WHAT T H EY A S Y .
Th e game of three cushions shows execution . t a s no t I w known in my time .
Th e diagrams of my straight- rail nurse are correctly drawn .
- K . m . T h e three cushions diagra s are 0 , as also that showing the strangle hold I got on
Roberts .
Th e work i s something new in billiard litera ture . Th e idea of the book is all right .
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Th e article o n the Amateur Championship is
a good o ne .
Nothing c a n be wrong tha t conduces t o per p e t u a t e and improve the game of three cush ions .
U se my name in any w a y looking t o the good o f billiards .
‘W é .
C H A M P I O N S H
I A R D B I L L S .
OL D A N D N E W
C ON TAI N I N G
DI A GRAMS O F 1 00 T H R EE - C US H I O N S H OT S ; ’ S C H AE FER S S T RAIGH T - RAIL N U R S E ; AL L N U R S I N G P T I O
ALL B K L I N l nd m ?v AL fi g C OR N R E GAME , 1 698 l f
- H N A T H A T C H E R O . J ,
ushi n ar m ham i n o f hi 1 884 w nn r f t L i s Hand a C o C o C p o O o ( i e o S . ou i c p long est tournam ent o n ev er in the same 1 hae 887 ) beat. Sc o f c e OF 1 1 1898
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C H I C AGO AN D N E WY OR K
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T H E O B L I LD F V OR R N R S N E G U O I Y T U E , I N A P P R E C I AT I ON O F AN ART WH I C H H A S M A D E P OS S I B L E T H E P RE S ENT
"LL O F B L L N I I AR S E C E E C E D , T H I S WOR K I S D E D I C AT E D B Y T H E
A U TH OR .
EN T TAB L E OF CONT S .
Introduction of 3- C ushion Diagrams 1 1 14 Diagrams of 1 00 3- Cushion Shots 1 5 95 Champions o fAmerica 96 99 ? What H a s Become of th e Champions
- 4 . Th e Story of the Championship , Ball l Best Records; 4 B a ll Game .
- — 4 - 1 00 1 2 Tables of Tournaments , Ball Game 1
- f . The Story o the Championship , 3 Ball
- Best Records , 3 Ball Game .
- 1 1 — 1 Tables of T ournaments, 3 Ball Game " 3 32 Th o e Story of the Champi nship , the ’ Champion s Game . ’ Best Records , Champion s Game . ’ o f T m Table ourna ent , Champion s Game — 1 37 The Story of the Championship , Cushion
Caroms .
Best Records , Cushion Caroms . Tables Of T ournaments, C u sh i o n C a r ' oms Th e Story of the Championship , Balk
Line .
Best Records, Balk Line . T T L — ables of ournaments , Balk ine 149 1 64
- Th f e o L . Advent Ives , Balk ine n Best Records Since October 28, 1 891 ( o / e lse t o — where be found complete) - 1 64 1 81 Tables of Tournaments Since Novem
ber , 1 893 Shortstops at Their Best Billiards Can Be Taught Su ggestions t o Novices 6
T h e Amateur Championship of Am eric
' All Kinds o f B a lks Diagrams of the Various Methods Checking Speed “ ” T h e Albany Pony in E ngland Th e Ives - Roberts Match in E ngland 217 — 224 T h e J o h nso nx-xR e e v e s Match at Cushion r Caroms (biggest , betting game eve known in the United States) fl N e w Game of B illi a r d s F re nc h Corner
R ecord Odds and Ends Bank Shots Fancy Shots Finger Billiards L ady Fancy Shot Player Armless Billiardist English Billiards American E xperts in E urope Foreigners in America Best H andicap Rub Nurse at Cushion Caroms K I SS I n Corner at Cushion Ca roms Definition of Shortstop Fournil I n America M anufac ture of Billiard Tables and
u t c 240 C shions , e , M ichael Phelan in E urope F inale P R E F A C E
’ There is a st o ryto this e fi e c t : A t a ra ilwa v station in the far West a train pulled up to take n Off on wood , and the hungry passe ger j umped and ran to the lunch counter in th e nearest “ H a m shanty . There were displayed placards , “ E Sandwich , 1 0 cents Boiled ggs , 5 cents “ Apple Pie , 1 0 cents , and others of like kind . ’ Th e traveler hurriedly grabbed 30cents worth
- of food and laid down a two dollar bill , which the greedy- eyed proprietor quickly threw into a drawer and calmly resumed his talk with his “ H e e crony . urry up , gimme my change y ll d “ H the tourist as he heard the bell ring . urry ” “ ’ u I sa "I . p, y shall be left You don t get th ink ” m n no back , sneered the restaurant a . “ ” o u t w o " I Why , gave y , dollars cried the ’ o I other . There are y ur signs , and have only ” “ ’ t t r th es e a lla r i h t c e s w o Y . eat en 30 n . , you r g ’ Move up , old pard , or you ll miss your train , a s f and , the passenger caught the platform o the last car , he heard the bandit sa yto his fel ” lo se e I . w, You , Jim , need money i s a u th o r in Akin the action of the , placing h e his wares before the public . T original idea w a s to print the diagrams of the th ree - cushion n m shots i pamphlet for , but the publishers were informed by their chief salesman that there would be a market for a record book of billiards somewhat more condensed than an y now commonly in use . 8
Th n e endeavor , the , has been to supply the wants of billiard lovers — themselves too busy t o search through larger books — and allow them to discover this or that record almost at a ne w glance . Given a author , fresh material m a . y be presumed Aside from the records , the matter herein co ntained can not be found else
Where . That no rules have been inserted in this pub li c a t i On is no t , because the compiler does wish to still further complicate arguments which E can never be settled until , as in ngland , the r American billiard experts hold a meeting , e vise the old rules , and make such new ones a s the great impr ovement in the game o f. billi a rd s
- fo r . T o . most imperatively. calls day mooted c a n a s points not be settled , authorities equally good disagree , and the bedrock upon which the code was first planted is overlaid \ with the accretions of alluvium‘ brought from fields of t ‘ thought widely dis ributed . In casting an eye over the records herein contained , the hyper “ I critical may cry , As supposed ; ever more ” " and more mistakes, arguing from the well ventilated knowledge of the imperfection in the records o f billiards ; and it is true that the writer h a s not reproduced to the fraction of a
f fo r a hair the di ference in , instance , grand v ra e s e g . n n If the fault of repetitio be glari g , it may be said that the layman is much more apt to make a respectable bag when shooting into flocks rather than at single birds , T o g ive a general idea of the performance o f one billiardist as compared with that of another of 11 1 8 date is the I n aim sought , as well as by the presentation sequence of the various methods adopted to 9 l thwart the fi rst - class expert to advance the conception of the evolution of the noblest game Th e yet devised by man . matter herein con; n d t a i e has been prepared with great care , and the inevitable inaccuracies can easily be weeded out in a later edition . T o further this end the author asks all true lovers of billiards to interest themselves in se t ting him right . In the production of this work he h a s been materially aided by the experts of the first class , not only as regards the execution , o f o but in the j udgment the game . T such , thanks are re t urned with the hope that both amateur and professional ma ycharitably V iew
~ the effort of a man w h o can. lay claim t o litt1e o f save sincerity purpose .
I N TR OD U CTI ON T O
- AM T HR E E CU SH I ON D I AGR S .
Where the game of three - cushion billiards
- i n originated i s not known ; but to day , the o f public billiard halls the country at large , i s c e although the W est pe uliarly its hom , such illia rd s is favored in gre at di spro po r
to anything seen in bygone years . In the o f Michael Phelan , the books made no men
' of cush , cush , cush , and Dudley Kava first American champion at the four n c r e d me , kindly furnishi g the diagrams it e d s to him , sends the information that , a a “ ” w a s game , three cushions not known Inhis M c C r e I u time . Wayman C . e y, Internal Reven e L i Collec tor of the port of St . ou s , a gentleman who for twenty years has been supposed to be t r the best ama eu billiardist in the United States ,
' i re S o ns ible o f s pro bably S p for the pro minence
three cushions, a game he plays as well as any
I body, as shown by a defeat of Byron Gillette of h h a Cincinnati , a man w o , in exhibition play , s
n . beaten both Fra k C Ives and Jacob Schaefer. ’ L b - Years ago M u sse y s St . ouis illiard room was a great rendezvous for professionals a nd
c C re r amateurs , and here M e y, at three cush i o ns t o o k o f h , ‘ the scalps all experts , wit the E “ ” exception of ugene Carter and the wizard ,
1both of whom he equaled in speed . Before the fire which lately destro yed the “
parlors , in Chicago , of the younger Mussey , - there might have been seen in this resort by far
I I 1 2 the greater number of fine amateur players to be found in any one room in the United States , a nd many of these gentlemen were but slightly inferior in proficiency to the best professionals . L ‘ St . ouis also has amateurs only 20 per cent r r s lower than M c C e e y. “ ” Three cushions undou btedly originated a s a ’ m gambler s ga e , but this is no argument “ a gainst it , for keno , where no percentage is charged , can not be equaled a s a parlor game . Its popularity is largely due to the social p o s s ibi lit i s e , many of the amateurs fancying a
- four handed match in preference to any other , and there i s no question as to its favor with men who play billiards for exercise . Th e ordinary amateur does not care to sit idly by and “ freeze up ” while Schaefer runs
- - 1 00 at ball to ball billiards , so he engage s the a t w izard three cushions , and is at the table almost as much of the time as his teacher . One “ fancies also to sa y to his wife Y o u think I
a n no t c play billiards , but Jake Schaefer only ” 2 s o int - beat me 5 in a 5 p game to day , instead “ o f being forced to admit I can make about ’ 1 0to Schaefer s which would be the truth
- - i n reference t o even 1 8 inch balk line billiards . Imperfect methods may produce good results a at three cushions , and here is a g me where “ n o f T stroke cou ts for little . Magnus exas , c re e r a m a n always within 1 0 per cent of M C y, showed great lateral motion of stroke— a thing
- fatal at ball to ball billiards . Nor is freedom e u of sweep ssential , altho gh men commonly “ ’ Say o fsuch stroke : That s the kind for three ” cushions . ’ Jac ob Schaefer s side stroke it is useless to c opy, yet he makes it fit any style of billiards . p o ol Stroke he strikes the cue - ball where he
' w i lls a nd t 1 - c n , , like all experts a 5 ball pool , a hit an obj ect ball at the farther end of th e fi table as ne as a hair . In knowledge o f the
' S c h a e fer h a s game Charles no superior , but as l i s r a money p ayer he belittled by p ofessionals . h a s Frank C . Ives a record o f 30 points scored
’ 1 nn1 n s th r e e c o ns u in fifteen g ( e c t i v e g a m e s o f. 1 0 points each) , but Jacob Schaefer is considered
t e . M c r h superior player W . C . C ee ryonce made
‘ 50 fift - t points in a match in y hree innings , and an
“ Lo n i s amateur of St . uis , named Frank Peterse , x credited with the record run of 14 (5 1 0table) .
. M c r r W C . C e e yin 1 887 beat E ugene Carter 1 5 to 1 4 in three innings , and finished with a run of 1 1 . Jacob Schaefer in 1 895 also scored 1 5 in three 4 T i s o u innings ( , 8, and hree cushions a p p
’ lar game in the Pari s academies ; all of the n French exp e rts are fine players , otably Vig
Th e naux , Piot , Garnier , Fournil , and Cure . diagrams which follow are intended to Show the principles of all the diffi cult shots which are entirely practicable , a s also to entertain three cushion enth u sia st s ' with t h e possibilities of the game , Countless variations are easy to discern
“ through a slight change in position of the balls . It h a s been the effort of the maker of these diagrams to give credit to this player and that for original ideas , as also to Show the favorite Th e strokes of the leading experts at the game . ” “ a s A B C h a s been purposely omitted , the “ ” better w a y to execute naturals i s a matter u nna t ura ls i h of individual opinion . If the ’ i s struct and amuse , the wr ter end will have Th e been accomplished . suggestion is made t ' 1 that each shot should count 3, in order tha point may be charged as penalty for a miss .
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Va r i a t i o n
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a r s o 2 0 ye a g . He a v r ht Twi s t y ig .
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U E E A t E G N C R E R .
S t r i ki ng fi r s t Obj e c t Ba ll
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U G E N E A R T E R E C .
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F a nc S h o l' y . C u e B a ll a lm o s + F ro z e n fo L re d i h s h v e ryha rd o h rig id l S e . C u e B a l re m a i ns ’ s ra lri o n a r n ya d s pins ; Re d B a l l r e l- ur n i n ‘ g s l r i ke s C u e B ll ifl a e a d in “we H a a e d nd +he / ‘ i a He r he a v il yloa de d/ ' ‘ ' wi lh Twi s l +a ke s a ll J rhe C u s hi o n s a nd e ffe c l s lhe
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Th r e e C u shio ns En d Ra i l ‘ l‘ wi c e ,
J A C O B S C H A E F ‘ E R .
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C H AM PI ON S OF AME R I CA .
M a 1 6 — June 9, 1 863, to y , 1 865 Dudley Kava n a f r . Wo o nagh first tourn ment championship ,
4- 6x1 2 ball game , table , four pockets , fig balls ,
- push and crotch allowed , 500 point g ames .
W on matches , points , for championship no S e e r it e r T m . e W. against J , Philip ieman Goldthwait
M a 1 — L 1 1 1 F x. y 6. 865 , to September 7 , 865 ou s o Received forfeit from Ka vanagh;
— ‘ 2 1 no . September 7 , 1 865 , to May 3, 866 J Deery.
' Beat Fox ; received forfeit from Carme ; beat
M c D e v it t .
m r — 1 fi e c e be 1 1 . . May 23, 866, to , 1 867 Jos Dion
Beat Deery - M c D e v it t and w o n forfeit from H E . . . Nelms
— -l . 1 1 no December , 1 867 , to expiration J . Mc
~ . e Devitt . Beat J Dion , the game having b en changed to crotch barred ; got decision over
n . Melvi Foster ; beat Dion , the game being J ‘ ‘ changed fo r second time since its inception to a
x Mc D e v i tt w a s 5 1 1 table . ( l st in Chicago %, o
fire . ) — n M 1 o . May 1 0, arch 5 , 870 J Deery .
e w m 4- W on N York tourna ent at ball game ,
- push and crotch barred , point games ; beat D Melvin Foster beat Cyrille ion . r — 1 1 1 1 A . u March 5 , 870, to Janua y 1 , 87 . P R
‘ d o l h e . . . . p Beat Deery , C Dion , J Dion t o January 1 1 , 1 871 , April 26, 1 871 F rank Par
P . ker . Beat A . Rudolphe .
' — ille D i o n 1 6 1 r . April 26, 1 871 , to May , 873 C y
no . Beat Frank Parker , Melvin Foster , J Deery,
Maurice Daly .
— 1 2 1 3 . May 1 6, 878, to October , 87 Maurice Daly
'
Beat C yrille Dion .
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' r — m 1 1 W. May 3 , 877 , to expi ation o l G e . . o sso n . S Beat J . Dion , C Dion , F American championship emblem b ton ’s personal property Dec
February 1 0, 1 879, to
Schaefer . W on tournament (Cooper Union) ; b eat Slo sso n p three innings — and never challenged ’ h f- became S c a e er s personal property . 4 November 2 , 1 879, to January r . W t u rn m Sexton on New York o a e ’ Champion s game ; 9 8 January 1 0, 1880, to June 1 , 1 8 0
Schaefer . Beat Sexton
t o — lo sso n June 1 9, 1 880, expiration Geo . F . S . Beat Jacob Schaefer
' — 1 . Wo n t o u rn 1 4 1 883 ia May , , Maurice Daly f r H i . i ment o W . Collender champ onsh p at ur cushion caroms table) , but r et ned n medal to do or . a — 1 . April 6, 883. to expiration Jacob Schaefer
- t du rnam nt [ W on Chicago e , at 8 inch balk line
lo s s n fo r beat Geo . S o in only match played the emblem .
1 t o — E December 8, 888, December, 1 889 ugene
o n h m l o n h i . W c a s Carter shortstop p p , Schaefer
‘ S lo sso n 1 - and barred tournament , 4 inch balk line .
1 1 9 . December, 889, to January, 8 0 Frank C F o f E Ives . orfeit ugene Carter , shortstop
championship .
1 — n January , 1 890, to March , 890 Fra k Maggi
t . oli . Shor stop championship forfeit from F . C H a Ives ; beat Wm . tley .
— F . . . March , 1 890, to expiration C Ives Short
. l a i o i . stop championship forfeit from F . M g g 99
1 9 1 92 - a c o b December 1 , 1 890, to March , 8 J
“ 14- Schaefer . Won challenge cup ( inch balk line lo so n . S s championship) fro m Geo . F ; beat Car ter . 1 1 91 — E February 1 6, 1 89 , to April 29, 8 ugene fo r Carter . W on tournament second shortstop
. a nd S lo sso n championship , Schaefer barred ;
- 1 4 inch balk line .
— 9 1 n . . April 2 , 1 89 , to expiration Fra k C Ives
Beat Carter fo r above championship .
— c . . March 1 9, 1 892 Frank Ives W on chal lenge c u p (1 4- inch balkline championship) f rom l n 3 . S o sso 1 9 Jacob Schaefer beat G . F . In 8 the l h d donors claimed the cup , and Ives re inquis e it t o them . — 1 G e o . December 4, 1 897 , to February 5 , 898
l c . S o sso n. Wo n F hampionship tournament ,
‘ - — 1 8 inch balk line no shot in anchor or balk .
' ' ” — b . Fe ruary 5, 1 898 Jacob Schaefer Beat Geo . l s o s o n. F . S
WHAT HAS B E COM E OF TH E C HAMP I ON S ?
i n Dudley Kavanagh lives New York City .
B - B - o . C H e C . is connected with the . : L ouis Fox is supposed to have committed su i
cide at Rochester , N . Y . H e John Deery lives in New York City . is a h f teac er o billiards .
' Joseph Dion ha s for fift e e n years been an ln
th H e no w mate o f a n asylum for e insane . is ’ at Blackwell s Island , ,N . Y .
John M c D e v itt w a s lost in the Chicago fire ,
1 1 . October 9, 87
a 1 3. . 89 A . P Rudolphe died in P ris , France , 1 00
1 48 o Shortly before his death he , ran fr m the
' - t in a 1 4 . spot g ame of inch balk line wi h F C .
Ives .
Frank Parker lived in Chicago . H e died
February 27 , 1 898.
Cyrille Dion is dead . Maurice Daly lives in New York City and
- keeps a big billiard room . i r Albert Garnier lives in Par s , F anc e x H e is c said to be worth one million fran s . i Maurice Vignaux lives in Par s, France . Of
V t ro u ble d Wit h late he has been rheumatism . i k- H W illiam Sexton lives in N e w Yor City . e ,
- h is engaged in t e billiard business .
' i n C h i c a o Jacob Schaefer makes his home g :
George F . S lo sso n lives in N e w York City and
- rivals Daly as a billiard room proprietor .
N e w H e 1 8 Frank C . Ives lives in Y ork City . \ ' i n interested mining , bookmaking; and a bil
- liard room . i a r Of the shortstop champ ons , all e living in
E wh o the United States , except . Carter , , for. no some years abroad , w calls Barcelona , Spain , his home , and is there a star in the billiard m acade y .
THE S TOR Y OF T H E CHAMP I ON H I P S .
- FOUR BALL .
