The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-16
HOPPE OUTPLAYS
YAMADA AT RATE
OF OYER 10 TO 1
Champion Crushes japanese
500 to 43, in First Game
Of Balklinc Handicap.
AVERAGES SO 80 AND
MAKES HIGH RUN OF 278

William r. Hoppe, holder OF all the
balkline billiard titles and the man who
made the handicap tournament a neces-
atty. got away to an ~auspicious start In
tho 1S.2 handicap tournament last night
AZ the New York Theatre Concert Hall.
defeating koji Yamada, the Japanese
expert. on actual points. 900 70 IS. The
total by virtue OF tho allowance made
him by the jury Of handicappers. and
iris brought his score up to 16s.
In addition q beating his adversary
moro than ten TO one Hoppe ann close
10 q number of records, although he did
not quite touch them. In the second
inning no ran 21s and II looked like a
sure ,hlng that no would reach II not
rurpass the 307 run which he made a
few years fsgo. AS lie had made 1872 In
his first chance az the table the crowd
thouslt he would run out IN less than
Ave ,nnings--George sutton's record time
ncr a 500 point ~match-but n couple OF
misc spoiled his chance. At that II o
him only sin innings TO complete the
Svo centuries for an average OF SO rs,
while Yamlda averaged only Z 1-S, with
his best clusters nj 20 and Il.
Concert Hail Packed.
One OF tho biggest crowds that ever
turned OF. 10 n billiard match packed
thc auditorium and saw the champion nj
his best. Quite n few women we're In
Che throng and evidently enjoyed the
match II their enthusiasm over Hopes
pImos. perfcc, execution could be taken
a. n criterion. The n thing THAI
seemed to please the gathering more
than anything else was the easy grace
with which the champion drove the
iyorle. around the table and waited Cor
them to gather without ever watching
their progress. Spectacular shots were
few and far between. Hoppe did not
have TO make them-hie control over the
globes was too nearly perfect-and
Yauada had no chances TO make any OF
the hair raising variety. The champion
played My one three cushion stroke
during the entire match.
There was a great deal OF discussion
among those who saw the contest as &c
whether or not Hoppe would be bothered
seriously by the handlcaps ne has &c
sive all the other contestants. Certainly
the 1875 tha Yamada started with las
night did not help him much. and a
the match turned out 425 would no.
have aided him any more. The man
doubt with the crowd was whether Of
moi the champion could he ha~ndicappe,
fairly on a numerical basis. and many
suggestions were made AS to the oes
aay OF giving the others Il chance.
one close follower OF billiards pro
ros..l that when Hoppe go to the taol'
the lights he put out or that ne he pima
folded Another !ntin3tcd that Hopp
should be compelled TO shoot LEFT handeo
but that was early in the erne, am
when the champion made many Sre.'
STROKES with his wrong hand later on IN
suggest.r changed his original plan an
offered i'm It's stead tying Doth OF hoppe
hands behind HIS back.
After j.. Ferdinand Poggenburg. inter
national amateur champion. had OK
plained the nature of the tournament I
shc onlookcI~ and had Introduced ~
pIa ycrs. George Moore, former thre
cushion champion and referee Of ~
match. ordered the men to proceed
yamada started and gathered . on IN
break before Nc rot in trouble and MISE
on :. short follow of the cushion.
Hoppe went to the table for his tur
and proceeded to get the spheres in pc
sltion with a couple OF prehminar
strokes and kept them together until n
had clicked off 49,. His run ende
when he barely edged past the rcd IA
or a hard two cushion shot. famad
had the spheres in fine position for hin
sell. but 1t did not take him long to s,
IN trouble and his second chance profile
!im only IA tulies.