New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-21
HOPPE RUNS AWAY
IN BILLIARD TILT
OBTAINS Worlds Title at
1871 in Again Defeating
George B. Sutton.
GETS NEW RECORD
FOR A MATCH GAME
Wakes High Average of Over
Twenty-three by Brilliant
Show of His Skill.

p o,uta Hoppe, the invincible, proved
- again last night that he has no
wv" ~, IN the world at ISL balkline bill
80 when he decisively defeated George
Sn,,on. who had challenged for the title
., the Hotel Aston
rha score was 500 points to 22S, ana
yonne ran out in the twenty-first inning
a,.b an average Of % 17-A, said to be a
Ids record for a 5Oo-point champion
.,,n match in one nights play.
Tho champion started off poorly, ano'
.fter winning the bank. could gamer
o,lv points. Sutton did even worse
taunr 10 get a point on his first time at
- ,oble At the end of the fifth inning
uoppe had managed to amass a grano
total OF 5 points. while the challenger
I'd cleaned 4 points in the second, 81 IN
,bs fourth and a beautiful cluster OF 43
- the fifth inning, making his total rs,
ub,ch looked like a comfortable lead.
Then the machine-like Hoppe swung
,,to bis stride. running off 81 points In
The sixth inning and taking the ivorles
all around the table. Sutton came right
hack. however. with cluster of rs and
retained his lead. Both men could only
work the balls for 3 apiece in the next
inning. and then Hoppe, after gathering
the spheres together with two mastery
drives the length Of the table. gave
bsautiful demonstration of the balkline
came and added A points TO his total.
Ri, greater things were to come. Inc
Youthful champion went at the balls IN
businesslike manner when he started the
ninth inning. and clicked the points OH
50 rapidly that 1t was difficult to follow
the movements Of his cue.
His long draw, in which the cue ball
,ouched the cushions three times, ending
with the three balls close together against
Inc ton rail. sent the big audience into
scstasies Of delight. And still Hoppe
kept or.
He herded the worries together with con-
summate skill, sending them along the
rails with close play and alternating now
and then with strong drives for draw ana
follow shots Always the object ball re-
turned within an inch of the other
spheres. and the champion apparently
OWNED Just where the balls would end
their tourney. for each time he would be
holding his cue in readiness for the next
shot II was a great exhibition OF the
magic Hoppe welded in his cue. sutton
white haired and portly, sat in his seat
and watched the boy who was an infant
when he himself had known all the SCI
ence Of the game for years.
Thus il continued, with Hoppe ever
drawing further away. The green baize
proved fruitful field for the youthfui
expert. and he ran double figures in eight
Of his last twelve innings. True, luck
favored the winner 1t made no difference
whether the balls kissed unexpectedly
the shot went through in spite of it.
Once, on a draw shot in the sixth inn
ing. the white ball did not have legs
enough TO strike the red, but the cue pail
came along from the cushion and bumped
the two together.
Sutton knew long before the end that
victory was not to be his, but he stuck
TO his guns and made beautiful run OF
50 points in his sixteenth time at the
able. mostly by close balk-line play.
Hoppe ran out with an unfinished run
of %.
The summary follows
Hoppe white balD-2 0. O. 3. 0. 81. 2. a, %:
J. a. H. O. 70 -. Sc. 0. is, 9. Is, 70: total, o"
points average. % 17-2l high runs. 80 ~ g.
sutton spot balD-o. 4. o. 81, 49. Is. 3, J. o, =.
g. :. g. g 49, 80. 10. ], 2 0; total. 22s points,
average. II so: high runs. 80. 43, 81.
kcfeTce-AlbeTt G. Cutler.