W H AT T H E Y S AY .

Th e game of thre e cushions sh ows e xe cuti on .

I t w a s no t kn own in my time .

Th e diagrams of my straight rail n urse are

-

correctly drawn .

Th e three cushions diagra m s are 0 K , a s

- . .

also that showing the strangle hold I got on

Roberts .

Th e work is something new in billiard litera

ture .
 Th e idea of the bo o k is all right .

Th earticle o n the Amateur Championship is

a good o ne .

Nothing c a n be wrong tha t con duces t o per

p e t u a t e and impro v e the game of thre e cush
i ons .

W
U sem y n ame i n an y w a y l o oking to the good
o f billiards .

‘ é .
C HA M PI O N S H

B I L L I A R DS .

OL D AN D NE W
C ON T AI N I N G

D I A GRA M S O F 1 00 T H R E E C US H I O N S H O T S ; -

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S C H A E FE R S S T R A I G H T R A I L N U R S E ; -

fi dm ?
AL L N U R S I N G P TI O

ALL B A LK L I N l n vg
C OR N E R GA M E ,
1 69 8 l

H A
fT H AT C H E R
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J O N .
,

Cushi on C om Ch m pi on f Ohi o
ar a o
(1 884 wi nn e r of St L. o u s Handi c ap
i
lo ng e t t o u n m e nt
s r a on
e e i n th s m e
v r e a
1 887 ) be at S c h . ae
o f

c e OF

1 1 1 898
of
3?

C H I C A GO AN D N E W OR Y K
R A N D M c y AL L Y
. P U B LI S H E R S .
 To

G C
. . B R I TN E R , H IG H P R I E S T

OF

T H E N O B L E G U I LD O F I V OR Y T U R N E R S ,

IN A P P R E C I AT I O N OF AN
W
ART H IC H

T H IS
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W
H AS M ADE P OSS I B LE

C E LL E N C E O F

ORK I S D E D I C AT E D B Y
THE
B I L L I AR DS ,

THE
PR ES ENT

A U T H OR .
 TA B L E OF C O N T EN T S .

Introduction of 3 C ushion Diagrams

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1 1 14
Diagrams of 1 00 3 C ushi on Shots- 1 5 95
Champions o f Americ a 96 99
What H a s B ecome o f t h e C hampions ?

T h e Story o f the Cham pionship , 4 Ball -

.

Best Records; 4l B a ll Game .

T ables o f T ournaments 4 Ball Game ,

1 0 0— 12
1 -
-

T h e Stor y o f the Championship , 3 B all -

.

Best Records 3 Ball Game

,
-
.

T able s of T ournaments , 3 Ball Game " 1 1 3 1 32 - —

T h e Story of the Champi o nship , the

’
Champion s Game .

’
Best Records Champion s Game
, .

’
T abl e o f T ourna m ent , Champion s
Game 1 37 —

T he Story of the Champ ionship , Cushion

Caroms .

Best Records C ushion Caroms

,
.

T ables O f T o urnaments, C u sh i o n C a r '

oms
Th e Story of the Champi onship , Balk
Line .

B est Record s Balk Line

, .

T ables of T ournaments , Balk L in e 1 49 1 64 —

Th e Advent o f Ives Balk L in e , .

B est Records Since O ctober 28, 1 891 (no

/

where e ls e t o b e fo und complete ) 1 64 1 81 -

—

T ables of T ournaments Since Novem

ber 1 893
,

Shortstops at T h eir B est

Billiards C an B e T aught
S u ggesti ons t o N ovices
 6

The Amateur Championship of A m eric

'

All Kin ds o f B a lks

Diagrams o f the Various Methods
Checking Sp e ed
“ ”
T h e Alban y Pony in E ngland
T h e Ives Rob erts Match in E nglan d
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21 7 —
224
T h e J o h nso n xR e e v e s Match at Cushi on
x-

Caroms ( biggest bettin g game eve r

,

known in the U nited States)

N e w Game of B illi a r d s fl F r e nc h Corn er

R ecord Odds and E nds

Bank Shots
Fancy Shots
Finger Billiards
L ady F anc y Shot Player
Armless B illiardist
E nglish Billiards
American E xperts in E urope
F ore igners in America
B est H andicap
Rub Nurse at Cushion Caroms
K I SS I n C orner at C ushion Ca roms
D efinition of Shortstop
Fournil I n America
M anufa c ture o f Billiard T able s and
C ushion s et c
, 240 ,

M ichael Phelan in E ur op e
F inale
 P R EF ACE
’

T here is a st o r y to this e fi e c t : A t a r a i lw a v
station in the far W est a train pulled up to take
on wood , and the hungry passe n ger j umpe d O ff
an d ran to the lunch counter in th e nearest
shanty T here were displayed placards , H a m
.
“

“
Sandwich , 1 0 cents B oile d E ggs , 5 cents
“Apple Pie
1 0 cents , an d others of like kind
, .

’
T h e traveler hurriedly grabbe d 30 cents worth
of fo od and laid down a two dollar bill which -
,

the greed y eye d proprietor quickly thre w into

-

"
a drawer and calmly resume d his talk with hi s
cron y .
“
H urry up , gimme my change ye ll ed
“
H urry

"
the tourist as h e heard the bell ring .

u p, I sa y
” “ ’
I shall b e left You don t get
.

no t h i nk back ,
”
sne ere d th e re staurant m a n .

“ ”
Why , I gave yo u t w o dollars ,
cri ed th e
’

other . T here are y o ur signs , and I have only

” “ ’
eat en 30 c e nt s w o r t h
t Y es , you r e a ll r ig h t
.
a .

’
M ove up old pard or you ll miss your train ,
, ,

and , a s the passenger caught the platform o f

the last car , he heard the ban dit sa y to his fe l
lo w
”
, You s e e , J im I ne ed mone y
, .

Akin i s the action of the a u t h o r i n placing ,

his wares be fore the p ublic T h e original ide a.

w a s to pr i nt the di agrams o f t h e t h ree cushion -

shots i n pamphlet for m , but the publishers

were in formed by their chief salesman that
there w o ul d be a market for a record b ook o f
billiards somewhat more c ondense d than an y
now commonly i n use .
 8

Th e endeavor , the n, has been to supply th e

wants of billi ard lo vers th emselves to o busy
—

t o search through larger b ooks — and allow

them to discover this or that record almost at a
glanc e Given a ne w author , fresh material
.

m a y be presume d . Aside from the records , the

matter herein c o ntai ned can not be found else
W here .

T hat no rules hav e b e en inserted in this p ub

li c a t i On i s because the compiler does no t wish
,

t o stil l furth er complicate arguments which

can n ever b e settle d until , as i n E ngland the ,

American billiard experts hold a me eting , r e

vise the old rules and make such n ew ones a s
,

th e great impr ovement in the game o f b i lli a r d s .

most imperatively calls fo r . T o day moote d

.
- .

p oints c a n not b e settled , a s authoriti es equally

good disagree , and th e bedrock up on which the
co de was first plante d i s overlai d w ith the \

accretion s of alluvium brought from fi elds of

tho ught widely distribute d In casting an eye
‘

ove r the records herein contain ed , the hyper

“
critical may cry As I supp osed ; ever mor e
” "
,

and m ore mistake s arguing from th e well

,

ventilate d knowledge of the imperfecti on in

the records o f billiards ; and it is true that th e
writer h a s n ot reproduce d to the fraction of a
h air th e di fferen ce in , fo r instance , grand a v
e ra g e s .

If the fault of repetitio n be glari ng it may b e ,

sai d th at the layman i s much more apt to make

a respectable bag when shooting into flocks
rather than at single birds T o g iv e a general ,

idea of the p erformance o f on e billiardist as

compare d w i th that o f an other of 11 1 8 date is the
aim sought , as well as by the presentation I n
se q uence of th e various methods adopte d to
 9 l

thwart the fi r s t class ex pert to advance the

-

conception of the evolution of the n oblest gam e

yet dev i se d by man . T h e matter herein con ;
t a i ne d has been p repared with great care and ,

the inevitable inaccuraci es can easily b e we eded

out in a later e dition .

T o further this end the author asks all true

l overs of billiards to interest them selves in s e t
ting him right In the producti on o f this work
.

h e h a s been materially aided by the exp erts of

th e first class , n ot only as regards the execution ,
but in the j udgment o f the game T o such ,
.

thanks are re t urne d with th e hop e that b oth

amateur and professio nal ma y charitably V iew
the e ffort o f a man w h o can lay claim t o li tt 1 e
.
~

save sincerity o f purpose .

 I N T R OD U C T I ON TO
T H R E E C U S H I ON
-
D I AGR AMS .

Where the gam e of thre e cushion billiards -

originate d i s n ot known ; but to day , i n th e -

public billiard halls o f the country at large ,

al though the W est i s pe c uliarly its hom e, such

i lli a r d s is favore d in gre at d i sp r o p o r
to anything seen in bygone years In th e .

o f Michael Phelan the books m a de no men

,

of cush , cush cush , and Dudle y Kava

'

first American champion at the four

me , kindly furnishi ng the diagrams c r e d
i t e d to him , sends the in formation that as a ,

game , thre e cushions w a s n ot known In hi s

“ ”

tim e W ayman C M c C r e e I y , Internal Reven u e

. .

C oll ec tor of the p ort of St L ou i s , a gentleman .

wh o for twenty years has been suppose d to be

the best ama t e u rbilliardist in the U nited States ,

i s pr o bably r e S p o ns i b le for the pr o minenc e o f

'

thre e cushions , a game h e plays as well as any

I bod y , as shown b y a d e feat o f B yron Gillette o f

C incinnati , a man w h o , in exhibition play , h a s

b eaten both Fra nk C Ives and Jacob Schae fer
. .

’
Years ago M u sse y s St L o uis b illiard room.
-

was a great rende zvous for professionals a nd

amateurs an d here M c C r e e r y, at thre e cush
,

i o ns , t o o k th e scalps o f all e xperts wit h the

‘ ,

“ ”
exception o f E ugen e C arter an d the wizard ,
1 both of whom he eq uale d in spe ed .

B efore th e fire which latel y destr o yed the

“

parl ors in Chicago of th e younger Musse y ,

, ,

-
there might hav e been seen in this resort by far
I I
 12

the greate r number of fin e amate ur players to

b e found in an y one room in the Unite d States ,

a nd many of thes e gentlemen were but slightly

inferior in proficiency to the best professionals .

St L ouis also has amateurs only 20 p er cent

‘

s lower than M c C r e e r y .

“ ”
T hre e cushions un dou btedly originate d a s a
gambl er s ga me , but this i s n o argument
’

“
a gainst it , for ken o , where no p ercentage is
charge d , can n ot b e equaled a s a parl or game .

Its p opularity is largely due to th e social p o s

s i b i li t i e s , many of the amateurs fan cying a
four hande d match in preference to an y other
-
,

an d ther e i s n o question as to its favor with

m en who play billiards for e xercise .

T h e ordinary amate ur d oes n ot care to s i t

“ ”
i dl y by and freeze up while Schaefer runs
1 00 at ball to ball billiards , s o he engag e s the
- -

w izard a t three cushions , an d i s at the table

almost as much of th e time as his teacher One .

“
fanci es also to s a y to his wife Y o u think I
c a n n o t play b illiards , but Jake Schae fer onl y
”
b eat me 5 in a 25 p o i nt gam e to day , instead
s -

“
o f b eing forced t o admit I can make about
’
1 0 t o Schaefer s which would b e the truth
i n re fer ence t o even 1 8 inch balk line billiards
- -
.

Imperfect methods m ay produce good results

at thre e cushi ons and here is a g a m e where
,

“
stroke cou nts for little Magnus o f T exas ,
.

a m a n always within 1 0 per cent o f M c C r e e r y,

showed great lateral motion of stroke a thing —

fatal at ball to ball billiards Nor is freedom

- .

o f sweep e ssential , altho u gh men commonly

“ ’
S ay o f such stroke : T hat s the kind for thre e
”
c ushi ons .

Ja c ob Schaefer s side stroke it is use less to

’

c op y , yet he makes it fit an y style of billiards .

p o ol Stroke he strike s the cue ball where he -

w i lls , a nd like all exp erts a t 1 5 ball p ool c a n

'

-
, ,

hit an obj ect ball at the farther en d of th e

table as fi ne as a hair In knowledge o f th e.

game Charle s S c h a e fe r h a s n o superior , but as

'

a m oney pl ayer he i s belittled by p rofessionals .

Frank C Ives h a s a recor d o f 30 points scored

.

i n fifte en 1 nn1 ng s ( th r e e c o ns e c u t i v e g a m e s o f 1 0
’

p oints each) , but Jacob Schaefer is considered

t h e superior player W C M c C r ee r y once made
. . .

5 0p oints in a match in fi ft y t hre e innings and an -

,

amateur of St Lo uis named Frank Peterse n, i s

“

,
.

credite d with the record run of 1 4 (5 x1 0 table ) .

W C M c C r e e r y in 1 887 beat E ugen e C arter 1 5 to

. .

1 4 in thre e innings an d finished with a run o f 1 1

, .

J acob Schaefer in 1 895 also scored 1 5 in thre e

innings (4, 8, an d T hree cushions i s a p o p u
lar game in the Par i s ac ademies ; all of the
’

French exp e rts are fin e players , notably Vig

n aux , Piot Garnier , Fourn il an d Cure T h e
, ,
.

diagrams which follow are inten ded to Show

the principles of all the d i ffi cult shots wh ich are
entirely practicabl e , a s also to entertain thre e
cushion e nt h u s i a st s w it h t h e possibilities of t h e
'

gam e C ountless variations are easy to discern

,

through a slight change in position of the balls

“
.

It h a s b e en th e e ffort of th e maker of these

diagram s to giv e credit to this play er and that
for original i d eas , as also to Show the favorite
stroke s o f the leading experts at the game T h e .

h a s be en purp osely omitted , a s the

“ ”
A B C
“ ”
better w a y to execute naturals i s a matter
of individual opini on If the u nna t u r a ls i h .

struct an d amuse , the wr ite r s end will have

’

b e e n accomplished T h e suggesti on i s made .

'

that each shot should count 3, in order tha t 1

p oint may b e cha rge d as penalty for a miss .
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a
m m o n t o PO
c o

‘
O P la y
n d s o we ll e xe c ude d
e " '
rs

J No DA LY
a nd
‘

G a o ne s S U TT O N
Twis t r ig ht s id e

x
’
Re m a r ka ble o ve r
ma d e by
S C HA E F ER De c .

He sa id I ne v e r be fo r e t h o u g hi
;

a tt e m ptin
“
g t h e s t ro ke .

T wi s t o n r i h t s i d e
g .
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“
P ra t W o rk

Ama t e u r D O HE R T Y
'

He a v r i g ht Twist
y

Va ri at o
i n

“
Ve ry t i ne .

HA R R Y ,
PAG I N .
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The Co u nt r
y
Effe c t e d a t t i m e s by
l t h e pla e r s bo r n
y
v

i n C u a h e g a C o O h iQ
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He a v rig ht Twns t
y
S M I TH
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Fo rc e Dr a w
BYRO N S . G I LL E T T E
.

He a v ifi h t
y g

S lo w D r a w
.

BV R O N S G I L L E TT E .

He a le ft Twi s t
”

y
v .

De a d Ba ” .
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W ro

a ro u nd
ng
t he Ta ble
Ma d e b y
C Y R I L L E DI O N
20 ye ars a
g o .

He ri h t Tw i s t
av
y g .
 68

Th e S t yle o f S ho t d i s c o v e re d
by
EU G ENE C A Rt E R .

S t r i ki ng fi r s t Obj e c t Ba ll
 70

Dra w o ff C u s h io n
fro m

E U G E N E C A RTE R .

C e nt re B a ll
r s li
g h t Twi s t .
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f‘
Re m a r ka ble sc ra t c ll
‘

by BEN S A Y LO R
wit h bo t h O bj e c t B a l l s
c lo s e t o S i d e C u s h ic n .

Le ft Twi s t .
 72

e En d e a v o
i
r

be h i n d t
O bj e c t B a
s u re t h re e

Cu s h i o n S hot )
lt E xe c u t i o n
y
a re t he P u r
B a ll t aT
°

us <

ur C u s h lo n
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P r o fe s s i
nt le d a nd
g ru

mg w ha t t o
m ed a n Im
p o ss i b
o n, s ho o ts

,
l
c ra wi n g C
wi t h he a v yr ig h
st ,
t a ki n g Fi v
s h i o ns . Th e
a ll m e e ts t
a nd a n
g a i

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u s

t h e Co u nt
 F i ne o n fi r s t
Ob
j ec t Ba ll

Dra w a nd REv e rs e Twis t .

Mus s s v .

va lu a ble a lt h o u
g
d i ffi c u lt S t r o ke
Us d w he n Po it i o n
‘

e s

is suc h t ha t C o u nt c a n

Ic e a c ro
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S h o wn
. C B RI T N E R
.
.
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w h o a t 7 5 ye a rs
o fe a is t h e
g '

b e s t I v o rg y

W
Tu r n e r i n t h
o r ld .
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i vEs
wi t h 253O u nc e C u e s t r i ke s
B a ll wi t h g re a t F o r c e .

Th e r e d B a ll i s kno c ke d fro m
i

Ta bl e ( i t wo u l d o t h e r w i s e .

t r a v e l a r o u nd a n d ki c k
S e c o nd O bj e c t Ba ll
wa t h e C o unt be i ng
a
y

wit h na t u ra l
W AY M A N

F a nc S h o l
y
'

C u e B a ll a lm o s + F r o z e n fo

fl
re d i s h h v e r
L
h a rd o h ri y g
S i d e C u e B a l l re m a i n s
.

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s ra lri o n a r a nd s i
y p s;n
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s l r i ke s C u e B a ll i e a d

in “we He a d a nd + he
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r he a v i lylo a d e d
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Eng li s h i ng
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Fo u rC us h io ns

J AC O B S C HA E F E R .

R i g hi Twi si
'

'
.

Ma s s e
S id e R a i l .

T J G A L LA G HE R
. .

Th r e e C u sh i o n s
En d R a i l l w i c ‘ ‘
e ,

J A C OB S C HA E F E R
‘

Le F I Tw i s t
‘'
.
 92

B a nk S ho i

C ATT O N ‘

A nc h o r
’
a r + hre e C u s h io n s

Am a
'

le u r s
'
usua l l y ba n k a ro u nd
J
h e Ta ble u r in e P o i ni bur
'

n
'

s ec
'

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S e pa r a i i ng
'
+ h e B a lls
Pr o fe s s i o na l s lr
‘‘

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r

s e v e ra l Po i nrs ’
a nd s o me Ti m es ‘

"
s u c c e e .

He a v i g h ? Tw i s l
y
-’
r .

M A U R I C E VI G N A U
C h a m pio n o f F ra nc e .
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l G re a l
-
Po s i+ i o n
\
Ma d e in \ Ma + c h O F
Fo r Cham

sm a s h o F ObU e c i
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B a ll o n 6 Cu

3 C u s hi o n s .

Ri g h l Tvv
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C H A M PI O N S OF A ME R I C A .

W
Jun e 9 1 863 to M a y 1 6, 1 865 Dudl ey Kava —
, ,

n agh o n first tourn a

. ment fo r champi on ship ,
4 ball game 6 x1 2 table , fo ur pockets , fig b al ls
-
, ,

push an d crotch allowe d 500 p oint g ames -

W
, .

W on matches , p oints , for championshi p

against J no S e e r e i t e r , Philip T ieman
. m .

G oldthwait
M a y 1 6 1 865 , to September 7 , 1 865 L ou 1 s F o x
.
—
.

R eceive d forfeit from K a vanagh;

S epte mber 7 , 1 865 , to May 23, 1 866 J no Deer y —
. .
‘

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B eat Fox ; rece ive d forfeit from C arme ; be at

M c D e v it t .

May 23, 1 866 to fi e c e m b e r 1 1 , 1 867 J os Dion,

—

and w o n forfeit fro m

. .

B eat D e ery M c D e v i t t -

E H Nelms
. . .

D ecember 1 1 , 1 867 , to expiration J no Mc l

.
—
.
-

D evitt B eat J Dion , th e game havin g be en

. .
~

change d to crotch barre d ; got d ecision ov er

Melvi nFoster ; beat J Dion , the game being .

changed fo r second time since its inception to a

‘

5 % x1 1 table
, ( Mc D e v i t t w a s l ost in Chicago
.

fire ) .

May 1 0 March 5 1 87 0 J no D eery

, ,
—
. .

W on N e w Y ork tourna ment at 4 ball game , -

p ush and crotch barred , p oint games ; b eat -

Mel vin Foste r beat C yrille D ion .

March 5 , 1 87 0, to Janua ry 1 1 , 1 87 1 A P Ru —
. .

d o lp h e B eat D e ery , C Dion J Dion

. .
,
.
‘

January 1 1 , 1 87 1 , t o April 26, 1 87 1 F rank Par

ker B eat A P Rudolphe
. . . .

April 26, 1 87 1 , to M ay 1 6, 1 87 3 C y r ille D i o n

'
—
.

B eat Frank Parker , M elvin Foster , J no D eery , .

Maurice Daly .

May 1 6, 1 87 8 to Octobe r 2 1 87 3 Maurice Daly , ,

—
.

'

Beat C yri lle Dion .

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May 31 , 1 877 , to expi ration — m

'

B eat J Dion , C D ion G e o F S lo ss o n

. .
, . .

American championship emb lem b

’
t on s p ersonal prop erty Dec
February 1 0, 1 87 9, to
Sch aefer W on tourn ament .

( C oop er U ni on ) ; b eat S lo ss o n p
thre e innings and n ever challenge d —

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became S c h a e fer s p ersonal prop er ty -
.

Nov emb er 24 1 87 9 to January

S exton
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on N ew Y ork t o u r na m e
r

C hampion s game ;
. W , ,

January 1 0, 1880, t o June 1 9, 1 880

S chaefer B eat S e xton .

J une 1 9 1 880 t o expiration G eo F S lo ss o n

, ,
—
. . .

B eat Jacob Schaefer

May 1 4 1 883 Maurice Daly
,
,

m ent fo r H W C olle nder champ i onsh i p at

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o n t o u rnia
—

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cushi on caroms table ) , but r et ur ne d

m edal to d o nor .

a
April 6, 1 883 to expiration Jacob S chae fer .
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W on Chicago t du r na m e nt at 8 inc h balk line ,

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b eat G e o S lo s s o n in only match playe d fo r the

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emblem .

W
D ecemb er 8 1 888 t o December , 1 889 E ugene —
, ,

C arter o n shortstop c h a m p l o nsh i p Schaefer

.
,

and S lo ss o n barred tournament 1 4 inch bal k ,

-
‘

lin e .

D ecember , 1 889 t o January , 1 890 Frank C , .

Ives F orfeit o f E uge ne C arter , shortstop

.

championship .

January , 1 890, to March , 1 890 Fra nk Maggi —

oli Shor tstop champi onship forfeit from F C

. . .

Iv es ; beat W m H atl ey . .

March , 1 890, to expiration F C Ives Short —

. . .

stop champi onshi

p forfeit from F M a g g i o li .
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December 1 , 1 890, to March Ja c o b 1 9, 1 892 -

Schaefer Won challenge cup ( 1 4 inch balk lin e

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.

championsh ip ) fr o m G e o F S lo s so n ; beat C ar . .

ter .

February 1 6, 1 891 , to April 29, 1 891 E ugen e —

Carte r W on tournament fo r second shortstop

.

championship , Schaefer a nd S lo ss o n barred ; .

1 4 inch balk l ine

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.

April 29 1 891 , to e xpirati on Frank C Ive s

,
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. .

B ea t Carter fo r above championship .

March 1 9, 1 892 Frank c Ives W on chal — . .

le nge c u p (1 4 inch balk line championship ) f rom

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Jacob Schae fer beat G F S lo ss o n In 1 893the . . .

donors claime d th e cup , an d Ives r e lin q uishe d

it t o them .

F S lo s s o n
.

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1 8 inch balk lin e n o shot in anchor or balk

W
December 4 , 1 897 , to February 5 , 1 898— G e o
o n c hampionship tournament ,
—
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Feb ruary 5 , 1 898— J acob Schaefer B eat Geo

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F S lo ss o n
. .

W H A T H A S B E C O M E O F TH E
C H A M P I ON S ?
D udle y Kavanagh lives i n New Y ork C ity .

H e is connected with the B B C C o : .

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.

L ouis Fox is supposed to hav e committed s u i

cide at Rochester , N Y . .

J ohn Deery lives in New York C ity H e is a .

teach er o f billiards .

J oseph Dion h a s for fi ft e e n years been an ln

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mate o f a n asylum for t h e insan e H e i s no w .