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D udley Kavanagh , who in tournament wo n ‘ the first billiard championship of America , is still alive , a hale and hearty gentleman , living Th e in New York City . youth of American bil liards is apparent when its history is Spanned by the life of an individual o f sixty years of
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h e x< c a r pr i ze . T games were p layed on a 6 12 1 c m table , with balls , pushing and crotching H e n allowed . ere Kavanagh mad a gra d aver
” a e e o f 7 a g of a single averag 29A7 , and u f T h r n o 1 44. w o high Philip . ieman , took .
r un o f second prize , made a high 1 85 . Although bi lli a r di st s ofthe present scout the f i i dea , it is barely poss ble that perfection, of tools as well as m ethods o f play has be en i h st r um nt l r e a in developing billiard speed . C e tain it is that Michael Phelan w a s a marvel of
n a a nd hi s ease and grace while e g ged at play ,
' style might be copied t o advantage ' b y the o f purely mechanical , methodical shortstops
- to day . Dudley Kavanagh , if asked his stroke , can hit a ball as But the expert o f 1 860 was w h so t o eeled sulky , speak , o f 1 h o amateur 898, w lispingly g ame of Phelan (j ustly called billiards spins h i s feeble e ifo r K ings . Four months only was l d h owed to hol t e title undisputed . reiter tackl ed him and w a s beaten
t e o n game , h champion scoring
u n o f 1 1 I n age , with a high r 5 . A Kavanagh held the emblem against ’ wh o scored to the winn e rs / averages a nd flr u ns were below t h e show that he was still the star, Mic ’ o n the night following Kavanagh s victory over I T m sh o t w a nd ie an , beat the champion (push ’ crotch barred) by to 965, the winner s a v erage being his high run 56. Goldthwait now played for the champ i onship a nd m et de feat by Kavanagh slightly bettering
' the record a s t o a v e ra g e with my, Tiema n 1 03
a w s again defeated , this time easily , and Gold h a 1 fo r t wait fell again . M y 6, 1 865 , Kavanagh felted the championship to L ouis F o x o f Roch
ne o fth e t h e ester , o contestants in tournament h f a t he 1 . e o w s of 863 T style game still same , and it may be as well to state that at this time Maurice Daly made his début as a billiar dist in
fo r a match $50 a side , caroms and hazards,
o n x1 - T w o played a 6 2 four pocket table . weeks after F o x became champion a new star a p
ea re d o f M c D e v itt p in the person John , bo rn and bred a H o osier. Tieman and G o ldthwait were matched fo r
a side , but the former , ill of rheumatism , a fo r f r forfeited . but made a m tch a side o n M c D e v itt t o fill the date . Playi g in Cincin
M c D ev itt w o n nati , to and estab lish e d a new record as to average and high r u n
— nd - Tw o a 7 . 22% 26 , respectively months there ’ after J . Dion also beat Kavanagh s record with m a t c h w it h o in a Melvin Foster at M ntreal . \ t h o f September 7 the same year John Deery , at
N . . Rochester , Y , became champion by defeat ’ L M c D e v itt s r a ing ouis Fox . reco d average w s no t F o x beaten , but made a record (276) for high
’ T h e e w a s run . loser , some time after his def at , ad found de in the river , and it h as always been claimed that , crazed by grief, he committed suicide . N 1 th In ovember , 865 , Kavanagh and e French a n man , Pierre Carme , introduced innovation b yway o fa fi rst - class match o n a table reduced x “ 1 . h in size to 5}§ 1 , and without pockets T e I w r o t c h in c . push shot as barred , but g allowed s N e w York a w Kavanagh the winner , to with an av e rage o f 25 and a high run o f
- 1 1 . 32. Carme ran 78 balls were used 1 04
In January , 1 866, Carm e w a s matched to play b ut e Deery for the championship , paid forf it. On March 1 3th Deery beat M c D e v itt at C ooper
Institute , New York , by a score of t o ’ but the winner s average was only 1 0, his hi g h 1 1 9 . run . Deery lost the championship to J
Dion in the same hall a few weeks later , the
Canadian averaging 1 054 Th e disparity in the speed of this contest and
e e the one which imm diately followed may, giv
‘ some idea o f the crippling o f a c h a mpi o n b y c putting pockets on a mat h table . J . Dion beat 4 1 x1 1 “ C arme 750 to 9 on a 5% carom table , balls , push barred , crotching allowed , a v e rag l ing 39, and running 297 with the ba ls inthe
' 5th J . Dion , October , at Montreal , for the h d e fe a t e d t M c D e v itt t o champi ons ip , 16 the ser breaking the high run record with 308, while the winner set the new mark of a 26 th M c D i t average . October 30 , at Boston , e v t ran wh i c h ’ h e 409in a match in defeated Goldthwait . E H o f . P e nn l M a y 27 , 1 867 , . N elms , champion sy 543 2 6 x1 2 a vania , ran with % balls , on a c rom c r table , rotch bar ed , push shot allowed . e 1 M c D e itt Wh n , June 1 0, 867 , v again essayed to w in from J . Dion the championship Michael
Phelan went to Montreal to referee the game . w o n 1 a l r Dion with a 9average , but beat l e c o rd s fo r 61 high run , putting together 6 in the crotch . Th e inferior professionals no w g o t to playing
- a 5 x1 1 - k l 4 ball caroms on }§ four poc et tab e , push shot and crotch allowed, and on October
a 2 lst , at Cincinnati, Melvin Foster made an aver ‘
‘ a e o f 1 - and g 00 in a 300 point game , a grand a r un o f verage of 25 in points , with a high
» 1 94. Peter Snyder ran 288.
1 06 ,
and averaged beating his m a n
T h - to 407 . e fi rst class players soon barred both
u . 2 1 crotch and p sh January 8, 869, at Montreal ,
Po s i t i o n o f t he B a l whe n l s , ? M DEVITT ra n l4s 8 with t he ush Sho t p , C ue l u Ba l p s h e d o n t wo Re d s z Th e n o n Re d a nd Wh i t e .
No Ba ll wa s ev e r
o u t s id e o f Li ne o f
t h e S o t p .
J . Dion and Melvin Foster so engaged to play.
5 xl] e , points , four balls Vg . carom tabl
o n o 1 Dion w by 84 points , with an av erage f36“
’ and high run of 208. Foster ran 355 .
' N o w c ame t h e Irving H all (N ew York) to ur na m e nt for the championship (April 26 t o May
1 e o f 0, the mblem which , the famous ” c u diamond e , for seven years w a s fo ught for , a 1 i r fin lly , in 87 6, becom ng the personal p operty o f Th Cyrille Dion . e games were p oints,
\ o h 5 x1 1 fo u r r c ke caroms , played a lé pp t table ,
2% balls , push and crotch barred . Single a c o u nt d e 3 6. c roms p points , , doubles Neither P M c D e itt . . . u o . v A J Dion or J were engaged . Rudolphe here mad e his first effort t o win the i o H champ nship , and enry Rhines started for
i fi r t - n the first t me in s class compa y . n Jno . Deery was retur ed the champion with r u n o f and a o f a high 358, grand aver g e 1 07
o ff Foster, in playing the tie for second money w u 492 ( on by R dolphe) , ran , and made a single average of Th e da y following t h e tourna ment , Goldthwait , in a match with Maurice 1 1 52 Daly , on a x carom table , averaged in Deery beat Foster ina match fo r t h e dia f mond c u e o n an average o 20. About this time the 5 x 1 0table began to be used by amateurs .
Deery , in San Francisco , January suc ’ c u c e ssfu llydefended the e against Cyrille Dion ,
a 4 whom he beat by 1 1 points on 1 5 average , and a month later repeated the dose , playing a so mewhat better game . u w o n c u e A . P . R dolphe the from Deery a month thereafter , and in twelve days beat the
- ex champion in a match . Rudolphe aver
1 h e aged 32}é and ran 3 2. T Frenchman beat Cyrille Didn a $500match in N e w York City in i d May follow ng, and in October efeated e x o e champion J Dion , making an average o f Frank Parker of Chicago took the dia mond cue away from Rudolphe at Buffalo Jan ’ uary 1 1 , 1 87 1 , the winner s average being only and high run 1 44 but Cyrille Dion dispos o n th sessed the Chicag oan April 26 , averaging
In June , Foster tried unsuccessfully to h o h - beat Cyrille Dion , w t en played a much
t o superior game that shown with Parker . In the fall o f1 872 Deery ti l ed for the diamond
n Th e f r e o e and failed . tenth match o the cham pi o nsh ip was signalized by the second disgrace ful scene known t o American championship billiards as well as by the fact that for the first time a p r i ze fig h t e r was selected as referee o fa billiard mat ch . C yrille Dion and Maurice Daly
H N e w contested in Irving all , York City , a nd
u o . H J C eenan was the referee , Budd S c o fie ld h -s acting a s marker . T e latter w a s sai d t o h a v e l t u . D a neglec ed to mark p 1 5 points made by ly, and when this player stood at 1 presumably h 1 0 t s aving to go , some par i an shouted Daly H i s . 1 . out Dion stood at , 486 eenan finally
“
w e e k. lat er decided the game a draw , and a , it
a s i w played over , Dion W nning to It i s a certainty that H eenan under t he rules a would have been j ustified in ordering D i o n t o f o n a i play on , after making o ficial ann unceme t th t the score stood to 1 as there is so me o ld rule ofb illiards which states that mistakes o n the string can not be rectified after the op ponent ’ c o fi e ld s h a s scored a point . S ann
‘ 1 S Daly , Dion , Daly a s o u t of the game , w entirely of h caused all the trouble . T e mar more to sa y about the game than H eenan sh ould have reprimanded ordered the game to proceed . Maurice Daly b ecame champ
with high run o f 1 95 .
t w elft h m a t c h Garnier played the / mond o ne and became -the champi / in s o n D aly 276 p o t a average .
o f . high run 249 Garnier , four resigned the cue into the hands o f lender , the donor , claiming that game o f billiards w a s no longer n a m i t s natio al g e , having been upe
- T e 3 ball game . h cue reverted to he having challenged the winner 0
Daly match . I t s diamond tip w unique in billiard emblems . fo r it s possession wa s pla ye d
New York , April 7 , 1 876, A . the challenger . C . Dion
1 1 0
- a Four b ll Game x 1 1 table ,
balls, push and crotch allowed .
( crotch) , and average Made by
Devitt , in match with Goldthwait , at
January 8, 1 868. Four - ball Game x 1 1 carom ta
' balls , crotch allowed , push barred .
Dion , 297 (crotch) Average 39949 (m m Ma 4 1 Car e) , New York City , y 2 , 866. In mat ch 9 . 4 1 u n for New York City , Nov , 65, d er a o o D u dle K a v a na h 25 s me c nditi ns , yV g averaged , i and his opponent , Pierre Car ne , ran
Four - ball Game — 6x1 2 caromtable " ,
. a . crotch barred , push allowed Run 543, nd
H . E . average Nelms , Phil
May 27 , 1 867 .
- 5 1 1 - Four ball Game 15, x four poc h 2 w . % balls , push and crotc allo ed
- Peter Snyder . Average 1 00in 300 p o a nd grand average o f
Melvin Foster . Both perfor tournament of October , 1 867 ,
' - — 5 x1 1 2 _ ball Game }é carom table , % Four l d balls , push and crotch barre . Run 355 , Melvin o s Foster . Ave rag e J . Dion , match
e 1 . points , Montr al , January 28, 869
- — x1 1 Four ball Game 5}é carom table , C balls , push and crotch barred . new style ount ,
‘ a d -L single caroms 3, doubles 6. Run 219, n aver b Wm h a g e Made y . Goldthwait in matc
N w C M a 1 1 1 . with M . Daly , e York ity , y , 869
- — x1 1 - a Four ball Game 5}§ four pocket t ble ,
2% balls, push and crotch barred , single caroms D 3 no . counted 3, doubles 6. Run 58, J eery, tour ' i na m e nt instituting championsh p , represented
c u 1 69. by diamond e , New York City , April , 8 A l verage Cyri le Dion , New York, April 1 1 1
7 fo r . 7 , 18 6, in last match diamond , cue Melvin
- n r ff . d e M a 1 1 Foster in play o with P S y , y 2, 869, ran
. 2 1 321 . 492, and C . Dion in match , Nov 9, 872, ran
- — t Four ball G ame 5 x 1 0 carom able , 231; balls , push and crot ch barred . Run 534, and average Made in - point match with John Bes
lo sso n. 1 . . S sunger , Chicago , Sept . 9, 873, by Geo F ' H 1 Irving all , N e w York , June to
- — 4 ba lI championship o f America carom game ,
6x1 4- a 500 points , 2% balls , 2 pocket t ble , push
ing and crotching allowed . First prize , gold 750 mounted , cue and $ billiard table ; second
prize , $250in money . as s es s e s un s l l flH H OO i —l flq H N l OI
’ ’ 9 13.1 9 ,3 ""gs s m ea n t - e w e s" 39 1 8 CO OO v-i r -l r- i H CN v- i
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a { - m it a i e s 9 z c s g e e o c 3 /s t a fi m a o c 3 o e n m v s a a g c a o o o m c r e o s m , h w o wa o n p fld 2 o o e ma A E w a o a a e s a 5 n c c r fi h h q s z5 . . ? 1 1 2
’ ‘ H N e w i A rii eorto Ma Irving all , York C ty , p y: — 4J b a ll 10, 1 869 diamond cue championship and
’ u o f am money prizes to the amo nt g es ,
1 4- c ab points , caroms, x 1 po ket t le; ’ b m balls , push and crotch arred . Single caro s six to count three , double ones , .
. 00 Q 03 b 4 9 9 l o 1 ‘ ( I ) o { w 2 1 1 2
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a udi o v na l a a O o O e 2 " “ cc a 8
H w “3 a C" . i " 3 2 0 l” “3 1 94 8 co c: — Q 0) $4 l v l “ 0 U 7 “ r ta 8 : 5 e “C m A Q <3 o a Ct 04 o C 0) 4 i (I ) CD 0 2 Q i : 85 Q o 0) s 2 g , a a) CD ' m q If) U g — r < 2 l in g l-fl o 9 i l s
Th e w a s o ff. . tie played c u A K no s e P . J . Derry , fir t prize , and ; 625 Rudolphe , second prize , $ ; Melvin Foster
4 5 . 275 third prize , $ 7 ; P Snyder , fourth prize , $
1 25 . H . Rhines , fifth prize , $ O N T E . B est average means best winning average .
1 1 4
e a nd on less than a 3 averag , and ran 40; later “ n o . t 300 . 296 the same player beat J Dio , , on less
. 1 than a 2 average Best run by winner , 2 ; loser, i .
Th - 1 1 . e last mentioned games were played on , x1 ' a 5}4 1 carom table ; but in April , Deery
' and Foster met on a four- pocket table a nd the
' ' n ’ w o . latter again , with a 245 average W ith like M c it t t . D e v ools C Dion beat John , 300 to 299; E d e . . e averag , 2 Daniels b at Melvin Foster with a av erage and a high r un o f
W. John Coon ,beat Frank Parker 1 point in x1 1 r e 500, played on a 5}4 ca om tabl (Chicago , Th e a nd 1 April 25 , winner averaged o 4. a 1 1 ran 2 In J nuary , 87 , Rud lphe beat Gar 1 4 a nd nier x 1 1 table) , 600to 20, averaged
2. ran 7 Yet , in April , at San Francisco , Ru . “ x . 4 o 5 1 0 fell before J Dion , who averaged % na Th e r 1 0 table . latte ran 7 and averaged nearly
n a s ' o u t b u t 9 at N ew Orlea s before the year w , on what size table is not known; and Garnier 1 averaged 1 04 in a game with Daly at Titusville ,
th . l a . e P , Decemb r 7 Most likely a small tab e a s s w u ed .
C . Dion began the season of 1 872 with a run a 5 1 o . of 1 09, made on x 0table in New Y rk In
the fall Daly beat Deery on a 5 x 1 0, two matches o f 500 and 600 respectively , and made a grand
’ r f average of nearly 634 , with high uns o 54
and 59. In 1 873F ra nc m s U ba ssy ran 83and averaged 1 6 in 300 in a game with H enry Miller at New a nd Orleans , again on a 5 x 1 0made an average 4 4 o f 1 2 300. 7 7 in ,
’ ‘ 1 U ba ss June 1 2, 873, y at Chicago made 800 points in a match with John B éssung e r on a
' x 1 7% a v e r a g e a nd ran 1 1 6 (5 1 0table) . Th e first tournament in America at the 3- ball 1 1 5 game fo r the championship of the world wa s 3 held i n New York City in June , 1 87 , and x T played on a 5 10table . here started Albert
. e Garnier , C . Dion , and M Daly, (the thr e tied fo r first money with 4 winning and 1 losing
ss . i . U ba . . game) , y, J D on , and J Deery Garnier - ff o t w o n the play o a nd C . Dion g second " ’ ' Th e w inne r S b e st w a s 1 1 h is money . run 3, 1 2 U bass best averag e in 7 games , but y made a
o f O c t 9 1 3-sa w single average . , 87 , the first l so n A t I nd i a na meeting of S o s and Schaefer . p nd th e t o 1 a d olis , I , former won,500 32 , n aver 4 aged Schaefer made the high run , 5 . ’ lo ssc m November 8th , at Chicago , S , averaging h o 594 , beat M . Daly , w conceded him 1 00in 600, by 7 points . th b a n r November 1 0 _ eg the Chicago tou nament , having all the starters o f it s N e w York prede
lo sso n B u n r‘ cessor except Deery , with S , e ss g e , ba ss and P . Snyder added . Garnier and U y t i ed fo r first prize , the former winning the
- o ff . o . play C Di n was third and Daly fourth .
Garnier had best single average , and 1 6 best grand average , 9 71 5 . M . Daly had high ’ 1 53 . 1 24 r run , , while J Dion s was the only othe century . b e In Decem r , Garnier held the cup from C .
' 600 4 0 1 0 Dion by to 8 , averaging and running 68. Th e i n 4 b champion , January , 1 87 , beat U a ssy 600 460 o f to , averaging 8, with high run 1 08. 1 2 1 4 u March , 87 , R dolphe , at New Orleans , S lo sso n t o on beat 400 227 a x 9 table , av e ra g S lo sso n ing ran 1 06. d April 3 , Garnier successfully defended the
. e cup against M Daly , 600 to 380, av raging with high run of 75 . Th e National Billiard tournament (N ew 1 1 6
York , November for in prize s and m an emble , was contested by M . Vignaux (h i s fi st r , appearance in America) , Garnier , Daly , ’
. . U b a ss W D e J ion , C Dion , Rudolphe , y, sson , w o n and Daniels . Vignaux , losing only one game , with a grand average of and a high
' run o f 1 59. Garnier and D alyd iv id e d second n a d a d third money . Vignaux received n U bassy and S lo sso n (tied for sixth and se venth) ’ were paid $1 22 each . Garnier s g rand average 8 i w a s 1 1 . . D , 1 9 J on , who got fourth money , had a h i h e r v r a n , g grand a erage than Vignaux , and E d wh o l 1 90. . o Daniels , had a clean score of s
' ' ing games , made the highest run , 249. Daly; d o f a March 3 the same year , in match with 1 2 C yrille Dion , had run 2 , but in the above tour na m nt lo sso n e e S tied it , while , b sides Daniels ,
ba ss . Rudolphe , U y, an d C Dion beat it Rudolphe beat Garnier for the challenge c u p “ th a n i / December lo , d became the champ on o f ’ Th e the world technically . winner s averag e 11 m th was his best run 1 61 . 0 Dece ber 3o
n wo n . Vig aux a match from J Dion , and ran ‘ ’ n t i u 1 92. i O W ashing on s Birthday , 1 875 , V gna x ’ defeate d Rudolphe for t he world s champ i on c u ship (challenge p) , and the following night successfully held against the same pla ye r t h e champion medal w o n i n the tournam ent o f n . I November , 1874 the second game the double m or fo r 600 headed , champion ade a new rec d point match o f a averag e . Vignaux for " fe it e d the medal emblematic of American cham th p io nsh ip to Garnier April 26 , and two days later the pair played a match for $500 a side ,
Garnier winning 600 to 258 on a 1 3 average . Th e medal held by Garnier was by him for
1 . felted to M . Daly June 2th
1 1 8
t H e w o n t billiardis . firs money , losing one game out o f nine ; made a single average o f 60
o f 1 31 (300 point game) , a grand average 1 4 7 1 8 , and a high run of 287 — i h t he three particulars w as l beating all records . Garnier second , S o s
n . . so third , J Dion fourth , Daly fifth Rudolphe ,
sun r . v B e s g e , C Dion , Louis Shaw , and Mel in
Foster also started . Th e Centennial tournament is the o ne of
‘ which it is sa i d th a t Jacob Schaefer was nu fairly barred out . Rudolphe “ woke up ” after a sleep of some and o n’ u years astonished everybody when , J ne th o n H N e w r 1 6 , he w the Irving all ( York) tou na
i lo sso ~ h ment from Sexton , Garn er , and S n w o T e finished as named . h re were two ties in the tournament proper — Sexton and Rudolphe for l ss n first , S o o and Garnier for third . ’ Rudolphe s grand average fo r the four games ’ lo ss n s r u f beat the record , and S o n o 311
- o ff h l (play wit Garnier , which game he ost) set a new mark .
th h 1 c a o S l sso n September 6 , at C g , o beat Sex
a - ton t the Brunswick Billiard room , to 593
' a nd m a d e o f (two nights) , a grand average 27 .
J . Dion , for the first time , became champion - th at the 3 ball game , November l6 , through f h o . T e his defeat Garnier average was only ,
T . G J . allagher , a shortstop , had , a month p re v 1 o u s, averaged 1 7 in a match fo r the Ohio
a . championship , played with E ugene C rter h T e T ammany H all (N . Y .) tournament of r Novembe 20, 1 876, for money prizes , was played T sa w o f with balls . his the debut Jacob
: o s Schaefer . Other contestants were J . Dion , u d o n who won first prize ; R lphe , seco d prize ; , 1 1 9
l n S o sso . , third prize (he with J Dion and a f r a s Rudolphe , w s tied o first money , but w forced to leave for New Orleans) ; A lbert Gar h a nier , fourt prize ; Maurice D ly , and Cyrille
o . f w o n 2 and 4 h i s Di n Schae er lost games , 3 general average being 7 /5 ; best single average ,
l2}é; high run , 1 55 . a lo sso n J nuary 5 , 1 877 , Sexton and S played a three - night match (600 each night) at N e w w on 9 Orleans . Sexton to 76, averaging
- f with a record breaking run o 41 7 . ‘ 1 T May 31 , 877 , at ammany H all Sexton g o t the American championship from J . Dion
- 1 . by averaging 2, with high run of 247 Dion a m de442 points .
Vignaux , at Paris , France , in December,
averaged 20, and ran 231 in points , ten
night match with Piot , who headed his man fi1 the st and fifth nights .
E . i ugene Mangin , at Par s , France , made a f o 1 1 . run 3 7 in a match January 2, 878 Sexton , e th at New Orl ans , February 5 , averaged 27% in
- . 228 point match with J Dion ; high run , , by ‘
the winner , Sexton .
v o :
2 .
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Sc haefe r s Rail Nuirse .
