New-York tribune., 1919-10-22
Hoppe Victor
Over I anlada
In 8 Innings
Champion Leads by 400 to
l29; Schaefer, Jap and
Cochran Win Early Games
Standing Of the Players

William F. Hoppe, of New York, won
his second match last night in the 1872
balkline billiard championship tourna-
ment now in progress at the Hotel
Astor. Hoppe easily defeated Koji
famada, the Japanese star. 400 TO 1923,
in eight innings, gathering in high
average Of so. Hoppe the evening dis
posed of Walker Cochran, the boy won
der, in nine frames.
The New Yorker played in his title
form, and made several beautiful shots
he drawbacks he made were numer-
Gus In his third try at the table he
clicked off string Of 1873 carroms,
thereby taking the lead away from the
Japan representative. Hoppe ran out
with a string of 115. his last twenty
The scores follow:
Hn0oppeu1Ss, vs., s. lsS /. 81; 7. H. us. Total
age. 60
y Yamsds--S. ~, 9. 6, 6. g. 81. 2s Total
Koji Yamada, representing Japan,
the only foreign entrant in the compe-
yesterday morning. He defeated George
F.. Slosson the Chicago veteran, by a
score of 400 to 268. In the afternoon
matches Welker Cochran exhibited an
exceptionally fine game in conQuering
Ora Morningstar by 400 to 1872, While
young Jake Schaefer BUNDLED George
B. Sutton by 400 to 265
Yamada handed Slosson bis second
defeat of the tournament Neither
| displayed his best game, as Slosson
failed to score in eight frames and
Yamada in seven. 1t took Yamada 20
innings to win. running out with 3.
famada made two high runs of 50,
one of Al and another of 40. Slosson's
best single effort was made in the
fifteenth frame, when he got cluster
Of "a caroms, the highest of the match
Yamada averaged l3 1929, and Slosson
8 7-20, which is the lowest in the tour
nament.
The scores:
3. a. : g i So r., : .. :; s. g. !: g. s; :
90. SO, Il. Average-l3 232s.
sosson--o, o, 3, 6,2. 2s, i, 2 3, :, I, Il.
J. s Total-24s High runs--7s, II. ~.
Averaee-J 7-29.
Cochran, who is the youngest player
in the tournament, scored over Morn
ingstar just as easily as Hoppe had
fore 1t took Cochran just nine frames
to defeat the conqueror OF young
Schaefer. Cochran ran out with an
unfinished string of n.
Morningstar, as in his match with
Schaofer Monday afternoon, started off
poorly. In the third frame, however,
the coast veteran ran off q string of
81, and it was thought he has finally
regained his form. But Cochran
blasted Morningstar's hope of victory
by gathering a cluster Of 105 caroms
in his turn at the table Morningstar
was unable to overcome the lead
The scores:
ssSa5a"4 Hsh 81 ransio 25 81 o. T. e q 2vsl u
Bge--44 40.
r5sss. MSrntnss'"o nisa s. Il g. s s Av.3
agc-lS 90.
schaefer had little difficulty in defeat
ing Sutton, as the latter was in poor
form and made few points in his early
innings. Then, after he got going, he
slipped back again, and in the latter
part Of the game experienced several
more scoreless innings
Schaefer, on the other hand, man
aged 10 corral several large runs IN
the early part of the match and OBJ
tanned Il big lead, which he held to
the end. A peculiar coincidence of the
match was that each player made his
high run in the thirteent mining Sut-
ton scored 1856 in this period and
Schaefer l16.
The scores:
schaefer.2o; o. ls. o. !. J., rs. 8, ss s. 9.
-, i1e. 4, 0. 40. 9, 2. 2s. a. Total--4oo-
High runs-l16. 40. &c. Average-2o.
suttoarl 30; Q. 2, 2; o., o. q !. .. az.
High runs-lss 90. %. Average-~ls $40.
Youn Jake Schaefer scored vic
tory over the veteran George Sutton,
400 to 265 in the ate afternoon match.
Schaefor won with an unfinished run
of Al in the twentieth frame. His high
run was 116. which he made in the thir-
teenth inning. Young Jake average 20.
Sutton's average was 13 1919.
The score follows:
&c. 5. 6. il. lis {. 0. 10. 0. ., a. d. Total
400 Average-2o.
George sutton. 30, O. q, 2. 8. 0. Q. ~.
%, 3. 1875, Q. Q. 0. II. l3, IL. To.al-2s5.
Average--l3 1918.