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at Blackwell s Island , N Y , . .

J ohn M c D e v i t t w a s l ost in th e Chicago fire ,

October 9 1 87 1 , .

A P Rudolphe die d in Paris , France , 1 893

. . .
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Shortly b efore his death he ran 1 48 fr o m the ,

spot i n a g ame of 1 4 inch balk lin e wi t h F C

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. .

Ives .

Frank Parker live d in Chicago H e die d .

February 27 , 1 898 .

C yrille Dion is dead .

Maurice Daly lives in New Y ork C ity and

keeps a big billiard room -
.

Albert G arnier lives in Par i s , F r a nc e x H e is

sai d to be worth on e million franc s .

Maurice Vignaux li ves in Par i s, France O f

W
.

late he has be en t r o u ble d i t h rheumatism

V

W illiam Se xton lives in N e w Y or k C ity H e -

.
,

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is engag ed in t h e billiar d business .

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Jacob S chaefer makes his home i n C h i c a g o :

G eorge F S lo ss o n l ives in N e w Y ork C ity and
.

rivals Daly as a billiard room proprietor -

.

Frank C Ives lives in N e w Y ork C ity H e 1 8

. .

intereste d i n mining , bo okmaking ; an d a bi l

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liard ro om
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.

O f th e shortstop champ i ons , all a r e l iving in

th e U nited States e xcept E C arter , w h o , for
, . .

some ye ars abroad , no w calls Barcel ona , Spain ,

his home , and is there a sta r in the billiard
acade my .

T H E S T O R Y O F T H E C H A M P I ON
SHI P .

F OU R BALL -
.

D udley Kavana gh wh o in tournament wo n

‘

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the fir st billiard champi onship o f America , i s
still alive , a hal e and hearty gentleman , living
in New York C ity T h e youth of American bil
.

liards i s apparent when its histor y is Spanned

b y the li fe o f an in dividual o f sixty y ears o f
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pr i ze . T h e games were p laye d on a 6 x1 2 c a r 1 <

c m table with ,
balls , p ushing an d cr otc h ing
allowe d H er e Kavanagh mad e a gra nd aver
.

a single averag e o f 297A7 , an d a

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a g e of

high r u n o f 1 44 Philip T ieman , w h o took

. . .

secon d p rize , mad e a high r un o f 1 85 .

Although bi lli a r d i st s of the present scout th e f

i dea , it is barely p oss ible that p erfectio n o f ,

tools as well as m ethods o f play has be en i h

s t r u m e nt a l in developing billiard spe ed C er .

tain it is that Michael Phelan w a s a ma rv el o f

e a se and grace while e ng a ged at play , a nd h i s
styl e might be copie d t o advantag e b y th e
'

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p urely mechanical m ethodical sho rtstops o f

,

to day D udle y Kavanagh , i f aske d

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.

his stroke , can hit a ball as

B ut the expert o f 1 860 was
w h eele d su lky s o t o speak
, ,

amateur o f 1 898 w h o lispingly ,

g ame of Phelan (j ustly called

billiards spins h i s feeble e ifo r
ings . Four months only was K
lowe d to hol d t h e titl e u ndisputed .

reiter tackl ed him and w a s beaten

gam e t he champion scoring
, o n

age , with a high ru n o f 1 5 1 In A .

Kavanagh held the emblem against

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w h o score d to the winn e r s
/
fl
av e rage s a nd r u ns were below t h e
show that he was still the star , Mic
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o n th e night follo wing Kavanagh s victory over I

T ie m an beat the champi on ( push sh o t w a nd

,
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crot ch barred ) by to 965, the winn e r s a v
e rage b eing his high run 56 G oldthwait .

n ow playe d for the cha mp i on ship a n d m et d e

feat by Kavanagh slightly b e ttering
th e r ecord a s t o a v e ra g e with my T i em a n
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w a s ag ain defeated , this time easily , and G ol d

t hwait fell again Ma y 1 6 1 865 Kavan agh fo r .
, ,

fe lted the championship to L ouis F o x o f Roch

ester one o fth e contestants in t h e tournament
,

o f 1 863 T h e style o f game w as still t h e same

.
,

an d it may be as well to state that at this time

Maurice Dal y made his d ébut as a billia r dist in
a match fo r $ 50 a side , caroms an d hazards ,
playe d o n a 6 x1 2 four p ocket tabl e T w o w e ek s -
.

after F o x became champi on a n ew st a r a p

p e a r e d in the p erson o f J ohn M c D e v i t t , b o rn
an d bre d a H o osier .

T ieman and G o ldthwait were matche d fo r

a side but the former , ill of rheumatism ,
,

forfeited but made a m a tch fo r

. a sid e fo r
M c D e v i t t t o fill the date Playi ng in Cincin .

nati , M c D e v i t t w o n to an d e stab
l i sh e d a n ew record a s to average an d high r u n
—
22% a nd 267 , respectively T w o months the r e
-

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after J Dion also beat Kavanagh s record wit h
.

in a m a t c h w i t h Melvin Foster at M o ntreal

\
.

S eptember 7 t h o f the same year J ohn De ery , at

Rochester , N Y became champion by defeat
. .
,
’
ing L ouis Fox M c D e v i t t s recor d av erage w a s
.

no t beaten , but F o x made a re cord (27 6) for high

run T h e loser , some time after his def e at , w a s
.
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found de ad in the river and it h a s always been ,

claime d that , crazed by grie f, h e committe d

suicide .

In N ovember , 1 865 , Kavanagh an d th e F rench

man , Pierre C arme , introduced a ninn ovation
b y way o f a fi r st class match o n a table re d uce d
-

in size to 5 } § x1 1 , an d without p ockets T h e I

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push shot w as barred but c r o t c h i ng allowed , .

N e w York s a w Kavanagh the winn er , to

with an av e rage o f 25 and a high run o f
1 32 . Carme ran 1 7 8 ball s were used -
.
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In Jan uary 1 866, C arm e w a s matched to play

,

D eery for the championship b ut pai d forfeit , .

O n March 1 3t h Deery beat M c D e v i t t at C o oper

Institute New York , b y a score o f
, to
’
b ut the winner s average was only 1 0, his hi g h
r un 1 1 9 De ery lost th e champi onship to J .
.

D ion in the same hall a few we eks later , th e

C anadian av eraging 1 054
T h e disparity in the spee d of this contest an d
the on e which imm e diately followed may giv e ,

some id ea o f the crippling o f a c h a mpi o n b y

‘

putting pockets on a mat ch table J Dion beat . .

C arme 7 50 to 491 on a 5 % x1 1 carom table ,

“

balls push barred crotching allowed a v e r a g

, , ,

i ng 39, an d running 297 with the ba lls i n the

Dion October 5 t h at Montreal for the

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J .
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c hamp i onsh ip d e fe a t e d M c D e v i t t to t

the 1 6ser bre aking the high run record with 308 ,

while the winner set the n ew mark o f a 26

average O ctober 30t h at B oston M c D e v i t t ran
. , ,

409 in a match in w h i c h h e defeate d Goldthw ai t

’
.

M a y 27 1 867 E H N elms , champion o f P e nns yl

, , . .

vania ran 5 43 with 2% balls , on a 6 x1 2 carom

,

table , crotch barr ed push shot allowed , .

W h en June 1 0 1 867 , M c D e v i t t again essaye d

, ,

to w i n from J Dion th e championship Michael .

Phelan went to Montreal t o r efere e the game .

D ion w o n with a 1 9 average but beat a ll r e c o r d s ,

fo r high run , p utting together 61 6 in the crotch .

T h e inferior professionals no w g o t to playing

4 ball caroms on a 5 } § x1 1 four poc ket tab le ,
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push shot and crotch allowe d, an d on Octob er

2 l st , at Cincinnati, Melvin Foster made an aver a
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a g e o f 1 00 in a 300 point gam e and a gra nd

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a verage of 25 in p oints with a high r u n o f ,

1 94 . Peter Snyder ran 288 »

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1 06

and av eraged beating hi s m a n

t o 407 T h e fi rs t class play ers so on barred both
.
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crotch and p u sh J anuary 28, 1 869, at Montreal , .

Po f t h e B a ll s wh e n
s i t io n o ,

M DEVI TT ra n l4 s 8 wit h t he pu s h S ho t
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,

W
C u e Ba ll p u s h e d o n t wo Re d s z Th e n
o n Re d a nd hite .

No Ba ll wa s ev e r
o ut s id e o f Li ne o f
t h e S po t .

J Dion and Melvin Foster so engage d t o play

. .

p oints , four balls 5Vg xl ] .

carom tabl e ,

D ion w o n by 84 p oints , with an a v erage o f 36“ 1

and high run of 208 Foster ran 35 5 . .

N o w c am e t h e Irving H all ( N ew Y ork) to ur

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na m e nt for the champion s hip ( April 26 t o May

1 0, th e e mblem o f which , the famous
”
diamon d c u e , for seven y ears w a s f o ught for ,
fina lly in 1 87 6 becomi ng the p ersonal p rope rty
, ,

o f C yrille D ion T h e games were .

p oint s,
caroms playe d o h a 5 lé x1 1 fo u r p pc ke t table ,
,
\
r

2% balls push an d crotch barred

, Single .

c aroms c o u nt e d 3 p oints , doubl es 6 Neither p ,

.

J. Dion or J u o M c D e v i t t were eng

.
a .
ged A P . .

Rudolphe here mad e his first e ffort t o w in the

champ i o nship , an d H enry Rhines starte d for
the first t i me in fi r s t class c ompany -
.

J no D e er y was retur ned th e champion with

.

a high r u n o f 35 8 a nd gran d aver ag e o f ,

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Foster , in playing o ff th e tie for second mone y

( w on by R u dolphe ) ran 492 and made a single
, ,

average o f T h e da y following t h e tourna

ment G oldthwait , in a match with Mauric e
,

Dal y , on a x 1 1 carom table averaged 52 in

,

Deery beat Foster i na match fo r t h e dia

mond c u e o n an average o f 20 About this time
.

the 5 x 1 0 table b egan t o be use d by am ateurs .

Deery , in San Franci sco , January suc

’
c e ss fu ll y de fended the c u e against C yrille D ion ,

whom he beat by 1 1 p oints on a 1 5 average and

4
,

a m onth later rep eate d the dose , playing a

so mewhat better game .

A P R udolphe w o n the c u e from D eery a

. .

month thereafter , and in twelve days b eat the

ex champi on in a
-
match Rudolphe aver
.

age d 32} é an d ran 31 2 T h e Frenchman beat

.

C yrille Di dn a $ 500 match in N e w York C ity in

May foll ow ing , an d in October d efeate d e x
champi on J o e Dion , making an average o f
Frank Parker o f Chicago took the dia
mond cue a way from Rudolphe at B u ffalo J an
uary 1 1 , 1 87 1 , the winner s average bei n
’
g onl y
and high run 1 44 but C yrille D ion disp os
sesse d the Chica g oan o n April 26t h , averaging
In Jun e , Foster trie d unsuccessfull y to
beat C yrille Dion w h o t hen playe d a much
,
-

superior game t o that shown with Parker .

In the fall o f 1 87 2 D eery t i l ed for the diamond

o ne and faile d . T h e tenth match fo r the cham e

p i o nsh i p was signalized by the secon d disgrace

ful scen e kn own t o American championship
billiards as well as by the fact that for th e first
t ime a p r i ze fi g h t e r was selecte d as referee o f a
billiard ma t ch C yrille Dion an d Maurice Daly
.

contested in Irving H all , N e w Y ork C ity , a nd

J u o C H e enan w as the refer ee Budd S c o fi e ld
.
,
acti ng a s marker T h e latter w a s sa i d t o h a v e
.
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s

l
n eglec t ed to mark u p 1 5 points made by D al y, .

and wh en thi s player stood at 1 presumably

h av in g 1 0 to go , some par ti san shouted Dal y
i s out . Dion stood at 1 486 H e enan finally , .

decide d the game a draw an d a w e e k la t e r it

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,
.

w a s played over Dion W i nning,

to
It i s a certainty that H e enan under t h e rules a

w ould have be en j ustifie d in ordering D i o n t o

i
play on , after making o fficial ann o unceme nt th a t
the score stood to 1 as there is so m e o ld
ru le of b illiards which states that mistak es o n the
stri ng can not be r ectified af t er th e op pon e nt
’
h a s score d a p oint S c o fi e ld s ann
.

Daly , Dion , Dal y 1 S

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of the game , w a s entirely o u t of

ca used all the trouble T h e mar.

m ore to s a y about the game than

H e enan sh ould have reprimande d
ordere d th e game to procee d .

Mauric e Daly b ecam e champ

with high run o f 1 95 .

Garnier played th e t w el ft h m a t c h /

mond o ne and becam e the champi -

D al y 276 p o i n /
ts o n a average .

high run o f 249 Garni er , four

.

r esign ed the cue into the hands o f

lender th e don or , claimin g that
,

gam e o f billiards w a s n o l onger

nati onal g a m e i t having be en supe
,

3 ball game
-
. T h e cue reverte d to
he h a ving challenged the winn er 0
Daly match . I t s diamond tip w
unique in billiard embl ems .

fo r i t s p ossession w a s p la ye d
New Y ork , April 7 , 1 876, A .

th e challenger C Dion
. .
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Four b all Game

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x 1 1 table ,
balls , p ush an d crotch allowed .

( crotch ) , and average Made by

D evitt , in match with Goldthwait , at
January 8 1 868 , .

Four ball Game

-
x 1 1 carom ta
balls crotch allowed , push barred
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, .

Dion 297 ( crotch) Av erage 39949 (m

,

Car m e ) , New Y ork C ity , Ma y 24, 1 866 In mat ch .

for New York C ity Nov 4, 1 965 , u nd er , .

sa me c on diti o ns D u d le yK a v a na g h averaged 25 ,
, V

an d his opp onent , Pierre Car i ne , ran

Four ball Game
-
6x1 2 caro mtable
crotch barred , p ush allowed
—

Run 543, a nd .
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average E H N elms , Phil . .

May 27 , 1 867 .

Four ball Gam e

-
51 5 x 1 1 four p oc ,
-

2% balls , p u sh and crotc h allo w ed .

Pet er Sn yd er Average 1 00in 300 p o

.
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an d grand average o f
Melvin Foster B oth p erfor .

t ournament o f O ctob e r , 1 867 ,

_Fo ur ball
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Game 5 } é x 1 1 carom tabl e
—
2% l
,
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balls , push and crotch barre d Run 3 55 , Melvin .

Foster Av e rag e
.
J o s D ion match .
,

p oints , M ontr eal , January 28 1 869 , .

Fo ur ball Gam e
-
5} é x1 1 carom table , —

balls p ush and crotch barred n ew style Count ,

, .

single caroms 3, do ubl es 6 Run 21 9, and aver L

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ag e Mad e b y m G oldthwait in match .

with M Daly N e w York C ity , M a y 1 1 , 1 869

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Four ball Game

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5 }§x1 1 four pocket t a ble ,
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2% ball s, p ush an d crotch barred , single caroms

c ounte d 3, doubles 6 Run 358, J no D eery , tour . .

na m e nt instituting cha m pi onsh i p , represented

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b y diamond c u e Ne w York C ity April 1 869 , , ,

.

A verage C yri lle Dion , N ew York, April

 1 1 1

in last match fo r diamond cue Melvin

7 , 1 87 6, ,
.

Foster in play o ffwith P S nyd e r , M a y1 2, 1 869, ran

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492, and C Dion in match Nov 29, 1 87 2 ran 321

.
, .
,
.

Four ball G ame 5 x 1 0 carom t able 23

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1; balls , ,

push an d c ro t ch barred Run 534, an d average .

Made in p o int match with J ohn B es

-

sunger , Chicago S ept 9, 1 87 3 by Ge o F S lo s s o n

, .
, . . .

Irvin g H all , N e w York , J un e 1 to

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500 p oints , 2% balls , 6 x1 2 4 pocket t able , p ush -

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mone y prizes to the amount o f g ames ,

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Th e tie w a s played o ff
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D erry fir t prize and c u e ; A KP

J no . s , , .

Rudolphe , second prize $ 625 ; M elvin Foster ,

third pri ze , $ 47 5 ; P Snyder , fourth pri ze , $ 275 .

H Rhines , fifth pri ze , $ 1 25

. .

NOT E B est average mean s best winning

.

av erage .
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on less than a 3 averag e , and r an 40 ; a nd later

“
the same player beat J Dio n, 300 t o 296, on less . .

than a 2 average B est run by winn er 21 ; loser , i .

,
.

11. T h e last mentioned games were playe d on -

,

a 5 } 4 x1 1 carom table ; but in April , D e ery

'

and Foster met on a fou r p ocket table a nd th e

'

latter again w o n, with a 24’

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5 average W ith like .

t o ols C Dion b eat J ohn M c D e v i t t , 300 to 299;

.

average , 2 E d Dani els b eat M elvin Foster . .

with a
John W
a v erage and a hi g h r un o f
C oon ,beat F rank Parker 1 point in
.

5 00, playe d on a 5} 4 x1 1 ca rom tabl e( Chicago ,

April 25 , T h e winn er average d an d 1

1
ran 24 In Ja nuary , 1 87 1 , Rud olph e b eat Gar
.

nie r x 1 1 table ) , 600to 420, av erage d a nd

ran 7 2 Y et in April , at San Francisco , Ru

.
, .

fell b efore J Dion , who av erage d 4% o na 5 x1 0

“

table T h e latte r ran 1 07 and averag e d nearly

.

9 at N e w Orlea ns b e fore the year w a s o u t b u t

'

on what size table i s n ot know n; an d Garni er

averaged 1 014 in a gam e with Daly at T itusville ,
P a , D ecemb er 7 t h
. Most likely a small tab le .

w a s u sed .

C D ion b egan the season of 1 87 2 with a run

.

of 1 09, made on a 5 x 1 0 table in New Yo rk In .

the fall Dal y beat D eery on a 5 x 1 0, two match es

o f 500 and 600 respectively , and made a grand

average of n early 634 , with high r uns o f 54 ’

an d 5 9 .

In 1 87 3 F ra nc m s U b a s s y ran 83 an d averaged
1 6 in 300 in a game w ith H enry Miller at N ew
Orleans , a nd again on a 5 x 1 0 made an average
7 in 300
o f 1 2474 ,
.

’
J un e 1 2, 1 87 3, U b a ssy at Chicago made 800
‘

p oints in a match with J ohn B éss u ng e r on a

1 7 % a v e r a g e a n d ran 1 1 6 (5 x1 0 table ) '
.

T h e first tournament in America at the 3 ball -

 1 15

game fo r the championship of the world w a s

held i n New Y ork City in Jun e , 1 87 3, an d
played on a 5 x 1 0 table T here starte d Alb ert .

Garnier , C Dion , an d M Daly (the thr ee tie d

. .
,

fo r first mone y with 4 winning an d 1 l osing

game ) , U b a ss y, J D i on and J D eery Garni er
.
,
. . .

w o n the play o ff a nd C Dion g o t secon d

-
.

" ’
m oney T h e w i nne r S b e st run w a s 1 1 3, h is
'

best averag e in 7 games 1 2, but U b as s y made a

singl e av erage o f O c t 9 1 87 3,
s a w the first .
,
-

meeting o f S lo s s o n and Schaefer A t I nd i a na p .

olis , I nd , th e former won , 500 t o 321 , a nd aver

age d Schae fer made th e high run , 45 .

’
N ovember 8th , at Chicago , S lo ss c m, averaging
594 , beat M Daly , w h o concede d him 1 00 in 600,
.

by 7 p oints .

November 1 0t h _b e g a n the Chicago tou rnament ,

having all the starters o f i t s N e w York prede

cessor e xcept D e ery , with S lo s s o n, B e s su ng e r ,
‘

an d P Sn yder added
. Garni er an d U b a s sy .

t i e d fo r first prize , th e former winning th e

p lay-
o f
f C Di .o n was third
. and Daly fourth .

Garni er had best single average , an d

best gran d average , 91 671 5 M Daly had high . .

’
run , 1 53 whil e J Dion s 1 24 was the only othe r
, .

century .

In Decemb er Garnier held the cup from C

, .

'

Dion b y 600t o 480, av eraging 1 0 and running 68 .

T h e champion , i n January , 1 87 4, beat U b a s s y

600 to 460, averaging 8 with high run o f1 08 , .

March 1 2, 1 87 4, R udolph e , at New Orleans ,

beat S lo s s o n 400 t o 227 o n a x 9 t able , av e ra g
ing S lo s s o n ran 1 06 .

April 3d , Garni er successfull y defende d th e

cup against M Daly , 600 to 380, av eraging
.

with high run of 7 5 .

T h e National Billiard tournament ( N ew

 1 1 6

Y ork , November for in prize s and

an emble m was contested by M Vignau x ( h i s

W
, .

fi r st appearance in Am erica) , Garnier Daly ,

,
,
’

J D i o n C Di on , Rudolphe , U b a ss y,
.
, . e sson ,
and Daniels V ignaux w o n, l osing only one .

game with a grand average of

, an d a h igh
ru n o f 1 5 9
'
Garni er and D a ly d i v i d e d se co nd
.

a nd third m on e y Vignaux received and .

U b ass y and S lo s s o n (tied for s ixth an d se ve nth)

’
were paid $ 1 22 each Garni er s g rand average .

w a s 1 1 8, 1 9 J D i on wh o got fourth mone y , had

. .
,

a h i g h e r grand a v erage than Vignaux , and r a n

,

1 90 E d Dani els , w h o had a clean score of lo s

. .

i ng games , made the highest run 249 Daly ;

'

'

,
.

March 3d o f the same year , in a match with

C yrille Dion had r un 21 2, but in the above tour ,

na m e nt S lo s s o n tied it , while , b e sides Daniels ,

Ru dolphe , U b a ss y an d C Di on beat it , .

Rudolphe beat Garni er for the challenge c u p

D ecember l ot h , a nd becam e the champ i on o f
“ /

’
the world technically T h e winner s averag e .

was h is best run 1 61 0 11 Dece mber 3ot h .

Vig naux wo n a match from J Dion , and ran .

’
1 92 i O n W ashing t on s Birthday , 1 87 5 , V i gna u x
‘

’
de feate d Rudolph e for t h e world s champ i on
ship ( challenge c u p) and the follow i ng night ,

s ucces sfully h eld against the sam e p la ye r t h e

champion m e dal w o n i n the tourna m ent o f

N ovember , 187 4 I nthe second game the double .

head ed champion m ade a n e w rec o r d fo r 600

,

p oint match o f a "

avera g e V ignaux for .

fe i t e d th e medal emblematic o f American cha m

p i o nsh i p to Garnier April 26th , an d two days
later the pair played a match for $500 a side ,

Garnier winn ing 600 to 25 8 on a 1 3 average .

T h e meda l held by Garnier was by him for

fe lte d to M Daly J une 1 2th . .
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billiardis t H e w o n firs t money , losing on e
.

game o ut o f nine ; made a single average o f 60

( 300 point game ), a gran d average o f 1 41 31
71 8,
and a high run of 287 i h t h e three parti culars —

b eating all records Garnier w as second , S lo s .

s o n third , J Dion fourth , Daly fifth

. Rudol phe , .

B e s su ng e r , C Dion , Louis Shaw , an d Mel vin

.

Foster also starte d .

T h e C entennial tournament is the o ne o f

which it i s s a i d t h a t Jacob Schae fe r was nu
‘

fairly barre d out .

Rudolphe woke up after a sleep of some

“ ”

years and aston ished everybody when , o nJu ne ’

1 6t h , he w o n the Irving H all ( N e w Y ork) tou rna

ment from S exton , Garn i er , an d S lo s so n w h o ~

finished as named T h ere were two ti es in the .

tournament prop er S exton and Rudolph e for —

first , S lo ss o n and Garnier for third .

Rudolphe s grand av erage fo r the four ga mes

’

’
beat th e record , an d S lo ss o n s r u n o f 31 1
( play o ff with Garnie r , which game he l ost) s e t
-

a n e w mark .

September 6t h , at C h 1 c a g o S lo ss o n beat S ex ,

ton a t the Brun swick Billiard room , to 5 93 -

'

(two nights) , a nd m a d e a grand average o f 27 .

J. D ion ,
for the first time , be came champion
at the 3 ball game , November l 6t h, through
-

his defeat o f Garni er T h e average was only .

,

T .
J . Gallagher , a shortstop , had , a month
p re v 1 o, averaged 1 7 in a match fo r the Ohi o
us

championship , pla y ed with E ugen e C arter .

T h e T amman y H all ( N Y ) tournament o f . .

N ovembe r20, 1 87 6, for mone y prizes was playe d ,

with balls T his sa w the debut o f Jacob

.

