New-York tribune., 1921-03-06

! be years before his accomplishment:
Schaefer's greatest feat came in tne
third inning Of the afternoon block
yesterday. when in the most amazing
rally ever witnessed he piled up point
! after point, some OF his shots the most
!; dihicult conceivable, until he had
Amassed total Of 436. His grand aver
age for this session was 1876 40
, Some idea OF the remarkable came
:, displayed by Schaefer may be obtained
! BY comparison with previous figures.
Until yesterday Willie Hoppe was the
holder of the high run record his mark
OF 3oS having been established in Il
!; tournament of champions on November
j 20, 1916 Hoppe usurped the record
! when he .overcarne mark OF 301. which,
! by coincidence, was chaiked up in 1911
{ by Jacob Schsefer, father Of the pres
+, ent day wonder.
77O*ertakes Belgian Star
Until yesterday Schaefer had ,railed
/ behind the Belgian In mis- first inning
, Horemans completed a run he had
). started the, night before and which he
/ finally ,stTetched to 305 This gave the
foreigner q lead Of more tran 500
points on the American, and witnesses
/ OF the play were ready to concedc the
! match to the Belgian Horemans's
superiority seemed all the more ap-
! parent when Schaefer amassed bu, -
points i9 h3s first two innings
be 1T said, to the credit OF the Amer
ican, moreover, that Horemans un to
j this time was displaying the most re
! markstle game of mis- career. He
, seeme9 -c2Ipp te master e n4s ca-
and the ,Chicagoan was forced to be
content 9Th the most difncult sort Of
"ithn aeyerything apparently against
him and the balls set in mos, difficult
positions, Schaefer scored the first
point of remarkable run with shot
that for its ease and grace brought
cheers, frola the gallery. The youngster
followed this with several other bril-
liant eferts, until nc began to display
the tactics Which Horamans likes be-.
lie began close play and proved a won
der at it,
The audience, which perhaps wa the
lasges; thst ever witnessed d profes-
sional billiard match in This city. was
! content 10 applaud in little ripples
Until the, Chicago wonder. with his .-un
, approaching $50, stopped for d d2inl.
,of water, The Wonder cueman. how
ever, 'sWai loved the draught in two
gulos. never once taking his eyes of
she balls. Rcsuming, he began again
IN that Ta.te wonderful stridr to2i >eas
destined tto maze Of him history
nls..er.
Little Sho" of Excitement
No one in the world In ows billisrd
records better than does this son Of Z.
former wizard at the billiard game.
]and yet this comparatively young man.
] with the goal at which cue experts Of
the N.oElG--i.avc hecn shooting FOR
years, il signt. displayed not the least
;bit oi excitement He fought tho
, harder, 'yad when he had passed the
e-ca;' total that marked the best ef-
sort OF the renowned Boz Wonder. he
,cor''Eu"i Gn and on.
i'iic- tr.icagoan perhaps was the lcast
excited Of the several hundred persons
N ne room a. he neared thc 100 mar1
A..s-dltts at the academy wee in
snch q state OF nervous tension that
they were compelled 10 leave, lest
their nervousness might have its
ifcct upo:. tac player. But Scha aefer
proved the stole. Four hundred was
. attained and on he climbed higher
and higher. He passed 425
There was no applause at this juno
turc. The click Of the ivory balls and
the lanftlcd thuds as they bounded
from cushion 10 cushion alone broke
the atfl}5eSs. Schaefer was making
billiard history, and ali present knew
1T. Horemans stood motioness near
by. q dazed, bewildered man sschaefer
reached 430, but somehow he seemed to
have more and more difficulty in leav-
ing himself agreeable sets. His miss
On the c432th shot was perhaps due as
much to WEAKNESS as to any other
cause.
demonstration unsurpassed in the
lannals OK billiards greeted Schaefor at
the conclusion of his run, but the West
ern wizard smiled acknowledgment and
appeared AS unrufled as he did the
night, before when the third from last
block. wound up with the Belgian we'll
in the Lad,
RECORD Run Turns Tide
1t was the 436 run by Schaefer that
turned the tide against Horemans 1t
would be- an injustice to the Belgian
however to say that his spirit was
! oroken,i because in the face of Schae-
a1er's almost superhuman game ne CON
] stfnued to do his best and there are few
men living who can take the measure
yof Horemans when he is going at .
normal pace.
with : asaa Of 81 - points int e ops1s1 nl0e5
the final block with a run Of las, =
!. contin rance Of run of 1875 in his last
. inning In the afternoon, and wound up
the match with runs of 116 and l22 in
his last twp innings.
Schsefer's exhibition started a study
:. OF records,. and this would indicate that
2 his high run of 436 is even less re
/ markable than the average of 1876 As
] which he established yesterday after
noon,. and this in turn seems to be
overshadowed by his average of 129 28
\ for yesterdays play. Schaefer's grand
1 average for the match of 475 4-lo1 is
! sconsidered. no less remarkable than his
l other epochmaking achievements.
The scores:
I AFTERNOON MATCH
: Horernans-2S1. 3. 2. 81. s0-3ss Aver
ago 72 3-6.
scha lfsFys. 81. 4ss. 3. l2s--sa4. Aver
age. 12kS4-N
- NvENING MATCH
! schssfer.l4s: ~. lls. l22--4oo. Aver
l Horeraaes-21. 81. ls--11s. Average
,as la. Grand total. 44sl