New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-23
YAMADA WILL
DEFER MATCH
UNTIL FALL
Jap Had Challenged Hoppe
for 14.1 Billiard Title
This Spring.

ITO OPi ms
Koyi Yamada, the Japanese expert.
who has challenged William F. Hoppe
for the AL balkline billiard cham
pionship, arrived from the West last
Sunday. On Tuesday he had confer
ence with Hoppe, at which it was agreed
to defer the match until September or
October. BY strict application of the
championship conditions Hoppe would
have been obliged to meet Yamadas
challenge in thirty days from April 27'
Not wishing to play this month, the
champion suggested a postponement'
and the foreigner consented. A supple
mentary suggestion that. instead OF
playing 500 points In one night they
play 1900 points in three nights. was
the basis of another agreement The
venue will no: be decided until further
deliberation.
The agreements made were approved
bv the donors Of the championship en-
blem. the Brunswick Bake Co lender
Company, speaking for whom Charles
2. Miller said: Because the cham
pionship would have terminated and
the emblem become the personal prop
erty of Hoppe on April p If famada
had not challenged and there was no
prospect of another challenge saw
no reason to object TO any action the
principals took so long as they agreed
TO play. While it may not be consld-
cred probable, it IS possible Tor rama
da TO win and extend the life or the
emblem another year. That famada
believes he has a chance 10 win must
be conceded. His challenge Is evidence
10 that effect. If he wins any player
can challenge. him. II Hoppe wins no
body can challenge"
Yamada sojourned in Southern Cali
fornia for three months. Then he ana
Ora Morningstar made an exhibition
tour, during which they played at Los
Angeles, San Francisco, Portland Seat
tie and Spokane. From the last-named
point Morningstar went to San Diego,
where he has opened a billiard room
containing twenty-one tables.
Business bad on the Pacific Coast
said Yamada. weather nice Southern
California Nights unusually cold, San
Francisco, not many at fair. | play
good at San Francisco and Seattle;
average As eacn place, 400 points 1872.
At Seattle we play in Japanese theatre.
Here is report Of game in Japanese
paper. You read? No. Everywhere
we play 80 per cent spectator jap
anese. Morningstar fine player, nice
gentleman"
George W. Moore, champion OF three
cushion carroms, who on Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday of last week sue
cessfully defended his title against an
effort to obtain it by Alfredo De Orc
is in a quandary about what TO do pro-
fessionally between now and the mid
die of September.
William B. Huey, of Chicago, has
challenged the winner Of the match.
That challenge became effective May
Is, because the Moore-De Orc contest,
which should have been scheduled for
May u. IL and IA, was deferred for
five days in order to have it take place
in the Music Hall of the New York
Theatre. Huey can be called upon to
play on any date between June IA and
"a, or the champion, who cannot be
compelled TO defend the title in June,
July OF august, may postpone meeting
him until September "a.
Moore has grievance against Huey.
When De ORC and Moore signifed
desire 70 defer their match until Sep
TENDER Huey ignored appeals to tenn
porarily withdraw his challenge to the
winner, TO enable De ORC TO withdraw
his challenge and issue another that
would mature in June. The Chicagoan's
Mora H. 70
play when they did Now Moore feels
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