OCR Text |
Show Jake Schaefer Tried to Lose Bank Shot in Game Young Jake Schaefer did not want the opening, or break, shot in the game against Erich Hagonlacher In which he shattered all tournament records by running out a 400-point game from the spot. Hagenlacher returned to New York from Chicago and told a number of friends at the Fourteenth Street academy that be, as well as Schaefer, tried to avoid winning the bank, with the result that both cue balls, after hitting the end rail, stopped In the center of the table. Schaefer won by a fraction of an Inch. He made the opening shot and continued contin-ued uninterrupted until the end. "Never again," said Hagenlacher, "shall I try to miss the bank. That Inferior piece of strategy probably was the turning point for both of us nnd doubtless had much to do with Schaefer's phenomenal spurt ourlng the remaining games." |