The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-18
WINS FROM SCHAEFER.
IN CLOSE GAME HE KEEPS THE
BILLIARD CHAMPIONSHIP.
Retains the ASA Title After Playing q
stin, Uphill Game Tho Wizard In Turn
Pulls Up, Making . Close Finish-Low
Averswes-s1J sc 80. tie Psyal Scare.

Retains the Is:l Title After Playing a
stin. Uphill Game Tn Wizard In Turn
Pulls Up. Making q Close Finish-L0w
AVer.ses-s0J &c $:- tsr Pscai Scare.
william Hoppe defeated Jacob Scha efer last
night in Madison Square Garden Concert Hall
by a SCORE Of 500 to Az In the contest for the
worlds championship at 1871 balk line bill
iards. Hoppe was called on to play a trying.
uphill game In order TO retain his title. but
he came to the front with the needed skill
and nerve. and wore the veteran Schaefar
down. Nevertheless. Schaefer, In turn. play ed
q strong, uphill game, and the contest de-
veloped into such a close tussle in the nnal
stages that the chances Of the rivals were
practically even.
The hall was filed with spectators who. IL
they did see low averages. saw q match
that was exceedingly interesting on &C
count of It's closeness and shifting phases
and one that held attention keenly to the
finish.
CardiRans duly donDed. the play ers banked
for FIRST shot and Scbaefer won. He drew
a blank, and the youth grappled with the
balls. He made six pretty shots at wide
range. every one a cushion shot. but without
getting any position. SehGefer enGlced the
balls to closer quarters. but not fully to his
liking, ran. II and missed a spread draw to
the end rail. Both he and Hoppe had ease
OF movement in their stroke from the outset.
II not accuracy in calculation.
Jake took the ball from one end OF
the table to the other In his third inning
and tapped the balls for 80 points. He
spread them all over creation on his
twenty eighth shot. trying 10 propel the White
the tables length and hold the red. The
twenty-ninth shot was q splendid one cushion
draw, with the cue ball dropping on to the
White but still leaving a yawning chasm be-
tween the balls. Hoppe in the third inning
and Schaefer in the fourth came to grief
hv nlo.io1 TO- a. odoo and r,is.iny n
" paVns v " un1 euSe anu iuie'inS ~
schaeier was CENTER than hoppe IN hls
manual persuasion and m%anGuvred them in
factory Dosi,iop results in the eleventh inning
a n = yJsis'Tn Tsul.s ~ a an "H ,mts
his second hundred with q session Of ~. His
total was 1877 and he was an even hundred
points ahead Hoppe responded WIN a
meagre 8. and his innings IN the nrst Twelve
times up-e, l, S, 0. 0. ?. o. o.. .. ?, 3. S-show
the lad did brilliant execution in his thirteenth
for a trio Of two and three cushion ayers,
Gle beat the balls into tractability and invested
in his first double ngTTe run 5o@ Of the evening" ing
before, Hoppe assembled Is caroms in his
fifteenth inning. employing the free distances
mesh iS ~, Eni tbr ne l * = s HGnaeie In T when sSe
verSity twice took the shape OF failure to send
'hg H@o %ns o Went iSto his second hundred in
his eighteenth inning. His run Of So was
finished and high class. His use Of force
nSsition and his occasional drives were
nicely calculated. The reign was diversified
draws bali 10 hall caroms for gathering
purposes and digressiOns in the way OF
around the table rsmbies. The balls for
The Wizard made the spectators blink
win n brace Of elittering around the table
shots N nra nf t%en Was seed hHIns and L the S %s
object kaU being TANNED against the cushion
Sid not % . g. i tS:.L shots any i easier Z. I WITT
Hundred in his twenty-nfth inning. The
COUNT was 2ol To- Iss in his favor, Hoppe hav-
I FSc l " q" we're @Gt,n hoisfed. Tor jake to make
a Ions m &c 30 shG n 9 an .h'G ks b M wye
SnUndieg With liSht Arm touch.
'0 ParSai Tist the ' oppiOrtHnity 81 sred by Hopes
nTi5i reSp9nss on snsne nursing 1be arSt
w nL6IoS = speH close o. ee cueinS Of the EVENING. In
counts rapidly and Ho6ti ,ha 10 az so o IhtlI
tio9. Hoppe sha99sed 6is cue At ,his j%gg9ctqTs
anu u ISs Snibts bebiSd N6en he uniimbered
Wa b ISs P %TttIfer gehAP He s saSsred AWAY reso-
The same ilLu% m ,SSss By Ss,s GHs sOT wp,S E rsIcs
twist mat clustered the balls on the trans
verse baIk Ine' uoDno..
lnete Was an inteLLnue ~ cvu nOppc
Nm oI az hnu amotbnedIt csii,, eicS "a M haIIs
MasIeI mkniiaW a ~ pIs ,hiS,imh i'm ny liz
!9[ q Sn ~ % on n % 9a as " hut Ieft = snTsaS draw
Swrbbippb" schasSsr missed Honpe resumed
cSE0mie operatlons %Mh a ~ run ar !, Inn "a ms
In.SSy ~ Tbs snnra was BOA 10 SsI IN bis
~ ieaJ' ~ v,%ii h.,tIo annIaudnd
LaHoL. ~ Ii IL iPpnraosad he iea1 IN bis neyt
EeneiOne,y sn nha aTor hed snhsidad VIII = r1n
~ q Eaiiirc 10 Sst the halls 0It Of half onca
mo- rs,srdad The Wizard's progress A
mo[e ~ ~ "a he Uonne maSs Ina scora
TX ~ So an h,S "a yor iOPPS " WV w"
OgrLS etn 81 SoItartp1 Hanna bad
Inc uadsS bv q ccnGdant dsterm a. 81
Deer suCcSeus1 Pr occasIons nsrrnwin1
~ Nv hnH!s' i Iu when he failed 70 land WIN
=. .nS DOy ~ pbs second hall hss1oEa tbs
V sct that he meant main eaS' even X ne was
sair csteicai He ccSsned the halle Icng
80 baint,,itv IN Ma 1hirtv.afth Innipv ~
n,,ncty LISs asvs him a cosint on the ascopd
.hne' n y. nv and he wss omicS ~ rSniv
~ EortNne's hscfonInS He dosrisbed n
tESe sTtsnt ~ GA noInts three more thsn he
t tno run In ~ ma9cb witb VisnauH and vent
NJ ~ anal hundred with = risb Whan
h ~ vent gent 70 his CHAR h" had a0S noint IN 70
SohGsfer's 400, and the complexion OF the
inning. he last cpu3t being Z brilliant two
.Hsa'G *. es sSd' r %I'S and sde tR Ss': second SSs "a as Sa tiE aSE1