Evening journal., 1915-01-01
BILLIARD CHAMPS
Hold THEIR Titles
Not One Cue Expert De-
prived of Honors Dur
ing Old Year
NEW INTEREST
IN THE GAME

/ Dllllulua wa. Nildt Hol oAiBic tiliN
changed hands. William f. Hoppe, OF
New York. retained possession Of the
1872 and ISL championships and i'm ad-
dition gained first hold on the new ll-l
Brunswick trophy, emblematic Of the
worlds championship at that style of
/ balkine. Alfredo De Oro gained perma- /
nent possession of the Jordan Lambert
three cushion emblem. while Bcnnie /
Allen, of Kansas City. won the Bruins
wick pocket billiard emblem outright !
With the exception of Allen in onel
match, none of the champions was seri-
ously threatened. His narrow escape
came early in the year when James
Mature, of the Denver Athletic Club,
slipped up at crucial moment and the
{ Kansas City player won by the small
margin of 10 balls. After that he won
casily-from Edward Ralph, Of flights
town. n. j.; Ray Pratt, of San Fran
cisco. and again from Mature.
p De Gro defended his title three times;
r. defeating in turn, Charles Nurin, oi
4 Chcago; Fred Eames. OF Denver, and
l. George Moore, of New York, his small
est margin Of victory being 81 points
= against the first named. At the present
l.. time IT. lNNkH Nn II lNi NNANiNH EARetA
is unbeatable and the same can be said
about Bennie Allen, unless DE orc
should again try for the pocket billiard
= title.
% This applics even more strongly to
Willie Hoppe and his trinity of titles.
y Home defended his 1872 and ISL titles
81 once each, George Sutton, the challen-
u ger. being easily defeated both times.
u ] IN .1.urtariqn hin
staged at New York. Hoppe again DEM
unstrated his superiority 10y winning
sever straight games from classy
g field He had a grand average of p
u G5-l0g. his next highest competitors,
' Dcmarcst and Mornmgstar, doing a lit
tie over IL.
While there were no ttular upsets
+ during the year. Willie Hoppe produced
y some remarkable fireworks in a special
match at 1872 against George Sutton,
~ lat Chicago. The match was at 1000
y points, and on the second night, after he
had been n points behind on the first
= night. Hoppe sot new worlds record
of l35 IA for 5ll points, making this
score i'm about one hour and fifteen
- minutes For the match he averaged
~ 55 1877, both these marks being th,
hest ever recorded in a match of this
class 1t was fer purse of 5000 and
The gate receipts.
Another notable event of the year was
the international match between Hoppe
z and Melbourne lnman, the British
j champion. This was at mixed styles
halklne and English billiards, and whil'
each player proved supreme at his owi
l. STYLE Hoppe was better at the knglisi
o game than Inman was at balkline Ih'
y match was the best three out Of serei
'e of five and Hoppe won the first three
st played respectively at New York, Chi
le cago and Montreal.
N The formation Of the Champion Bill
~ lard Players League by the Brunswick
y Ralkc-C Collender Company was auothe
remarkable feature of the year. Neve
h in the history of the game has Their
III been similar undertaking, and score
< of towns have been able 70 see th
ie greatest balkline players in the eountr,
l. IN action. The players never have ha'
a. as much real competitive play, ever,
y game heng in dead earnest. When tn
10 next big tournament is held it is likel,
lo some remarkable scores will be made
The three young players, Welker Coch
III ran. Jake Schaefer and Marcus Cation
n have done quite as well as expected, a
II they have been paired with veteran
as most of the time. All three boys ap
ly pear to possess championship caliber,
be The big Interstate Three Cushio
IL League has produced lot of fine com
petition amongst the angle players, an
the fight for the leading positions
keen
he Two noted figures in the billiar
n world died during the year: Dude
e. Kavanaugh. the first American cham
n pion. passing away in March at Ne'
of York. while Jose Ortiz. former chan
he pion Of Spain, died on April 10 at Me-
York following an attack of append
- citis.
= Following are the leading events {
the year;
January 5-7-Alfredo De Orc, Ne
York. retained the three cushion tit
bv defeating Charles NORM, Chicag
$50 to ll3, at Chicago.
January 23-30-Bennie ..ilen, KansS
CITY, retained the pocket billiard chan
pionship by defeating James Matur
Denver. COO to 5s7, at Seattle.
February 3-Willam +. Hoppe. Ne
York rteained the 1879 title by defea
= ing George Sutton, Chicago, 500 to -
u at New York City.
: February 23-25-William +. Hopp
!. New York. defeated GeWge Sutto
u Chicago. 1900 to 734, in special matt
Z at 1872 for purse of $4,000. Hoppe s
4 worlds average of 1876 IA for ;.
Al points on second night and had grar
FL average Of 50 1927.
: March William T. Hoppe, Ne
Il York. won tournament at 1872 at r
: ctal Hall, Chicago, winning four gam
I and averaging AZ 22-46. Sutton. Y
NADIA. Demarest and Slosson finished
= named.
!. March l0l2-Alfredo De Orc reta nj
|. three cushion championship by defca
Il ing Fred Eames, Denver, $50 TO l07
4 New York City.
Il March 20.-William +. Hoppe. Ne
HI York, retained ISL title by defeatil
III George Sutton, Chicago, 500 to Dos,
New York City
j March Edward W. Gardner, UP
1 Montclair y j.. won the amateur Is
championship by defeating Morris
III Brown. of Brooklyn. in play-oH of Il
III IN the tournament each won five gam
/ and lost one.
II April l-3- Bennic Allen. Kansas Cit
q retained pocket billiard title by defea
Z ing Edward /. Ralph Hightstown, y.
GOO to SAG
April 2O-2S--William L. Hoppe. Nc