New-York tribune., 1906-04-15
SL0SS0N BEATS HOPPE.
.SCHIEFER UINS AGAIN.
".Student" Sets Too Fast a Pace for
Boy Billiard Cham piOn.
STANDING OF THE PLAYERS.

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George F. sosson beat Willie Hoppe by score
of so 10 245 last night in the worlds championship
billiard tournament 1s2 balkline in the concert
han Madison Square Garden. Siosson averaged
% PA and made q nigh run of 81 Hoppe averaged
10 l5-&. and made high Of SO Lovers Of
billiards crowded the hall suffocation to see the
contest between the boy and the veteran.
Slosson PLAYED brilliantly and with great steadi-
ness. ana. taking The lead in the eighth inning
never reliuquished il. Hoppe was favorre for the
match. and his overWheinllnG defeat cam as T.,
mat be IS not 4 good uphill PLAYER siosson s vas
Hiped the sting Of his defeat by Hoppe for the
Isl championship last month.
tremendous 'hrong sur.ed into the nan 70 sec se"
the second public contest within month heiween
had the ability To beat Hoppe, but II was feared
that The poor physical condition of the Eeteian
] H'il HI it u ii ,l,, bafor re match
impartial and bestowed applause freely upon every
brilliant omen table shot or careful gather Every
exhibition of deft nursing. whether by the boy or
There was sqodiy scseterine Of gss5eT garment
cleq women In The aSsenpiy who NieIuea LiI.te 10
over the work OF the experts. With flushed
every opening which promised 10 develop run OF
any ag9itndS and mann OF lheL pTpxSa ,e ,6s SGe
sloss6n said after the game that. while he
not out Of the woods get. he felt confident OF win
nng the rest Of his games and securing the cham
Morningstar and has stii to meet Cutler. Sutton
and sG4oe o1 Te s iM9 s W oy ne his eFa @
feat but had no excuses 10 offer. He simply failed
seems now TO rest between chaefer and siosson as
IT is generally thought that Schaefer Will he able
10 beat Hoppe
THE GAME IN DETAIL
the white ball He failed TO in his fret
sion. while Hopes initial efor; resulted in only
points The boy left the spheres invitingy arranged.
and the student accepted the invitation and
points before they escaped from control Two more
again and Slosson clicked off run of si before he
With This handicap confronting him. the younger
PLAYER failed 10 score in his second inning but IN
collection. Hoppe got his stroke to working. and
piled up % points bringing his score 10 within -
multuously slosson's next tour sessions were pro-
50. including two runs OF 26 and took the lead by
slosson. in the eighth inning. got the, balls to-
gether I'm the upper lett hand corner and garnered
% before they separated A difficult three-cushion
again and deft nursing brought his run 10 a. with
Of the table. They soon spread. however. and he
was forced 10 open table play, missed cushion
now led by 50 points with the relative lS for
points and % ihen missed both baiis giving 'o sosscn
point for a nest egg in starting his ninth inning.
made some pretty open table shots. which called
forth applause The inning netted him 10 points
globes contrary for the youthful player also
5@ ne Tss f2r'sd 70 @pP play some 9f his
which ,nade Mclaughlin, the referee. hod up MS
cluster Of . before missed follow shot the length
SCISSORS tenth inning was also largely round
ta;-s'e II work th worries refusing TO group them
r.alated 30 points. when he managed TO ger them
rl.ai there for 81 points nor dficut r11sss4 al
~ mt ninth sh"t rousins enthusiasm missed
lsrr-ee Of n nsstnc his Second sbof . 6lnp,rs
tot and iiorpe : This made he score "a to IA
sl5G.son echsniesly sa,hered 81 carrons in his
oqe ban went fully two inches wide of the second
hind his opponent Anothor run Of q nh '' S6es,,
Of the thirteenth inning.
With the balls in The bottom space sIosson kept
them well in hand in the inning. resorting 10
an occasinral drive when necessary. He played
bp, with precision which earned results Hoppe
&c &c hod ne'raE any uneasiness while siosson kept
gradually bringing him up 70 the 20 mark Hoppe
seemingly with unoonoern. Sosson kept going un-
s. ittdrs f t oo~R on long draw after ne had put
up 10 $50, as against 1ss for Hoppe. The latter
oaTroms which put him into his third hundred
Siosson entered the final hundred with a run
OF IS in his fifteenth inning After Hoppe had made
the balls were found - be frozen and had be
spotted. Hoppe failing 10 make the In the
next inning SlossOn had TO resort open table
play for i carronls and Hoppe drew a blank in the
sixteenth. After Siosson had made 4 in the next
inning lie left the balls In promising position for
Hoppe, who had made only 3 when unlucky
kiss put him off. Sosson only a single carrorn
failed 10 in his half of the nineteenth and
Hoppe made 6, missing close try for a three
cushion shot
Siosson's next effort productive OF and
the bal were frozen Hoppe's third shot In the
twentieth He made the OF break and
ran II, which left him exactly 2ei points behind.
The score then was: Sosson. $40: Honpe 23S
Slosson a1e % in his next inning and Hoppe made
nothing- Slosson followed with !, but left the
balls widely apart. Hoppe used the bridge and
scored, bur had to make long drive on his second
Ihis brought him better position. hut on his
tenth shot he missed draw TO the cushion BY a
wide margin. Slosson made 12 in tho twenty bird
Gnd once more Hoppe got a cipher. With q to 20
inning, leaving Hoppe 81 Pas
. .c1srss F sloss9H0o 50. II. o l. o. 20 10 81. B. "a
age, % - p. High nuns 81 20 81
Wilne Hoppe. o. 5s, = "a o 10 D. ] G. IS o Q
y. q g. q. 8, j. o. 3. O. Total, %
Gigh runs Sc 2s 20 26 " - %
fseferee-Eaward Mclaughlin.
sCHAEFER BEATs SUTTON
Jacob Schaefer and George p. Sutton who ara
perhaps the two greatest living masters OF pure
balkline billiards. crossed cues yesterday after