New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-15
SUTTON AGAIN READY
TO FACE OLD RIVAL
Will Try for Hopes ISL
Billiard Title Next
Friday Night.
HOTEL ASTOR TO BE
SCENE OF CONTEST
Eames's Friends Disappointed at
His Weak Showing Last Week
Against De Orc.

HkAihSh -
William r. Hoppe and George sutton
will meet at the Hotel Aston on FRIDAY
,irht IN a match OF 500 points AT Isl
balkline Billiards on which VIII oepehu
s5O and the brunswick -Balke-Collender
,rophy. emblematic OF the championship
81 the world
In view of Hopes extraordinary per
,o,,,,ancs NJ $50 in Chicago recently the
eeneral impression Is that In the comihe
came Sutton has little or no chance
sutton. however believes he is Hoppe
master at ISL. and is backing himself
lie knows that ISL is vastly different
from 49, and so exacupg that Hoppe
WIN all his resourcefulness. will not be
able 10 perform in the overwhelming
manner he did at the other style
Moreover the last time they competed
a; lSI. at the Hotel Aston on March To-
1872 Sutton wrcstcd the championship
from Hoppe by a score OF 500 to S4 IL
Hopes form on Friday night CORE"
spends with his phenomenal work at 49,
the pending game will produce new rec
ords.
The 49, trophy has been medium or
competition since 1897. and has yet to be-
come personal property. In the tourna-
ment which introduced sc George L. Slos-
son. won. Jacob Schaefer was second
frank {. Ives third. Maurice DAILY fourth
and George S3,tca nth. Ives. however
made high run OF $40 and an average OF
slis. I'm 500 points two records which have
yet TO be equalled
Subsequently Schaefer took the emblem
from Slossoa ana Ives took it from
Schaefer Having acquired the cham
pionship. Ives refused 10 defend IT, ana
the emblem was returned to the donors
After winning the emblem from
Hoppe two years ago sutton lost II TO
Ora Morningstar at Chicago on May
. IS. 1872 on January .. 1913 at Pittsburgh
\sutton made an Intellectual effort to re-
Z gain Il. Then Hoppe challenged. A.
pittsburgh on March 70 following he de-
rrivedj Morningstar OF the title. II he
holds it another year il Will become his
personal property.
Although Hoppe believes he will sue
cossfully defend the title at issue. he IS
earnestly preparing at Thum's. sutton
who is due from Chicago to-day. has ar
ranged TO finish his practice at the Morn
ingside Academy where he will begin to-
morrow.
The showing made by Fred Games of
Denver, in his match with Alfredo de Oro'
the champion, Tor the Jordan Lambert
three-cushion emblem was an acute DIS
appointment TO his friends When he d.
rived in New York he said he was play
ing better than ever before, which was
remarkable declaration from usually
satuiet individual.
US After having practised few days Al
linDoyle's. Eames remarked: This Is a pad
rhine 10 become demoralized, but l am
Subsequently he played
'ssome good games. but his general work
was poor. In the match he astonisheo
SPECTATORS by frequently missing mat
iirals" at which his execution had IN
former years been almost faul'less. De
ORC did not play well the first night, but
thereafter he performed brilliantly.
on, George T. slosson and Koji Yamada
toa.turned from Chicago last Monday. This
3. eek they will play every afternoon ana
II vening at Lttlefeld's room, in Boston.
Asked how he liked Chicago, Yamada
#answered: Good. but ] play bad.
Frank Benson, Of St Louis, who rep
resented his city in the interstate three
cushion games has a very high opinion
Of the skill OF August Nieckhefer, who
finished first in the series. lie says the
Milwaukee boy. not yet twenty years old,
has all the qualifications Of champion
although not likely 10 be one soon. Being
member Of wealthy family kieck-
hefer plays billiards for pleasure aud VIII
not engage in contests for trophies or 10
make money out Of the game. Local
pride Influenced him TO represent Milwau-
kee against the other Western cities.
ME highest run on record in Enghsn
brliards was made by George Gray, the
Australian phenomenon. it was 2l%
points and was compiled chiefly by losing
hazards. made off the red into side peck
cts. That performance caused the DUKE
Of Westminster 10 assert that English
billiard honors had gone 10 Australia