The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-22
THREE STILL HAVE
CHANCE TRIUMPH
sutton's Slim-Cochran and
Hoppe Seem Almost Sure
to Fight It Out.
cAssIGNOL COMING HERE

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o,,y three OF tho six competitors In
~. Il . balkline handicap tournament In
,.os,ess nj tho concert hall OF the New
y,-y Theatre building still possess .
nance to win tho Hrst prize Of $1,000.
~N.v are William +. Hoppe. Wslker
c.,bran and George Sutton. Two Of the
.,,rsnts. George r. sloaon and Joseph
MAYER. have completed their scheduled
A.. rames. and Koji Yamada, with a
MOI. TO play. can land no better than In
ia for second place.
Two games will be played to-day.
cochran W. Yamada In the afternoon
.,s Hoppe vs.. sutton tonight. To-
NARROW afternoon Yamada meets sutton
a.. the tournament will be brought TO
a close when Hoppe and Cochran. the
younse,, men In the event. clash to-mor-
-ow night
There remains the possibility OF . tie
FOR fr.t place. either q two handed tie
between Hoppe and Cochran or . three
oornered lie among Hoppe. Cochran and
Sutton. There 10 no way IN which SUIT
ION can win tho tournament without
Getting IN a triangular tie and then win
ling the playor. Either Hoppe or
Cochran is bound 20 be at the top. II n
Il than does not triumph outright At
cas-. one OF them must be tied for hrst.
sut.on's chance IL exceedingly slim.
IN order 20 establish the triple tie he
must beat both Hoppe and Yamada and
also Yamada must beat Cochran and
Cochran beat Hoppe. The law OF average
4 cve-poweringly against the probability
Of .ha. succession OF happenings. even
without taking into consideration the
form of the players.
Tho two handed tie will result II
other Hoppe or Cochran. but not both.
n beaten to-day and II the loser de-
s.a,s the other tomorrow night. There
will be no tie. however. X both are
victorious to-day. for the entire issue
will then rest upon the result Of the last
game tomorrow night. h winner OF
which will have completed his string
II Ave games without "A single defeat.
Also. II both are beaten today tho
victor tomorrow night will win the hrst
prize outright.
Unfortunately. Joseph Mayors posi-
ton In the final standing Is fixed. HAv-
.rg lost all his games. he X last
place and gets only the 5000 consoia-
lion money to cover his $3.50 entrance
fee and other expenses. Slosson. having
won two games and lost three. may
finish as high as In a tie FOR third
place or as low as nth place. depend
ire on how the others fare In their
-smaining games. Namadas range IS
all the way from a tie for second down
20 fifth place.
Home. who is champion at all styles
u balkline, declared just before the
star, Of the tournament that II ne was
ro,g to win II from scratch he would
have 10 average something more thah
40 So far he exceeded that by
healthy margin, having made 1000
por,s in IS innings for a percentage
~ 40 ls-3s points to the inning. lie
was an even none favorite against me
fed originally, but the odds faVorlns
him now are almost prohibitive. chr
who was regarded a. mn = 10 shoS
At the start. is now quoted generally as
chance. Sutton. n = TO ! shot
orca. is now rated as so nearly mathe-
ma.lcally certain to finish below the top
that he is "A 20 to !
F.rr,n O,sslgnol, the French balkline
sta. cahled Maurice DAILY yesterday
closing arrangements 10 appear mere
Under Days management. lie VIII
leave Bordeaux aboard tho pag on
December 4 and arrive here December
Il or u. DAILY expects TO pit nun
against Hoppe. perhaps for some cham-