The evening world., 1919-10-24
Schdefer Beats SLOSsOn,
But His Work at Table
DisdppOints Billiard Fans
Morningstar Slumps in His
Work Too, Having a Hard
Time Defeating Sutton, A.
though Later He Loses to
Hoppe.

XToUNG JAKE SCHAEFER gave
Ks 81 #nfionkl rs ballx line cham
pionshp q onfnament that caused
many ~ fsliapect he had carelessly
mislaid hts wizards cue yesterday.
True, by slow stages and after many
efforts that completely failed to
tally withJhis' previous performance OF
establishing an average Of ~, he de-
feated the veteran George +. Slosson
on the table at the Hotel As.or. The
score was 400 to 2si. Schaeters aver
age dwinG.ing to 20 while his best run
was l01.
In much the same character OF uneven
cue manipulation. ora Morningstar out
played the other veteran among the
seven contestants for the balk line
crown. George B. sutton. by score OF
400 points to lSl. In several Of his
innings Morningstar was successful in
compiling the caroms by his most dell
cate and systematic line nursing. None
OF these efforts reached 10 any great
or bewildering proportions, as the pest
were 70. 20 and 80. lie did not appear
able to hold TO sustained effort. and for
that matter neither did sutton. AS a
result the winning average was oniy
Relatively the interest for the fourth
1 day OF the tournament centred upon
the youthful Schaeter: HIS hve,lnnlnE
/ ma asterpiece against Kojl Yamada was
! accepted as demonstrating that he had
| at last found his stroke, with the result
/ that the billiard fans turned out 70 Wit
| ness what they vainly hoped would be a
| record breaking session at the table.
| They were doomed to disappointment.
In the opening innings Schaefer trailed
siosson. chiefly by counting on
spirited caroms. moved along in front
helped by e flns pi9Get prtn OF cue Sf, T2fS s,2tS
that Suuer 20 ixtys a. rvs seyenfb " Hcarom OF
this cluster was lucky Kiss, the red
i sending the cue ball to the second
thai caused the crowd to laugh, 49,.
Morningstar's victory, over ,Suttor
was remarkable for the number OF
draw shots that he played one O.
his fourth turn at the table. was
continuation OF draw shots. the Ipos
phenomenal being a draw to the cushion
that swung the cue ball around cornel
so as 10 overcome "A lineup. Later OF
I In the contest Morningstar brought OF
| a long follow. crowding the ball TO th'
side rail in order to avoid po3,sIloI ,Is
both Morningstar and Sutton counte'
on round the table shots OF sever
l In the last OF the matinee matche
Welker Cochran got off to a long lea
over Koji Yamada, the Japanese o
putting together runs OF 100, the hls
. record run OF the tournament, ana iol
The frst was brilliant piece OF lin
nursing finally terminated by fault
shot TO the rail. The second was NOR
, open and varied as Cochran led ~
ball up and down the table to hnall
Q miss on an easy follow. Cochran WOE
!. 400 to 351.
n Yamada, after being 222 points be
4 hind, made "A brave finish. HIS clos
Billiards at the end were finely com
" piled and he nearly caught hs youn
rival. During this period Hamad
A worked out run OF 90 and backed II o
= his next turn with "a, zero and 49,
n Willie, Hoppe beat ora Morningsts
/ In the night match by the score of II
Al one stage Morningstar moved int
the lead by 20 points, by which h
turned into his third hundred point
That was enough TO spur the masterf'
q Hoppe to his highest degree OF caroI
skill. Stepping TO the table after hi
= rivals run of G., which ended by
I faulty shot OF a few inches to the cusr
Il ion, Hoppe put together cluster {
A l64, taking the lead and holding 1t to ii
Il Morningstar In tho following innln
Is made two sensational masSe shots. Or
- was a timid follow TO catch the red
. tho globes gllded along the short raj
y Tho next was free maSse Withol
It rest or bridge as the cue ball wa
D. tight 10 the cushion and he had 10 q
the effect OF the reboua5-