The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-19
PLAY FOR 14.1 TITLE
TO START TOMORROW
H0ppe-Cline and SlOsson.Schae.
fer Matches Will start
Ball Rolling.
EIGHT ENTER TOURNAMENT
Four Games VIII Be Held Daily
at Hotel Aston Bel
vedere.

william r. Hoppe Of New York vs.
Harry p. Cline Of Philadelphia. and
George r. slosscn Of New York W.. Jacob
6chsefcr OF Chicago Is the schedule for
the opening of the 141 ballSline tourna- >
ment to begin tomorrow night at the
Hotel Astor. The games will take place
In the belvedere Of the hotel and both
will be In progress Mt the same time. on
succeeding days during the week and
Monday Of next week four ga mes will be
played daily. two In the afternoon and
two In the evening The grand ballroom
Of the hotel will he the scene of the final.
which win be played on Tuesday evening
Of next week.
There are eight entrants consequently
twenty -eight games will have to be played
to decide the tournament proper. Ties
will be played of. The players other
than those already named who will COM
pete are Calvin Demarest and George SUIT.
ton Of Chicago. Ora Morningstar OF Pitts.
burg and Kohl Yamsda. the japanese ex-
pert.
Cash prizes amounting to $1,000 and a
challenge trophy emblematic OF the chs m
pionshlp will be distributed. Tho Bruins
wick Bake Collender Company contrib
utes $1,000 In cash and the trophy. The
other $4,000 is provided by fees OF $3.50
each, paid by the entrants The net gate
receipts will be added to the cash prizes,
Of which there will be four. The winner
viii receive 40 per cent. OF the total
amount: the second. 80 per cent, the
third. 20 per cent. and the fourth, 10
per cent. The games will be 400 points,
one shot In balk and one shot in anchor.
which will be seven inches square.
Naturally Hoppe. who holds the is Il
and 1874 balkline titles. Is prime fs-
vor.te. He has not, however. shown to
advantage In practice. Commenting on
that fact George F. Slosson remarked
TT 10 said Hoppe Is under cover and
holding OF. but I do not believe anythinc
Of the kind. I believe he always plays
the best he can In practice"
ID, On the same subject Maurice DAILY
said: "Yamada IL playing the bes, bill
Sards Of all OF the entrants IN practice.
He has averaged from 25 to 60. and keeps
nm the strong pace. His best run haS hs'
1S6. Demarest before coming here. ran
St6 In Chicago. MorninCstar ran 26i N
Plttsburg tust before he came here. His
best performance here was made In a
game on wednesday night against Martin
MOIeu Oh SleNciuuu. iolintllH tHiNN'h'
champion. In that game he scored SOC
points In seven innings. averaging 81 IL,
and did not make run higher than 81.
Young Schaefer has been dong splen-
didiy."
Cline In practising in his own room In
the Continental Hotel. Philadelphia, and
doing so well that his friends are conf
dent he will make a good showing against
Hoppe Monday night. sutton has beer
practising quietly In Chicago. Slosson be-
ran on Monday night by running 1sS
He says his playing Is not to his liking
Observers contend he is playing well. II
will be remembered bv old timers that
ne won the championship at ISL in tn
first tournament at that style OF pla,
ever held, In December. 1897. and il
1905, he won the 1872 championship II
the nrst tournament ut that style OF gam,
ever held IN America, and In both In
stances ne upset the calculations o
students OF billiard form.
When Slosson and young Schaefer mp.
pear ut the table Monday night theil
presence will be a reminder of the con
tests between the father of Young Jake
and the veteran OF this tournament. 1
was on October 8. 1879, in Washington
Hail. Indianapolis. that two young men
afterward famous In billiard history, al
the wizard" and the Student" engaged
In their first competition. II was a
straight rail, and Slosson won by scor'
Of 500 TO a3i. The winning average wa
n little over 6. In subsequent years, Will
the wizard was alive. he and Siossoi
figured IN tifty-sx other contests, o.
which each won an equal number. twenty
eight They played straight rail. thu
champions game, cushion caroms an
baikline, and while the wizard" was tn
genius of the wonderful progress made Ii
Billiards, the student" kept pace witt
every DEVELOPMENT which brought abou
the present high standard OF excellence.