The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01
MILL CITY BOY GOES
WITH JAKE ScHAEFER.
Charley Ferris to Act as Practice
Partner of "The
Wizard.
journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service.
Chicago, March Blake Schaefer,
accompanied by his playing partner,
Charles Ferris, left for Philadelphia to-
day, where he will put in his final week
of practice for the international tour
nament in New York. He is not very
well satisfied with the arrangement
whereby Willie Hoppe was brought into
the list of contestants week after the
entries had closed. None of the other
contestants likes the move, either, ac-
cording to information received here.
The acceptance Of Hoppe s entry at
such time was characterized as I'M
sportsmanlike by practically. all of tho
billiard experts and fans in Chicago.
A report that Hoppe had held out for
a considerable sim Of money for his
appearance, and finally got it, was gem
orally credited around the billiard halls.
"Hoppe's entry will undoubtedly in
crease the interest in the event and
bring the attendance up, Schaefer said
before his departure, 'tbut the players
do not profit by the attendance and
consequently it is nothing to them. All
| we have to get out of this tournament
is the prize money.
1t was announced that the entries
closed at certain time. Hoppe had
not then entered. A week later he is
entered anyway That looks to me like
a poor way of doing business. What is
| the use of having rules if they are not
lived up tot Personally, do not care
much about 1t, but it looks to me to
be very unsportsmanlike. -
Is Between Three.
! It generally is agreed that the CON-
test lies between Schaefer, Hoppe and
Cure, the Frenchman Some, and among
them Schaefer himself, figure Sutton to
have chance, but it is only an out
side chance. The local colony of pro-
fessionals believe that Schaefer will
win if he is in good physical condition.
! NSchaefer has never played as good
billiards as he Is playing now" said
AL Taylor yesterday. ellis stroke is
the most wonderful one anybody ever
saw. 1t looks to me that if he loses
any games it will be to some of the
slow ones at the afternoon perform
ances.
"These practice scores that are be-
ing made do not prove lot, except in
Schaefer's case. He is the one player
of the lot who will play better in the
tournament than he does in practice.
Hoppe has made some wonderful scores
in practice, but you will notice that he
fell to a twelve average in his game
with Slosson.
4 81 think Hoppe is very much over
rated boy by those who figure that he
will walk away with the title. He does
/ not stand any better chance than does
Schaefer or Cure, and the Frenchman
will have to be figured in it all the
time.o
Schaefer g scores in his practice
games during the last week especially,
have been wonderful. In the evening con-
| tests he has been averaging around fifty
right along, and in the afternoon be-
| tween twenty and twenty-five. That he
plays a much better game at night than
in the afternoon has led to the belief
that his defeat will come at the mat
inees.
schaefer Is Game.
In the matter Of gameness, Schaefer
has it on all his opponents. When he Is
behind he plays better than. ever, and q
piece of bad luck does not discomfort
/ him in the least He MAYER xUNrrioa end