The sun., 1908-03-28
HOPPE A BILLIARD CHAMPION
DEFEATS SUTTON ron THE 1879
H. BALM LINE TTTLE.

william Hoppe led from the start In bis
1872 balk line billiard match With George
Sutton In Madison Square Garden Concert
Ha | last night, and BY score Of 500 to 272
won the championship away from tho latter.
Hoppe displayed good head work, handed
out effective safety TO the older player. and
on frequent misses by the latter Of short
shots found setups awaiting him. The balls
broke better for him than for sutton who
however. played poorly. Hoppe was the bet
ter general and won the contest on its merltS.
There wasn't much chance for any sc-
counting for low averages on the ground
Of uiCienoy Of heat as was the case at
the sutton -Mornngstar match In Lenok
Lyceum recently. II was warm inside and
outside last night. and the temperature
was suitable for obedent ivory There had
been a big demand Tor seats ior the match
and the hall was hllilg up rapidly at = O'Clock.
sutton came into the arena first a. be-
fitting a champion and was duly applaud0d.
Hoppe followed two minutes later and got
Among those who saw the match were
FiTnln Cassisnol, the French expert George
slosson. Al strauss, X. kammerer, Morgan
Bowman, the former Vale football player;
Al Smith, Mprtin Mullen. Joseph hnapp,
Teddy Willard, Evarts .Wrenn, Byron STARK,
W. p. Foss Digby Bell, Allen Lowe. J, 7.
Poggenburg, OrvIlle Oddie. Edward Gardner
the hali MAS filled when sutton Won the
bank He chose the white and mlssed.
Hoppe made a difficult long two cushion
shot but got a bad leave and missed. ln
two vide range shots Sutton gathered the
rail on the nith shot. 4 cross-tabie bank
solved the difnculty. but spread the balls
and left two cushion shot thai was miss od.
WIN cntlcing position confronting hIp
Hoppe was soon at his ease and playing with
the yneonoerned naluralness that is char
aCterlstic Of him Hla manner, however,
was easier than his stroke, for his position
play vas not up 70 the mark, Stil he was
play, and the twentItth shot was a pretty
three cushion gather tie missed the thirty
first shot. four cushion nyer around the
plat eau. because OF tn" cue ball being kissed
on. Sutton Quickly came to grief on q die
torted rnasse, Hoppe toilsomely gathered
eight, sutton missed an easy draw, Hoppe
scratched then nlsssd draw, and sutton
iizyled ina one cushion cross-tSble try
This spabm Of crude and Overneryous
cuing gave signs Of cessation in the seventh
inning when sutton produced the first deli
cate work Of the evening lie iineSsed care
fully, but his nursing WAS forced and stln
warmed up TO elasticity and freedom OF
movement The big man was not alarmed.
however, as Hoppe was almost ar unsteady
and uncertain aud showing no speed, and Il
u
was a mighty contrast between this and R
previous game In the same hall between
sutton and Hoppe. On that occasion sutton
made 800 points IN five ianiDgs. AZ the end
of the eighth inning last night be had 81
hoppe administered soothing trestr0cnt
TO the balls in the ninth inning and unlimbtrtd
70 rapid shooting Ho carried tho bslls from
the foot 10 the head OF the tqbls and nursed
between the end rail and the cross balklins
very prettily Then he worked the more
traotqble globTs out into the centre space,
only 10 force them TO retreat 10 the head rail.
munion and did a great deal OF ball to b1ll
ca ioling, The Deculiarities ol his stroke the
elevated cue butt, flexible wrist. spread out
bridge hand and cue tip digging into the
balls we're IN evidence.
The youth ran 90, missing wi ie right
angle draw an w advised sttemrt of tho
solution OF hard leave. The last six counts
OF the run we're troublesome. He left nothing.
