The sun., 1919-02-02
HOPPE ACCUSED OF
AVOIDING MATCH
Cochran Declares His Backers
Posted $500 to Bind
Title Contest.
SCHAEFER SUSTAINS HIM
Youngster Appears to Have
Overlooked Productive
Line Nurse.
sCHAEFER susTAINs HIM

Jake Schsefer and welker Cochran,
who are engaged in q holly contested
series Of 1872 matches with the object OF
eettlng the question OF supremacy be-
tween them. do not believe that Hoppe
has any intention OF entering tourna-
-rent with them. These noted young
rlsyers had Just finished n block OF their
match at National Recreation. Brooklyn,
when they we're asked X they would take
Part in a championship tournament X
Il could be arranged.
ct would be willing TO play Hoppe
either in a match or tournament" re-
rl!ed Schseter, but I do not believe
Hoppe will do either. So far as I an,
concerned I have been ready for some
time past TO meet Hoppe. but he side
stepped. and do not see why l should
dance attendance on him any longer.
He has kept Cochran and me waiting for
q long time. now let him wait"
Cochran subscribed TO the opinion ex-
dressed by Schaefer. and added
1T has been asserted in behalf OF
Hoppe that could not get the side bet
y, $4,000 demanded by Hoppe as the
chief condition for a match. That IL
no. so. Friends OF mine in Detroit
posted the money for me and notified
Hoppe TO that effect. but he never let
on that he know OF IL. He and his man
aser continued to tell Of the necessity
~ a large side bet for q match. but the
money Of my packers lay in responsible
hands til it got rusty and still not
whisper from Hoppe.
Not Afraid of Hoppe.
Some people think Schaeter and are
afraid OF Hoppe. I don't know any rea-
son why we should fear him. We aver
age as we'll IL not better than he and
We make as large II not larger runs than
he does Perhaps we don't look quite so
important when we play.
II take notice that while Hoppe con-
,nues to bill himself as the ls.2 cham
zion he refuses to defend the title that
re claims. He would be in better taste
Il he RETAINED from calling himself the
champion. Schaefer and are now
booked for long tour and We do not
feel that we should be asked TO cancel
Il on Hopes account The public gets
= run for It's money when patroniz!rg
our games, for they see real contest.
Hoppe seems to rely on his past reputa-
ton to draw and plays purely exhibition
Eames, while a hgurehead sits In chair
and watches him"
Demand for Title Tourney.
Despite the fact OF all the leading
Willard players now being "on tour" and
the announcement by the Brunswick
Bake Collender Company that Il would
rot be possible to arrange n champion
ship tournament till next autumn there
y a demand on the part Of the patrons
~ the game for tournament next
spring The argument is advanced that
me players who have been so Gener-
ously treated by the public should re
spond BY engaging in tournament ara
establishing the championship that
'apsed when Hoppe became the owner OF
me 1872 emblem.
The plea that the experts arr N'aNrS
I'll over the country and thus giving the
rnbIic q chance TO witness their skill Is
-ot accepted. The retort Is made that
-urely exhibition work does not satisfy
those who are willing 10 pay TO see the
ablest performers in genuine tests OF
kill. Hoppe for several years has toured
me country playing matches" with men
re can easily defeat II his opponent oo-
rasionally won a game II was due to
cc!dent.
Plan an orEapis. ton.
Prominent room keepers are discussing
plan for the organization OF AL asso
eiation TO supplant the Brunswick com
many In the government OF championship
-ontests II such an association u
.ormed one rule would be 10 the ets
hat the winner Of a championship mus
d.fend his title for period OF t"c
Years for a side bet OF S2So and II the
sublen still is In his possession az thf
end Of two years II Is mandatory or
the donors to arrange q tournament anc
establish the championship without de
iay.
Thus IL would be Impossible FOR thu
holder Of trophy emblematic OF ? cham
rionsh!p that had lapsed to travel abou
'hs country and pose as champion fol
he benefit OF the box once.
Weak on Line Nurse.
Those who study the remarkable aver
sses OF Schaefer and Cochran and theI
watch their play are puzzled TO accoun
'or the figures. It ia true that in posi-
ion play, masse and draw execution
-ushion shots and nearly ell the techni
caities OF the game tho youngsters hav'
. superiors and few equals. But II
one respect these players do not meas
IRE up 20 the stands rds of Ives. the eide
S1hae,er. Sutton and Morningstar. TIL
exception Is In the line nurse Jak
schaefsr. Jr.. made +2s points In tel
innings a few days ago for an average
- ~ e-io, and his total included run
Of lis. 1875 and 81. Yet not fifty o
he total points were made through
nursing on the line
A. t!mee he 60. the balls on the lin'
and began TO nurse them IN the ortho
tox manner, but ne failed TO keep then
there The came is true Of Cochran
Y., each OF these players keeps tn
halls close together. driving for posi-
tor With utter fearlessness whel
necessary. and continue TO pile up tn
points IN an astonishing manner. ]
may b. tnat Schaefer and Cochran hav
pUrposely omitted that feature Of pla:
While pertectins themselves In other a.
rec'ions
Nevertheless this defect Is Quickl
noticeable to those who were wontN 3
watch the peerless Ives as he got tn
xhiect balls astride the line and with
'sathery stroke clicked off the points a
he gently waited the worries from on
srd OF the table and back again. A
OCCASIONAL velvety drive of one OF tn
object balls TO the nearest cushion an
- return TO it's mate was the only In
'srruption noted. Schaefer and suLto
were also expert In this particular. an
Hoppe by no means 10 deficient. How
ever, as averages speak most convinc
hg'y for themselves. perhaps the yount
s's-s are justified in their methods.
Possibly there IL similarity betwee