New Britain herald., 1922-11-14
SCHAEFER VICTOR
 IN OPENING GAME
Billiard Champion Oyercomes an Early Lead Of German Challenger

New York, Nov. i4.--Jake Schaefer, Jr, worlds billiard champion, con- quered Eric Hageniacher, champion of Germany. in the opening match Of the International profcssonal tournament last night The score was 800 to S2S.
 Hagenlacher won the bank He opened his string with a pretty two cushion caromy Holding the worries at the foot of the table he counted by clever use Of the draw shot and Eng fish. At IS he had shot across the face of the balls that separated them He solved a spread by fine shot on the rail and then retired after 17 by d miss on a short two cushion carom.
 Schaefer had a widely spread leave to face. He attempted long two cushion gathering shot but failed to connect with the second object ball so that his first contribution was zero.
 Hagenlacher's second turn at the table produced brilliant cluster of 105. It was practically all compiled on the short rail and was remarkable for astonishing masse shots that effected the 53d, Seth. and S9th counts, The first was daring masse kiss to solve lineup on the cushion. So clev- erly did the German time the flight of the ball that the cue ball caught the red as 1t rebounded from the side rail Each of the other masses were played to overcome difficult freezes. At the end Hagenlacher retired because of faulty two-cushion carom the width of O-L T>t .l ,,t%1 of 51, somewhat widely and heavy handedly played. It was an interesting com bination, however. as it indicated the mastery of the champions execu- tion.
 Schaefer Takes Lead
 Schaefer went to the lead in the fourth inning with massive run of 140. At this stage he led the German by total of 235 to 125. It represent cd an average of 56% for half the match. In compiling the big run Schaefer operated almost exclusively at the foot of the table. He rolled the balls gently along the end rail and along in the sos held them for a brief bit of nursing on the line at the right hand side of the table. It was deftness of touch and mastery of control with the high shot wonderful draw to the cushion for the 1o6th count On this shot Schaefer bumped the red out of the way before taking the rail and completing the carom on the white. He had the globes nicely punched when he miscued and had to retire.
 The sixth inning in which the young wizard counted 72 before failing to solve lineup with a long kiss carom was remarkable for the closeness Of Schaefer's ball to the ball billiards. He consistently favored the heads of the table and at the completion of this run the champion had distanced his overseas rival as the total stood all at 309 to 1892.
 the players neared the end of their string. Lacking pressure Schaefer miscued on three occasions when he appeared to have excellent chances. As for Hagenlacher he became over studious and bit tedious. Like wise he fell into the miscueing habit and twice he failed to get the balls out of the balk. Hagenlacher also rolled into innumerable freezes that sent him fighting tn espheres instead of assuming control
 Completion of Match
 Schaefer turned into the final hum dred with run of 56. He breezily be- gan this cluster rapidly collecting the | caroms by the short rail system. The | orbs became trifie rebelious and he | souved a line up by a finely managed | bank shot. It resulted in freeze ] and from that on the run was chap ter of catastrophes until he failed on an attempted kiss which the cue ball bashfully refused to make because of lack of legs. At the end of this run in the twelfth inning Schaefer led his rival 432 to 276 despite little show of his real form.
 Jake Schaefer (spot bal)- 51 A | 140 2 73 27 0 3 "A 13 56 2 13 27 24. Total, 500 points. Average, 20 7-17. High runs, 140, 72 and 56.
 Eric Hagenlacher (white balD-17 105 212 512l 32 S6 20 16 A 4 o | O. Total, BPS points. Average, 19 IJtgb rp,,u 1o6 and