New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-21
Former Sets World Mark
for High Run in Tilt
for 14.1 Title.
LATTER SHOWS WELL
IN BEATING SLOSSON
Crowd Finds Much to Cheer Over
at First Nights Play for
Championship.

At the end OF the first nights play In
the al balk line billiard tournament for
the championship Of the world at tho
Hotel Aston last night While Hoppe
worlds champion at both ls.2 and Isl
balk line. had defeated Harry p. Cline
Of Philadelphia, by a score OF 400 points
10 234. and young Jake Schaefer, Of Chi
cago. had defeated George F. Slosson by
a score OF 400 points TO Pa
In encompassing Clincs defeat Hoppe
made a high run Of 125 points, which
stands as a worlds record. as does his
average OF % AS this being the first
tournament at AZ balk line ever held.
The youthful Schaefer, although his
average did not approach Hopes, gave
a brilliant exhibition of the new game,
his mastery Of the cue leading many pres
ent TO predict the boy is the coming man
in the billiard world and the one most
likely TO give the champion, Hoppe, his
hardest fight for his laurels.
on his first time up at the table
Hoppe negotiated run Of a. but great
er things were 10 come. for in his third
session the champion clicked Off
beautiful cluster Of 1875. mostly by the
close play that has made him famous,
The run terminated after Hoppe missed
an easy follow shot. In the next in
ming he added 81 points TO his total
having an average at that time OF 81.
Cline was helpless before such bill
iards. and. although playing a consistent
game never was even within striking
distance. He scored his best run in his
last time at the table. when he COM
piled a pretty o. varying with open and
close billiards
Schaefer started his game with Slos-
son by taking an early lead. and never
was hard pressed after The sixth IN
ming He showed a Partially for open
play. some Of his draw. bank and follow
shots earning frequent applause from
the gallery.
When occasion required, however. the
youthful player showed great skill at the
close game. His touch was as light IS
thistledown and he clicked the points of
with remarkable rapidly.
Perhaps the feature that stood out most
prominently in the boys game was his
imperturbable GOODNESS at all times. The
fact that he was playing in HIS first big
championship match, and against such a
past master OF the game as Student"
slosson. apparently held no terrors for
Inn. He proved himself truly "a chip of
the old block"
For Slosson, It must be said his eye for
angles seemed wofully weak. and he never
teean 10 show his real form. Several
times he shook his head YEARLY in dis
gust as he fell down on simple shots.
THIS afternoon Slosson Will meet Cline
in one game and in the other Calvin
Demarest and Schaefer will play In the
evening session Hoppe will be opposed TO
Ora Morningstar and George Sutton will
play Kon Yamada, the japanese expert.
The scores follow:
Jacob Schaefer spot oalD-s 0. 2. 3 Q. 10 %,
Q T. - 81, O. j.. o. ?. O. g. q . 4, ], 70. ~. >,
10. g. 49, O. g. 70. ]; total. 400 points; average,
70 os-3l high runs. ST. 40 and -.
George r. Slosson white ball)-l. 2. !, 6, o. l.
O. IS g. ], o. I. 3. % I. 8. ., SO. 3, a. 0. l6 10
@. o. II. %. o. o. Il. 8; total. "a points. aver
age. SOL. high runs, H. 80 and . Referee
Sylvester Levy.
William Hoppe spot balD-44. :. 125. g.. 0, 0.
points. average. 90 AS; high runs. rs. s.
Harry +. cline white baID-O. Z. "a. b. q. =.
s. ~. q. II. IS. . o, 3, 10, 0, a. total, 23'
points average Is. nigh runs, -, = and p.
Referee-Altcft g. cutler.