New-York tribune., 1919-10-25
Youngster
Off 265; Hoppe
Clinches Title
Defeat of Jake Schaefer bv
Cochran Decides Balkline
Championship Tourney

Welker Cochran, the BOY Wonder
and youngest player in the national
lo.2 balkline championship tournament
at the Hotel Astor, yesterday estab-
ilshed a worlds record in title compe-
ttlon, by making a run Of 265 points
IN n, ms match with George Slosson
The Student" The Detroit boy won
from Slosson in eleven innings. bv A00
TO lit.
Cochran might have made more
caroms g; had he needed them, for he had
the balls in good position as he ran off
the 265th shot for his 40Oth point He
mastered the balls we'll and rave q
wonderful exhibition of close balkline
nursing. Welker's other high runs
were 90, AZ and IL. His average for
the match was only 40, as he played
poorly IN the early stages.
on Thursday Cochran ran a string
OF OF 100 caroms, setting the record for
ene tournament Willie Hoppe, in the
n1gnl match' came within one point of
eqna4ing the youngsters feat.
The former record in championship
competition was held by Maurice
v,llgnaux, who, in Paris, in 1883. ran an
on string of GAG in q 6O0-point
match, George B. Sutton. who is a
rontessant u IN the present tournament,
ran or cluster Of 234 in Madison
square Garden in 1906, and Willie
hoppe is credited with run Of 30S,
maze IN this city several wears ago
ana oVf, made in tournament in Chi,
caso ~ lSO6. But these runs were not
a;.; aa;S.I;onp'shed in championship compe.
~ ~.saGl'S. hoppe also made run of 233
ago. 0'"Ao seaf 3
The defeat Of Young Jake Schaefer
oy Cochran last night, 400 to 257' vir-
WHY WHY Gnced the tournament, so far as
VIE hcpple is concerned The cham
pson cannot lose the lead, regard ess
o. lhe outcome Of his match with Schae1
ler eo-nlght, as Hoppe has a clean slate
OF nve victories, while his closest rivals
have lost two games each.
A1oppe' the evergreen cue chamnion
etSotea ms NTH consecutive victorv in
.ne iate afternoon match yesterday
u u nen ne defeated Slosson, 400 to 1873.
a.oppe mas yet to lose match. In the
a. tba'y aiternoon contest Koji Yamada,
.ne we Japanese expert who was beaten
tnree times in succession after win.
li'hg ms opening match, registered a
C'ose :, victory over the veteran GEORGE
Sutton, 400 to 1856 oeoise
Nochran Staroed off poorly against
Siosson. He earned the hank ano
missed on his first shot, but left the
Oasls IN such position that il was ;no-
possible for Slosson to score. In The
second frame Cochran clicked of
WE'VE caroms before missing. Slosson
'cofea Two points in his turn.
Misses an Easy Shot
IN the next frame Cochran improved
,H 1I ms FORM and mastered the cue we'll
lie controlled the worries in nasterlv
style, but after counting fortv-eirht
on what appeared like an essv
cushlon shot. In the next few inninos
ne made only one good run - S5
IN ~ 'ne seventh period He scored I
=, IN his following turns at the table
ana then came his record breaking az
conplishment.
Slosson left the balls closely bunched
ror the boy Wonder" They we're az
ranged to Cochran's liking. and he
proved that he was equal to the oppor-
lunlty, tor his touch was light and
sure as he began close line nurse at
the foot of the table.
tie gently tapped the balls for count
after count along the end rail. emnlov-
ln]; an occasional draw and masse. He
played safely and did rot attempt a
single shot unless he was sure the cue
pail would hit both the red and white
worries.
1t was not until the 1880 carom that
cochran made use Of dead ball drive
the length Of the table Here he was
IN doubtful position for a time, as
the balls did not come back to the exact
position he had figured on He .ooked
around the table for a few seconds in
an endcavor to solve some problems as
TO position mannuvrlng, as the balls
we're inclined to separate.
Cochran-then attempted a shot and lust
barely pulled through with it. He then
found it impossib to keep the worries
together until the 200th shot. After
this, he held them close under control
lntil he clicked off 233 caroms, when
here was another break, which his re-
use Of the cue quickly over
,ame.
From that point to the completion Of
.he match Cochran held the balls we'll
punched on the short line He con-
inued to tap the balls lightly and after
zach shot the balls moved little more
han a fraction of an inch. His 265th
shot was of the close variety and he
vas in a position to add to his score,
out the match was at an end.
The scores:
c5 lunrnished>. Total. 400. High runs,
slosson--O. ?, "a, il. 22, !. l. ss. 5. 5.
Total. ~. High runs, 43. 23. 22. Aver /
ge. II 7-to.
Yamada, the only foreign entrant in
he tournament, won his second match |
" defeating Sutton in the first after
loon match. The Jap had two runs
nat went into three figures. In the
sixteenth frame he clicked off string
# 105 carroms, and fol owed this with !,
! run of 115. He ran out with an un-
inished string of s.
Sutton played we'll, and but for a
ew breaks would have beaten the
Oriental. The Chicagoan took the lead
IT the start and held it until Yamada
tarted on his two big runs.
The scores:
Yamada-ll 4. ~. ?. .. 81. 2. "A. 3, 1, !
10, o. |. ), los. ll5, g. 2. s. Total. zoo. !
Ugh runs, ll5. 1o4. A. Average 20
:, 3, S, A. 81. 2. l. 8, is. Total. $50. :
llgh runs. 81 So. II. Average, IS 1919 /
Hoppe, representing New York, de- t
eated SlosSOn in nine innincs Tho |