The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-12
HOPPE PLAYS WELL.
Young BiIiardist Defeats Cutler in
New York Tourney.

New York Tourney.
New York. April 12-By the score
OF 500 to 382, Willie Hoppe of this
city who holds the worlds champion |
ship title for 1871 billiards. defeated
Albert G. Cutler of Boston in the fifth
game Of the worlds 1872 champion
ship tournament at the Madison
Square Garden concert hall last night. /
Hoppe did not play IS fast or as we'll
as was expected, but he will be seen to
better advantage later on when he
meets the more seasoned players. This
afternoon Slossen viii play Morning !
star. and at night Schaeffer and Cutler /
VIII meet
Hoppe and Cutler banked for the
lead and the young worlds champion
won it, He chose the white ball and
made four caroms but missed on a
single cushion bankshot. The Boston
sInan got his stroke right away and sent
the globes merrily clicking around the
table. AS soon as he got them under
control Cutler began a series of nurs-
ing shots until he had run up 8 Z points. !
A this stage the three balls were close
together with the cue ball frozen to
the red one. Referee Edward Nc
Laughlin spotted the balls and Cutler
failed to make the carom. Hoppe
promptly started off at a rapid pace
driving for position with accuracy and
nursing gently as occasion required
Two Of his masse shots, one on the
rail- and another IN the center space,
were faultlessIy executed but he trip
ped UP on an easy single cushion shot
after he had made forty. Cutler fall
ed to count in the second inning, and
Hoppe made only a single carom in
the third In Cutters half of this in
ming. the Boston man gave the specta-
tors another exhibition of his ability in
a grand all around run of % points
which was abruptly ended in a futile
al
rail.
Hoppe made 10 in the fourth inning
and missed a single cushion bank.
Cutler replied with seven and then
Hoppe gathered in SO through some
Sterling work when again single
cushion bank miss was his undoing
Cutler ran I'D Is and the score al
this stage was 120 to "a in Cutters
favor. Hoppe turned his first 100
with ten in the sixth and after Cutler
failed to respond with a count Hoppe
began to creep UP in a timely manner
lie made y points, which placed him
1n the lead with margin of six. Cut
f4ef again got cipher and Home went
still further ahead with 16 more A
double kiss spoiled a good chance of a
long run by Hoppe in the ninth inning
when he had tailed s. Cutler only
gathered IN four IN his next two turns
while Hoppe added 81 and nine. bring
ing his total score up to $50 with q
run of SO. Cutters total was 19S at
the close of the eleventh inning. s.
points behind Hoppe At the end Of
the s innings the score stood:
Hoppe. 301; Cutler 265
Hoppe scored SO and 80 in the
eighteenth and nineteenth inning re-
specuvely. while Cutler added 81 apA
% to his score, split by a cinher in
the eighteenth inning After Home
AaaQ made eight in the twentieth cut
LET coa1ed 1, railing on a long draw
I-ais left him Just 35 points behind
Hoppe entered the last of the game in
MS twenty-irst inning with a RIM Of
IS, his thirty-ninth shot being sDoile5
by a mlscue Cutler got IS in the
same inning and the scores then stood
Hoppe 423; Cutler 363
Hoppe ran up so in very fast time an
the twenty-second turn but thrnugb
seeming haste he missed a draw of less
than eight inches. He then led Cufier
by ITO points. Cutler added 10 to he
total in this inning With q to 60 fbe
game, Hoppe began his tventv-tbir,i
inning. but only got % of the necessary
amount Cutler did not score and
Hoppe finished the game in the tv-ert,,-
fourth inning Hopes average was
20 "a, high run IS. Cutters average vas
16 14-23. high run so.
When Jacob schafer Of c,hicsgo nat
Ora .Morpingstar in the fourth game of
the worlds championship tournament
at 1872 balk line billiard here Wednes-
day fast work was looked for and while
Aslg bu--t4E al iii DueA AFFtHJy-SeNe0 IN
.nings Schaefer did not disappointt the
iexpectant lovers OF the game He de-
feated Morningstar by score of 500 to
233 and in doing so made 49,. caroms in
his seventh inning. which is the high
Run Of the tourney up to date His line
faursing and position play drew forth
frequent plaudits. Sc aeffer lad many
idle innings but when he struck his gait
the caroms followed each other quick
l1y on account of his almost infrnitable
work. In his last three innings Schaefer
made 166 points with 67-94 and an un-
finished run Of five. Morningstar play
ed a good plucky uphill game but he
was outclassed. Morningstar's high
run was 40.