New-York tribune., 1908-01-26
EXPERTS 1T BILLIARDS.
Sutton and Morningstar to Meet for
Worlds Emblem at 1872.

George Sutton and Ora C Morningstar meet to-
morrow night at the Lenox Lyceum, seth street and
Madison avenue. for the worlds championship al
1s2 balkne billiards. five hundred points In addi-
ton to the emblem now held by Sutton there is a
side bet of 800 which is provided in the conditions
governing the trophy competition The players
divide the net gate receipts. Edward Mclaughlin
will probably be the referee
Willie Hoppe will be the game to challenge the
winner. He has deposited his forfeit of $50 and
expects early acceptance. Jacob Schaefer. who
holds the 1S1 emblem. will probably accept Hoppe
challenge for that style of the game and name a
date and place to play within short time.
The history Of the worlds championship at 1s.2
billiards is not so long as that at the 1s1 game.
The latter title first played for in the concert
hall in Madison Square Garden IN 1897 when Slos-
defeated Schaefer, Ives, Daily and Sutton. In
February, 1903 the first worlds championship at 1872
was played in the Grand Hotel. in Paris Cure.
Sutton and vignaux tied for first place with two
victories and defeat. while Sosson lost every
game he played. Litigation after this tour
nament. and the courts finally awarded the cham
pionship 10 Vignaux- Sutton Immediately chal-
lenged him and lost by the scant margin of 800 to
46.
George Sutton made his first public appearance in
1893 at Toronto. Canada. when he won the cham
pionship OF Canada 142 balkne. His first ap-
pearance at tournament play was in Chicago in
January, 1895, when he competed in ''shortstop'
contest He only game and lost four.
masters For several years he lived and played in
Paris winning many games in the academies there.
He won the 1s1 championship from Schaefer by
default in 19O3 but lost it Eignaux by go to 3s7
in Paris in 1901 Sutton is remarkably fast player.
making his shots with great rapidty and without
apparent effort or care.
Ora Mornngstar belongs the class of young
masters. He made his public debut in the second
worlds championship at 1s1 in this city in 1901
and finished next to last. Like Sutton and many
other experts, he lived for time in Paris and
played in the French academies In the young
masters " championship in Paris 1904, won by
Hoppe, he finished fourth.
Jacob Schaefer has been playing in professional
billiard matches and tournaments since July %
1873, nearly thirty years Schaefer and Sios
son first October 8. 1873, I'm Indianapolis for
500 q side. S:osson won by score of 800 TO 32l
Since then these biliisrdists have met oftener
in public than any other pair. Schaefers first
match in the East played in Fcrd's Opera
House. in Washington April 26, 1876. with Lewis
Shaw for $3.50 side. Schaefer beaten by 500
TO 547. His first appearance in tournament was
in Tammany Hall. this city. November 20 Is,
1876 and he made poor showing. finishing last in
field of He scored his first notable victory
in Cooper Institute in 1879. when he defeated Slos-
son. Daily and other masters for the worlds cham
pcnship. His home is in Chicago. where he has a
large academy.
The career Of Willie Hoppe has been the briefest
and brilliant of these four experts. He
about twenty years old, started play billiards
when a mere child. He received instruction from
Jacob Schaefer and developed into a phenome-
nom He plays without effort and as accurately as
4 machine. When he first began play exhibition
games he had to climb all the table reach |
he shots.
George Sutton has the worlds record average OF |
90 at 49,. while Hoppe holds the high record |
At 3e4
Billiard experts seem to have lost speed the !
81 game. In Philadelphia Thursday night, in |
he Schaefer-Cutler match. the formers high run |
vas 80 and his average 1876. This compares
poorly with his record In 1885, when he played Ives
tie game and had high run OF 1876 and aver |
ge of 90.