New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-20
Refuses to Play for 1872
Title at Minneapolis
Next Month.
TOO COLD THERE AND
TOOLONG A TRIP
Class B Amateur Billiard Tour
uament Begins Tomorrow
Night at Doyle'S.

Present indications are that the chal-
lense which George F. Slosson issue
% william F. Hoppe for the lS.2 balk-
line billiard match will not bring a
match. Hoppe has named Minneapolis
spa January 5 as the place and date, at
uh;ch he will defend the 49, emblem.
S,osson saws he will not so to Mime,
ono1is TO play at the time named, ana
viii forfeit the match II Hoppe persists
in his selection, .L,,,.r.o
Home was on the Pacinc OoaSt WIN
atcibourne Inman, champion of EngilSh
t.1i;er5s Giving exhibitions at balk-
- nd English billiards. From seat
80 he telegraphed 10 the Brunswiek,,
poLe.Collender Company that he could
20 -lsv i'm New York before February
~ ~ Under the conditions Of the 49,
.Ssr,nionship. Hoppe was required 70
S,ot Slosson's challenge within not
- than forty nor more than Sixty
- fvor, the date Of its issuance, on
%S~cS~or,ber 81. Thus the limit OF time
=, ,sbicb he would have 10 play wouiu
he reached on January 20.
O' ,i.-(o, consented o the extension
800 asked. but named as condl.-
- FRAT the match should be played
Wv. -reDd hall Of the Elks Club, New
Wy Home responded by telegraph
-, Ssr Francisco, debating NJ nne-
- ard January 5. Correspondence
1pSS,.,o-oriDq 20 persuade him 10 play IN
80 ~ caoo or New York was una
,.aii;rg Wednesday he sent from Los
an.eiss a message reiterating his de-
.a-Se,iretion TO play Slosson in the city
ror,ed or nowhere. After several DAYS
5Siibsration. Slosson decided not TO 80
~ De5nirr his position, he said: when
7 challenged Hoppe, It was uhoer the
ironression that he would ha 10 play
~ +be citv I'M which he liVed. Fur-
tbermore. knew that a year ago, Wheh
sutton announced that he would ehaI-
isrce for the IS2 emblem II Hoppe
would agree 20 play in Chicago hoppe
rerIied that whenever he detended a
championship he would do so III Ne"
York. which was his home.
"The rules. however, show that hopPe
is within his rights in naming Mime,
,Ts All that is required of an 1S.2
cbswnion when called upon TO defend
his tile is that he must do so IN city
IN The country in which he lives. AS
resident If New York, Hoppe can
name any city in the United states, !
was not aware Of that TACT until l hau
nv attention called 70 It. at
SCI AGREED TO play in Minneapolis. All
NV friends express corresponding opln-
ions. If ] would 60 l would have TO
he away from my business for ten Gays
ar two weeks. and the trip would IN
ro'vs an expenditure Of about sou. BE-
si5es / would have TO risk an extreme
change of climate. / know minneapolis
and how cold it gets there in January
The winter temperature OF Northern
Minnesota has a range OF from zero
10 40 below. People who live there
don't suffer much. because the atmos-
nhere is usually dry and they are USED
n Il. but a stranger there from a warm
or climate. particularly one IN when
the average temperature and humldlty
il similar 10 that of New York Clty,
will have an experience which Will
make him think he is too near the
North Pole. / am neither robust nor
Young. and although II is a heaithful,
irvieoratinc climate, / am unwilling TO
iump from New York into II.
"Whv Hoppe named Minneapolis is
bevord nv discernment. Having con-
sented 10 a postponement he asked
eYpected him 10 reciprocate and accept
nv suggestion that we play at the ElHs
Club / did not insist on the Elks Cluo'
only suggested it. That he could nave
taken umbrage at that suggestion IS m
credible he knows that game De-
tween us will draw better IN New YORK
than elsewhere, and, inasmuch as the
winner viii be entitled 10 all proceeds
he can realize more than he can else
where. -.
In view Of that fact alone his attn,
tude is astonishing. | have heard that
he and Inman will give exhibitions IN
lGnneapois and St. Paul the hrst OF
second week I'm January. Perhaps ne
wishes TO bring me out there TO pro-
mote interest in those exhibitions
will not go.'
Maurice DaIv's Class B tournament
for amateurs viii begin tomorrow
night Il will furnish competitions ia
which players wishing to enter thS
Class B tournament Of the Natl0hai
Association of Amateur Billiard RAY,
ers. TO begin al the Amateur Billiard
Club on January -, can prepare IOr
that contest. There are seven en-
trants, and twenty-one games lhug
pendent Of ties, will have 20 be played
Among those who will participate Is
Julius Ringer an Austrian, VINO com
leted I'm a Glass b tournament IN Paris
and made a grand average OF II. Inc
others are William Gershell, Charles
White. Fred Lowenthal, +. Dawson ana
The two Appleby boys, Francis ana
Edgar T.. both of whom are students
a. Columbia College.
John Layton, for many years resi-
dent Of ST. Louis, q pocket and three
cushion expert of nearly If not quite
championships class, has located IN Sc
dslia, No. where he has charge OF TWO
billiard rooms. On December IN ben
jamin Allen. the pocket champion, Wis
ted Sedalia and played a couple OF OK
hibition games against Layton, VINO
beat him. $50 TO 1877 and $50 to 81. In
the FIRST three innings Of the second
game Layton scored l21 balls, the runs
being 40, 40 and Al. Layton is prob
able entrant in the pocket and three
cushion tournaments, which VIII snort
y be announced.
Maurice Daily believes the pros,
peetiye championship tournaments OF
'aree-eushion and pocket bllhafas
should be awarded TO the cities when
vii contribute the largest amount IN
cash, to be applied 10 prizes. 10 nave
me pocket tournament held IN ne"
iork he is willing TO start a subscrip-
Ton list with $50.
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