Th e handicap billiard tournament , at Mus ’ - l t . s sey s Billiard room , St . Louis , Mo , March 2 th a a s to 28 , gave J cob Schaefer to the world a Sc haefer s Rail Nu rse
. fo phenomenon , as he , tying C Dion. r
i i - o fi pr ze beat him nthe play , and ’ g ame , with 429, beat Sexton s New 0 r ecord for high run Schaefer als Sexton ’s record for best single avera
1 2 2 C Vignaux had the challenge c up a nd no w there w a s in America no e the championship . H itherto the championship , as other tourna m E ents held in the ast , had been promulgated a nd sustained by E astern manufacturers ; b ut r s in January , 1 879, the W estern house of B un wick Balke g o t a foothol d in N e w Y ork City a nd advertised in prize s and a c t
« fo r h e ld t wo « emblem the championship, to be , years before becoming personal property . And here is where Jacob Schaefer became the
American champion , the wizard going t hrough without a skip with seven W i nning
Hi s and no losing games . grand a fraction over 28, his best single
lo sso n h . o his high run 376 S , w money , broke the American a d runs with 464, n also the re a verage with Sexton was G R u d o l fourth . arnier, Gallagher , p
H eiser were t h e other contestants .
f Th o ld W e a y
P la i n The Ra i y g I .
May 1 5th Champion Schaefer knocked a ll r e c , l ’ M c C o rm i c k s H o rds cold , when in Chicago ( all) 305 i n in he scored points (5 , 690, ) three
lo sso n 44. Th e h ings , leaving S at championship emblem given by Brunswick Balke w a s o ne never again played fo r , and since has , at 1 2 3
’ i n time o r another , adorned the shelf Schaefer 3 several billiard rooms . t o fo r A . P . Rudolphe seemed have the last “ ” hi s time lost grip, and after losing, matches fo r his o wn moneywith the shortstops Car ' nd de H ter a Morris , his feat by eiser filled the cup; and he left America forever . u April 1 0, 1 880, Vigna x, following the lead of
- Schaefer , killed three ball billiards (now called
a - straight r il) in France , when , in a match lo n e a c h n i h t with S sso (five nights , 800 g ), he a n w o n with average of 80, and showed a high ’ run of S lo sso ns total was and h is high run (made in o ne xnigh t) u M c r e e r . W . C Amateur ayman C y of St Lo is , st during the week of May 1 , scored points o f 41 at a 21}é average , with a high run 2 , but Lo n r ro f s was beaten by Morris , the sho tstop p e si o na l r fi v e , the winne making ( nights , f blocks o 600points) . th C a fe e October 25 , at the Grand , Paris , Franc ,
. . A P Rudolphe , came to himself and beat Lu cien Piot 600to 530, with a 23average . “ ” t e Straight rail , thought to be dead h world m u over , again came to life through the arvelo s
H c Ke nna work of arvey M , who , in Cle v eland , 1 1 May 2 and 1 3, 885, was beaten on a 26 average ’ ina two - nights match each night) by -E u M c K nna gene Carter . e had shown great speed ’ in practice , and often ran Carter s backer ,
'
r ~ o . h G e Fo bes , the Canadian sprinter a nd c rse o n man , w in the neighborhood of o n the
M c Ke nna match . was beaten at San Francisco L o n by Morris , but ran over at a single ’ o n a 4 x break }§ 9 table . Bets were declared o ff ‘
a l r . by the referee , Ben S y o l H At Bumstead all , Boston , 1 2 4
' 1 M c Kenna 1 11 - xh 21 and 22. 887 , , a point e ibi E tion game with Fred ames , made runs of and and averaged 41 6/3 In 1 889 Catton matched M c Kenna against;
Jacob Schaefer for $2, 500 a side , and the game t i n c h a e w a s o have taken place November . S
’ ' fer s wife dying, his backer paid $500 for a
~ fi B e postponement to the following January . 1 fore t h e date set M c Ke nna was dead of con - “K sumption . Th e last prominent match at straight 1121 11 was l r . M c that of Schaefer vs C e e y, San
May 29, 30, 31 , 1 890, the wizard 4 x the odds of discount on a }é 9 table , ’
. 4 M c le r side Schaefer s score 0, , 0, C e y m ade a total of 1 5 . n F . C . Ives , then the champio shortstop; 1 w a s wi th Schaefer on his W estern trip : H e at
' once offered M c C le e r y in for $500 a w a s r t side , and the other accepting it pu posed o ‘ H play in blocks of owever , as Sc haefer and Ives thought ill of canceling an overlooked
t o date at L o s Angeles , Ives agreed play the
. 9 2 3, 000 straight away Ives ran 8 the first T h e r u n w a s b inning . / stopped y the most m peculiar decision ever given in a billiard atch .
' Th e referee was a San Francisco newspaper 9 2 n man . When at 8 the balls froze Ives cou ted .
M c Cle e r from spot . y claimed foul , saying that Th Ives had shot from outside the string . e “ h claim was allowed . Ives then followed wit o f 740 and 1 36, making a total in three
c C le e r ~ 1 ' inning s . M y now came in with 7 7 and a 51 3 in t w o innings) , but w s beaten in the seventeenth inning by a score of ’ Ives running the game out with 298. Winner s ’ average , loser s ,
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3 . March , M Daly (match with c yrine
Dion) ran 21 2.
T - — — N e hree ball rail play improved w York ,
“ N 4 t o 1 3 1 874 r o n b ' ovember , , tou nament w y M . ,
E d . 4 a r Vignaux ; Daniels ran 2 9 nd A . G a ni er had a g rand av erage o f Three - ball — before rail play was a d v a nce d by
W illiam Sexton ~ — Amer i can match recor d b French record both held yM . u o Vigna x , Sext n also having match av e ra ge o f Th e latter performance w a s m a de ’ ' against S lo sso n; V ig na u x s like performance
Th e against Rudolphe . French mark w a s se t in game at Paris with Sexton . Three ball — 1 ail as played by Sexton a nd
l sso n— S o Sexton , in Centennial 6 1 a n Philadelphia , 187 , 287 , and average of 60(300- po i nt game) and
” o f lo n r a g e S sso a n 31 1 ,
e 1 1 in a J un 6, 876, and the s me t
Rudolphe , the winner , had grand
Three ball— stage as above N e w
r t o 1 v e m b e 20 28, 876, tournament p ' x1 é 5 0 . balls , table ( d but of J h e A . P . Rudolp e mad single avera
J . Dion a grand average of of 1 95 . ’ Thre e - ball Sexton s improv ed 5 Orleans , January , 1877 , Sexton ran ary 5th he averaged 111 poi ’ ’ Three - ball — Schaefer s running r
21 28 1 878 o n - i Louis , March~ to , , the Musseyt ur a o a : . e ment Jac b Schaefer , sing le v rage of 333g 4 grand average high run 29.
‘ ’ - — a Three ball Sch efer s rail , imp 1 cago , May 1 5 , 879, Jacob Schaefer , 1 2 7
S lo sso n championship with G . F . , finished 0 points in three innings (5 , 69 , ’ - — — Three ball Schaefer s style Paris , France , 1 n 0 April 1 0, 880, Vignaux made a 8 average in
- l o n point match with S o ss , and ran l sso n n i h t S o ran (o e n g ) . ’ T - — e— hree ball Schaefer s styl Boston , Decem K nna 21 1 887 H . . M c e ber , , J made an average in nd and of 41 6% points , a ran 2
- — o Three ball perfection of the rail by J . S hae l — c fer San Fran isco , .May 29, 30, the o n 4 x wizard ran a }§ 9 table . Match at c le e r discount with M C y.
— T - — a n hree ball as above S Francisco , June ,
' th . I v s e n r F . C e , the champion sho tstop , e points in one night (match with
leery) in seventeen m nm g s ; 415 x 9 table .
‘
New York City , June 23 to 30,
rna m e nt in America at 3- ball “ m pi o nsh ip of the world ’ — x 5 1 0 . 300 table (carom) , balls Games,
u . points . Challenge c p
A . Garnier
M . Daly Cyrille Dion U ba ss F . y Dion Deery
Th e w o ff tie as played . (Best average c f first three players made in seven games . )
w o n . Garnier first prize , C Dion second and
Daly third . 1 2 8
H N 21 Kingsbury all , Chicago , ovember 10 to ,
- e 1 873 tournament for money prizes , valu $31
‘ - c u . games , 400points ; challenge p rules
1 A . Garn er
M . Daly J . Dion S lo sso n George F . B e ssun J . g P . Snyder ba ss F . U y
Garnier beat U b a ssyinplay - o fffo a t ~ - o ff and Daly b e J . Dion in p lay
prize .
9 1 1 8 4 — Boston , March to 3, 7 three
— 5 x 1 0 table prizes , and gold
point games .
A . Garnier
C . Dion
. J Dion J ba ss F . U y
M . Daly
w o n 0 A . Garnier first prize , $6 0;
400 . 300 second , $ ; J Dion , third , $ ;
50 . fourth , $2 ; M Daly , fifth , $ 1 50.
H Ne N o Tammany all , w York City,
1 1 4— t o to 3, 87 national billiard
1 30 °
H t H orticul ural all ,
1 — 27 , 876 the C entenni prizes . Coll
William S exton
A . Garnier lo sso n George F . S Maurice Daly Joseph Dion u A . P . R dolphe John B e ssung er
C . Dion L ouis Shaw
M . Foster
Sexton , first prize , l n prize , S o sso , third p fi fth fourth prize , $600 Daly , prize ,
- Th d . e three han ed tie (J Dion , M D a s o ff A P . Rudolphe) w played in Ne
th th th . June 5 , 6 , and 7
H N Irving all , e w York City , June 8 t — tournament fo r prizes aggregat
- challenge cup rules .
A . P . Rudolphe m W. Sexton
A . Garnier l n George F . S o sso
o ff Rudolphe beat Sexton in play , averaging
i o f . 25 , w th high run 1 27 Garnier beat S lo sso n in play - o fi fo r third lo so n b money , but S s eat all records with high o f run 31 1 . 1 31
n H ‘ y all , New York City , November
— 76 tournament for prize money ,
games ; 5 x 1 0 table , balls ; rules m na e nt .
l no t S o sso n took third prize , taking part in ff o n 1 i o Wa s w 600 38 . play , which , to , by J D on , 1 1 o f 1 2533 with an average of 771 3, and high run w o n Garnier w o n fourth pri ze . J . Dion special i ra - pr ze (billiard table) fo r grand a v e g e .
St . Charles Rotunda , New Orleans , January
1 1 1 — fo r 0 to 9, 878 tournament in prizes ;
5 x 1 0 table , 2% balls .
M a “ g m g o y mw/
William Sexton 3O Slo sso n George F . 4 A . P . Rudolphe 2
Maurice Daly H . 20 ’ D Oll ‘ I . C . 1 9
S lo sso n - ff beat Rudolphe in play o , and Daly o ff beat Dion in play . 1 32
’ r - M u sse s . L y Billia d room , St ouis , in money prizes — handi ment . Scratch men to play 600points .
Jacob Schaefer
i . . D on - Scr r e l n o F o sso . G e g . S Scr T . J .
. c 4 0 W . C Mc reery - 8
° Schaefer beat Dion i h play - o ff and there
429 - fo r Slo sso made a n ew record ( ) high run . n w o n and f lo sw third Gallagher ourth money . S
“ son beat Schaefer , Schaefer beat C . Dion , M c C r e e r S lo sso n M c y beat , Gallagher beat r r C e e y.
i 20t o Cooper Un on , New York, January Feb
‘ u a r — c h a lle n f r y 1 0, 1 879 tournament for g e em blem of championship and money prizes of
J . M . Brunswick Balke Co .
Jacob Schaefer lo sso n George F . S W illiam Sexton Maurice Daly
L . . A . Garnier
T . . Gallagher
A . . Rudolphe H J . R . eiser
.
- ff Sexton beat Daly in the play o . Jacob
1 000 . Slo ssOn 600 Schaefer. won $ , , George F $ ,
200. William Sexton $300, Maurice Daly $
1 34
22d a April Sexton tried ag in and was beaten ,
600 523 . 1 9 S lo sso n to , in a poor , game June th ' c beat Schaefer for the hampionship , 600 to 470, l n averaging 30, with high run of 236. S o sso . 4th 600 4 8 again beat Schaefer October , to 3; average , Schaefer beat the record with a f run o 31 2. 0th t o 4th S lo sso n December 2 2 found in Paris , ’ fi v e - th e France , where , in a , nights match ,
t o ~ Th e n Frenchman beat him , 2, 961 . wi ner l n averaged and ran 21 4. S o sso ran 273.
At the Academy of Music , New York City ,
t o 5 w a s - April 1 1 1 , 1 881 . played the point match between Schaefer and S lo sso n; blocks on t o f . w o 800points Schaefer , aver l 4 . o n aging high run , 3 2 S sso ran S lo sso n made the greater number o f points one
lo n night only ; then he averaged 76. S sso was the favorite , to $800, before the match ,
wh o h a d ' and Richard Roche , to bet on “ ” a s o ff u e Schaefer , w kept by an unfort nat practice game . S lo sso n tackled Vignaux again a t the Grand
H i 30 t o a otel , Par s , January Febru ry f r l 4 x Th e match w a s o a side , 28 lines on x fo r a 5 1 0 table , 2% balls ; and the first and only time since Vignaux became champion of , France did he then suffer defeat in a match at
- - ball to ball billiards in his o w n country . Sl c s w a s n . s o , Vignaux , the final score 7 7 ’ Th e winner averaged 37 , 9 , while the loser s
' average was within a small fraction of ’ Schaefer s American record . Both players beat
— the record fo r high run Vignaux with 394,
S lo sso n with 398. d c La u h l n E . M i In a match with g , February H 14, 1 884, Randolph eiser made a new Ameri 1 35
c a n w 35 1 . Th e w a s record , ith game 600points , M c La u h lin w o n and g , with an average of 1 5 1 5 . T n I /1 9 his is the game where Captain A son ,
‘ f r M L a u l n as umpire o c g h i , greatly assisted his man
Slo sso n e beat Schaef r at Chicago , May 31 , 1 4 o f 00 t o 5 Th e 88 , by a score 8 6 7 . line s were t x ’ o 1 . extended 8 38 Winner s average , S ldsso n ran 236; Schaefer 98 Th e last time th e “ Tu r nm g t he C o r ne r a t t he ’ Champio n s Game
S C HAEF ER fina lly t urne d at 1 4 x28 Line s t t in wo Sho s . I n 1890 t h W e iza rd pr a c t i c e d t h e C h a m p io ns Ga m e a nd “ r e a c h i n A w ° g en1 Th ro ugh s o r u nning o u i ' a ny r e a s o n a bl e Le ng t h f o G a m e o n End Rail. A ’ a champion s game w s played was January 5 , x c 1 885 ( Chicago),20 40lines . Schaefer , 800 Sl s ’
n i . so . W , 589 nner s average , high run , 78 S lo sso n h e b e ran 97 . T championship emblem
f . lo sso n S . ic a m e the personal property o G e o . F In the year 1 891 Jacob Schaefer for a time ’ . practiced the Champion s game as an amuse ' H e t r o n ment . soon learned o tu n the balls the end rail to such perfection that he could run them either way along th e rail as long as he d h first - esired , and , seeing t at class men could w
' tm a st e r the game so as t o produce the monotony . o fS traight rail , abandoned it forever / 1 36
BE ST RE CORDS .
’ Champion s Game 1 4 x 28 lines New York , t u fo r h m J ‘ o 4 . T c a November 1 1 2 , 1 879 o rnament i o n h i o n p s p an d in prizes . Sexton w , l Th e S o sso n . second , Schaefer third . winner lo sso n had best single average , S best
v 1 4 . grand a erage , Garnier high run , 7 ’ — - x N e an a Champion s Game 1 4 28 w York, J h fo r uary 1 0, 1 880. Sc aefer beat S exton cham
i o nsh i ~ h p p 600 to 585 , averaging with hig f 1 run o 1 65 ; S lo sso n ran 51 . ’ 1 4 28 u Champion s Game x New York , J ne lo sso n fo r 1 9, 1 880. S beat Schaefer the cham i o nsh i t o a h r n p p 600 470, aver ging 30, with igh u
o f 236. 1 ’ — k Champion s Game 1 4 x 28 New Yor , Octo
' lo sso n ber 4, S holding emblem from ’ c Th e S haefer , averaged loser beat the f r o 31 . . record high run with 2 Score , 600to 438 ’ Champions Game 1 4 x 28 Paris , France , 1 S lo s December 20 to 24, 880. Vignaux beat ’ s o n t o n 7 W in er s average , 29 3400 ; ’ high run , 214; loser s , ’ — e Champion s Game — 14 x 28 New York, A c ad m o f t o 1 e y Music , April 1 1 1 5 , 1 88 . Schaefer 6 beat S lo sso n t o averaging 32 1 4 2 3;
4 lo ss o n . high run , 3 2, by Schaefer ; S ran 252 ’ — 4 x Champion s Game 1 28 Paris , France , lo sso n January 30 to February 3, 1 882. S
‘ Vignaux all re cords beaten: Winner s
i lo n average h gh run , by S sso , 398; by
4. Vignaux , 39 ’ 1 4 2 Champion s Game x 8 New York City , H February 1 4, 1 884. Randolph eiser beat Ameri can record for high run with 351 . ’ — x Champion s Game 1 8 38 Chicago , May 31 ,
1 38
H n 1 be all tourname t of November , 876, had @ ’ taken under the wing o f David T e nnyxP ulsi ffi~ (since renowned on the turf as t h e owne r tiff ’ T Salvator s only rival , the swayback . enny) , w h o in his youth w a s a billiardist o f no te In
r ' company with Pulsifer , Schaefer star ed the N e w E ngland towns , and rapidly solidified the n principles of his game . Schaefer discou ted ) o ne Flack 300 points , and when his man had o t a point to g , the wizard finished the game wi h r run of 35 , giving to the billia d world the first illustration of that wonderful reserve power which Since has often stood him S O muc in" h
. 1 1 e e hand In February, 88 , at Coop r Union , N w
York City , Sexton and Schaefer met, the latter ’
400t o 396 v , o f winning , with an a erage as , f against the 2% o the Flack game . Schaefer 1 26th ran 26; Sexton 2 . February the t b again , and his time Sexton won ya
t o 400 363, averaging
' ne w th e Th e conditions of both matches were , e | winner taking all and the los er paying exp nses , 3
’ Richard Roche , a wealthy Sporting man , being “ r h n behind Schaefe , w i s i g t o make a gamble l l n . 2 th of everythi g At Paris , France , June 6 , Vignaux and G a rni e r /be a t Piot and S lo sso n a
- ? four handed match . Vignaux made a high run Of 25 . T h e Roche tournament in prizes giv e n by Richard Roche) w a s played a t Tammany
l N e w 1 4 H al , York , November to
Joseph Dion won first prize ; Jacob Schaefer , lo sso n second ; G . F . S , third ; Alo nzo Morris
m T . T o . . . fourth , and Wallace , fifth M Daly, J
m . a W . Gallagher , E ugene C rter , Sexton , and R H eiser also started . Jos . Dion beat all re c ords with a run Of 44, while his grand average of 1 39
was the best . Schaefer made the best
6 . single average , 54 This w a s probably the bigg est betting tour T na m e nt ever held . here were several books S made , and chaefer at evens carried a great
S C H A E F E R S
C o rne r Nu rs e
C u s h i o n C a r r o m s
' o n a
- C a r r o m Ta ble
’ HAT L E Y s c ‘ Ki s s Nu rs e
a i C u s hi o nC a rr m o s .
C AR T E RS Ru b N u rs e
at Cushio n Ca rro ms .
— h i ’ “ deal s backer s money . Dion made a as sweep for the books , he stood unbacked at
1 5 t o 1 .
