The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-09
WIZARDS OF CUE
AGAIN TO CLASH
Two Europeans and Three
Americans to Try for
Hopes Laurels

CHICAGO, Nov. Six of the
worlds leading 1872 balkline billiard
players, representing three nations,
~Ill compete in the first interna-
tional championship tournament
staged In 16 years week from
today when Willie Hoppe, the
present title holder. will defend his
title here in tournament continu-
ing for eight days.
The contestants will be Hoppe.
the champion, Edouard Horemans,
tho Belgian; Roger Cont, the
French champion; Welker Cochran:
Young Jake Schaefer, son Of the
famous wizard; ora Morningstar
and George sutton.
Total purses aggregating ye.750
have been orrered as prizes. OF this
amount $4,000 will be awarded the
winner. To the runner-up, $500
Will be given, and prizes OF $1,000,
$3.50 and $3.50 will be awarded those
finishing third, fourth and fifth.
Games in the tournament will
consist of 400 points each unless
in the event OF tie for first place
In which case 500 points will be
D
Three matches a day will be the
program until 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 tournament committee after a
thorough study OF the record OF the
many entrants IN tournament and
exhibition plav over n long period
Of years. Four OF the players are
Americans who have held tnelr
places in the cue han OF fame since
| they were in their teens.
Edourad Horemans, the Belgian
contender. Is well known to the
Anne erican public since his exhibition
tour of the states last year He en-
| Joys the faculty of occasionally
turning a 400 point game In one
| inning and has series OF high runs
| which compare favorably with tho
| best ever made In the 1872 game,
Roger Cont is the dark horse OF
! the tournament. He Is making his
! first trip to America and has been
until recently practicing entirely In
private. He has q record for play
ing which in France attracted such
attention that finally his fame
reached this country and won him
a place in this tourney.
Like Horemans, Cont played on
| higher tables than are used In
| America while the balls used m
| France are one-siXteenth of an inch
greater In diameter than those en-
ployed In official tournaments here
His marks. playing under Frencr
conditions, are comparable TO thos,
made by the famous Maurice Wig
uauX, the Partisan from whom
Willie Hoppe wrested the title II
1906
On three occasions Cochrane hai
come within an ace of capturing
honors from Hoppe. During the Las
year he has shown so much i'm
provement that he Is looked upoT
as one Of leading contenders.
Cochrane's Record.
Cochrane has victories over Hore
mans, Schaefer ana Morningstar t
his credit. In Detroit he took
5000 point match from foreman
by a lead of 95 pc~ats, Horeman
took the second game of 4,SO
points by a lS4 point lead, Coch
rane took a 5000 point match frog
Schaefer by more than 500 points
In New York ne led 35O points ou
of 2,400 and in Brooklyn he won
1900 point game by 100 markers
The only match he lost TO Schaefe
was In Chicago where the latter le
1870 points In an l.So0 point matcf
: His records in tour with Morning
| star show even greater possibilities
| Hoppe is a fayorite with many O
| the fans, probably because they ar
familiar with his playing thrOug
sixteen years Of exhibition tours /
| which he has made nearly ever
! town in the cOfhfy.