Schaefer Oth er contestants were : J o s Dion ,

. .

wh o won first prize ; R u d o lphe seco nd prize ; ,

 , 1 19

third prize (he with J Dion an d

S lo s s o n, .

Rudolphe , w a s tied fo r first m one y , but w a s

force d to leave for New Orleans ) ; A lbert Gar
nier , fourt h prize ; Maurice Da l y , and C yrille
Dio n Schae fer w o n 2 and l ost 4 games h i s
.
,

general average b eing 7 3/5 ; best single average ,

l 2}é; high run 1 55 , .

J anuary 5 , 1 87 7 , S exton and S lo s s o n played a

thre e night match ( 600 each night) at N e w
-

Orleans S exton w on
. to 976, averaging
with a record breaking run o f41 7
-
.

May 31 , 1 87 7 at T ammany H all Sexton

‘

g o t the American championship from J Dion .

by averaging 1 2, with high run of 247 Dion .

-

m ad e442 p oints .

Vignaux , at Paris France , in D ecember , ,

averaged 20, and ran 231 in points , ten

night match with Piot who heade d his man ,

the fi 1 st and fifth nights .

E ugen e Mangin , at Par i s , France , made a .

run o f 31 7 in a match J anuary 2, 1 87 8 Se xton , .

at New Orl eans February 5 t h , averaged 27 % in

,

point match with J Dion ; high run , 228, by

-
.

th e winner , S exton
‘

o :
v

2 .

Rai l N uirse
’
S c ha e fe r s .

Th e handicap billiard tournament at Mus ,

’
sey s Billiard room , St Louis , M o , March 2l st
-
. .

to 28t h , gave J a cob Schae fer t o the worl d a s a

 S c hae fe r s Ra i l N u rse

p hen omenon
, as he tying
, C D ion fo r
. .

pr i ze beat him i n the play o fi and -

,
’
g ame with 429, beat S exton s Ne w 0
,

r ecord for high run Schae fer als

’
S exton s record for best single avera
 1 22
C

V ignaux had the challenge c u p

a nd no w there w a s in America no e

the championship .

H itherto the championship , as other tourna

m ents held in the E ast , had b een promulgate d
a nd sustained b y E astern manufacturers ; b ut

in January 1 87 9, the W e stern h ouse o f Br u ns

,

w ick B alke g o t a fo othol d in N e w Y or k C ity

a nd advertise d i n prize s and a c t

e mblem fo r th e championshi p, to b e h e ld t wo «
«

y ears before beco m ing p ersonal property And

m
.

here is where J acob Schaefer beca e the

American champion the wizard
,
going
t hrough without a ski p with seven W i nning
an d n o losing games Hi s gran d
.

a fracti on over 28, his best single

h is high run 37 6 S lo s s o n, w h o
.

m on e y , broke th e American
runs with 464, a nd also the re
a v erage with S e xton was
fourth G arnier , Gallagher
. R u d o lp ,

H eiser were t h e other contestants .

f
The o ld W
a
y

P la
y i n
g The Ra i I .

May 1 5 t h , Cha mpion Schaefer knocke d a ll r e c l

’
o rds cold , when in Chicago ( M c C o r m i c k s H all )

he scored p oints (5 690 305) i n three i n

, ,

h ings leaving S lo s s o n at 44
,
T h e ch a mpionship
.

e mblem given b y Brun swick Balke w a s

n ever again playe d fo r , and since has at o ne ,
 1 23
’
time o r another adorne d the shelf i n Schaefer
, 3

seve ral billiard rooms .

A P Rudolphe seemed t o have fo r the last

. .

“ ”
time lost hi s gri p, and afte r losing matches ,

fo r his o w n mone ywith the shortstops C ar

'

ter a nd Morris , his defeat b y H eiser filled the

cup ; and he le ft America forever .

April 1 0 1 880 V igna u x , following the lead of

, ,

Schaefer , killed three ball billiards (now calle d -

straight r ail ) in France , when , in a match -

with S lo s s o n ( five nights 800 e a c h n i g h t ) , he ,

w o n with a naverage of 80 and showe d a high ,

S lo ss o ns total was
’
run o f and h i s
high run (made in o ne ni gh t )
W
x

Amateur ayman C M c C r e e r y of St Lo uis . .

,

during the week of May 1 st scored p oints ,

at a 21 } é average with a high run o f 241 but , ,

was beaten by Lo n Morris , the sho rtstop pr o fe s

s i o na l , the winne r making ( fi v e nights ,

bl ocks o f 600 points) .

October 25 t h , at the Grand C a fe, Paris , France,

A P Rudolphe came to himself and b eat
. .
,

L ucien Piot 600 to 530 with a 23 average , .

“ ”
Straight rail , thought to b e dead t h e world
over again came to life through the m arvel ou s
,

work o f H arvey M c K e nna , who , in Cl e v eland ,

May 1 2 and 1 3, 1 885 , was b eaten on a 26 average
i n a two nights match
’
-
each night) b y E u -

gen e Carter M c K e nna had shown great sp e ed

.

’
in practice , and often ran Carter s backer ,
G e o Fo rbes the Canadian s printer a nd h c r s e
'

~
.
,

man w o n in the n eighborhood of

, o n the

match M c K e nna was beaten at San Francisco

.

b y L o n Morris but ran over at a singl e

,

break o n a 4} § x9 tabl e B ets were declared o ff

’

b y the referee B en S a ylo r , .

At Bumstead H all B oston , ,

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21 and 22 1 887 , M c K e nna , 1 11 a

'

. point e xh i b i -

tion game with Fred E ames made runs of ,

and an d average d 41 6 3 /
In 1 889 C atton matched M c K e nna against ;

Jacob Schaefer for $ 2, 500 a sid e and the game ,

w a s t o have taken plac e i n N ovember Sch ae .

’
fer s wife dying , his back er pai d $ 500 for a '

postponement to the foll owing January B e .

fi ~

fore t h e date s e t M c K e nna was dead of con 1 -

“ K

sumption .

T h e last prominent match at straight 112 1 1 was 1

that of Schaefer vs M c C le e r y, San .

Ma y 29, 30, 31 , 1 890, the wi zard

the odds o f disco unt on a 4} é x9 table ,
’
side Schaefer s score 0, 4, 0,
. M c C le e r y
m ade a total of 1 5 .

F C Ives , then the cham p io n shortstop ;

. .

w a s wi th Schaefer on his W estern trip : H e at

once o ffered M c C le e r y
'

in for $ 5 00 a
si de , and the other accepting it w a s p u rposed t o
play in blocks of
‘
H owever , as Sc haefer
an d Ives th ought ill o f canceling an overlooke d
d ate at L o s Angeles , Ives agre ed t o play the
3, 000 straight away Ives ran 982 the first .

inning T h e r u n / w a s stopped b y the most

.

p eculiar decision ever given in a billiard m a t ch .

'

T h e re feree was a San Francisco n ewspaper

man W hen at 982 the balls froze Ives cou n
. te d .

from spot M c C le e r y claime d foul saying that

.
,

Ive s had shot from outside the string Th e .

claim was allowed Ives then followe d with

“

7 40 an d 1 36 making a total o f ,
i n th re e
in nin g s M c C le e r y now came i n with 7 1 7 and
.
~ '

51 3 in t w o innings) , but w a s beaten in the

sevente enth inning by a score o f
’
Ives runni ng the game out w ith 298 W inner s .

’
average loser s ,
,
 M Dal y ( match with c y ri ne
'

March 3 , .

Dion ) ran 21 2 .

T hre e ba ll rail play improve d N e w Y ork ,

- — —

N ovember 4 t o 1 3, 1 87 4, tou r nament wo n b y M

“
'

.
,

Vignaux ; E d Daniels ran 249 and A G a rn i er . .

had a g rand a v erage o f

T hr ee ball b efore rail play was a d v a nce d b y
- —

W illi am S exton Amer i can match re cor d ~ —

French record both held b yM .

V i gna u x , S ext o n also having match av e ra ge o f

T h e latter p erf o rmance w a s m a de
’
again st S lo ss o n ; V i g na u x s like p er formance
'

a g ainst Rudolphe T h e French m ark w a s s e t .

i n gam e at Paris with S exton .

T hree ball 1 ail as played b y S exton a nd

—

S lo ss o n S e xton , in C entennial
—

Philadelphia , 1 87 6, 1 a n 28 7 , an d
average o f 60 (300 p o i nt game ) an d -

S los s o n
”

ag e o f ra n 31 1 ,

J un e 1 6, 1 87 6, and i n the s ame t

Rudolphe , the winn er , had gran d

T hre e stage as above N e w

ball —

v e m b e r 20 t o 28 1 87 6 tournament p , ,

ball s , 5 x 1 0 table ( d ébut o f J

'

A P Rudolph e mad e singl e av era

. .

J D ion a gran d average of

.

o f 1 95 .

’
T hr e e ball S exton s impro v ed
-

Orleans Januar y5 , 1 87 7 , Sexton ran

,

ary 5 t h h e averaged 1 11 p oi
’
T hre e ball Schae fer s running r —
’
-

Louis , March 21 to 28, 1 87 8, the M usse y t o ur na i

~
-

m ent J ac o b Schaefer , sin g le av erage o f 333g :

.

grand average high run 429 .

’
T hre e ball Sc ha efer s rail imp
‘
- —
,

cago , M ay 1 5 , 1 87 9, Jacob S chaefer ,

 1 27

championship with G F S lo ss o n finished . .

,

points in thre e innings ( 5 , 690 ,

’
T hree ball Schaefer s style
- —
Paris , Fran ce , —

April 1 0 1 880, Vignaux made an 80 average in

,

point match with S lo s s o n, an d ran

-

S lo ss o n ran ( o ne n i g h t ) .

’
T hree ball Schaefer s styl e B oston , Decem
- — —

ber 21 , 1 887 , H J M c K e n na made an average

. .

of 41 6% i n p oints a nd ran an d 2 ,

T hree ball perfection of the rail by J S o hae

- —
.

fer San Franc isc o May 29, 30,

—
the, .

wizard ran o n a 4} § x9 table M atch at .

discount with M c C le e ry .

T hree ball as above Sa n Francisco , Jun e ,

- — —

F C I v e s , t h e n th e cham pion sho rtstop

'

. .
,

e p oints in on e night ( match with

le ery ) in s eventeen m nm g s ; 41 5 x 9 table .

New York City , June 23 to 30,

r na m e nt i n America at 3 ball -

m p i o nsh i p of the world“

x1 0
’
—
5 table (carom) , balls Games, 300 .

points . Challenge cu p .

A G arnier
.

M Daly .

C yrill e Dion
F U b a ssy
.

D ion
De ery

tie w as playe d o ff ( B est average c f first

Th e .

thre e players made in seven games ) .

Garnier w o n first prize , C D ion second and .

Daly third .
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Kingsbury H all , Chicago , N ovember 1 0 to 21 ,

1 87 3 tournament for mon ey prizes , valu e $31
-

game s , 400 points ; challe nge c u p rules -

.

A Garn 1 er
.

M Daly .

J Dion
.

G eorge F S lo s s o n .

J. B e s s u ng
P Snyder
.

F U b a ss y
.

Garnier beat U b a ss y i np lay o ff fo -

an d Daly b e a t J Dion i n p lay o ff ~

.
-

prize .

B oston , March 9 to 1 3 1 87 4
,
—
three
5 x 1 0 table prizes , — and gold
point games .

A . Garnier
C . Dion
J. Di on J

F . U b a ss y
M Dal y .

A Garni er w o n first prize $ 600;

.
,

secon d $ 400 ; J Dion , third $ 300;

, .
,

fourth , $ 250 ; M Daly , fifth , $ 1 5 0 . .

T ammany H all , Ne w Y ork City ,

No
to 1 3 1 87 4 nati onal billiard
,
—
to
 1 30 °

H orticul t ural H all ,

27 , 1 87 6 —
the C entenni
prizes . Coll

W illiam S exton
A Garnier
.

Ge orge F S lo s s o n .

Mauri ce Daly
J oseph Di on
A P Rudolphe
. .

J ohn B e ss u ng e r
C Di on
.

L ouis Shaw
M Foster
.

S exton , first prize ,

prize ,S lo s s o n , third p
fourth prize $ 600 Daly , fi ft h pri ze
, ,

T h e thr e e han ded ti e (J Dion M D

-
, .

A P Rudolphe ) w a s played o ff in Ne
.

J un e 5 t h , 6t h and 7 t h ,
.

Irving H all N e w Y ork C ity , June 8 t ,

—
tournam ent fo r prize s aggregat
chall enge cup rules -
.

W
A P R udolph e
. .

m S exton
A Garni er
.
.

George F S lo ss o n .

Rudolphe beat Sexton in play o ff, averaging

25 w i th hi g h run o f 1 27
, .

Garni er beat S lo s s o n in play o fi fo r third -

m one y , but S lo sso n b e at all records with high

run o f 31 1 .
 1 31

ny H all ,
New York C ity November ‘

7 6 tournament for
—
prize money ,
games ; 5 x 1 0 table balls ; rules ,

na m e nt .

S lo s so n
W
took third prize no t taking part in
play o ff, which a s w o n 600 to 381 by J D i on ,
with an average of 1 1 771 3, and high run o f 1 25 3
,
,

, .

Garnier w o n fourth pr i ze J Dion w o n sp ecial . .

pr i ze ( billiard table ) fo r grand a v e r a g e -

.

St Char les Rotunda , New Orleans , January

.

1 0 to 1 9, 1 87 8 tourna ment fo r —
in prizes ;
5 x 1 0 table , 2% balls .

M
a
g
“
m g
o y
/
mw
W illiam S exton
Ge orge F S l o ss o n .
3O

A P Rudolphe
. . 24
Mauric e Daly H . 20
C . D I Oll ’
.
‘
19

beat Ru dolphe in play

S lo sso n -
o ff, an d Daly
beat Dion in play o ff .
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M u s se
’
y s B illia rd ro om , St L ouis , -
.

in money prizes handi —

ment . Scratch men to play 600 p oints .

Jacob Schaefer
D i on
. - Scr .

G e o rg e F . S lo s s o n Scr .

T J
. .

W C Mc c reery
. . - 480

Schae fer b eat Dion i h play o ff and there °

-

mad e a n ew record (429) fo r high run S lo s s o n -

.

w o n third and Gallagher fourth mone y S lo sw .

son beat Schaefer Schaefer b eat C Di on , , .

“

M c C r e e r y beat S lo s so n, G allagher beat M c

C re ery .

C oop er U n i on , New Y ork , January 20 t o Feb

r u a r y 1 0, 1 87 9 tournam ent for c h a lle ng f
e em
‘

blem of champ ionship and mone y pri zes of

J M Brunswick Balke C o . . .

Jacob Schaefer
Ge orge F S lo ss o n .

W illiam Sexton
Mauri c e Daly
A Garni er
. L . .

T .Gallagher
.

A Rudolph e
. .

J R H eiser
. .

Se xton b eat Daly in the play o ff Jaco b -

.

Schae fe r won $ 1 000 G eorge F S lo ssOn $ 600,

.
, ,
.

W illiam S e xton $ 300, Maurice Dal y $ 200 .

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April 22d S exton tried ag a in an d was beat en ,

600 to 523, in a p oor game June 1 9th S lo ss o n
,
.

be at S chaefer for th e championship , 600 to 47 0,

'

averaging 30, with high run of 236 S lo sso n

.
.

again b eat Schaefer October 4t h , 600 to 43 8;

average , Schaefer beat the record with a
run o f 31 2 .

Decemb er 20t h t o 24t h found S lo s so n in Paris ,

’
France , where , in a fi v e nights match , t h e ,
-

Frenchman b eat him , t o 2, 961 T h e wi nn er ~

.

average d and ran 21 4 S lo s s o n ran 27 3 . .

At th e Academy of Music , New York C ity ,

April 1 1 t o 1 5 , 1 881 w a s playe d the.
point -

match b etwe en Schaefer and S lo ss o n ; blocks

o f 800 points Schaefer w on
. to aver ,

aging high run , 342 S lo sso n ran .

S lo s s o n made the greater number o f points on e

night only ; then h e average d 7 6 S lo sso n was .

the favorite , to $ 800, b efore the match ,

an d Richard Roche , w h o h a d to bet on '

S chae fer , w a s “
kept o ff b y an unfort unate
”

practice gam e .

S lo s s o n tackled Vigna ux again a t th e Grand

H otel , Par i s January 30 t o Febru a ry
,

T h e match w a s fo r a side , l 4 x28 lines on

a 5 x1 0 table , 2% balls ; and fo r the first an d
only time since Vignaux became champion of
,

France did h e then su ffer defeat in a match at

ball to ball billiards in his o w n co u ntry Sl c s
- -
.

s o n, Vignaux w a s th e final score

, .

’
T h e winner average d 37 7 7, 9 , w hile the loser s
av erage was wi thin a small f ra cti on of
'

’
Schaefer s American r ecord B oth player s beat .

th e record fo r high run Vignaux with 394, —

S lo s s o n with 398 .

In a match with E d M c L a u g h li n, February .

1 4, 1 884, Randolph H eiser made a n ew Ameri

 1 35

can record , with game w a s 600 points ,

35 1 . Th e
and M c L a u g h li n w o n, with an average of
I
1 5 1 5
1 /
9 T his
. is the game where Captain A nson ,

as umpire fo r M c L a u g hli n, greatly assiste d hi s

‘

man
S lo s s o n beat Schaefe r at Chicago May 31 , ,

1 884 by a score o f 800 t o 65 7

, T h e line s were .

’
extended t o 1 8 x38 W inner s average ,
.

S ldss o n ran 236; Schaefer 98 T h e last time t h e

“
Tu r nm g t he C o r ne r

a t t he
C ha mpio n s Ga m e
’

S C HA E F ER
fina lly t u rne d a t 1 4 x28 Line s

W
in t wo Sho t s .

I n 1 890 t h e i z a rd ra c t i c e d
p
t h e C h a m io ns G m
p a e a nd
“
re a c h i ng A wen1 Th ro °
u
g h
so ru n ni n o u i n
g a
y
'

re a s o na bl e Le n t h
g
o fG ame o n End Rai l .

A
’
champion s gam e w a s played was January 5 ,

s o n , 5 89
’
W
1 885 ( Chicago) , 20x40 lines
i nner s average ,
S lo s s o n ran 97
.
Schaefer , 800 Sl c s
high run , 7 8
.

Th e championship emblem b e
.

ic a m e the p ersonal pro perty o f G e o F S lo ss o n . . .

In the year 1 891 Jacob Schaefer for a time

’
.practice d the Cham pion s game as an amuse
'

ment H e soon l earne d t o turn the balls o n th e

.

end rail to such perfecti on that he c ould run

them either way along th e rail as long as he
d esire d and , seeing that fi rst class men coul d
,
-
w

tm a st e r the ga me s o as t o produce th e mon oton y

'

o f Straight rail , abandoned it forever /

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B E S T R E C O RD S .

’
Champion s G ame 1 4 x 28 lines N ew York ,
November 1 1 t o 24, 1 87 9 T o urnament fo r c h a m J
.
‘

p i o nsh i p an d in prizes Sexton w o n, .

S lo ss o n second , Schaefer third T h e winner . .

had b e st singl e average S lo s s o n b est

,

grand a v erage , Garnier high run 1 47 , .

Champion s Gam e 1 4 x28 N e w Y or k J an

’ —
,
- a

uary 1 0 1 880 S c h aefer beat S e xton fo r cham

,
.

p i o nsh i p 600 to 585 , averaging

~
with h i gh
r un o f 1 65 ; S lo ss o n ran 1 5 1 .

’
Champion s Game 1 4 x 28 New Y ork , J u n e
1 9 1 880 S lo s s o n beat Schaefer fo r the cham
, .

p i o ns h i p 600 t o 470, ave ra ging 30 with h igh ru n ,

o f 236
.

1
’
Champion s Gam e 1 4 x 28 New Y or k, Octo —

ber 4, S lo ss o n holding emblem from

'

’
S c haefer , average d T h e loser beat the
r ecord fo r high r un with 31 2 Score , 600 to 438
. .

’
Champio n s G ame 1 4 x 28 Paris , France ,
D e cemb er 20 to 24, 1 880 V ignaux beat S lo s
.

’
so n to W in ner s average , 297 34 00 ;
high run , 21 4; l oser s ,’

Ch ampion s Game 1 4 x 28 N ew Yor k, A c a d e

’ — —

e m y o f Music , April 1 1 t o 1 5 , 1 881 Sc h ae fer .

b eat S lo s s o n to av eraging 326 1 4 2 3;

high run 342, by Schaefer ; S lo ss o n ran 252
, .

’
Champion s Game 1 4 x28
—
P aris , France ,
J anuary 30 to February 3, 1 882 S lo s s o n .

V ignaux all re cords beaten : W inner s ‘

av erage h i gh run , by S lo ss o n, 398; b y

V ignaux , 394 .

’
Champion s Game 1 4 x 28 New Y ork C ity ,

February 1 4 1 884 Randolph H eiser be a t Ameri

,
.

can record for high run with 35 1 .

’
Champion s Game 1 8 x38 Chicago , May 31 ,
—
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H all tourname nt o f November , 1 87 6 had be @ ,

taken under the wing o f D a vid T e nny P u lsi ffi

’
x ~

( since renowned on the turf as t h e owne r tiff

’
S alvator s only rival , th e swayback T enny ) , .

w h o in his youth w a s a billiardist o f no te In

compan y with Pulsifer Schaefer star re d the ,
'

N e w E ngland t owns an d rapidly solidified the ,

principles of his gam e S chaefer discou n

"
)
te d .

Flack 300 points , and whe n his man had o ne

p oint to g o , the wizard finishe d the g ame with a
run of 35 giving to the billia rd world the first
,

illustration of that won derful r eserve p ower

which S ince has o ften sto od him S O muc in
h
han d In Februar y 1 881 at C oop e r Union N e w
.
, , ,

Y ork C ity , S e xton and Schaefer m et, the latter

’

winning 400 t o 396 with an a v erage o f ,

as ,
,

against the 2% o f the Flack game Schaefer .

ran 26; Sexton 21 February 26t h the.

again and t his tim e Sexton won b ya

,

400t o 363, averaging

'

T h e conditi ons of both matches were ne w , th e

winner taking all and th e los er paying exp enses , 3 |
Richard Roch e , a wealthy S p orting man , b eing ’

“
behin d Schaefe r w i sh i ng t o make a gamble
,

o f everythi n
l

g At Paris , France J une 26t h , l

.
,

V ignaux an d G a rni e r b e a t Piot an d S lo ss o n a /

four hande d match

-
V ignaux made a high ? .

run O f 25 .

T h e Roche tournament in prizes giv e n

by Richard Roche ) w a s played a t T ammany
H al l, N e w Y ork , Novemb er 1 4 to
J oseph D ion won first prize ; Jacob Schae fer ,
secon d ; G F Slo s s o n, third ; Al o nzo M orris
. .

fourth , and T o m W allace , fifth M Dal y T J

Gallagher , E ugene C arter ,
H eiser also started
m Sexton , and R
J os Di on b eat all re c ords
. .
W
.

.
.
, . .

with a run O f 44, while his grand average of

 1 39

was the best S chaefer made the best .

single average 654 ,

.

T his w a s probably the big g est betting tour

na m e nt e ver held T here were several books .

made , and S chae fer at evens carrie d a great

S C HA E F E RS
Co r ne r N u rs e
C u s hio n Ca rr o m s

n a
'

C a r ro m
-
Ta ble

c
HAT L E Y s
Ki s s Nu rs e
‘

a i C us hi o nC a rro ms .

C AR T E RS
Ru b Nu rs e

at C us hio n C a rro m s .

’ “
deal hi s backer s money Dion made a .

swe ep for the books , as he stood unbacked at

15 to 1 .

In the game that H eiser beat S lo ss o n, M c

Cloud , the bookmaker , when S lo ss o n had 55 t o
’
go t o the other s 1 05 bet $ 500 to $ 20 against ,

H eiser Schae f
. er , for his final game with D io n ,
 1 40

w a s always $ 1 00 to $ 40, an d with six

score was tie d D ion then ran out . .

had to win five straight ga m es to fin

and did it Maurice Dal y w o n his
.

games an d then l ost t h e other five .

cushion caroms w a s seen to be the

tain of games , an d then an d there
medium o f higher gambling than ever
or since has b een known u p o n a billiard
Al Smith , Chas Davis , Davy Johnson , an
.

Childs co uld any day be seen playing 50

up for from $ 1 00 to $ 1 , 000a side T h e third .

( Schaefer Sexton ) came on

-

T ammany H all was packed as n ev er b efore .

