The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-22
GEORGE SLOSSON A CUE KING,
BEATS SCHAEFER IN DECIDING
GAME or TOURNEY.
BY a Score Of 500 to 800. the student Be
comes Champion at 1874 BaIk Lint
Billiards Make the BlE Average Of
~ "a sis and Two RuD Of Over 100.

Geore &c Slosson defeated his long time rival.
Jacob Schaefer. last night 10 tho final game
Of the regular series IN the billiard tourna-
ment At ~ balk line. aud thus became the
champion at that style Of play. He Norsted
The Wizard in Madison Square Garden Con-
cert Hall by a score OF ~ 10 800. u Was a
aplendid contest most Of the way, Slosson
playing a beautiful game and going out m
tbe fifteenth inning. and making an average
Of "a ~. Thi. avstAg" vas surpassed only
by SuttOn's average OF 100. SlossonS RECORD
for the tournament was Ave victories and
one defeat. Schasfrr is tied with sutton
for second money, the tie 10 be played on
f1o-morroW nigh
\ think the WIN win tonight. observed
an onlooker 10 hi neiRhbor. My moneys.
on the STU. was the reply Of the heighoor.
3 who had the abbreyAtion habit himself.
The. the WIZ and the STU banked. and the
latter won. The game opened tafnely. Each
Of the old timers Went a. the balls coyly and
failed for want Of enough force. Slosson
made I { aud :. aud Schaefer a zero. a / and ,.
He made an mpriuouS mAsse the warn
Of the table m the third inning, but the balls
s~nsttered tp the four points Of the compass
aud Jake's cue ball then rolled around the
second ball after traversing the table.
RS oiut Of cushion slainmln SloSsoTl man
gei 10 work hIs way into double nR'lres IN
the fourth inning. the first double figure
run ~ the gam" and limited TO - points.
l. He left the Ddlr EDJNl lot 'h' Dh
the second shot JsEes cue ball, owing 10
Insufficient muscle behind the cue. was
suggish on a one cushion bank and failed
10 teach the sncond ball. In his fifth inning
Schaefer'R touch vas cleaner. but on cushions
his stroke either was too strong or TOO Inud.
He fell short on drives az times and at times
! oyerdroye 10 l~inetII,s. BY inc time he had
pTodded the balls for - points. however
4 he began TO gauge the speed OF the tanle
better and went very rapidly up 10 the so
mark.
He landed the balls asrride the upper balk
line and with vapoFy touch he ticked on a
dozen points with but one drive 10 the ehd
raj. He made - points in all, missing a
D,asse, and va. in the lead. Slosson went
right ahead again, and becatLSe Of a foul did
NOT 90 further ahead He tried to make a
masse with the cue ball in between the other
Two. He played over the red ball ana fnuled
IL with his cue.
Slosson beat the Wizard 70 the 100 marx.
His seventh inning was good for ll6 points.
II contained some neat scroll work, due TO
careful coZening back and forth on the lower
S rail the balls being quickly brought back
when they ventured beyond the ln"tes and
bounds Of the three lower spaces. They
spread widely on drives once or twice hut
were In satisfactory relative position. and
execution did the rest. The Student fiicEed
the dyes with precision and maintained
an effective average Of position.
The Student stopped once because q nearby
EpectatOr's remarks were too loud ON short
one and two cushion drives he did admirable
work In bringing the object balls right to-
gether. Under his direction the two object
balls revealed the inscparableness Of Damon
and Pythis.. They we're in that condition
when he made the Tooth point OF the run.
The 10th shot was a swift chasing follow
along the end rail. the cue ball and the second
! ball meeting with a hard. solid kiss. according
10 speciicatiOns SlOs-oh y lotsl "h u"
and SchaefeT's 20.
Then slosson took the chair for a long rest.
Schaefer straightway proceeded TO reduce
Slosson's lead by II, He carried the balls
down the centre space To the ran aud bacK.
a spinning mass6 in the open antedating by
one the shot that terminated the run. FOR
even innings the score was 100 10 III. Slos-
son reached rhe 700 mark first with q sprightly
bevy Of II in his eighth inning.
. After making 70 points IN his eighth Inn ING
Schaefer hesitated long between a one cushion
shot and a shot that involved a tortuous trip
Tor the cue ball. He chose the latter. sent
the cue ball to a far away corner, back Tor
n count. but got bad position. The first
oh iect ball. not returning far enough from
the short trans-table trip. left a spread which
Two innings after slosson had ,c9ppleted
his second hundred Scharfer did likewise.
At the same }i dns he be W ,Ge mic, midts All if 6nrs Sy
he ran ~ and the score was ?l3, to ;l2 ia his
favor, schaefers tenure Of The lead va;
Of the tenth inning, With a rather kaleido-
scopic ensemble, Of - Slofson drew sway
ar the upper end Of the table, but there was
Liberal amount OF variety. inc luding one very
lucky gather after a shot Wh'ch sent the oal'S
The battle was a fast and stubborn one
and Schaefer Went after The SiudeIt hsTd:
run Of 81 and he brought, the soil sorcery OF
his touch to bear upon them. He was for.
smasb. but a massG of the rail two shots
later was a feature OF the run as merIt3rlous
As il was de ssra1 w. At, th snd E wen q y nsiSt1
shots, while Schacfcr had recourse to the ME;
/, When schaefer finished the inning he had
2as points 10 Slosson's 200;
Missing a mean spread draw in his eleventh,
session, Slosson sat down. with an inning total
e Get 20 on the lover side OF the second ball and
drew below IL. The lead scesawed 10 Schaeier
10 t1e in the twelfth. The Student had
n smattering OF hard 2penwork shots IN me
middle Of a run Of M. put was e4 n NO men Ha
made skilful use Of the rail - Keep his hold
on the balls, oberating Gioss 10 re npper
His control OF all three balls was thorough
and they we're seldom more than a hands
The 'dhdddline that accompanied the Student's
stroke did not prevent i from being as even
PfS s sat down. %0' lie i%it the balls up: and WIZ
Tea thnry tOuch ana suJDIf SNHnE nae
set about to decrease the gap. He mad me
balls on a cross ne and sent the cue pan
back and forth across the front OF the, other
two so lightly they scarcely moved lie
made 70 points before the nursing ended ana
then took the balls down, the table with a
beautiful gather shot, finally. missing a snort
draw. He subsidized with 81 points as his
loot from that attack. 1t was his sixth con-
s~ocutive double figure run,
Slosson increased his lead IN the thirteenth
inning, making 30 TO Schaefer's is. A draw
dispos,d Of the Student; a single cushion
With the three balls at right angles retired
the Wizard. Then there was a relapse into
single figures. each playing safety In the
fourteenth inning.
n The next innings and spoils thereof made
SIosson champion. The score:
Slosson-4, 4. II, 10. iS, 80. ll6. II, s, 81. IS, lls
%. s. 81. Total, 500. Average, ss 5l5' Hlgf
rugs SshaeperHG. rs, /. $. 7. II, 30. ~, s.. Z, So, is, !
Total, soe. Average. cs4Ii. High runs IS us.
In the afternoon Albert Cutler Of Boston
and Louis Cure Of France played of their tie
for fifth money, Cure was the winner, aud
purse and 81 $50 entrance fees ~ his. The
ecore was 500 TO 4l3. IL was q long. close
and not very interesting contest. Cutler
jumped far into the lead In the second inning
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