The New York herald., 1922-03-05
CHICAGO GETS 1872
CHALLENGE MATCH
Hoppe to Make Bid for Former
Title March 81, %
and %.
By THOMAS J. GALLAGHER.

| by THOMAS y. GALLA'HEH.
The challenge match between William
+. Hoppe. challenger, and Jacob
Schaefer, champion, for the 1872 balk-
line championship OF the world will be
decided at Orchestra Hall. Chica go,
March 81 2S and 20. Thus II will be-
gin three weeks from tomorrow. 1t will
be a continuous contest OF 1900 points.
the quota for each night being 500
points. When one of the contestants
will have scored 500 points the first
night the positions OF the balls will be
marked for replacement the following
night for the resumption of play. The
player then in hand will continue his
inning. Similar proceedings will char
actcrize the completion of 900 points.
Schaefer terminated his exhibition
itinerary on the Pacific coast March /
and will return to Chicago to prepar.
for the forthcoming match. Hoppe VIII
practice in private at Charley Peter
sons room, ST. Louis.
All first class billiard professionals
may as well take notice that they win
have TO reckon with the German
champion. Erik Hagenlscher who has
been In New York since New Years day
Playing against Albert G. Cutler at
Maurice Days from Monday to Friday.
inclusive, last week, he impressed
spectators that he is Of championship
caliber. He is pretty an,bidextrous for
with either hand he executes with equal
facility. With his left hand he makes
draws. drives, masse strokes and posi-
tion plays as IL he We're not right
handed. In no sens ca specialist. he Is
/ 1f,,I
favors lend of the ia BILE play"
Careful and Rapid.
Once he gets the spheres under con-
tro he is careful rapid and so precise
that II seems as If he will never miss.
His second ball play and dead ball'
are SO near perfection that they are
strong reminders of the late Frank c.
Ives. On Tuesday he compiled u run OF
3s5, the result OF intelligent manage
ment and rare skill. Cutler says:
Nobody has anything on him. He Is
strong generally. and can do that line
nurse ss we'll IS anybody. II he Is
weak in any respect ] can't see it,"
Roger Cont. the twenty-year-old cham
pon of France, who came to the United
States to play in the world champion
II to 23. and since that time has been
| Champion Schaefer's partner in an cx-
hihitlon tour. will arrive In New York
Thursday. and will depart for home the
following Wednesday on the steamship
Paris. Having had a lucrative visit he
must pay an income tax. Until he does
so tho Government will not honor his
passport. During his brief stay here
he may play few exhibition games
with Albert G. Cutler at Maurice Daly's.
AIRY Bos. amateur billiard cha mpion or
Europe, and Edouard Roud H. champion
Of France and former amateur champion
| OF Europe. and Francis $. Applehy went
to Boston last Tuesday and i'm series of
exhibition games entertained the mem
bers OF the Boston Athletic Association.
on Tuesday OF this week Bos and Roudil
will be guests OF Emil A. Renncr or
Youngstown Ohio. who finished third i'm
tho national amateur tournament at the
Crescent Athletic Club, Brooklyn.
While in Youngstown they will ex-
hibit in a hall in whic amphithcater
| seats numbering 1900 will be provided.
1t will be an invitation affair, arranged
to give local Buckeyes and others from
| Ravcnna, Akron. Hudson and even
Cleveland an opportunity TO see the
foremost amateur billiardsts Of Europe
in action.
Roudil will be fellow passenger or
Cont on the steamship Paris, scheduled
to clear for Havre on the 18th. Bos
! plans to remain in this country ten DAYS
longer. He may embark for Rotterdam,
| Holland. on the 25th. After their re-
turn home the annual tournament for
the amateur championship of Europe will
| be held in Paris. Eoudil won in 1920
Bos took the title last year. when Roudi
did not compete. The tournament games
will be 500 points 1872 balklinc.
There Is a prospect OF match for
the 1872 championship OF tho New York
Athletic Club, In which Edgar r. and
Francis s. Appleby will be contendcrs.
| If Il Is arranged II will be a game or
1000 or 1900 points.
Doubtful Ruling.
| During game in the International
/ tournament at the Manufacturers Club,
Philadelphia. in which AIRY Bos was a
| contender and the balls were in the
lower right balk. without having called
the balls "ln' tho referee. J. Herbert
Lewis of Chicago, said TO Bos. "you must
get them out this shot" The Hollander
asked "Why?" Replying. the referee
said. "They were in before. but for
got to call them in.'" A question rela-
tive to the legality of the referees ruling
was submitted to Charles T.. Miller. vice
president of the Brunswick Bake Colien-
der Company, recognized authority on
billiard rules and precedents. The reply
was:
"Arr Lewis was wrong. The balls
were not in until they were called in
Players who are concentrating on shots
and resultant positions are governed by
the calls OF referees. II a referee makes
an error IL Is his error and he has no
night to correct IL by annoying or penal
izing a player" Maurice DAILY and Al
bert G.. Cutler indorse that view.
To date there are no challengers 90
the winner of the Schaefer- Hoppe match
for the 1872 championship. the three
cushion emblem held BY Layton. or the
pocket title possessed by Greenleaf.
Strong Battery Material
for Springfield College
Special Dispatch 10 THE New YORK HpsNp.
SPRINGFIELD, March - Eighteen
games and one open date are carried in
n baseball schedule for Springfield Col
lege announced to-day by Manager r