The evening world., 1912-11-19
HOPPE PRACTICALLY
CL|NCHES 1872 TITLE
Champion Scores Highest Az
erage of Tourney and Com
pletely OutplayS Sutton.
BY BOHEMIAN BULGER.

@Y his overwhelming defeat Of
X George Sutton Willie Hoppe has
- practically cnched his hold on
the 1872 billiard championship Of the
world, The ono man who has n chance
now TO force him into a possible three
cornered tie Is Ora Morningstar. They
play tho decisive game tomorrow night
II Morninsstar should win they will DO
play Il OF In an extra match. II Hoppe
should win the tournament will bo over.
Another man who has a roundabout
| chance OF figuring In that tie Is George
Sutton, the old student" who do
feated Yamada, the Jap. last night.
Mr.. Slosson has another game to play
this afternoon and IL he wins he will
figure In three-cornered tic with
'Mornings,ar and Hoppe In case the
latter should DO defeated. The betting,
however. is that Hoppe will win from
Morn.Erstar and that tho tournament
will end Tomorrow night.
| Last night Hoppe played tho most
beautiful billiards OF the tournament
and made II perfectly plain to the fans
just why he IL regarded as the greatest
u ali balkline experts. Though tho
young fellow made no very high runs
he ehalsed up an average of nearly
thirty which lis the record for tho tour.
naa,ent lie worked with the steadlness
OF clock and his misses were few and
far between. ON tho lire nurse he was
especially good, but occasionally he
would get tho balls scattered and give
the spectators thrill over his open
table play. On one or tow occasions
he seend to be 81 confident an to at-
tempt the daring and two of his three
and four cushion shots made the critics
gasp.
SUTTON NO MATCH FOR BRIL-.
LIANT NEW YORKER.
George Sutton. the Chicago crack. n
clearly out OF form ana was no match
for the brilliant young New Yorker.
sutton. who holds tho worlds record
for high average. having at one time
averaged l00. has suffered greatly from
insomnia during the present tourna-
mont and his nerves have been I'M
strung no that the most ordinary OBJ
server could notice the change IN his
work. He has lost his old ume skull of
making high runs with the balls in
open territory. His stroke has been
wobbly and ne has nevor been able to
|
} the part OF Sutton has been the great
J est source OF disappointment In the
tournament
While Hoppe vas running away from
/ sutton In the north room u great crowd
had gathered In the south room of the
, Aston roof last night to sec George
Siosson light Il out with Yam ada, While
that gamc showed no high records and
very few exceptionally good shots. I,
. was full OF excitement from start &c
.. finish. Slosson haA been personally
Interested In tho Jap and 10 a kind OF
billiard father TO him. Consequently
there was much speculation as to how
} the old student and his protege would
, play against each other. S.osson knows
the capabilities Of YainAda and tsayed
? him accordingly. The old student played
, Il safe at all stages. When he founc
that a shot was going to be risky h,
would play Il so that n he missed the
} Jap would be left safe. This worried
d the little fellow. but ne retal,sted to-
: ward the fnish by slipping tho "oil'
9 TO Slosson. This constant attempt a
y safety playing II really responsible 70,
. the low average
> JAPANESE PLAYER NOT IN ooor
STROKE.
a A peculiar feature to the Yamada
6losson game was that the number ~
scanned to hold mystic spell over IN,
old student. On four different occa sion
he made run OF forty-one only 10 mis-
on his forty-second shot. Three OF thos
= times the misses were on comparativel,
q easy draws The old studant failed q
d set enough English on the ball throug
n what looked like carelessnes.
q Yamada was not In good stroke q
q any time. though he made several nsc
II runs. He could not keep the balls TO
'Gethse ~ aay great length a TN