The evening world., 1919-10-27
EVENING WORLDS !
own SPORT HISTORY ,

Willie Hoppe so conclusively proved
himself a champion OF champions win
Tournament at the Hotel Astor as to
discourage his opponents from going on
tour with him as had originally been
planned. HoppSs showing against .,nS
at 400 to 2ll was a masterpiece with
the youthful wizard always trailing
For his part in the tournament Hoppe
received the champions purse OF S2,5O0,
the salary Of $4,000 and some lncldentals
which viii bring 1t up to about $40, 900.
His share OF the tour receipts Is estl-
mated at at least $4,000, which indi-
Gates that a billiard education is not
gentlemen have supposed 1t to be.
A tie game at one goal all resulted
from the meeting In the Metropolitan
League between the Rangers and Tyr
connell Celts at the Parade Grounds In
Brooklyn. Benzenberg Of the Rangers
scored in the first period and Hoyle
OF the Celts equalled in the second.
The Robins Dry Dock soccer team
defeated the Erie A. A. OF Newark in
the National League championsh ps by
a score OF goals to | at Todd Field
! the lead in the competition.
At the annual fau meeting OF the In
tercollegiate Swimming Association.
held in Earl Hail, Columbia University.
yesterday, 1t was decided to resume this
season the customary round robin tour
nament for the team championship OF
the association, abandoned last year
owing to the unsettled conditions
brought about by the war Yale,
| Princeton, Pennsylvania, Columbia and
| city College will compete for the title
In series Of dual meets, In which each
team will face every other twice. once
in the home pool and once In the rival s.
The individual intercollegiate champion
ships will take place at a separate earn
val to be held in the Carnegie pool al
New Haven on March 20. Two more
universities wefe admitted to associate
membership yesterday, the Naval Acad-
emy OF Annapolis and Harvard. Thii
form Of membership entities them tC
enter candidates for the individua
championships, but not TO take part II
the team tournament.
Led by stars Of the courts who have
held national titles. the team of tn,
New York Tennis Club won the cham
pionsh p series Of the Metropolitan AS
! sociation. In the final matches OF tn,
tournament that has been held on tn
courts OF the Montclair Athletic Clul
dur ng the past month, the New forl
players defeated the men representing
tn Universi ~ Heights Club. The latte
team won The championship last season
1t was beaten six matches to three.
John Murray, a seventeen yea -olt
| boy Of the Harbrook Heights Athleti
. Club. led his field all the way in tn
, weekly handicap run OF the Harle1
and Heights Athletic LeaRlie over hi
, clubs course In the Bronx. Murra
had the limit allowance Of five minute
: and covered the distance In the goo
, time OF 27 minutes So seconds.
LONDON, Oct. 27.-The Internationt
D soccer games were resumed Saturday a
{ Belfast, where Ireland tied with Eng
a land, / to /. This was the first repre-
sentative game played since 1914
Bessie Baron, Gene Carpenters speed
way trott ng champion. sustained he
| first defeat OF the fall season in IN
third weekly matinee OF the Roa
Drivers Association on the Harlel
o | Speedway. The Carpenter mare, CON
peting in the first brush OF the after
{" noon, had her colors lowered by j.
h Morriss bay mare. Grace Worthy, whic
n trotted to a Straight-heat victory owe
t three rivals, including Bessie Baron.
e Charles IL Tutue, an attorney for III
d New York American League Club In III
4 Ban Johnson Mays case, sees bette
times for all concerned in the America
,r League, now that the injunction againl
Is the Gear of the league has been mao
l. permanent by justice Wagner. Mr.. Tu
n tie evinces more than a professional d,
p light In the fact that the case was We
ID for his clients, and he believes that Il
g Junior major league can make mo
10 rapid progress with Johnson's han,
n bound.