New-York tribune., 1906-04-18
UINS IN FIVE INNINGS.
Hoppe Sno7ccd Under by Remark.
able Balk Line Billiards.
STANDING OF THE PLAYERS.

Madison Square Garden last night when he mace oVo
points against Willie Hoppe in five innings of play
! Sutton made successive of 12s, II. 0. ia and
2s4, and averaged 100 Hoppe scored lis points and
averaged % 3-5
The average OF 100 is a worlds record. and moth
/ ing like IL has ever before been accomplished in
/ tournament play. The former record was 80. made
| by Maurice Vgnaux of Paris. in 600 point tourna-
ment game The high run OF 23i, while record
| for this country. is not a worlds mark,
/ Louis Cure some years ago made of 255 in a
/ tournament game with Jacob Schaefer in Paris.
The previous high of the present tournament
! was 16S. which also made by Sutton, while
/ the previous high average 81 AS made by
Schaefer
| tournament. has already challenged the winner 10
! play him for the 1872 championship emblem and
| $500 side bet Talking with Tom Gallagher right
after last nights game, Sutton, flushed with his
record performance said:
What do you think of that. Mr. Gallagher.
That's what I'll do to those people when they play
me Tor the championship 1 am only beginning to
play the billiards am capable Of"
Hoppe was keenly disappointed but was PROMPT
10 congratulate Sutton. In fact. while the latter
was making his sensational and rapid runs Hoppe
sat and watched him with every show Of admira-
tion.
run. run and lacked only one point of the game he
s Stopped Tor moment and looked around at the
gether and it would have been Impossible to miss
me M carrom Sutton said, after the match that
ebanee hsfd fhof and perhaps give Hoppe anoGher
unoughis, eurtiy ordered him to make the count.
Student" slosson, who will face Sutton tonight.
said after the game: 1T wonderful per-
fSSrnanee FOR expect to have my hardest game of
player player, In fact. consider him much superior to
Some idea of the rapidity with which Sutton
played may be gathered from the fact that the
AS Hoppe was playing about twenty minutes Of
this time, Sutton made 500 carroms in about seven
o. ha "A q n six
iards each minute.
Sutton was born in waverey. n. Y, near Elmra
pool R player before he took up billiards His first
he won the Championship of Canada at Toronto in
tournament play was in Chicago, in SIS. when ho
compcteG in a 'shortsop'' contest with Gallagher
suttoa played in the Isl championsaip toarna-
ss hfe = 10 49, ana made and os g99d how e
three years Sutton has lived il Parts and played
Won the Isl from seSsefeT tasF BY de
500 to s in Parts n 1904 to He fed VITA F C9Ts SETre and ID
nsTsd TgnapI i in n the first m a worlds chamPSqs at 1
and does not looE ths champion billiard player
THE GAME IN DETAIL
Hoppe the bank and opened with the white
ball, scoring IL points in the first inning. Sutton
found the balls in good position. and started
on one OF his rapid counting sessions. in which the
balk line nurse played a prominent par. Than SUIT
ton there is better exponent of this style of
billiards. ana he toyed with the spheres with sure
but delicate strokes The caroms were reeled off
quickly. and there was great applause when he
had gathered In 100 He played with renewed
cohhdence and had 12S his string when he was
Hoppe was .oc SLOW in demonstratina that az he
also knows ths intricate game of balk line as he
just as cleveT sutton had done. W but np'iIy tFey
longer ru st ana rePed gRGfG w6 h5 anG 5
0p 0ppe Of ~fhI b again for another run of 50 caroms
balk spaces two cushion shot in Which 'Gl tbe
cue cue ball barely missed the second object bali ended
oncn The balls balls lay prstty safely with for an
tried to gather the globes with twocnsb0n 5ion
carrom and drew blank. Hoppe also made a
CIPHER in the fourth inning ana lef. nopening or
ye Of f%f paS sutGn m ,Pq6 Pq 2 Points S and
paTed Wtbo f ms o work IN the opening inning he
right shot and playing it, He was s1premr9 c6n 6e
ident I and appeared 70 better advantage tian at
eyenness of stroke exceled that of all the other
got only carroms in his next turn and Sttpe Sn{ttppp
started off on his record breaking run.
sutton soon got into swinging. easy style and
the points came faster than at any time during the
@o it rWns ma w2S d simply ply nyncb
Son Su1ton grove Tor 1t or made single or two cushion
one hundred the spectators stood up and cheered
sutton paused long enough for the demonstration
When he had made la which put his total score
onlookers There was general Tangh few Wy eac tGe
onds later when Sutton paused and looked up al
carroms he had to make to S win o% mTN many more
The balls lined up twice in close ORDER but Sutton
reached 200 there was another deafening burst OF
cheering, and Sutton had to bow in acknoWIedg
ment several times He stood near the chair on
which Hoppe When the IsI champion
laughed and congratula his opponent the cheer
ing grew louder than ever. sutton's judgment Of
the run, In two drives for position he brought the
object balls right together each time and finally
reached 800 with an unfinished run of 25i
George B. sutton-i9s. a. o. 1874 2a4 Total 500 Aver
willie Eoppe-Ii. 80. SO. O. 4 Total IFS Average
Referee-Edward Mclaughlin.
SLOSSON BEATS CUTLER
George F. SIosson defeated Albert =. r,,,+,o. 4, |
the afternoon game by OF 800 To 346 1t was
Slossons fourth straight victory in the Tournament
lie mas not lost game tc date. and If he heats |
sutton and Schaefer, his two remaining opnonepts
ne VIII win the championship. as ever otber |
iers fourth defeat He has won ONLY fror1 Morn
lngstar and is tied with lattor for last place
Inc game was long and slow and the averages |
We're low; The attendance Was small Siosson |
h%KeTased aver IA A-34 and made high of "a and az
while Cutler averaged 10 16-23 and made high runs
or u and 3d. II was the fourteeoth game ~ tbs |
permanent Both players had numerous barren
The only real feature of the game came IN the |
IInnst iour innings, when SlOssoa made runs OF |
points and an average OF &C. In the twenty eighth
nnng he also made pretty cluster of 81 billiards
relinquished II. ~ moves
George r sosson-1s o. as. ss o. o. o O. H. O. a. g. |
:; 80 o. ~ O. g. 81 o. "a 16 s. 0, 0. o. IA O. 8, o. |
o. IS s Total 800 Average IA 24'' High runs q. aS
AIbsEt g. Cutler-1 O. Is. o o. 81. a. 10. =
Total aS .s Is O. o. II ~ Il 3a 30 So o. r.
Reteree-Edward Mclaughlin
The schedule for to-day will bring Cure and |
Cutler together this afternoon. while sIosson and
Sutton will cross tonight