H lo sso n In the game that eiser beat S , M c b S lo sso n Cloud , the ookmaker , when had 55 to ’ t o go the other s 1 05 , bet $500 to $20 against H . n eiser Schaefer , for his final game with Dio , 1 4 0 w a s 1 0 4 always $ 0 to $ 0, and with six D score was tied . ion then ran out . had to win five straight games to fin and did it . Maurice Daly w o n his h games and then lost t e other five . cushion caroms w a s seen to be the tain of games , and then and there medium o f higher gambling than ever or since has been known upon a billiard
Al Smith , Chas . Davis , Davy Johnson , an Childs could any day be seen playing 50 T e up for from $1 00to $1 , 000a side . h third (Schaefer- Sexton) came on T H e ammany all was packed as n ver before . Sexton received larger gate money than any ; billiardist before or Since , and in proportion to “ w a s Of the general betting the wager , of
Richard Roche on his man Schaefer . Sexton ,
, - - 1 when 60 points behind , made the to w o n chance run of 77 , and eventually the game ’ a s The w 23. by 24 points . Schaefer s best run ’ winne r s av erage was S chae fer trained . A few weeks befo shown an average of 8 in p
50to 75 frequently . I Sexton again beat S av erage of and high fun of ' two matches were each fo r of the others , the one Schaefer
$500 a side , the second played being a side . st E June l , in a match with ugene Kimball , Daly w o n with an average of Kimball f made high run o 30. It was the only match this w in billiardist ever lost, and upon his abilityto h e had wagered t n t t o 6 December 1 s , Sexto bea Daly 500 45 ,
1 4 2
4 8’ average with 4 1 1 3- ’ t o n s to in the m a went at top speed the last few inn
30in the last 1 00. It is called the match ever played . ’ Th e bookmakers handicap
February 8, 1 886, held in New instrumental inkeeping cushion w o n the public . Chas . Davis , second (both were scratch men) : i T . G Jno . Reeves beat David owner of three Futurity winners) 1 5 In 1 886 S lo sso n a nd Schaefer were play t w o gam es Of 500 p o m t s each side each game — o ne game t o be r u L ouis , the other in Chicago . A “ ted in the articles a ball frozen . Oh ion shall be considered in play , provi ” u c shion is hit first , seemed to favor “ o ff r but a stand esulted , Sloss L St . ouis , Schaefer at Chicago . 1 in 1 1 innings , beating the reco H e c average . won by 70 points , whereas S l s n t L s o n . had beate him 31 at S . ouis Mahony
”
C O . S lo sso n of New York , bookmakers , backed ,
' “ L u i s nl but weakening at St . o o y won on b the outside ; then raced up , came to Chicago ,
a nd . h lost $8, 000 After t e game began , Roche w a s about t o bet to when Mahony “ ” s a s th aid , wait until Jake sits down , and , e wizard continued his run up to 48 the New h is Yorker put his money back into pocket . Th e last time the men came together in a 0 match was April 4, 1 887 (Chicago) , for $50 a '
. S lo sso n 1 side won in 06 innings , which is still
Th e : lo s the best match record . score stood S so n 2 500 . 1 0 , Schaefer , 488 Schaefer at 370 was 1 4 3
’ S lo sso n s w a s in the lead , and even backer 1 :Offering to $80that Schaefer would win . 1 , November 5th to 22d was played at Chicago a T u n l handicap to rnament , wherein e gaged at lo n H scratch (200) were Schaefer and S sso . ere 0 i fo r the first time F . C . Ives appeared in public . n t 1 70 w o n I Carter ( ) first money , Schaefer second ,
' i o th e rs fo r fourth money — an inconsequential
W . amount , for hich the players shook dice G .
lo sso n w o n b F . S three and lost seven games , e h i s ing in the poorest fix of life . Although the w a s entrance fee $25 , Carter received only $210 as first money . Schaefer made a single aver
o f . age 1 0 (still the record) John F . Donovan o f L H L (present owner the indell otel , St . ouis) a s t w o w a contestant , and , winning only games , so 1 losing heavily on himself, successfully picked “ the other winners that he finished with money , ” marbles , and chalk . lo sso n August 6 to 8, 1 888, S , Daly , and Sexton engaged in a summer to urnament at Saratoga
. w a s Springs , N . Y , but nothing shown above
mediocrity . l 1 1 1 9 — T m Boston , April 3to 7, 8 6 ourna ent; 5 x 1 0 t - . . w o n table , 300 point games Frank C Ives ;
s . 1 Jacob Schaefer , econd ; M Daly , third Albert ‘ i ’ 1 . 5 lGarn er , last Ives ran 8 , beat ng Sexton s 77 ,
which had stood for over fourteen year s .
E B ST RE CORDS .
— Cushion Caroms B oston, February 21 , 1 878, l Jacob Schaefer ran the game out with 35 , leav I h i s 1 . ing opponent , John Flack , in the hole J" Th e o game was 300 points (discount) , and S hae 1 fer averaged 254 . ‘I — N e w Cushion Caroms York , February 1 5 , 1 44
1 4 188 , Schaefer beat Sexto n , 00 to 396, 4 7 ing 3 A51 .
— Cushion Caroms New York , Fe 1 1 6 88 , Sexton beat Schaefer , 400to 3 3,
— N o v Cushion Caroms N e w York , 1 ' 1 9, 1 88 , the Roche tournament in prizes w o n given by R . Roche) , Joseph Dion , Schaefer lo sso n 1 second , S third Th e winner beat all
o f hi s e records with high run 45 , and grand av r age , was the best . Schaefer had best single I average ,
— r Cushion Caroms New York , Decembe 29, ’ 8 1 81 , Sexton 600, Schaefer 576; winner s average ,
high run , 77 . Upon this game R . Roche 1 4- t o - fa lost on Schaefer , who was a 5 .
o r it . o t v e Sexton g more gate money , W a nd ( inner took all loser paid expenses) , than
- t any other billiardist for a one nigh match .
— N e w Cushion Caroms York , April 27 , 1 882, r Sexton beat Schaefer , 600.to 538, on a ave age . Roche lost
m — n 1 Cush ion Caro s New York , Ju e , 1 882, i E 500 347 Maur ce Daly beat ug ene Kimball , to , averaging Best run , 30, made by Kim ball .
- Cushion Caroms New York , December 1 , t o 1 882, Sexton beat Daly , 500 456, averaging — N e w 6 1 3 Cushion Caroms _ York , January , 88 , 4 Daly beat Sexton , 500 to 67 , averaging (tying his o w n r e éo rd) and duplicating his high n a . run of 44, made in Roche tourn me t
— - 1 4 t o 5 C ushion Caroms New York , May 2 ,
1 o x H . . 883, tournament n4}é 9 table given by W Collender for champio nship emblem and
. T , Maurice Daly won , homas Wallace second ,
1 4 6 shot at S t s Louis and ruled a slight
Chicago .
C u sh l o n - Caroms Chicago , April 4 n so beat Schaefer , 500 to 488, avera c 4 S lo sso n (best on re ord) . Schaefer ran 8, At one time to $80 w a s offered
Schaefer , he being 1 20points i n the lead .
— o C ushion Caroms Chicag , November 5 to 22,
- — 1 v l n h 887 handicap Schaefer and S o sso , scratc . E T ugene Carter . J . Gallagher and H n ‘ c . w . . Catto F . Ives , John T t John Matthews , John Do novan , John ha cher H Wm . atley Carter won first money , e o S lo sso nw o n Schaef r second , M ulds third . .
h i h e o nly three games , but made his g
4 . record , 0 Carter had a grand av ’ 1 6 Schaefer s being 5 , 31 (best on Schaefer m a d e sing le average o f 1 0 H e record) . also made his highest h i s c 54. Ives ( first appearan e in p t o only player beat Carter , while to Carter a nd Thatcher . C ushion Caroms Saratoga Springs 6 8 1 888 S lo sso n to , , , Daly , and Sexton in a summer tournament (finishing as but t h e play w a s o f poo r quality .
— n 1 C ushion Carom s Bosto , April 3to
m 1 - i tourna ent , 5 x 0 table , 300 point ga n
‘ w o n three games and lost none , makin 9 average of Si ngle average o f/5 /1 0
- rd r un o f 85 . o breaking Schaefer was second ,
Daly third , Garnier last .
T m H N e w k 1 4 a many all , Yor , November t_o 21 26 1 9, 1 881 , and Cooper Union , November to , 1 881 first cushion carom tournament 000 “
added by Richard Roche , the backer of Jacob 1 4 7
’ t};
. o it 7 2 6 3 5 4 Alonzo Morris 5 4 T W 5 4 homas allace , Maurice Daly 4 5 T a 4 29 . J . G llagher 5 E ugene Carter 4 5 27 William Sexton 3 6 3 32 2 7 2V2 1 8
l n - f - S o sso won the play o ff o three handed tie , a nd / M o r ri s W beat allace . Joseph Dion won Jacob Schaefer $700;
° lo ss n 3 . George F. S o $500 Alonzo Morris $ 300
T H 1 4 25 ammany all , Ne w York City , May to , 1 883— th e C Olle nd e r 4 9 , tournament ( 14 x table) for the championship at cushion caroms ; direct carom no bar , provided either obj ect b all is
c u e - again hit by ball ; game , 500points .
(1) ” " is 3if g 3 32 Ed 004 L5 41 Maurice Daly 5 1 6% 56 T homas Wallace 4 2 41 Jacob 4 2 1 0 49 4 M . Vignaux 3 3 3 Joseph Dion 3 3 47 William Sex t on 2 4 65 E . .C arter 0 6 36
W - ff fo r O 4 allace beat Schaefer play , 500to 39 averaging 7% With high run Of 76 (best on record
4 ' x fo r - o ff }é 9 table) . Vignaux beat J . Dion play .
w o n T . W Maurice Daly allace $800, Jacob
500 . 300 . 200. Schaefer $ , M Vignaux $ , J Dion $ ‘ 1 4 8
Th Madison St . eatre , Chicago , N 1 — t 22, 887 handicap tournamen at cushio n c — x 1 m e oms 5 0 table , 2% balls . Scratch n ’ play 200 points ; $25 entrance ; $250 a dm
- - - B . O . ; B . C C
E ugene Carter Jacob Schaefer 1 John F . Moulds - 1 0 v 1 1 Frank C . I es 0 John T John A . hatcher Gallagher 1 60 r e o e F lo sso n . G g . S Scr 1 1 John F . Donovan - 0 William H atley 6 William H . Catton _1 0
o n 1 1 E ugene Carter w $2 0, Jacob Schaefer $ 65 , T John Moulds $75 . Ives , Matthews , and hatcher took down their entrance money and shook dice fo r the odd $30.
t n — B o s d , April 1 3 to tournament at cushion caroms given by Ives and Daly .
Frank C . Ives 0 J . Schaefer Maurice Daly 0
A . Garnier 0
1 5 0
winner w a s that of the loser , ’ Vignaux ran 329; winner s average and run best ; on record . 4 h i c a o L — h May 1 2, 1 88 , C g J acob Sc aefer beat l f r Geo . F . S o sso n o the championship , 800to
' 1 lo sso n ra n averaging high run , 21 S 200.
— January 26, 1885 , Chicago Schaefer beat
S lo sso n - at 1 2 inch balk line , 800to 7 1 9, averaging
w lo sso n ; ith high run of 1 09. S ran 98 H April 20 to Irving all , New York
- 1 4 . G e . First tournament at inch balk line o . F
f r m n l h a e se c o nd W. S o sso n w o S c e n ; h ; Sexto , third Maurice Daly , fourth Joseph Dion , fifth . a a Although $250entrance w s charged , all pl yers f g o t a percentage o gate receipts , so that D ion
4 S lo sso n i S lo s cleared $21 , while netted 1 so n had best run , 48 best single average , ’ ra nd best grand average , Schaefer s g j average , high run , 97 1 1 — Th e c November 1 6 to 2 , 885,Chicago ele d a i o b ra t e triangular tourn ment (V gnaux , S hae
lo sso n 1 4- 0 u fer , S ) , inch balk lines games 6 0 p _,
a ; each player to meet the others twice . C sh prizes of This was probably the most profitable o f fo r tournaments the players engaged , a tie all h
' Th e c o nt e st a nt s around resulting . elected to u divide the prize money e q ally , but the billiard ' “ c o m pa ny w o u ld no t sanction this . So all except
‘
- - B . C . . o . a s the a d d e d by the B . C w split a nd u m e n ( ) , p,, and the started over three games c - o ff again tied . Finally , on the se ond play ,
' Schaefer beat the others , and Vignaux beat
' xre S lo sso n. It was understood that Vignau a c e i v e d (including . guarantee of n e 500t o while Slo sso , aft r paying his $ the gen l 750 era fund as a roomkeeper , quit $ to the i Th good . e house w a s packed the first six
nights , and never has been seen an assemblage a of such high class at a billi rd tournament . Th e famed Judge Gary made the opening
address . m T W. . . Riley , J A Murphy, and D . . Pulsifer e m made a tr mendously big book , and any bets were registered. After S lo sso n had w o n t o m no w o ne his first w ga es , ( of the wealthiest American bookmakers) bet $ 200 to $600 tha t the tournament would result in a
tie all around . v t h Vignaux , No ember 5 , made 600 in eight
innings , averaging 75 , with a high run of 1 95 . S lo sso n 1 00 ran 77 and was first past the mark . i h i s On th s game Vig naux , through interpreters , bet $400 o n himself at even money with the l bookmaking concern o f White Anson . S o s so n a ft e r w a s a , winning his first two games , , . l i - - 3 to 5 shot . When Vignaux and Schaefer met for the first x a m e t h e - t o - gg the wizard went to post a 2 5 shot . H e w a s nearly 200 ahead when an accident . t o happened his clothing, and , abashed , he lost
his stroke and was beaten . In his second game with Vignaux Schaefer had a total of 8 i n the
first eight innings , Vignaux standing at 263. T hen Schaefer went o n and won: An E astern professional o f high class called this tourna
ment a hippodrome , simply because he was not
thought of class enough to engage. H e z h a s billi rd ists been sorry ever since . Such sins a
’ fo r i v e a nd w a s easily g , , the offending expert F o r long since reinstated . the tournament ’ na u x proper , V ig s grand average was ’ ’ ‘ l ss Th e Schaefer s , S o o n s, first play - o ff Vignaux averaged (grand) 1 5 2
S lo sso n Schaefer , , play- o ff Schaefer averaged (grand x 2 1 lo sso n 1 57 H nau , 1 4 /87 S , igh run , : 1 1 in twelve games) Vignaux , 95 , 1 3, 1 06, 1 66, lo sso n 1 1 1 1 52 ; S , 1 59, 08 Schaefer , 87 , 52, 1 58,
h - o ff 1 . T e . 05 , 1 22 play games were 800 points ’ w a s 284 Schaefer s best single average 77 , made , ’ ' lo sso n s n in the final game . S best wi ning single average was made in the opening game .
New York , June 26 to Schaefer beat
Vignaux (five nights , blocks
- t o 1 4 inch lines ,
1 0. average , high run , 8
1 4 . f ave rage , high run , 3 Schae er
' 365 o f p b u t ahead at the end oints , the " third night the Frenchman made 91 8 to h is Th 4 . e 600, catching up within 7 points fourth
‘ e 64 53 ~ fi na l night Vignaux mad 7 to 7 , and for the hg “ ’ 663 t o t h e o th e r s 600. night Schaefer had to go 1; a t fi Schaefer as usual , played best the ni sh ? , , , a nd ‘ h i s fo i l wa s " single average the ast night
Th e 25}é . fourth night Vignaux had a sing l e 1 3 f . average (647 points) o 26 , 2 4 t o 1 1 N e w o r k h f March 9 3, 886, Y , Jacob Sc ae er
i t o beat Maur ce Vignaux , (second o f t o f matc h five nig h s , blocks 600, for
' w r stake) , beating the record ith a grand ave a ge 4 ru f r of and high n o 230. On the th i d ’ night he aver aged V ig na u x s grand a v er
4 Th e no . age was high run 1 9. late J Dowling of Chicago was V ig n-a u xis bac ker i n
- both the 3, 000point matches . Slo sso n April 1 2, 1 887 , Chicago , Schaefer beat
7 . i o f 1 26. 800to 639. averag ng 17 79, with high run
S lo sso n ran 1 35 . ’
L . . 3 Schaefer 3 Room , St ouis , Mo , January to 4 1 , _1 888, handicap (twin to that of Chicago ,
1 5 4
S lo sso n made a single average performance) , grand average ’ l S lo sso n ssin le run 1 36. Schaefer tied g 4 beat his grand average with 1 7 943, b u t high run with 1 68, to him lost the 1 game , 3 3to 500, and the average of the was only
r S lo sso n m a a inst l v e s played his best ga e g a , a 6/ veraging 26/1 9, and scored high run of 1 36, yet beat the coming champion o nly 52 points . 5 t — c o n April to 1 2, 1 890 Chicago t ournamen d it i o ns b same as in New York (Fe ruary) , except handicap of points instead o f lines ; all to play
1 4- l sso n r h inch . Schaefer and S o , sc atc H Ives Catton and eiser Daly I'
Jacob Schaefer won first prize , Ives
‘ s S lo sso n u h econd , third ; Catton fo rt . in ’ Daly did not w a game . Schaefer s best e a “h i . single av r ge , grand average , 25 ; gh ’ lo sso n s run , 200. S grand average was ’ w a s high run , 1 78. Ives grand average h ad i m best run , 97 ; in seventeen months he proved a discount . 1 April 6th , at Chicago , Ives was beaten (match 2 50 . M a i o li $ a side) by F g g ; score , 500to 440; win ’ 5 s 3. ner average , 1 5 /33; high run , 1 21 . Ives ran 7 S d a a r e chaefer and Ives had , the y of the m tch , c e iv e d the $2, 800 due as prize money from the fi r d b et tournament j ust ended , and they o e e to i li n it all at 3to 1 against M ag g o . O ly one ten
M a i o li dollar note was placed at this figure . g g ra e wh ile had never shown better than an 8 a v e g ,
- s ha d t o 1 3 fi rst . Th e Ive gone in class company, shortstop record in a match was an average
“ o f made by G allagher against C a rt e r So m e s 1 00 years before , and no hortstop had run ex L d cept Carter (1 01 in St . ouis han icap of 1 5 5
M a g g i o li made his 1 21 run , nursing the end line
o u m r perfectly fo r the g re a t e r n be of points , after counting the first shot from a hard leave by
- - o f o ne . 1 means a l o ng, left handed , cushion draw L 0 ater in the game , when 77 behind , he ran 8 ,
then following with 52, finished with plenty left . Alderman Whalen (killed soon afterward) w a s ’ M a g g i o li s backer and handed him the entire
stakes and gate money . e In N o v e m b e r M a g g i o li was beaten at Denv r ,
E . to by Carter , and dropped below aa 7 average . c N w — De ember 1 , 1 890, e York Institution of ’ the last world s championship at 1 4- inch balk
- - 1 C . . 0 0 c u B . 0 line . Challenge p given by B . C o $ ,
added , and net gate receipts . Schaefer beat
lo sso n t o S , 800 609, averaging best run lo sso n 1 28. S ran 60 Th e emblem fo r shortstop championship hav
ing become , by limitation , the personal prop
- t e ty of Frank C . Ives , the billiard company offered a second emblem and money prizes for
the tournament held at Chicago , February 1 6 to
27 , Games, 400 points . E ugene Carter w o n c L a u h li n , Ives second , Catton third , M g , H a i li . M g g o , and atley tied fo r fourth . Jos W .
Capron and Louis Shaw also started . In the a deciding game C arter beat Ives , and veraged 1 0 n 30 , 1 3, his opponent getti g a total of 1 95 . ’ 1 55 ’ Carter s grand average was , 9, that of _Ives a i o li Ives beat M g g , averaging F o r
‘ high run Ives and Carter tied at 1 1 6.
— Chicago , April 29, 1 891 Ives beat Carter fo r
the shortstop championship , 500to 478, averaging
with high run of 70. Carter ran 72. Ives
“ - made only 54 points the first twenty six innings , ( and was pronounced a counterfeit . 1 5 6
Before t h e Ives - Carter game the E “ ugene had , j ollied his admirers leng l ng Schaefer for the challenge cup } 1
' th Ch 1 c a o — May 6 , g , 1 891 Th e match w as de
w o n 800 481 r u n1 19 , to , averaging best , 4
Carter ran 1 1 1 . N e w York , October 26, G . F . Slo sso n
b e a t . e t o J Scha fer (ma ch not for. champi nship) 800 3 2 2 / r u to 9 , averaging 22 with high nof 1 73 (9, h i s ( best performance) .
E T E B S R CORDS .
T H E B ALK - E LIN E GAM .
8- — C i inch h cago , March 26 to Apri Tourname nt fo r the championship of
Jacob Schaefer first , Maurice Vig
Best single average 40, and best g 4 high run , 2 6, by V starters were a discount under above
- n — 8 i ch Paris , France , November 1 883. Vignaux Sch aefer r Vignaux ran 1 65 , S chaefe 1 6
- — 8 inch Lyons , France , December 1 5
455 x 9 table . Garnier Daly '
0- age , Garnier ran 20 and
- 8 inch Paris , France , January
‘ Vignaux Schaefer
5 a winner , 44 % 7 ; loser , Vign u
- — h 8inch Chicago , May matc i nsh i lo s n S s o . p o p . Schaefer 800, 384 Th 1 ’ e winner ran 21 , the loser
1 2- — inch , Chicago , January
1 5 8
2 0 c ( 0 ) won fourth prize . Schae fer beat all re ords with average of 50.
' H o f line s andicap New York , February 20 S lo sso n a d to March 1 , 1 890. n Schaefer played
1 4- H r a inch balk line Ives , Daly , eise , and C tton
- 8 . . . S lo sso n . n inch G F won , J Schaefer seco d,
Ives , Daly, and Catton tying for third money . ‘ ra nd a v e ra e 4 Schaefer had highest g g , 1 7 951 3, and highest run , 1 68.
- l 1 ‘ 1 4 inch ba k line Chicago , April 5 to 1 2, 890 H S lo sso n t andicap tournament . Schaefer and , and scratch , at 500, Daly 300, Ives 275 . Catton
H i S lo sso n e ser Schaefer won , Ives second , third , Catton fourth , and Daly last . " grand average , 25 single average, high run , 200.
‘ 1 - H York D e c e 4 inch Chickering all , New , ’ ’ - - 1 . B C . . ber 1 , 890 For the B . . Co s world s cha pi o nsh ip silver challenge cup (the last of championship given at 1 4- inch ' a side and the net gate receipts . Jaco
l s n a v e ra i . o so beat G F . S 800 to 609, g
f S lo sso n . with high run o 1 28. ran 60
“ - 1 1 . c r 1 4 a Ma . 6 89 a inch Chic go , . y , J, S h efe b e a t i E ug e ne Carter for the championship 800 to
481 , averaging
- — t 1 1 4 inch N e w York Ci y , October 26, 1 89 . G .
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l sso n . 00 392 F . S o beat J Schaefer (match) 8 to in f ' 1 . S c h a e e r a n 36 innings , with high run of 73 r 1 5 9
H 2 Central Music all , Chicag o , March 6 to
1 — - — April 6, 883 8 inch balk line tournament 1 x1 for championship , and emblem ; 5 0
table , 2% balls . Games , 600up .
ac o b Schaefer 1{ liaurice Vignaux Maurice Daly William Sexton Alonzo Morris Joseph Dion Thomas Wall
e M. . J . Schaef r won Vignaux $800, M
W. A . Daly $500, Sexton $300, Morris
H 20 29 Irving all , New York C ity , April to ; ‘ 1885— 14- inch balk line - tournament ; $250 e h l t ra nc e - B - b B . .. . , added y_ C net door x e . 1 { rec ipts given to the players 5 0 table ,
1 balls .
w fi s bw a o 3 o o > 2 2 m 1 : <
1 lo sso n George F . S Jacob Schaefer William Sexton Maurice Daly Joseph Dion
l . . S o sso n w o n G F J . Schaefer
. 865 . 71 5 . i 465 . W Sexton $ , M Daly $ , J D on $ 1 60
H Central Music all , Chicago , November 1 6 to — 1 4- inch balk line — the triangular E tournament . ach contestant to meet the others twice in 600- poi nt games ; added to n e t gate receipts .
