Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-09-07


record of 2S games made by the Cor
sicana club of the Texas league in
| 1902.
Billiard contests between experts al
ways attract attention the world over.
but followers of thu game in the Uni
ted States and Canada will be afforded
an unusual opportunity within the next
two months of witnessing the ac-
knowledged professional masters of
the English and American styles in an
/ International series of matches, the
games in which will be played alter
nately on English and American tables.
Willie Hoppe of New York, the worlds
champion balk line player, will cross
cues with Melbourne Inman of Eng
land, who is the worlds best cue
wielder at the English game of win
ming and losing hazard"
! The series calls for $4,000 points
up, divided equally between the two
styles Of billiards and three distinct
matches will be played. The first of
these, consisting of 5000 points, will be
decided In New York, followed by an
other, under similar conditions, in Chi
cago, and later on a third match of
10000 points will be played during a
tour of the leading cities In Canada
Each match will be for $1,000 side and
a winning and losing share of the gate
receipts The rules governing the
American games will be 1872 inch ballS
line, one shot in anchor while the
spot" and anchor" shots will be
barred in all the contests on the big
English table. The New York series
will begin September % and conclude
October 3, and the Chicago dates are
from October ~ to II inclusive. The
Canadian dates and places of meeting
will be arranged later on.
Both men have been practicing ear
nestly for some months, each of course
paying a great deal of attention to his
opponents style of game, and the
matches should afford billiard lovers
splendid opportunities for interesting
comparisons. Twenty one years ago,
May 20 to June 2, 1898, the late Frank
C. Ives, the Michigan cue wonder, who
was known as the Napoleon of French
and American billiards, played a series
of three matches with John Roberts
Jr, the English billiard champion, the
first in London, England, the other two
in Chicago and New York. at the Eng
fish style exclusively. Ives won the
London match 5000 to 1921, mainly
through the anchor" shot with two
object balls "choked" in the mouth of
a corner pocket. This was a trick
which Ives had learned from his tutor
at the American game, the late Jake
Schaefer of Chicago, and having once
secured this position" Ives could have
continued to click off caroms inter
minably. The English champion was
prevented, under the conditions of the
match, from playing the spot" stroke
more than once, because he could keep
counting from that position almost as
continuously as Ives did with the
anchor nurse"
At Chicago, the following September
Ives defeated Roberts again by a score
of 5000 to 5303 under similar conditions
but two weeks later they met in New
York in a match of 10000 points up
with the spot" and anchor" barred
and under these changed conditions
Roberts won after a most interesting
weeks play by 10000 to 8738. During
this match Ives surprised Roberts and
all the other experts at his dizziness
and the rail- nurse in which by dill
gent practice, he had mastered the ART
of turning corners and passing the
side pockets without peck citing a ball
In one game with Roberts far in the
lead, Ives made three runs of 651, 51I
and 395, a total of 1851 points at this
style of play and the following day
made another run of $50. On the fina
day of the match, although Robert.
was 1901 points in the lead, the Eng
fish champion declared that he did no
feel that he had a safe marginNas I've.
was likely to run out the game will
his wonderful rail- work, but Ivei
was unable to secure his favorite posi-
ton that day and Roberts won hand
lily.
The conditions of the coming series
are unique as each man will have thu
opportunity of pulling up at his owl
style should his opponents "home'
game become too strong and IL Hopp,
can develop the rail- nurse to an,
degree of efficiency his we'll known
ability at balk line play should Civ,
him splendid chance of winning tn,
larger share of the money prizes.
The passing of the 1914 baseball sea.
son is marked today by the compile
ton of a number of the minor leagu,
baseball pennant races. Beginninl
with the class B leagues and extending
through to the class ID division leagues
in all parts OF this country and Can
ada close with Labor day double
headers. Among the most prominen
associations which play their fina
schedule contests are the Contra
league. Illinois-Io wa-Indiana league