S exton receive d larger gate mone y than an y

b illiardist before or S ince and in proporti on to ; , “

the general betting w a s the wager of Of ,

Richard Roche on his man Schaefer S exton .

,

when 60 p oints behind made the

,

,
to 1 - -

chance r un of 7 7 , and eventually w o n th e game

’
b y 24 p oints Schaefer s b est run w a s 23 T h e
. .

’
winne r s a v erage was S chae fer
trained A few weeks befo
.

shown an av erage of 8 in p
50 to 7 5 frequentl y I .

S exton again b eat S

a v erage of and high fu n of
'

two matches were e ach fo r

o f the others the one Schae fer,

$ 5 00 a side , the secon d played being

a side .

J un e l st , in a match with E ugen e Kimball ,

Daly w o n with an average of Ki mball

m a d e high run o f 30 It was the onl y match this
.

billiardist ever lost , and up on hi s abilit yto w i n

h e had wagered
December 1 st , S exto n bea t Dal y 500 t o 456,
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average with 4 ’ -
4 113
8
’
to n s to in the m a
we nt at top spe ed the last few inn
30 in the last 1 00 It i s called the .

match ever played .

T h e bookmakers han dicap

’

February 8, 1 886 held in New ,

instrumental i n keeping cushi on

the public Chas Davis w o n,
. .

secon d ( both were scratch men ) :

J no T Re eves beat Davi d G i
. .

owner o f thre e Futurity winners) 1 5

In 1 886 S lo s s o 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 —

L ouis , the other in C hicago A ru .

“
te d in the articles a ball frozen O h .

i on shall be considered in play , provi

”
c u shion is hit first , seeme d to favor
b ut a stand o ff resulted , Sloss
“

St L ouis Schaefer at Chicago

.
, .

in 1 1 1 innings , beating the reco

average H e won b y 7 0 p oints wh e reas S lc s
.
,

s o n had beate n him 31 at S t L ouis Mahon y . .

C O o f New York , b oo kmakers backe d S lo ss o n

.
, ,

but weakening at St Lo u i s o nl y w on “
. on '

the outside ; then brace d up , came to Chicago ,

an d l ost $ 8, 000 After t h e game b egan , Roche
.

w a s about t o bet to wh en Mah ony

“ ”
s aid , wait until Jake sits down , an d a s t h e ,

wizard continued hi s run up to 48 the New

Y orker p ut his money back into h i s pocket .

T h e last time the men came t ogether in a

match was April 4, 1 887 ( Chicago) for $ 500 a ,
'

side S lo ss o n won in 1 06 innings which is still

.
,

the best match record T h e score stood : S lo s .

s o n, 5 00 Schae fer , 488 Schaefer at 37 0 was 1 20.

 1 43

’
in the lead , and e ven S lo ss o n s backer w a s
: fering
1 Of to $ 80 that Schaefer would win .

, 1 N ovember 5 t h to 22 d was played at Chicago a

T handicap tou rnament wherein e ngaged at ,
l

scrat ch (200) were Schaefer and S lo s s o n H ere .

i fo r the first time F C Iv es app eared in public . . .

C arter ( 1 7 0) w o n first mone y , S chaefer second ,

n
t
I

io
W
fourth mo ney an inconseque ntial
t h e r s fo
'

r —

amount , for hich the players shook dice G . .

F S lo s s o n w o n thre e and lost seven games , b e

.

ing in the p oorest fix of h i s life Although the .

entrance fe e w a s $ 25 C arter receive d only $ 21 0 ,

as first mone y Schaefer made a single aver

.

age o f 1 0 (still the record ) John F D onovan . .

( present owner o f the L indell H otel ,

St L ouis ) .

w a s a contestant and , winning only t w o games , ,

1 losing heavily on himself s o successfully picked ,

“
the other winners that he finished with mone y ,
”
marbles , an d chalk .

August 6 to 8 1 888 S lo s s o n, Daly , and Sexton

, ,

engage d in a summer t o u rnament at Saratoga

Springs N Y , but nothing w a s shown above
, . .

mediocrity .

B oston April 1 3 to 1 7 ,1 896 T ourna m ent ; 5 x 1 0

l

—
,

t
table 300 point games
,
-
Frank C Ives w o n ; . .

1 Jacob S chaefer , s econd ; M Daly , third Albert .

l Garn 1 er , last Ives ran 85 , beat

. i ’
ng Sexton s 77 ,
whi ch had stood for over fo urteen year s .

B E S T R E C ORD S .

Cushion C aroms B oston , February 21 , 1 87 8 —

,

"
l
Jacob Schaefer ran the game out w ith 35 , le av
I

ing h i s op ponent John Flack , in the 1 hole , .

J T h e game was 300 p oints discount and S hae

( ) , o

1 fer average d 254 .

I
‘
Cushion C aroms N e w Y ork , February 1 5 , —
 1 44

1 881 , Schae fer b eat S e xt o n , 400 to 396,

ing 34 7A
51 .

C ushion Caroms New Y ork , Fe —

1 881 , Sexton beat Schaefer , 400 to 363,

C ushi on Caroms N e w Y ork , N o v —

1 9, 1 881 , the Roche tournament in pri zes '

given by R Roche) , Joseph Dion w o n, Schae fer

.

secon d , S lo s s o n third T h e winn er b eat all 1

r ecor ds with high run o f 45 , an d hi s grand av er

age , was the b est Sc hae fer had best single
.
I
average ,
C ushion C aroms New York , Decembe r 29,
—

’
1 881 , S exton 600, Schae fer 5 7 6; winner s avera g e ,
high run , 7 7 U pon this game R Roche
. .

l ost on Schaefer , who was a 4 t o 5 fa 1 - -

.

v o r it e S exton g o t more gate mon ey ,

W
.

( inner to ok all a nd l oser paid expenses) than ,

an y other billiardist for a on e nigh t match -

.

C ushi on C aroms N e w York , April 27 , 1 882,

—

S exton beat Schaefer 600 to 538, on a , av e r .

age Roche lost

.

C ush ion C aro ms New Y ork , Ju ne 1 , 1 882,

—

Maur i ce Daly beat E ug ene Kimball , 500 to 347 ,

averaging Best run , 30, made by Kim
ball .

C ushion Caroms New Y ork , December 1

-

1 882, S exton beat Daly , 5 00 t o 45 6, averaging

C ushion C aroms _ N e w Y ork January 6, 1 883,
—
,

Dal y beat Sexton 5 00 to 467 averaging

, ,

( tying his o w n r e éo r d ) and duplicati ng his high

r un o f 44, made in Roche tourn a me nt .

-
C ushion Caroms — New York May 1 4 t o 25 , ,

1 883, tournament o n 4} é x9 table given by H W . .

C ollender for champi o nship emblem an d

, Maurice Daly won , T homas W allace second ,
.
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s hot at S t s Louis an d ruled a slight

Chicago .

C u sh l o n Caroms Chicago , April 4 -

so n beat Schaefer , 500 to 488, avera

( best on re cord ) Schae fer ran 48 S lo s s o n
.
,

A t on e tim e to $ 80 w a s o ffered
Schaefer h e being 1 20 points i n the lea d
, .

C ushi on Caroms Chicag o , November 5 to 22, —

1 887 handicap Schaefer and S lo ss o n , scratch

v - —
.

E ugen e Carter T J Gallagher and . .

w H C atto n
. . F c Ives , John . .
‘

J ohn Matthews , J ohn D o novan J ohn T ha tcher ,

W m H atle y Carter won first mon e y ,

.

S chae fer second , M o ulds third S lo s so nw o n . .

o nly thre e games , but made his h i g h e

record , 40 C arter had a gran d av .

’
Schaefer s b eing 5 1 6, 31 ( best on
Schaefer m a d e s i ng le average o f 1 0
r ecord) H e also made his highest
.

54 . Ives (h i s first appearan c e in p

only player t o b eat C arter , while
to C arter a nd T hatcher .

C ushi on C aroms Saratoga Springs

6 to 8, 1 888, S lo s s o n, Daly an d S exton ,

in a summer tournament (finishing as

but t h e play w a s o f p oo r quality .

C ushion C aro m s B osto n, April 1 3to —

tourna ment , 5 x 1 0 table , 300 point ga in -

w o n three games an d lost n on e makin

‘

average of Si ngl e average o f/5 91 0 /

o r d br e akin g r u n o f 85
-
Schaefer was second , .

Daly th ird , Garnier last .

T a mmany H all , N e w Y or k, Nove mber 1 4 t_o

1 9, 1 881 , an d C ooper Union , November 21 to 26,
1 881 first cushi on carom tournament 000
“

adde d by Richard Roch e , the backer of J acob

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t };
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i
t

7 2
6 3

W
5 4
Alonzo Morris 5 4
T homas allace 5 ,
4
Maurice Daly 4 5
T J G a llagher 4 5 29

W
. .

E u gen e Carter 4 5 27
illiam S exton 3 6 3 32
2 7 2V2 18

S lo s s o n won the
a nd M o r r i s beat
/

Joseph Dion won

allace W
pla y o ff o f three handed tie ,
-

Jacob Schaefer $ 7 00;

-

Ge orge F S lo s s o n $ 500 Alonzo M orris $ 300

.
°
3 .

T amman y H all , Ne w Y ork City , May 1 4 to 25 ,

1 883 t h e C O lle nd e r tournament (41 4 x 9 table ) for
—
,

th e championship at cushion caroms ; direct

carom n o bar , provided either obj ect b all i s

"
again hit by c u e ball ; game , 500 points
-
.

(1)
”
is 3f i
g 3 32
Ed 04
0 L5 4 1
Maurice Daly
T homas
Jacob
allace W 5
4
4
1
2
2 10
6% 56
41
49
M Vignaux 43

W
. 3 3
J oseph D ion 3 3 47
illiam S ex t on 2 4 65

W
E C arter
. . 0 6 36

W
allace beat Schaefer fo r play O ff, 500 to 394
averaging 7 % ith high run O f 7 6 (best on recor d
-

4} é x9 table ) Vignaux beat J Dion fo r play o ff

'

Maurice Daly w o n T
.

allace $ 800 Jacob

Schae fer $ 500, M V ignaux $ 300, J Dion $200
.
. W
.

.
,
-

.
.
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Madison St T h e atre , Chicago , N .

22, 1 887 handicap tournamen t at cushi o n c

—

oms 5 x 1 0 table 2% balls

—
Scratch m en , .

play 200 p oints ; $ 25 entrance ; $ 25 0 a d m

’

B; B
- -
.
-
C . CO .

E ugene Carter
Jacob Schaefer
J ohn F M o ulds . - 110
Frank C I v es . 1 10
J ohn
J ohn A T hatcher .

G allagher 1 60
Geo r F S lo n Scr
W
g e . ss o .

J ohn F D on ovan 1 1 0
W
. -

illi am H atley
illiam H C atton _1 60 .

Carter w o n $ 21 0, Jacob Schaefer $ 1 65 ,

E ugene
J ohn M oulds $ 7 5 Ives , Matthews an d T hatcher .
,

took down their entrance m one y an d sho ok

dice fo r the o dd $ 30 .

April 1 3 to
B o st d n, tournament at —

cushion caroms given by Ives an d Daly .

Frank C Ives .

J Schaefer
. 0
Maurice Daly 0
A Gar ni er
. 0
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winner w a s that of th e loser ,

’
V ignaux ran 329; winner s average and run best ;
on record .

May 1 2, 1 884, C h i c a g o L J acob Sc h ae fer beat —

Ge o F S lo sso n fo r the championship , 800 to

. .

'

averaging high run , 21 1 S lo sso n r a n 200 .

January 26, 1 885 , Chicago Schaefer beat —

S lo ss o n at 1 2 inch balk lin e , 800to 7 1 9, averagin g

-

w it h high run of 1 09 S lo ss o n ran 98; .

April 20 to Irving H all , New York

F irst tournament at 1 4 inch balk l in e G e o F
W
-
. . .

S lo ss o n w o n ; S c h a e fe r s e c o nd ; h m Sexto n ,
.

third Maurice Daly , fourth J oseph Dion fifth ,

.

Although $ 250entrance w a s charged , all pl ayers

g o t a p erce ntage o f gate receipts , so th a t D ion
cleared $ 21 4 while S lo ss o n n ette d
,
i S lo s

s o n had be st run , 1 48 best singl e av erage ,

’
best gran d average , Schaefer s g r a nd j
average , high run , 97
Nov ember 1 6 to 21 , 1 885 , Chicago T h e cele —

b r a t e d triangular tourn ament ( V i gnaux , S o hae

fer , S lo ss o n) , 1 4 inch balk lin es games 600 u p _,
-

each player t o meet the others twice C a sh ; .

prize s o f
T his was prob ably the most pr ofitab le o f
tour naments fo r the players engaged a ti e all h
,

around resulting T h e c o nt e st a nt s electe d to

'

divid e the prize money e qually but the billiard ,

“
'

c o m p a ny w o u ld no t sanction this S o all except .

B C C o wa s split
‘

the a d d e d b y th e B .
-
.
-
. . .

u p , and the m e n started over ( thre e games) , a nd

,

again ti ed .Fi nall y on the sec ond play o ff,

,
-

Schaefer beat the others , and V ignaux beat '

S lo s s o n .It was understood that V ignau xr e

'

c eiv e d ( including a guarante e of .

while S lo ss o n, aft e r paying his $ 5 00 t o the gen

era l fund as a roomke eper , quit $ 7 50 to the i
 good T h e house w a s packed the first si x
.

nights , and n ever has be en se en an assemblage

of such high class at a billi ard tournament .

T h e fame d Judge Gary mad e the op ening

W
address .

m Rile y , J A Murphy , an d D T Pulsife r

.

made a tremen dously big b ook and many

. . . .

bets were registered . After S lo s s o n had w o n

his first t w o ga mes , (no w o ne of
the wealthiest American b ookmakers) bet $ 200
to $ 600 th a t the tournament would result in a
ti e all around .

Vignaux , No v ember 5 t h , made 600 in eight

innings , averaging 7 5 , with a high run of 1 95 .

S lo ss o n ran 7 7 an d was first past the 1 00 mark .

On thi s game Vig naux through h i s interpreters , ,

bet $ 400 o n himself at even mon e y with the

bookmaking concern o f hite Anson S lo s
s o n, a ft e r winning his first two games , w a s a
W .

W
,
.

l
i3 to 5 shot
- -
.

hen Vignaux and Schaefe r met for the first

x
gg a m e the wizard went to t h ep ost a 2 t o 5 shot - -
.

H e w a s nearly 200 ahead when an accident

.

happen ed t o his clothing , and abashed , he lost ,

his stroke and was beaten In his second gam e .

with Vignaux Schaefer had a total o f 8 i n th e

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 tourn a
ment a hippodrome , simply because he was n ot
thought of class enough to en g ag e. H e h a s z

be en sorry ever since Such sins b i lli a r d i s t s .

e asily fo rg i v e a nd the offending exp ert w a s

’

, ,

l ong since re instated F o r the tournament.

’
proper , V i g na u x s gran d average was
’ ’
‘
Schaefer s , S lo ss o n s T h e first ,

play o ff Vignaux ave r age d (grand)

-
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Schae fer , S lo ss o n,
pla y o ff Schaefer average d (grand
-

nau x1 42 1 8 7 S lo ss o n, 1 5 7
, ,
/
H igh run
in twelve games) : V ignaux 1 95 , 1 1 3 1 06 1 66, , , ,

1 52 ; S lo s s o n 1 59, 1 08 Schaefer 1 87 , 1 5 2 1 58,

, , ,

1 05 , 1 22 T h e play o f f games were 800 points

.
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.

’
S chae fer s b est single average w a s 28477 mad e , ,

’
'

in the final game S lo ss o n s best wi nning si ngle .

average was made in the opening game .

New York , June 26 to Schaefer beat

Vignaux (five nights , blocks
1 4 inch lines
-
to ,

average high run , 1 80

,
.

a ve rage , high run , 1 43 S chaefer

"
.

365 ahead at the end o f points b u t the

'

third night the Frenchman made 91 8 to h i s

600 catching up within 47 p oints
,
T h e fourth .

"
night Vignaux mad e 647 to 537 , and for the fi na lhg ‘
~

’
“

n ight Schaefer had 663 to go t o t h e o t h e r s 600 1; .

Schae fer as usual , played best a t the fi ni sh ?

, , ,

a nd h i s single average fo i
‘

the last night wa s

25}é .T h e fourth night Vignaux had a sing l e
average (647 p oints) o f 261 3, 2 4 .

March 9 t o 1 3 1 886 N e wY o r k Jacob Sc h a efer , , ,

b eat Maur i ce V ignaux to ( se cond ,

mat c h o f fiv e ni g ht s , blocks o f 600, for

stake ) beating the record w ith a grand av era ge 4
'

of and high ru n o f 230 On the th ir d .

’
night h e aver a ge d V i g na u x s gran d a v er
age was high run 1 49 T h e late J no . .

Dowling of C hicago was V i g na u xis b ac ker i n -

b oth the 3 000p oint matches ,

-
.

April 1 2, 1 887 Chicago Schaefer beat Slo ss o n , ,

800 to 639 av erag i ng 1 7 779 with high run o f 1 26

. ,
.
.

S lo s s o n ran 1 35 .

’
Schaefe r 3 Room , St L ouis , Mo , J anuary 3 to . .

1 4, _1 888, handicap ( twin to that o f Chic ago ,

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S lo ss o made a single average

n
p erformance ) , grand average
’
r un 1 36 Schaefer tie d S lo ss o n ss i ng le
l

beat his gran d average with 1 7 4 943,

high run with 1 68, b u t to him lost th e
game 31 3 to 5 00, an d the average o f the
,

was only
S lo s s o n played his best ga me a g a i nst l v e s,
r

a veraging 266 / 1 9 an d score d high run of 1 36,

/ ,

yet beat the coming champi on o nl y 5 2 p oin ts .

April 5 to 1 2 1 890 Chicago t ournamen t c o n

,
—

d i t i o ns same as in N ew Y ork (Fe bruary ) , e xcept

h an dicap o f p oints instead o f lin es ; all to play
1 4 inch
-
. Schae fer and S lo s s o n sc ratc h ,

Ives C atton and H eiser D al y '

I

Jacob Schaefer w on first prize Ives ,

‘
s econ d , S lo s so n third ; Catton fo u rth .

’
Daly did n ot w i n a game Schae fer s best
.

single av er age , gran d average , 25 ; h i gh .

“

’
run , 200 S lo ss o n s gran d average was
.

’
high run , 1 7 8 Ives grand average w a s
.

be st run , 97 ; in sevente en months he h ad i m

p roved a discount .

April 1 6th , at Chicago Ives was beaten (match

,

$ 250 a side ) by F M a g g i o li ; score , 5 00to 440; win

.

’
ner s average , 1 5 5/33 ; high r un , 1 21 Ives ran 7 3 . .

S chae fer and Ives had , the d a y of the m atch , r e

c e i v e d the $ 2, 800 due as prize mone y from the

tournament j ust ende d , an d they o fi e r ed to b et

it all at 3 to 1 against M a g g i o li Only one ten .

dollar n ote was place d at this figure M a g g i o li .

had never shown better than an 8 a v e r a g e , w h i le

Ive s h a d gone t o 1 3 in fi r s t class compan y , T h e
- .

shortstop r ecord in a match was an average

mad e b y G allagher against C a r t e r So m e
“

o f

years be fore , and no shortstop had r un 1 00 ex

cept Car t er (1 01 in St L ouis hand icap o f
.
 1 55

M a g g i o li made his 1 21 run , nursing the end lin e

perfe ctly fo r the g r e a t e r nu m b e r of points , after
o

c ounting th e first shot from a hard leave b y

1
means o f a l o ng , l eft handed o ne cushion draw
-
,
-
.

L ater in the game when 7 7 behind , he ran 80

, ,

then following with 5 2 finished with plenty left

,
.

Alderman W halen (killed soon afterward ) w a s

’
M a g g i o li s backer and han ded him the entire
stakes an d gate mone y .

In N o v e m b e r M a g g i o li w as beaten at D env er ,

to by E Carter , an d dropped below

.

a a 7 average .

D e cemb er 1 , 1 890 N e w York — Institution o f

,
’
the last w orld s champ ionship at 1 4 inch balk -

line Challenge c u p given by B B C C o $ 1 000

. .
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.
-
. .
,

added , an d n et gate rec eipts Schae fer beat .

S lo sso n 800 t o 609, averaging

, b est run
1 28 . S lo ss o n ran 60
T h e emblem fo r shortstop champ ionship hav
ing become , by limitation , the p ersonal prop
-
e t ty o f Frank C Ives , the billiard compan y
o ffered a second emblem an d mon ey prizes for
.

th e tournament h eld at Chicago , February 1 6 to

27 , Games , 400 p oints E ugen e C arter .

w o n, Ives second Catton third , M c L a u g h li n

, ,

M a g g i o li , an d H atle y tie d fo r fourth J os W . . .

Capron and Louis Shaw also started In th e .

deciding gam e C arter beat Ive s and a veraged ,

301 0, 1 3, his opp on ent getti n g a total o f 1 95 .

’ ’
C arter s grand average was 1 5 , 9 that o f _
5
Ives ,

Ives beat M a g g i o li , averaging F or

‘
high run Ives an d Carter tied at 1 1 6 .

Chicago , A pril 29, 1 891 I v es beat C arter fo r

—

the shortstop championship , 500to 47 8, averaging

with high run of 7 0 Carter ran 7 2 Ives . .

“
made only 54 p oints the first twenty six innings -
,

( and was pron ounce d a counterfeit .

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B e fore t h e Ives Carter game th e -

“
E ugene h ad j ollie d his admirers
l e ng l ng Schaefer for the chall en
,

ge cup } 1
May 6t h , C h 1 c a g o , 1 891 T h e match w as de
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—

w o n, 800 to 481 , averaging best ru n1 4

,
1 9
C arter ran 1 1 1 .

N e w York , Octob er 26, G F S lo sso n . .

b e a t J Scha efer ( mat ch not for cham p i o nship )

. .

800 t o 392, averaging 222 / 9, with high r uno f 1 73

(
(h i s best p erformance ) .

B E S T R E CORDS .

T H E B A L K - LI N E GA M E .

8-
in ch — Ch i cago , March 26 to Apri
T ournam e nt fo r th e champi onship of
J acob Schaefer first ,
Maurice Vig
B est single average 40, an d best g
high run 246, by V ,

starters were a discount under above

-
8 in ch Paris , France N ovember
—
,

1 883. Vignaux Sc h aefer

V ignaux ran 1 65 , S chaefe r 1 6
-
8 inch Lyons , France , December 1 5
—

455 x 9 tabl e Garn i er

. Dal y '

age , Garni er ran 200 and -

-
8 inch Paris , France , January
‘

V ignaux Schaefer
winn er , 445 % 7 ; loser , Vigna u
-
8 inch Chicago May
—
match
,

p i o n sh i p Schaefer
. 8 00 S lo s s o n 384 , .

T h e winner ran 21 1 , the lo ser

1 2 inch Chicago , January
- —
,
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( 200) won fourth prize . S cha e fer beat all re c ords

with average o f 50 .

'

H andicap o f li ne s New Y ork , February 20

t o March 1 1 890 S lo ss o n a nd Schae fer played
, .

1 4 inch balk lin e Ives , Daly H eise r, and C atton

-
,

8 inch
-
G F S lo sso n won J Schaefer seco nd ,
. . .
,
.

Ives , Daly , and Catton tying for third mone y ‘

.

Schaefer had high est g ra nd a v e r a g e , 1 7 4 951 3 and ,

highest run , 1 68 .

1 4 inch balk lin e

-
Chicago , April 5 to 1 2 1890 ,
‘

H andicap tournament Schae fer and S lo ss o n, .

t

scratch at 500 Daly 300, I ves 27 5 C atton and

, , .

H e i ser Schaefer won Ives second , S lo ss o n ,

third C atton fourth an d Daly last

,
" , .

grand average , 25 single average , high

run , 200 .

1 4 inch
-
Chickering H all , New Y or k D e c e ,
‘

’ ’
b er 1 1 890 For the B B C C o s world s cha
, . .
-
.
-
. .

p i o nsh i p silver challenge cup ( the last

o f cha mpionship given at 1 4 inch
'
-

a side and the n et gate receipts Jaco .

beat G F S lo s s o n 800 to 609 a v e ra g i

. .
,

with high run o f 1 28 S lo ss o n ran 60 . .

1 4 inch
-
Chi c ago Ma y 6 1 891 J Scha efe r , . .
,
.
,
“

b e a t E u g e ne C arter for the championship 800 to

i

481 , averaging
1 4 inch
-
N e w Y ork Ci t y October 26, 1 891
—
G , . .