“ 14 £ 35 1: “9 2 8 3 1m g 5 55 0 ' fi ' O fi O £ 5 1 4
Jacob Schaefer Maurice Vignaux
lo sso n George F . S
Th e players divided all moneys ’ t - - B . . . h i c h e B . C Co s w forced to play fo r .
- o ff First play , 800points , Dec . 2
r x e f u e a a n h g c i S V
[ I
J acob Schaefer 0 M aurice Vignaux 1 S lo sso n George F . 0 1
- o ff Second play , 800 points . , x u n g a o d a n s r n r s t g s e a e i o v r v l o V S L A G A
I | {
Jacob Schaefer Maurice Vignau S lo sso George F .
1 62
- - t o . n entrance , $250 added by B . B . C . C ; e gate t receip s to go to players .
t s o L D Jacob Schae fer Q o T John Moulds - 1 65 Q w l n r S o sso c . Geo . F . - S Q w a - D WH . . _ 0 Catton _ 2 0 C w E ugene Carter 270 Q o B t D a 1 - Frank y 65 l o a
. . T _ _ J A hatcher 1 c M a i o li 20 r F . g g 0 x wo 1 John F . Donovan - 50 o Charles Schaefer 1 65 wr«
John F . D and h i s five Jacob Schaefer w o n $405 l G . S o sso n eorge F $252, Cat t Car er and Day split $25 , as the fifth to save his entrance . T Madison St . heatre , Chicago , Nove
1 — 4- to November 8, 888 1 inch balk line stop championship ; entrance , $25 ; represent championship; Schaefer and Slo sso n
2 . barred . Games , 00 points
g g a d a r r t n s e a e n e v r v u B A G A R , e E ugene Cart r . g h 87 65 T . . Gallagher a J l . ) \ \ —Ql 1 0 H . l 6 W . Catton \ ~ q3 6 T . John Mould $o O o li C L- m 46 R Ma i . g g p Q ? 0 m 3 Frank C . Ives q 7
H H C‘ 41 W. . atley H enry R h i v e s E ugene Carter won $250; Catton a nd Gal i 1 50 la g her divided second and third pr zes , $
M a i o li w o n 30. each , Moulds and g g each $ 1 6 3
H N ew Chickering all , York City , February
‘ 1 — f — h 20to March 1 , 890 handicap o lines Sc aefer
’ - s n . . and S lo s o , 14 inch ; Maurice Daly , F C Ives ,
- H . E n H . . 8 W. . n ( Catto n , and J R eiser , i ch
- - b B . B . C . . tra nce , $250; added y C o u 1 . Games , 500 p 5 x 0table
“ ” is aE a2 ii 2 3 m : L5 <fi m
lo sso n 1 1 1 6 George F . S 7 5436 3 Jacob Schaefer 1 68 25 1 05 Frank C . Ives " 9 H . 5 W . Catton Maurice Daly 205g 1 1 8 1 4 1 41 J . R . Heiser ,
lo sso n w o n F . S Jacob Schaefer
' v e s a nd o Daly , I , Catt n divided e a c
H 5 Central Music all , Chicago , April to 1 2,
— — 1 890 1 4- inch balk line handicap tournament ;
- - B . B . C C o . $250 entrance , added by . ; 500 points up .
Jacob Schaefer - Scr .
Frank C . Ives - 275 n . . S lo sso _ Geo F ,
William H . Catton _250 H John R . eiser 250 Maurice Daly 300 1 64
F 2 1 Chicago , ebruary 1 6 to 7 , 891 for second shortstop ch a m pi o nsh
- - ~ B . C o . B . C g iven by . , at the
4- Games , 400 points ; 1 inch ba lk line .
r t t s s e o e v u L B A (134 1 R
[
E ugene Carter
Frank C . Ives H W. . Catton u l E d . M c L a g h a i l F . M g g o i H WH . . atley
Joseph W. Capron L ouis Shaw
Grand average of tournament , 9
T H E S TOR Y OF T H E P I N H I P O S .
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T HE ADVEN T O F IVES .
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1 . When , March 1 9, 892? Frank C I o a 26 years of age , defeated Jacob S h e o f challenge cup , emblem the world
4- w a pi o nsh ip at 1 inch balk line , there in the game to even suggest that the T a new billiard era was at h and . hat such was
w it ne ss t h e - the case , scores of to day , where in
‘ tournament play Jacob Schaefer at 1 8- inch no ” s hot in has a record o f a 40 average in 400 points . [
December 1 , 1 890, Schaefer , having beaten n S lo sso n for the challe ge cup , was anxious
1 6 6 be forced into a contest h e had e n d cli ed . l Th e a c o b a s erratic J , at other t “ ” career, came to and won the ma Ives found himself in a bad spot standpoint of one who c a lc ula t o H dds . e had himself posted f r a o championship match , and as the
. 2 1 sure to be to against him , nothing but for him to back himself at ‘f even t . o her $250 So he reasoned , but per cent of his game , and when to t h e table on the night of Marc meet the acknowledged speediest the world he had backed himself for $375 at 1 even money and $ 00at 2 to 1 . By winning th e game he set a peg not likely to be reached c d while championship billiard mat hes are playe ,
“ - fo r t as here , the first time , a yro at the first attempt displaced the champion. Th e final 1 0 40 r ‘ b etting was $ 0 to $ on Schaefe , with no takers . o t Ives g to 500on an average of 22, and fro m that out confined himself to safet y play . Th e ’
fi w a s 800 499. nal score to Winner s average , ’ 1 L—o s r 1 9 1 . e s 6 51 9; high run , 95 average , 1 0 4 8 ; high run , 45 (made from the spot) . With the game two - thirds over th e large a ssemblage “ "” b ll cried air , air (the crack i i a r di st s a re ’
d - m s sai to be bred from sala ander , and always a t seek to have the hall furnace heat) , and when the windows Were opened the balls chilled ’ ; s instanter , and Schaefer s chance wa gone , Ives banging away and nibbling out by u se inC r .s e of the d aw stroke, which has proved to n h be the real stre gt of his game . “ ? h a T e rav ens now beg n to croak . Jake s all 1 6 7
” right , wa s the doleful cry ; but then Ives , you h ’ n W W . k ow , ent on a estern tour wit him Don t u ? to yo see Why , Schaefer always wanted layers a chance. and se e p , Wait n will d o with that 1 6- average fel ‘ ‘ ” tle m a n George had chal
h l 1 1 T e match was p ayed May 2 , 892 (Chicago) , o n a and I v es w , 800to 488, his verage beat
a m o f . . ing nmatch records in a ga e like length ’ S lo sso n s average w a s slightly below. 1 lo sso n th at of Ives against Schaefer . S ran 1 20 rin win the fourth inning, and looked all over a h is 124 i . ner Ives finally got , on stride and ran nd ua 1 22. When he was close to his opponent he , ‘
a s if practicing , essayed the j ump shot (first
, h . s own by J Dion) , and , counting , soon had k qp er fe c t position . When the remar able shot
. no w rwh s made , James A Murphy ( the owner of ‘ a n Star Pointer , the ch mpion paci g horse) swung
1 his hat high in air , and his enthusiasm but illus
t ra t e d the general feeling . ’ I ves i s sa id to have bet o f h i s own
r . t h m o ne y on the game If so , this is e largest “betting transacti on credited to a professi onal
rdi st Wm . U illi a b , Sexton being second with a \ wager , placed on himself when he ran 77
r at cushion caroms and defeated . Schaefer . ' J
1 Ives got on at even money . As yet there w a s ifnothing to indicate a marked improvement in If im billiard speed . Ives had s plyjd o ne wonders n r fo a boy . Four a nd one - half years had flown since first 1 s he entered the list , and his rise to champion r sh ip form w a s a bad second to the career of Y a Wm . Sexton , whom it had t ken only eighteen .
‘ 1 h e months to scale the ladder of billiard fame, 1 68 a first appearing in the Garnier tourn ment, a nd n November 1 5 , 1 875 , winni g the champion
e 31 1 877 . ship (Am rica) medal , May , , from J T Dion . hat medal became the personal prop
rt xt o n a s e yof S e , he thrice successfully defended
'
a n t . nd . it , once g a i s C Dion , a twice against G
“ l wa s o sso n. F . S Ives , likewise , never defeated
h o f for the challenge cup , but the istory this
' emblem redounds no t to the credit o f some o f l r ‘ o . I v e s t the parties conce ned going Paris , Schaefer followed and issued a challenge fo r the cham pionship Ives named o ne place to play , Schaefer another . M . Bensinger , as " president o f the billiard company which had ' instituted the championship , named a third place . A disagreement all around and I ves c u brought the pback to Chicago . Th e donors t o decided it forfeited them , and it n ow rests
- - B . B . C . C o . in the vaults of the , and since the 2 challenge cup (1 1 - inch balk - line championship) there has been no emblem either of the Ameri can championship or the championship of the l world at any sty e of game , either in France o r the - United States , until the one now held by ’ Jacob Schaefer , which represents the world s
1 - s championship at 8 inch no hot in . “ Up to the fall of 1 893, nothing doing was the condition of fi rst - class billiards in this country . Our crack players struck a Klondike
' in Paris , and worked it until the gold w a s ex hansted . E arly in 1 893Ives was engaged in the games ith o h n E w _J Roberts , champion of ngland , but in o wa s November, at Chicag , played the point match (five nights) for a side , at
' “ - 1 4 inch balk line , between Schaefer and Iv es . T h his was won by the former , w o , 505 to the bad
1 7 0 t h e table and at the same time protected the o f th e eyes player . Blue chalk had been intro “ ” d u c e d and live ivory . But , admitted that s c u h improvements aided speed , still one must concede that the forward leap in billiards sin c e
1 o h 893 is unaccountable . any other proposition but that when Ives be came a fi rst e ither originated something , or , old ideas , grand genius quickened under t h e h new rival . T e subsequent tourn “ at anchor allowed conclusively p Ives and Schaefer had qu it e p u t Slo the race and left to them only one
’ RU DOLP HE s
r z n h r N r O A c o u s e .
o f defeat, that at t h e hands of the mighty
i . Frenchman , Maur ce Vignaux In passing, it may be o f' interest to state the history of the r ” ancho shot . It is said this can be traced to wh i c h la e r s A . P . Rudolphe , _p y , disgu ted when ” a c u rail play w s perfe ted , thro gh not being it s able to master intricacies , invented a j am ming o f the obj ect balls side by side on the
h f . c ushion , - and t ought thus to o fset the rail
Jacob Schaefer improved upon this idea, and Th e kept one ball free from the cushion . first t ime the position came up in public play was in ‘ a game of th e j handicap - o f—lines tournament u (N e w York , F ebr ary 20, and Schaefer ran 1 40. Ben Garno then and there dubbed “ ” t his St yle of play the anchor nurse . Before 1 7 1
- point match Ives had discarded the “ “ ea of gaining the anchor , saying one
’ ‘ S C HA E F E RS
6‘ Anc h o r Nu r s e .
rows too much away but Schaefer ’s 343
h i m to change his foot, and he struck it i o n (identically the same spot on the had Schaefer— intersecting line on end
the fourth night and ran 456. 1 1 1 6 1 893 ember to , , was played the N_ew — Yo rk tournament , anchor allowed Schaefer,
l n . [v e s, S o sso , the men finishing as named Schaefer beat Ives one game (each man played
‘ two games with the o th e rs) by a score o f 600 t o
1 . 50, running 566, and making an average of 00 ‘ “ At Chicago (tournament of January 8 to 1 3, a lo s n Ives , in a g me with S s o (anchor a 0 llowed) , made 60 in six innings , and ran
187 . In this tournament each man was to play th S lo sso n e others twice , and , having been c a s beaten the first round by S haefer , well as “ a a s h [ves , cried pecc vi to the anc or , and at hi s suggestion the other players agreed to bar th e s shot , and finish the serie of games , anchor barred . ’ Ives , in the second night s play of the 4, 000 point match with Schaefer , had shown the pos f sibi lit i e s o b W u . anchor arred , as ithout the se of such shot he had scored 850 to his oppos
’ ‘ n nt s a h r n e 800, although Sch efer wit it a 343: H e now showed an average of 33}é in 606 “ o m t s o n p , but being beaten in the celebrated e
T he m t e r s e c h ng Li n Nu rs e e .
A m o s t Fa v o r a ble P s it i n o o , a llo wi ng Dr i v e t o e it h e r S id e o r nd R i l E a .
t hole by Schaefer on the second round , hé
' fo r losso n men finished a tie first money , S having a clean score of four losing games .
Wi d e Nu rs e O U n n a t u r a l Ra i l ‘ by y o 1
' I V E S
Th to P e trio went Cincinnati , and there ( ebru ’ ’ ary 1 to 3, 1 894) engaged in three nights play , n l Ives wi ning , with Schaefer second , S o sso n
' ‘ C hu c k Nu rs e
° O t n r u 0 1 A c h o .
‘ O u t of B a lk.
no t would be beaten . Ives ran 359 at (fourth night) and 331 a t N e w York (sixt neither r u n ever having been approached
a t any other player . Schaefer ran 244 N York (fourth night) and 21 7 at Chicago (fi n 0 ight) , such breaks being his best of record
s ide the 27 1 made in Boston tournament . ’ last night s play at N e w York saw Ives w
o f o n total 600in ten innings , with Schaefer 3 behind , with an average of 5841 . In the ’ night s play at N e w York Ives av eraged
v t o n . 632 points (bes record , number
id 'r d e v s e e ) , while Schaefer overshadowed this performance when in the fourth nig h play at Chicago he av e ra g e d in 944 poin
th 4- k This settled e game of 1 inch bal line , far as the fi r st c lass players are c o n
T o o . fast , said the public Ives r a s the net gate receipts at Chica F o r t h e next fifteen m o n seen o ffi rst - class billiards i n the United It looked as if Ives w a s in a class by h
T h e year 1 895 engaged in bookmaking , h i s m th e “ nearly all . oney , and next winter
f t o o t o eagerly accepted an o fer g Spain , t h in e, academy at Madrid he showed
- c H of 777 at 1 4 in h balk ine , anchor
' in Th e spring of 1 896 found him Paris , over the situation with the idea o f st a l “ ’ academy , but times had changed bi regard of making g money , and he r o tu h i m r to America , bringing with Albert G a
wh o twenty - three years before had f01 5 days (October 2 t o held the emblems fo r
th e American championship , both at the 4 ball ” “ - game ( Diamond cue ) and the 3 ball game . - I t ' w a s upon this trip that Ives discovere d 1 7 5
l c h a m i o n Kerkau , the youthful p of Germany, wh o t o U nit e d S t a t e s t o , coming the _ , failed “ ” beat at balk line the shortstop E dward u l M c L a g h in. Before leaving this country Ives had engaged with Maurice Daly in the m anufacture of a
T o billiard cushion . boom this article was Th e instituted three billiard to/urnaments . w a s r first played in New Yo k City , March 31 to April Th e balk lines were extended to i wa s eighteen nches , one shot allowed in balk ’ and only five shots 1 n Parker s box instead
' PARKERS Bo x .
7 "7 lnc l'1 e ‘ 3 2 S
th t en o f - of e the anchor barred game . Ives a nd Schaefer tied fo r first money (tie not played o ff) ' o n l sin a m with three winning and e o g g e . w a s Garnier beaten four straight games , and ru n 1 his highest was 36” Ives ran 200 and “ h f r To o S c a e e 1 . c r i 76 fast again was the . , y
' « (Ives had a single average o f 50 and a grand 1 5 average o f 36 732 as against the 30 and r e s t i e l o f - kih s e c v . so t a p y Schaefer ) And , g in Daly, ti the quartette went to Boston (see “ cushion ” t a ro m s h c ) for the second tournament . T e t t h i rd i M a 8 1 23 1 896. was played at Ch"cago y to , T his was a handicap (Ives and Schaefer , 500;
CG a rni r - r e , 300) at 1 8 inch , no shot in either ancho 1 7 6
w o or balk . Garnier n, beating S s chaefer once . Ives came beating Schaefer both games .
Garnier one game . Up to this player had been allowed a seco out of balk . Ives says that this affair lost for Daly T himself $1 , 000. his , in the face of the that superior billiards were shown , the m Ives Schaefer ga e being declared the . exhibition of billiards ever played by the
‘ w h o passed and repassed each other — Iv es
- ning 500to 439 in twenty six innings . 1 1 1 runs of 1 00 (Schaefer , ; Ives 1 03, were made , and it looked as if finally game had been discovered to suit the p bring together, at a reasonable han a billi a r di st first and second cl ss s . latter supposition w a s incorrect is the tournament for the world ’s held at New York November 29 w o n Slo sso n 4, 1 897 ( by ) , a cap tournament of January 1 7 to 22, 1 898 where , ‘ fo r the scratch men , Ives and Schaefer , tied first m oney . Although both these affai rs were of like con d i ti o ns t o the Chicago tournament won by
fi rst - Garnier , the players , aside from the class
‘ o f men , had no chance whatever securing first money .
A s a fi rst - class race horse will run on any mu d kind of a track, or no mud , so in billiards it has been demonstrated that the more balk
fi r st - a x lines the more easily wins the cl ss e pert . A fast cushion was used for the N e w York tournament , still upon it Ives made an average
- 140 a nd of 3054 (500 point g ame) , and a run of ;
1 7 8
w a s the match , , of all billiards I ever sa w, the prettiest ; Schaefer here nu rsm g in center of table , with occasionally a drive to side cushion , “ which returned perfect position for facing the ” . Slo sso n balls , however , should have won , he “ ” o n missing twice easy follow , scoring which the player had gained fair position . E ST E B R CORDS . B ALK LIN E
- i — t Fourteen nch Milwaukee , Oc ober 28, ’ 600 1 83. W a 30 Ives , ; Carter, inner s verage , ;
1 1 . high runs , 33, 1 5
- — L L u Fourteen inch enox yce m , New York
1 2. City , January 22, 89 Championship and $500 ’ lo sso n a side . Schaefer , 800; S , 592. Winner s L ’ average , high run , 1 55. oser s average ,
high run , 1 1 9;
- a 1 1 . Fourteen inch Chic go , March 9, 892 0 S c h a e Championship and $50 a side . Ives , 800; n ’ 1 1 6 e r 4 . f , 99 Wi ner s average , 6 4 9 ; high run , ’ 1 1 9 4 Loser s average , 0 4 8 ; high run , 5 (from spot) .
- — t 21 1 892. , Four een inch Chicago , May , Cham ’
l s o n . i nsh i a . S o s 4 p o p and $500 side Ives , 800; , 88 ’
h 1 4 . Winners average , igh runs , 2 , 122 ’
a 1 1 . Loser s verage , 643; high run , 20
i - rf t d - Fourteen inch (anchor p e e c e ) Chicago ,
November 2 1 to 25 , 1 893. Match five nights ,
4 000points , a side . Schaefer , Ives , W ’ e 4 inner s av rage , high run , 3 3 L ’ (anchor) . oser s average , high run ,
456 (anchor) . ‘ Fourteen - inch (anchor perfected) — New York T t o 1 . w City , December 1 1 to 6, 1 893 ournament , n . w o games each Schaefer ; highest averag e ,
- I 1 00 in 600point game . ves second ; highest lo ru . n average , 50; high n, 1 41 S sso third ; high 1 64 est average; high run , . 1 7 9
- — t o . Fourteen inch Chicago , January 8 1 3, 1 894
1o u r a m nt t o . To n e , w games each Schaefer and
w m ni n a nd o ne . Ives tied , each g three losing
“ ’ Ives , with anchor in , tied Schaefer s o rk average , making 600 in six innings ,
l o n . g h run of 487 . S o ss lost all his games chor was barred after each of the others
aten S lo sso n. inch (anchor ba rred) ; ten shots a l
— Cincinnati , February Ives won ;
. 1 . e and grand average , high run , 63 e fe r second ; grand average , high l 1 7 4. S o sso n 1 7 third ; grand average , 7 47 ;
run , 97 .
- Fourteen inch (anchor barred) Boston , Feb ru a ry8 t o T ournament fo r S lo s
so n w o n r u n 1 1 5 . ; grand averag e , 2315 high , s r 1 Schaefer econd ; grand ave age , 6; high run ,
1 4 . 1 . 1 27 Ives third ; grand average , 9; high run , 6 Fourteen - inch (anchor barred) — New York
t o t f r City , November 1 2 1 7 , 1 894. Ma ch o
n o f . a side ; six nights ; , 3, 600 poi ts , blocks 600
Ives , S chaefer , All records beaten . ’ ’ Winner s grand average , loser s ,
1 S 244. Ives ran 33 , chaefer On the sixth night ; 2 — fo r Ives 600, Schaefer 5 6 ten innings winner , ’ f r o r. nine lose Ives in second night s play, 1 averaged 63, 3i n 632 p o ints .
