Evening journal., 1914-10-13
Billiard stars
IN CITY match
Sutton and Schaefer Will
Roll IvorieS Here on
Monday Night
PLAYERS GOING
AT TOP SPEED

George Sutton ana Jake Schaefer, both
members of the Champion Billiard
Players League, will appear at Crescent
Billiard Parlor next Monday night IN
the first regular scheduled contest of
the league, to be held in this city during
the present season. Judging from the
wide interest in the match and the large
advance sale of seats there viii be a
record attendance to see these two Ia
nous experts of the cue
The contest will be four hundred
points at III balk-line, the new style
Of game. which created such a sensation
during the recent championship tourna
ment at the Hotel Astor, New York.
This game is full of thrills, is most
spectacular and beyond question the
most difficult known to the billiard
world
Both players are now going ut top
speed, and Judging from the games
played by them in other cities in the
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
silres him a position in the first divis-
IuI IVf sumo IlfWf 10 tflllt.
The league il composed of the billiard
champions OF the world. and all Oh
them will be seen here during the sea
SON. This being the first of the series
Of matches, accounts for the unusual
interest shown.
Jake Schaeler is Tho son OF the ia
nous Jake Schaefer, whose name for
years was familiar throughout the bill
lard world. While he inherited much
Of the skill Of the elder Schaefer. zee
did not take 10 the game seriously until
after the death Of his father.
This youth. who is but Is is n cue
marvel, and has shown the class and
skill Of a veteran. He distinguished
himself during the recent tournament
at the Hotel Aston. New York. and
since then has shown rapid improve
ment in the AL style Of play. While
his fsvorite game IS ls.2, voting
Schaefer is versatile player and is en-
bilious TO become proficient in all
branches of billiards.
Schaefer credits his success as a
billiardist 10 a determination to sue
coed more than to any natural abil-
fly handed down to him by his father.
His methods are not unlike those Of
the elder Scbaefer. He says that he
will never be satisfied until he has
held every record which his father
won. Judging from the class he has
displayed this season it will not be
long before this ambition is fully re-
allied.
Young Schaefer Is Of an athletic
turn of mind and is a great believer
L., IrurEfe Of outdoor upnr4u TIn
is little interested in follies of the
average youth and keeps himself in
condition for his matches by temper
ate habits and an abundance of eXer-
else in the open air. This young man
furnishes an excellent example for
the other youths of the land.
George Sutton is the most expert
enced 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 a
pocket billiard player. For a number
Of years he held various titles at this
game and was reckOned as the most
expert player i'm 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
eeeded in capturing the titles IN both
The 1871 and 1872 styles Of the game
He has always been one of the mosi
difficult opponents of all OF the other
players.
On account of i'll health Sutton was
compelled to abandon the game fol
two years. Many believed that he
would never play again but after
long rest he again took up his cue
and afterwards played some Of the
best matches of his long career. He
is now again at his best and vii
force some of the younger element tC
the limit in the league games which
are to be played this season.
II was from Sutton that Willtt
Hoppe won the 1872 title. Sutton hav
ing won it from George SlossOn.