New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-21
HOPPE WINS CUE T|TLE'
Beats MorningStar in Final
Match of Tournament.
PLAYS SOUND BILLIARDS
Former Champion Once More
Proves Himself a Wizard
with the Balls.

with the Balls.
Willie Hoppe won the 1872 balk line bill
lard championship of the world last night
for the sixth time. the young American
defeating Ora Morningstar by score OF
800 points to 276 in the final match of the
tournament in the grand ball room of the
Hotel Astor.
| At every stage the player who won the
major portion of the 5000 purse not only
used better judgment, but he proved more
certain on his execution, although he dis
played propensity to hitch and fiddle
over his masse shots. Hopes average
was up TO championship figures. with
% 1922, and his best runs were IS. n and
a.
Morningstar has seldom played position
so poorly and he continually rolled into
line-ups and freezes, although he plodded
bravely along His average was 13 S-21'
and his runs AZ, 80 and 80, rather poor
figures for the holder Of the ISL cham
pionship title.
BY his we'll won victory Hoppe, who
yielded only to Kodj Yamsda in the tour
nament series, takes the high honors.
I George F. Slosson, the veteran. won sec
| ond portion of the prize money, and ne
was cheered TO the echo as he sat in
box last night.
| Morningstar failing TO win and estab-
lish a triple tie, dropped into third place,
with the japanese. They will meet In the
belvedere tonight OF the others, Dema-
rest and Cline tied for fifth place while
George Sutton and Al Taylor were tail
enders.
There was some delay in beginning the
match, and Hoppe and Morningstar sat
and fidgeted, while the crowd applauded'
Tom Gallagher, acting as master Of cere-
monies, finally introduced Charles A.
| Towne who Landed billiards as game
allowing of infinite development. He
spoke OF il as a national enjoyment and
| alluded to the fact that General Grant
when President, had introduced table
into the White House, and that woodrow
Wilson. the Presldent-elect was an ar
dent admirer Of the ancient art Of car
| roms
| Hoppe won the bank for lead and
opened with the regulation shot Then
he put four other carroms together along
the side cushion. to fall down on short
draw shot. Beginning from an attractive
set-up. Morningstar started his STRING
with 10. The third count Of this compila-
ton was a daring draw. and he followed
II by leading the globes 10 the foot or the
| table The thirteenth count was freeze
and Morningstar. although solving II by
| a cleyerly cued bank, in which he used
plenty of English. lost position, and he
eventually closed the cluster by poorly
calculated cushion carrom.
Hoppe began to display his mastery on
his third visit TO the green topped pla-
teau. He had the balls in almost perfect
| nursing position at the beginning. After
vain attempts to coax them along the
line, Hoppe gave II up. Free handed
| carroms followed with an occasional
brilliantly worked masse shot. The sixty
ninth count was of this order
Hoppe had TO delicately twirl the cue
ball around the corner and avoid kiss,
but he accomplished the trick like Jug
gler He had the worries rolling beauti-
fully on 'cross-table maneuvring In the
end when at II he nipped a shot too fast
off the rail- and gave way TO HIS oppo-
| nent
Morningstar, however. was as Voiatle
and fckle as an April day. He Bile" not
and cold, bringing off the most amazing
cushion carroms and overcoming perplex-
ing situations by splendid use Of English
| on the cushions. He did all this, only TO
trip UP on what seemingly appeared to be
the most slovenly playing Of the simplest
| of shots.
| nv hacking his initial effort at double
| figures with ST. Sc. 10 and 10 In rotation
Hoppe advanced TO the commanding lead
Of 2ll 10 90, with an average shade In
| excess OF 30 for his seven turns at the
table.
The sudden rush forward on the part OF
| Hoppe soon inspired Morningstar to delVe
| into the intricacies of safety. Having
| fallen more than one hundred points be-
hind, he began TO leave the worries III
| such puzzllng positions that he tested
Hopes ability at gauging the angles
while the champion-to-be was momentum
| Iy checked and had seven innings with
| naucitv of points. Morningstar really
got the worst Of this tilt, for four Zeros
| anneared in his string and Hoppe actually
outgeneralled him.
Hoppe did not make complete recoV-
erv from the brief tilt at safety until the
sixteenth inning Then, after bit or
skvrocketing carroms during which he
seemed TO be disciplining the globes he
| chased them into one of the corners as a
shepherd might drive straying sheep into
\ the fold. once within the restricted
spheres. the globes became docile and re-
| snonsiye. Using the short table method
and ringing all of the changes on draw
| and follow shots, Hoppe wended his way
! through an impressive cluster OF "A.
II was in every aspect masterpiece OF
cue manipulation. and when dead ball
drive went askew and the red kissed on
the white there was gasp as OF pent-
I'd sympathy from the spectators. After
! Morningstar had put together 81 by be-
| lated but nevertheless excellent piece OF
nursing, Hoppe afforded the crowd an
| other glimpse of his skill with run OF
49, and practically settled the match.
| Hoppe (white balD-5, 8, u. 81. &c. Is. 10. ].
| 10 l. 49, 15 T. l. 25, "A, SO, rs, 2 3. 10, Is.
| Total 500 points: average, % 1922. High