Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-02

championship at 1872 has been held by
seven players, one Frenchman and SIX
Americans.
Maurice vignaux. the greatest player
France has produced. won the original
tournament. and then in turn the title
was held by George Slosson OF New York.
Willie Hoppe of New York. Ora Morning.
star OF New York. Calvin Demarest OF
Chicago and Harry Cline OF Philadeiph1a,
who lost to Willie Hoppe, the present title
holder.
Vignaux defended 1t once against me.
1t then passed to SlossOn, from whom 1t
was taken by me. / successfully defend
ed il. three times before losing to Hoppe.
The young New Yorker returned the en-
blem to the donors, and the next to an
mex it was Morningstar. Demarest, the
had not long forsaken the amateur ranks,
then came into the GmeIight, but he later
succumbed to Cline, who. after defend
ing his honor once against Cutler, made
way for Hoppe.
Great Performances Of Game.
4 resume of these tournaments and
matches discloses some OF the greatest
performances in the history of the game.
The opening tournament. which was
PLAYED at the Grand Hotel, Paris, Febru-
airy Is to 20. 1868, was made memorable
by q lawsuit. in which after nine months
the title to Vignaux. The big Frenchman
was tied with Louis Cure and me In
games won, each being credited with
two. but he claimed the honor on the
ground that his general average OF 229
was the best. I had POSI- and Cure 1910,
Slosson, the other contestant. having $40.
In this tournament i had gone 10
France in 1901 and eQualed the record run
of 100 held by the late Frank Ives: IN
January, 1904. at Paris, Vignaux defend
ed his title against me. 500 to 496. after
memorable finish in which / missed q
masse when he needed four points, and
the big FTenchman ran the game out
with a break of 81. VignauX's right to
the title lapsed the following year, lead
ing to what generally is conceded to be
the most notable tournament in the MS
tory of the game. 1t was staged at
Madison Square Garden April to Fl.
Hoppe. Albert Cutler Of Boston, o. E.
Morningstar of New York and Louis Cure
of Paris as the contestants.
Big Prizes at New York.
The cash prize of $4,000, together with
entrance fees of $1,75O and net gate re-
ceipts of $500, gave $3.50 to be divided
among the five prize winners. making
if the most valuable tournament ever
held. as we'll as record breaker In the
matter of gate money. George Slosson
won first money, $3.50, Sutton taking
second, $c.237.5o. after the play-ofr OF
tie with Schaefer, VINO TOOK thlro inone9'
S1,3i2.J0.
In keeping with the size Of the pot was
a worlds record average Of 100 made by
me in my match against Hoppe whic a
won. 500 to 11S. My counts were !2S'
IL. o. 124 and pa. unfinished. Previous
to the setting of this mark the best rec
ord, championship or on-champlonsniP,
had been an average of 30 in 60O-point
match by Vignaux at Paris: 1 had the
high grand average OF go. schast acre,
with 2O44 Hoppe had a run OF III,
Schaefer one of III and Slosson one OF
153.
Hoppe Makes Run of 307.
One month later, May to IL, Hoppe,
Sutton. Schaefer, Louis Cure and Slos-
son took part in professional tourna-
ment at Chicago, in which Hoppe made
a RIM of 3O7. but, as it was not cham
nionship the mark was only WORLDS
record, but nevertheless
wonderful performance. In that par.iIu.
lar game Hoppe averaged $3.50. also
got another big count, notching $50 ana
averaged over 20, and in third over
90. leading the grand averages with DO
Hoppe, who won first money, aVeraseo
PTS. 60.
The tournament average for this last
event was 219I-a record-but these flVe
nlayers who competed in the New York
did almost as well, their gem
eraI average being O11. AS an 1ndica-
ton of the dividing line between the
masters and the shortstops it may be
noted that Albert Cutler, Harry Cline.
Thomas Gallagher, Ed Mclaughlin, Al
TAYLOR Charles Peterson and FRANK
Hoppe competed for the minor champion
ship of America at 49, at New York