Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-01
WILLIE HOPPE KIND
I'm BILLIARD MATCH
noes All the Work and Lets
the Enemy Sit and
Watch
PETERSON LAYS BIG BET
~ poRERT w. MAXWELL

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~ nothing to 90 anu " Si' -
.,,ght refer to II as zero III oo''p"'''
an athletic standpoint, nothing can
Fron .ro,n,ng for the back row
bs SAID o'' r,oso oent, IN
IN the chorus II 10 .,a
ma back row usually carry epea
.s.,r voices when they shout. "Hooray
uain -. Tn +ba act we witnessed at
fer tn KING wv A.. .nno,ort
aoi Allinger's last hish'' 'e
...s .onstituted the chorus, carried cue
vn'n .ou xyu,am
sad murmured hoorhy ~, ossasses owns
When MI. nopp; a;, The baIk-line billiard
and has captured an ' ,,uine loose take,
records that nave oeei' r,nar uis
his cue in hand ne neees o.ants no q, the
stuff goes SO big that tne a,hor
east are showed behind the scenes IN 49,
words, Mr.. Hoppe puts .,,rSt Oh ~ ai, hv him
iosue and occupies the spotiignt an py rr,ad m1
..f Some of the cash customers carrieu
ssnrs cards last night and made herolo ei
cats 10 keep track Of the game IL couiun
4. dons They should have prousht their
ssA,rg machines with them.
Willie Works well
vo- . time we wondered who the other
20 :, ,he sketch would be, but after the
champion got going we , a'ans 1nas enons enre, the
were tolo, NV ~. ard would emerge as soon
otner spe' ~. 90 20 the noise, Willie warmed
as ne go. useu ~ thro,gh the frst inning,
up ana cah'ereu ,,,,,hout takinp his
scoring hfty-nine runs ousor,, 90 ,seen
feet on the moor. H .Ies',.,. n,rIiards
the feet on the moor wniie plaS,ns
In that way II IS similar " M ,,,
Anyway, Willie scored heaVily III ,"e III,
tial stanza and there was craIlins VI neSns .sns
as the victim appeared IL was none othes
than Chick Wright' paiN-ne ,J,n d,an,t
the Pacinc coaso-tne aras ,t,h cor-
pIay-and he started out, hlled win con-
ndence, the balls scattered ana only nity
nine points to the bad. a conoltloil Like INA, s
Is enough TO inspire any oiie, Gnu -. =. 49,
a. much inspiration as guy apHu' u,,o ~ 20
pushed on the briose. ne haa s.'. m othe,
however, and after making o,lnSs ''o ,u,th
shot which didn't gamer ne iii, 20
% couple OF o'hers anu soS '"e
gether. ,,-,-, 49,, -, ,,r,u ho
Tnen ne pesah 80 SSonIded that was
rsaeheu '"eh's' '. IT, ,oya INV 70
enough tor t,,,, one lnl,'s a,,,dent,S was called
noppe' uut IL roade n brace-mean-
before his turn. ne naue NV retirsd 70 the
ing Wntn,.t thar came TO hat and
Noehnes r,,ns on ono dif1cult shot and
soo'eu ... orS gaya bis nlace in the spot
SsS, 70 white the champ.
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New Stuff Goes Big
yr,,e had been thinking over some new
stun IN sprinp on the populace and 1t went
his. He walloped the first one on the nose
sna si coun.ea nt,x s'n,u hu, frmiy and again came
he cheers. He passed ten. twenty, thirty,
forty and the others until he reached sew
snty, and he seemed as fresh as ever Sew
/ snty points is hard work, especially IL they
are made consecutively. We never tried
II, but those who SAID they have gone
ahpa,, n ordeal
strain.
But Willie was as cool as the proverpiai
telephone operator VINO tries haro 10 ger
the right NUMBER out the wrohs eAcnanse,
He acted as II seventy poihts were iIo.nilis
IN MS young iile, anu hept on nans A' .,,n
q II nothing haa nappeneu he rts pase' a,, .,u
n mark, and had wnat tne eXpe,ts cail
an easy shot racing hih INC pahs were
only rev feet apart anu al he nau " w
was to draw the cue pali pack. AS noppe
vas trying 10 nahe 'his ., oinon sno' n,s
ioot snppeu' OF ms cue, y, Soes, au
ee nvveu. "oaie i'0i'' 'i0 -
NJ Wrlsnt
MT WrishI Iaeeu lie auuiem aL e.. 'au
more inspi iIa.ion ,,,a zoo ~ % ua US a.,
the score was o,,iS 90 ~, ,,,,., hoth
he ni'no,, oxiaa Nc ,aath ha ,,.de q
,,s.., u,,,,. 80 atr,cr nm, with The hases
Hw -. oorn,oa out h,, M patar
M .S.i une III, .iH ,,,,orn raferse hui M peter.
III so' s,S S Nc, count ton He didn't count
~ al 7, wasn't necessary,
Mr.. Wright Gets Ia
WIFI. scored eieht runs in the next
ch,ntar m,ssInp dificuIt carom. Mr..
Wrirht was right (bum toke) and came
rirbt hack with a count of IA before he
slipped up on what the guy next to us
cailed n dificult carom draw shot-what-
.v.- thot 10 nnt tho hto stuff ,yaa 20
;N,,rw ever mat Is But the DIE stun was TO
The fifth inning dawned in a beautiful
Nase of thick. fragrant mixed smoke. Mr..
Hopne rubbed his ewes and gazed through
ths haze He rroned his way through the
for Sonnd tho hiIi,a rd tab,a and nrocsedoa
~ onerste Az ,n Tho nrsvio,,s hig ,nn,ne
whsn ha narathonad ~ WHITES s1no yrosJ
Va. yTordsrfu, 20 haho,d .Ua nicLed the
ivor,.. sron, .,,sr,, nos,,,or ohonsaa 80,
ths r,.ht go ,as, b.pd ,v,th tha eas. and
e.un - ~ 80
40 ne-saa.,'' - ese, 's.ssa s, .a
~ por,ee.V soou poihts auueu 70 ms t0'aI'
ne ~. MS sishais ih,Aeu on .he next shot.
however as tne cue pail TOOK an outshoot
instead OF an inshoot. ana ne missed by
couple Of hairs Willie must be more care
ful In the future. .,.
II was Chick Wright's turn at bat. The