Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-24
EXCITEMENT IN THE
BILLIARD WORLD

New York, Jan 23--With the first
OF the worlds championship billiard
inatches' ina between Jacob Schaefer
and Albert Cutler for the ISL balk-
. line title, scheduled for today in Phil
adelphla, excitement among the cue
devotees has reached (; fever heat.
Interest in the game is intensified
by the fact that George Sutton and
Ora Norningstar will play for the lS-22
balkline championship in This city
next Monday evening. and that Willie
Hoppe, the boy wonder" has chal-
IenSed tle winner OF both titles 70 a
battle royal for the title OF the
worlds greatest billiard expert.
Many New York billiard enthusiasts
left this morning for the City of
Brotherly Love 10 witness the contest
between Schaefer, the holder Of the
1871 title, and Albert Cutler, the
youthful Bostonian who aspires TO
championship honors The showing
recently made by Cutler against Viii
lie Hoppe gives good ground for the
general belief that the bean-fed
youn@ster from the Hub Will not be
successful in wrestling the laurels
from Wizard Schaefcr. the Old
master Of the cue. Cutler is looked
upon by New York experts as a
Conner, but he has not ye tsecured
the experience TO make him The equal
N Il contest o! skill with the cunning
-Wizza1T.
Both Cutler ana Morni.sstar. the
challengers for the 1871 and Is
titles, are comps "ativeIy new 10 the
game for which emblem that have
challenged and their contests MA
likely not be without interest and
profession. However, they have de
velopad great speed in the style ii
eXcitemet.
The two contests are for the Bruins
wick Ba lle-Collender Company world
championship emblems, low held by
Sutton and Schaefer, and $500 a side,
as provided in the rules governing
the award Of the emblems, in addition
to shares of the gate receipts. To-
days game between Schaefer and
Cutler will be played in horticultural
hall, which will accommodate
large number of spectators, and as
the Philadelphia billiard fans have
shown great interest in the contest,
the gate receipts will probably be an
important item.
In the mind OF the average New
York cue expert there fingers little
doubt that Schaefer and Sutton will
be successful in defending their titles
against their less experienced adver-
saries. In that case, it will be up to
Willie Hoppe to pit his precoclous
skill against the experience OF the
old masters. Opinion differs as TO
the issue of such contest. If little
Willie is in a condition 70 play in his
best form the title-holders are very
likely to be shorn OF their fame, ac-
cording to the experts.
That. Hoppe is thoroughly in cam
est in his belief that can beat ooil
the 1871 and 1872 champions at Their
own game is evidenced by the act
that he has posted $500 forfeit money
to bind the two matches, $3.50 to cover
each event. His challenges are as as
follows:
II hereby challenge the winner 9f
the Schaefer Cutler match, to be
played in Philadelphia on January 70.
for the championship at 1871 balkllne.
and herewith deposit $3.50 to bind
the match
IL hereby challenge the winner OF
the acknowledgements match, to be
PLAYED in New York City on January
p, for the championship at 1872 balk-
line, and herewith deposit $50 to
bind the match
From the time he won the ls-l
worlds championship emblem from
Maurice Vignaux, the French expert
who was supposed to be invincible at
that STYLE of play, Willie Hoppe has
been entitled to be considered one or
the greatest, if not the greatest Dill
lard expert that ever lived. he
easily demonstrated his superiority