F S lo s so n b eat J Schaefer (match) 800 to 392 in

'

. .

36 innings , with high run of 1 73 S c h a e fe r ra n

'

.
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Central Music H all , Chica g o March 26 to ,

April 6 1 883 8 inch balk line ,

to urnament— - —

1 for championship an d emblem ; 5 x1 0 ,

table 2% balls Games , 600 up

, . .

Schae fer
{
b
1 iaurice Vignaux
ac o

W
l

Maurice Daly
illiam Se xton
Alonzo Morris
Joseph Dion
T homas W all

J Schaef
.

Daly $ 5 00
e r won M V ignaux
S exton $ 300, A Morris
, W
.
$ 800 M .

.
, .

Irving H all , New Y ork C ity , Apr l 20 to 29;

i
1 885 1 4 inch balk line tournament ; $ 250 e h
‘

— - -

l t r a nc e , added b y_B B C n et door .

-
..
-
.

{ rec eipts given to the players 5 x1 0 table , .

1 balls .

w
fi
b a
s w
o 3 o
o
>
2 2 m<
1 :

G eorge F S lo ss o n
W
1 .

Jacob Schaefer
illiam Sexton
Maurice Daly
Joseph Dion

G F S lo ss o n w o n
. .
J Schae fer .

W Se xton $ 865 M Daly $ 7 1 5 J D i on $ 465

.
, .
, . .
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C entral Music H all , Chicago November 1 6 ,

to 1 4 inch bal k line

—
the triangul ar
- —

tournament E ach contestant to meet the

.

others twice in 600 p oi nt games ; added to

-

ne t gate receipts .

“ 14
£ 35 1:
“
9
28
3 1m g
O
'
fi '

fi
5
O
55 0
£ 5 14

J acob Schae fer

Maurice Vignaux
G eorge F S lo sso n.

T h e player s d ivi de d all moneys

’
th e B B C
.
-
Co s
.
-
. . wh ic
forced to play fo r .

First play -
o f, 800 points ,
f D ec . 2

r
e
x
f u
e a
a n
h g
i
c
S
[
V
I

J acob Schaefer 0
M aurice V ignaux 1
G eorge F S lo sso n. 0 1

S econd play .
-
o f, 800 p oints ,
f

x
u n g
a o d a
n s
s t
r
e
nr
g s a e
o v r v
i
l o
V
I
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L
{
A GA

J acob S chaefer
Mauric e V ignau
G eorge F S lo ss o .
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entrance , $ 250 added by B .

-
B .
-
C C o ; net
. . gate
r eceipt s to go to players .

t
s
o
L
Jacob Scha e fer D
o Q

J ohn T Moulds Q w

W
1 65 -

Ge o F S lo ss o n S c r
. . Q w - .

H Catton __ 200
w
- D a
. . C

E ugen e Carter 27 0 Q o

w
Frank D a y 1 65 B o l
-
t

J A T hatcher _ _
a
. . c 1

F M a g g i o li
. 200 x r

J ohn F Donovan 1 50 o -
o

Charles Schaefer 1 65 w «
.

J ohn F D .

an d h i s fiv e
J acob Schaefer w o n $ 405
G eorge F S lo ss o n $ 25 2, . C at
Car t er an d Day split $ 25 , as the fifth
t o save his entrance .

Madison St T heatre , Chicago , N ove .

t o N ovember 8, 1 888 1 4 inch balk line — -

stop championship ; entrance , $ 25 ;

r epresent championshi p; Schaefer and S lo s s o n
barr e d Game s 200 p oints
.
, .

g g
a d a
r nr
t
s e a e n
e v r v u

q
B A GA R,

E ugene C arte r . g h 87
T J Gallagher a 65
—
. .

W H Catton \1
l
.
)

. .
\ l Q ~ \
l
60
J ohn T Mould $ o 63
mQ
.

R M gg i li O 46

W
a o - C
L

q m
.
p
?
Frank C Ives . 0 37
H H atley
. .
C ‘ 41
H enry R h i v e s
E ugen e C arter won $ 250; Catton a nd Gal
la g her divide d second an d third pr i zes $ 1 50 ,

e ach , Moulds and M a g g i o li each w o n $ 30 .

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Chickering H all N ew York City , February ,

‘

20 to March 1 , 1 890 handicap o f lines Sc h aefer — —

W and S lo ss o n, 1 4 inch ; Maurice Daly , F C Iv es ,

’

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. .

( .H Catt o n , and.
J R H eiser 8 i nch E n . .
,
-
.

tra nce , $ 250 ; adde d b y B B C C o .

-
.
-
. .

Games , 5 00 u p 5 x 1 0 tabl e .

“ ”
is aE
a2 ii 2 3
m: L5 < fi m
George F S lo ss o n . 1 7 1 54
36 1 36
J acob Schaefer 1 68
Frank C Ives " . 25 1 05
W H Catton
. . 95
Ma urice Daly 205g 1 18
J R H eiser
. . , 14 1 41

F S lo ss o n w o n
. J acob Schaefer
Daly , I v e s , a nd Catto n divid e d
'

eac

C entral Music H all , Chicago , April 5 to 1 2,

1 890— 1 4 inch balk lin e handicap tourname n
-
t; —

$ 250 entrance , added b y B B C C o ; 500 .

-
.
-
. .

p oints up .

Jacob Schaefer Scr - .

Frank C Ives
W
27 5 . -

Geo F S lo ss o n _
. .
,

illiam H C atton _250 .

J ohn R H eiser 250 .

Maurice Daly 300

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Chicago , F ebruary 1 6 to 27 1 891 ,

for second shortstop ch a m p i o nsh

g iven by B B C C o , at the ~
- -
. . . .

Games 400 p oints ; 1 4 inch ba lk lin e

,
-
.

r
t t
s s e
o e v u
L [
B A (134 1 R

E ugeneC art e r
W
Frank C Ives
H Catton
. .

E d M c L a ug h l
.

W W
.

F M a g g i o li
.

. H . H atle y
J oseph C apron .

L ouis Shaw

Gran d average o f tournament , 9

THE S TOR Y OF T H E
P I ON S H I P .

_
T HE A DV E N T OF IVES .

W h en , March 1 9, 1 892? Frank C I

'

2 6 years of age defeate d Jacob S o h ae ,

challenge cup , emblem o f the world

p i o nsh i p at 1 4 inch balk lin e there w a-
,

in the gam e to even suggest that the

a new billiard era was at h and T hat such was .

the case w i t ne s s t h e scores of to day , where in

,
-

tournament play Jacob Sc haefer at 1 8 i nch n o

‘

s hot in
”
has a record o f a 40 a ver age in 400
p oints .

D ecember 1 1 890, Schaefer having beaten , ,

S lo ss o n for the challe nge cup , was anxi ous

 1 66

be forced into a c ontest h e had

de cli ned .

T h e erratic J a c o b , a s at other t
“ ”
care er , came to and w on the ma
Ive s foun d himself in a bad spot
stan dpoint of on e who c a lc u la t
o dds . H e had himself posted
fo r a championship match , and as the
sure to be 2 to 1 against him , n othing
.

but for him to back himself at eve n ‘f

o t her $ 250. S o he reasoned , but

p er cent of his game , and when
t o t h e table on the n ight of Marc
me et the a cknowledge d speedi est
th e world he had backed himself for $ 37 5 at
even mone y and $ 1 00 at 2 to 1 B y winni n g th e
.

game h e set a p eg n ot likely to b e reached

while championship billiard mat ches are playe d,
as here , fo r th e first time , a t yro at the first
-
“

attempt displace d the champi o n T h e fi na l .

b etting was $ 1 00 to $ 40 on Schae fer , with n o ‘

takers .

Ives g o t to 500 on an average of 22, and fr o m

that out confine d himself to safe t y play T h e .

’
fi nal score w a s 800 to 499 W inner s average , .

’
1 61 51 9; high run 95 L o s e r s average , 1 01 94 8 ;

"
—

, .

high run , 45 ( made from the spot) W ith the .

game two thirds over t h e large a ssemblage

-

“ ”
crie d air , air ( the crack b i lli a r d i st s a re
sai d to be bred from sala m ander s, an d always
’

W
-

se ek to have the hall a t furnace heat ) and when ,

the windows ere opened the balls chille d

’
inst anter and S chaefer s chance wa s gone ,
,
;

Ives banging away and nibbling out by u s e

of the d raw stroke, wh i ch s i nCe has proved to .

b e the re al stre ngth of his ga me .

“ ?
T h e ra v ens n ow bega n to croak Jake s all .
 1 67

W W
”
right , w a s the doleful cry ;
but then Ives , you
’
kn ow , ent on a estern tour wit h him D on t .

you see ? Why , Schaefer always wante d to

p layers a chance . W ait and s e e ,

n will d o w i t h that 1 6 average fel ‘

‘
-

”
t le m a n George had chal

Th e match was p layed May 21 , 1 892 ( Chicago ) ,

an d I v es w o n, 800 to 488 hi s average beat ,

ing an match records in a g ame o f like length

. .

’
S lo ss o n s average w a s slightly belo w .

1t h at of Ive s against Schaefer S lo sso n ran 1 20 .

ri n the fourth inning , an d looked all over a w i n

i n er Ives finally got on h i s strid e and ran 1 24

.
,

u a nd 1 22
‘
W hen h e was close to his opponent he ,
.

a s if practicing , essayed the j ump shot ( first

, sh own by J Dion ) , and , counting , soon had

.

qp e r fe c t p osition When the remar k able

. shot
rwh s made James A Murphy ( no w the owner of
,
.

Star P ointer the champion paci n

‘

,
g horse ) swung
1 his hat high in air , and his enthusiasm but illus
t r a t e d the gen eral fe e ling .

I ves i s sa i d to hav e bet o f h i s own

rm o ne y on the game If so , this is t h e largest .

“
Ub i lli a r d i st ,
W
b etting transacti on credite d to a professi onal
m S exton being second with a
.

wager , place d on hims elf when he ran 7 7

\

r at cushion caroms and d efeated J Schaefer . .

'

1 Iv es got on at even m one y As yet there w a s .

if nothing to indicate a marked improvement i n

If billiard speed Ives had si m plyjd o ne won d ers
.

nfo r a b oy .

Four a nd one hal f years had flown since fi rst-

1 he entere d the list s , and his rise to champion

r s h i p form w a s a bad secon d to the career o f
Y
.
W m Se xton , whom it had t aken only eighteen
.

1 m onths to scale the ladder o f billiard fame h e

‘

,
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first appearing in the Garni er tourn ament ,

November 1 5 , 1 87 5 , a nd winni ng the champion
ship ( Am e rica) me dal , May 31 , 1 87 7 from J ,
.

D ion T hat med al became the personal prop

.

e r t y of S e xt o n a s he thrice successfully defende d

,

it , once a g a i nst C Di on and twice against G

'

.
.
,

F S lo s s o n
“

. Ives likewise wa s n ever defeated

.
, ,

for the challenge c up but th e h istory o f this ,

'

emblem re dounds no t to th e credit o f some o f l

the parties concerne d I v e s going t o Paris .

‘

S chaefer followe d an d issue d a challenge fo r

th e cham pionship Ives n ame d o ne place
t o play , Schaefer another M B ensinger , as . .

"

p resid ent o f the billiard compan y which had

'

institute d the champion ship named a third ,

place A disagre ement all around and I ve s

.

brought th e c u p back to Chicago T h e d ono rs .

d ecide d it forfeited t o them an d it n ow rests ,

i n the vaults o f the B B C C o and since the .

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.
-
. .
,

challenge cup ( 1 21 inch balk line championship)

- -

there has be en n o emblem e ither o f the A m eri

can championship or the championship of the
world at an y styl e of game , either in France o r
the U nite d States , until the on e n ow he ld b y
-

’
Jacob Schaefer , which represents the world s
champ ionship at 1 8 inch n o s hot in -
.

“
Up to the fall of 1 893 n othing doing was ,

the condition o f fi rst class billiards in this -

country O ur crack players struck a Klondike

.

in Paris , and worked it until the gold w a s e x

'

ha nsted .

E arly in 1 893 Ives was engage d in the games

w it h _J o h n Roberts , champi on of E ngland but in ,

N ovember , at Chicago , wa s played the

po int match ( fiv e nights) for a sid e at ,
“
1 4 inch balk line , between Schae fer and I v es
'

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.

T his was won by the former w h o 505 to the bad , ,

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the table an d at th e sam e time protecte d t he

e yes o f th e player Blue chalk had been intro
.

”
d u c e d and “
live ivory B ut , admitted that.

s u c h improvements aided spe ed , still one must

conce de that the forward leap in billiards sin c e

1 893 is unaccountable o h an y other prop osition
.

but that when Ives be came a fi r st

e ither originate d something or , ,

old ideas ,

grand genius quicken ed under t h e

n ew rival T h e subsequent tourn
.

“
at anchor allowed c onclusively p
Ives and Schaefer had q u i t e p u t S lo

the r ace an d le ft to th em only one

’
RU DO L P HE s

O r z
Anc ho r Nu r s e .

o fdefeat, that at t h e hands o f the mighty

Frenchman , Maur i ce Vignaux In passing , it
.

may be o f int erest to s t ate the history of the

'

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ancho r shot It is said this can be traced to
.

A P Rudolphe , w h i c h _p la ye r , d isgu sted when

. .

rail play w a s perfe cted , thro u gh n ot being

”

able to master i t s intricacies , invented a j am

ming o f the obj ect balls side by side on the
c ushion , and - t h ought thus to o ffset the rail .

J acob Schaefer im proved up on this idea , and

k ept on e ball free from the cushion T h e first .

t ime the positio n came up in public play was in

‘
a game of t h e j han dicap o f—lines tournament -

(N e w Y ork , F ebr u ary 20, an d Schaefer

ran 1 40 B en Garno then an d there dubbed
.

t his St yle o f play “ ”

the anchor nurse B efore .
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point match Ives had discard ed the

-

“ “
ea o f gaining the anchor , saying one

’
S C HA E F E R S
‘

6‘

Anc h o r Nu r s e .

’
rows too m uch away but Schae fer s 343
h i m to change his foot , and he struck
i t i o n ( identically the same sp ot on the
had Schaefer intersecting line on end
—

the fourth night an d ran 456 .

ember 1 1 to 1 6 1 893 was playe d the N

, , _ew
Yo r k tournament , anchor allowed Schae fer ,
—

[v e s, S lo sso n, the men finishing as name d .

Schae fer beat Ives on e game ( each man playe d

‘

tw o games with the o t h e rs) b y a score o f 600 t o

50, running 5 66, and making an aver a ge o f 1 00 .

At C hicago (tournament of January 8 to 1 3,

“
‘

Ives , in a g ame with S lo s s o n ( anchor

allowed ) , made 600 in six innings , and ran
187. In this tournament each man was t o play
th e others twice , an d S lo s s o n having been
,

beaten the first round b y S chae fer , a s well as

[ves , crie d “
pecc avi a s to the anch or , an d at
hi s suggesti on th e o ther players agre ed to bar
th e shot , and finish the s eri e s of games , anchor
barre d .

’
Ives in the secon d night s play o f the 4, 000

W
,

point match with Schae fer , had shown the pos

si b i li t i e s o f anchor b arred as ithout the u se
,
.
o f such shot he had score d 850 to his op po s
’
ne nt s 800, altho ugh Scha e fer wit h it ra n 343:
‘

H e n ow showe d an average of 33}é i n 606

“
p o m t s , but be ing beaten in the celebrated o ne

The m t e rs e c h ng
Li n e Nu r s e .

Am o st Fa v o ra ble Po s it i o n,
a llo wi ng Dr i v e t o e th e r
i
S id e o r End Ra i l .

hole by Schae fer on the second round , t h é

men finishe d a ti e fo r first mone y , S los s o n
'

having a clean score of four losing games .

W
U n na t
i d e Nu rs e
u ra l Ra i l O
by y o ‘1
IV E S
'

Th e tri o went to C incin nati , and there ( P ebru

’ ’

ary 1 to 3, 1 894) engage d in thre e nigh ts play ,

Ives wi nning , with Schaefer second , S lo sso n

‘
C h u c k Nu rs e
'

Ou t °
01 Anc h o r .

O u t of B a lk
‘

.
 woul d no t be beaten Ives ran 35 9 at .

( fourth night) and 331 a t N e w York (sixt

n either r u n ever having been approache d
an y other player Schaefer ran 244 a t N
.

Y ork ( fo urth night) an d 21 7 at Chicago (fi

night) , such breaks being his best of record 0
s i de the 27 1 made in B oston tournament .

’
last night s pl ay at N e w Y o rk saw Iv es w
total o f 600 in ten innings , wi t h Schaefer o n
behind with an av erage of 5 8341 In the
, .

’
night s play at N e w Y ork Ives a v eraged
v 632 p oints ( bes t o n record , number .

sid ere d)
'

w hile Schaefer overshadowed e v

,

this p erformance when in the fourth ni g h

p lay at Chicago he av e r a g e d in 944 p oin
T his settle d t h e game of 1 4 inch bal k line -
,

far as the fi r st c lass players are c o n

T o o fast , said th e public Ives r .

a s the n et gate receipts a t Chica

F o r t h e next fifte en m o n
seen o ffi r st class billiards i n the Unite d
-

It looked as i f Ives w a s in a class by h

T h e year 1 895 engage d in bookmaking ,
n e arly all h i s m oney an d t h e next winter
.
,
“

eager ly accepted an o ffer t o g o t o Spain ,

in t h e academy at Madrid he showed

,

o f 7 7 7 at 1 4 in ch balk Hine anchor

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,
'

T h e spring of 1 896 found him i n Paris ,

over the situation with the idea o f s t a

l “ ’
academy but times had change d
,

regar d o f making b i g mon ey , and he r o tu

t o Americ a , bringing with h i m Albert G a r
w h o twenty three years befor e had f0 1
-

days ( October 2 t o held the emblems fo r 5

t h e Am erican cham pionship both at the 4 ball ,

“ ”
game ( Diamond cue ) and the 3 ball game -
.

-
I t w a s up on this trip t h at Ives discover e d
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l

Kerkau , the youthful c h a m p i o n of G ermany ,

w h o , coming t o the U ni t e d _
S t a t e s , failed t o
“ ”
beat at balk lin e the shortstop E dw a rd
M c L a u g h li n
.

B efore leaving this country Ives had engage d

with Maurice Daly in the m anufacture o f a
billiard cushion T o boom this article was
.

institute d thre e billiard to/ urnaments Th e .

first w a s playe d in Ne w Yo rk C ity March 31 to ,

April T h e balk lines were extended to

w
eighteen i nches , on e shot a s allowe d in balk
’
an d only five shots 1 n Parker s b ox instead

P AR KER S Bo x
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37 2 7 ln c l1 e S
' ‘

of th e t en o f the anchor b a rred game Ives a nd

-
.

Schaefer tie d fo r first money (tie n ot played o ff) '

with three winning and o ne lo si ng g a m e .

G arnier w a s beaten four straight games , and

1 his highest r u n was 36 Ives ran 200 an d
”

i S c h a e fe r 1 7 6.
“
T o o fast again was the c ry ,
.

« ( Ives had a single average o f 50 an d a gran d

'

average o f 361 5732 as against t he 30 and re

s s p e c t i v e ly o f Schae fer ) And s o , t a ki h g in Daly

.
-
,

ti the quartette went to B oston (see “

cushion
”
t c a ro m s ) for the second tournament Th e .

t t h i r d was played at Ch i cago M a y 1 8 to 23, 1 896

"
.

T his was a handicap (Ives and Schaefer , 500;

CG a r ni e r , 300) at 1 8 inch , n o shot in either ancho r
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or balk Garni er w o n, beating

.

S chae fer once Ives cam e s

.

beating Schaefer both games .

Garni er on e game Up to this .

player had be en allowe d a seco

out of balk .

Ives says that this a ffair lost for Daly

himself $ 1 , 000 T his in the face of the
.
,

that superior bi lliards w ere shown , the

Ives Schaefer ga m e being declare d the .

exhibition of billiards ever played b y t he

w h o passe d and repassed each other I v es
‘
—

n ing 500 to 439 in twenty six innings -

.

r uns o f 1 00 ( Schae fer , 1 1 1 ; Ives 1 03,

w ere made , an d it looked as if finally
game had been discovered to suit the p
bring together , at a reasonable han
first and secon d cl ass b i lli a r d i st s .

latter supp o sition w a s incorrect i s

’
th e tour nament for the world s
h eld at New York November 29
4, 1 897 ( w o n by S lo sso n) , a
cap tournament of January 1 7 to 22, 1 898, wher e ‘

the scratch men Ives and Schaefer , ti ed fo r first

,

m one y.

Although both these a ffai rs were of like con

d i t i o ns t o the Chicago t ourname nt w on b y
Garnier , the players , aside from the fi rst class -

men , had n o chance whatever o f securing first

mon ey .

A s a fi rs t class race horse will run on any

-

kind o f a track , mu d or n o mud , so in billiards

it has be en d emonstrated that th e more balk
line s the more easily wins the fi r st cl ass e pert -
x .

A fast cushion was use d for the N e w York

t ournament , still upon it Ives made an average
of 3054 (5 00 point g ame ) , and a run of 1 40 ; a nd
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the match , w a s , of all billiard s I ever sa w, th e

prettiest ; Schaefer here nu r s m g in ce nter of
tabl e , with occasionally a driv e to side cushi on ,
which r etu rne d p erfect p osition for fa c ing the
“

”
balls . S lo sso n, however , should have won , h e
“ ”
missing twice o n easy follow , scoring which
the player had gai ned fair positi on .

B E ST R E CORD S .

B A L K LI N E

Fourteen i nch Milwauke e , Oc t ober 28,

W
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’
Ives , 600; Carter , 1 83 inner s a verage , 30;
.

high runs , 1 33, 1 1 5 .

Fourteen inch L enox L yce um , N ew Y ork

- —

City , January 22 1 892 Championship and $ 500

,
.

’
a side Schaefer , 800; S lo sso n, 5 92 W inn er s
. .

’
average ,
high run , 1 55 L oser s average , .

high run , 1 1 9;
Fourteen i nch -
Chica go , March 1 9, 1 892 .

Championship an d $ 5 00 a side Ives , 800; S c h a e .

f ,
e r 499 .W i nner ’
s av erage ,
1 6 4 9 ; high run ,
1 6
’
Loser s av erage , 1 01 94 8 ; high run , 45 ( from spot ) .

, Fourt een inch Chicago , May 21 1 892 Cham

- —
,
.

p i o nsh i p an d $ 500 a side Ives 800; S lo s s o n 488

’
.
, , .

h igh runs , 124, 1 22

’
W inn e rs average , .

’
Loser s average , 1 643; high run 1 20 ,
.

Fourte en inch ( anchor p er fe c t e d ) Chicago ,

i
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November 2 1 to 25 1 893 Match five nights , , .

W
4 000 p oints ,
’
a side S chaefer ,
inn er s av erage ,
’
Ives ,
high run , 343
.

( anchor) L oser s average ,

. high run ,
45 6 ( anchor) .

Fourte en inch (anchor perfected) New Y ork

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‘

City , D ecember 1 1 to 1 6 1 893 T ournament , t w o , .

games each Schaefer w o n ; highest avera g e ,

.

1 00 in 600 p oint game

-
I ves second ; highest .

average , 5 0; high r u n, 1 41 S lo sso n third ; high .

est average ; high run , 1 64 .

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Fourteen inch Chicago , J anuary 8 t o 1 3 1 894

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,
.

1oT o u r na m e nt t w o games each ,

Schaefer an d .

. Ives ti ed , each w m ni ng thre e a nd losing o ne

’
Ives , with anchor in tie d Schae fer s
“

o r k a v erage making 600 in six innings , ,

g h run o f 487 S lo ss o n l ost all his games . .

chor was barre d after each of the others

aten S lo ss o n .

inch ( anchor b a rred ) ; ten shot s a l

Cincinnati , February —

Ive s won ;
e and grand average ,
.
high run , 1 63 .

e fe r second ; gran d average , high

74 S lo ss o n third ; gran d average , 1 7 1 74 7 ;
.

run 97 , .

Fourteen inch ( anchor barred ) B oston Feb

-
,

ru a r y 8 t o T ournament fo r S lo s
s o n w o n ; grand avera g e 231 5 high r u n, 1 1 5 ,
.

Schae fer second ; grand ave rage , 1 6; high run ,

27 1. Ives third ; grand average 1 9; high run 1 46 , , .

Fourteen inch (anchor b arred ) New Y ork

- —

C ity November 1 2 t o 1 7 , 1 894 Ma t ch fo r

, .

a side ; six nights ; 3, 600 poi n ts blocks o f 600,

,
.

