South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-19
JAKE" TOYS WITH
COCHRAN IN FINAL
MATCH FOR TITLE
Title Holder Wins by 500-4l4,
and by l5OO-l333 for Total
Match Play.

By Associated Press.
CHICAGO May 18.-Young Jake
Schaefer toyed with Weiker Cochran,
in the hnal block of their worlds
championship 49, balk line billiard
match Thursday and retained his
title by defeating the young Pacific
coast star 1900 20 1893. Schaefer
won the block 500 TO 414
Tbs score OF Thursday nights
block does not tell the real story Of
the champions remarkable showing
in the final block. While he did not
make any remarkable high runs his
generalship in handling the worries
brought repeated applause.
Schaefer apparently could have
ended the match sooner. for he was
master at all times, but he elected
10 give the audience some thrills
near The end by PLAYING seemingly
impossible shots.
Once he fell down and on one Of
these Cochran threatened for a mo-
ment with a run Of 166.
Schaefer now holds unquestioned
supremacy in the baik line world
having defended his title against
Willie Hoppe and Cochran, his two
most formidable opponents.
The averages for the entire match
We're: Schaefer, IS 4-42; Cochran,
81 31-42.
For Thursday night, Schaefer 50
| 1914; Cochran Il lib.
High run Thurday night: Cochran,
5 1856; Schaeter. lis.
High run for three nights: Schae-
] fer. 2e2; Cochran 166.
! Leading Cochran 1000 10 919.
Schaefer began Thursday nights
play with a run Of "a which with
( Wednesday nights four. made 9S
for the 29th inning of total play.
Cochran missed three cushion shots
in his first Two innings Thursday
night Jake getting one in his sec
I ond and Is in the next frame
Cochran scored only three in his
I third frame and one in the next.
+ Schaefer miscued in his fourth in
ming. An over played masse gave the
champion 30 IN his next try but he
was penalized one point for the pre-
vious miscue.
An exhibition Of nursing scored 90
I for Cochran. Schaefer then clicked
off lis by some clever work. His
miss was on a difficult masse. The
score then stood: Schaefer. 1856,
I Cochran. 1922.
Cochrars sixth inning gave him
"a Schaefer then scored "a Welker
was able 10 make only seven in his
/ seventh frame.
Jake IN his eighth frame added
II 112 to his score, giving him a 329
point lead
Cochran. after scoring 20. had al
! three balls together but played a
/ difficult cushion first shot and miss
cd Schaofer got eight but could not
group the balls Cochran, however.
missed and Jake needed an even
hundred TO win.
Jake missed after 40. when he
tried a difficult cross table drive for
/ position.
Cochran proved his nerve by rum
ming 16G points in the next inning
at the high run OF the evening ],
made his total 1908 and Schaefer' S
l1449
After running 20. Schaefer missed
a long draw. Cochran played too
easy on n one cushion six-inch bank
after clicking off Il.
Forced into three cushion work
Jake could get only three in the 4Oth
linning of total play Cochran miss
I'd after the fourth point
Jake had trouble in mastc -ing the
worries but spectacular work gave
him u when he missed an open
shot with seven more needed Coch-
IAN missed.
Schaefer ran seven. winning the
match 1900 10 1855 and Thursday
nights block 500 10 IA
The score Of the final block r.
innings follows. Cochran, 0, 0, 3. l.
%. "a. :. 10. o. 1856, 4. 4. 0-414,
| Schaefer. %. 1. l.. o. q. us. "a
112, s, 40, 20 g. q, 800.