The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-14
CURE And HOPPE WINNERS.
FIRST VICTORY FOR FRENCHMAN
IN BILLIARD TOURNEY.
Defeats George sutton, Who Makes n High
Run OF I0S-A Close Contest Hoppe
Runs Away From MOrnIngstar In the
Afternoon Encounter IN the Garden.

tournament for the worlds championship,
played yesterday afternoon in Madison Square
Garden Concert Hall, was onesided. William
Hoppe made 500 points to Orlando Morning
stars 207. Hoppe il a card ard there was a
b. matinee attendance. 1t was the second
victory in the tournament for the youngster.
Both players opened with zeros, but Hoppe
atoned for his barren beginning by running
% In his second inning. Time and again the
balls spread. and 1t looked as If the run would
end; but Hoppe. with that aplomb and care
free way of his slashed away at hard and
easy shots with equal unconccrn. His open
table execution was what prolonged the run
He broke of the next inning through sheer
carelessness in playing a straight draw. In
real artistic thorou ghness, f~nessing and
attention to detail Hopes game thus far
had been very faulty. Ills position play
was inaccurate and rambling. Good shot to
shot execution helped him.
Morningstar, meanwhile. was foundering
along In innings Of one and two. There
was no rhyme nor rhythm to his play, and
when Hoppe had 1870 points he had 20. In
the ninth and eleventh innings he made
respective runs ofi37 and %. This was an
Improvement. and there was q cleaner cut
stroke. In Hopes eleventh inning a freeze
that would have puzzled the perfect billiard
player resulted from a drive. The cue ball
was under the end rail and the red frozen
to the cue ball. Hoppe sent the cue ball
into the corner for two cushions. the red
kissing the white. The kiss was planned,
and all three balls had the proper direction.
They lid not have the proper force, and
that's why Hoppe sat down.
Sudden transitions from end to end and
quick changes from one balk space to another
were noticeable in Hopes twelfth inning.
The cue ball was as loose a ball as any. 1t
travelled a good deal and often strolled too
far away from the object balls for safety.
1 H. wra So -
1871 than 1872 in the run. The n~inetieth shot
was a superb merger OF complex speed and
angles. The balls were in line, The cue
ball made the red kiss the white to the end
rail at an oblique, while the cue ball sailed
over, to the end rail. thence to the rail and
DETECTED out by the end rail. Five past the
hundred mark went the run, and at its finish
'n Th seqee w wss E Two % or 1pE three H a0P FapttI I lsV Cushion
Making one. the cue ball caromed of tho
the other two at the, other. 1t was ticklish
work getting past the nearer object ball.
shot was one that was more difficult than
SNOWY. but it was the position shot. Morn
ingstar allowed nothing to interfere with
his system.
Hoppe made a ripsnorter of a cushion shot
effort. An three balls were near the same
long rail, the two object balls eight feet apart.
The cue bal b Was so in betwee nSa but only Haii ABOUT gSt
Prodigy pulled from this ball. slanted sharply
over to the opposite long rail and tool, a
ifnf4s T tota fS ap to ,S sIs' % l GSi4aS s a1a R had "a:
variety in the fourteenth and fifteenth, in
nings. but did not seem to be infatuated with
that method Of taking the globes for returns.
Just as briskiy' Ills position play had be-
come much better. In the fifteenth inning
We're follows, masses, coruscating caroms,
clever Gushioni4g 1t was a sparkling session
ran 1R q foul SIa Of T fre9ue ntr iRineup SIN in his i final a'p 100
He solved one by a curving .masse, missed
an Tm t E. re- ff n ~, taking t6s t Sns e sbat on the twenty.
between the object balls. Had he tried to
tho suG eoant inns "N SSu'% What do 'g You "t think
OF .that}SS said Williams ,e1pressl9n.
making the final shot. The score:
s. H Hsl g :. p 20 ss +. g. 3. l. l. 20 p + 10 . f Foi q o. sS %. ~ %1e :; IS,
:. r. &c, z : 8 &; e e. i iri Z; Il runs i5i >; 81 p s. 5, : Z, Total co.,
Two big men. Gle orge Sutton of America
and Louis Cure of France. clashed in the
connoisseurs. and it was also the, closest game
of the tournament. Cure scored his first VIC
sutton ! made the high run Of the t-ournament,,
There was a deal of slam bang, play with
small results until Cures half of the fifth in
! ming, when the Frenchman plunged into the
thick / of ash as pretty @i:b an 70 as $50 TGs Of S,f Hilli Yards a
left in good position. and he made much OF
the opening. Linecups ID a4 "a spreads ads We're %Gr
tSs Iirbt stroke T6In e pisy;ed d"% With the s 1iS msH until Mith
the miss of a one cushion bank term mated as
deftly composed a medley OF counts as the
good for IS and made the score ioi to "a in
-. ia. 49, ,,,r,o L., 81. .inl,b
inning, but just as he was warming up to
effectiveness and ease of stroke he missed a
dead ball draw. retiring VIZ 81 units, A
know whether i was, the first or second shot
medium of a friend who knew both English
and French. He had a mean masse a fey
shot was a thin one cushion flight across the
table Of ,conspiSuons merit, 1he siXty-5itth
lower right hand corner being the chief scene
OF operations, The n%inety-fourth shot was
d a' X ' 5SS, s 5, sSssS{ T 4; fs'% 3s @Es,Ez'lP I'D aas ;s, Ct tts s;i:
we're in line en- the lower rail. the cue bali
near one corner. Striking it low and with lots
Of Sm EEnS lm.t the % shGG' sp,S %aaiPPe p1d It sFSHnd T ths
run boosted Cures total, to POS, his opponent
having 90. Again, in the ninth inning. the
There were cushion shots that We're jewels.
specially those around the table. and a style
that was distinctive and effective. The, pre-
%vaiiing nature Of the run was what might be
called wide close billiards. The run pro-
duced 70 points and differed from its prede-
cessor only In quantity. In execution, If not
in position, II was the acme of excellence. 4
lineup fnally. called a halt.
eyes were glued to a third large run in success
sion by Cure-44. I'm. glad I don't have 10
play this fellow again, There was a firm,
fight touch impaired by the Frepchman's
balls, so that the rapidity with which, caroms
an ocular treat. Runs Of 100, 20, ~ and 40
had been made in succession, and that was
billiards Of highest grade. The score was AL
10 20 in Cures favor at the end OF the eleventh
inning.
sutton braoed up with a break Of So in his
twelfth inning. II was polished work while
il lasted and contained one fine masse from
of the rail. Trundling the balls until they
were in position for the line nurse. Sutton
ran l6s In his sixteenth inning. He moved
around but little for his shots, and there
were periods when the spheres were handled
with the regularity of machinery. After the
nurse there was play In the end spaces for a
while, but at the tooth shot the hypnotized
balls were in the open. Adraw brought them
together and they were gently forced back
naorar the cushion Great skill WAS shown