The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-03
billiards..
FOss Gives Hoppe q Good Battle In Practice
Game The ShOrtstOp Tournament.

4 billiard game hiCh attracted u Iood
deal Of attention was nlayp ed Yesterday alter
noon in William lloppe's room. between
" llson FosI. the former amateur champion.
and Hop -. The professional champion az
ISL hOlklinr defeated the mrtrur. the score
being iO to NJ, hut FosS made II Interesting
for the Prodigy, Nho played below his normal
form As Tor fOss, h" has played little or no
billiards for two years. and his stroke N'sIer-
day showed lack OF practice, He made th"
best run OF the game and displayed all OF MS
former good judgment picking ont the
shots, though uncertain in his execution.
Hoppe played rs to foSs's 1872. with the
two different games sile by side, as II were,
the more diNicult nature Of he ISL game
and It's want OF variety and opportunities
for close and delicate position work as COM
pared to 1872 We're apparent. Several OF
Hoppe masses were wonders one a TWO
cushion masse, which counted in spite OF a
kiss. earning great applause. The boy also
was good on long draws. but never got fully
WI rmed up and had to handle numerous
a%lignments and s%catters. Foss made a jump
shot that amazed the Onlookers. He jumped
the cue ball over the red, missed the red and
hit the further ball first. the cue ball then
returning to the red.
a scratch" he explained II meant TO
ever saw a draw Jump shot Ike that Hoppe
ended two. of his runs by not sending the
balls out oil balk. Inc score;
4! T.. + g. {, g., 4 i 4S 8 j; q 20. 8. 4; q :; i = !? .o q 3, H.
l.. G e. :, 0! o. o; o, + 3. O. s. s. ID J. 10 lS' s. T. g. 3; Is Is. g. 3, T. = !. liis"i Il. /,
Z, O. Total, 81. Average, 8 sO-S8.
The Brunswick Bake Collender Company.
announces the conditions for the 1872 cham
pionship tournament to be hled In New York
in April. one Of them being that entries Will
close on March 20, Other conditions are as
The promoters Of the tournament will
donate 5000 as prize money. ana a trophy
"Tournament to be limited to seven players.
In case of more than seven, entries. q preliml-
nary tournament will be played to determine
such event the leading six players, who enter
shall be exempt from participating In the
preliminary tournament.
An ties must be played on.
The prize money and entrance fees to be
be divided among, the contestants finishing
in the order named, as follows, First. ~ per
cent. second, rs per cent; third. 10 per cent.
fourth, II per cent fifth, s per cent.
ANY question of dispute between the con-
t~estants during the tournament, or in con-
shall be decided by the donors. OF the trophy,
their decision in all matters of dispute to be
Harry Cline Of Philadelphia had an, easy
time yesterday afternoon with Al Taylor OF
the Knickcrbocker Academy in, Brooklyn.
The score was 400 10 100 in Cline's favor Tay-
lor showed one fash Of speed, running O. points
:is points at the end of the sixth session,
form returned in the fifteenth inning, when
he amassed an even hundred. The run was
followed by another slump and he reached
Cline. IS. IS, 90, 81. Sc, o, o: o p, g. o. 1. II; 100
:; o. ! l. a. g. l. /: 2. IL, IS. 49, 10 ! Toi@Sl' 400 Aver
3. TT'SS, ., 3. i. i ID 10 3. y 3: j. J., o . !! 4o q i, 4 is 6 l. q AS .; %i e.
6 10-oh, High runs-6s. Is, II,