Evening star., 1914-04-25
HOPPE 0vERC0MESA A
LEAD OF 21O POINTS
Remarkable Rally of Champion
Against Yamada in Big Bill
lizard Tourney.
STANDING OF THE PLAYERS.

NEW YORK. April 25.-The game be-
tween Willie Hoppe and koji Yamada,
the Jap billiard star in the 14.1 billiard
tournament ,at the Hotel Astor last night
was one of the most exciting ever held
in championship competition. In the six
teenth inning Hoppe was 21O points be-
hind the Jap, who needed ~ points to
win. but Hoppe overhauled his opponent
in four innings and went out in the TWEEN
tieth inning after Yamada had been stop
ped at 1893 because of a foul. Until
Hoppe started his sensational finish he
had been shooting in the poorest fashion.
and his sudden reversal of form was en-
considerable sympathy for the unfortu-
nate foul. which probably prevented him
from winning the game.
In the other games yesterday George
Sutton defeated the veteran George Slos-
son in easy fashion, Calvin Demarest de-
feated H. P. Cline and Ora Morningstar
defeated Jacob Schaefer. Schaefer had
shown wonderful form in the earlier
matches of the tournament, but went all
to pieces against Morningstar. and scored
only 76 points in eighteen innings. The
results of yesterday make few changes in
the standing Of the contestants.
Hopes comeback in the Yamada game
was the most interesting thing so far in
the tournament. With the score 14S to
35S in the sixteenth inning Hoppe started
off and ran 9S. He missed on the ninety
ninth on an easy cushion shot Yamada
then made %. In the next inning Hoppe
made 49, again missing on an easy shot.
This left the score 3S4 to 31S in Yamada s
favor
Yamada saw that Hoppe was becoming
dangerous and started the eighteenth in
ming in u grim. determined way, taking
care with each shot. He could make only
eight, however, and Hoppe got only one
point in his turn. Yamada then needed
eight to win and Hoppe needed twenty
one. Yamada found a bad leave, but got
one point. He could not get the balls to-
gether. however. and his next shot was
also a difficult one.
In leaning over the table to make the
shot he touched the object ball. and
Albert G. Cutler. the referee, called a
foul. Yamada had shot and made the
carom, but the foul made void the point
and lost him his turn. He had brought
the balls together and would have easily
made the remaining six points if it had
not been for the foul.
Hoppe ran 319 up to 39S without much
difficulty. but when he got within =
points of winning the balls got away
from him and he had to make two open
shots. one of them taking three cushions,
to win.
The play of Yamada during the early
part of the game was remarkable. In the
course of his biggest run of 75 he made
several cushion shots. The scores:
AFTERNOON GAMES
H. r. Cline-16 30 IL 15 IS e / s . o
1 81 II o. Total-211. Average-11 $40. High
runs-57. 3s Is.
Calvin Demarcst--I4 4 o 81 60 1 o GO 4G / Is
u 30 Il . 10 O'S.' Total-4O0. Averasc-21 1-l3.
High ruuS-y0, 90, to,
George Sutton--6 20 :: . . I "A . . y 81 )
6 2S 2 U y 1 80 - 70 45 52 l.; Q 0 81 35
Total-4Oo. Average-12 4-23. High runs-52,
George r. Slosson-o o 2 ) o 8 0 % IA
"a o u 1901 112 Is SO II Z, 1 "a j..
Total-2S2. Averages 1886. High runs-53. A..
II.
EVENING GAMES.
Ora Morninsstar-1 0 II 2 IL . .. los 81
l2 . 5 10 SO 90 As. Total.OO Average
p 1-19. High runs-1OS, 80, 50.
Jacob Schnefer-3 10 - 90 8 o . . .
0 Is .. Total-76 Average Ais. High
willie Hoppe-O 2OI4717 % &c l s
80 5 ss 1s2 q. Total-4O0. Averaged. High
Koil Yamada~is - SO 5 ~ % . "a os 80
Z 15 I 26 = l. TUta.-333. Average-20 3-13.
High runs-S3, 70, o.