The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-09
HOPPE STILL KING
OF BILLIARDISTS
Defeats Cochran 400 to IA
and Schaefer 400 to 81
in One Day.
MAKES RUN OF 239
Averages 40 in Afternoon and
so in Evening Game Of
1872 Tourney.
MAKES RUN OF 23s
ny WILLIAM b. HANNA.


through the tournament with four VIC
tories and no defeats. Yesterday after
noon he defeated Jake Schaefer. 400 to
s.. Last night he ran away from
Welker Cochran and won, 400 to la.
In the afternoon Hoppe festooned the
emerald acreage with a run Of 239 and
an average of 40. In the evening he
averaged so, the best of the tournament
Cochran and Schaefer each won one
game and lost three Slight cracks APP
peared In the balls again in the even
lngs play but didn't seem to crack
Hopes game to any appreciable extent.
Hoppe Opens In Fine stroke.
Hoppe opened the evening with a pro-
life and orderly inning of 88. The
caroms came fluently and his stroke was
nicely geared for good billiards. One OF
the best shots Of the getaway galaxy
was of three cushions when the balls
scattered with the twenty-fifth carom.
The cue ball took an upper corner COM
ing from the other end. came up from
behind and took the second ball in the
rear and drove IL up to good position.
A dextrous shot of the next inning
was draw and drive in which the re-
turning cue DuIl SIueSWlDcu lIe Teu OH
the right side to roll II into the best
of position. A masse from off the rail-
shot fifty-three of the run--was the next
feature effort, and in the following few
counts the balls changed ends of the
table. In transit came cushion caroms
OF beauty and vivacity. and then, behold.
the young genius swept the balls back
TO the foot of the table Followed a
spell of OPEN table and wide play be-
ID II
munion. The Tooth shot was q draw and
drive off the side rail. Trying a bank
70 count from freeze. he missed the
10Gth shot, but with 1913 points for his
first two innings was in a comfortable
position. Cochran's total for the same
period was twenty-five. A mean lineup
stopped him each time.
The third inning Melted "a for Hoppe
Ia great pace. Next to the last shot a
marplot kiss aligned the balls. He
counted with a difficult cross-table shot.
but the frolicsome globes went skyhoot-
ing to remote localities and left a shot
around the table which he missed The
balls broke extraordinarily badly for
Cochran, who slugged out lot of ha-d
cushion shots IN his fourth inning. but
got into that mess by playing the
wrong shot when he had the balls in
a cosey corner He ran 90 in the fifth.
but one of his troubles was a cue ball
many times too far from the others to
be good billiards. &
Hoppe never regained the smooth ef-
fectiveness OF his early innings but he
went along well nevertheless and ended
II in his eighth inning. He touched off
several flashing masses. The score:
Hoppe--ss. 1o5. "a, 1, IS. &C ., %. Total.
100. Average. 90 High runs, lo', %. S.,
Average. 20 Al. High runs, ~. 30. Il
Intermediates ePterson.
Hoppe Roll. Up gao. --
In the afternoon game Hoppe in the
fifth inning disspated whatever doubt
there may have been as to the winner.
lie ran 23s. considerably short of his
record run of eos, but nevertheless a
dazzling exposition of billiards of the
highest hnesse and artistry. Five in
nings later he tapped the orbs for his
4o0th point and gave Schaefer the one
sided beating of 400 TO "a. The cham
ulon made the ample average OF 40
The balls had been humping and balky
for both players when Hoppe went to
the table in the fifth inning, and he had
to cuff them at long range several times
before he raped them into position. He
projected them here and there spritedly
n few times. then had them enticed into
"a more uOClie OnCe ne ndQ tnem
reduced to his way of thinking he went
along spiritedly with run which not
only was huge in extent but a COM
prehensive display of his supreme craft,
due In the most part. however, to the
wide nurse, the method Hoppe fancies
greatly on the theory that II keeps his
stroke free and rhythmic and his arm
from firing.
At intervals the balls separated a bit.
but not to the extent OF getting out of
hand. They didn't settle into n position
where II looked as II ne were through.
and there was minimum OF thin land
ing on the second object ball. So well
was he playing-yet Referee Peterson
says he has played better-that he held
the balls in control. although at the
same time landing on the second ball
full enough to make sure of his count.
The driving was accurate and with
little pause In the tempo Of the run.
Most OF the counting was done at the
lower end of the table. The smoothest
stretch Of billiards was from the s1st
10 the 10th point. A hard masse came
as depression and later kiss in
which the first ball's brisk contact
forced the second across the path OF the
object ball.
Finish of an Art study.
Kubelik is no greater virtuoso with
the bow than was Hoppe with the cue
during this run. and nobody ever played
upon Ivory keys or catgut strings with
moro feeling. The artist was at work
and he was en- rapport. Art for arts
salte, IL ever there was such a thing
All the care and skill of his unrivalied
che was Iavished on the FURNISHED
bulbs, and not until the 2sSth shot did
they really 20 astray. He had lineup
then and. trying to hold them. played
. cross table three cushion with twist.
He couldn't quite swing them.
Hoppe went out with run OF 70,
which for delicate, firm clicking was
better cueing than his big run. Contact
was as soft as tired eyeiids on tired
eyes as the fascinated balls lightly
ecrolled patterns across the cloth on the
lower cross balkline. In and out OF the
lower spaces and Off the lower rail. On
the whole playing In afternoon, some
thing else than evening, clothes seemed
to agree with While. The score:
Hoppe. Z, .. 8, 2ae. 10, 80, o. 2. ".
Total; 400. Average. 40. High runs. $50,
echaefcr-f4,- o. I, o, "a, q, 4, % Total
Average, o. High runs. "a. IL. S.
Hsferee-Charles Peterson.