The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-21
BILLIARD CHAMPS
TO PERFORM HERE
GEORGE SUTTON AND JAKE sCHAn-
FER WILL PLAY TUESDAY
AT ST. ELMO.
INTEREST IN MATCH
GAME WILL BE FIRST PLAYED IN
RICHMOND BY MEMBERS OF
CHAMPION BILLIARD PLAY.
Frs LEAGUE.

George Sutton and Jake SchaefiAi
both members of the Champion BIZ
lard Players League, will appear a.
St. Elmo billiard parlor next Tuesday
night in the first regular scheduled
contest of the league to be held in this
city during the present season. Judg-
ing from the wide interest in the matca
and the large advance sale OF seats
there will be record attendance TO sec
these two famous experts of the cue.
The contest will be four hundred
points at 14:1 balk-line. the new style
of game, which created such a SEN
sation during the recent championship
tournament at the Hotel Aston, New
York. This game Is full of thrills, II
most spectacular and beyond question
the most difficult known to the billiard
world.
Both players are now going at top
speed and Judging from the games
played by them in other cities In tho
league a battle to the finish may be
expected Each has made records
since the opening of the league which
gives him recognition in the top ranks
of the league with percentage that as
sures him a position in the first al
vision for some time to come.
The league Is composed of the biz
lard champions OF the world and all
OF them will be seen here during the
season, This being the first of tho
series Of matches accounts for the TN
usual interest shown.
George Sutton is the most ex.
pcrienced player in the Champion Bill
lard Players League. He has been
before the public longer than any other
member and although not yet an old
man. he has been called the dean Of
the league"
Sutton first became known as =
pocket billiard player. For a number
of years he held various titles at this
game and was reckoned as the most ex-
pert player in this country. II was his
versatility with the cue which led him
to believe that he could play billiards
and this induced him to try.
His success was almost immediate
and very soon afterwards he had sue
ceeded In capturing the titles In both
the 1871 and 1872 styles OF the game.
He has always been one OF the most
difficult opponents of all OF the other
players.
On account of i'll health, Sutton was
compelled to abandon the game for
two years Many believed that he would
never play again. but after long rest
he again took up his cue and after
wards played some of the best matches
Of his long career. He Is now again
at his best and will force some OF the
younger element to the limit In this
league games which are to be played
I this season.
1t was from Sutton that Willie
Hoppe won the 1872 title, Sutton hAv.
ing won it from George Slosson.
Jake Schaefer Is the son OF the "a
nous Jake Schaefer. whose name for
lard world. While he inherited much
of the skill OF the elder Schaefer. b
did not take to the game seriously
until after the death OF his father.
This youth, who Is but eighteen. II
a cue marvel and has shown the clAa1
and skill of a veteran. He distinguish
ed himself during the recent tournar
ment at the Hotel Aston. New York
and since then has shown rapid i'm
! While his favorite game is 1872, young
| Schaefer Is a versatile player and u
ambitious. to become proficient In Al
branches OF billiards.
| Schaefer credits his success a. q
| billiardist to a determination to sue
coed more than to any natural ability
| handed down to him by his father. His
methods are not unlike those OF the
elder Schaefer. He says that he will
every record which his father won.
Judging from class | 9 has displayed
this season 1t will not be long before
| this ambition Is fully realized.
Young Schaefer is OF an athletic turn
! OF mind and Is a great believer In tho
! benefits of outdoor sports. He is little
/ interested in follies of the average
youth and keeps himself In condition
i for his matches by temperate habits
aud an abundance of exercise In the
open air. This young man furnishes
an excellent example for the other
youths of the land