Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-12
HOPPE WINS FROM CUTLER
Boy Champion BlIliardist Plays Poor
Game, but Has No Difficulty in
Defeating Boston Player
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 11.-By the score
of 500 to 3S2, Willie Hoppe of this city.
1871 billiards, defeated Albert G. Cutler
of Boston in the fifth game of the
world 1872 championship tournament at
the Madison Square Garden concert
hall tonight.
Hoppe did not play as fast as or as
well as was expected, but he will be
seen to better advantage later on when
he meets the most seasoned players.
Tomorrow afternoon Slosson will play
Morningstar and at night Schaefer and
Cutler will meet.
Hoppe and Cutler banked for the
lead and the young worlds champion
won it. He choose the white ball and
made four caroms. but missed on a
single cushion bank shot.
The Boston man hit his stroke right
away and sent the globes merrily click
ing around the table. AS soon as he
got them under control Cutler began a
series of nursing shots until he had run
up 81 points.
AT this stage the three balls were
close together, with the cue ball frozen
to the red one. Referee Edward Nc
Laughlin spotted the balls and Cutler
10 IIldke IDe CdTOIIl.
Hoppe promptly started off at a rapid
pace, driving for position with ac-
curacy and nursing gently as occasion
required. Two of his masse shots one
on the rail and another in the center
space, were faultlessly executed, but he
tripped up on an easy single cushion
shot after he had made 40.
Cutler failed to count in the second
inning and Hoppe made only a single
carom in the third.
In Cutters half of the inning the
Boston man gave the spectators an
other exhibition of his ability i'll a
grand all-around of sixty points. which
was abruptly ended in futile try for
masse close to the bottom rail.
Hoppe made thirteen in the fourth
inning and missed a single cushion
bank. Cutler replied with seven and
then Hoppe gathered In thirty-six
through some sterling work and then
a cushion shot bank miss was his un-
doing.
Cutler ran up sixteen and the score at
this stage was 100 to "a in Cutters
favor. Hoppe turned his first 100 with
ten in the sixth and after Cutler failed
to respond with count, Hoppe began
to creep up in a timely manner. He
made twenty-five points which placed
him in the lead with a margin of six.
Cutler again got a cipher and Hoppe
went still further ahead with sixteen
more. A double kiss spoiled a good
chance of a long run by Hoppe in the
ninth when he tailed sixty-eight.
Cutler only gathered four in his next
two turns, while Hoppe added thirty
one and nine bringing his total score
up to $50 with run of sixty.
Cutters total was 1913 at the close of
the eleventh inning. fifty-two points
behind Hoppe, At the end of the six
| teenth inning the score stood: Hoppe
| sol; Cutler 265.
Hoppe scored 3S and 30 in the eigh-
teenth and nineteenth innings respect
| vely while Cutler added q and 23 to
his score, getting a cipher in his eigh-
teenth inning.
After Hoppe had made 20 in the
twentieth inning Cutler made 40, fall
ing in a long draw. This left him just
35 points behind.
Hoppe entered the last of the game
in his twenty-first inning with run
of 2S. his twenty-ninth shot being
spoiled by a miscue, Cutler got 13 in
the same inning, and the score then
stood: Hoppe 423, Cutler 36S.
Hoppe ran so in very fast time on the
twenty-second turn, but he missed a
draw of less than eight inches: He
then led Cutler by 110 points. Cutler
added 10 to his total in this inning.
With 27 to go Hoppe made his twenty
third inning. but got only % of the
necessary amount. Cutler did not
score and Hoppe finished the game with
two in the twenty fourth inning.
Hopes average was 20 20-24, high run
6S: Cutters average, 16 1923; high
run 90.