New-York tribune., 1906-12-19
SUTTON RETAINS TITLE.
BEATS HOPPE EASILY.
"Boy Wonder" Fails to Hfn 1879
Billiard Cham pionship.


start He began with dashing run of 1O7
which was the high run of the match and talk
ing commanding lead. IN the nineteenth
inning with an unfinished run of 4s. He aver
aged 2s s-le. Hopes high rs. and he
had the poor average for him Of 13 11-19
Some two thousand pessons were in attend
ance, but there We're many empty seats. which
was surprising in view Of the Importance Of the
match 1t was an enthusiastic crowd. however.
and while some disappointed at Hopes
showing the majority went home well content
with the evenings entertainment. in spite Of the
fact that records We're not even approached
Sutton played strong, consistent game. and
won on his merits. although # must be said
that Hoppe played far below his true form. and
could not seem TO settle down. Sutton started
of with q rush. and by scoring 157 points in
the two first innings placed his young opponent
at q DISADVANTAGE from which. through
nervousness perhaps, he could not recover
Hoppe showed flashes OF brflliancy, and his
run of IS in the sixteenth inning mastery
piece of work. He missed a number Of COM
paratively easy shots, but suffered also TO some
extent from the I'll luck Of the game. the balls
kept lining up with discouraging frequency.
Sutton had several bad innings. with four
blanks but he out the game he began It,
with high quality of billiards, and when the
SS-A~1SA
might have gone Indefinitely.
After the usual prelminarles Hoppe won the
bank and selected the white ball. He missed the
opening shot. however. and sat down Sutton
then took his place at the table and began click
ing of the points with remarkable precision and
accuracy. He had perfect control Of the balls,
and they seemed 10 answer 10 his delicate touch
He ran off 107 points in short order, but finally
missed on long spread draw.
The run marked by number of spectacu-
lar masse shots. which brought applause He
extricated himself from several difficult posi-
tons by clever two-cushion carroms Most Of
the points We're gathered however. by delicate
nursing. at which he seemed 10 be master.
The balls lined up his thirty-eighth shot, but
daring masse saved him, and he went on gath
ering the points. The crowd showed its appre-
citation Of his work by clapping on all difficult
Shots and the applause was uproartous when he
reached the one hundred mark
Hoppe had a long two-cushion carrom to be-
gin with. but he brought It off He made two
more skyrockety shots, and then got a lucky
kiss on his fourth, which brought forth laugh
He managed 20 get the ivories together on his
seventh shot at the upper end of the table but
just when il looked as if he would settle down.
he missed a single cushion shot that WAS harder
than II appeared, and retired with II to his
credit
Sutton followed with run Of so He was
not called on to make many brilliant shots. as
his clever position play made his work COM
parauVely easy. He missed a long single cush-
ion draw and left the balls in good position for
Hoppe The young expert could only make H.
however, as he failed on a long open table draw
shot.
The next four innings for Sutton were not
productive as his string showed p 6, O. / He
missed simple carrom in his fourth inning
which brought a smile to his usually sober face
Hoppe did little better in the same innings ue
got g. 3. 0 and u. He did not have his usuaI
control Of the balls. and they kent Jining I'M
with discouraging frequency When things
seemed 10 be running smoothly for him in tho
seventh inning and he had made a difficult force
ioi!oW on his thirteenth shot, he missed a two
cushion draw by a hair. Sutton ran of 25
winch made the score at the end of the seyentb
inning Sutton. 19l; Hoppe, At.
1here was much safety play in the next few
innings. and the billiards were ordinary. to saw
the least Hoppe did not play with any conf
oence and missed several easy shots yvb,Ia
Sutton did little better Hoppe changed bts
cue IN The eleventh inning, and for a time #
seemed 10 have the desired effect as he oDickIy
kathened II points He missed a rather diAi
CUT t"o-cushion carronl, however and losr a
chahce To reduce his opponents lead sutton
missed and Hoppe missed, and then the boIder
or the title clicked off AZ points, making the
score al the end Of the twelfth inning Sutton,
Z5l; Hoppe, 81
Hoppe found himself In the thirteenth inning
Aho showed a flash Of that briIliancv which ha 3
mace nm Famous in the billiard world of two
continents. He got the balls togathar and rar
polht after point until the marker called off 60
He played with great rapidity bur witb s,,cb
piecIsloh mat the balls were under his complete
control up 10 his sixty-second shot when the,,
Nneo up IN the centre Of the table He made q
LII S.lIicuLt follow, but then missed a two cushion
draw by the narrowest margin.
This nun spurred Sutton on to greater efforts
and, nor 10 be outdone, he answered with a
oashing run Of 81 The crowd looked on with
rapt attention the points piled IN as bA mo
the most difficult shots look easy The halls
Were frozen on his ninety-seVenth shot 70 vhicb
ne himself courteously called attention They
We're in such a position that the referee had to
spot them, and Sutton missed although a double
KISS almost made a count. This made the score
Sutton S4S Hoppe 133
Hoppe added six 10 his string and Sutton ca-oa
back with forty-three pretty billiards before he
mad TO sit down. The boy wonder was going
smoothly III the fifteenth inning when he found
the balls frozen after his twenty-fourtb shot
AND missed after they had been spotted Sutton
Grew blank and then Hoppe started in again
hno 10 the deligt Of the crowd put together A
cluster OF as points, chiefly by his clever nursing
IN the open. he missed on a single cushion shot
sutton ran before he had TO retire and the
score for the sixteenth inning read: Sutton
39S; Hoppe, 24l.
Hoppe gathered II and goose egg while
Sutton added 81 and % TO his string, which
made his victory look reasonabIr snra 14o,a
disappointed his followers by missing again in
the nineteenth inning, and Sutton ran out with
scores follow:
George B Sutton. chiease-Io7 80 ?. g. o /. q. 4 O.
Is el9 His r. runs io7 p a. and Hg Eo Total 500 Average.
TS " HspDs 81 g. AeT q 7s f9T Il a. T8. 4s 3
Il ii-ls HigS r6fs IS 50 and p i''Ai S'' Average
After the match was over Ora Morningstar n
this city challenged Sutton for the 1s2 cham
IN Chicago within thirty DAYS Sutton o.