Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-20
'GOTHAM'S BIG
BILLIARD TOURNEY
Hoppe Defeated Louis Cure and
Sutton Beat Morningstar
by Long Run.

NEW YORK. April 2o.-"wilfie Hoppe
defeated Louis Cure the French expert. In
the 1872 balk line championship billiard
tournament in Madison Square Garden Con-
cert Hall last night by a score of 800 to
$3.50. The young ISL baIki1ne champion ran
out In his eighteenth inning. after being
within twenty OF the requisite figures in
his thirteenth inning. In his last four
completed innings the balls. however. broke
very obstinately and he was unable TO
make any material Roadway
Cure won the bank, and after scoring
or the spotted balls was put out of court
in his anxiety for position. missing single
cushion draw. Hoppe in retaliation gath
cred them well together in his fifth count,
but. putting too much steam into the first
object ball for his twentieth shot he lost
control after running ~ and resumed hts
seat. Cure then worked the worries toward
the bottom end, where he had them we'll
in his grasp on his fourth count The worries
never left this territory until the French
expert had run 49, when O drive on the
first object ball was not strong enough,
and. falling to regain his position, he was
all out at 81.
Hoppe, however, failed to score as did
his opponent at his third attempt. Nor
was it until Hoppe went In for his fourth
inning that he had the worries In a favor
able position. Starting at the bottom end
he played with rare delicacy and Judgment
and did not shift his quarters until he had
| run g. when kiss upset calculations.
Fine Masse by Hoppe.
A fine masse however. gave him an OPEN
ing. and, working his passage to the top
end. he had the balls where he wanted
| them.
BY this he had registered "a, and, playing
beautiful billiards, he never gave his cue
<~& ,,vxft - N,a a -
| shot he scored, but unfortunately failed to
| get the worries out of balk. This made
| Hopes score 205 to the Frenchman's GA.
AFTER IL from Cure. who had to play his
| best billiards to obtain these. Hoppe went
! In again. and in his well-known, free style,
| embracing a variety of shots he ran 81.
| This made him 262 or an average of more
| than 81 Neither had an opening in the
sixth inning, but in the seventh Cure gave
a pretty exhibition. His fifteenth shot was
| the result Of neat kiss off the left top
rail. across to the right corner Four shots
later he brought down the house by a
making 40 he fell down on simple draw
Off the right top rail. The Frenchman's
| tenth inning was another fine display Of
the ail-round game and he ran 49, Hoppe.
| by runs of S. Al and A. was eventually
able to run out in his eighteenth inning.
| The score by innings:
lun, r. 6 T s. / 500 Average q i4is High
CureI 81 IL IL 1 40 o 10 1 0 IL so
s6 T. Total. 1885, Average, IS 0-1S. High runs
| So 10 81 40
Sutton Runs 222.
| George Sutton lived UP to his reputation
in his match against Ora Morningstar in
the afternoon. He defeated the tail ender
| by score 800 to 341, thanks to a run OF
222 in his eighteenth inning. Prior to this
| 50 Intellectual had been his efforts that at
| the conclusion of the previous inning his
| total was but 160 to his opponents 800.
| Mornfngstar. on the other hand had SO in
| the eleventh inning-his last of the tour
nament. The score by innings
Sutton-5 o o IL % 4s 8 SO o
222 20 ! 1 SO. Total 500 Average
| 81 1928. High runs 222 So.
| Morningstar-12 10 Is 81 0 o 40 O SO SO. @
| 81 20 10 0 O. Total BAL Average
| IA 3D. High runs, 50 20.
! Jacob Schaefer meets Willie Hoppe to-
! night, and the last match tomorrow night
| viii be between the old rivals, Schaefer and
| Slosson.