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Show SCHAEFER LEADS IN j FIRST NIGHT'S PLAY rnrCAGO. May 17. -"TOung Jake" Bi naffer, champion, today held a slim! lead over Welker Cochran, challenger, ;jh Uy result of the first night's plav j in :lie,r IfiOO point match for the M8.2 balk line Ydlliard h.tmpionship. The second oiock ot tuo will be played I tonight. Aftt-r a general show of roediocritv In the early Innings, th" young expert played magnificently tn th final stands at the t.i bie. and displayed th' 1 accurate shot making and golden ; touch bequeathed him by his father, Jftk Sohaefer, the wizard.' "1'oung Jil.e," took the first block 600 to 101 Tu do It alter some of the worst : .s ever o-n Id a championship contest, the champion averaged H'd Boi Lhe final three innings, garnered tiip night's high run with a wonderful 802, and io inded out his final try with an unflnlhed run of 85. Apparenl HUDens vleing with : ' ' i -zealousness. rareful safety play land bad breaks which repeatedly left the bails llned.up for impoisibie shots, all operated 0 make the first dozen i turns at tho table by both men cx- tremely uninteresting. Two spectators in front row seats In th balcony wer sound aslep and , s 1 1 lie Hoppe, who dominated the balk Hue fild f.,r lii&nv vem until hla re- 1 defeats by Behaefer, had left his lespitM tho face that he came |