Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-15

Turns Tables on His Youthful
Opponent, Who Recently
Defeated Him.
STANDING OF THE PLAYERS.

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| NEW YORK, April 14-wiiue Hoppe, the
young champion. and George F. Siosson.
| tho veteran billiardist. met tonight in the
| eleventh game Of the championship 1872
| billiard tournament the latter winning by
| 500 to 2iJ. These two and Jacob Schaefer
| were the only three competitors who had
| not lost game this week. and the fact that
| one of the pair must step down peg
| brought host of billiardists both amateur
| and professional, to the concert hall.
| Slosson won the bank and selected the
| white ball. He did not count on the OPEN
| Ing shot, but Hoppe made FIVE in his first
| inning. Then SlosS6n began a splendid bit
| Of billiards which Melted "a caroms He
| was in fine playing mood. and his exit
| bition included every possible shot which
occurs in the balk-line game. Hoppe, In his
| third inning. got SO, and while Slosson
! added only 10 in five innings, the young
| expert garnered 50.
In his eighth inning Slosson again showed
| ffne billiards to the extent of 10 points.
| missing a masse shot along the top rail.
| LIE tCit the DditS nicely DunChoQ In the TOD
oalk space and they looked good for a rum
| but the boy got only 20 off them, making a
| clean miss on his twenty-first shot. At the
end of the ninth Inning the score was:
| Sfosson, 1873; Hoppe. 1873.
Slosson's Brilliant Shot.
Siosson's twenty-second shot in the next
| inning the cue ball touching five cushions
| before hitting the second object ball,
brought hearty cheer from the spectators
The balls were in a perfectly straight line
| and this was the only shot which could
| get the veteran out of a difficult situation.
In three more shots he gathered the balls
| into the right hand top corner where he
| kept them until he had made sixty then
| they spread, and after another carom Slos-
son missed a two-cushion, carom across the
| table. Hoppe made a single earom in this
inning and In the next Slosson got three
| and Hoppe six. The score for eleven in
| nings was PAT to ia in Slossons favor.
Slosson mechanically gathered thirty
| seven caroms in his twelfth inning, but on
his thirty eight shot the cue ball went fully
two inches wide Of the second object ball
| on spread draw. Hoppe replied with
twenty EIGHT. bringing his score up to 19s
Just eighty-sx points behind his opponent
| Another run of forty-five put Slosson fur
Their ahead and the boy drew a blank in his
| half Of the thirteenth inning.
| With the balls in the bottom space Slos-
| son kept them well in hand In the next In
necessary. He played more quickly than
| during any of the earlier innings. but with
| a precision which earned results.
| The youthful expert did not betray any
| uneasiness while his elderly opponent kept
| the worries clicking teIl-tale caroms which
| were gradually bringing him UP to the 400
| mark.
Slosson Gets Long Lead.
slos>on kept going until he fell down on a
| long draw after he had put 53 additional
| TALES on his string. bringing his total up
| to $50, against 1913 for Hoppe.
| The latter played some wide billiards in
| the fourteenth for 9 caroms.
| In the next inning Sosson had to resort
| to open table play for II caroms, and
| Hoppe drew blank in the sixteenth. After
| Slosson had made in the next inning he
| left the balls in a promising position for
| Hoppe, who had made only when an I'M
| lucky kiss put him Off. Slosson made only
| single carom off the leave and Hoppe got
| cipher. Sosson also failed to count in his
! half of the nineteenth and Hoppe made T..
| missing very close try for a three-cushon
| shot.
! Slosson entered on the final hundred with
| a run Of 33 in his fifteenth inning. After
| Hoppe had made nine the balls We're found
| to be frozen and had to be spotted, and he
| failed to make the carom.
! Slossons next effort was productive of
| three and the balls We're frozen on Hopes
| third shot in the twentieth He made the
| carom off the break and ran eleven which
| left him exactly 204 points behind The
| score then Slosson 40; Hoppe 236
| for twenty innings.
Slosson made twenty three in his next in
ming and Hoppe made nothing Slosson
| followed with one count but left the balls
widely apart Hoppe used the bridge and
| scored, but had to make a long drive on
| his second. This brought him better
position, but on his tenth shot he missed
| draw to the cushion by a wide margin.
| GiaSSnn made twelve In the tweDfy-t bird
| and once more Hoppe got a cipher With
| twenty-four to go for game, Slosson ran
out in the twentyfourth inning. Final
| score: Slosson, 500; Hoppe. 245. Score:
slosson-o 81 II 0 / / 10 10 81 81 As 20
80 II 4 o % - "a Total. 500. Average,
| 20 20-24. High run, "a.
o se,pe Ii o o. Total, 245. Average. 10 10 %,
| High run So
Slosson Redeems Himself
! Slosson In part redeemed himself for his
defeat in the 1871 championship billiard
match with Hoppe which was played re-
Gently in Grand Central Palace -Hosson
| outplayed the youth from start to finish.
Only in one inning-the third-was there
I a semblance of championship caliber in
| Hopes billiards. while Slosson invariably
| gave proofs of his experiences at this style
| Of play Slosson had several poor innings
| but Hoppe had many more.
| The young fellow did not play anywhere
! near to the game of which he has shown
himself capable. while Slosson's methodical
| line of play was productive of fine results
SIasson and Schaefer are the only play
| ers who stand with clean scores but the
| end Of the tournament is yet far away
| the last game being scheduled for next Sat
| urday night.
| Monday afternoon Morningstar will meet
Cutler, and Schaefer will play Cure, the
| Partisan expert, on Monday night.
Schaefer Defeats Sutton
| In the tenth game of the worlds cham
! pionship 1872 billiard tournament played
! here this afternoon Jacob Schaefer of Chi
| cago defeated George Sutton of this city
| by the score of 500 to 397. Schaefer Jumped
| away in the first inning with run OF 80
! and in the sixth inning he nursed and
| coaxed the worries for a splendid cluster of
| 141. He maintained his advantage all the
| way to the fifteenth inning, at the end of
/ which he led Sutton by oyer loo nnints