The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-08
SIX OF WORLDS
LEADING BILLIARD
SHARKS TO MEET

CHICAGO, Nov Six OF the
worlds leading 1872 bslkline billiard
players, representing three nations.
will compete in the first international
championship tournament staged in
sixteen years this week whcr
Willie Hoppe, the present title holder,
will defend his title here in tourne-
ment continuing for eight days.
The contestants will be Hoppe, the
champion; Edcuard Horemans the
Belgian Roger Cont, the French
champion; welker Cochran, Young
Jake Schaeffer, son Of the famous
wizard: ORC Morningstar and George
sutton
Total purses aggresating $3.50
have been offered as prizes. OF this
amount $4,000 will be awarded the
winner To the runnor-up, $500 will
be givel, and prizes OF 1000, $3.50,
and $3.50 will be awarded those fin
shing tiird, fourth and fifth.
/ Games in the tournament will con.
sist OF 400 points each unless in the
event OF tie for first place in which
case 800 points will be played 20
determine the winner. Three matches
a day will be the program until a
round robin in which each OF the
players meets every other player is
finished.
The six who will play for Willie
Hopes crown have been selected by
a tournament committee after a
thorough study OF the record OF the
many entrants in tournament and
exhibition play oven long period OF
years. Four OF the players are
Americans. Two o, them, Welkeg
Cochran and Jake Schacfer, are
youngsters who have held their places
in the cue hall of fame since they
were in their teens.
Belgian Known Here.
Edouard Horemans, the Belgian con
tender, is well known to the .Amerl
can public since his exhibition tour
OF the states last yNr. He enjoy:
the faculty OF OCCASIONALLY turning
a 400 point game in one inning ant
has a series II high runs which
compare favorably with the best eve'
made in the 1872 game.
Roger Cont is the dark horse O.
the tournament. He IS making hi
first trip TO America and has bcei
until recently practising entirely u
private. He irls record Tor playinI
which in France attracted such nj
tention that finally his fame rcache'
this country and won him place u
this tourney
Nt A
I higher tables than are used IN Ame'
lea while the balls used in Franc
are one-siyteenth OF an inch create
In diameter than those employed 4
' official tournaments here. His marks
e playing under French conditions, ar
q comparable To those made by TN
, famous Maurice Nignaur. the Per
E sian from whom Willie Hoppe wres
: ed the title In 1905.
i One three occasions Cochrane la
& come within an ace OF capturing hor
ors from Hoppe. During the Jas
k year he has shown so much In
$ provcment that he is looked upon q
= one OF the leading eontendcrs.
s Hoppe a Fan fAverite.
Cochrane has victories over hor'
, mans, Schaefcr and Morninsstar
his credit In Detroit he took
$500 point match from Horemans
= lead OF % points. foreman TOO
! the second game OF $500 points b
T. IS. point lead. coohrnne look
e. $500 point match from Schaefer b
IL more than 500 points In New for
% he led $50 points out VI ?soo and
Brooklyn he won 1900 point gan
y by 100 markers The only match
% lost to schaetcr was IN Chicago whei
q IN. latter led iso points 10 an ! 81
g no,nt match. HIS records In to'
d with Morninsstar shows even src"u
" possibilities,
10 Hoppe Is tavorite with many
~ the fans. probably because they VI
I'd familiar with h,s playing throus
sixteen Years OF exhibition tours
In which hc has made neatly evers to~
Is IN the country.
n Cochrane. Schsefer and Cont Al
- still in their early tvcntics. Hor
10 mans Is a year Younger than Hopp
who Is %