New Britain herald., 1922-11-22
HOPPE REGAINS W0RLD'S CUE TITLE
 sY.----- Schlelsr Is Defeated 300 to 2SS
 in Final Game

iesaincd the worlds 1S.s professional lalkiine billiard championship by de- fcating Jake Schaefer, who won the tiilc last year, in the 18th and final game of the international tournament < at tho Hotel Pennsylvania last night. Tho score was 300 to 2sS.
 Never in the annals of billiards has there been such a crowd oute for I championship game. More than an hour before time for the match to be- gin 1t was estimated that upward of 2,000 persons were assembled in the lobby leading to the ballroom stairs and elevators and speculators were asking as high as SIS for a single $3 ticket.
 The seating capacity of the room, 1000, was soon taxed and still the crowd gathered outside, clamoring for admittance. It required extra plain clothes men to guard the doors, for several attempts were made to rush them. When it was finally necessary 10 close the doors there were fully 5000 persons outside and at least 2,o0e filling every seat and every inch Of sanding room inside.
 Just before Hoppe and Schaefer stepped to the table to bank for the epeping shot the first picture that has been made during the tournament was taken.
 Champion Takes Lead
 Sehaefer had the luck with him at the start, winning the bank for lead. He collected the worries at the foot of the table and at three was compelled to play . wide two cushion which he missed. Then Willie Hoppe failed on . three cushion shot, the opening in- nines standing 3 to O..
 Hoppe was the hrst really to get Into action. On his second turn at the table he put together a massive cluster that mounted with great rapidity into triple figures for . total of III. At the beginning of this run the former champion took 10 cushion shots by which to assemble the globes at the lower end of the table.
 From that on tc 70 Hoppe kept the balls closely bunched. He overwork- Cd his draw shot for he was timid about the ma4se and avoided 1t when 1t was the all to evident stroke for position.
 The first long drive did not come In this run until 6S when he sent the first object sphere on it's first round the table journey.
 At 73 he played a remarkable drive for a kiss at the end that was espe- eiAlly daring This was one of the shots to avoid the faulty rnasse.
 It was impossible for Hoppe to do anything other than aFhnlf masse in, order to negotiate the s7th caron. At this the iigglins, halting stroke made its first appearance but the cyovd patiently waited. At 100 he had the globes at the foot of the table egain always gathering them prettily when they attempted to stray before lie missed on a spread draw of no great length.
 Schaefcr Displays Nerve sixUpsiar OwE5auqfshot. ctaoin nm
 Schaefer had some hard shots, prob lems in the way of multiple cushions and English" that tested his nerve on his third visit to the table. He got some diecouraging breaks, due par tially to his poor judgment. as he
 
 . run. He brought oft great follow shot at 13 but the orbs were rolling hadly for him, draw down the sire failing to connect. On Hoppe's adorn- ing hts string with goose egg on the next turn Schaefer managed to collect 45.
 Then followed number of unrc- munerative innir gs for each man. Echaefer started the ninth turn and rot the balls nicely together. He was cueing delicately, so gently in fact that at 20 he failed to get legs on the cue ball and it did not make the dis tance. Hcppe made ohiy 21 in his half of this inning. At is he had to execute a masse, the shaft moving total of 43 times on it's piston like movement before he could lot go for the stroke. It upset Hoppe and hc soon missed on a draw. Just after this spectator rose and specifically requested the referee call the com plete score at the end of every inning. At that time Schaefer led 1S2 to 166.
 Schsefer was the first to break the sequence Of these uncertainty played innings He put together great cluster of 6S as he began the 10th frame. He started at the head of the table, operating freely and rapidly until he had passed into the last stages of the run. His 18th tally was q spiral masse with the orbs resting on the cushion. Later he rolled the balls to the foot of the table where he was engaged in compiling the counts by alternated short drives to the side rails. Eventually there was a scattering of the worries, Schacfer retiring because of faulty cushion shot.
 Hoppa in his half of the inning soon collected the spheres at the lower end of the table He finally rolled them | to line up at 40 and then bunglcd | the attempt at kiss carom. Schaefer | led him by 25o to POS on the total score.
 Hoppe made it evident that there was still stiff backbone to his play | whatever might be the trouble with | his arm. A masterful cluster of 1ss sttested this on his tn turn at the f table. It was in it's chief elements a in the way of deadball | driving Cautiously enough it was a shot of this description that event ually brought the run to an end. He had shot in which the cue ball only had to move three inches.
 Hoppc Goes Into lead
 Still he failed to make the distance : ~~o,.n to Coke Tbo 1,iul,