Then ltopne siter 2 splendid around the
table shot in which tho cue bal doubled a
corner beautifully. vas slonpsd hy tough
luck kiss Sutton found himself for the first
inning in which be had deal Of bad luck In
keeping the balls under control, and tho
run called for resourcefuness and clever
execution. IL was cluster OF great variety,
humping into the cue ba and shuntlng II on
it, course Short drives 10 the rail- with a
kiss back of the cue ball were triei nv Sutton
to get his fayore line nurse, but the force
was incorrectly RaugPJ. so he had 70 vary
his tactics to suit the conditions that con.
fronted him.
The score at the end Of the eleventh inning
was III TO ii2 In Hopes favor. The latter
went into his third hundred an inning later
with spriShtly sequence Of &c. He got
lineup. after a nice two cushion drive and
missed bank shot sutton smots the balls
vigorously In the thirteenth inning. inter
81 kaE ktar,
one a splendid one cushion draw In which the
cue ball lust dropped on tho red and as.
semblcd the spheres for further dallanCe.
After he had banged them into submission
with touch a. soft as the fall OF dew. lie
glided across the faces the Rentlest Of
rnanPuvTlnR a maximum Of prOhts from a
minimum. Of motion. Once pervcrse, the
balls had become dCciie,
4 miased nassA ended the run, which VAS
good for So and brought Sutton's total uo TO
within sixteen points OF his antagonist. tie
heIueathed npe sstup To- Hopp., who ~
latter realed on the points more rapidly
than Sutton, but Without the misCTosCoplc
hneness. The afty-ftth shot. was an easy
bank, which was spplauded as il II we're hard,
There was a rythm about HoTJoe's shooting
tGNt was attractive, and no break IN the even
ness OF his progress save to allow the raferee
70 wipe q epeck ofdirt from a BAN BY the
time the lad had reached eighty the spectators
They were BY no means sure OF this becauss
Hoppe WAS swinging the hlll5 hit her and
thither The run ceased AZ eiChty-elRhl.
and Hoppe had SOi ponts TO Sltton's le'.
sutton had the balls in position in his ~
teenth inning hui veaS iGh broke np. the
ombination. Hoppe IN turn shot end drew
his second blank OF the night Thereupon
Sutton changed bis cue, Nl the Ammunition
and Hoppe took ND the burden with perfett
position TO work With Al he rhalRed ron
the alluring outlook was -. fle then vas
i0i points ahead
gather shot as a starter for his eighteenth
inning He conveyed the white ball the length
Of the table and to within two inches n the
red Rut there vas more frin than substance
10 the run. which netted a htsitatn n, The
next time up he counted once, then was slI
inches Wild on a r1sssk OF simple design.
Hoppe improved the opportunities afforded
by his opponent reRged game, not 10 any
bis lead There was more three cushion than
bRlk line in his ninet eenth inning, when he
smacked the balls boist 'rousy twsrty.four
helter skelter billiards,
Hoppe went into his nth string IN the tven.
tieth inning with an uneyentful, ploddinS
crop Of 20 points, the score being i2l 10 2t6 in
his favor Hoppe set sail for The finish in he
tEsDyfssGEnd frsSE nPPD f6 WAS snTtHeT
90 productive Half way through a run OF
- a freeze nPCessitated spcitinR the balls
But the balls we're soon In hand again, and the
finish was In sight when seeming csrelessness
was penalized BY a miss Sutton played as "
he felt hewas hattliu z IN los, cause. Thst's
what he was doing Hoppe went out In the
twenty fourth inning amid crest cheers from
HE friends. Sutton took his defeat With good
grace,
That's the last 5ao point championshin
match | u play. said Hoppe. RI the players
viii get together end aEree IN three nights
for q match IN play. otherwise not" 1he
scorc.
Hops Ss,Li,O,i TO- e. %. s. 10, 80. -, g. o,
z, g: a. = 70, o, q, ma Total no. Average
sutton. o. = 90. :, n. o. =, o. -. :, "A, q. %,
l.6,ii.LGO.7. 90 Total az. Average. ii6-!t
High runs. bS, a.. IS