The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-28
TAKES
LEAD ON HOPPE
IN TITLE MATCH
Champion Plays Brilliant
ly, Winning First Block
by 500 to 466

1IlNAbOt MdICH = fs-- OunB
Jake schaefcr, worlds 1879 balk line
billiard champion, tonight defeated
Willie Hoppe, former titleholder.
500 to 466 in the first block OF their
l,500-poin, match.
The play was extremely spectacu-
lar both men doing some wonderful
work and each throwing away
chances to win near the end through
offcolor work.
schaefers work was the more
brilliant. the champion giving a
splendid display OF shot making.
Hoppe excelled in consistent position
play.
Hopes 26O run in the sixth in
ming unsettled Schaefer but neither
player was able TO take advantage of
the others misplays, both missing
miserably in the last few innings.
Both Start Slow.
Schaefer won the lag and shoot
ing the white ball, missed the break.
Hoppe started with a two-cushion
shot but made only two points, miss
ing an easy one-cushion play.
schaefer then ran eight, finally
missing a straight carom.
Playing perfect position, Hoppe
ran IA in the second inning, missing
on difficult masse. lie left Schaefer
sewed up, however, and the cham
pion failed 10 score.
In the third frame Hopes posi-
tion play continued to be miraculous
He repeatedly sent the. balls around
the table, ending with all three In
n corner. lie scored 20 in scarcely
a minutes play and then, playing
end table shots almost entirely, ran
hn fnfN 20 IL. "A
the table stroke brought the worries
together again for 10 more points.
After n difficult masse for his 41st
point, he easily reached 55, but then
missed n cross-table drive.
Schacfer Makes 252 Run.
Schaefer started his fourth inning
with four difficult cushion shots that
brought continued applause. He had
difficulty in getting the balls to-
gether, but played Il splendid open
game. and on his seventeenth point
finally grouped the worries.
He was frozen to the red ball on
his 3lst point but a good bank made
the next point. Schaefer did not have
to drive the balls until his 51st point
when he sent them around the table
and back together again. Six hard
masses we're included in the cham
pion's next 25 points and he con-
tinued to the 100 mark, more
through good shot making than po- |
sitlon play making deliberate kisses. |
Making points almost as rapidly as |
he could move his cue, the champion |
mingled masses. drives and draws |
until he reached l50, when he again |
grouped the balls for series of |
nursing shots. lie made 20 more |
without moving his cue ball more |
than four inches on any shot.
Schaefer's 200th point in the run |
came on a seemingly impossible |
A four-cushion shot scored the
207th counter and he |
was again forced to masse frequent
~ in continuing to the 250th point.
He missed bank after running 252 |
for a total of 260 thus far.
Hoppe I'm Perfect Stroke.
Hoppe found the balls in perfect
position and playing with a perfect
technique that gave him only easy
chances, he quickly clicked off so
driving the balls from the end of
he table where he had started. He
ran the 100 in II minutes. The run
vas broken at ia when the former
itleholder failed to drive the balls
)ut of balk.
In the fifth inning Schaefer quick
y ran to 2S, when he was frozen
o the red, but scored with a masse
md good position shooting took him
o 40 when he tried kiss shot but
missed.
Hoppe was frozen to the white
lfter his fourth point in the fifth
nning but made a break shot. He
missed a draw after the ninth point.
In the sixth frame, Schaefer
eemed to have found his real
troke. for by careful nursing of the
,alls he reached 75 points with only
me or two hard shots among them
md a series of end rail nursing shots
made It 1876 with only rs more
leeded for the first block of 500.
then ran on to 145, total
Il 446, when he missed a masse.
Hoppe Gets the High Run.
Playing with the delicate skill
which made him champion for 16
ears, Hoppe kept the balls together
n his sixth inning and reached the
90 mark without trouble. |,
Several clever masse and draw
hots were among Hopes next SO
'oints and his position play kept the
udience cheering. He was given a
-reat ovation when he passed the
90 mark.
He barely made the two hundred
nd twentieth point. n two-cushlon
ank, and was forced into several
pectacular shots until the two hum
red and thirtieth, when he again
rouped the balls.
He easily passed Schaefer's high
un OF 252 with the balls still in per-
ect position, Hoppe missed draw
fter running $50. The score then
TODD: Hoppe, asa; Schaefer, ass,