New-York tribune., 1919-10-23
Wizards Son
And Hoppe Win
In Five Innings
Schaefer Clicks OFF String
of l55 Against Yamada;
Champion Beats Sutton

Displaying the best performance to
date is the national 1872 balkline cham
plonship tournament at the Hotel
Astor, young Jake Schaefer, son of the
late "Wizard," defeated Koji Yamada,
OF Japan, yesterday afternoon, 400 to
81, running out with an unfinished
string OF in the fifth frame. In the
morning Ora Morningstar defeated
George Slosson, 400 to 20, and in the
first afternoon game George Sutton
humbled Welker Cochran by 400 to 62.
IN the only night game to be con-
tested Willie Hoppe defeated Sutton in
a five-innng game for his third victory.
points, while his opponent collected
Schaefer's exhibition surpassed even
Willie Hopes performances against
Cochran and Yamada, whom he de-
feated in nine and eight innings re-
spectively. Not only did Schaefer dis
pose Of his rival in record time, but
he set new high run and high aver
age record for the first event. He
cncked off 1855 carous in his second time
at the table. Hoppe. before this had
made the highest run of 1t9 and also
the highest average OF so. Young
high average was 20 1919
Schaefer's high average Of so set the
record for the tourney. but this mari,
was eGualed a few hours later by
Hoppe, who also ran out his string in
five frames. The worlds high average
record of 100 was made by George SUIT
ton in a match against Hoppe in 1907.
At no time during the match did
the Japanese have a chance with
Schaefer. Besides his high run Of 1856
in the second frame, Schaefer also
gathered a cluster of 14S in the fourth
inning.
Schaefer earned the bank, and before
Yamada took his turn at the table
Young Jake had run off a string of SO.
Yam da seemed rathe: nervous and
missed on long SCOT. he easily
made in his match With Hoppe
the night before. Atter Schncfer had
amassed the best string Of he tourna-
ment-155--in the second inning
lnmada again failed to score Young
Jake, on his third try. was content
with six points, but Yamada, for the
third time missed on his first shot.
In the fourth frame Schaefer ran d
string which netted him lbs points
On his 149th shot, Jake tried a difficult
cushion shot, but missed the second
object ball by an inch. Yamada, in his
last turn with the cue, gathered So
points, his only scoring in the match.
Schaefer ended the match III the fifth
r'me, when he ran out with an un-
finished string of eight.
xThe scores;
schaefer-sa: l55. c, Jas. 8. rotalnaoO
: 5ameda--o Q. o. 81, Total 81. Aver
age 20i2
Both Hoppe and Sutton displayed an
exceptional brand of billiards in the
night match. Each had two strings
running into three figures, but while
Sutton's pair of uninterrupted long
runs was better than those shown by
Hoppe they availed him little, as he
came through too late. Hoppe ran out
with an unfinished cluster of 81.
Sutton gained the bank. but gath
cred only twenty-seven points in the
first three innings, four of them in the
second and third sessions. Hoppe
meanwhile was collecting 209 buttons,
despite the fact that he made only one
point in the third period His fourth
turn added 100 points, and his final
effort netted him the necessary 81.
Sutton, after his poor start, ran off
158 points in the fourth inning and
1913 in the fifth.
The scores:
Hoppe--S9 1le. /. 100. 81. Total-4oo.
High runs-lls, 100, 81 Average so.
High runs-%i48, l9a, 49, Average~@5s S 50.
After making an impressive showing
Tuesday. Cochran, the youngest player
in the tournament, fell down heavily
on his game in the first afternoon
match yesterday, and was given Il
sound trouncing by the veteran Sut-
ton, who disposed Of the boy Wonder"
| in ten innings. 1t was Cochran's sec
ond defeat, and during the match he