Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-09
BILLIARDS MORE
POPULAR THAN EVER

NEW YORK, October 9.-Local lovers of
billiards will be well stated with the game
as played by its greatest opponents during
the coming season il the present signs of
activity in the academies count for any
thing. Matches for the championship til
ties at both 1871 and 1872 balkline are to
be played in the course of the next few
days
willie" Hoppe. the remarkable young
player who wrested the worlds title from
Maurice Vignaux, will be forced to play
his best against the Wizard" Schaefer.
in the match for the 1871 title. The boy
has been playing steadily against the cd
short stop, Edward Mclaughlin, and is
tuned up &c excellent form. He does not
lack any confidence in himself, and feels
quite certain Of holding the title. but
Schaefer Is out for the honors and is work.
ing hard daily at McGraw's room.
When George Sutton and George Slosson
meet for the 1872 title this month"; there
should be little to choose between them
If Sutton can show the skill that he dis
played toward the close of the champion
ship tournament last spring. ii looks as If
SlOsson's title would be In great danger
Sutton had just about reached the pinnacle
of his form in the last few matches of the
big tournament, and but for his defeats in
the earlier contests would have given Slos-
son hard fight for the championship
During the period of that tournament
however, the Student was not in the
best of health. and the long strain of tour
nament play told on him severely He saws
he is now feeling in better condition phys-
ically than he had been in several years
and feels pretty confident of beating the
burly Sutton. He was playing In brilliant
form at his academy up to few DAYS ago
when he began to show signs of overWork
and fell down considerably in his play. He
has decided to take few days rest this
week. Sutton viii begin series of prac-
tice games at Maurice Days tonight
While nearly all the attention so tar is
directed to the two big matches that come
off this month. these will be merely fore
runners of the feast of good billiards to
come later in the season. Ora Morning
star stands ready to challenge immediate
ly the winner of each trophy, and lie will
prove competitor that will have to be
feared by any of the masters
He has been practicing diligently in his
Harlem academy and has been averaging
80 or better in many of his 1872 games
whi.e 30 or 10 in the one-shot game has
been frequent average. Saturday he ran
out d string of 800 in practice game at
a 10 gait all the way, and that kind of go
ing will make him a factor during the com
ing season.
While he was playing in the Paris rooms
during the last couple of years he was
nearly always placed on a par with Sutton
and Vignaux in the pools, and all the
French professionals had a healthy respect
for his ability with the cue. George Slos-
son said of him at the time that he was
playing in the Partisan academies that he
was very dangerous man for any one
to tackle. and IL he can return to his old
time Paris form he will make all the top
notchers hustle to beat him.
With Albert Cutler. Morningstar and
Hoppe all playing strong game. the older
players will have to look well to their
laurels. With Hoppe already champion
and Morn.nSStar looming UP as a strong
possibility. It may be that the younger
generation Of bflliardists will be at the top
in both cl;SseS af the balk-line aar"-