New-York tribune., 1922-11-15

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= his stroke into productive shape.
= As seemed to be in excellent physi-
!, sondition. BE had seven double fig
,Sgrana fis iiis nine innings, and that
shssase aud high class billiards when
,ss runs are big enough, as they wers
sataia occasion. E,.:;S z z. Is ~ g.l
ssspe veeeiyedsan sovatian when he
rgass shis appearances for the evening
eshs Hs vas IN smiling mood and
). E Sh the biggest faver{te oft them
!, fH HofenlarS deIiberated long over
fss opening shot after winning the
ssnka and MISSED II. He wore an eve
sine waieteoat with ssieeves 4o1sit. a.
sereorlaf tsueh rot the rage over here
rs yets seFhe Belgian sea7ne dissdgs
Ind hammered the balls rather mac
safateiy at the staxt. DIinppes made the
sore prolific beginning, ran sixteen i'm
kissSrst inning and twenty-five sirl his
ssst:s He Was chipping off. the scaronas
spgedily seis the bead & rail until he
iaises to getFtAe balls outsss balk.
rteh Belgian sBuncassEIverica {. :.
The Belgian struck a rich vein I'm his
Asfd Inning when he coaxesi the balls
itso position fog his speciafss, the,
dsse nurses He marched them down
ban the headSofa the table in Ave.
aet y ennpteying . follow Sorsa good
asitien shot, and then ne awhisked
h.m to close formation at Zine In
aTsecSien. He. slid across the faces
Il the object balls with contact gauzy
ind faint. You could sense rather thar,
,ss the counts, slight simmer of the
lstening balls conveying the fact Of,
tie ceron. Afsl2s,s ts@
Ess ran e2 while; the halls were tract
ala, but the run was delicate rather
,ian speedy. Hoppe, his third time
y ran 40 In half the time of Hore-
Hsas's. sea and missed a draw an a
fspss7 table drive. Hoppe next time
fsta saiek KISS baek from the cushion,
sIse he'd, have. had position ona a, mean
syreads she's. sHs gleft;.Oil,n and wh an.
hsfemsns1 missed Willie ranped ont -
ssaes of three cushion shots spectae.
ahr TO- see. though of conventional
Gssign and an attest to his gift OF
srseatioa. He knocked the contrar-
ness out of them and soon had them
il hand,
Willie's first masse was his seyentv-
seventh shot Of the run. He took il I'm
preference to 8 two cushion bank,
though banks ars his forte.. A wear
ags be was adding nerVously on mass-s
ssbut ne let go in normal time on this
one and made it crisply. e.. .ea
ihan cane $detour teS the sSother
and y tab le, whars the Aundredth
pesns WA gathered. Hhezso{t melody
o. rspi9aaa tuheful play drifted out
ION ma essdient balls, and ne drive
% As cfder end was made until
lssov aacsssitated it. This was the
s.h1 Mos and che last one of the Sc
Esssssas ss run; Tha score was Hoppe 216;
M Hopps aaisseseataoa-l sd
eraafis excsfs at niasses, but thea
l1ene he tried in his sixth inning he
sssad, and it wasn't hard one, So
5ppe was of on another rampage; his
Mfeenth shot was kiss back
nm the cushion and the angle taken
the cue ball was one of ninety de-
Eees, His next red-fre effort was a
tTe1eashion btTis to an opposite corner
& 3d back. Grea at accuracy. was SECURED
ior the object bali was almost aligned
fight -
Hoppe ran 80 and the hundredth shot
vas his undoing. 1t was long three
eashion shot, but the English didn't
JAKE hold to double the sida rail as in.
ENDED The fifth and sixth INNINGS
assmbined netted 238 points, and Hoppe
led, sl5 to s2
I A slow.bail follow by Horenlans In
h,s seventh inning was very pretty,
siso cushion kiss to the red across
sne table He rallied, and in a run of
~ DID capital open-play counting. He
sat Hoppe''s lead with runs sof} 70 and
90 out 1t didn't stay cut. Hoppe's play
was smooth and confident and his mel,
10" art stroke, easy, unstudied attitude
the table and skill seldom have
SHOWN to better advantage than when
ss was making his big runs. He fiddled
.ssssas.ionally, sssN. but not, apparently, with
fa0ts ;as;a a harvest of 81 In the eighth
usmag gave him total grist of s412,
back - "as GOO points
lae professional placidity, IL You