The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-09
BILLIARDS.
TO Govern the A. A.. U. Champion
ship tournaments

Or. A. l.. Ranney, Secretary Of the A.. A. u.
Billiard Committee, announced yesterday the
following conditions TO govern the annual
tournaments for the championships of America,
which viii take in the theatre of the knlcker-
booker A. c. during the ensuing season;
The Class Is tourney VIII begin on or about
Dec 3 The games will be OF 800 points each
at i4-inch balk line, anchor allow ed. lhe
winner Of the tourney Will he arbitrarily grad
usted into Class A a. will also be any contestant
who makes a grand average Of ~
The Glass A tourney will begin on or about
Feb T. 1901 The games VIII be Of tWo po1Nts
final games, If to settle existing ties, Will be of
so points. The winner shall have the privilege
Of challenging the present champion, Wilson
=. Foss of Hayerst straw. y \, fol. the title and
possession Of the championship emblem. Should
the winner decline TO challenge the present
champion the second contestant IN the tlass A
champion for the emblem and title Foss
must defend his title to the emblem a. soon
after the close, Of the Class a toqrn"y as the
-four or more than fOrty-elght hours To inter
yene, unless some Unavoidable cause for delay
should arise
In a statement issued yesterday DR.. Ranney
explains that every ofurt va made 70 have he
Chicago A. 4. or BostOn A. A. take charge Of the
Tournaments, but that those clubs were dlslll-
olined TO undertake the management. as their
clubhouses cannot accommodate larg" audi
ences, and the difficulties Of Organizing and
managing the events are too great Tor an IN
experienced N to handle. .Dr. Ranney
defends the position Of the Knickerbocker 4 {.
in charging admission to the tournaments on
the ground that II tends 10 make the crowd
more select and lrss boi,terous. In reference
TO the National Association Of Amateur Billiard
Players, DR.. Ranney holds out the olive branch
In the following words
The ELECTS of this opposition. now that the
heat OF battle has passed, can unqnesti9nablA
decidedly detrimental 10 the best Interest,
Of the game. IL was started IN anger due
chiefly 20 a misConCeption of the Importance
md paoasadtv NJ tho sn-gallpi "sunItiOn TUlP'
OF the A. A U: and II is time, In the writer's
opinion. that Greater New York be again rep
resented In all national championship events
by the best amateur billiard talen, II possesses
If amateur billiard contests are TO attain
their best results In tho future mislnderstand-
ings ought now TO cease and perfect harmony
prevail again In all sections
Willie Hoppe. a twelve-ycar-old boy, rather
sm9laf for hs age gave 4T"imsrkSo'T "Hh1o'i"G
night He made runs Of ll0 and 100 IL "A game
against his mother. Mr- Frank Hopr" 1t
was purely an exhibition analr and II was a
family arrangement, for the head Of The house
hold collected the tickets and kept the score.
The wonderful, work of lie boy with the cue,
however, held the close attention Of 100 specta-
tors present. Tho exhibition was for the best
two hotpoint games in three. At straight rail,
between the nother and son, the boy TO run
Of one inning for each side. Mrs Hoppe missed
and Willie, after a few clever draw shots,
gathered the spheres on the side rail and nursed
There we're 4 dozen or so random shots. in
the beginning Of the second game and Mr..
Hoppe got a sooro Of : in singles while the
boy was trying TO get the balls together for
another run out He frequently made S
or 10. but his every, shot was an attempt 70
gather and he missed on positions that would
have been easy for q simple kiss or cushion.
His deftnezs with the che in draw was charming,
and not the least interesting part Of the whole
performance was tho agility with which he
rolled over the table, turning from side 10 side
quickly and always keeping his feet clear OF
the cloth. The rule Of one foot on the foor
did not apply to him and half the time when
making a run he was sprawled upon the table
with his feet waving In the air. He finally
gathered the balls on the end rail when his
mother had 8 points and tucked on lOO.
after carrying Thorn around the corner.
Following the two games Mrs. Hoppe and
the boy both gave an exhibition of fancy shots
with placed balls, which ELECTED much applause.