- h Fourteen inch (anchor barre d) C icago , De f c em b e r t o 1 4. o 3 8, 89 Match r a side ; six n f o . ights ; points , blocks 600 I ves , W ’ Schaefer , inner s average , ’ 4 7 32 . loser s , 437 Ives ran 359, Schaefer 21 7 . ’ Schaefer , in fifth night s play , made 944 points
1 4 f - 2 . o 1 4 on a 6 71 5 average (Death inch balk line. ) Eighteen - inch (anchor barred) ; o ne shot in 1 80
“ ’ balk ; five shots allowed in Parker s abox Y A i T New ork City , March 31 to pri 5 , 1 896. our; n m e nt a ; two games each . Ives and Schaefer , tied with three winning and o ne losing game .
Garnier lost four games and w o n none . Ives had best single average best grand aver age and best run Schaefer ran 1 76.
E - c d ighteen inch balk line . ( an hor barre ) ; no ._
shot in either anchor or . balk Chicago , May H 1 . to 23, 896 andicap tournament ; two games each . Ives and Schaefer (scratch) , 500; Garnier , o 300. Garnier won , beating Ives twice and S hae h fer once . Ives was second throug bea ting
‘ Schaefer twice . Schaefer beat Garnier once . Best single average — Ives best grand averag e — Ives best run— Schaefer E ighteen - inch balk line ( anchor barred) ; no o r — shot in an ch or balk N e w York City , No
' m r n b 9 . T . v e e 2 to December 4, 1 897 our ament
lo sso n o n for ch ampionship . S w four games and
w o n . lost none . Schaefer three and lost one
‘ \ a a nd S utt o n Ives w o n two and lost two . D ly
- — also started . Best singl e average Ives ] best grand average — Ives best run Ives E ighteen - inch balk line d a nc h o r barred) ; no — shot in anchor or balk Chicago , January 1 7 to
H andicap tournament . Ives and S c h a e 4 fer (scratch) , 00; Sutton , Spinks, and Catton ,
v 260. I es and Schaefer tied with three winning and o ne losing game . Sutton w a s third with - two winning and two losing games . T i e not ff c r played o . Best single average S haefe best run Schaefer best grand average
I V ES
‘ Eighteen - inch balk line (anchor barred) ; no u shot in anchor or balk New York City , F e br
82
H Central Music all , Chicago , Jan 1 894— tournament 1 4 m c h balk line ; each . 3
m n <8 i 5.
J . Schaefer
F . C . Ives
Slo sso n G F .
*Anch or
Th e w a s t o m anchor barred after first w ga es, and all bets on result of tournament declared “ o ff by the referee , Capt . A . C . Anson .
. C 1 nc m na t i a 1 t o 3 I SM— , Febru ry , tournament
- 1 4 inch balk line , anchor barred . in prizes
be
3 23 8 “2 if: 09 « 1 <1) G G) o m $4 3 1 1 4 04 4 4 4 2837 287 : 4 J . Schaefer 7 l sso n . S o 9 Geo . F 7
9 S lo s o n 0 s . Ives won Schaefer , $ 0 ; , $300
— t Boston , February 8 to ournament
- 1 4 inch balk line , anchor barred . in prizes . 8 "1. a ai f a + 3 4 ) CD o (I ) 112 C6 0 o) $4 Eflms: <5 lo sso n 2 0 . S ” ; 26 2 Geo . F 315 0 2 24 1 9 a 1 ' 1 1 6 J . Sch efer 1 83
N e w C Square Garden , York ity ,
— 1 2 to 1 7 , 1 894 match a side
rred 1 4~ , inch balk line , points ,
Passow cushion .
e Frank C . Ives Jacob Scha fer
2 48 737 e w a s 50 grand averag , first points , ; ’ er s grand average , last points , was
H a t o Central Music all , Chic g o , December 3 1 4— a 89 match a side , nchor barred , 1 4 M n line , points , blocks of 600. o
"f irst night “ .e c o nd
3297 1 84
e w Madiso n Square Garden , N Y 1 — March 31 to April 5 , 896 tournament
— - Ives and Daly s 1 8- inch balk line (out o n Tn “ ’ shot , five shots allowed Parker s
‘
Tw o g a m e s e a c h .
s-l <0 (1) 1-1 ” 5 1 is 86 ? $4 if; <1) cs <1) g) 2 8 0 cc <1) $4 e a c h 5 5 5 5
1 5 . C. 36 F Ives ": 3 41 2 2) 0 J . Schaefer 3
' A . 1 Garnier 88: 331 3 9V1 1
ff T i e was never played o .
u H 1 t o C entral M sic all , Chicago , May 8 23, 1 896— handicap tournament given by Ives and
— o Daly 1 8 inch balk line , n o sh t in anchor or
sdra t ch 1 balk . Ives and Schaefer ( ) 500, Garn e r
T o . 300. w games each
g g a d a r r t n s e a e n e v r v u B A G A R
1 A . Garn er
F 5 8’ . c . Ives 1 6 , 1 00 1 03
h J , S c ae fe r 1 1 1
M i e w ad son Square Garden , N York C ity, N ovember 29 to December — champion
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o . n shot in F . C . I ves and Jacob S o hae 400 o e A (scratch) , p ints ach ; W . Spinks , W . e C atton , and Georg Sutton , 260 points each
1 00 1 - - B . . 750 . C C o $ entrance , $ , added by B .
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D eficit o f$400taken out of added money . .1 87
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t o H Chicago , January 1 8 27 , 1 896 (Recital all) shortstop tournament — 1 4- inch balk line ; money prizes , anchor barred .
Gallagher M a g g i o li M c L a u g h li H atley Sutton C apron
r Pittsburg , Februa y 27 to March 6, 1 897 ’ ‘ (H arry Davis Room) sh o rt st o p t o u rna m e nt ‘ ’ 1 4— inch balk line ; anchor barred ; money prizes
4 . divided , 0, 30, 20, 1 0per cent
£2 1 30 8 “SSS qH 3 + <1) 0) o m m <3 53 o a) $4 S B a m4 c m m
2 3 1 3 3 2 27 1 7 3 2 1 4 2 3 1 3 1 o 99 2 3 78 1 2 88
th 9 ) , Sut
pinks 400 to 31 1 , averaging and 4 0 t o 1 96 1 6 so Gallagher , 0 , averaging , Winning z 4 first p r i e f Spinks beat Gallagher 00 to 1 35 ,
4 . 1 averaging 0, and running 87 for the second r z p l e . Chicago , March 27 to April 9, ’ Green s Imperial Billiard - room
' 1 4- tournament , inch balk line ; m
anchor barred .
Sutton Spinks Gallagher Catton M c L a u g h lin M a g g i o li Matthews
u 49 Grand average of to rnament , 1 7 3. o ff In playing tie (April 1 2th) , Catton beat 4 2 Spinks 600to 78, averaging 0. Spinks beat all s fo r hortstop records high run , With 1 94.
’ B I L LI A R D S CAN B E TA GH T U .
s Billiards, of all game , is undoubtedly the f t o s more di ficult learn , a fact plainly hown by m a the scarcity of good players . Yet it ybe
‘ said that it is only in the pa st fifteen years that meth ods of teaching have been arrived at which enable a t u t o r to put his pupil on the 1 T o th e right t ack_ . day minor professionals fi nd profitable employment in giving billiard
' o f w a t c h t h e s lessons , and such these as progres of a nov ice closely are loud in their expressions of faith that , given arable soil , a splendid crop can be raised . It is to be hoped that such is the a s case , , , once let every young man play ' w i11 billiards fairly well , and much be removed
Ives, when possible , braces himself a g table fram e . K A O I R I E‘ h MA E S L D B DG . T e tea ’ a s Michael Phelan s book , that of r p inted since , will not answer the requi
A s m u c h of modern billiards . of the is possible should rest solidly on the cushion or t - a s able bed , against the raised b ridge where e u H c nter of hand f rnishes no support . old the
e or fi sh - e cue naturally , like a can pol ; there i s w a no arbitrary y.
' A K H T R Th e o ld o f M E A S O R B IDG E . idea hav ing the cue - point several inches fromthe h a s so . ball been found wanting , and discarded
h - T e closer the cue point to the ball the better, no matter what theory obtains as wheth er to
- o strike the cue ball or push it . Tw inc hes play of cue from hand to ball i s bett er than more vibration . H /T H E F R S T a s SH O OT T H R OU G IN G E . his against the old teaching o f re sting e th e o ne (111 Th e top of the hand . covered brid likely to direct the cue - point to the aimed at .
S T - T O T O O . , AV ID WA E M I N here is Th e ' . fiddling with the cue prelg imin v m are only to gauge the spo a i e d at . DE LIVER T H E ST R O K E TR U timer aims above the center
— a on draw stroke bad fault , again , wishing right twist , fiddle on left side of
- cue ball , and then cross over . U A A Th e e ro fe s ST RI K E C E B LL F IR . b st p si o nals are so little from th e c e nt er of the cue
' m i s ball , no atter what action desired , that the
- c a n cue point , however large , not be seen over T c n the top or past the sides of the ball . his in o 1 9 1
w h o trast to the tyro , fancies that one must get away Off o n the edge of the ball to gain desired
m e effect . More iscues com from failure to
- strike cue ball fairly than from any other cause .
' s Rudolphe once , while playing bank hots , lost h is - f cue tip , and o fering $7 to $1 0that he would “ ” win the game without a tip , got on for a large amount and captured the stakes .
T K H — A S RI E ST RAIG T . side stroke is used by the genius Jacob Schaefer , but no copyist has o f ever been able to run 50at any kind billiards . Th e s wizard , apparently without ighting, gains f t all kinds of e fects , but here is only one Jacob Th e u Schaefer . pend lum movement of Vig ’ u na x s arm is considered to be perfection . t i W i h a thin leather (and th s glassy) , he never
‘ makes a miscue . H O LD T H E CUE L EVEL — No one can play
' well if the cue teeters . Such stroke may look
l . . o f prett y , but has no so idity Wm Sexton ,
Americans , would be the best teacher of a level v stroke , for no billiardist e er hit a ball more ‘ Th e u - - t cleanly . side and p and down movemen . n Of the o e must be avoided .
— o T H O U H T H E . T i s G R G BALL hat , do not c a n no t t o j erk . Players seem understand that
c ue d ra w ' o r a the same motion of the causes a , ‘ i follow , or a stop shot , j ust as the ball s struck
o r e . below center , above center , dead cent r d b u t Few try to push a ball ahea , the maj ority o famateurs seek t o j erk the ball back OT T S D o N PLAY FAV ORI E . When a man begins to improve at billiards he fancies a cer sa c rifi tain stroke peculiarly his long suit , and f r T r c e s much b y always looking o it . y to think that o ne shot is as easy o f ex ecution as
another , and maybe some day you will be a 92
’ E o world s champion . ven s gr
F . C . Ives is too much given to on “ ” '
. e . i , the spread . Maurice V “ 1 was a n - t America in 885 . ball
- Ives to day, but when he learned o m s , he , in playing balk line , often to ion where formerly he had spread fro
' n m a u . Slo sso e ball , the opposite of Ives , y s a cushion c roms too much .
T “ Th e AVO ID H EAVY TWIS . natural angle i s the important thing to learn well . Some teachers argue that a beginner should Shoot the cue - ball only around th t a ble fo r many weeks h i before trying to t anything except the cushion . Th e French corner g ame i s the best p ractice for the natural angle . At three cushions and bank shots knowledge of the natural angle i s indispensable to all players except Jacob
Schaefer , possibly the champion at both styles . Who can say if Schaeferplayed by the diamonds instead of trusting alone to his marvelous eye
s e e d ~ th that he would not be of higher p an now .
It i s far easier to control . the direction of a ball t when sliding or rolling han when spinning . ” “ ” HA L O OW I ST F F — F F LL N EAD O IN E . A l th ing pa rti c ula rly impressed by teachers at the l Th fi r a nglish game . e st trial from almost
' any position of the balls will show wherein the player gains . A half follow almost invariably corrals the spheres, whereas a fine shot (other e m than across the fac ) scatters the . ' G o T H E SHORT ROA D — Play one cushion in
t wo a nd e n preference to or more , stay on the d
th e t a ble . u o n of . , if possible Never fig re where
‘ balls are going to stop when they are rolling . Do not consider you are in bad luck because “ ” - cue ball is frozen t o the cushion . Tommy
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H e o f a adhered to . told “ - stroke , a balk line stroke , t h e Paris academies showed ’ nothing in Morris theory. There men beat world ’s records in Short r balk line , and an hour thereafte
. a t records cushion caroms. Sc practicing fo r the championship o fplaying at pin pool o r 1 5 - ball p o H i s even try bank shots . theo ry i
‘ n o f one , treati g , as it does , fper ect na bl the arm , which e e s a man to quickly and as correctly as he thi
Burleigh , Frank Ives , and Geo .
‘ to D e Oro ball pool players start in with , and , a wh o dfi f h d the ch mpion expert at the game , fifié no l in at pyramids J . Roberts (games p aye d part E w a s t on nglish and American tables) , a the
h . a time a noted player at t ree cushions , 1 — c U SE A H EAVY CU E . Ives plays with a ue
- weighing twenty three ounces . Nothing is necessary for a 1 2- inch draw but to let the o ne o th e w o rk weight of the d .
S E I - n U A BIG T P . George Sutton is the o ly . expert of class that still sticks to the “ tooth "’ 1 e x e rt s o f pick point . In 884 all p America , P except Slo sso n (wh o always stood by his orig
- c u e . inal big tip) , used a small pointed Ives , in
1 890, went back to the big tip and the others
“ ’ v followed . Ives tip proj ects o er the wood , as “ ” “ ” Th e Napoleon fancies a goose - neck to h i s o ne play through fingers , rather than a that
Th e a gradually tapers . theory that a b ll will a do more things if struck by small tip is sound , but even the best players can not be sure of so hitting the ball exactly as they wish , and t i have agreed that a big p is the best , all things 1 95 considered « Th e only reason that Sutton gets “ along so well on long shots with h i s tooth d un pick is , that he has a splen id eye and an erring stroke . l U I K PLAY Q C LY . You will lose nothing in
a d . speed , n not worry your friends — D o no t AV O ID AFFE C T AT I O N . look at a hard shot when everybody knows you intend play o ne ing an easy one . Chalk your while the L balls are rolling . ife is short . ’ O T H e e D N W IN E . Miscu s generally com Th e from fault of the player . file and sand paper are for use before and not after the m a k in o f g a miscue . U S “ BLAME Y O R ELF . If you come close , ” “ ” t iel u p , miss the first ball , and in other ways are hampered , it is probably your own fault . Some professionals blame the chalk line “ fo r the roll o ff others the fold in the cloth ;
x yet o th e rs claim a toothpick Spoils the chalk . T hese men are only obj ects Of ridicule .
H E —~ Th o f NEVER US E T BRIDGE . a use the left hand Should be cultivated from the start . Pro ’ “ fe sso r Ka a rle ss little daughter makes a fol l ” T o w and force left handed . his shows the possibilities . Any superiority Ives m a y pos sess as against Schaefer Ca n be attributed to o f the fact his having been born left handed . t o Ives , forced use the bridge when playing
o n 6 1 2 b o ne with Roberts a x ta le , used it with so to go (match with Schaefer) , me eting defeat w a s when the shot on without aid of bridge , r and easily eached left handed . NEVER P U T CUE BE H IN D BA C K — I t will take you years to d o this wit"hout knocking o ut ’ e somebody s eye , and th n your back will so have thickened that the kidneys will be i h 1 96
h o n . W Jured it e behind back it is difficult to “ sight . ST AND CLOS E TO T H E TA B LE — Jacob Sohae c fer o cupies less space than anybody, and in France even he is known a s the most graceful ‘ O fe x ert s p . R A L B AT A — NEVE PL Y DE I ER E S F ETY. I t takes Wl n a general to through crippling his opponent . O Most players nly inj ure themselves . Such
a s a s a ; safety , a rule , acts boomerang At ball
- th to ball billiards, keep away from e red when you miss at three cushions stay with the red at cushion caroms le a v e» the balls I n center of f r n t table o your opponent, with his ball a g a l s wh en la i n the cushion , but endeavor , xp y g your self, to get one or both obj ect balls near some cushion .
D E - B OW O E T O F RI S T — FI DL M V MEN W . Pretty , T w a s but no t nec essary . his proven when o h i s H e Jacob Schaefer twice br ke wrist . now , ff with a sti wrist, plays better than ever , é so ff although his nursing mass is not e ective .
- R A O T . n FO E RM M VE MEN Best to copy . Show lo o n ss . bill r to perfection by G . F . S More ia di st s
Th - u se this stroke than any other . e full a rm i s stroke shown at times by . Ives and Schaefer u m s re only to such great asters of the cue . ’ “ S O P — lo so n s H e T TO . s SY EM C Y S . rarely ties ” - la o f up . One trying to cop y the position p y f ‘ Schae er makes a draw all right, but where
' the wizard goes on with a massé t h e o th e r nab ff t stops through i ility to e ect such s roke . An inferior player can not get along with
’ ‘ i s Iv es system at all , for th s is a eries of
‘
. diffi c ult is e side draws, where position ev ntually secured by landing o n the right side of second obj ect ball .
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’ “ a t H . Y . T e ntle nh e mite averstraw, N his g ma t governors of the Racquet Court ment pronounced ineligible , becan b o that as a poor y, m had been glad to_se
E . well known C . J . P kept a billiard room at Springfield , Mass . Foss at no time in h i s career appears in t h e Ted di i su s - i ords of billiards , but good naturedly he t a ine d a nd the obj ection against him , actually served as one of the referees of the tourney from which he had been barred . Th e best amateur billiardist in America a t w a s the time eery of St . He Louis . also taint of professi t i c ipa t ing in the L 1 wh e r St . ouis in 878, the world by beating Sexton ’s re
c r e e r with 429. Mr . M C y here vacancy caused by illness of J . Dio no suspicion as to his amateur stan ff T a ected . hus , with two really good players
w a s - barred , the tourney a walk over for Mr . “ ” Od di e wh o Orville , , playing straight rail, could Show noth ing better than a single aver o f 1 5 1 5 e o f 1 1 nd age 7 1 9, a grand averag , a a high f M c re e r run o 1 95 . C y, in the series of games above mentioned had , nine years before the
w a s Racquet C ourt Club tournament , held , a n 1 made si gle average of nearly 8, a grand
o f average of with a high run 88, lo sso n and then defeated S . the time of the “ At
~ Racquet Court Club tourney , Martin Mullen , a big shipper of coal , living at Cleveland , Ohio , wa s considered the equal o fM c C re erya t ball
- to ball billiards . 1 99
cares only t o play billiards for amuse t (but if he feels like it, is apt o bet $500on
n e ff i de) , and he ever gave the N w York a a r u h t g . Still it is understood that then , as he would be barred from an amateur tour cause in 1 875 he started in a tourna fo r the Ohio champion ship . Certainly no man has a right to question
fra m i o f o f the ng rules by any body men , looking to institutions entirely their own ; a nd if the Rac quet Court Club wished t o declare in i ts privacy Orville Odd i e is the amateur billiard champion ” “
f . o America , well and good But when this ’ x a s e pert s speed w compared with that of Foss ,
M c re e r C y, or Mullen (the first and last named have’ met several times in fast and even con tests) , it looked a trifle like the doings of a “ w h o o n r . man , in his w back ya d , declared I ” a n L H c lick John . Sullivan . owever , the Od di e record shows that Mr . Orville is the
only , amateur champion that America ever so had , and he must be taken seriously. h T e only thing he lacked was speed at billiards . In all else the amateur champion is up t o all standards ; and would that there were m OI e — a n like him ornament to the game of billiards . Oddi e 1 w o n T c u Mr . , in 888, the ownsend p
' (value , representative of the amateur T championship Of the United States . his beau f ” tiful emblem was the gift o r the president o f N o s T ; the Racquet Court Club ( . 55 We t wenty
sixth Street , New York City) , and must needs be won three times at the annual to ‘urnaments dd . O i e to become personal property . Mr won o a nd it the sec nd time in 1 889, when , in 1890, e s no player ntered the list against him , the “ T c u a s ownsend p w voted his , to hold forever . 200
N e w Y k 23 to or Racquet Court Club , May 28, 1887 — tournament for the amateur champion ship o f the United . States ; 5 x10table ; 2% balls ; straight rail .
Oddi e . Orville , Jr r Alex . Mo ten
H . . Dr . D Jennings E du l J . . S e C . F . Jones
G . A . Flanagan
14 1 9 New York Racquet Court Club , May to , 1 888— first renewal amateur c h a m pl o nsh ip ; first
T . i contest for ownsend cup Games , 300po nts .
~ r Orville Oddi e , J . Clement Bainbridge
Dr . H . D . Jennings
Alex . Morten
Ma New York Racquet Court Club , y 13 to 1 8, 1 889— second renewal of amateur championship ;
1 t . games , 300points ; 5 x 0 able ; 2% balls Special
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A LL KI N D S OF B ALK S .
MA NY LINE S DRAW N T O CH E CK B I D L E ’ E E IARD PLAY RS SP D .
‘ a m e ' t h at h a s Billiards , a g been centuries
e - developing, is played wh rever civilization ex t m it s i nt e llii i st s . It nu bers among votaries the th gent of all nations , but it has reached e high
in a n est plane the United States of America, d th the champion of the world , at e styleof bil a i liards considered the st ndard , s an American
- Jacob Schaefer .
