Catton vs. Gallagher. Mercantile Library Hall, St. Louis, $500 a side, 8:2. C., 800—10.67—74; G., 687—78.
First Strictly Public Tournament at 14:2. Irving Hall, N. Y. City, April 20–29th.—$2,250 added by the B. B. C. Co. to entrance fees of $250 apiece and to net door-money equally divided among the five. The approximate average of tournament, which instituted no championship, was 11.
| W. | R. | Av. | G. A. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slosson ($1,464.78) | 4 | 148 | 22.73 | 18.18 |
| Schaefer ($1,064.78) | 3 | 97 | 18.52 | 15.08 |
| Sexton ($864.78) | 2 | 53 | 10. | 7.97 |
| Daly ($714.78) | 1 | 51 | 8.95 | 7.99 |
| J. Dion ($464.78) | 0 | 52 | 7.24 |
A 14:2 Tournament of Four Rounds. VIGNAUX, SCHAEFER AND SLOSSON.—Central Music Hall, Chicago, twelve nights between November 16th and December 26th, both inclusive, for $2,950, given by Chicago roomkeepers, and $1,000 by the B. B. C. Co., with the net receipts added. No championship was involved. Independent games of 600 points, every player playing every other twice, constituted the first two rounds, or tournament proper, and 800–point games, every man playing every other twice, constituted the remaining rounds, which were to determine the triple tie of November 16–21st, duplicated December 21–23d.
| W. | R. | Av. | G. A. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slosson | 2 | 89 | 19.36 | 18.85 |
| Vignaux | 2 | 195 | 75. | 25.64 |
| Schaefer | 2 | 152 | 23.08 | 19.47 |
After this tie, the three proposed to divide all, and did divide all but the $1,000 of the B. B. C. Co., which required them to play to a finish. The next round was also a tie, but in the final one Schaefer beat both, and Vignaux beat Slosson. Nothing of moment signalized the six extra games, save that Schaefer lengthened his high run to 187, that Slosson reached 159, and that Vignaux fell from a winning average of 75 to 22.22, and then to 13.11.
1886.
[All play now 14:2 on a 5 × 10, unless otherwise stated.]