Ives , S chaefer , All records beaten .

’ ’
W inner s grand average l oser s , ,

Ives ran 331 , Schaefer 244 On the sixth night ; .

Ives 600, Schae fer 5 26 ten innings fo r winner , —

’
nin e fo r lose r Ives in secon d night s play ,
.

averaged 631, 3i n 632 p o ints .

Fourteen inch (anchor barr e d ) C hicago , De

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c e m b e r 3 t o 8, 1 894 Mat c h fo r a si de ; six

.

nights ;
Sch a efer ,
’
loser s , 324 7437
points blocks o f 600 I ves ,
’
inner s average ,
Ives ran 359, Schaefer 21 7
.
W , .

’
Schae fer in fifth night s play made 944 p oints
, ,

on a 621 471 5 average ( Death o f 1 4 inch balk lin e ).

-
.

E ighteen inch (anchor barred ) ; o ne shot in

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 1 80

“ ’
balk ; five shots allowe d in Parker s abox
New Y ork C ity , March 31 to A pri i 5 , 1 896 T our; .

na m e nt ; two games e ach Ives and S chae fer .

,

tie d with three winning and o ne l osing game .

G arnier lost four game s and w o n n on e Ives .

had best single average b est gran d aver

age an d b est run Schaefer ran 1 7 6 .

E ighte en inch balk lin e ( an c hor barred ) ; n o _

-
. .

shot in either anchor or balk Chicago May .

,

to 23 1 896 H andicap tournament ; two games

, .

each Ives and Schaefer ( scratch ) 5 00; Garnier ,

.
,

300 Garnier won , beating Ives twice and S o hae

.

fer once Ives was second through be a ting

.

Schaefer twice Schaefer b eat Garnier once

. .
‘

B est single average Ives best grand —

avera g e Iv es —
best run Schaefer —

E ighte en inch balk line ( anchor barred ) ; n o

-

shot in an c h or o r balk — N e w York C ity No ,

v e m b e r 29 to D ecember 4, 1 897 T our nament

'

. .

for ch ampionship S lo s s o n w o n four games and

.

l ost n on e Schaefer w o n thre e and l ost one

. .

\
Ive s w o n two and lost two D a ly a nd S u t t o n
‘

also starte d B est singl e average Ives

.
-
—

best grand average Ives b est run —

Ives
E i g hteen inch balk li ne d a nc h o r barre d ) ; n o
-

sh ot in anchor or balk — Chicago , Jan uary 1 7 to

H andicap tournament Ives and S c h a e .

fer ( scratch) , 400; S utton , Spinks , an d C atton ,

260 I v es an d Schae fer ti ed with thre e winning
.

an d o ne losing g ame Sutton w a s third with -

.

two winning and two l osing games T i e not .

played o ff B est singl e average S chaefer

.

best run S chaefer best gran d average

I V ES

Eighteen inch balk line (anchor barred) ; n o

‘
-

shot in anchor or balk New York City F e b r u ,

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C entral Music H all , Chicago , Jan

1 894 tournament 1 4 m c h b alk line ;
—

each .

mi n 5 .
<
8

J Schaefer
.

F C Ives
. .

G F . S lo ss o n

Anch or *

T h e anchor w a s barred after first t w o ga me s ,

and all bets on result of tournament declared “

f by the re fere e , Capt A C A nson

o f . . . .

Febru ary 1 t o 3 I SM tournam en

C 1 nc m na t i , t ,
—

14 -
inch balk line , anchor barre d in prizes .

be
3 3 8
2
if
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1 1)
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3
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o $4

11 04
2834
7 28474:
J. Schaefer 74
G e o F S lo s s o n
. . 97
Ive s won Schaefer $ 900; ,
S lo s s o n, $ 300 .

B oston , February 8 to —
t ournament

fl
1 4 inch balk line , a nchor barred
-
. in prizes .

8 "1.
a + 3
(I )
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112
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0 o) $4

E ms: <5
Geo F . . S lo sso n ” ; 2 0 26 2315
0 2 24 19
J Sch a e fer 1 1 16
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S q uare Garden N e w Y ork C ity

, ,

1 2 t o 1 7 , 1 894 match
— a side
rr ed , 1 4 inch balk lin e ,
~
points ,

Pass ow cushion .

Frank C Ives Jacob Schae fer

.

482 7 37
grand av erag e first
, points w a s 50;
,
’
er s grand average last ,
p oints was,

C entral Music H all , Chic ag o , D ecember 3 t o

1 894— match a si de , anchor barred , 1 4
line , points blocks of 600 M o n
, .

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f

.
irst night
eco nd

3297
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M adiso n S q uare Garden , Ne w Y

March 31 to April 5 , 1 896 tournament —

Ives and Daly 1 8 in ch balk line ( out o n —s - -

shot , five shots allowe d T n “

Parker s’

Tw o g a m e s ea c h
‘

s-l <0

6
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0
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F C Ives. .

: 3) 2 361 41 2
5

J Schae fer
. 30

88:
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A . Garni er 1 3313 9V1 1

Tie was n ever playe d o ff

.

C entral M usic H all , Chicago , May 1 8 t o 23,

1 896 han dicap tournament giv e n by Iv es and
—

Daly 1 8 i nch bal k lin e , n o sh o t in anchor or

—

balk Ive s an d S chaefer (sdra t ch ) 500, Garn 1e r

.

300 T w o game s each

. .

g g
a d a
r nr
t
s e a e n
e v r v u
B A GA R

A . Garn 1 er
F . c . Ive s ’
1 6 , 1 00
5 8 1 03

J , S c h ae fe r 111

Madi son S q uare Garden , N ew York C ity ,

N ovember 29 to D ecember —
champion
 1 86

no shot in F C I ve s and Jacob S o hae

. . .

( scratch) , 400 p oints e ach ; W A Spinks , W . .

C atton , and G e org e S utton , 260 p oints each

$ 1 00 entrance $ 1 , 750 adde d by B B C C o
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D eficit o f $ 400 taken o ut of added money .
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S H OR T ST OPS A T T H E IR B E ST .

Chicago January 1 8 t o 27 , 1 896 ( Recital H all )

,

shortstop tournament 1 4 inch balk lin e ; — -

mone y prizes anchor barre d

, .

Gallagher
M a g g i o li
M c L a u g h li
H atle y
S utton
C apron

Pittsburg , Februa ry 27 to March 6, 1 897

’
( H arry Davis Room ) s h o r t st o p t o u rna m e nt
‘

‘ ’

1 4 inch balk line ; anchor barred ; money pri zes

—

divided 40 30 20, 1 0 p er cent

, , , .

£2 13
0

S
“

q H + 3
8 SS
o m m <1) 3
< 0) 53
o $4 S
m m
a)
Ba m4 c

2 3 13
3 2 27 17
3 2 14
2 3 13 1o 99
2 3 78
12 88

S ut 9t h ) ,
pinks 400 to 31 1 , averaging and
Gallagher 400 t o 1 96, averaging 1 6 s o W inning
, ,

first p r i z e f Spinks beat Gallagher 400 to 1 35 ,

averaging 40 an d running 1 87 for the second

,
.

p r l ze .
 Chicago , March 27 to April 9,
’
Gre en s Imp erial B illiard room -

tournament , 1 4 inch balk lin e ; m

'

anchor barred .

S utton
Spinks
Gallagher
C atton
M c L a u g h li n
M a g g i o li
Matthews

Grand average of to urnament , 1 497 3 .

In playing o ff tie ( April 1 2th) Catton beat ,

Spinks 600 to 478 averaging 20 Spinks b eat all

, .

s hortstop records fo r high run , W ith 1 94 .

TA U G H T
’

B I L L I A R D S C AN BE .

Billiards , of all game s, is undoubte dl y the

more d i fficult t o learn , a fact pl ainly shown by
th e scarcity o f good players Y et it m ayb e .

said that it i s only in the pa st fifte en years that

‘

meth ods of teaching hav e be en arrive d at

which enable a t u t o r to p ut his pupil on the
right t 1 ac k
_ T o day t h e minor professi onals
.

fi nd profitable employment in giving bil liard

less o n s and such o f th e se as w a t c h t h e progres s
'

of a n o v ice closely are loud in thei r expre ssions

of faith that given arable soil a s plendid crop
, ,

can b e raised It i s to be hope d that such is the

.

case a s once let every young man play

, ,
,
'

billiards fairly well and much w i 1 1 be remov ed

,
Ives when p ossible braces himself a g
, ,

table fram e .

M A K E A S O L I D B R I DG E T h e tea
‘

’
Michael Phelan s b ook a s that of ,

p rinte d since will n ot answer the requi

,

of modern billiards A s m u c h of the .

is p ossible sh ould rest solidly on the cushion or

t able be d a s against the raised b ridge where
-

c enter of hand f urnishes n o supp ort H old th e .

cue naturally like a can e or fi sh pol e ; there

,
-

i s n o arbitrary w a y .

MAK E A SH O RT B R I DG E T h e o ld i dea o f
'

ha v ing the cue p oint se veral inches fro m the

.

ball h a s b e en found wanting and so disc arded ,

.

T h e closer the cue p oint to the ball the better , -

n o matter what the ory obtains as wheth er t o

strike the cue ball or push it Tw o i n
-
c hes .

play o f c ue from hand to ball i s b e t t e r than

more vibrati on .

S H O O T T H R O U G H /T H E F I N G E R S This a s .

against the old teaching o f r e st i ng th e o ne ( 11 1 e

top of the han d T h e covered brid .

likel y to direct the cue p oint to the -

aimed at .

, A V O I D W A S T E M O T I O N T here is .
-

fiddlin g with the cue T h e prel i min . g

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are onl y to gauge the sp o v a i m e d at .

D E L IV E R T H E S T R O K E T R U
timer aims ab ove the center
on draw stroke a bad fault —
,

again wishing right twist fiddle on l eft side o f

, ,

cue ball and then cross ov er

-
,
.

S T R I K E C U E B ALL F A I R T h e b est p r o fe s .

s i o na ls are s o littl e from t h e c e nt e r of th e cue

ball n o m atter what action i s desired , that the

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cue point however large c a n not be seen over

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, ,

the top or past the sid es o f the ball T his in c o n .

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trast to the tyro w h o fancies that one must get ,

away Off o n the edge of the ball t o gain desire d

effect . More m iscues com e from failure to
strike cue ball fairly th an from any other cause
-
.

Rudolph e once while playing bank s hots lost ,

'

h i s cue tip and o ffering $ 7 to $ 1 0 that he would

-
,
“ ”
win the game without a tip got on for a large ,

amount an d captured the stakes .

S T RI K E S T RAI G H T A side strok e is used by .

—

the gen ius Jacob Schae fer but n o copyist has ,

ever be en able to run 5 0 at any kind o f billiards .

T h e wizard apparently without s ighting gains

, ,

all kinds of e ffects but t here is only one Jacob ,

Schaefer T h e p end ulum movement o f Vig

.

’
na u x s arm is considered to be perfecti on .

W i t h a thin leather ( an d th i s glassy ) he n ever ,

makes a miscue
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H O LD T H E C U E L EV E L No one can play —

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well if the cue teeters Such stroke may look .

prett y , but has n o sol idity W m Sexton o f . .

,

Americans would be the best teacher of a l evel

,

stroke for n o billiardist e ver hit a ball more

,
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cleanly T h e si de and u p and down movemen t

.
.
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O f the o ne must be avoided .

G o T H R O U G H T H E B A LL T hat i s do n ot .
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,

j erk Players c a n no t se em t o understan d that

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the same motion of the c u e causes a d r a w o r a ,

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follow or a stop shot j ust as the ball i s struck

, ,

below center abov e center o r dead cent er , , .

Few tr y to push a ball ahea d, b u t the maj ority

o f amateurs seek t o j erk the ball b ack

D o N O T P LAY F AV O R I T E S W hen a man .

begins to improve at billiards he fancies a cer

tain stroke peculiarly his long suit and sa c r i fi ,

c e s much b y always looking fo r it T r y to .

think that o ne shot is as easy o f e x ecution as

another and maybe some day you will be a
,
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world s champ ion E ven so gr .

F C Ives is too much given to on

. .

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i e the spread Maurice V
'

. . .
,

America in 1 885 w a s
“
a n ball t .
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Ive s to day but when he learned -

,

o m s he in playing balk line often to

, , ,

i on where formerly h e h ad spread fro '

ball S lo ss o n the opp osite of Ives m a y u se

.
, ,

W
cushion c aroms too much .

A V O I D H E AVY T I S T Th e natural angle .

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i s the imp ortant thing to learn well Some .

t each ers argue that a b egi ner should Shoot th e

cue ball onl y around t h t a ble fo r man y weeks
-
n
be fore trying to h i t an ything except the cu shion .

T h e French corner g ame i s th e b est p ractice

for the natural angle At three cushi o ns and .

bank shots knowl edge of the natural angl e

i s indispensable to all players e x ce pt Jacob
Schae fer p ossibly the champion at b oth styles
, .

W ho can say i f Schaefe rplayed by the diam onds

instead of tr usting alon e to his marv elous eye
that he would n ot b e of higher sp e e d t h a n n ow ~
.

It i s far easier t o control the direction of a bal l .

W
when sli ding or rolling t han when spinning .

H A L F F O LL O l
”
I N S TE A D O F
“
F INE ”
A .
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t h i ng p a r t i c u la r ly impresse d by teachers at th e
l

n g lish game
a T h e fi r st trial from almost .

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any position o f the balls will show where in the

player gains A half follow almost invariably .

corrals the spheres where a s a fine shot ( oth er

than across the fac e) scatters the m
,

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G o T H E S HO R T R O A D Play one cushion in —

pre ference to t w o or more a nd stay on the e nd ,

of t h e t a b le i f p ossible Never fig ure o n where

.
, .

balls are g oing to stop when they are rolling

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D o n ot consider you are in bad luck because

cue ball i s fro zen t o the cushion
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T o my
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adhere d to H e tol d o f a
.

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stroke , a balk line stroke -
,

t h e Paris academi es sh owe d

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n othing in Morris theory T here .

’
men b eat worl d s r ecords in Short
balk line an d an hour thereafter
,

records a t cushion carom s

. Sc .

practicing fo r the championship

o f playin g at pin po ol o r 1 5 b all p o -

even try bank shots H i s theo ry i .

one treati ng as it doe s o fp er fect

, ,
‘

the arm , which e na b le s a man to

quickly an d as correctly as he thi
B urleigh Frank Ives and G e o
, ,
.

ball p ool players to start in with an d D e O r o

‘

, ,

the ch ampi on expert at the game w h o dfi ffifi éh d ,

at pyramids J no Rob erts (games p laye d i n part

.

on E nglish an d American tables) w a s at the ,

tim e a note d player at th re e cushions a

1 .
,

U S E A H E AV Y C U E Ives plays with a c e

u
—
.

weighing twenty thre e ounces N oth ing is

-
.

n ecessary for a 1 2 inch draw but to l et the -

weight of the o ne d o t h e w o rk .

U S E A B I G TI P Ge orge Sutton is the o nly

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.

“
e pert of class th at still sticks to the tooth
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p ick p oint In 1 884 all e xp e r t s o f America
.

P
,

except S lo sso n (wh o always stood by his orig

inal big tip ) used a small pointed c u e Ives in
,
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.
,

1 890, went back to the big tip an d the others

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followe d Ives tip proj ects o v er the wood as
.
“

,
“ ” “ ”
T h e Napole on fancies a goose n eck to -

play through h i s fingers rather than a o ne that ,

gradu ally tapers T h e theory that a b all will

.

d o more things i f struck by a small tip is sound ,

but even the b est p la yers can n ot be sure of

hitting th e ball exactly as they wish and s o ,

hav e agr eed that a big t i p is the best all th ings ,

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considered T h e only reason that Sutton gets

«

along so w ell on long shots with h i s “

tooth
pick is , that he has a splen di d eye and an u n
erring stroke .

P LAY Q U I C K LY
l
You will lose nothing in
.

s peed a nd n ot worry your friends

,
.

A V O I D A FFE C T A T I O N D o no t lo ok at a hard .
—

shot when everybody knows you intend play

ing an easy one Chalk your o ne while the .

balls are rolling L i fe is short . .

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DON T W H I N E Miscu e s generally com e
.

from fault of the player T h e file an d sand .

pap er are for use before and not after the m a k

ing o f a miscue .

B LAM E Y O U R S E LF If you “
come close , .

”
t ie up
” “
l
miss th e first ball
,
and in other ,

ways are hampered it is probably your own ,

fault S ome pr ofessionals blame the chalk lin e

.

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fo r the roll o ff others the fold in the cloth ;
ye t o t h e r s claim a toothpick S poils the chalk
x
.

T hese men are onl y obj ects O f ridicule .

N EV E R U S E T H E B RI DG E T h a use o f the left .

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hand Should b e cultivated from th e start Pro .

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fe s s o r K a a r le s s little daughter makes a fol
”
lo w and force left handed T his shows the .

p ossibilities An y superiority Ives m a y p os

.

sess as against Schaefer Ca n b e attribute d to

the fact o f his having be en born left ha nded .

Ives forced t o use the b ridge when playing

,

with Roberts o n a 6 x 1 2 ta bl e used it with o ne ,

to go (match with Schaefer ) , s o me eting defeat

when the shot w a s on without ai d o f bridge ,

and easily reached left handed .

N EV E R P U T C U E B E H I N D B A C K I t will take —

you years to d o this with out knocking o u t

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somebody s eye and the n your back will so ,

hav e thickened that the kidneys will b e i h

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J ured . ith o ne behind back it is di fficult t o

“
sight .

S T A N D C L O S E T O T H E T A B L E — J acob S o hae
fer o ccupies l ess space than anybody , and in
France even he is kn own a s the most graceful
‘

O fe xp e r t s .

N EV E R P L A Y D E LI B E R A T E S A F E T Y — I t takes
W
.

a gen eral to l n through crippling his opponent .

Most players Only inj ure themselves Such .

safety , a s a rule acts a s a boomerang ; At ball

,

to ball billiards keep away from t h e red when

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,

you miss at thre e cushi ons stay with the red

at cushion caroms le a v the balls I n center o f
e
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tabl e fo r your o pponent with his ball a g a l nst ,

the cushi on b ut en deavor w h e n p la yi ng your

, , x

self to get one or both obj ect balls n ear some

,

W
cush ion .

F I DDL E B O M O V E ME N T O F W RI S T Pretty
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,

bu t no t n e c essary T his w a s proven when .

J acob Schaefer twice br oke h i s wrist H e n ow , .

with a sti ff wrist plays b etter than ever , ,

although his nursing mass é is n ot so effective .

F O R E A R M M O V E M E N T B est to copy Show n .

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.

to p erfection by G F Slo s so n More bi lli a r d i st s

. . .

u se this stroke than an y other T h e full a rm .

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stroke shown at times by Ives an d Schaefer i s .

s ure onl y to such great masters of the cu e .

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S Y S T E M T O C O P Y Slo sso n s H e rarely ties
.
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.

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up . One trying to cop y the p osition pla y o f -

Schae fer makes a draw all right but where ,

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the wizard goes on with a mass é t h e o t h e r

stops through i nab ility to e ffect such stroke .

An i nferi or player can n ot get along w ith

I v es system at all for th is is a s eries of
’ ‘

d i ffi c u lt side draws w here position i s eventually

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,

se c ured by landing o n the right side o f s econd

obj ect ball .
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mite a t H averstraw, N Y T his g e nt le m an

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the
“

. .

go vernors of the Racquet C ourt

ment pronounced ineligible , b eca n
that as a p oor b o y, m
had b een glad to_s e
well known C J E P . . .

kept a billiard room at Springfield , Mass .

Foss at n o time in h i s care er app ears in t h e Te d di

i
ords of billiards , but good naturedl y he s u s i -

t a i ne d the obj ection against him , a nd actually

serve d as one o f the refere es o f the t ourney
from which he had be en barred .

T h e best amateur billiardist in America a t

th e tim e w a s e ery of St .

Louis He also
.

taint of professi
t i c i p a t i n in the
g
St L ouis in 1 87 8, w h e r
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the world by beating S exton s re
with 429 Mr M c C r e e ry here
. .

vacancy caused by illness o f J Dio .

n o suspicion as to his amateur stan

a ffected . T hus , w ith two really good players
barred , the t ourn e y w a s a walk over for Mr -
.

O rvill e O d d i e w h o , playing
,
“
strai ght rai l ”
,

could Show noth ing b etter than a singl e aver

age o f 1 5 1 57 1 9, a grand av erag e o f 1 1 and a high ,

run o f 1 95 M c C r e e r y, in the series of gam es

.

above mentioned had nine years be fore the ,

Racquet C ourt Club tournament w a s held , ,

made a si ngl e average of n early 1 8, a grand

average of with a high run o f 88,
and then defeate d S lo ss o n At the time o f the .
“

Rac q uet C ourt Club tourney , Martin Mullen a ~

big shipper o f coal livin g at Cleveland , Ohi o ,

,

w a s considered the equal o fM c C re e r ya t ball

t o ball billiards
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.
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cares onl y t o play billiards for amuse

(but if he feels like it , is apt t o bet $ 500 on
de) and he never gav e the N e w York a ffai r
,

ug h t Still it is understood that then , as

.

he would be barred from an amateur tour

cause in 1 87 5 he started in a tourna
fo r the Ohi o champion
ship C ertainly n o man has a right to question
.

the fra m i ng o frules by any body o fmen , lo oking

to institutions entirely their own ; a nd if the Rac
quet C ourt Club wishe d t o declare in i t s privacy
Orville O d d i e is the amateur billiard champion
”
o f America , well and go od B ut when this
“

ex ’
pert s spee d w a s c ompared with that of Foss ,

M c C r e e r y, or Mulle n (the first and last name d

have met sev eral times in fast and even con
’

tests) , it looked a trifl e like the doings of a

“
man w h o , in his o w n back ya r d , declared I .

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c a n lick J ohn L .S ullivan .H owever , the
r ecord shows that Mr Orville O d d i e is the
.

only amateur champion that America ever

,

had , and so he must be taken seriousl y .

T h e onl y thing he lacked was speed at billiards .

In all else the amateur champion is up t o all

standards ; and would that there ere m O I e w
like him a n ornament to the game o f billiards
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.

Mr O d d i e , in 1 888, w o n the T ownsend c u p

.

( value , representative of the amateur '

champi onship O f the Unite d States T his beau .

f
”

ti ful emblem was the gift o r th e president o f

the Racquet C ourt Cl ub ( N o 55 W e st T wenty ;
.

sixth Stre et , New York C ity) , and must n e eds

be won thre e times at the ann ual to urnaments ‘

to become p ersonal property Mr O d d i e won . .

it the sec o nd time in 1 889, a nd when in 1 890, ,

n o player entere d the lists against him , th e

“
T ownsend c u p wa s voted his , to hold forever .
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N e w Y or k Rac q uet C ourt Club , May 23 to 28,

tournament for the amateur ch ampion
1 887 —
ship o f the U nited States ; 5 x1 0 table ; 2% balls ;
.

straight rail .

Orville O d d i e , Jr .

Alex Mo r ten .

Dr H D J ennings
. . .

J E
. S du le .

C F J one s
. .

G A Flanagan
. .

New York Ra cq uet C ourt Club , May 1 4 to 1 9,

1 888— fi r st renewal amate ur c h a m p l o nsh i p ; first
contest for T ownsend cup Game s , 300 poi nts . .

Orville O d d i e , J r ~
.

Clement Bainbridge
Dr H D J ennings
. . .

Alex Morten .

q
New Y ork Rac uet C ourt Club , M a y 1 3 to 1 8,
1 889 s e con d renewal of amateur championship ;
—

games , 300 p oints ; 5 x 1 0t ab le ; 2% balls Special .

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A L L KI N D S O F B A L KS .

M A NY LIN E S DRAW N T O C H E CK BID

’
L IARD PLAY E RS SP E E D .

tha
am e
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Billiards , a g t h a s been centuries
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dev eloping , is pla ye d wh e rever civilization ex -

t

i st s
. It nu mbers among i t s votaries the i nt e lli i
g ent of all nations , but it has reached t h e h igh
e st plan e i n the Unite d States of Amer ica , a nd
the champion of the world , at th e st y l eof bil
liards considere d the sta ndard , i s an American
-
Jacob S chaefer .