' Forty years ago th e billiard table in use w a s ix 6 1 2 s . Th e o f in _Size x , with pockets size the w a s n balls , of which there were four, i ches
(same as now used in match play) . Th e first damper to high s cores wa s when po c keting ' th e
a 1 - balls w a s b rred , and in 859 the Phelan S e ere i S ter match for takes was played , caroms fo r only counting . Until the tournament in 1869, cu r the championship (diamond e) , the playe effecting a count upon red and white w a s credited with 2 points ; striking the two reds
4- counted 3. After this , until the ball game went gout o f existence a single carom counted 3; double caroms , 6 points . In 1 863 w a s the number of pockets reduced to four .
- c D e v itt Until the Dion M match of June 1 0, 1867 , nd pushing a crotching were allowed . Dion made 61 6 in the j aw , and crotching was barred . tt m o f M c D ev i , Septe ber ran by aid the push shot , and that style of stroke was w a barred . But curtailment of Speed in one y wa s made good in another ; as here , for the first x 1 1 . time , a 5}é table was used by the champions 2 03
the diamond - cue championship contests
e played o n a 5}é x1 1 table ; 2% balls ; push
crotch barred . a l years before the death of the 4- ball
e of the experts of high - class had me nt ing with the view to the im t n of billiards , and when , in 1 873, Albert
w o n the first 3- ball champio nship of x a d , a 5 1 0 carom table w s used , and c h size table has every champion n from then till o w , been con ept in the case ‘ of the Collender w 4 x ament at cushion caroms, here a }§ 9 t w a s able was used . As, although the crotch
‘ - - barred at the 3 ball game , the players fiddled o f closely around the corners the table , the 4 fo r a 187 tournament , the American ch mpion w o n ship ( by Vignaux) , was played with the
first balk line ever put upon a billiard table , r triangular spaces occupying the co ners , and in thes e (made by a line drawn from 5}é inches end tw o on side and rails) only shots could be ,
” made , the third in balk causing loss of the n i ning . 1 Until , in 879, Jacob Schaefer , perfecting rail n play , made points in three innings , no ew “ a s bar w thought necessary . Now came in the ’ ” Champion s game , and the triangular spaces o f the 1 874 tournament were increased in size by lines drawn from 28 inches on side cushion
i a to 1 4 inches on end cush on . It w s at this style o f S lo sso n billiards that held the championship , and at which he put on record the only defeat Maurice Vignaux ever sustained in France at
- - ball to ball billiards , since , in 1 878, he became o wn the acknowledged champion of his country . S lo sso n having averaged nearly 38, and run 2 04
398, and Schaefer and Vignaux classing with “ him , the game was voted too though the lines were increased to “ ’ th e Champion s game went out of in 1 885 .
Four years before , cushion c aroms “ a tried , but too slow w s the verdict n Be j amin Garno , a noted billiards , conceived the id balk line to be drawn at a from the cushion , and to accomplished newspaper man i s honor of inventing the balk- line liards . (In country towns the supp
Juliu s Balke , the elder , first put balk lines on the billiard table ; so m uch for similarity of names . ) n H i s Jno . Ra dolph eiser said to have sugg ested h the intersecting line . T e first tournament ’ - held (1883) w a s at 8 inch , but Vignaux aver age o f44% “ in points (1884) caused a widen
- a ing of the lines , and 1 2 inch w s tried (January ,
at which , in 800points , Schaefer averaged
’ a a 1 4. April 20, 1885, w s played the first tourn
- t h ment at 1 4 inch , and no further extension of e lines w a s found necessary until ten years later, when they were set at 1 8inches from the cushion . At about the same time the original “one shot ” “ ” in (erroneously called two shots in ) w a s “ changed to no shot in . 1 “ When , in 893, the anchor made possible ’
.E . P ark r d 566 . e inv ent e runs like Schaefer s , C l J ' a rectangular space (3}é x7 inc h e s) pla c e d at ' ' first diamonds of side and end rail , and such “ ’ ’ ” I s space i s known as Parker s box . v e great x ‘ averages of 48 and 41 (made in matches of
1 4- points , anchor barred, inch) caused fertile new brains to seek a arrangement of balk lines ,
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Th e short lines a re said to have been
' gested by Rando lph Heiser ' - Best records, 8 inch , America , Jaco average of 40 in 600 and 38 in 800; high
220, 21 1 ,
France , Mauri ce Vignaux(match with S fer) , average of in high run ’ was Schaefer beaten only 1 31 points .
- Fourteen inch , anchor unkn o wn , A m ’ r Maurice Vignaux , tou nament average Of o f 5 600. Jacob Schaefer , average 25 i; high run , (Match with Vignaux . ) i Fourteen inch , anchor in , but mperfectly
“ played . Frank C . Ives , average of 30in 600and of 26 in 800in the cha mpionship match with l ’ S o sso n. Jacob Schaefer s 31 in 600 (match with Vignaux) and high run of 230 not yet
beaten .
- Fourteen inch , anchor perfected . Jacob ’ Schaefer and Frank C . Ives both scored 600 in
sixinnings (tournament play) , and Schaefer ran
566 to the 487 of Ives . In all the public play th between these experts , at s style of game , ’ Schaefer s grand average was 31 ; that of
Ives, 29. ’ n On V m F ra c e . I n . , Ives first isit , he clai s that his grand average I n the handicaps of the academies reached a s against the 36 ' of Schaefer in like contests fo r the same leng th of a o c a n time . Vignaux , nchor in , alth ugh he not I n play the system , beat Schaefer a match Paris a v e ra g e o f37 with an g % in points , which is
the French record .
Th e method of preventing anc hor [ play i s E credited to Charles J . . Parker of Chicago . r 1 4- Best reco ds , inch Frank C . Ives , average 395 and 1 of 48 in high runs , 33 . Jacob 2 07
’ 1 h u r . Schaefe , 4 ; ig h r n, 271 One night s play an 63 9 4 average of in 9 made by Schaefer .
’ — Dia ram 3 Anc ho r Barre d Park r s B . g e o x, 1 0 Sho ts
E - ba ighteen inch , anchor rred , one shot in “ ’ ” ’ F w balk , five in Parker s box . . C . Ives (Ne 31 50 H York , March , average in 600. igh run of 200 made by same player in the same tournament .
E - ighteen inch, anchor barred , no shot in balk l
' and ho Shot in anchor . Jacob Schaefer, aver 40 400 1 age in , with high run of 38 (Chicago , 1 / 2 . January , F C . Ives , average of SOL1 in 500 14 , and high run of 0 (New York , D ecember 2 1 , Grand average of 24 835 in points
(Chicago , January 17 to 22,
’ Dia ram 4 Musse s Gam g y e . 2 08
4 h o w s D iagram N O . s a chang l o f W . P . Mussey Chicago , and at once “ ” too easy . “ Gray T o m Gallagher in practice ran 1 00 this style of game .
’ Dia ram 5 inks Game g Sp .
Diagram No . 5 shows a game a Spinks , the California ch mpi “ ” no u nc e d unsound by Jacob S , which also befell a further called fo r additional short end rail .
i ' D 6 — Sc a f r s iag ram J . h e e Game
o D iag ram No . 6 sh ws Jake A t it the wizard h a s practic H is first essayresulted in an
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Dia r — - g am 8 F o ur Spac e Game .
s - a . 8 sh o ws th e Diagr m No four space game , i s anchor allowed . This strongly advocated by H enry Rhines . With two shots allowed inbalk (a s at the ordinary 1 4- inch game) S c h a e fe r s o m e a g o m a 8 years ade an aver ge of , }é, but later , l o e h d with five shots al w d in balk , e sho we an average of 1 3.
' Witnessing this p erformance , good judges . “ 5 were heard to remark : A first - class man with
“ pra ctice wou ld surely average 50at that style Of ” r billia ds .
Diag ram 9— Magg io li’s Ga
’ D O N . M Th e iagram 9 shows ag g i o li s game . h ' ' c ampion of the South is responsible for this , at
. 4 and which style he recently averaged nearly , H arry Pagin , his opponent , averaged Only two shots in balk are allowed , either in the cen ter inclosure or elsewhere .
’ Dia — V ri - ac am g ram l o a e d F o ur Sp e G e .
- 1 0 a . Diagram No . is the v ried four space game
i s . It is untried in public , but spoken well of h e a s a T idea w originated by an mateur .
" “ r — " D a a l l The i g m Game .
is u . 1 ". h Diagram No 1 shows the game It i tried n public . There are modifications of this “ game made by marking additional lines bisect o r ing the table both ways , by adding still more lines till t he center o fthe table is all marked up r 1 1 4 o ne into a crazy quilt . In diag ams 3, , only shot allowed in balk . 2 1 2
Dia ra 2— The Ki F g m l te rame .
Dia ram l 3 - The C raz ui g y Q lt .
— Dia ram l La tic e Wo rk. g 4 t
In the composite game , diagram 1 6, nothing “ ” is barred in the spaces marked A , where
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occasion with a splendid speech , some of the listeners (and C entral Music H all was crowded with a representative body of citizens) thought the able j urist stretched the point a trifle by the ‘ n phrase I , myself, have held the o e while the ’ ' bishop ran o ut the game ; but I ca n assure you ‘ tha t no less a personage than the father of his country’occasionally had a chance to make a miscue , which was more frequent in those days ‘ than the accomplishment o f winning haz h i s ards , said, one day , nearing the close of h long and honorable career , James W . Coc ran , Th e a pioneer of Chicago . interested listener sat silent while the old gentleman (long since “ passed to the final account) , known as the ” e difi e d : father of the billiard players , him thus “ As I w a s saying , Gen . George Washing a t ton played billiards . When his army e wintered , near Morristown , New J rsey , the Co mmander - i h - Chief made his headquarters at th e abandoned mansion of a T ory in t h e
' T i c vicinity . ( h s story ame direct to me , my
n - boy , for my gra dfather was Surgeon General ’ b o in Washington s army , and , as a y, I well remember the tales he was wont to tell . ) Th e owner had purchased in E ngland a 6 x1 2
i x- k s poc et billiard table , the heavy carving upon the sides of which would look strangely at the Th e present day . bed was made of marble s la b sfa nd cloth and cushions were fashioned much as Indeed , if I mistake not , this
' O f ma - antique piece furniture y be seen to day , where for 1 10years it has afforded facilities for the visitor ’s exhibition of proficiency at bil liards . h r a T e tale as told by the registe , wherein p O f A pear the greater names merican history , 2 1 5
' would indicate that the Vanity so m arke d in li modern bi l ard players is no new development , fo r h e re and there is rec ord made of supposedly a great performances . I recollect that ag inst ‘ one signature was placed scored a run of provocative of laughter when it i s understood a r th t four balls we e used , and pocketing the ‘ ’ [ a l balls , the p ush shot , and crotching was l‘o wed , while caroms counted either two or three t Th . e poin s player then had , mayhap , pocketed
the red ball thrice , and taken one point for his 1 ’ i o i , opponent s m ss, or p ss bly made five caroms and on red white . “ Wh ro fe s o was the first great American p u ? a ? Wh sio al Michael Phelan , did you s y y, o u "d 1 Lord bless y , boy ate back to 1 832, and ’ ’ ’ Phelan s day didn t come along _until the 50 s .
When a young man , I one day , in the city of
. . n Albany, N Y , chanced to stroll i to a saloon ,
and there « sa w manipulating the ivories on a billiard table; surrounded by a crowd of a dm i r
ers , a young man afterward known to fame as H ‘ ’ Lynn igham , the Albany pony . Returning
home to Schenectady , I told my father of the r Th e wonderful St okes I had seen executed .
' next day , when going down street to the store ,
my father pointed out the barber - shop in which H igham had been given his first lesson in bil
LN O o f d . W liards , the idea a billiar table in a
b - s bar er shop causes a smile I e e , but such things ‘ ’ m Th e were co mon in those days . pon y , too
short to reach well , was helped out by his father , who carried a stool around the table fo r the son
to stand on when pla ying bi lliards . I should
' sa y that in m a nh o o d H igham was j ust about ’ .in George S lo sso n s height, than whom build he
H e was slightly stouter . was a fair , fat , chubby 2 1 6
- little fellow , somewhat on the dough face order , h i s and , not to belie looks , had the he art of a rabbit . “ x Somewhere about 1 832, this e pe New York City and there attracted t h tion of e sporting fraternity, o f which was a man named ‘ ’ the sobriquet of Moccasin . Like many a gambler of our day, he had a business Scheme for a blind , and upon the walls o f his boot and shoe establishment , on Broadway , might be seen an innumerable lot of painted moccasins, and from these he took his nickname. “ E A sporting nobleman of ngland , happening t o H note the skill of igham , suggested to Jack so n the scheme o f taking the young billiardist E ‘ to ngland , and this agreed to , the Albany pony ’at once went hard into practice at the spot stroke (holing the red ball) , which culminated ’ ‘ e in a run of 600 points . Moccasin meantim , w a s u p - country securing other attractions fo r t money ge ting in Albion , and when he returned such mat erialized in the shape o f a trotter and a a pacer , e ch of which could barely cover a mile in three minutes . As this w a s the time when the E rie Canal f was building , the towpath Of ered the track where these star equines were trialed— the somewhat inaccurate method o f timing. being to start the watch (held by a man at the finish) at the drop of a flag . “ E ventually the nobleman and the sport landed in E ngland with America ’s best horse ‘ ’ Th e s u c Ce ss flsh . e and the Albany pony of
- a the four legged animals w s conj ectural , but fo r the billiard player everything looked rosy, o f as the then champion England , known as advanced so fallaci o us a n arg um ent t th e reating of victory of Frank C .
Jno . Roberts at the game of E nglish T L w hat in ondon , Derby e ek , 1 893, d e fe a t R o of points , Ives did , s truth , but it w a by no means at game that the American
Th e a s : story runs follows Ives , in 1892, after winning the American championship at 1 4- inch f ‘ balk line rom Jacob Schaefer , and holding l . o sso n same against Geo . F S , ambitiously sought other fields of conquest and j ourneyed ' F ra nc wh e r e to Paris, e , for several months he soj ourned , and met an d defeated all comers , with the exception of Maurice Vignaux and
Jacob Schaefer , which pair were engaged at a
- rival academy . It was when returning to o America , Ives , passing through Lond n , tarried and informed himself as to the probability of securing a match with Roberts at some st yle Of m l . o sso n co promise game For Ives , like S and
kne w e ll Schaefer , w that at the regulation E ng l lish game no living man had a chance to beat
Roberts . Calling upon the E nglish champion , w a s r the American well (if coolly) eceived , and at once the men began figuring as to the con dit i o ns which would bring them together in the matter o f billiard speed: w a s Nothing done until , in the spring of 1893,
‘ T o m T aylor (a fi E ng li sh professional billiard “ ist , who really discovered the system of end ” e b t play , which , perfect d y Rober s , accounts " for championship form) landed in Chicago with credentials from John Roberts as match th maker . On the 29 day of April , 1 893, articles
of agreement were signed . Such called for a
- E point match , under nglish rules , for 2 1 9
x1 w ith six a side ; the table to be 6 2, \ pockets of the best make of Burroughs o f Watts size pocket , 34 inches size of balls , T 254 inches. Mr . aylor went home entirely “ a ” satisfied , as he had no doubt that J ck (as all E nglishmen _call Roberts) had a good thing . “ Th e E u concession , nglish r les to govern , had B u t settled all his fears . Yankees have been famed since time immemorial a s: being up to d selling wooden nutmegs , and even woo en oats . In carefully digesting the book of E ng lish rules , the youth from Plainwell , Michigan , had discovered something . Section 44 o fthe rules reads Th e balls being j amme d in the pocket so o ff that the greater part is the table , they shall ’ be considered to have been holed .
J a w
a t
C0 m ro m i iv - p s e ( ES ROBERTS )Game
a nd Old Ame ric an
F o ur- B all Game .
i n P . o c i< e +
2 4 i n B a lls 7 .
But this did not bar the j aw with a 214 t o ball , for with such s1 ze o ne can not so place w
‘ o f balls in the mouth the pocket , but that some portion of the bed of the table will be between f Th s them and the fall o the pocket . e rule w a all for which it w a s intended (the regular E ng 3 and lish game calls for % pockets balls) , 2 2 0
sa fla but the Yankee w the w and s ’ accepted Taylor s conditions .
J a w
at Eng lis h G a m e
barre d .
P k ’ 1 11 . o c e r
' l 2 /s i n . B a ils .
Ives kept his secret well and w a s n to practice with the balls wedg ed (a p o sition in a n which y amateur could make enormous runs) , the first trial having assured him that the posi "
. tion once gained , any length of game was ,over “ ” H e contented t h im Self by playing the rail and acquired s uch skill that the balls c Ould be h eld past the side pocket . Breaks of 600and 800 e he E w re scored , and when left for ngland the American thought that he could w in “ hands ~ down without the ja w. Just before the date
’ O f w a s , the match Ives taken ill , and the damp f f ness o L ondon a fecting him seriously, he ,
t e th i rd a when the match w a s w o s over, was p pare ntly beaten . Roberts had played much better than had been bargained for , in fact had demonstrated that he outclassed a ny E ng liSh billiardist ever produced by easily adapting himself to chang ed conditions . Ives , in response
r . to a c_ ablegram f om an American friend , had “ ” r j ogged the first night, in orde that some T money might be placed . But hursday he probably wished that he had gone on from the i s i A h o t start . H friend n merica w knew abou
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Later in the ye ar Ives and Roberts played in
Chicago , and the American won . Afterward ,
I n New York C ity , they met again , and here
a s Roberts , playing extraordin rily well (the pock ets having been enlarged to inches) , beat his
, Th E man . e nglish champion gained greatly in billiard speed from the matches played with w a s Iv es , and the American taught some valu “ a t e r a h ble shots by h othe , notably long smas ” l l fo low , which , executed in the Chicago handi c a o a p t urnament of Janu ry , 1 898; brought down
t h e u . ho se In making this style Of shot, Ives catches his cue as far back as possible , j ust as
’
E . does the nglishman While in America , Rob
“ ‘ erts was taught to play the rail — after a fa sh H e ald ion . at once saw that he co work this system on the end rail without sacrificing any thing , as failure would inj ure him not at all , because he could hole the red' and onc e more E get the balls . Befo re this the nglish record for
‘ a i high run w s the 737 of Roberts , and no Other man at “ spot barred ” had come anywhere near E h i s this break . Returning to ngland , first ’ ' week s play returned a run of 850, and soon n thereafter he put up In Ja uary , 1 898, r n a 1 . (according to Ives) Roberts , 600 At E ng ' lish billiards he stands ready t o concede any
American in Ives , in the spring o f t 1 897 , challenged Roberts for a side o
- h play , using a {i i i inc pocket and a ball , but his forfeit of $2, 500, posted in London , was not covered . Ives claims that years ago what w a s “ known a s the champion pocket for the E ng lish game w a s inch .
Th e reputation of Frank C . Ives is in no sense i nj ured by the correction of the popular e l ro r
u o . as regards h i s defeat of J Roberts . As his 2 2 3
'
. coming to the front rank of native experts greatly augmented in Speed th e game of bil liards , so his_play with Roberts resulted in the amalgamation of all that i s best in the styles at which each of the contestants were at the time T champions . here are now living five fi rst billi a rdi st s ? class Jacob Schaefer, Frank C . l . . o ss n Ives , Maurice Vignaux , Geo F S o , and u o J . Roberts , and the rapid de v elopment of i s billiards , no matter what the style of game , directly traceable to the work of this quintette . N0 one of the five but what has made valuable contribution to the general fund of billiard a nd infor mation , when partisanship seeks t o a exalt this one or that over the others , the d v o v cate should meet a well deser ed contempt . L E ondon , ngland , May 29 to June 4, 1 893
Match , points , spot barred . Compromise
m 1 1 - ga e , 2 ,1- balls , 374 pockets ; point blocks . h (T e original articles called for points , and stakes of a side . ) 1 . 6 9 5 3 F . C Ives , 89, 8 , 7 , total
. 41 8 41 3 J Roberts , , ; total ,
Ives ran (fourth and fifth nights) , then Th destroyed the position purposely . e last a n night he again got position and r 852. Rob ’ erts highest run w a s 249. Th e betting in E ngland before the match wa s largely in favor of Roberts , but 6 to 5 against
Ives w a s the best price obtainable in Chicago . Of the position where Ives made the immense “ L n : h e run , the ondon Spo r t sma said T balls are peculi arly paired (upper right pocket) . ’ Th is They don t touch . e white well in the top shoulder and the red certainly well on in the
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’ e W Rob rts , when in America , at the orld s Th Fair , played Ives two matches . e first one (Chicago) wa s won by the American ; t h e second (played in New York City) fell to h Roberts . T e table used in the last match was
fitted with pockets . In both the American h games the crotch and anc or shot were barred . “ Th e ravens croaked : Hippo d ro m e l Iv es ‘ th and Roberts are after e public money. Th e Chicago match cleared (gate money) less h than $500. T e personal expenses of Roberts i and family, during his Chicago v sit, more than i doubled such am o unt , and h s American trip all around (loss of business interests included) cost him over $5, 000.
