 ~ a5 F eb %
teen innings of play His average had dropped TO
L XII ~ MGrnRs5lak n Sc in the nineteenth inning
and 10 in the twentieth He missed an easy ~ S% 1es
In the latter inning 44llS saw 4-'
Morn!ngstar fouled the cIe ball in the twenty.
second inning Schaefer promptly claimed the point
ana as promptly charmed Sc carr9ms cut OF 1ai the
gIistenfng snheres Oddly enough, he missed again
on a ha ii, 10 the cushion. This gave him totdI
Of 83l Morningstar came back with x when car
ried him into the third hundred, with totaI OF
22l In the twenty inning schaefer made eoro :,
and nassed into the last hundred with the score
sfG ~ 5SN IN his favor This like its prede-
cessors scintiated with brilliant m + shots s nIe neTe
was however better tC come. for IN te next lhIIiS
Echaefer ran - and lacked only points OF game,
These he made in the following inning, ana Won Won
by total of 800 TO 2S3 He had taken tWehtyse'SSn S
innings and had therefore an average OF 10 l1--''
Morningstar averaged &-8 - n, -.
This afternoon Slosson and Morningstar vii! meet
and tonight Schaefer and Cutler VIII cross cues;
Tomorrow afternoon Hoppe ana MotIIhestaI Wiz
play and tomorrow night Sutton ana cure Win M
clash Schaefer and Sutton VIII meet on t53, 2atur95aS
afternoon and Hoppe and siosson on SaturuaE
night.
Jacob schaeter-o l. o. 1871 a. II.,ii !. l. 2 GsoV o.
- Ia 25 o J. IL s o. o 55. 3. 81. o. o. IotaL 0o''
average is I4-27 High runs. 1aT. %. o. anS 90 !
?. l. "a 0. 49, II. 81. 40. l. @ u O. Io'A' -"''
average, 2b-26. High runs 4e S2 and ea
Referee-EdWard Mclaughlin