New-York tribune., 1906-04-14
HAS BIG RUN, BUT LOSES.
Cure Uyins His First Gamc-H0ppe
Smothers MOrningstar.
STANDING OF THE PLAYERS.

T.ouiE Cure. the French expert Won ms ni@t game
in the international billiard tournament for the
worlds championship at l&2. an the concert hall
a Madison Square Garden last night He defeated
George r. Sutton By 4 score Of 500 10 Ss1. While
cure won Sutton had the distinction Of making
the highest run OF the tournament, when he clicked
off l6s points in the sixteenth inning.
Willie Hoppe defeated ora g Morninssar in tho
afternoon by q SCORE Of 500 to 207 Hoppe averaged
~ 6-s6 and made a high of lo5 which was MS
best of tho tournament 10 date. At the end of
sixteen innings he had average Of more than
Is but thereafter he fer OF rapidly. Morningstar
was OF his game, and averaged only 25-2e. His
best run - His play in striking contrast
the EccG billiards he played against SIosson on
Thursday.
HOPPE BEATS MoRNTNGsTAR.
Mornnestar Won The bark and took the white
bah. Neither counted in the opening inning.
Morningstar missed again. and Hoppe clicked of
run of q He rolled the balls deftly
ever snd while he did equal Schaefer in
nursing or Sosscn brilliant open tanle play. he
exceeded both steadiness. The balls broke badly
The ninetieth shot. and Hoppe missed the
ninety-fourth. when he ossayed A hard three
cushion IL a good start. however.
ana the large audience applauded the boy cham
pion roundy. Hoppe added Is points in the
third inning and IS in the eighth. and had
a total of l3s and average Of 17as. In the mean
time MorninGstar had done little gather
cluster OF il in the sixth inning.
In the ninth inning, however, MOrningstar got
the globes together and clicked OFF q before he
missed q half-follow shot. This gave him a
total of Ss. TO l42 for Hoppe. Neither counted in
the tenth inning but in the next Morningstar made
z, and increased ms total TO s. Hoppe came back
with q. however, and maintained comfortable
lead with total Of l7l. He missed when the
three balls lined up the upper rail, with the
red in the centre and nearly frozen to the two
whites
In the twelfth inning Morningstar made Il and
passed the first century mark with total of 102
and average of So. Hoppe, in his half of the
inning, however, jumped away into the lead by
clicking off lO5 which gave him total of 276 and
an average Of Is. Hoppe in this played the
best billiards he mas shown in the tournament
The balls did not run kindly. and persisted IN
lining up for him time and time again. He made
score Of seemingly impossible shots. masses
some cushion caIroms and some sensational draws
he missed a hard angle shot at the upper end of
Morningstar made in the thirteenth inning and
IS in the fourteenth, which gave him total of l23
Hoppe started his half of the fourteenth inning with
position. if TO execute a masse he carromed off
The red took the side cushion. with extreme eng
on. and counted 81 before he missed on what was
lead Of lse over Mornngstar The latter made
straight bsknt nurse T e Missed ii eSS on aGe nat az
shot and had total Of 81 and an average of
and was playing much below the form le showed
against Schaefer and siosson Wednesday and
HOPPE continued 20 play brilliant billiards in the
counts, No shot seemed TOO hard for him 20 judge
coiiftilN. aiiu ne treated the q
~ "a ~ piaa "HlSh vas iittie snort OF magic
before ne missed q hard half follow shot he had
counted = times. ana passed into the last hundred
Win total OF 49 and an average of q 9-l6 He
missed IN The next inning. after Morningstar had
SCI the example and his dropped 70 q III
n ing and missing the easiest kind n a shot left
sent his fine average tumbling again Hoppe fell
on N his play AZ this point. and with counts Of
and l. lost an chance for high average Tbe0 "i he
steaded himself ard counted 30 in the twenty
second inning after Morningstar had made 5s
., is saSf nun q total Of i6s and an average OF
, II took Home for more. innings 70 run out the
game, with breaks of T. .. ana l9 This gave him
an average ~ - c-H6 NornuPsrar vas Ie}t AZ an7
aea mao an a'"raee n only 25-26. was the lat
- Hootes' exhibition thus far in the toUrna
hlent Nor1ir GstaT has only Sutton and Cutlcr to
g. noF - le has beaten cure, ard lost Hoppe
This siisrileoa schaefer and Sutton will play, aud
'o-n.gfl s'osson and HOPPE Till cross cues
q ; 81 5s 81 Il K IS 5,, ,SS Ss io5 2.;
ngs, seas Hfea rure. lo5. % aS -
5s j fo'aI .: so9 2 2 8yaf- II
Referee Edward Mclaughlin
CURE WINS A GAME
Sutton won the bank and made three IN h,.
initial inning. Cure who had 70 10 suttons % in
tho fourt, inning scored his first big run ir The
next inning. II s., and the eighth he -rsda
sim better OF le5. both OF thena largely by
open play and lnasse shots He WAS then I!9
points in The lead sUtton's Grst good run 81 was
in the twelfth inning. lie foowed with e. making
his score IlS Cures 9gi. for Following hts run
Of 100 the latter had made cs &C. "A and A. in
succession.
One might have heard a pin dr9r IN She big
auphiiheatre when Sutton, IN his sixteenth inning
with unerring precision, started on the ten shots
mar would bring his score up 20 SIosson's high
Since passing the century mark he had scored q
sao,s Y -99I pr MINUTES IN Three minutes more, when