Forty yea rs ago t h e billiard table in u se w a s

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in _ 6 x 1 2, with s i x p ockets T h e size o f th e

S ize .

balls , of which there wer e four , w a s i nche s

( same as n ow use d in match play) T h e first .

damper to high s cores w a s when p o c ke t i ng t h e '

balls w a s b a rred , and in 1 859 the Ph elan S e e r e i -

ter match for Stakes was played , carom s

only counting Until the tournament in 1 869 fo r
.
,

the champi onship (diamon d cu e ) , the playe r

e ffecting a count up on red an d white w a s
credited with 2 po ints ; striking the two reds
counted 3 After this , until the 4 ball game
.
-

went gout o f e xistence a single carom

counted 3; do ubl e caroms , 6 p oints In 1 863
.

the number of p ockets w a s re duce d to four .

Until the Dion M c D e v i t t match of June 1 0 1 867 ,

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,

pushing and crotching were allo w ed Dion.

made 61 6 in the j aw and crotching was barred

,
.

M c D e v i t t , S epte m ber ran b y aid o f

the push shot , and that style of stroke was
barred But curtailment of S pe ed in one w a y
.

w a s made good in another ; as here , for the first

time , a 5}é x1 1 table was used by the champions .
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the diamond cue championship con t ests

-

e playe d o n a 5 } é x1 1 table ; 2% balls ; push

crotch barred .

a l years be fore the death of the 4 ball

-

e of the exp erts o f high class had

-

me nt i ng with the v i ew to the i m

nt of billiards , and when in 1 87 3, Albert
,

w o n the first 3 ball champio nship of

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d , a 5 x1 0 carom table w a s used , and

ch size table has every champi on
from then till no w , been con
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ept in the case of the C ollender

ament at cushion caroms , where a 4} § x9
t able was used . As , although the crotch w a s
barre d at the 3 ball game , the players fiddled
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close ly around the corners o f the table , the

1 87 4 tournament , fo r the American ch ampion
ship (w o n by Vignaux ) , was played with the
first balk line ever p ut upon a billiard table ,
triangular spaces occupying the co rners , and in
thes e (made by a line drawn from 5} é inches
on side and e nd rails) only tw o shots could be ,

made , the third in balk causing loss of the

”

i nning .

Until , in 1 87 9, Jacob Schaefer , p erfecting rail

play , made points in thre e innings , no ne w
“
bar w a s thought n ecessary Now came in the
.

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Champion s game , an d the triangular spaces
o f the 1 87 4 tournament were increased in size

b y lines drawn from 28 inche s on side cushion

to 1 4 inches on end cush i on It w a s at this style
.

o f billiards that S lo sso n held th e championship ,

and at which h e put on record the only defeat

Maurice Vign a ux ever sustained in France at
ball to ball billiards , since , in 1 87 8, he became
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the ackn owledged champion of his o w n country .

S lo s so n having averaged n early 38, and run

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398, and Schaefer and V ignaux classing wit h

“
him , the game was voted too
though the lines were increased to
“
th e Champion s ga me went out of
’

in 1 885 .

Four y ears be fore , cushion c aroms

“
tri ed but too slow w a s the verdict
,

B e nj amin Garno , a noted

billiards , conceive d the id
balk line to be drawn at a
from th e cushion , and to
accomplished n ewspaper man i s
honor of inv enting the balk line -

liards ( In country towns the supp

.

J uli u s Balke , the elder , first put balk lines on the

billiard table ; s o m uch for similarity of names ) .

J no Randolph H eiser i s said to hav e sugg ested

.

the intersecting line T h e first tournament

.

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h eld ( 1 883) w a s at 8 inch , but Vignaux aver
-

age o f 44% in po ints ( 1 884) cause d a widen

“

ing o f the lin es , and 1 2 inch w a s trie d (J anuary ,

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at which , in 800 points Schaefer averaged ,

April 20, 1 885 , w a s playe d the first tourn a

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14.

ment at 1 4 inch , and n o further extension of t he

-

lin es w a s found necessary until ten years lat er ,

when they w er e set at 1 8inches from the cushion .

At ab out the same time the original one shot “

” “
in (erroneously called t o shots in ) w a s ”
w
“
changed to no shot in .

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W hen in 1 893, the anchor made p ossibl e
,
’
runs like Schaefer s 5 66, C J .E P arke r i nv e nt e d
. .

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a rectangular spac e (3} é x7 i nc h e s) p la c e d at '

'

first diamonds of side and end ra i l , and such

’ ” ’
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space i s kn own as Parker s box I v e s gr eat ‘
.
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averages of 48 and 41 ( made in matche s of

p oint s , anchor barre d, 1 4 inch) caused fertile -

b rains to seek a new arrangement of balk lines ,

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Th e short lines a re said to h av e be en

geste d b y Rand o lph H eiser
'

'

B est records , 8 inch , America , Jaco

-

average of 40 in 600 and 38 in 800; high

220, 21 1 ,
France , Maur i ce Vigna u x (match with S
fer) , average of in high r un
Schaefer w as beaten only 1 31 points
’

Fourte en inch , a nchor u nkn o wn , A m

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’
Maurice V ignaux tou rname nt average O f ,

600 Jacob S chaefer , average o f 25 5 i;

.

high run , (Match with Vignaux ) .

Fourte en inch , anchor in but i mperfectly ,

played Frank C Ives , average of 30 in 600 an d

. .
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of 26 in 800 in the ch a mpionship match with

’
S lo sso n Jacob Schae fer s 31 in 600 (match
.

with V ignaux ) an d high run of 230 n ot yet

beaten .

Fourteen inch , anchor p erfected

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Jacob .

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Schaefer an d Frank C Ives both scored 600 in .

si x innings ( tournament play ) , and Schaefer ran

566 to the 487 of Iv es In all the p ublic play .

between these exp erts , at t h s style of game ,

’
Schaefer s gran d average was 31 ; that of
Ives , 29
I n F ra nc e , On Ives first V isit he clai m
.

’
. s that , .

his gran d average I n the handicaps of the

academies reached as against th e 36 of '

Schaefer in like contests fo r the sam e leng th of

time Vignaux a nchor in , alth o ugh he c a n n ot
. ,

play the system , beat Schaefer a match I n Paris

with an a v e ra g e o f 37 % in p oints , which is
g

the French record .

T h e method of preventing an c hor play i s [

credited to Charles J E Parker of Chicago . . .

B est reco rds 1 4 inch Frank C Ives , average

,
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.

of 48 in high runs , 395 a nd 331 J aco b .

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Schae fer , 41 ; h i g h r u n 27 1 One night s play an
, .

average of 63 in 994 made b y Schaefer .

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Diag ra m 3— Anc ho r Ba rre d Parke r s B o x, 1 0 S ho t s .

E ighteen inch anchor b arred on e shot in

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balk , five in Parker s box ”
C Ives (Ne w
’

F . . .

York , March 31 , average 50 in 600 H igh .

run of 200 made by same player in th e same

tournam ent .

E ighteen inch , anchor barred , n o shot in balk

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and h o Shot in anchor Jacob Schaefer , aver

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age 40 in 400, with high run of 1 38 ( Chicago ,

January 21 , F C Ives , average o f SOL
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1 in
500, an d high run of 1 40 ( New York , D ecember
2, Grand average of 241 835 in points
( Chicago , J anuary 1 7 to 22,

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Diag ram 4 Musse y Game s .
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D iagra m N O 4 sh o w s a chang
.
l

W P Mussey o f Chicago , and at once

. .

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to o easy .

“
Gray T o m Gallagher in practice ran 1 00
this styl e of game .

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Diag ra m 5 S pi nks Ga m e .

Diagram No 5 shows a game

.

Spinks , the California ch ampi

no u nc e d “
unsound ”
by Jacob S ,

which also b efell a further

calle d fo r additional short
end rail .

S c ha efe r s Ga me
i

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Diag ra m 6 — J .

D ia g ram No 6 sh o ws J ake
.

A t it the wizard h a s pra ctic

H i s first e ssa y res ult e d in a n
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Diag ra m 8— F o ur Spa c e Ga m e
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.

Diagr am N o 8 sh o w s st h e four space g ame ,

.
-

anchor allo w ed T his i s strongl y advoc a ted b y

.

H enry Rhines W ith two shots allowed i nbalk

.

(a s at the ord i nary 1 4 inch game ) S c h a e fe r s o m e

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years a g o m ade an av er age o f 8} é, but later , ,

with five shots all o w ed in balk , h e sh o we d an

av erage of 1 3 .

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W itn essing this p erformance , good judges .

“
w ere heard to remar k : A fi r st class man with - 5

p ra ctice wo u ld surely av erage 5 0at that style Of

“

”
billiar ds .

Diag ram 9— Magg io li’

s Ga

’
D iagram N O 9 shows M a g g
. game Th e i o li s .

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c h ampi o n of the S outh is responsible for this , at

which style he recently averaged n early 4 a nd
.
,
 H arry Pagin , his opponent , averaged Only
two shots in balk are allowed , either in the cen
ter inclosure or elsewhere .

Diag ram l o — Va rie d F o ur Spac e Gam e

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.

Diagram No 1 0 is the va ried four space game

.
-
.

It is untried in pu blic , but i s spoken well of .

T h e ide a w a s originated by an amateur .

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Diag ra m l l — The “
Game .

Diagram No 1 1 shows the

. game It i s u h .

tried i n public T here are modifications of this

.

gam e made by marking additional lines bisect

“

ing the table both ways o r by adding still more

,

lines till t h e center o f the table is all marked up

into a crazy q uilt In diag r ams 1 3, 1 4, onl y o ne
.

shot allowed in balk .

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Diag ra m l 2— The Kit e F rame .

Diag ram l 3 The C razy Q uilt

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.

Diag ra m l 4— Latt ic e Wo rk
.

In the composite game , diagram 1 6, n othing

is barred in the sp aces marked A , where
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occasion with a splendid spe ech some of the ,

li sten ers ( an d C entral Music H all was cro wded

with a representative b ody of citizens) thought
the able j urist stretched the point a trifle by the
‘
phrase I , myself , have hel d the o ne while the '
’
bishop ran o ut th e game ; but I ca n assure you
‘
tha t n o less a p ersonage 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
ards ,
sai d on e day n earing the cl ose of h i s
, ,

long an d honorable care er , James W C och ran , .

a p ione er of Chicago T h e intereste d listen er

.

s a t silent while the old gentl eman ( long si nce

“
passed t o th e final account) , kn own as the
”
father of the billiard players e d i fi e d him thus : ,
“
As I w a s saying Gen G eorge W ashing
, .

ton playe d a t billiards W hen his army.

wintere d n ear Morristown New J erse y , the

, ,

Co mmander i h Chie f made his headq uarters at

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t h e abandoned mansi on of a T ory in t h e

vicinity (T h i s story c ame direct to m e , m y
'

boy , for my grandfather was S urgeon General -

’
in W ashington s army , and , as a b o y, I well
rememb er the tales he was wont to tell ) .

T h e owner had purchase d in E nglan d a 6 x1 2

s i x pocket billiard table the heavy carving upon
-
,

the sides of which wou ld l ook strangely at the

present day T h e bed was made of marbl e
.

s la b s fa n d cloth and cushions were fashioned

much as Indeed i f I mist a ke not , this

,

antique p iece O f furniture ma y be se en to day

'

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,

where for 1 1 0 years it has a fforded faciliti es for

’
the visitor s e xhibiti on of proficiency at bil
liards .

T h e tale as told by the registe r wherein a p ,

pear the greater names O f Am erican history ,

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would indicate that the Vanity so m a r ke d in

'

m odern bi lli ard players is no new development ,

fo r h e r e and there is re c ord made of supp ose dly
gr eat p erformances I recolle ct that aga inst
.

‘
on e signature was place d scored a run of
provocative of laughter when it i s und erstood
th a t four balls we r e used , and p ocketing the
‘ ’
balls , th e p ush shot , an d crotching was a l
[

lo wed while caroms counte d either two or thre e

‘
,

poin t s T h e player then had , mayhap , p ockete d

.

the red ball thrice , an d taken one p oint for hi s

1 ’
opponent s m i ss , or p o ss i bly made five caroms

W
,

on red a nd white

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.

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h o was the first great American p r o fe s
sio u al ? Michael Phelan , did you sa y ? h y,
Lord bless yo u , b oy 1 d ate back to 1 832, an d
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Phelan s day didn t come along _until the 5 0 s .

When a young man I one day , in th e city o f ,

Albany , N Y , chanced to stroll in to a saloon

. .
,

an d there s a w manipulating the ivori es on a

«

billiard tab le; surrounded by a crowd of a d m i r

ers , a young m an afterward known to fame as
’
Lynn H igham , the Albany pony
‘
Returning .

home to Schenectady , I tol d my father of th e

wonderful Str okes I had seen ex ecuted T h e .

n ext day , when going down stre et to th e store , '

my father p oi nted o ut the barber shop in which

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H igham had been given his first lesson in bil

liards N O , the idea o f a billiar d table in a
. L

barb er shop causes a smile I s e e but such things

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,

were co mmon in those days T h e p on y too

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. ,

short to reach well , was helped out by his father ,

who c rri ed a stool aro und the table fo r the son

a
to st an d on w h en pl a ying bi lliards I sh ould .

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sa y that i n m a nh o o d H igham was j ust about

’
George S lo sso n s height , th an whom i n build h e .

was slightl y stouter H e was a fair , fat , chubb y

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little fellow somewhat on the dough face order ,

,
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and n ot to b elie h i s l ooks , had th e he art of a

,

rabbit .

“
Somewhere about 1 832, this e xp e
New York City an d there attracte d
tion of t h e sporting fraternity ,
o f which was a man named
‘ ’
the sobriquet o f Moccasin Like man y a
.

gambler of our day , he had a business Scheme

for a blind , an d upon the walls o f his boot and
sho e establishment , on Broadway , might b e
seen an innumerable lot of painte d moccasin s ,

and from these he took his nickname .

“
A sp orting nobleman of E nglan d , happening
t o note the skill o f H igham suggested t o Jack
,

s o n the scheme o f taking the young billiardist

‘
to E ngland , and this agree d to the Alban y
,
’
p ony at once went hard into practice at the spot
stroke (holing the re d ball ) , which culminate d
‘ ’
i n a run of 600 points M occasin meantim e
.
,

w a s u p country securing other attractions fo r

-

mone y ge tting in Albion , an d when he r eturned

such mat erializ ed in th e shap e o f a trotter and
a pacer , e ach of which could barely cover a
mile in thre e minutes .

As this w a s the time when the E rie Canal

was building , th e towpath O ffered the track
wh ere these star e q uin es were trialed the —

som ewhat inaccurate method o f timing b eing .

to start th e watch (h eld by a man at the finish )

fl
at the drop of a flag .

“
E ventually the n obleman an d th e sp ort
’
lande d in E nglan d with America s b est horse
T h e s u c Ce ss o f
‘ ’
e sh and th e Alban y p on y .

th e four legge d animals w a s conj ectural but

-
,

fo r the billiard player everythin g l ooke d rosy ,

as the then champion o f E ngland , known as

advanced s o fallaci o u s a n arg u m ent
t reating of t h e v ictory o f Frank C .

J n o Rob erts at the game of E nglish

.

T hat in L ondon , D erby w e ek , 1 893 ,

of p oints Ives did d e fe a t R o

, ,

truth but it w a s by n o means at

,

g ame that th e American

T h e story runs a s follows : Ives , in 1 892 after ,

winning the American championship at 1 4 inch -

balk line from Jacob Schaefer , and holding

‘

same against G eo F S lo ss o n, ambiti ously . .

sought other fiel ds of conquest and j ourney e d

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to Paris , F r a nc e w h e r e for several m onths he

,

soj ourned , an d met an d defeate d all comers ,

with th e exception o f Maurice V ignaux an d
Jacob Schaefer , which pair were engaged at a
rival academy It was when returning to
.
-

America Ives , passing through Lond o n tarried

, ,

and informed himself as to the probability of

securing a match with Roberts at some st yle Of
co mpromise game For Ives like S lo ss o n and .
,

Schaefer , kne w w e ll that at the regulation E ng

l

lish game n o living man had a chance to beat

Roberts Calling upon the E nglish champion ,
.

the American w a s well ( if coolly) received and ,

at onc e the men b egan figuring as to the con

d i t i o ns which would bri ng them together in
the matt er o f billiard sp e ed :
Nothing w a s d one until , in the spring of 1 893,
T o m T aylor ( a fi E ng li sh professional billiard
‘

“
i st , who really discovered the system of end
play ,
”
which , perfect ed b y Rober ts , accounts
"
for championshi p form) lande d in Chicago
with credentials from J ohn Roberts as match
maker O n the 29t h day of April , 1 893, articles
.

of agreem ent wer e signed Such called for a .

p oint
-
match ,
und e r E nglish rules ,
for
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a side ; th e table to be 6 x 1 2 w i t h s i x , \

p ockets of the bes t make of B urroughs

W atts size o f p ocket 34 inches size of balls ,
,

254 inche s . Mr T aylor went home entirely

.

“ ”
satisfied , as he had n o doubt that J ack ( as
all E nglishmen _ call Rob erts ) had a good thing .

“
T h e concession , E nglish r ules to govern , had
settle d all his fears B u t Yanke es hav e b e en
.

famed since time immemorial a s being up to :

selling wooden nutmegs , an d even woo den

oats In carefully digesting th e book of E ng
.

lish rules , the youth from Plainwell , Michigan ,

had discovered something .

S ection 44 o f the rules r eads

T h e balls b eing j amm e d in the pocket s o
that the greater part is o ff the table , the y shall
’
b e considere d to have been holed .

J a w
a t

C0 m pr o m is e iv ES
( -
ROB ERTS ) Ga me
a nd O ld Am e ric a n

Fo ur -
Ba ll Ga m e .

i n . Po c <ei +
2 74 in B a l ls .

But this d i d not bar the j aw with a 214

ball , for with such s 1 ze o ne can not s o place t w o
‘

balls in the mouth o f the p ocket but that some ,

p ortion of the b ed of the table will b e b etwe en

th em and the fall o f the p ocket T h e rule w a s .

all for which it w a s inten de d (the regular E ng

lish game calls for 3% p ockets a nd balls) ,
 bu t the Yankee
accepted T ayl or
’
s
sa w
220

the a w and
conditions
fl
.
s

J a w
at

Eng li s h G a m e
ba rre d .

1 11
’
Po c ke r
/in
.

B a i ls
'
2 ls .
.

Ives kept his secret well and w a s n

to practice with the balls wed g e d ( a p o sition in
which a ny amateur could make en ormous runs) ,
th e first trial having assure d him that the p osi
"
ti on once gained , any length of game w as over ,
.

“ ”
H e contented h i m Se lf b y playing the rail
t

and acquired s u ch skill that the balls c Ou ld b e

h eld past the side p ocket Breaks of 600 and 800
.

we re scored , an d when h e left for E ngland the

“
American thought that he could w i n hands ~

down without the ja w J ust b efore the date .

O f the match Ives w a s taken ill an d the damp

’

,
,

n ess o f L on do n a ffecting him seriously , he ,

when the match w a s t w o t h i r d s over , was a p e

p a r e nt ly beaten Roberts had played much

.

better than had be en bargained for , in fact had

demonstrated that he outclassed a ny E ng li Sh
billiardist ev er pro duced by e as ily adapting
himself to chan g e d conditions Ives in resp onse . ,

to a _c ablegram from an American friend , had

.

“ ”
j ogge d the first night , in orde r that s ome
mone y might be place d But T hursday he .

p robably wishe d that he had gone on fro m the

sta rt H i s fri en d i n A m e ric a wh o kn ew a bou t
.
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La t er in the ye a r Ives an d Roberts pl ayed in

Chicago , and the American w on Afterward , .

I n New Y ork C ity , they met again , and here

Roberts , playing extraordin arily well (the pock s

ets hav i ng been enlarge d to inches) , bea t his

man T h e E nglish champ ion gained greatl y in
.
,

billiard spe e d from the matches played with

I v es an d the American w a s taught some valu
,

able shots by t h e othe r n otabl y a l ong smash

“
,

”
fo l low , which , executed in th e Chicago handi l
c a p t o urnament of Janua ry , 1 898; brought dow n

t h e ho use In making this style O f sho t Ives

.
,

catches his cue as far back as p ossibl e j ust as ,

’

does the E nglishman W hile in America , Rob

.

“
erts was taught to play the rail after a fa sh
‘

i on H e at once saw that h e co a ld work thi s

.

system on the end rail without sacr i ficing any

thing as failure would inj ure him n ot at all ,
,

be cause h e could hole the red an d on c e more '

get the balls B ef o re this the E ngl ish record for

.

high run w a s the 7 37 of Roberts , and no Othe r i

‘

man at sp ot barred had come an ywhere ne ar

“ ”

this break Returning to E ngland , h i s first

.

’
'

we ek s play return ed a run of 85 0, and soon

thereafter h e put up In January , 1 898,
( according to Ives) Roberts ra n 1 , 600 At E ng '
.

lish billiards h e stan ds ready t o concede any

American in Ives in the spring o f ,

1 897 challenged Rob erts for

,
a side t o
play using a {i i i inch p ocket and a
,
-
ball , b ut
his forfeit o f $ 2, 500, p oste d in London , was n ot
covere d 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 .

T h e reputation of Frank C Ives is in no sense .

i nj ure d b y the correction o f the p op ular e l r o r

as regards h i s defeat of J u o Roberts As his . .
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.
comi ng to the fron t rank of native experts
greatly augmented in S peed th e game o f bil
liards , so his_play with Roberts resulte d in the
amalgamati on of all that i s best in th e styles at
which each of th e contestants were at the time
champions T here are now living five fi r st
.

class b i lli a r d i st s ? Jacob Schaefer , Frank C .

Ives , Maurice Vignaux , Ge o F S lo s so n, an d

. .

J u o Roberts , and the rapid de v elopment o f

.

billiards , n o matter what the style of game , i s

directly traceable to the work of this q uintette .

N 0 one of the fi ve but w hat has made valuabl e

contributi on to th e general fun d o f billiard
infor mation , a nd when partisanship se eks t o
exalt this on e or that over the others , the a d v o
cate should meet a well deserve d contempt .

L ondon , E ngland , May 29 to June 4, 1 893

Match , p oints , spot barred C ompromise.

ga me , 21, -
1 balls , 3 1
74 p ockets ; point blocks -
.

(T h e original articles called for p oints ,

and stakes of a side ) .

F C Ives , 689, 981 , 57 3

. .
, total
J Roberts ,
. 41 8, 41 3;
total ,
Ives ran (fourth and fifth nights) , then
destroye d th e p osition purposely T h e last .

night he again got position and ra n 852 Rob .

’
erts highest run w a s 249 .

T h e betting in E ngland b e fore the match w a s

largely in favor of Roberts , but 6 to 5 against
Ives w a s the best price obtainable in Chicago .

O f th e p osition where Ives made the immense

“
run , the L ondon S po r t s m a n said : T h e balls
are p ecul i arly paire d ( u pper right p ocket) .

’
T he y don t touch . T h e white i s well in the top
shoulder and the re d certainl y well on in the
J aws .
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2 24

’
Rob erts , when in America at the orld s,

Fair , played Ives two matches T h e fir st on e .

( Chicago ) w a s won b y the A merican ; t h e

secon d (playe d in New Y ork City ) fell to
Roberts T h e table used in the last m atch was
.

fitted with p ockets In b oth the Am erican

.

games the crotch and anchor shot were barred .

T h e ravens croaked : “
H i pp o d r o m e l Iv e s ‘

an d Roberts are after th e public mon ey .

T h e Chicago match cleared (gate money) less

than $ 500 T h e p erson al expenses of Roberts
.

an d family , during his Chicago vi sit , more than

doubled such am o unt and h i s American trip
,

all around (loss of busi ness interests included )

cost him over $ 5 , 000 .

TH E J O H N S ON R E E V E S M A T C H
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}
In the fall o f 1 883 ( Novemb er) there w a s
played a match at cushion carom billiards
w hich a s a means of t h e interchange of mon e y ,
,

far eclipsed any contest which e ver w a s known

W
’
in A merican billiards In the private room ,
.

ith seating capacity of ab out 600, over the

C olumbia B illiard room ( now , 1 898 owned by ,

G F S lo ss o n) , corner T we nty second Street

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and B roadway , N ew Y o rk C i t y, there were

assembled on the night in question the n otabl es
o f t h e E astern sp orting worl d E very seat w a s.

fill ed an d all cor ners crammed , altho ugh no on e

wh o coul d n ot show an i nvi tati o n passe d the
d oorke eper T h e contesta n
. ts were Capt J no . .

T Re eves an d David J ohnson , the former a n

.

old time billiard e xpert , wh o had a g ain an d

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again face d the starter H i s opp onent was a .

youthfu l sport , destine d s ome y ea rs later to put

City , after s n o wfall and Ridge Lev i ne , b oo k
,
’
maker , acc e pted on Re eves b ehalf .

