The New York herald., 1922-11-05
BILLIARD TOURNEY
ONLY A WEEK AWAY
Will Schaefer Repeat or Hoppe
Come Back in Contest for
World Title.
BY THOMAS j. GALLAGHER.

With the international 1872 balkline
tournament for the championship of the
world only n week away common ques-
tions IN billiard circles are, who do
you think will win?' "EIas Hoppe a
chance 20 come back?" and will
Schaefer repeat?" Replying to such
interrogations Maurice Days stock
answers are: THE boys are all playing
so well won't try to predict the winner.
OF course, Hoppe has q chance to come
back. He is a grea. player showing
fine form in ptactice. Schaefer is play
ing beautiful billiards"
Other questions are: "HVho win be the
referee?" and who viii play tho open
ing gamer" There have been reports
that the players who are to compete
will have a voice with respect to the
selection of referee. and that there
will be a drawing to determine, who
shall play the opening game. Neither
is correct. The entrants will have
nothing to say with relation TO those
matters.
When the tournament was announced
the conditions to govern it and the
championship to follow were specifi-
eally stated. They provided that in the
management of the tournament and
control OF the championship trophy
even to naming the times and places
for matches. would be under the abso-
lutte direction of the Brunswick Bake
Collender Company. Each of the six
players who entered subscribed to those
conditions when they made their en-
triese. Accordingly the referee will be
arbitrarily selected and the tournament
schedule Will be arranged in Ike man
ner. \ referee will be selected and
the oppufup gurppg appottnppd nv Thurs
day or Friday.
A tentative schedule for the first three
games is Monday evening. November
l3 Jacob Schaefer. present champion
VS.. Erich Hagenlocher. champion OF
Germany. Tuesday afternoon. WelkeI
Cochran VS.. Roger Cont, champion OF
France. Tuesday night. William r
Hoppe. former champion, VS.. Edouard
Horemans. champion of Belgium. In
games thereafter losers will be sched-
uled early. while winners will be con-
served to sustain interest in the tourna-
ment. Nevertheless. four of the six
entrants will have to play every day
during the last seven days of the com
petitions. lnasmuch as the games will
be 600 points ii has been decided tc
start afternoon events promptly at 2 ~
and evening contests similarly at S:15
Already there is an active request
for reservations for the tournaments
Some prominent citizens, club members
and residents of nearby cities, have
asked for seats for every game. Natur-
ally there is demand for the game
between Schaefer and Hoppe Many
persons have asked Cor reservations for
that event. They have been advised
that since IL Ia impossible to say when
that game will take place. reservations
for Il cannot be considered. II is pos
sible Schaefer and Hoppe will not meet
until the final game, and probably they
Will not be opponents before the next
20 the last day.
during the following days of the week
at the box office AT the Pennsylvania
Hotel IN the grand ballroom. on which
the tournament will be held. Every
seat VIII be reserved. Tickets for
evening games will be $3.50 and 1920. in
Guiding war tax: for afternoon games,
$2.20 and $165. Including tax. There
will not be an extra charger for box
seats
Beginning tomorrow Jean Bruno,
champion of Austria. and Albert G..
Cutler will plny ten eames of 800 points
at lS-2 balkline at Maurice Dalys. The Y
will play every afternoon and evening
for five days. Bruno taught Hagen
locher the elements CT first class balk-
line. Hagenlocher was about man
when Bruno became his instructor.
Now. according to Cutler. when Hagen
looher averages less than 80 he thinks
he is playing badly.