The New York herald., 1922-11-18

| Cochran vs.. Edouard Horemans; at S:15 |
r. NJ, Willie Hoppe Roger Cont.
objects but left him an exceeding fine
prospect: so exacting that he missed
the first ball.
In the thirteenth and fourteenth he
again began badly. He scored AZ in his
final inning and did 1t by careful, ac-
curate execution.
EDOUARp HoREMANs tspot balD-o. 144.
Ill. 80, 10. rs. 81. o. o. o. 9. o. IL. 1880
points. Average. 80 1O-ii. High runs. IA.
JAKE scHAEFER (white oai)-o. 6. o. %.
Average. % 1914. High runs l67, As and 3s
Referee-Albert J. Cutler.
Playing against Erich Hagenlocher,
champion of Germany. in the after
noon game. Roger Cont, the F'ranch
champion. was somewhat paradoxical.
He was weak yet powerful. In his
first seven innings Cont made only
36 points.
Then he registered successive runs OF
ca. Sc. 2o4. 11O and so. for total of
AGA in five innings. and an average of
80 As. He performed so easily and ac-
curately while making his run of 204
that spectators expected him to beat
the run of PA. made by Hormans
Thursday. Cont won by 500 to 355
ana averaged Al S-12.
Hagenlocher played we'll but was too
rigid. He affected precision and was at
times too precise William A. Spinks,
formerly a prominent figure in profess
sional billiards and an associate of
Frank Ives and Wizard" Schaefer. hut
now a wealthy oil producer IN Cali
fornia, who Is here to attend the tourna-
ment says: Experience has taught me
that under a strain. extremely precise
billiards cannot be delivered. No mat
ter who the. player is in a match or
tournament he must relax and be flexible
in order to give his best"
That statement applies 20 Hagen
locher He had gooo opportunities in
ten of his twelve innings and T. each
instance made glaring errors OF 6eliv-
cry and realized serious trouble. His
second ball play" Maurice Days pet
hobby, was defective.
HngenlOcher Wins Bank.
Hagenlocher won the bank, chose the
white ball. made four. got the objects
together at the middle of the long left
balk and missed on simple single
cushion with twist drive, on which the
cue was deadened too much.
Cont opened with 20. On his third
stroke the balk became nearly aligned
in the lower left corner. A neat single
cushion stroke overcame the break.
With the balls in the lower middle
balk. at 10, a freeze occurred. A too
heavy bank stroke spoiled the position.
Two misses, each by scant margin.
followed.
After eight open table strokes. with
spread draw and twist Hagenlocher got
the objects in the lower left corner.
Holding them in the lower section Tor
65. At 36 he got a bump but kiss
produced a count. Having made 5s. he
changed cue shafts.
A bold and masterful masse off the
head rail counted and regained control
Working to the foot section, at 4S. ne
had line position In the lower right
line. In twenty more shots he had
similar position in the upper left cor
ner. faulty masse stopped him at
II.
Cont followed with a miss of a short
draw and gave his opponent another
generous opening. which was utilized
for run of 81. all made In the head
section by systematic management and
clever execution. including periods on
line nursing.
Hagenlocher Again Fails.
AS in the preceding inning Hagen
ing s. Cont again erred on n masse.
At the end of the seventh inning. the
totals were Hagenlocher 230; Cont,
IS.
In the next inning the French cham
pion made his total 100. Six open shots
developed a good position in the foot
end. In his peculiar style. moving the
objects across the table and back, nurs-
ing them briefly and sending the cue
ho1 hnt shAt he hATI
feet control UNTIL on his sixty-fifth
stroke. he astonished spectators by
masse failure.
From perfect set-up Hagenlochcr
obtained only 10. A short kiss draw
barely missed. Aided by kiss on his
fourth stroke Cont got Sc in his ninth
inning. He employed his usual smooth
system effectively in the head section.
but blundered on short single cush-
ion effort. He got going again I'm the
tenth. when Hagenlocher with a masse,
tried to solve an alignment in the
upper left balk on the left rail. lie
operated exclusively In the head sec
tion until he had accumulated 46
Then he made his first long drive.
While scoring 304 points he made a
total of eight long drives. single
cushion effort. played with his left
hand. ended the run.
German Plays Well.
Hagenlocher. in his eleventh visit 70
the table played well for 10. Then
in reaching to try n masse in tho
middle of the head balk. as he de-
livered the stroke. he slipped on the
carpet and his cue brushed all three
balls Again confIning his operations
to the head section. by inimitable
method and execution. he gathered no
A little masse. played too easily. in
terfered with what promised to be the
finish of the game.
In his final inning Hageniocher
played precise billiards in the head
section and scored Sc. The last shot.
a short one TO the head rail and back.
reflected bad judgment. Played as II
was an alignment on the left rail was
the inevitable outcome. Trying
desperate masse he left the balls in
fairly close order. Cont moved them
10 the lower section and quickly OBJ
tained the 20 he needed. The score:
AFTERNOON.
CoNTr--2o, o, g. 2. o, 0. o. 81, 20. 2o4. 40. go
Total. 800. Average. Al SIP. High runs.
2Oi, 10.
HAGENLoCHER--i. o. CO, o. .. II. Al, II. 10,
~. 10. 62. Total, 300. Average. 20 7-i2
High runs. II. 81.