The Washington herald., 1921-02-28
ny ROBERT EDGREN.


1t begins to look as IL Willie
Hoppe is to have a real rival at last.
For years Hoppe has been the mir
acle man of the billiard table, out
chasing all rivals. Now comes
young Edouard Horemans. champion
Of Belgium. Marcus Daily says Hore-
mans il the greatest player he ever
clapped his eyes on. This is some
statement. coming from a veteran
who has seen little but billiards day
after day for the past forty years.
II anyone knows q billiard player
when he sees one It is Marcus Daily.
Like Babe Ruth, Lew Tender.
Johnny Wilson, and a number of
other champions or runners-up Of
these days, Horemans is a south
paw" He shoots with his left hand.
This Is no handicap to the young
Belgian, as anyone can see by
glancing at his record. Recently he
played a match at 1871 balkline and
ran 207 and 143. The best previous
record was made by Frank Ives
away back in 1897, and it was 40.
Horemans just about lives on a
billiard table. He has no other
amusements. He won't go to the
movies because the fiickering films
might injure his eyes. He doesn't
read books for the same reason.
About the only other major sport in
Belgium Is rowing, but he never
rowed a boat because he can't AFFORD
to stiffen his cue hand. He never
played baseball, football. hockey.
never boxed. never calloused his
mitts in a gymnasium.
Horemans' ambition is to meet
Willie Hoppe.
Willie says patronizingly that
he'll be delighted. as soon as he is
satisfied that the Belgian youngster
really knows the game.
TOO LONG A WAIT.
That 100000 stadium of the
Yankees, in the Bronx. a stone's
throw across the Harlem River from
the Polo Grounds. which will have a
seating capacity of $4,000, is going
to be the most popular sport arena
in America. The club officials are
planning to throw 1t open for foot
ball and other athletic sports a.
well as Tor baseball
Yea Bo! Wouldn't that be some
place for the Carpenter Dempsey
world championship bpout? Haven't
heard Tex Richard utter a sound
but Tex is bird who never chirps
until he has laid an egg. Anyhow.
Tex wouldn't care to hold that con-
test back two years until the big
stadium lis finished.
Pretty Nearly AmbIdextrcus.
Didn't know Jack Dempsey Is
left-handed, did you? Yep, Jack Is
another of those Babe Ruths. Nat
urally Jack uses his left hand for
everything but hitting right
handed punch. He bats a baseball
left handed. hits his hardest
punches and delivers most of his
knockouts with the left hand, and
would play golf left handed IL Billy
Rodenbach hadn't given him a set
OF right hand clubs. He can throw
baseball with either hand. He
writes right handed.
In all Of this Dempsey is like Jim
Jenries, the great champion of a
few years ago. Jeffries is naturally
left handed. He shoots left handed.
holds his trout rod in his left, and
fought. like Dempsey. in the Gus
tomary style, with left hand eS-
tended. But his left was his bes,
hitting hand. and he simply had II
out where he could use it.
It's mistake to have the bes,
hand, in boxing. held in reserve for
a finishing punch. The fighter who
can fight with his best hand ex-
tended has a great advantage, be-
cause a dozen blows are struck with
that hand for one with the hand