New-York tribune., 1906-04-20
HOPPE AND SUTTON WIN
Boy Champion Beats Cme-Sutton
Makes High Run.
STANDING OF THE PLAYERS.

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Willie Hoppe the boy champion. recovered his
form in the 1Ss billiard championship tournament
last night and easily defeated Louis cure oy
score of 500 10 s3S before big crowd, In the con-
cert hall at Madison Square Garden Hoppe made
high of Ia points and an average OF q I4-ia
Cure averaged IS 1918 and made high run OF 60
Hopes win gives him a record to date OF three
victories and two defeats He will play MS Iast
game tonight with Jacob Schaefer. and II he wins
will be tied with Sutton and have chance 10
figure in four handed tie for the championship in
case Siosson to Schaefer tomorrow nisht In
the last regularly scheduled game Of the tourna-
rnent Hoppe made hs highest run and his best
average OF the contest 10 date last night
II was Cures last game. and he finishes with
a record of 2 victories and defeats. and Is tied
with Cutler for fifth place. This will necessitate
pIay-on, there are only i've prizes Cure beat
Cutler and Morningstar. From this IT will be seen
Mo Ra s af eeders eede "9 cures E hest run in the tourns
ment was 100, made in the opening game. which ne
5cS 0Si 10 6e mads agains scGaefer He PLAYED some
good billiards, but was inclined 70 be careless
and sutton beat Hoppe so badly that It was small
wonder the ISL champion became somewhat dis
couraged In case Hoppe PLAYS "a. as fast oal6line Kline
last night. it viii take all OF the Wizards" cum
Hoppe started off with q after Cure. who won
the bank and chose the spot ball had counted once.
second inning Hoppe got down 70 business in the
last half of the fourth inning, and before he sat
Sn SHOT but failed 10 get PRe Balls OUT Of baF Tie
dashing masses pa and brilliant open table shots
which were sandwiched in between periods Of close
nursing. which showed fine knowledge of the
technique of baIkine billiards.
Hoppe added 81 in the next inning and had total
Of 262 points to Cures IS after fye innings of play
This gave Hoppe an average Of 50 IS Cure picked
and g IN the tenth but was never able to get with
IN strlkiHg IN H dsfanee sta Hoppe MADE Il In the ninth
in the thirteenth This gave him total Of $50
36 1918 at this point. and needed only 20 points to
He eased up at this juncture however and took
nye innings Ing 70 run the game out Cure had been
Bit and counted 90 in the ffteenth inning and IS in
the seventeenth and had a total OF 3Ss when Hoppe
ran the game out.
& Total sO6 "a av:rsss s1 2 nls s. nsh sS runs
ota $685. al av.rasi m IS e ssh runs. s ss
Referee-Edward Mclaughlin.
SUTTON BEATS MoRNINGsTAR.
George B Sutton beat Ora c. Morningstar in the
afternoon game by a score Of 900 to SAL The feat
ure of the game remarkable run OF 90 points
made by Sutton in the eighteenth inning. when he
was 164 points behind Mornngstar, the score being
32i to l6O against Sutton. This is only IL points
behind the sensational break of 234 which Sutton
made against Hoppe on Tuesday night.
The game wound up the schedules of both players
Sutton finished with four victories and two defeats
He beat slosson. Hoppe. Cutler and Morningstar
and lost 10 Cure and Schaefer Morningstar won
game and lost five. He defeated Cure, and was
beaten by Hoppe. Siosson. schaefer. Sutton and
Cutler
Sutton made high OF 2S4 and DO. the records
to date in the tournament. and a high average OF
100. which is a worlds record. Mornngstar made
high run of 81 and best average Of Il s2s- Both
these made In the last game. Morningstar
finishes in last place. Sutton is third 70 Slosson
and schaefer at present and stands chance OF
figuring in tie for first second place
Outside of Suttons big run. there is little TO be
said of the game. Morningstar played the best
balk line he has shown IN the tournament. and ,
raised his high So and his average to IA 9-S.
1t hard game to lose after he had secured
such a long lead Morningstar IN fact, has had
hard luck all through the tournament. He took
long leads or slosson Cutler and Sutton. only to
have these players make record OF 153 14s and
222, respectively, and beat him out.
Sutton, in making his big of %. played the
pure balk line billiards which he has shown
throughout the contest. He made the points with
whirlwind speed and faultless execution He always
played for position. and usually got It TO hair
He is in wonderful form present. and it is
doubtful If any living player could beat him in
series OF games
Morningstar won the bank and chose the white
ball He started off with II. and Sutton took 8.
Then the latter failed to count for four successive
innings, and Morninsstar meanwhile clicked off
of 10. Is, 81 and g. This made the score S6 to
IN favor OF Morningstar after five innings OF play.
Mornngstar missed IN the sixth inning. but gath
cred 40 carroms in the seventh, and had total OF
l26 Sutton meanwhile made u and T. and had "a
points or 102 behind Morntugstar continued 10 play
good ba1k line in the tenth and eleventh innings,
and put together counts of IS and So The latter was
his highest run OF the tournament. He missed on
an open table shot by only a hairs breadth. and
had total of e46 points. His average to date was
% ALL.
Sutton braced UP little in the ninth and tenth
innings, and with breaks of 20 and IS brought his
ingstar 81 and Sutton &c. The former made 20 in the
next inning and had total of to 143 for sutton
eighteenth inning when Sutton got down to work
and 222 with great rapdity. The balls fire.
with brilliant ard difhcuIt shots The balls froze on
the eightyeighth shot, but Sutton spotted them
After he passed the first hundred mark he got
the globes under perfect control the lower end OF
ming speed and without driving the balls the
length OF the table single occasion The globes
round table shot for position and missed. on
the 164th shot ne had tied Morningstar's total OF
s sS and "he" he stopped playing he had total OF
Nlorningstar made 10 in the nineteenth inning. but
%. which carried him into his last hundred, with
total OF All and average of - for the nine
couraged. followed with 5 o. and O. while Sutton.
Stacking UP in his play counted only once In each
the last half of the twenty-third inning however.
and with marvellous rapidity Of execution ran out
star was LETT at W si Sutton averaged q i72s ana
naGe made nigh runs Of 222 and Sc; while Morningstar
Summary:
e. q liss bs5 r5e me % g So; total 500 Average
s. sS S 70 i! 81 ,si. so e s.
Referee Edward Mclaughlin.