The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-02
HOPPE LEADS AT BILLIARDS
SCORES 500 TO SL.OSSON'S 2O'
IN FIRST NIGHTS PLAY.
veteran and Ysuahfui Piayer Ffshtins
for the ls:a HAM Line Championship
Hoppe Makes Record Average OF
More Than IS lOssOn In Bad Heslth-

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william Hoppe started in well to defend
his title to the 1871 balk line billiard chhh-
pionship last night against George =. Sios-
son. He was in fine form and played al
most IA well a. he has in practice except
that his runs were not 80 large. The mat'h'
which began in the Concert Hall OF the
Madison Square Garden, IL at IA" points.
40 heing played each night, and AZ the emu
OF the first night = play tn. acor" was hopp".
$40 Slo-son. 2O7. Hopp. made high run
OF ~ and he finished his first string OF In
in fifteen innings. the fifteenth diminished.
/ 80 that his average was rs 5-ii. This "s-
tablishes a new record and a. II II made IN
a championship match under proper con-
ditions II will he accepted. The former
average at the ISL game was 81 made D!
the late Frank Ives several years ago
II was a gam. in which youth and ~nthu-
| siasm embodied in young Hoppe met
player OF long experience and an old general
| in the game. one who has won many cham
pionships and suffered a. many defeats.
George F Slo$son Hoppe was a popular
/ favorite beCaus 80 he - young and has shown
wonderful skill and d.licary at the game
| but Slo--on had many supporters among
! those present because for twenty-five wears
h. has been "A prominent factor at all sorts
OF billiards. and although old enough To
! IL. the father Of some of the Young players
4 h. -till does lots to stimulate interest in the
I gam. Of billia rti- and - always rady 10
arrange a match with any player Billiard
| lovers think SlO-son nv his action has done
much for the game and n some of IN"
younger player would follow his "Nampl"
| IL would be still more popular than " -.
| BEFORE the gam" started many of Hopes
, supporters had placed -om" Sarers on the
! result. They bet 90 that Hoppe would
win even money that h. would 6-tea
Slo--on nv mor- than ."o points on tn" two
night, play and tn that he would sVeras"
/ better than Is. Al present n looks a. II
th.y would win all bets but many things
can happen in match of this kInd and II
4 IL possible that hoppe may br on III MS
Sio-.on. who has been dong some very
steady and consistent scoring in practice,
! had many supporters but unfortunately
! h. had caught a -.Nrre cold u" looked
7 III and shiv.r-d and conThed while h. >h'
near the table. Billiards II game ~
which temperament enters largely into
I the result. man. no matter how good
! not feeling we'll. and Sio--on~ condition
affected hi- play very much last night
~. Gs ersn T,.I SSs n nn sno
Wa not within many points Of the gam. ne
ha, shown IN prarti"r and he Is too old a
PLAYER to b- troubled with stage fright
7 or nervousness
. That SIos-on Wa on does not AZ all de
tract from Hoppe- performance. only had
So--on been we'll the game would have been
/ y much closer one. Hopp" played wonder
fuI billiard. he had perfect control 81
tn. balls Ills stroke too was perfect ana
I he made some rrmarkabl.' sh"t-. often
tDo when experts Thought he would miss
such a. sutton and frequently Slosson
. u-" IN match 81 this kind ". played an
III. balls in good position on the halk line
he kept them a few inches apart. and "on-
tInuaily drove TO tn. rail and brought The
ball back in perfect position,
/ His Judge al speed On these shots was re-
arkable and II did not matter ~ the drive
w~r- long one or short one. with appar-
emily tn" same effort the. ball would bs sent
lust a few inches or IL might travel all
! The attendance was large All IN. .y-
pcrts ycte prc.ent tmonE those who
Robert T. kammerar -; tn" New York
Athletic Club DIR Jennings Of the Crescent
iaur champion Ferdinand PoxRcnburg OF
! the Iicd"rkranz. Joseph Mayer. tn" Phila-
deiph,a an. amni na "hn has ILL., t PLAYED q
Wheeiock, Alfred Ds ORC. champion at
POOL and three cushion biliiard John Doyle.
-x pool champion. Of Rochester. and Calvin
Demar--t There also were many Japanese
In II. crowd. They AR" much Interested
| Albert yutler had been selected to referee
the match. and after the usual pr-iiminari"s
OF weighing the balls. marking the table.
PLAYERS banked Hoppe Won. he selected
| or hi- arst effort Then Slo--on gathered
in SIX rather pretty ones and missed IN an
eMOTt 10 draw on inc CUSHION hoppe -COn
! found his -trok. when h" started IN th.
second time. T. drove TO tn. foot Of the
table. soon gstheret we'll and cl,cse' ~
lined up and he made "a pretty rnas-e His
s-v -n,e-nth shot got the halls in close com
pany in tn. centre space and he seemed
set for y run. but after making ~ the balls
froz- and he missedSa bank shot.
Slo-son made one Of which MAS a clever
force follow. and then missed "a draw shot
The balls were left we'll for Hoppe. but tbs.
champion could get only four and missed
| son sho W ed .ome,. hat oi his ability After
som. open table shots h.. gathered ia the
! centre space on a delicate singl. cushion
shot. but he could not hold he ba l- and they
| went wide on his ~ entieth shot. His TWEEN
ty-rizhth was q beautiful kiss shot which
making II he failed ON a draw Oh the cu-h.
ion. Thi. run. however. gave him lead or
Hoppe soon wiped this I.ai on, with n
good run of 80. during which h. hal 60 make
two difficult mAsse~ Slo$-on failed TO
been interrupted lie soon Gaihere,i tie.
bale in the centre space anbut two inches
from the Isft 5aik lire and scored; driving
| mad. a run 81 a. and only twice IN that run
I'D he drive the length Of tn. table and each
failed on = single cushion shot
sIos-on then sot going AGAIN fir~,
fast and then he succco6i"d in g.tting rh..
balls in position for the bnlkln- nur-... !
but h.. lacked jus, that delica"y 81 touch
| shot was "a beautiful draw IN the side /,
cushion and then b" niz-rd two cushion /
shot IN an effort tn gather THIS made The J
scOr" at IN. end al the nth inning Hoppe !
It5. Slo-Son ~
| In his next inning HOppe made his high /
run Of IN. evening, a. II vas q very clever /
exhibition. hut luck was with him and twice .
h. counted by The smallest of margins I
when a miss seemed probabl. Ne folh.w-d !
this with run Of -. missing by binding
a blg hole back 81 the red hall SIOssOn !
made and he too found tho hOi.
In his eighth Hoppe ran "a which he fol !
lowed with ~ and then Slo-son In his |
tsnih inning lost through sn unfortunate |
SlO--on 100
In tho eleventh inning Hoppe made a
run Of ~. falling on q single cushion shot /
blossom ran % and again he srPTned 20 have
gathered Tor his fsyOrite nurse. but She ball
rolled ~ and he had 10 drive. 4 three by
Hoppe ended with an easy shot missed al Z
most through carele--n"-s N seemed and !
sloSson added ~ more 90 his string In |
the thirteenth Hoppe ran IS TO SlOssOn' = ~ |
o kins again causing the student 70 retire |