Great in t ere st at once w a s aroused , and as :

i t w a s a certainty that large amounts wou ld b e
wagere d on the game , J ohnson engage d T om “

my W allace ( Schaefer s protege and a s wio n I

” ’
,
-

d e r fu l a billiardist as ever li v ed of like a g e ) a %

trainer , and kept the matter more or les s of a n
secret as the lessons were given at the book
i - u
,
’
make r s club . H ere Johnson o u t man a g e d
Reev es w h o did n ot appear to consider t h e fac t
,
”

that a n ew system of play at cushion caro ms

had b een found an improvement ( that o f p la y: a

ing one cushion i ns ead o ft w o or three , o r si x) ,

,

and s o in practice kept banging aroun d t h e

short angles o f the 4} é x9 table , getting all the -

kisses but co nfid ently exp ecting to put u p a n

'

average of n o matter h o w badl y f o rtune

might use him
On the eventful night of the ma t ch , M
.

r r

Appleb y, be fore going to the hall , declare d th at

he had bet enou g h (som e thousands o u tsid e o f
the main stake ) , and the general feeling favore d
Re e v es to win B u t j us t as the game began ,
.

?
when b ookmaker T ully kept c r y1 ng $ 1 00to $ 90
against his man , Appleby could stan d it n o
l onger an d p ut down a bet o f against
on J ohns on For an hour betting trans
.

a ctions had b een large T here were seate d

.

about the billiard tabl e the leading bo ok m akers ,

a nd w hen this or that turfman or other s port

p
”
i ng m a n wished to “
get on
, ,
he sim ly did so
through h i s bookm aker friend . T herefore , it
.

was n ot n ecessary to appoint stakeh o lders and

flash mo n e y (h appenings which , t o the i ne x
”

p e r i e nc e,
d convey the idea of a “
worl d o f
”
m one y being wagered an d as in the c a s e o f
/

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the Phelan S e e re i t e r match at Detroit , p ut on

—
.

record fallacious estimates ) ; b usiness was trans

acted rapidly, and s o unimport a nt wa s a b et o f
$ 80 that a man yelled himsel f hoarse before
anybody paid any attention t o him T h e o ld .

timers aver that i n h o r s e racing a ny one o f the

“ ”
moss grown four mile events o f b efo de wah
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produced high gambling and are l oth to accept

,

as a fact that since bookmak ing and p ool rooms

struck the Uni t ed States (less than twenty
years a g o ) there i s more mone y bet throughout
“ ”
the countr y on a race fo r mai d ens than
changed hands in all the four mil e races ever
-

run i n America
’

.S o with billiards at the

Phelan S e e r e i t e r ma tch , whatever mone y was
-

at issue stakes and all) w a s nothing

compare d to t h at wagere d on the J ohn son
Re e v es match , eve nb efore the gam e started
‘
.

T h e first 1 00 points ( the game was 25 0 up ) w a s

cont este d s o closely that n either player could b e
’

sa i d to have an advantage , but midway th e s e c

ond 1 00, John so n fo rged ahead and stood 30points
to the good Jame s Kell y had come in late and
.

’ ”
hadn t bet a cent H e n ow unbelte d , an d h i s
.

Q
” “
uiet o fi e r of to $ 40 on Johnson got a
”
game for a large amount , a s J o e C otton , a con
s e r v a t i v e man , and the bookmakers that fully

appreciated the fluctuati on s inci dent to a cush

i o n carom gam e , he dge d o lf in a twinkling , and
put Mr Kelly where he stoo d to lose
.

Re e v es mad e a s purt , an d playing with as

,

high a rate o f spe e d as shown in his practice ,

c losed the g a p , and going o n strongly , turne d
the second hundre d with a run of 1 2, and the
score stood : Ree ves , 206 ; J ohnson , 200 Now .

bedlam reigned Kelly was in a tight plac e:

.

”
S t e d e ke r flopped around unt i l he had a Dutch
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( a book that l oses n o m atter how i t com es ) a nd

’

the gam e w as stopped while amid shouting , ,

”
guying , laughter and great uproar , each ,

gamester t r i e d t o fix hi s fences Soon the ev en

'

mo ney on Reeve s went to $ 1 00 to $ 90,

landed at $ 1 00to $ 80 But t h e break in the .

ce e d i ng s had q u i te undone the apopl ectic

'

tain T h e e xc itement and t h e he a t had de

‘

stroye d his chance H e was see n t o falter , then

.

stammer for water , an d with a desperate g ras p

as i f t o loosen his n eckti e, tore it , h i s c olla r, a nd
shi rt ban d loose .

T h e S pectators , s o use d to qu i ckly s p y a

’
horse s tail go up , l et no t s o omin ous a sign
e scap e and 1 00 to 25 on J ohnson wen t begg ing
,

“ ”
when Dav y onl y l e d by 1 5 p oints S o o bv i

W
.

o us w a s the d isparity of odds and st ag e o f

game , that hen $ 1 00 to $ 1 0 was o ffered , John
son op enly to ok quite a bunch o f th e short e nd
himsel f Despite this , e ach time he went to the
.

“
table his adherents exultantly shouted , Pay
o ff an d never had re ason to cha nge th e cry ,
as their man won the game b y1 7 p oints , finishing '

“ ”
hands down , an d with a b etter average ( 2)
than h a d be e n e xpected of h im under such try
q ’
ing c i r u m st a nc e s J ohnson s p ers o nal friends
.

had stuck to him from first to la st , kept on b et

ting that h e woul d w i n from the worse stag e, '

an d from the mone y that night l and ed , it is

said , have spru ng the l arge for t unes of several
of the lights o f t h e E astern b et ting ring o f the
'

“ ”
present day T omm y W allace w a s well
. .

pai d fo r his s ervices , and the J ohnson Reeves

'

match conclusively prove d that the best way t o

play c ushion caroms is to hit one cushion in
preference t o m ore n o matt er what the spe ed ,

of billiard experts .
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A— Po sit io n fo r do u ble kiss

‘

’
,

B —_S pinks fav o rit e in i n o ne s ho t

W
.

’
Sc ha e fe r s i n i n o ne t hre e c ushio n s ho t
“
C — -

D— o nde rful st ro ke by C att o n, in i n o ne sho t

d rlv e n o n t wo c u shio ns
.

l ege of placing the cu e ball wherever he pl eases

-

insid e the string n ot only for the op ening shot ,

'

b u t for any thereafter n ecessary T h e cue ball.

-

must first hit th e left si de cushion A foul o n

-
.

th e white ball is counted a stroke .

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Th e game is one bringing i nto play the prin

c i pa l
W
knowledge necessary t o the pr imitiv e
billiardist , hose teaching t o ld o f h o w the angle
o f incidence is equal to that of reflection To
’

aid him t h e diamonds were placed up on the

"
rails o fthe table T his w a s before twist
. E ng
”
lish ) w a s discovered , and if a ball hit fair
struck o ne diamond it must of necessity travel
to s o me other diamond with unerring accuracy ,
provide d th e tools were per fect .

One day an E ngli sh drover s o the story —

goes chanced , upo n passing a billiard table ,

—

to hit a ball with the butt o f his l eathern whip ,

up on which the sphere , striking the cushion ,
showed an unnatural angle , and that ended the
use of the diamond , an d at the same time it
rendered possible the evol uti on of billiards to
i t s present advance d state .

T here are no diamonds on an E nglish billiard

table Probably most p er sons using them see
.

on American tables onl y an ornamentation to

relieve the idea of barene ss B ut som e of the .

old time e xp erts use them , n otably T homas J

- .

Gallagher , and thus i s partially accounte d for

“ ”
his reputation as a hard shot player , j ustl y -

gained thro ugh the completion of most start

ling strokes .

Jacob Schaefer never lo oks at a diamon d , and

the same may b e said of new schoo l b i lli a r d i st s ,
-

“ ”
aware that the instant side is applie d the

W
natural angle is destroyed
’
.

H Catton is the best American player at

. .

the corner game W hat his system is is h is own

.

a ffair , but the S pectator s ees him , with his cue ,

m easuring the spot to be hit on the right hand -

side cushion , rebou nding from _ w hich the cue

ball hits the red p erfectly as it stands in th e
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c enter of the t able , and drives it h o

stro ke . C atton l earne d the gam e
w here h e stood n ext o f class to D u
Frenchman , an d Manuel , the Spania
pair are the b est in the world , an d
them can be backed t o c
four strokes C atton fi r s
.

“
game in Chicago at the academy op ened b y ,

J acob Schaefer in 1 895 , an d

exp erts sought a syste m to
White who some thirty fi v e years ago w a s the
— -

champion b illiar dist of Maine a man not ed a s a

—

mathematician was no t l ong i n studying out a

,

system of natural angles and making this kn own

'

to h i s son Frank , w h o i s one o f the best l ocal

'

amateurs at angle games T h e young e r W hite

.

in a short time acquire d proficiency su fficient to

cause the issuance of a challenge on h is b ehalf
n ever accepte d — to play any ma n t h a t c o u ld be
'
‘

produced , bar Catton .

’
It was the adopti on of W hite s system th at
enable d S pinks a super i o r billiardist , to mak e

"
,
’
such a showing agai nst Catton In fact , Spinks .

“
r ecord of p utt ing the ball in nin e times in
\

thirt ysh o ts , may be unequale d in any country .

In op ening , Catton places the cue ball at th e -

intersection o f the lines marked on the tabl e

‘

for 1 4 inch balk line

-
. Spinks places his n ear -

the end rail at the first diamon d T h e latter .

player se ems the sur e r to hit t h e re d ball , but

this may result b ecause of his soft st rok e, w hich
can n ot cause the re d to dan ce far from the
corner , the theory of t h e player , apparentl y ,
being to nurse th e sphere over b y easy stages ,
’
as opp osed to Catton s idea o f landing it by a
-

hard strok e in one shot , failing which , so me

"
ti m e s the red rolls o u t i n the center of t h e
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.

the wor st p ossible place on t h e table a nd some -

times i n desperation trying e xperime nts la nd — “

the refractory sph ere ho me in o ne 1 00 t e l -

a

stroke, thus winning the money of the backe r

an d receiving tu multuous applause .

The re are s ome pretty shots , the double ki ss

probabl y b eing the mos t
the red lays n early on th e
be driven up and down , t h e
only the side cushion , o r banked m
o f two cushions .

T here are variation s o f the cor

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the re d ball being placed 1 n lower

or l ower left hand corner ; and at
-

Professor K a a r le s s , the B elgium st

and fanc y shot billia rdist , is without
-

R E C OR D OD D S A N D E N .

Four balls — 5% x 1 1 carom table ,

Pierre C arme Ch i cago ; July 22, 1 868,
,

an d ran 382 .

Pin p ool J F B M c C le e ry
—
.
, Virgini a C ity
. .
,

Nev , D ecember pl ayed ten an d o n e ~

hal f hours with C h as D ouglass , and w o n $ 6, 330 .

in g old coin
M
.

In June , 1 890 J acob Schaefer easily beat

, c

C le e r y a nd a fe w days later , according to F C

,
. .

Ives , but for m iscarriage of plans , had a chance

to win at pi n p ool , by beating the C a li fo r

"
nia p et .

“
T hre e balls — In snap game at Pittsburg

W
,

P a A pril
. . A lbert iemer of Clev eland ,
Ohi o , lost to illiam W alke r of Pitts
burg T h e winner in S pe e d w
. a s up to
“
50 o r n o
”
count , while the loser n e v e r ran 20 in h i sj i fe
'

.
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W nking “
T hi he was going to o far , J no Stale y ,

"
.
.

’
alker s backer , told his man to lose the last
game a side ) thereby o u t m a na g i ng him
,

s el f as
,
iemer had in his pocket .

Cushion caroms 4y z x9 table Mar t in Mul

—
.

len ( amateur) , at Cleveland , Ohio , 1 890, beat

“ ”
Jacob Schaefer three st raights , 1 00 point -

games , and in the 300p oints made a grand aver

age o f 1 0 Mullen made game in 8
. in ,

n i ng s respectively H igh runs : Schaefer 43;

.
,

Mullen 41 T h e stakes w ere small , but vessel

, .

' men , friends o f Mulle n , w o n a large amount of

mone y from the local s ports who naturally ,

thought Schaefer a cinch Mullen had pre .

“
v i o u sly beaten Ives , then the champion short
”
stop , who , when twitte d by Schaefer , hotly
“
said : If he plays that kind of a game , he can
”
be at you too , and this talk brought on the
,

Mu llen Schaefer contest

-
.

Mullen , in 1 87 5 , d efeated at p in p ool wm .

B urleigh w h o the n was considere d as second

,

only to T i m F 1ynn, t h e recognized p in pool

~
-

champion .

B AN K S H O T S .

Jacob Schaefer is the best player in the world ,

an d is said to have score d a r un of 1 9 T o the .

best amateurs Chas N o lan o f St L ou 1 s an d

— .
o

Albert Dexter o f Chicag o Schaefer concedes —

the o dds of 30 per cent , although these gentle

men hold their own with all b i lli a r d i st s except
W C M c C r e e r y and E Carter , players by 1 5
. . .

p er cent th eir sup eriors .

FANC Y S H OT S .

l
Schae fer an d Ives are the best players , either
man being able to make a ny shot possible to
other artist up to some not e ecute d b y x
the others s s o r Ka a r le s s , with his great
.

all around draw shot , may be an exception

-
.

L ouis Shaw pl eases a t e xhibiti ons , an d E ugen e

C arter som e years ago , w a s known as a Star
, .

In France most of the professionals ar e fin e

fan cy shot player s and G o fa r t is considered the
-
,

b est .

FIN G E R B IL L IARD S .

H T Perry o f Cincinnati , Ohio has n o e q ual

. . , .

U nlike others , h e executes with any size ball up

to inches , and at cushion caroms picks up
“
his ball wherever he fin ds it Yank Adams .
,

always a p opular entertainer i s e ntirely o ut ,

classe d by Perry L ouis Shaw is as good with .

fingers as with cu e E ugen e Carter , a few .

years S ince , made a big hit in L o ndon , E ngland ,

with the small ivory balls ( use d at p in p ool an d
1 5 ball p ool ) , th ese b eing twirl ed about in amaz
-

ing fashion Jacob Schaefer originate d the trick

.
,

an d can s pin the w e e S pheres much more effect

i v e ly than C art er .

L A DY F A N C Y S H O T PLAY E R -
.

F C.Ives i s authority for the statement tha t

.

Miss K a a rle ss , age t welve ye ars the daughter ,

o f Professor K a a rle s s o f New Y ork , can exe

“ ”
fo llo w a nd force with e ither hand
”

c ut e a c

and accomplish results imp ossible to any other

exp ert H e r father is a n o ted B elgian strong
'

man , who carries a 1 00 pound dumbbell on his -

sh oulder while showing t h e more e xtraordinary

o f fancy shots , and the daughter bids fair to b e
“
a m o st athletic woman by the time o f Paris ,
when the pair will visit E urope .
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S lo ss o n in 1 880, Maurice Daly ab o ut

tim e, then followed Jacob Schaefer in 1 883, and
Frank C Ives , w h o lan de d in France in 1 892
. .

T h e last fo ur mention ed experts have e ach

crossed the Atlantic several times .

E ugen e Carter has made more than one trip ,

to E nglan d and France a nd n ow makes hi s ,

following 1 892 W
headquarters at Barcelona , Spain In the y ears
m H C atton F M a g g i o li ,
,

W m A Spinks , an d Chas Schaefer all e xhib

. .
. .

.
,
.

i t e d the ir S p eed in the Paris academi es Sc h a e .

fer and Iv es in 1 892 gave exhibiti ons o f b alk

w
, ,

line billiards in London , E ngland , an d met ith

success o f m ild typ e .

FOR E IG N E RS IN AM E RIC A .

M Claudius B erger , champ ion of France , was

.

the first Frenchman to dare the watery wastes

wh i ch Vignaux so fears that a o ffer fo r ,
’ :
six months in th e W orld s Fair year w a s n o
induceme nt for h i m t o take the steamer for
k

New Y ork .

B erger w a s present when the first American

tourna m ent ( N e w York O ctob er , 1 860) was .
,

framed and h e c o nt 1 1 b u t e d t h e second prize

,

— a French inlaid cu e Giving exhibitions .

throughout the Unite d States , B erger intro

“
duc ed “
the mass é, then called the p e r p e n
”

”
di c u la r sh ot .

P i e r r e C arm e , A P Rudolphe , and A lbert

'

. .

Garni er were the n ext importations , followed

by Francois U b a ss y an d Mauri ce V ign aux .

W hen C atton returned from Franc e h e brought

’
with him Fournil , a player o f Garnier s spe ed .

Kerkau champion of G erman y , recently trie d

.

“
our players , but was unhor sed b y Shortsto p
Mc L a u g h lin .
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W m C ook and J no R o b e rt s have filled p r o

. .
o

fe ss i o na l e ngagements , and T T aylor , a retire d .

expert , c a m e o v e r to make the Iv es match for .

Roberts T h e latter first saw the Yankees some

.

twenty fi v e years ago , he then passing through

-

the country on h i s way to Australia .

B E S T H AN D IC A P .

Th emost remarkable o f handicaps was that

made by H enry Rhines in 1 891 T here were .

five contestants all w ell known gentlemen of

,
-

Chicago J no L avally , Fred Ackerman , N else

— . .

H umphrey ( dead ) , Morris Morle y , an d Chas .

Gregory Ackerman and H umphre y started at

.

scratch the others at 1 50 T h e tourna .

ment resulte d in a ti e all around , a s each m a n

‘

won two games

.
.

R U B N U RS E A T C U S H IO N CARO MS .

Peculiar to the inventor , E ugen e C arter , who ,

striking the p osition i n the first inning o f a 1 00
point contest ( 5 x1 0 table ) with A C Anson . .

’
( S lo sso n S Monro e Street Room , Chicago ,

ran the game out C arter , in Cleveland four .

,

years be fore this had sho wn o n an ol d 4lé x9

,

“ ”
table in Oyster Ocean , a run of ov er 5 00 but ,

the balls were anchore d in a hole on end rail .

KIS S IN C ORN E R N U RS E A T C U S H ION

C A ROMS .

Played by W m H atley for a run ( 5 x1 0 table)

.

3 at M Carey s Room , Chicago , 1 896, a n

’
o f 10 . d
another of 1 86 at D uluth , 1 897 .
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S H ORT S TOP .

A term originat ed by J no Frawley , the la st

'

champi on billiardist of Ohio at the 4 ball gam -

T his exp ert , the Mark T apl ey of billiards , co ul

find n o better n ickname for a professional tha t
misse d championship form , and s o called him
“
a shortstop , z e , one w h o stops short In a n
'

. . .

article to the New York Clippe r , written from

Akron , t o , 1 87 9, the author o f this book signed
“ ”
himself Shortstop , and in 1 887 , in first a d v e r
'

t i si ng Frank C Ives in th e Chicago E v eni ng

.

N e ws used the t erm as F rawle y had intended

“

.
,

FO U RNI L IN AM E RI CA .

In th e fall of 1 894 Fournil , the Frenchman ,

showed practice runs of 300 at 1 4 inch bal k line -

( New York City) , and in a match with Galla

gher ran 201 A ye ar previous he was beaten 300
‘

in 1 200 p oint match (1 4 inch ) by J acob Schae fer

-
.

Fournil (New York , 1894) easily beat T J Gal . .

laghe r at cushion caroms .

MAN U F A C T U R E OF BILLI A RD T ABL E S

AND C U S H IONS .

E fD . Bassford w a s the p r ominent m a nu fa c

“ ” ’
turer b efore Michael Phelan and Chris O C o n
n or starte d in the b usin ess
. It i s sai d that .

Bassford had a la rge billiard room in New

Y ork City at an early day B y winning the .

S e e r e i t e r match at D etroit , in 1 859, Phelan

gai n e d the mon e y t o extend h i s op erations ,
,
’
an d O c onnor retiring , the fi r m name became
Phelan Collen der (the latter being a s o n
ln law of th e former)
-
In 1 857 , when at Phila
.

delphia , P a , Phelan playe d th e series of game s

.

with Ralph B enj amin (the Alban y Pony , wh o

“ ”

kept a b i lli a rd ro o m in N e w Y ork C it y was u m

’

,
 2 42.
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MIC H A E L P H E L AN IN E U R O P E
'

“
After H igham , T h e Albany Pon y , the fi r s
A merican billiardist of the first class to v i s
’

E u rope , w a s Michael Phelan , who crosse d

Atlantic in 1 848 H e play ed some billiards in
.
i

London an d is said to hav e tackled the French

,
- 1

m en in Paris Dudle y Kavanagh says :

.
“
Mr.

Phela n did n ot wish h i s visit t o E u r o p e t o b e

made public at the t ime ”
.

’
D T Pulsi fer , w h o rememb ers Phelan s
. .

retu rn to America , th inks that T h e Father o f

“

”
American Billiards met defeat at t h e hand s
of the French e xperts .
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F I N ALE

"
.

W illiam Ri ley tells the following

“
Many years ago , when about the county fairs
’
oh , yes I had a racket but whether it w a s
‘
,

‘
’
’
the whit e mice and the canary birds , or the
‘ ’ ‘ ’
rings , or the wh eel privilege , I decline to say '

I naturally took an interest in other men s ways

.

‘ ’
o f getting the mon e y a nd so curiosity carrie d
,

m e t o a stre et corner , where , during the even

ing , a fakir attracted the human m oths w ith a
'

sputtering brilliant coal o i l light

,
-
.

“
As I advanced , the vender began h l s relation
o f th e virtues o f a liniment asserte d t o be
good for anything from n euralgia to rheuma
’
t i sm
.
‘
I have h ere cried he , most magic stu ff
, .

T h e ancients as you kn ow , utilize d for p ur

,
'

p oses o f supplen es s the j uices o f the l owl y

angl eworm (which , as yo u know , gentlemen ,

i s on record as turning w hen trod up on b u t , —

r eally , I can not s e e how this help ed him an y) ,

which , use d in childhood , created a race o f
’

acrobats an d contortionists (non e , however ,

‘
q uite up to th e standar d of the boneless won e

’
der , which will b e exhibited here n ext w e ek
b y P T Barnum ) , p erforming feats spoken of
. .

b y th e po et that told that ghost story about

1
the T roj an horse E xcus e me , gentlemen fo r
.
,

wastin g your valuable time but the digression ,

:

seemed necessary to allow the platoons from

the side streets t o get in T o resume I got the .

tip o n my present specific (which later , yo u c a n , .

bu y by the quart fo r t w o shillings p er ) from

G ibbon , w h o wrote the p etering o u t o f the boom
at Rome , N Y T his author , in a foot n ote
. .

'

( memory serving ) speaks of the aforesaid angl e

,

worm oil , and I reasone d byanal ogy , that the

electrical eel ought t o yi eld a flui d that would
 24 4

kill rh e u m a t l s m more q uickly than the con

v e nt i o na lmethod of transmitting the es senc e o f
the lightning to the diseased p eriosteum b y

"
means of a battery , a sponge , an d a bath tub .

'

You know , gentlemen , that you of th e provinces

"
are short on bath tubs W ell , well I found in
-
.

l
Brazil the serpent I wa s after , and by his S cintil , -

lating , glassy incandescent e ye was h e undone ,

,

_
f or its beams made him easily discoverabl e B y .
,

\ the w a y, although this e el lives in a m a rshy ,

country , such is his w o nd e l fu l electrical d i S

seminating quality that n o tadpol e ev en but ,

that , free from rheumatism , frisks with an

aban don elsewhere unkn own T o return Y our . .

minds re freshe d you w ill , ,

~

t r i c a l eel mention ed in t he Bible as fo

,

in B razil well an d good Mod ern s c i

—
.

appropriat ed such reptile , and here I

ing for a consideration to pro ffer to
b e st ;t h a t modern r esearch a fi o rd s .

“
A S I strolle d away t h e fakir was

"
,

lively business at a quarter a throw .

‘
him later at th e h otel , I said : Young man ,
,
’
you rego od I woul dn t m i nd h a v i ng an y part of
’

your gam e you care to giv e away , but s e e he re .

Y ou spoke of Brazil , a part of South America , a s

the hom e of the basis of your rheumatism cur e .

Allow m e to suggest that you l eave out that

p ortion of y our discourse relating to B i blical
days , inasmuch a s then South America w a s n ot
’ ‘ ’
on the map T hanks , said th e
.
your
’ ‘
suggestion i s timely Still , h e mused , what
.

’
d if ference T his is new s to m e , an d it s 1 00 to 1
.

that it would b e n ews to an yon e i n the

’
county .

W ith like assur ance as to errors in this b o p k

‘

the author face s th e public .