The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-18
WORLDS BILLIARD
RECORD IS SMASHED
George Sutton Puts 1t All Over
Hoppe in Exciting
Contest.

NEW YORK April 1.-THE shortest and
moat exciting gamo OF the worlds champion
ship 1871 billiard tournament wns played In
Madison Square Garden concert hall tonight
and worlds record was established
George Sutton, formerly OF Elmira and now
a resident OF this city, in defeating Willie
Hoppe tho worlds champion at B-l balk
line. in tho ntteenth game Of the tournament,
made 900 points In Ave inningS, an average
of 100 which constitutes the now worlds rec
ord Tho former record was nifty, held by
Maurice Nignhux of Paris. who made IL In
competition four years ago.
Wonderful Billiard Score.
The highest run Of the tournament previous
TO tonight lGS. and Sutton mado IL, but
he outclasscd this with "a unfinished tonight.
telling how for he could have gone II tho
oportunity had presented Itself, for he had
the balls under perfect control
Tho biggest record In H. bolk line
billiards is 255. made by Louis Cure OF France
IN a match with jacob Schacfer Of Chicago
eighteen months ago in Paris.
Sutton In splendid form, and no player
In the world could have beaten him tonight
Sutton in Splendid Form.
The game lasted one hour and thirty-nye
minutes. and was in striking contrast 10 the
game In which slosSon defeated cutter ,hsr,.s o.
thirty-Eour innings, and tho nnal scoro was
Slosson 600. Cutler 346.
In tonights game Hoppe won the bank and
scored eleven points in his 1rst inning. Sus"
ton found the balls In good position, and at
started ono OF his rapid counting sos
sIons In which the balk limo nurse played q
very prominent part,
The caroms were recled OF quickly and
there great applause when he had gath
cred in 100 He played on with renewed con
ndence. and had l2S on his string when he
forced TO halt through a poor single
cushion drive.
Hoppe UP Against 1t.
Hoppe up 0fty In quick time. He
nursed the spheres just as clcverly aS Sut-
ton had done. but they separated provokinsy
Sutton replied with fourteen, and then the
young man went on again for another run or
hfty-thrce caroms. sutton tried TO gather the
globes with n two-cushio9 carom ana drew a
blank Hoppe made cipner In his fourth
inning and left good opening for sutton.
This time Sutton put IA points to his credit
urng the right shot and played II Hoppe
got only four ceroms in hie next turn. and
sutton started of rccord-brcakins run.
He soon got into a swinging easy style, and
tho points camo faster than at any time dur
Ing the other two runs. He was simply In
ylncible When tho referee called one hum
drod the spectators stood up and cheered-
Wonderful Cheering Contest.
The balls lined up twice In close order. but
sutton WAS equal 20 both OF these emergen-
cies When he reached 90 In this run there
WAS q dcafcning burst of cheerlng, and SUIT
ton had to bow In acknowledgment several
times, and when the cheering was at Its
height no stood near the chair on which hoppe
sat When the young 1871 champion laughed
and congratulated hIs opponent the cheering
grew louder than ever Suttons judgment OF
speed was extraordinary. for when nc resumed
the run In two drives for position no brought
the object balls right together each timo and
finally reached 500 with an unfinished run OF
"a.
600: average, 100 Hoppe-ll. 20, %, 0, 4; total,
1ls; average, 70 80