New-York tribune., 1908-03-28
HOPPE WINS CUE TITLE.
KEATS SUTTON EASILY.
Nesc Cham pion Plays Dashing Bill
iards at IS.e BalkIine.

Willie Hoppe the challenger, defeated Ieoree
Sutton by a of 500 10 90 and won the world
championship at 1872 balkliue billiards in the con-
cert hall AT Madison Square Garden last night
Hoppe averaged 20 2e-2a and Sutton IL So Inc
END came in the t~enty-fourth inning "heh hoppe
ran ont with an unfinished of five simple
-aronns The crowd cheere6 and clapped nproal-
iously attesting the popularity OF the you'f'ui
champion
hoppe played a brilliant, dashins game ana
headv one nithal and appeared to have the ma'ch
we'll in hand from the ninth inning. when ne maoe
q run OF 20 He confined himself largely 10 open
,shle nsy q. which he has few, If any. equais-
Sutton was not himself. The balls rolled naoy loF
him and he seemed TO lack the confidence "hch
usually marks his play. His close nursing "ofh
Was also conspicuous by its absence. with the eA
en,;ou Of one inning the thirteenth. when he MADE
his high OF s.
tsonne said after the game that he was opposed
10 matches at 800 indicated that he woulo not
pisv any more under the present conditions
A biz crowd of billiard lovers was In attend
.nca There might have been dozen vacant seats,
hu, that all. and the hall was almost too fu LOT
a hot night. a number Of women we're present m
cludins Mrs Sutton who sat in the gallery with
n cassirnol and wife and George Slosson IL was
an apprecistive crowd, eno applause WIS ho' io'A
.ng for any good shot.
Sutton won the bank chose the white bali sno
then missed the opening shot Hoppe stepped up
in a confident way. but sat down with one lone
csr-ou, 10 his credit Sutton ran of 4, but n1isseo
when Il looked as il he would settle down for
lore run Hoppe clicked of 30 points IN ciever
fashion. and then dull period followed 1or oo''
plavers up to the ninth inning Sutton had three
clean misses, and when he sat GOWN III 'he hi''
his score stood at S.
When Hoppe took his place al the table Tor ms
haf of this inning he found the balls in sooo posi-
sion end began clicking OF the points In fafd
order q, the lower end of the table. largely IN
onen table NAV Toe count mounted 20 80, 10 40
snd finally 90 % before he missed wide open
craw in the middle of the table This gave him
q good lead, with g total of 1s2 10 os for sutton
Srtton's turn came n the thirteenth inning
After some open table play of a skyrocket style
re got the balls in the centre space and nur9ed
them back and ir mastery fashion until the
marker called of 20. Some more open table play
followed anc the mounted to SS before he
forced a line I'D and long masse which faiied 10
come off This brought suton's total up TO ls', 10
points and inning behind Hoppe
The hoy expert be outdone. however.
and in the rapid FIRE way which he is famous
San up point after point using almost every sho'
sncun 10 master of the cue. He gathered Few
roin-s hv close nursing in the centre space but
most his shots were in the open oihcult
rnssse rked his seventy-ffth shot hard single
cushion bank his eIghtieth and a daring kiss his
righty-seventh He missed on his eighty-ninth shot,
g hard two-cushion carom. and sat down well IN
,b. lead again the score standing Hoppe. sol SUIT
tsn- 1e7-
rJo,pe began his seventh inning with a long round
The table shot and then proceeded to increase MS
ger got IL in the inning, missing an easy draw
and Hoppe was the table for Ia. failing on
2 rhree-cusl1icn csrom which kissed of sutton
got one missed a reasonably hard masse' anu
Hoppe drew further away with q run OF s. III
which he made q number cf difficult shots with a
dash and skill that brought the house down SIX
Was ali Sutton could get and Hoppe ran OF es YAM
rr on a long single cushion carcm both regis
4errd = goose egg in the tuenty-first inning, ana
the score Hoppe 421: Sutton, as
After Sutton made lonely q. Hoppe oasheo OH
a, bringing his total up 4e3- The balls were
frozen and had TO be spotted on his twentieth sho
hut he went right on, and finally missed on al
easy DRAW cue largely overconfdence
sutton ran off 1s and Hoppe followed with D.
missing on a single cushion draw with only hVe 20
GO These came in the next inning however after
Sutton missed hard round the table shot Inc
score follows:
p-Y 7a G + / e 10 Il q. 80. SIS, s. a
- 3 Ia "a % o a2. 500. High runs, *9, IS
- Average, % % -.
sutton-o . = o, o-1. 70. Q, u. o 50 50 @ 70,
II / s. Z. IS, e-.a2. High runs 90 o. - ave