New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-28
41PPE BEATS YAMADA
N DASHING FASHION
p,,us Out in Twelve Innings
with Billiards of Rare
and Dazzling Kind.
SETS RECORD FOR MATCH
Makes Higher Average than
lap Scores in Points, to the
Delight of Big Crowd
at Hotel Astor.

willie Hoppe retained his title as the
.rld's ls.2 balkHne billiard champion in
.,,saung his challenger, Koji Yamada, OF
,,can. at the Hotel Astor last night by
,core of 800 points to SO. He ran out
!, INST twelve innings. 1t was an i'm
--sssiye as well as a one-sded victory
a. the young American player.
"A for the japanese. the score tells its
,go story. Il was a record contest in
oolpt Of being the lowest score ever
,,ds in a championship match. The
arrest approach to it was the score OF
N 10 rs. by which Calvin Demarest de-
,..tsd George sutton several years ago
uoope proved his skill. however. in a more
,,bstsntial manner. as in finishing his
.,,ne In twelve innings with an average
- ns-l9 he set a new championship
match average record. Harry Cline pre-
,4orsly held the mark with 80 5-l5. which
"a established against Albert G. Cutler
IN 81. Louis three years ago.
There were grace and speed about the
nav OF the young champion as he put
,orether dazzling high runs. His best
,Eorts were lis. counted on his second
arm AT the table: 81. an unfinished bit
n manoeuvring with which he closed his
,srformance. and a run of 81. In COM
,,rison the runs OF Yamada, a beggarly
< 10 and 4. all too eloquently tell of the
difference between the two as they played
asst night. Hoppe manipulated the ivory
slobes so fast for his counts in the clos
,g session at the table that he worked
through the run of nearly hundred in
the space of twelve minutes. Altogether
the contest held the table for exactly one
sovr and forty-fve minutes.
Al every stage Hoppe displayed superb
form. II there was any exception that
might he taken it was in his sixth and
seventh innings. when the Japanese left
him tantalizing round the table shots
10th OF which the champion missed. AS
he led by the score of 229 10 81 at the
time il was evident that he took chances
With the prospect Of gaining position, as
ss did not feel the impetus Of close com
petition
But the chief thing that the crowd
which sat about the table noticed-and il
was an assemblage of fashionable men
end women that filed every seat and the
hoxes-was the fact that Hoppe had lost
his propensity 10 hitch his cue as he let
70 for the shots. He displayed the same
Old dash and daring, rapidity of action
nat has endeared him 10 all followers Of
billiards.. He was far strOnger-master-
ful perhaps. expresses II better-than he
has been in any Of his competitions in
this city for the last two years.
Bal-to-ban billiards was Hopes forte.
While at times there was no great dis
nnee separating the worries. he continu-
ally kept them rolling. weaving Intricate
patterns over the chalk lines by spec
iaeular collection Of carroms. His draw
shots were faultless. and not once did he
terminate a run by miss OF this descrip-
ton.
Most OF the time. Hoppe favored the
upper end rail 1t was in that territory
that he collected more than three-quar-
iers Of his entire string. prettily using the
corners for swing shots or driving the red
as Of the corners for the next bit Of
compilation.
The champions stroke was fluent and
free with the result that the ivories acted
rssponsvely. In his run Of ll5 he rang
al the changes on cushion shots, until
at the fftieth count the globes rolled 10
the centre Of the table. Then he had a
2 brief session at the foot. and along in the
seventies a def exhibition of nursing IN
the centre panel After he had passed
the hundred mark however. he sent them
csVorting around 10 loosen up his stroke
and II was finally on a long straight car
rom that he missed.
The later innings contained lot, OF
rec handed masse shots as Hoppe held
The balls I'm position. He played a num-
Der Of bank shots also az this perioo
one OF these came in the closing inning
shsn on the eightieth count the giooes
'oled to a freeze for the first time. Not
at all dismayed, Hoppe played a bank
clear across the table and counted.
iamada's first turn at the table was
his best He missed because of hitch
~ his stroke. and he never thereafter ap-
reared 10 regain his ccmposure. hoppe
Slowing was altogether so remarkapie
nat as Charles Harrer, the professional
remarked at the end: 1T will be more
afhcult than ever now for Hoppe 10 ma
challenger willing 10 risk his money.
The score follows:
Hope (Nhte balD-O, lis. g.. 30, s, 0, 0, 80
~ = S. 81 Total. 900 points; average II e-lS'
n,gn runs. 49, 81 and 81
ismada spot baD-lb. 2. 10. 0. 4. 0, 0. o. l.
/: !, Total, S5 points. average. 3. high runs
and l.