Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-13
HOPPE WINS FIRST PRIZE
Boy Billiardist Finishes Tournament With
out Losing Game
SUTTON WINS SENSATIONAL CONTEST
Canadian Defeats the wizard ny
Following Run OF 23B
with IN Unfinished
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CHICAGO. May l2-Wfne Hoppe, the
boy billiard expert, won first prize in the
professional tournament. which was fin
ished tonight in Orchestra hall Hoppe
went through his four games without a
single defeat. George Sutton, the Canadian
champion. captured second place, having
three victories to his credit and one de-
feat. The other three players George Slos-
son. who won the championship in the re-
cent tournament in New York; Louis cure,
the French champion, and Jake Schaefer
finished with triple tie. each player. hav-
ing won one game and lost three. These
players will get an equal division Of third
and fourth money.
Although finishing In second place. SUIT
ton scored the highest total average for
the tournaments i5-5e. Hoppe, who broke
the worlds record for high run a 49,
inch billiards. two in bslk in his game
with Schsefer last night. had the sec
ond best grand average-27 e6-72.
Final Game Sensational
After a rather listless game this after
noon between Hoppe and Slosson, which
the youngster won, the tournament wound
up tonight with one Of the most sensa-
tlonal matches Of the entire series. The
contestants we're Sutton and Schaefer and
Sutton won with ease in seven innigs by
the score Of 800 to 1913. In the fifth inning
Schaefer was q points ahead Of his OPP
ponent He had copleted the period with
a run Of l4 and looked at that time to
be the winner Of the match. sutton a
ten in his fifth trial and Schaeter fol-
lowed with a cipher. The Canadian then
236 points OF as pretty billiards as
were ever seen. His 237th Shot was a
difficult masse, which he missed by a frac-
ton of an inch This big run put him
nearly 200 points ahead. Schaefer got -four
and missed and that was his last chance,
as Sutton came back with a run OF. l12 and
finished the game.
sutton--l6. 80, o, 16, 10, 236, 172; total, 500
average Il 81.
SChaefer-0, Is, 20. o, 1Q, O. 4; total, 143;
average, 20 81.
Hoppe Defeats SlOAsOn.
The game. played in the afternoon.
which gave Hoppe first prize requi ed TWEEN
/ ty-one innings for its completion, the fina
score being Hoppe 500, slosson Ill The
game in itself was an Indifferent exhibit
ton, and only once was a row of three
figures hung up. that being in the first
| inning when Hoppe gathered together lis
! Slosson was clearly out OF form and his
average was the lowest yet made in the
| contest. After the first inning the result
| Of the game was never in doubt. Slosson'i
! stroke was bad and he was unable to holC
the balls in position. being compelled FIRE
! quently to play open table shots. He alsC
! left the worries in hard positions for thu
youth, who recorded six blanks during thu
game. In the fourth trial Hoppe counted
50 and in the eighth he made run of z
which gave him lead of $50. He rapid!
Increased his lead over the champion, who
after the eighth inning, did not make
double score. with one exception, when HI
collected 26. The score:
Hoppe--1lS. o. 0. SO. 0, 1, o. 20, ., 10. 81, 50
0. 20, o, so. l, g. 2 10 2, Total, 500. High run
slosson-iS, q, ii, 8. %. /. II, "a, /, 0. 4. 2
4, ., 0, O, &c. l, /, l, /. Total, III. High run
! "a. Average. s 3-2l.
Table of Tournament.
Following is complete table OF tn