New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-16
HOPPE BIDS FOR TITLE
Meets Morningstar for Billiard
LaureIS on Wednesday.
PITTSBURGH GETS CONTEST
De Orc Challenges Horgan for
Jordan Lambert Trophy at
Three Cushion Game.

Next Wednesday night in Pittsburgh
William +. Hoppe. lS2 hallIline champion.
and Orlando Morningstar will compete
for the 1871 championship. which Morn
ingstar holds Hoppe was I'm possession
OF the 1871 emblem, with a prospect Of ac-
puring It as personal property until
March Is. 1872 when In a challenge match
decided at the Hotel Astor. New York
city George Sutton won II from him by
score Il 80 10 3i.
on May IS 1912. at Chicago. MorninGstar
secured the championship by defeating
George sutton 800 to 463 At Pittsburgh
on January Sutton made futile EFFORT
10 regain the emblem MOrnngstar van
quished him by the close score Of 800 10
as.
The pending match Will present two
champions i'm billiard contest. a scene
of "A novel character that Is certain To en-
nance interest in the event. Both OF the
players who Will figure I'm the struggle
are in excellent form. Hoppe has shown
brilliant practice. on one occasion he
averaged 81 IL in 400 points.
Mornngstar's best average has been 70
Last Wednesday night he made run or
2Ol a referee has not yet been agreed
upon. Hope will start for Pittsburgh this
morning and will finish his preparation
at Horne's room. After his arrival there
the referee question will be settled.
Alfredo De ORC has challenged John W
Horgan for the Jordan Lambert trophy
emblematic of the three-cushion carrom
championship. Horgan is now in San
Francisco. playing at Graney's Academy
De orc filed his challenge and the neces-
sary deposit of 500 last Monday az chi
cago with the Brunswick Bake Collen-
der Company. which notified Horgan by
telegram.
II Horgan elects To play in san Fran
cisco he will not Inconvenience De Oro
who. after having challenged. headed for
the Pacific Coast. and is probably already
there II Morgan names ST. Louis. De orc
will return to play him. The Cuban be-
leve. ne can win the trophy. and VIII not
let IL become the personal property or
Horgan without struggle.
Calvin Demarest was never before in
series of games at George Suttons room.
Chicago. played the week before last His
opponents were sutton. jose ortiz and
Clarence Jackson. They played twice
around each expert competing in six
games Demarest won five games and
made a grand average of p 55-l0i. He VAS
defeated by ortiz. His average I'm the
losing game was l2 81 The averages OF
his victories were y i-3S. ~ 10. 2s l0-l5.
% l-3 and 81 o.. His best performances
were scored against sutton, whom ne
defeated twice. Sutton. however. played
big billiards against the young man, as
Is reflected by averages Of 81 SO and 81 81.
In handicap three cushion tournament
at the Board of Trade Rooms. Indian
apolis. Ellis. the Indiana state champion,
won game of 30 points in 80 innings,
Welkor Cochran. the fourteen year-old
boy billiardist, who halls from Manson.
Iowa. got as far East as Detroit last
week. Tuesday night. At Sweeney's. that
city. he played 80 points. lS2 balkline,
against 81 Huston, OF Ann Arbor. The
latter scored 24l, and appeared certain
winner. when the boy ran 80 and gained
victory. Cochran averaged 6.57 and
Huston Col.