Jacob Schaefer junior
Jacob Schaefer (Jun.) |
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| Personal details | |
| birthday | October 18, 1894 |
| place of birth | Chicago |
| date of death | November 10, 1975 |
| Place of death | Cleveland |
| nationality |
 United States
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| Nickname (s) | The Prodigy (The Prodigy) |
| Achievements Unless otherwise stated, the information relates to the “three cushion” discipline. |
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| Best ED: 400 (Cadre 47/2) | |
| 1925, Chicago | |
| Best GD: 57.14 (Cadre) | |
| Maximum series (HS): 432 (Cadre) | |
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Best Game: 400 (400 pts in 1 recording) |
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| World Championships: | |
| 11 × (various disciplines) | |
Jacob "Jake" Schaefer, Jr. (born October 18, 1894 in Chicago , Illinois , † November 10, 1975 in Cleveland , Ohio ) was a professional American carom player of German descent.
Private
His father was Jacob Schaefer senior (I), the son of German immigrants. Because of his "heroic deeds" with the cue, he was nicknamed "The Wizzard".
Both Schaefer Jun. (II) and his father's arch rival Willie Hoppe (also of German descent) were instructed by Schaefer Sen., who was able to successfully defend his title against Hoppe shortly before his death.
Jacob Schaefer III (* 1938) and Jacob Schaefer IV (* 1970) are both scientists. Jacob Schaefer V (* 2007) has not yet made a professional decision (2014) .
character
Jake Junior was all his life in the shadow of his father, who always teased him, improved him and made him perform at his best. This was then also evident in his character. There was almost unanimous agreement that Jake was humorless, incredibly boring, and completely disinterested in anything other than billiards. Away from the table he was listless. Nevertheless, he was considered an excellent player in the free game and cadre, a better one than his father, and later also great in three cushion . He dimmed that shine considerably by becoming a world-class grouch. The player and textbook author Danny McGoorty described him as follows:
"Jake Schaefer had about as much personality as a door-knob."
"Jake Schaefer has about the same charisma as a doorknob."
However, this grumpiness was no accident. Although he was a better player than his father, his father was far more popular and he only ever played second fiddle. This role remained with him after the death of his father, when he always had to line up behind Hoppe, during the joint three-cushion career, although he was 5: 3 ahead at the Cadre 47/2 World Championships . Over time, however, this discipline had lost its attractiveness with the players and the audience and three-cushion became more and more popular.
In contrast to other “billiard lights” before him, he was not considered a child prodigy, but had to learn hard all his life, even from young players.
Career
When he was 16 years old, his father died of tuberculosis . On his deathbed, he warned him not to pursue a professional career until he was at the World Cup. Spurred on by this, he was not a natural talent, but a "learner", he increased his performance and became a professional at the age of 20. On his debut, he beat his father’s rival, Georg Slosson , in Cadre 47/1 for more than 40 years . In the end, however, he was last of the tournament. Within seven years he conquered the top at 47/2 and beat Willie Hoppe at the 1921 World Cup.
Like his father, he was a specialist in the free game and cadre .
Schaefer has been considered the best US cadre player of all time by most sports historians.
Title and tournament victories
- Cadre 47/1 World Champion: 1927, 1928
- Cadre 47/2 world champions: 1921, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1930
- Cadre 71/2 World Champion: 1937 and 1938
Note: The information about his world championship titles are not official world championship titles, as the USA was not a member of the UIFAB world association at the time and the tournaments were mostly not advertised worldwide and mostly only played by US players. The Americans often incorrectly refer to this as the World Cup.
Records
- 400 single average (ED)
The world championship in Cadre 47/2 took place in 1925 in the “Congress Hotel” in Chicago. In the sixth game of the tournament he played against the German old master Erich Hagenlocher . Schaefer won the lead and started the game. In the very first shot he was able to win the game and left Hagenlocher at the table with 400: 0.
Hagenlocher was later quoted as saying that in the end he only hoped that Schaefer would “make it out”. He wasn't sure if after more than an hour of sitting and watching he would be able to get up and play at all.
- 57.14 general average (GD)
- 93.25 match average
- 432 maximum series (HS)
Honors
In 1968 he and his father were posthumously inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Billiard Congress of America .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Legendary Players. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
- ^ National Tavern News. January 1984.
- ↑ a b c d e Billiards Digest. USA, April 1993 edition, pages 77-79.
- ^ A b c Hall of Fame Inductees, 1966-68. Billiards Congress of America, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA; Retrieved February 3, 2007.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Schaefer, Jacob junior |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schaefer, Jacob; Schaefer, Jacob Jr .; Schaefer, Jake (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American carom player of German descent |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 18, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 10, 1975 |
| Place of death | Cleveland , Ohio |