The New York herald., 1921-10-31


his fret inning, and another at Daly's.
where he made 400 from the spot. and
must concede he is capable of wonder
ful performances. Whether he can ac-
complish them I'm serious competitions
will be known when the tournament is
ended"
Hoppe In Top Form.
Hopes early practice was not en-
couraging, but in his recent exhibitions
at the Ambassador Academy he made a
run of 399. and one day in two sessions
made 524 points without having missed.
The last week at Pittsburgh he played
big billiards On two occasions he aver
aged 100. Reports from Chicago say
Cochran is playing sensational billiards.
He has run 1868 and scored averages or
100 and 200. Although Schaefer, playing
against McAndless at Musseys. Chicago.
week before last. ran 4SO, he is not d. ing
so uniformly well as he recently did here
and in Philadelphia. but is said to be
grand averaging so.
Persons who have been inclined to
minimize the ability of young Cont
who will represent France in the tourna-
ment. must now regard him seriously.
Having emerged from the seclusion in
which he had been kept in Chicago he
has come out into the open to demon
strate that he is what Paris acclaimed
him, "a player of the first category" III
two exhibitions at Clubes in Chicago ne
avera ged 100 in 400 and $50 in 300. Al
Milwaukee last Tuesday he made run
Of 22S and an average OF GO. So 1t APP
pears he may be an important factor in
his first championship experience.
Mornngstar is artistic. but not steady.
At Daly's last week. while playing
against Cutler and Daily. he made runs
Of 227 and 247 which were gems OF
execution. YET his best average was
81 10, and Cutler. who on one oc-
casion averaged so. won half of the
games. Ills chief weakness is that he
Affects the grand possible at critical
| stages Daily tried to impress upon him
the value OF counting TO hold an inning
as Hoppe does and as Frank Ives was
won't to do. Sutton Is not getting much
publicity. IL is. however, known that
| he is practising diligently. In good
stroke he is a great billiard expert.
Great Improvement in Averages.
During a conversation about the i'm
provement in 1872 performances Albert
G.. Cutler remarked: Ten years ago a
man who averaged 90 in a match or
tournament was credited with playing
great billiards. Now a fellow who aver
ages 30 doesn't have a look in" Records
support that view. The first 1872 cham
pionship tournament held in this country
took place at Madison Square Concert
Hall i'm 1906. Games were 500 points.
With grand average of 1S.i7 Slossor
was the winner. Sutton, who, playing
against Hoppe, made a single average
OF 100, had a grand average OF 2il4
Schaefer. third. had 229, while Hoppe
next, had 20.44. In 1909. in March
Morningstar with a grand average o.
1853 acquired n worlds championship
In November Of the same year. after
Morningstar had declined TO defend hi:
title, Demarest. grand averaging 15.Ss
became the worlds champion. Marcf
&c. 1910, Hoppe. at the Concert Hall o
| the New York Theatre. won the title
| from Cline with an average OF 1885
| At Madison Square Garden, Novembe
| 2S. 1911, Hoppe defeated Sutton sns
averaged 22.73. At the Astor Hotel
| February Z, 1912, Hoppe defended III
title against Sutton. and averaged 22.45
| Against Demarest. April IL. 1912, n
won again with an average OF 1f.2S.
The championship emblem, then me
dunn OF competition, became Hoppe
personal property June 4, 49,. at Phila
delphia. when he defeated Cline. Th'
| average on that occasion was 20. Tha
was nine years ago. Accordingly Cut
! ler's observation Is well sustained.
Tasao Sugamma Is the name OF
Japanese billlardist who is now in Sa'
| Francisco. Yamada says he can averag
about Is. An up State banker. who
| fond of billiards, wrote Maurice Dal,
that he had watched the new arriva
| with much interest and believed n
would make n strong player
/ Asked why he made so poor show
! Ing In the three cushion carrom tourna
ment at Pittsburgh, Cannefax answered
1T was the dog. Every game II wa
the same story. whether / won or lost
Whenever got in the lca1 Fido ran out