The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07

! Chicago TEX Thursday afternoon all the
entrants for the coming is.2 balkline
handicap will be In town. George +.
! Slosson is the only one OF the six in the
city a; present, bur William i. Hoppe
and kojl Ya;nada are due back from
their New England tour this afternoon.
Joseph Mayer Is on his way from Seattle
and scheduled to oe here Tuesday.
Welxer Cochran. aho reached here from
Chicago last Thursday. has gone to
Philadelphia .or a playing ersagemen;
o: three days. 70 be back early Thurs
day.
There has been considerable Discus
, sion among billiard devo;ecs ever since
the announcement OF the handicaps as
10 wast chance Hoppe vill have to
triumph under the conditions tina. call
upon MIN TO concel. long odds to every
foe. The opinion expressed generally
is that Hoppe VIII via. this being based
largely on rAc fact that most OF his
victories In recent years have been by
such margins that ne would have won
even had he granted tire ALLOW sn"es ne
must give IN the co.n.rs competition.
Th.s il a rather hlanke, conclusion. how
ever. based almost entirely on the ..n.
grade % billiards dis,Liye rs the
champion.
How Hopes rivals are paying has
not t|rn taNen info consideration TO a
| great extent. principally because their
| present form is unknown. sine" 'Aey
have not been seen in action recently
| By local followers of tue game. TIL
| only exceptions to thu. are Ysa1ada and
| S.osson. The Jap. vho was beaten by
| Hoppe for the lii tale in B~tou two
ueeks ago. mas been adhsr'1S 20 n"
more dificul, style Of game and his
work IN practice here FOR that match
therefore docs not AFFORD a IA. criterion
81 his present ability at Isl Slosson
rad been pia aging three cushion caTrons
almost exclusively until a week ago and
| consequently has not the zulu control OF
| his VI laily accurate stroke on delicate
| close nursing Ne has been practising a
biz during the last few dtys. however,
\ ard seems certain tn .et back I'm tIe
form Ina has made him q powerful
factor In b!liiarddom during tho last
q twenty years.
How sutton, Mayer and Cochran have
been performing recently Is not knowr.
1ut New Yorkcrs viii lGave a chance TO
see them in action inlInediatel atte.
| their arrival here. Each will engage in
q series OF practice matches. with daily
PLAY up 20 Just before The opening % the
tournament In the Concert Hall Of ea@
Sev York Theatre Building a week
from tomorrow -
F1oppc T. satlsfrd with 'he scale OF
Odds he is asked to concede. lie also
op!no- that the other entrants have no
reason to Hud fault with their allot-
racn,s. His recent performances tn Bos-
ton and Hartford indicate that he Is in
e>cellcn- stroke and sure 30 be formid-
ablc.
n ,'c tournament proves a drawing
carl IS veil as an Interesting exposition
OF skill other similar events ~ impor-
tanc~ will IL. arranged. II Is within tn"
PROBABILITIES Of the season that before
Christmas the billiard talent in the coun-
,ry vii be reinforced by F!rInin Cassir-
mol. the best player France ever pro-
duced, md Julius Adorjan. tho Hun
gar.au, whose admirers proclaim him the
equal OF any carrom player in the world.
In A .e.ter 20 Maurice DAILY CasS!gnoi
said he vas doing nothing IN Paris and
II ans Professional engagement were Of
fercd in America he would visit this
country again. Adortan. writing from
Medrid TO George Sutton. announced that
as there was no activity IN professional
billiards In Spain he was ready to come
20 New York II any Involvement were
oite % and probably would come without
definite prospective engagement. Should
these Experts colne to the United states
ard enter handicap tournament they
would nave to meet Hoppe on equal
terms until they could be rated properly.
Welker Cochran. the Iowa boy, who Is
the youngest man In the tournament has
placed himself under the care and tute-
lage of Maurice DAILY while he Is IN the
East. When he returns from Philadelphia
Thursla. he will go to Days to finish
his PREPARATION for the ~ment,
Since he was her" last winter he has
grown taller and stouter, Born In Man
son, Ia, October Z, 1896. he Is now one
month more than 10 years old. In one
respect Cochran Is in Hopes class,
, Neither has tasted liquor. After Hoppe
returns to-day he probably will practise
a, rhum's. Where Yamada will locate
IL rot known. sutton will do his final
drilling at the M~orningside Academy.
SlosGon now Is practising AT Doyle's and
playing well. Mayors nnal preparatory
work Tor the tournament will he done az
Days, which will have a double attrac-
ton with both him and Cochran playing
against Maurice DAILY and others In the
latter part OF this week.
With the anchor spaces squares OF
! seven inches instead of rcctangles OF
seven inches in lersth and three and a
half in width is.a balklinc will ho more
eAacfinY than ever before, Although two
strokes will he allowed In anchor, there
will not he the freedom OF action that
marked manipulation within and In IN.
vicinity of the smaller spaces. The extra
three inches and a half from the rail- may
prove considerable Of ~ obstruction "a
control OF the spheres a. the ends of the
table. II Will he IA greater restriction
against Yamada than any other contest.