New-York tribune., 1912-03-10
BILLIARD match AX|QNS
Hoppe Says Sutton's Big Runs
Are Not for Competition
CHALLENGER IN GOOD FORM
Young Champion Is Confident of
Defending His 1S.t Title in
Hotel Astor Match,

George sutton. who will play rwu,.s
Hoppe for the 1s1 balkline billiard cham.
pionship Friday night in the grand bali.
room OF the Hotel Astor, made yona..
ful run and two great averages in a prs..
tice game at Chicago last Monday. II.
challenger finished game OF 800 poi,,.
with run of 254 and scored an average :,
42-s His runs we're es, IS, 10. S, 30, I'm
80 and 254 Wednesday he averaged M,
and ran 1s5 and lis He arrived in Va.
York Friday and will practise at Maur,.
Daly's every afternoon and evening un,a
the day OF the match. While a resourc.t,
player. strong at cushion carroms An,
three cushions and excelling at line np,,.
ing. Sutton is not consistent. When \.
wins he generally does so by making on.
or more big runs
Hoppe has been playing we'll, but not rar.
ticularly strong, in his preparation. ",
best average so far is % When infoymss
Of Sutton's great practice game he smiled
as he remarked: We'll, don't believe ba
will do anything like that on the match
table. He has been practising on his ovn
table. which he knows thoroughly with
set OF balls that he understands equally
well, and there is no reason why he should
rot make big runs and averages. In prac.
tice he probably takes big chances, playing
3c 10 shots TO get the balls together, and
II he succeeds his delicate touch enables
him 10 get a lot Of points. He won't do
that kind Of playing in the hall The table
may be faster than his and the balls as
light az feathers and he will have 10 adapt
himself TO new conditions But don't un-
derrate him I know what he can do. He
made that average of 100 at ls against ne.
So far as my own play is concerned, ] am
satisfied with IT, I am doing nothing big,
but expect 10 do better in the match.
prefer 10 play better in matches than IN
practice games AS for averages, don't
care about them. In match or tourna-
ment don't play for an average-I play
to win
While Hoppe is not, as he says, doing
ANYTHING big, he is probably executing the
balkline nurse better than ever before, and
II will not be surprising II in that respect
which Is the particular speciality OF suit
ton. he will surpass the latter Friday night.
suttons practice run Of 254 is one OF the
largest accomplished In recent years oy
any player II does not, however, approach
the practice runs of the late Frank Ives,
who on one occasion rolled UP 423 and on
another AS Hoppe won the 1s1 emblem
from Sutton March Is, 1910. II he wins Fri.
dav IL will become his personal property.
Professionals who watched Morris y.
Rroun win the national amateur cham
pionship at the Hanover Club agree that
he has the most effective and valuable
draw shot seen since the days Of Frank
Ives n Is positive. forceful or delicate as
VARYING situations may require, and re-
markably precise. And IL is utilized on
cIose or long strokes with equal facility.
How potent a stroke OF that description
is may be inferred from what Maurice
Dalv said after having watched Frank Ives
make a series of big runs. II was; Tns
only way you can check that fellow is 10
bar the draw shot
The match between John Horgan, chal'
lenger. and Joseph Carney. champion, for
the Jordan Lambert trophy, emolemauc OF
the three-cushion carrom championship
and $3.50 a side. will take place ar sarconls
room. Denver, Tuesday. Wednesday and
Thursday nights.
Whether the three-cushion perforrancs
Of Edward Huhbell. Of Chicago. on Friday,
March /. when he defeated James Chris
tensAn by a score Of 30 10 Il, in thlrty-SI
innings. is a record Is doubtful. The game
was one Of a series Of interroom compete
tions. for which it is said. no prizes wers
offered II no prize depended upon the per-
fornance il did not constitute record.
AUTOMOBILES.