New-York tribune., 1913-11-18
champion Outdoes Himself
in Brilliant Shots in
Defeating Demarest.
SPECTACULAR RUNS
THRILL BIG CROWD
challenger Makes Clever and
Game Fight in 1872 Balk-
line Match.


,cv at 1872 balkline billiard champion of
,na world last night despite the fact that
a. challenger. Calvin Demarest thrilled
,be crowd by piling up a wonderful run
nd passing into the lead at one stage of
.hs match II was this bit Of sensational
,rsing that thrilled the crowd that sat
,bout the table in the grand ballroom of
,be Hotel Astor, although the score at the
s,ish stood at 500 points to 294.
In this run of us Demarest worked out
he carroms by delicate man9uvring on
,ba end rail- II so inspired Hoppe that a
Jaw innings later he put together a
nasterpiece in the way of close carroms
hat totalled 121 Hopes average was
ur.8 While that of his challenger stood
At t121S-23.
Demarest was more or less nervous
shjch greatly handicapped his game. He
had more than his share Of the hard luck
tis big run of 1l5 being spoiled by freez-
Ing Of the ivory at a critical period. When
,ressed for carroms Hoppe for the most
,art used the cushions freely, and his
draw shots invariably came off with spec
.acular accuracy. 1t was his certainty of
control that on the whole defeated Dema-
rest.
Hoppe was the first TO appear, and he
was greeted with a lively round of ap-
plause. Then Demarest, the challenger,
came along. and the welcome of the crowd
continued for several minutes. The two
Youthful experts wasted no time, but
after the preliminaries Of weighing the
ivory globes at once got to work, with
Charles Peterson, the st. Louis profess
sonal, acting as referee.
Demarest won the bank for lead, chose
the white ball and then rolled wide
on the regulation opening cushion shot.
Hoppe also bungled a natural two
cushion carrom. He left nothing for his
challenger. however. and on his second
visit TO the table the champion put to-
gether ten counts collected mostly in the
corners.
Hoppe was the first to find himself. He
put together 80 as his sixth contribution
10 the score. On the fifth count OF this
cluster he had the spheres costly
punched near the balk line at the foot
OF the table. He went along to the end'
tripping up on a careless miscue.
Hoppe followed this with runs of 81 and
IS that were brilliant expositions Of close
and delicate manipulation, but which
only slightly savored of being in the
nursing class
The challenger began TO find himself
three innings later. BY splendid expo
sition OF short table play he accumulated
IS and throughout the entire collection the
balls might have been covered by a wom-
ans handkerchief.
But his masterpiece was to come. II
had It's beginning as he quickly executed
a succession of difficult draw shots 10
make the carroms as he opened his four
tenth inning. The red ball lay close TO
the side rail, with the white far off on
the cushion at the head Of the table and
it was with difficulty that the challenger
got the globes so placed that he coulu
play ball-to-ball billiards.
He was freely plying the globes along
the head of the table when he tailed the
lO0th count in this inning. AT the ll4th
carrom the cue ball and the red sphere
rolled 70 a freeze on the line. 1t was
hopeless dilemma. Demarest managed to
tally the next carrom from the respot'
only TO muff the succeeding shot as he
found the hole around the second object
ball
This massive run of lis placed Demarest
in the lead by total Of 2OS to 2Ol. AS
he sat down he was SO loudly cheered
that Hoppe had to wait a moment before
beginning his inning.
The challenger's lead was brief. Hoppe
Piled up a run Of 81 an inning laterI The
first half were widely scattered carroms
which caused the champion TO make use
Of every variety of cushion shot. He had
passed the fifty mark before the orbs be-
gan TO roll we'll for him. and then, as he
was playing too delicately at the foot or
the table, he was compelled to retire. as
he failed to get the balls out Of balk.
Hoppe counted solidly for the balance
Of his string, as he backed the before
mentioned run with 19. 3S. and III, when
gave him the command again on the
score by 4s2 10 267. III.
Hopes impressive run glittered with
spectacular billiards. Early In the collec-
ton he put in a daring masse, the cue
ball spinning the width Of the table. His
reverse English shots in the corners
frightened the greater portion or IL, ana
his certainty on draw shots was always
remarkable
The score follows:
William f. Hoppe bpot balD--o, 10. "a 2
l2i. 0. 80, 8. Total. 500 points. Average.
81 l7-23. High runs. 121, 81 and 81;
Demarest white balD-o. j, U. 3, j. u a. a.
Is !, ], IS, 0. ll5. g. s. 0. 4s. o. 4. o. ], 10
Total 29i points Average, IL 1873. High
runs, il5. % and IS.
Referee-Charles Peterson. Of st. Louis.