1881.
The Sexton-Schaefer Matches. All independent of one another. First:
Cooper Institute, N. Y. City, February 15th.—$500 a side, Schaefer, 400—3.92—26; Sexton, 396—21.
Tammany Hall, same city, $1,000 a side, February 26th.—Sexton, 400—3.33—27; Schaefer, 363—20.
Same hall, December 29th.—$2,500 a side. Sexton, 600—3.87—77; Schaefer, 576—23. That 77 is still record-high for a public match.
Academy of Music, same city and like stake, April 27, 1882.—Sexton, 600—4.05—32; Schaefer, 538—28. (Owing to the 77 run in the other, this match drew by far the most money cushion-caroms have ever known.)
First Tournament in the East. Philadelphia Roomkeepers’ Championship, played in various rooms, April 4–20, 1881.—Victor Estephe winning 6—0, McLaughlin 5—1, Chris. Bird, Ed. Nelms, and Robt. Hunter 3—3, Pincus Levy 1—5, and Jas. Palmer 0—6. All games 150 up.
In ensuing matches, same points, Estephe beat McLaughlin and Hunter, and then McLaughlin won six straight—from Estephe, Bird, and Palmer once apiece, and from Hunter thrice.
Only Four-handed Game in Public. Winter Circus, Paris, France, June 26, 1881.—4½ × 9 table, purse game. Vignaux and Garnier, 600—6.12—25 and 12 each for best run; Slosson and Lucien Piot, 577—22 and 14 for runs.
Only World’s Championship. Tammany Hall, November 14–19th and Cooper Institute, November 21–26th, both N. Y. City.—For an emblem and $2,500 in prize money. Games, 200 points up, nine for every player. Slosson and Lon Morris were first and second in playing off triple tie.
| W. | R. | Av. | G. A. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Dion, $1,000 | 7 | 45 | 4.26 | 3.40 |
| Schaefer, $700 | 6 | 35 | 6.25 | 3.20 |
| Slosson, $500 | 5 | 32 | 5.13 | 3.56 |
| Morris, $300 | 5 | 37 | 4.35 | 3. |
| Wallace | 5 | 26 | 3.45 | 2.98 |
| Daly | 4 | 44 | 3.85 | 3.04 |
| Gallagher | 4 | 29 | 3.72 | 2.91 |
| Carter | 4 | 27 | 4.44 | 2.85 |
| Sexton | 3 | 32 | 3.57 | 2.93 |
| Heiser | 2 | 18 | 3.68 | 2.49 |
There having been but one other first-class professional tournament, and that on different terms, it would subserve no purpose to figure out the exact average of the entire play. Approximately, 3.04.
There was never a match for this championship. Sexton challenged, and on September 23d Dion resigned on the ground that the conditions announced when he competed for the emblem had not been observed. Sexton held it thenceforward without challenge.