The sun., 1914-09-27
HOPPE AND INMAN IN
TRIM FOR BIG MATCH
American and British Cham
piOns Begin Billiard Contest
Tomorrow Night.
EACH EXCELS IN OWN GAME

The final battle OF tho wear ln the
international strife in sport between
England and the United states will be-
gin tomorrow night with the opening
play in the worlds championship billiard
match between William +. Hoppe. Une.c
SANS best, and Melbourne InmAu. Brit
ish title holder Thc contest, which will
be decided in the Hotel Astor will be
5000 points IN length. 5000 Mt English
billiards and 1000 nt ls.2 balk line, with
500 points Of play at each style daily
during the week
The usual professions Of confidence az"
made by both men. but IN local billiard
circles Hoppe Is expected 10 win and
the general odds are I'm the neighhor-
hood of to 2 on him. English resi-
dents Of the city who have watched the
performance OF Inman I'm practice at the
American style feel that their Idol VIII
prove "A more formidable opponent TO
Hoppe In the bak line play than Hoppe
will be to Inman In the English half of
the match But New Workers who have
seen Hoppe win on 80 many occasions by
such wide margins in all forms OF balk
line consider his eXpertness In handliig
n cue is 80 near to perfect that he may
be able even to beat Inmau AT his own
game, besides running hp an bN'l " l'lli'-
| Ing score against his opponent In halk
! line.
The points OF difference between the
' American and English styles arc not very
clearly defined In tho MIND of the aver
! ge cue wieldor. In baiN line the sole
| object Is To- score carrom-. the chl"t
| requisite 20 eXpertntss being proficiency
: at keeping a.. tMrc balls in such posi-
ton as 10 fac. tote continued clicking
! Of the cue ball tg..lu-t the other two. In
I English billiards thrr. are three ways of
! scoring ponts--by carroms, by pock"ting
the object bah aud by pocketlng the cue
bail. Pocketng the cue ball counts thr""
points This shot Is called losing
I hazard" and IL regarded as the highest
/ type ~ scoring method luwan is herald
| cd as n marvel at II Another Important
difference Is in tho oqu'nment IN"
| American balls hre nearly twice as large
as those In the English game and iho
! American table IL hvo by ten feet with
our pockets, ns compared to the English
six by twelve feot with six pockets ar
ranged az on an American pocket billiards
Table
uoppe hns done all Of his practising IN
this his home city. devotnE nearly AL
his time toward acquiring proficiency ~
tho English game aud putting In just
enough time at ha'll lin, 10 keep his stroke
acting right. lnmau took his hrst prep
oration for balk lime IN Montreal, where
he has spcnt moro than a month since hh
I arrival from london. The last tive
weeks ~ has been hero polishing NJ
mis- play in private rooms.
The promoter and manager or the
luotch. Robert T.. Benjamin, who has sect
ihiuIard players all over the world con
siders both Hoppe and lnman In c'asse'
hy thsmselyes at their respective special
los After seeing them IN practice h'
declared last night that it r. almost Ger
tain several new worlds records VIII b'
: ,r,de during the course of the week
MAY A side bet Of $1,000 that has he"I
postcd with him win act as partcula
incentive to spur the men 10 their bes
efforts, he said.