New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-23
yamada Has Victory With
IN Grasp, Then Misses
a Follow Shot.
roCHRANUNDEFEATED
so FAR IN TOURNEY
,4ya Youngster, with Liberal
Handicap, Sure to Give Hoppe
Fight for Honors.
b, FRED HAWTHORNE.

,s,io managing the prC!ssslohdl hahul-
tournament at 1872 balk line in the
..,eer, nall of TN New York Theatre
gpuding introduced him before the
..,oe Yesterday afternoon S "Weiker
Cochran. the oyy wonder from loway,'
and after the lowan prodigy had de-
iss,ed Koi Yamada. champion Of
,.,.n and Germany" by score Of 500
.o,rts ~ 400. including the handlcaps,
,Ss spectators believed Mr.. Mank I'M
youne Cochran has now won four
r.nss m the tourney, and no defeats
80 mis- rec ID Tonight c viii play
Willie Hoppe. chci pion Of the world.
end should he win that game the first
orile of 81 900 and unlimited quantities
II fame viii be his portion. With his
bandieap Of 200 points. and an amazing
amount of nerve under fire, Cochran
should give Mr. Hoppe an anxious
evening, more particularly as the
champion starts from scratch.
In defeating amada yesterday Coch-
ran out mis- 300 points in twenty-siK
innings. for an average Of IL 1925,
vbile the Jap totalled 374 points in the
soe Of is 1925. The former newsboy's
bish runs were 81. 81 and 80, and Va
mada's Sc. Sc AID 40, yet the boy won
bscause he scored at the psychological
moment, gettin~ "a points in the TWEEN
ty.ffth frame TO Lis opponents 2, and
tben. when Yamada needed only one
pojnt 10 bring him victory, the little
oriental missed o a long follow shot
and Cochran ran out with an unfinished
cluster o. points.
Yamada has made q record az an un-
fortunate finisher. Two years ago he
was within a point of defeating Hoppe
A. the Hotel Aston, only TO see the
champion come from far in the rear
and min him az the tape. Again, last
week the japanese was nine points
from the finish i'm his match with Slos-
son. but the veteran won the game.
Yamada. facing what seemed almost
certain defeat. went TO the table at the
beginning OF the twenty-third inning
and soon had the worries rolling
smoothly. Periods Of close billiards
were followed by drives around the
table. with the balls always coming to
rest in excellent position. IL was
pretty exhibition Of stroke control, and
IS the japanese began TO creep up on
his rival and finally passed him the
spectators leaned forward in their
seats and showed other signs OF excite
ment.
The SUMMARY of the afternoon
game follows;
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I 'ss y ~. = TSi' %. IL. H. 3. O. 0. 81, 3,
To'al. 800 points Handicap. 2o0.~ Grand to,sI, 5Oo
ton,s High runs. 81. "a and 81 Average
Rs,sre-Georse Moore
The game in the evening, between
Hoppe and George Sutton, was another
thriller. and Hoppe had his hardest
battle in several years in defeating his
veteran opponent by an actual count
Of 500 points TO 375. Sutton's handicap
Of 100 points brought his total up to
AS. and made him a dangerous con-
tender until the final inning.
Although 10 took thirty full innings
for Hoppe 20 complete his string, and
bis highest run during the game was
cluster Of 10 points, the game demon
stated that il does not require high
ruhs and averages 10 make billiard
match full Of interest.
For the greater part Of the struggle
Sutton played mis- famous opponent
stroke for stroke, and in the thirteenth
inning, with a run Of So, had total
Of ls9 points on actual play to Hopes
l57. The champion came along IN the
next few frames with runs of rs and
So regaining the lead; but Sutton
would not be denied, and runs of "a,
" and %, while Hoppe had TO be con-
tent with single figures, gave the Chi
eago man 3-point lead in the twenty
hrst inning.
With MS handicap this placed Sutton
20 The fore by a total Of lO3 points, and
he needed only 60 more TO win the
match. II looked bad for Hoppe, and
the champion showed traces CT nervous
ness for the first time in the tourns-
mtnt. A run Of 81 points in the next
frame and 70 in the twenty-sixth, how
ever, left him only two carroms be-
hind.
Thereafter both players seemed TO
lose the wonderful control they had
shown a. other times in the match and
both missed on easy draw and follow
shots In the twenty-ninth Hoppe ran
10 points, and only one point separated
nm from victory. but he could not ne
Koiiate the last shot, with the red ball
along one Of the side rails, the other
enleet ball on the opposite side OF the
table and the cue ball midway between.
HIS attempt 20 score the carrom,
however, left the balls just as badly
separated when Sutton came 20 the
able Tor his shot. with the result that
ne veteran scored blank. and then
Hoppe made the winning stroke. Men
ahd women 10 the audience gave the
hampton remarkable greeting as he
hnished the match and shook hands
VIII sutton. and now all interest cen
res On The final game Of the tourna-
hsnt This evening when Hoppe takes
% y0png Cochran.
ne summary Of the evening game
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