The New York herald., 1922-11-17
Iriumphs in Nine Innings, Re-
turning High Runs of
1872 and 169.
TOURNEY RECORD is SET
Belgian in Defeating Hagen
lOcher Runs Up Cluster Of
244 Points.
BY THOMAS j. GALLAGHER.

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pion. and Welker Cochran, who holds
The record run for championship of
3S4, were contestants last night in the
1872 balllline tournament for the
ress at the Hotel Pennsylvania. A
large crowd saw them perform.
| Hoppe. however, was not only the
| headliner, but pretty near the whole
show. He won by a score of 500 to
| 1853, ran 1872 and averaged 55 SO, as he
did Tuesday night against Horemans
and as Schaefer did against Cont
Wednesday night. Cochran averaged
20 2-S.
| The disparity of style of the two play
ers presented a striking contrast. Ex-
| cepting when essaying short draw or
masse shots Hoppe was at ease, grace
! full. artistic, solid. while Cochran was
studious, serious and harsh.
| Cochran did the spectacular stunts.
! He made hard shots look hard. Hoppe
made hard shots look easy. He played
counting billiards, was generally brill
liant. yet did not indulge in pyro-
! technics.
| Among those who witnessed the game
president Of the Brunswick -Balke- Col
lender Company. and George F. Slosson
of Boston. the veteran winner of the
first IS Il tournament in 1897, also win
ner Of 1872 tournament OF 1906.
Hoppe First to shoot.
Hoppe won the bank and selected the
white ball. He counted from the lead
but made ten shots before he got the
ls..I lie Iii.
effect brought them into the upper left
corner of the table. On his thirty-first
stroke he obtained a nursing position on
the left line. which was held for only
six counts. A series of drives, long
and short. and some direct caroms yield
ed 81. Then, attempting a short two
cushion draw. he miscued.
Cochran found the balls in the upper
right corner but did not retain control
After transferring them to the lower
section he tried spread draw with
heavy reverse twist to catch the red
/ ball In the lower right corner, overdid
it and left all three balls huddled.
Hoppe labored for sixteen strokes and
then with draw down the left rail re-
turned the balls to the place where he
began. Operating at the lower section
he scored rapidly. At II he had left
line position. At Al he gained another
line positnon in the opposite corner.
After a period of short drives at Sc he
again placed the spheres on the lower
left line. After an alignment of the OBJ
jects on the left rail, at 81 ne shifted
his field Of operations to the upper right
corner.
Hopes Line Nursing Features.
Holding control with short drives
Hoppe held the objects I'm the head sec
tion until he had compiled 192. He
featured the run with line nursing near
the upper right corner. Finally the balls
scattered. the red settling near the mid
ole OF the table. the white in the upper
left corner and the cue ball about half
way down the table and close to the
longitudinal line. He tried spread
draw with reverse, apparently playing
for two cushions, got only one. the head.
and missed by about nine inches
Cochran started promisngly but g,
only 26. He seemed to be in good stroke
but despite several position effects did
not manage well. Hoppe made two
misses. both cushion efforts. while Coch-
ran gathered 81 and 4. Cochran played
beautifully for the larger run, which
ended with five cushion shot, which
nearly grazed the second object. The
run of 4 was ended by an astonishing
IL not inexcusable miss which gave
Hoppe another opening In the lower left
corner
Hoppe played in the foot section for
81. Then the balls froze and he elected
to have them spotted. Counting from
the lead position he got two more and
then failed on difficult spring bank
shot.
Cochran got only in his fifth visit
to the table. At this stage the score
was 312 to 81.
Hoppe Races Away.
AS IL in hurry TO get home Hoppe
again raced away. In five shots he had
the balls In the upper right corner.
Along the head rail and crossf line he
worked until he had made 81. Then
after having made wide single cushion.
single from the foot to the head rail
and a three cushion shot on which twice
came near kissing and caused him to
hunch he acquired complete control in
the lower left corner.
On his ninety-fourth shot. short
drawhe got bump" and barely counted.
The cue ball and the spot bail settled
few inches outside OF the long left rail.
while the red, almost in line with them,
stopped against the left rail. A well
executed close follow clarified the stua-
tion and started the balls toward the
head end.
He continued in the head section un-
I'll after some clever nursing and masse
operations on which he fiddled tedious
ly. holding spectators In breathless sus-
pense. he reached 1872.
Going TO The opposite end Hoppe
dartcd along to 169. A cushion draw
in the left long balk went couple OF
inches wide of the second object. His
next opportunity produced a unit, a
long three cushion shot limiting II. As
"A forlorn hope Cochran played like
champion In his seventh inning and
gathered 20, but his last two shots were
shockingly Inaccurate. Hoppe made
only In his eighth inning. but In the
next finished the game. Cochran missed
in his final inning. The score:
HOPPE-57. 1902, o, 0, 03, 100. I. .. fc. Total
200. Average. 20 80. High runs. 1902. l60
i62. Average. 20 2-s tiish run. 10.
The afternoon confess. scnsa ationul in
particulars. though In general compari-
lively ordinary, resulted In n victory by
score OF 500 to 30i for Edouard
Horemans Of Antwerp, Belgium. over
Erich Hagenlocher of Berlin. Germany
IN his seventh and tenth innings tho
Belgian made respective runs OF 172
and 244 the latter the highest registered
In the tournament. Nevertheless Il
took him fourteen innings to finish the
game. In six innings he did not count
HIS average was 35 1914. His high