The New York herald., 1921-03-03
BELGIAN'S LEAD IN
CUE GAME REDUCED
He Causes Surprise by Ques-
tioning Referees Decision in
Match With Schaefer.
Nv THOMAS y. GALLAGHER.

By THOMAS j. GALLAGHER.
In the fifth session OF the billiard
match Of 800 points at 1879 balkline. be-
ing played In a hall above Maurice
Daly's. Fiftieth street and Broadway.
Edward Horemans. the Belgian cham
pion, scored 400 points while Jacob
Schaefer was gathering 2i6. The Bel
gian thus added 154 points to his lead of
$50, which he had at the close of Tues
days play. The total score at the end
OF play IN the afternoon was 2.e0 20
1866.
Schaeffer outplayed the Belgian in
the night session. He counted 692 before
Horemans finished his string of 400. At
the end Of the day the total score was
Horemans, 2.400; Schaefer. 2.2As.
During Horemans's sixth inning In the
afternoon when he had run " and had
the balls closely grouped. the referee.
George Hauser. called q freeze. Hore-
mans protested. and refused to continue
play when Hauser declined to change
his ruling.
Horemans asked Schaefer to look at
the balls. For several minutes Schaefer
did not respond. Finally he looked at
the ivories and said they were not n
contact When the official scorer. WHO
was asked to inspect the balls. said mot
frozen Horemans was allowed to pro-
ceed
After the squabble Hauser resigned
his position of referee. Murray Eislen.
clever amateur, was chosen to Off
ciate last night and during tho re-
mainder of the match.
Referee in Accord with Rules.
Hauser. according to those best In
formed, was absolutely in accord with
the rule relative to frozen balls. 1t says
that when referee decides the balls are
frozen or separate his decision stall be
final and the player shall not be per-
mited to look Mt the balls after the de-
cision has been rendered. II is an bid
rule which long experience has sustained.
A slight vibration will cause balls thst
are in contact to separate Such vi
brations are incident to springy floors
and tables that are not rigid. Many
years ago tricky players, one of whom
was A. p. Rudolphe, used to bump force
fully against tables 10 cause balls in
contact to separate and balls that were
not In contact to become technically
frozen.
Tuesday. however Horemans and
Schaefer and their managers, Shepard
Barclay and David Palm, set a danger
Gus precedent. They agreed to nullify
the rule with respect to freezes and per-
NIT players to look at the positions and
question a referees ruling. That modi
fication led TO the dispute yesterday.
Even IL the referee were In error. by
refusing to play Horemans placed him
self N serious predicament. He might
have forfeited the match. Had the ref
cree called on him TO resume play and
he did not comply within reasonable
time the referee could have declared
forfeit in favor of Schaefer.
While Haror,anG nv bia skill and nor
sonality has become popular. it Is to his
interest to realize that he must observe
rules that apply to billiard games In the
United States.
The best run Of the afternoon was 1856.
made by Horemans in the sixth inning.
He finished the session with runs Of 81
and So. In his eighth inning Schaefer
gathered 93. He had the balls In the
upper right ball1 when he committed a
foul by touching one OF the object balls
with a finger.
Horemans surprised spectators by
missing on three masse efforts that, for
him, appeared TO be comparatively easy.
schnefcr In Fine Form.
Schaefcr played sensational billiards
in last nights session. He made 692
points before Horemans obtained 400,
averaging So 10-11, and made the high
run OF the match, 24S. He also made
runs of 110 and 100. the latter following
the high run.
Horemans, as usual. began indiffer-
entity. In the first seven innings he
made only II points. Then he played
brilliantly for SIS and 1iS. The balls
rolled badly. froze and aligned. com
pelling him to apply m extreme or skill
at masse work, to the delight OF the
spectators He promised TO indefinitely
extend his run Of 14S. but on his l49th
stroke missed q masse-
II was 90 easy as to astonish him and
cause him to laugh. It was that failure
that left ali opening for Schaefer's top
run. On his twelfth visit to the table.
by finished manipulation Horemans
scored the final tally or Sc and left
perfect position for resumption to-
morrow night
AFTERNOON GAME.
Horemans-s, 1s. 0. -, 3. 1856. 2. II, o.
81. Total, 400. Average, 40.
Schaefer-55, o. Q, Q. o. 10, 0. 9S, 10. Total.
246. Average, 27 30.
NIGHT GAME.
Scheefer-25, 81, 10. o. "A, o. 20. 20. c4s,
100. 80. Total. 692; average. G2 io-1i.
Horemans--o. 20. "a. o, o. 90. :, s., lis, 0.
!, sc. Total, 400; average. % Az.
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