TH E OHN SON - R E EV E S MATCH J . } In the fall of 1 883 (November) there wa s played a match at cushion carom billiards w a s t he hich , a means of interchange of money , far eclipsed any contest which e ver w a s known ’ in American billiards . In the private room , W b 600 ith seating capacity of a out , over the 1 Columbia Billiard room (now , 898, owned by
lo sso n T n - G . F . S ) , corner we ty second Street
’ and Y o rk Cit B roadway , New y, there were assembled on the night in question the notables a o f th e E astern sporting world . E very seat w s u n filled and all corners crammed , altho gh o one who could not show an invi tation passed the
Th e n . no . doorkeeper . contesta ts were Capt J a T . Reeves and David Johnson , the former n
- old time billiard expert , who had ag ain and H i s again faced the starter . opponent was a s ea ut youthful sport , destined ome y rs later to p
C s w i oo k ity, after no fall , and Ridge Lev ne , b ’ e maker , acc pted on Reeves behalf . : Great in tere st at once w a s aroused , and as it w a s a certainty that large amounts wou ld be “ T om wagered on the game , Johnson engaged ” ’ s and a s wio n- my Wallace (Schaefer protege , I de rful a billiardist as ever liv ed of like a g e ) a % s a n trainer , and kept the matter more or les of i
- u secret , as the lessons were given at the book ’ o u t a maker s club . H ere Johnson man g e d ” h th e f c Reeves , w o did not appear to consider a t that a new system of play at cushion caroms
: had been found an improvement (that o fa pla y
ins o ft w o o r si x ing one cushion ead , or three , ) , and so in practice kept banging around the
x - short angles of the 4}é 9 table , getting all the
' n u a n kisses , but co fidently expecting to put p average of no matter h o w badly fo rtune might use him .
” t Mr r On the eventful night of the ma ch , h a Appleby, before going to the hall , declared t t he had bet enough (some thousands o utside of the main stake) , and the general feeling favored ut t . B Reev es to win j us as the game began , ? when bookmaker Tully kept c r y1 ng $1 00to $90 against his man , Appleby could stand it no longer and put down a bet of against
on Johnson . For an hour betting trans T actions had been large . here were seated b t m about the illiard able the leading bo ok akers , a nd when this or that turfman or other sport “ ” he ing m a n wished to on , simply did so , get
h a . . T through i s bookm ker friend herefore , it was not necessary to appoint stakeho lders and ” m h t o i ne x flash o ney ( appenings which , the “ e ri e nc d p e , convey the idea of a world of ” / o e c a se o f m ney being wag red , and , as in the 22 7
— the Phelan S e e re it er match at . Detroit , put on record fallacious estimates) ; business was trans acted rapidly, and so unimporta nt was a bet of $80 that a man yelled himself hoarse before Th e o ld anybody paid any attention t o him . timers aver that in h o r se racing a ny one of the “ ” moss - grown four- mile events o f befo de wah produced high gambling , and are loth to accept as a fact that since bookmaking and pool rooms struck the United States (less than twenty years a g o ) there is more money bet throughout “ ” the country on a race fo r maidens than changed hands in all the four - mile races ever
’ run i n America . So with billiards at the
- e e r it r t Phelan S e e ma ch , whatever money was at issue stakes and all) w a s nothing compared to that wagered on the Johnson
n . Reev es match , eve before the game started ‘ Th e first 1 00 points (the game was 250 up) w a s
’ contested so closely that neither player could be c sa id to have an advantage , but midway the se so n r ond 100, John fo ged ahead and stood 30points s to the good . Jame Kelly had come in late and ’ H ” h hadn t bet a cent . e now unbelted , and i s ” “ Quiet o fi e r of to $40 on Johnson got a ” a s o e game for a large amount , J Cotton , a con s e rv a t i v e man , and the bookmakers that fully appreciated the fluctuations incident to a cush i o n o lf carom game , hedged in a twinkling, and put Mr . Kelly where he stood to lose v Ree es made a spurt , and , playing with as high a rate of speed as shown in his practice , a o n closed the g p , and going strongly , turned the second hundred with a run of 1 2, and the
: score stood Reeves , 206 ; Johnson , 200. Now bedlam reigned . Kelly was in a tight place: ” St e d e ker flopped around until he had a Dutch 2 28
’ a a i t ( book that loses no m tter how comes) . a nd e w s the gam a stopped , while amid shouting , ” guying, laughter , and great uproar , each
' t ri e d t o gamester fix his fences . Soon the even ne mo y on Reeves went to $1 00 to $90, t landed at $1 00to $80. But h e break in the ce e ding s had i undone the apoplectic 'qu te ‘ Th e i tain . exc tement and th e hea t had de H e t . o stroyed his chance was seen falter , then stammer for water, and with a desperate g rasp e h i s c r as if to loosen his neckti , tore it , olla , a nd shirt band loose .
Th e so e Spectators , us d to quickly spy a ’ n t so horse s tail go up , let o ominous a sign and 1 0 n escape , 0 to 25 on Johnson we t begg ing “ ” when Davy only led by 1 5 points . So o bv i ous w a s the d isparity of odds and stag e of W 1 ff game , that hen $1 00 to $ 0was o ered , John son openly took quite a bunch of th e short e nd himself. Despite this , each time he went to the “ table his adherents exultantly shouted , Pay a o ff and never had re son to change the cry , 'b 1 as their man won the game y7 points , finishing “ ” hands down , and with a better average (2) than h a d been expected of him under such try ’ o ing c ir qu m st a nc e s . Johnson s pers nal friends had stuck to him from first to last , kept on bet w in ' ting that he would from the worse stage, ( an and from the money that night l ded , it is u a t said , have spr ng the l rge for unes of several
' of the lights of the E astern betting ring o f the “ ” T a s . w present day ommy Wallace . well
' - paid fo r his s ervices , and the Johnson Reeves match conclusively proved that the best way t o play cushion caroms is to hit one cushion in t o t preference more , no mat er what the speed of billiard experts .
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‘ — i u ki A Po s tio n fo r do ble ss . , ’ B— inks fav o rite in in n _Sp o e s ho t . ’ “ C — Sc haefe r s in in o ne t hre e - c ushio n sho t D— We rfu s ro ke b C a e sho o nd t o n in in o n t l y tt , drlve n o n two c ushio ns . lege of placing the cue - ball wherever he pleases
' inside the string , not only for the opening shot , b ut Th e - for any thereafter necessary . cue ball
t - o must firs hit the left side cushion . A foul n th e white ball is counted a stroke . 231
Th e game is one bringing into play the prin c ipa l knowledge necessary t o the primitive W t l ’ f billiardist , hose teaching o d o h o w the angle
o f T o incidence is equal to that of reflection . aid him th e diamonds were placed upon the " o f T a s rails the table . his w before twist Eng ” w a s lish ) discovered , and if a ball hit fair struck o ne diamond it must of necessity travel
to so me other diamond with unerring accuracy ,
provided the tools were perfect . One day an E nglish drover — so the story — n goes chanced , upo passing a billiard table , f to hit a ball with the butt o his leathern whip ,
upon which the sphere , striking the cushion ,
showed an unnatural angle , and that ended the
use of the diamond , and at the same time it rendered possible the evolution of billiards to it s present advanced state . There are no diamonds on an English billiard s table . Probably most per ons using them see on American tables only an ornamentation to s relieve the idea of barene s . But some of the
- x T . old time e perts use them , notably homas J i s Gallagher , and thus partially accounted for “ ” - his reputation as a hard shot player , j ustly gained thro ugh the completion of most start
ling strokes . o Jacob Schaefer never lo ks at a diamond , and
- l billi a rd st the same may be said of new schoo i s, aware that the instant “ side ” is applied the
natural angle is destroyed . H ’ W. . Catton is the best American player at
the corner game . What his system is is his own ff e a air , but the Spectator s es him , with his cue ,
measuring the spot to be hit on the right - hand n side cushion , rebou ding from _which the cue ball hits the red perfectly as it stands in the 232 c en a ter of the t ble , and drives it h o ro a st ke . Catton le rned the game where h e stood next o f class to Du
Frenchman , and Manuel , the Spania pair are the best in the world , and them can be backed to c r four strokes . Catton fi s game in Chicago at the “ academy opened by ,
Jacob Schaefer in 1 895 , and experts sought a system to White— who some thirty - fi v e years ago wa s the champion b illiardist of Maine — a man noted a s a no t n mathematician , was long i studying out a system of natural angles and making this known ' h h o i s ' to i s son Frank , w one of the best local Th e amateurs at angle games . younger White in a short time acquired proficiency sufficient to cause the issuance of a challenge on h is behalf ‘ ' never accepted — to play any ma n th a t c o uld be produced , bar Catton . It was the adoption of White ’s system that i enabled Spinks , a super or billiardist, to make ’ such a showing against Catton . In fact , Spinks “ " record\ of putt ing the ball in nine times in n o e . thirtysh ts , may be unequal d in a y country
- In opening, Catton places the cue ball at the
‘ intersection of the lines , marked on the table
- - for 1 4 inch balk line . Spinks places his near
r Th e the end ail at the first diamond . latter e h player seems the sur r to hit t e red ball , but r h this may result because of his soft st oke, w ich can not cause the red to dance far from the th e corner, the theory of player, apparently, being to nurse the sphere over by easy stages , ’ as - opposed to Catton s idea of landing it by a e m hard strok in one shot , fai"ling which , so e tim e s the red rolls o ut in the center of th e
3 2 4. the worst possible place on th e - table a nd some times in desperation — trying experiments “ land the refractory sph ere home in o ne 1 00- te al stroke, thus winning the money of the backer and receiving tumultuous applause . T here are some pretty shots , the double kiss probably being the most the red lays nearly on the
th e be driven up and down , only the side cushion , o r banked m of two cushions . There are variations of the cor
' the red ball being placed 1 n lower or lower left - hand corner ; and at a rl ss st Professor K a e , the Belgium
- and fancy shot billiardist , is without
R E D OD D S AN D EN COR .
— 1 1 Four balls 5% x carom table , i 22 1 Pierre Carme , Ch cago; July , 868,
and ran 382. — M c l r . C e e C Pin pool J . F . B y, Virginia ity ,
o ne ~ Nev , December played ten and
. w o 330 half hours with Chas Douglass , and n $6, in g old coin . Mc In June , 1 890, Jacob Schaefer easily beat
F . l r a nd fe . C e e y, a wdays later , according to C
Ives , but for miscarriage of plans , had a chance n l f r to win at pi pool , by beating the C a i o nia pet . “ T — I n hree balls snap "game at Pittsburg , a A P . . A pril lbert iemer of Cleveland , W r Ohio , lost to illiam Walke of Pitts “ h e wa s o r burg . T e winner in Spe d up to 50 no ” ' h i s ife . count , while the loser n e ver ran 20in j 2 35
“ . no Thinking he was going too far , J . Staley , W ’ alker s backer , told his man to lose the last o utm a na in game a side) , thereby g g him
" . s elf, as iemer had in his pocket
— 4 x t Cushion caroms yz 9 table . Mar in Mul len (amateur) , at Cleveland , Ohio , 1 890, beat “ ” - Jacob Schaefer three straights , 1 00 point games , and in the 300points made a grand aver f o . age 1 0 Mullen made game in 8, in nin s H : g respectively . igh runs Schaefer , 43; h 41 . T e Mullen , stakes were small , but vessel
o n , friends of Mullen, w a large amount of ' men money from the local sports , who naturally thought Schaefer a cinch . Mullen had pre “ u v i o sly beaten Ives , then the champion short ” stop , who , when twitted by Schaefer , hotly “ : said If he plays that kind of a game , he can ” beat you , too , and this talk brought on the
- Mullen Schaefer contest . 1 5 Mullen , in 87 , defeated at pin pool wm. h o n Burleigh , w the was considered as second
nn ~ th - only to Tim F 1y , e recognized pin pool champion . H BANK S OTS . t Jacob Schaefer is the bes player in the world , a nd is said to have scored a run of 1 9. T o the
— o . N o l n o f L 1 best amateurs Chas a St . ou s and Albert Dexter o f Chicag o — Schaefer concedes the odds of 30 per cent , although these gentle men hold their own with all billi a rd ist s except E M c C re e r . W . C . y and Carter , players by 1 5 per cent their superiors .
FANCY SH OTS . l
Schaefer and Ives are the best players , either man being able to make a ny shot possible to other artist up to some not executed by
sso r Ka a rle ss the others . , with his great
- all around draw shot , may be an exception . L t ouis Shaw pleases a exhibitions , and E ugene w a s C arter , some years ago , known as a Star. In France most of the professionals are fine
- and G o fa rt fancy shot players, is considered the best .
E L FING R BIL IARDS .
H . T . Perry of Cincinnati , Ohio , has no equal .
Unlike others , he executes with any size ball up to inches , and at cushion caroms picks up “ his ball wherever he finds it . Yank Adams , n always a popular e tertainer , is entirely out L classed by Perry . ouis Shaw is as good with E fingers as with cue . ugene Carter , a few E years Since , made a big hit in Lo ndon , ngland , with the small ivory balls (used at pin pool and
- 1 5 ball pool) , these being twirled about in amaz ing fashion . Jacob Schaefer originated the trick , and can spin the w e e Spheres much more effect i v elythan Carter .
- H L ADY F A N CY S OT PLAYE R .
. i s t F . C Ives authority for the statement tha a a le ss t Miss K r , age welve years , the daughter Ka a rle ss of Professor of New York , can exe ” “ ”
f llo w c a nd c ut e a o force with either hand , and accomplish results impossible to any other
' H e r o n expert . father is a n ted Belgia strong
1 0- man , who carries a 0 pound dumbbell on his shoulder while showing t h e more extraordinary of fancy shots , and the daughter bids fair to be “ a mo st athletic woman by the time of Paris , E when the pair will visit urope .
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' l S o sso n in 1 880, Maurice Daly about e tim , then followed Jacob Schaefer in 1 883, and w h o Frank C . Ives , landed in France in 1 892 . Th e last four mentioned experts have each crossed the Atlantic several times . E e ugen Carter has made ,more than one trip E a to ngland and France , nd now makes his headquarters at Barcelona , Spain . In the y ears m . li 1 W H . a i following 892, Catton , F . M g g o ,
Wm . A . Spinks , and Chas . Schaefer all exhib t c h i e d their Speed in the Paris academies . S a e and 1 o f b fer Ives , in 892, gave exhibitions alk E w line billiards in London , ngland , and met ith o f success mild type .
FORE IGN E RS IN AM E RICA . B M . Claudius erger , champ ion of France , was the first Frenchman to dare the watery wastes ff o r which Vignaux so fears , that a o er f ’ : six months in the W orld s Fair year w a s no
k inducement for - h im t o take the steamer for
New York . Berger w a s present when the first American
. e 1 60 tournam ent (N e w York , Octob r , 8 ) was
c o nt 1 1 but e d t h e framed , and he second prize
— G a French inlaid cue . iving exhibitions throughout the United States , Berger intro ” “ “ er en d u c e d the massé, then called the p p ” di c u la r sh ot . ' A P i e rre Carme , A . P . Rudolphe , and lbert x
Garnier were the next importations , followed by Francois U ba ssy and Maurice Vignaux . When Catton returned from France he brought ’ o f s . with him Fournil , a player Garnier speed
Kerkau . champion of Germany , recently tried “ s b our players , but was unhor ed y Shortstop
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o . no R o be rt s ro Wm Cook and J . have filled p fe ssi o na l n T T e gagements , and . aylor , a retired
m . expert , c a e o v e r to make the Ives match for
Th e Roberts . latter first saw the Yankees some
- fi v e twenty years ago , he then passing through the country on h i s way to Australia .
BE ST H ANDIC AP .
Th e most remarkable of handicaps was that H T made by enry Rhines in 1 891 . here were
- five contestants , all well known gentlemen of
— . L . Chicago Jno avally , Fred Ackerman , Nelse H um phrey (dead) , Morris Morley, and Chas . H Gregory . Ackerman and umphrey started at Th e scratch the others at 1 50. tourna
‘ a s m a n ment resulted in a tie all around , each won. two games .
E A T H RU B NURS CUS ION CAROMS .
E Peculiar to the inventor , ugene Carter , who , striking the position i n the first inning o f a 1 00
x . point contest (5 1 0 table) with A C . Anson ’ lo sso n S (S Monroe Street Room , Chicago , ran the game out . Carter , in Cleveland , four o x years before this , had shown n an old 4lé 9 ” “ e table in Oyster Ocean , a run of ov r 500, but the balls were anchored in a hole on end rail .
KISS IN CORNE R NURSE A T CU SH ION
CA ROMS .
H x1 Played by Wm . atley for a run (5 0table) ’ o f 1 a nd 03 at M . Carey s Room , Chicago , 1896, 1 another of 186 at Duluth , 897. 2 40
SHORTSTOP .
' n A term originated by J o . Frawley , the last champion billiardist of Ohio at the 4- ball gam T T u his expert , the Mark apley of billiards , co l find no better nickname for a professional that so missed championship form , and called him “ ' h z w o . n e . a shortstop , . , one stops short In a li article to the New York C pper , written from o 1 879 t Akron , t , , the author of his book signed “ ” a d v e r himself Shortstop , and in 1887 , in first
' t i in nin s g Frank C . Ives in the Chicago E v e g
“ N ews u , sed the term as F rawley had intended .
L FOURNI IN AMERICA . 4 In the fall of 1 89 Fournil , the Frenchman , showed practice runs of 300at 1 4- inch balk line
(New York City) , and in a match with Galla
‘ e gher ran 201 . A y ar previous he was beaten 300
- in 1 200 point match (1 4 inch) by Jacob Schaefer .
894 T . . Fournil (New York , 1 ) easily beat J Gal lagher at cushion caroms . MANUF A CTURE OF BILLIARD TABLE S
AND CU SH IONS .
E d a s r m anu fa fD. Bassfor w the p ominent c “ ” ’ turer before Michael Phelan and Chris O C o n
. i s nor started in the business . It said that Bassford had a large billiard room in New
York City at an early day . By winning the
S e e re it e r match at Detroit , in 1 859, Phelan n h is gai ed the money to extend operations , , ’ fi rm and O c onnor retiring, the name became Phelan Collender (the latter being a so n
- ln law of the former) . In 1 857 , when at Phila P a delphia , . , Phelan played the series of games “ ” with Ralph Benj amin (the Albany Pony, wh o
’ a bil i a d e um kept l r roo m in N w York City, was
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' E L R P MICHAEL PH AN IN EU O E . “ Th fi r After H igham , e Albany Pony, the s
’ American billiardist of the first class to v i s E u a s rope , w Michael Phelan , who crossed
H e e i Atlantic in 1 848. play d some billiards in
- 1 London , and is said to have tackled the French “ : Mr . men in Paris . Dudley Kavanagh says Phelan did not wish h i s visit t o E uro pe t o be ” made public at the time . ’ T . h o D . Pulsifer , w remembers Phelan s r h “ h retu n to America , t inks that T e Father o f ” American Billiards met defeat at th e hands of the French experts . 24 3
F I N A L E . W illiam Ri ley tells the following “ Many years ago , when about the county fairs ‘ ’ " a s w oh , yes I had a racket , but whether it ‘ ’ ’ the white mice and the canary birds , or the ’ ‘ ‘ ’ ' rings , or the wheel privilege , I decline to say . I naturally took an interest in other men ’s ways ‘ ’ a n so of getting the money, d curiosity carried me to a street corner , where , during the even ing, a fakir attracted the human moths with a
' - il sputtering , brilliant coal o light . “ As I advanced , the vender began h l s relation o f the virtues o f a liniment asserted t o be good for anything from neuralgia to rheuma t i m ’ ‘ f s . . I have here , cried he , most magic stu f Th e ancients , as you know , utilized for pur
' poses o f suppleness the j uices of the lowly o u angleworm (which , as y know , gentlemen , w — but is on record as turning hen trod upon , e se e r ally, I can not how this helped him any) ,
’ o f which , used in childhood , created a race acrobats and contortionists (none , however , ‘ quite up to the standard of the boneless won e ’ der , which will be exhibited here next week
T . by P . Barnum) , performing feats spoken of by the poet that told that ghost story about T E e1 fo r the roj an horse . xcus me , gentlemen ,
: wasting your valuable time , but the digression seemed necessary to allow the platoons from t o T o m the side streets get in . resu e I got the o n o u c a n tip my present specific (which , later, .y buy by the quart fo r t w o shillings per) from wh o o u t o f Gibbon , wrote the petering the boom T at Rome , N . Y . his author , in a foot note
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(memory serving) , speaks of the aforesaid angle b worm oil , and I reasoned yanalogy , that the electrical eel ought to yield a fluid that would 244
kill rh eum at l sm more quickly than the con v enti o na l method of transmitting the essence o f the lightning to the diseased periosteum by
means of a battery , a sponge , and a bath tub .
' You know , gentlemen , that you of the provinces " - . " are short on bath tubs W ell , well I found in “ l Brazil the serpent I wa s after and by his cintil - , S ,
lating, glassy , incandescent eye was he undone ,
its beams made him easily discoverable . B f_or y, \ w a the y, although this eel lives in a marshy , u country , such is his w o nd e l f l electrical diS seminating quality that no tadpole even but ,
that , free from rheumatism , frisks with an T o abandon elsewhere unknown . return . Your
w~ minds refreshed , you , ill
t ri c a l e t e fo , eel mention d in h Bible as — e sc i in Brazil well and good . Mod rn
appropriated such reptile , and here I ing for a consideration to proffer to fi o rd b e st ;th at modern research a s. “ A S I strolled, away t h e fakir was
lively business at a quarter a throw . ‘ : him later at the hotel , I said , Young man , ’ ’ re " t m in h a v in you good I wouldn d g any part of s your game you care to give away , but e e here .
You spoke of Brazil , a part of South America , a s
the home of the basis of your rheumatism cure. Allow m e to suggest that you leave out that portion of your discourse relating to Biblical a s wa s days, inasmuch then South America not ’ ‘T ’ on the map . hanks , said the your ’ ‘ suggestion is timely . Still , he mused , what ’ T n s 1 00 1 d ifference . his is ew to me , and it s to that it would be news to anyone i n the ’ county .
‘ b o k W ith like assurance as to errors in this p ,
the author faces the public .