Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-15
TO HANDICAP WILLIE HOPPE
Willie Has Become So Superior He
Will Be Only Scratch Man in
Coming Tourney.
WILL GIVE OTHERS CHANCE


NEW YORK. Aug. N-with William
+. Hoppe holding the lt1, ISL and 1S-s
balkiine championships 20 securely that
there apparently Is little chance OF any
OF the veterans OF younger players taxi
ing the honors from him. contests for the
worlds title no longer attract as In the
palmy days Of Jacob Schaefer. Frank
Ives, George slosson and other famous
GUESTS.
For some reason or other handicap
matches at billiards have not been much
in vogue between the leading players in
this country. although for many years
they have been popular with the leading
British players. There arc few other
branches OF sport In which handicaps are
not made the medium Of equalization in
skill. The end aimed at IL close competl-
ton, and when this obtains the interest
Of the fan is increased. Officials OF the
Brunswicl1- Balke- Collender company, un-
der the auspices OF which the worlds
championships are conducted, have in
auRurated a comprehensive scheme for
rating the billiard players and will give
the handicap system a tryOut next win
ter.
II 10 planned TO put Champion Hoppe
on the scratch mark with q rating OF 100.
and rate the other players according TO
their skill. Others included In the list
are: George f. Slosson, Ko1i Yamada,
George Sutton. Ora MorninEstar, Harry
p. Cline, Albert @. Cutler. Al Taylor. Ja-
cob schaefer, Marcus Cation. Welker
Cochran and Joseph Mayer. winner OF
the last amateur championship. who now
u included in the professional ranks.
. This plan undoubtedly will be big help
to the rising players. as II will give them
change TO meet all OF the veterans In
matches that would mean q great deal
more than mere exhibitions. For the pur>-
pose of getting the handicaps as near
right as possible many OF the leading
roomkeepers and players and also the
leading amateurs viii be consulted and
the ratings will be made from their re-
ports.
Among the roomkeepers and players
who will be consulted are Maurice DAILY,
Timothy Flynn. Alfredo De ORC. John T.
Doyle, Frank Keeney Charles s. Otis.
Nat Ward, George w. Moore, Sam
Gruehn and Frank Isherwood OF New
York; Sol Alliger OF Philadelphia; NJ. b.
5canlon, Edward Scanlon and Frank
Sherman OF Washington: Harry Davis
and Truxton of Pittsburgh; Moses Yat-
ter and Charles Warren of Boston;
Leonard Howison Of Montreal, Jerome
Keogh OF Rochester. w. r Cullen Of
Buffalo. George Wheeler and I'd Helm
OF Cleveland, o.. Michael Foley. J..
Eua M Nat %
81 Huson OF Ann Arbor. Thomas Foley,
Louis Bensinger, w. p. Mussey, Charles
NORM. Joseph Capron. c. f. Conklin and
Glenn Ellison of Chicago: Charles Peter
son and Frank Benson OF ST. Louis. John
Klein OF Baltimore, John King and Ben.
ME Allen OF Kansas city. Fred Eames
and Tony Sarconi of Denver, w. NJ
Spinks OF Los Angeles. II. c. Wright OF
San Francisco. and Henry Solomon of
Spokane.
The amateurs who will be asked to as
slst are: w. w. Harris, p. b. Kurtz
Wilson p. Floss. DIR. w. @. Douglas, J.
Ferdinand Poggenburg. Morris d. Brown
! Edward ID. GRrdner. DIR. l.. l.. Mai, II
A. Coleman and William Gershel OF New
York; r. s. Hovey. ]. e. Cope. Morton
and J. Emery soule OF the Union league
OF Philadelphia; Dr. w. Il. Uffenheimer
Of Philadelphia. Martin Mullen Of Cieve.
land b. l.. Milburn OF Memphis. II. w
Avery OF Detroit. Charles Hedden OF
Dowagiao. Mich; Nathan Hall OF Boston
Charles Gray Of Washington, w. Dunnl-
way OF Portland, Ore. and #. Unger OF
| Newark. N, ].
All Of these men are familiar with the
skill Of the leading professionals and
their combined opinion should result IN
set Of ratings that should come near
the mark In each instance.