New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-16
HOPPE AND DEMAREST
MEET TOMORROW NIGHT
Youthful Masters to Play for
1872 Title, Now Held by
the Former.

The first balkline billiard match OF the
season will be played tomorrow night in
the grand ballroom Of the Hotel Aston. 1t
will be for the 1872 championship. and the
contestants will be William +. Hoppe, OF
this city, champion, and Calvin Demarest,
of Chicago, challenger
The last time these experts competed in
a championship match on April IL and
70, also at the Hotel Astor, Hoppe won
by a score Of 800 TO 4iO. The winner had
lead of only S points, when he got a
favorable break and ran the % he needed.
II was an intensely interesting match, In
which the chances OF each player APP
peared equal until the deciding run was
made.
Many experts expressed the opinion that
Demarest should have won and would
have done so had he not made four fouls,
two Of them at critical stages. Impetuos-
ity probably caused his defeat.
Practising for the pending match Hoppe
has made the best averages and runs. In
games at Thum's with Harry =. Cline,
Ledyard Blake, the amateur; George
Moore and Frank Barton, he has aver
aged from II to c. % and scored one run
Of ga At Maurice Days Demarest has
not played so well. He has averaged as
low as 10 and as high A 40. He has,
| however, played beautiful billiards. Even
when his performances. measured by the
| standard Of average. have appeared ordi-
nary for first class artist, his style and
execution have been fascinating.
| While a spectator at Days on Wednes-
| day night Dr. H. d. Jennings, the Brook
| Ign amateur, who grew up with the late
Jacob Schaefer in Leavenworth. Kan, ELI
| Enthusiastically remarked: 81 would rather
watch this young man play than any
other player l have ever seen. excepting
| Schaefer. In action all the time he is at
the table he rarely hesitates, and is gen
orally prompt In the selection and execu-
ton of a shot, and moves about with a
dash that harmonzes.
"In my opinion, the chief fault with
/ Demarest is that he is too speedy. He is
fully as resourceful and skiiful as Hoppe
and ought to be a champion 1t is Hopes
accuracy and management that prevail
against other players The game Monday
night is sure to be attractive. Both play
ers are artistic and brilliant. In the in
terest of billiards / would like to see
Demarest win. But Hoppe Is too nice
boy TO root against
Demarest finished one game with run
of 1876 points, the last 81 Of which were
made on the long left line. Albert q. cut
Ter, who witnessed the performance, said:
at was the greatest feat at line nursing
ever saw. He ran the balls along the line
Just as If it were rail-
Il has been definitely settled that the
professional tournament at AL balkllne
projected by the Brunswick Balke-Col-
lender Company will begin April l3, 1914.
That date has been chosen because OF a
desire to cooperate, instead of conflict
with the National Association of Amateur
Billiard Players. whose first tournament
fer Glass c balkline players will begin at
the Morningside Room on November "a,
and which will be followed by an open
cushion carrom tournament in December,
a Glass b balkline event in January,
national competition in February, and
probably by an international affair in
March or April.
Maurice Daily. who suggested that
al championship be established. says:
IL think tournament in April will be
great success. The players will have
nearly six months I'm which TO at least
familiarize themselves with the game, ard
Ierhaps thoroughly master it,"
The players who will compete are ex-
pected TO be William f. Hoppe, George F.
slosson. Koji Yamada, Orlando Morning
star, Calvin Denarest, George Sutton
Harry =. Cline, Al Taylor. Albert G. Cut
Ter and II. c. Wright.
Ikajura Tamura. the japanese cham
pion who came to this country to learn
the balkline game. is making steady prog
ress at mastering its intricacies. At
Doyle's Academy last Monday in game
OF 300 points, 1872. with Nelson Mayo as
opponent. he ran IS and "a in succession
and averaged 30 He practices about
eight hours daily and is quick to apply
any suggestion.