New-York tribune., 1922-11-19

SslsdHia iast utSHt. 4 4lc game lS
dragging along perceptibly at times
Hopes high runs were 122, foa and
S6. and his average So 1o-i4, the low
est he has made in the tournament
Hoppe has won three games and lost
none, and stands at the to-- of the list
in his winning percentage. Edcuard
Horemans, of Belgium, and Jake
Schaefer, the present champion, can
still tie him By winning the remaining
games, and always providing that
Wiliie@oses one of his two that are to
come.
Cont was never able to take adj
vantage of Hopes lapses last night,
and on his best run--a rs in the tenth
inning--lost his turn when he failed to
get the balls out of balk. not realizing
he had only one shot left in balk.
Hoppe, after winning the bank
scored three caroms and then missed
on two-cushion shot. but Cont
failed to score at all, and then Hoppe
took UP where ne had left of in the
previous inning, counting 109 caroms
before he missed, on fast three
cushion effort. Up to his forty fourth
count the former champion gathered
his points at the foot of the table, but
then, after driving for position twice
he collected the iveries at the head rail
and began session of close billiards
weaving in and out or balk with rare
skill, and at times resorting to dazzling
two and three cushion shots when
nursing was not practical
Cont Counts Thirty-three
The balls were at the head of the
table when Cont started his half Of
the inning. The Frenchman held them
under control until he had scored thir-
ty caroms. 1t then became necessary
to drive for position, a. the worries had
become spread. Trying to bring them
together on a two-cushion shot, Cont
failed and resumed his seat, after
counting thirtythree caroms.
The play Jagged after that on both
sides, until Hoppe made clusters of GIL
and 86 in the sixth and seventh ses-
sions. Cont, in the mean time, could
not get going, getting 3S in the fifth
inning and only 9 IN the next three
turns at the table. This left Hoppe
with the overwhelming lead of 2S4 to
Conti's 81. Neither man had shown
anything approaching his true form up
to this point, Contin in particular be-
ing away off.
former champion no longer has that
iron, unwavering control of his nerves
that always distinguished his play in
his long reign as king of the game,
came in the seventh inning when
Willie clicked off pretty string of
SO caroms
On his eighty fifth shot Hoppe started
to play masse near the center Of the
table, one knee on the side railing
lie fiddied for fully a minute without
hitting the ball, until finally some OF
the persons in the gallery actually be-
came nervous-and still Hoppe did not
shoot At last he changed and played
the masse from the head rail position
and made the carom, but failed OF the
next shot. He seemed glad of an op-
portunity to rest moment, but Cont
only made nine before he missed
again.
Uses Variety of Shots
After counting only one on his
eighth turn, while his opponent
scratched, Hoppe put together re
markable string of 122, remarkable be-
cause OF the wide variety of shots
brought into play, Some of the great
est round the table shots seen in the
tournament since its start were exc.
cuted by the former champion, the bali
touching three and four cushions at
times before scoring the point 1t was
only when it came to the massc that
Hoppe, showed any hesitancy. He ap-
peared to avoid these if there were
any other way of making the points
Cont managed to get a cluster OF
forty-seven in his half of the ninth
Hoppe came back with sixteen and ths
Frenchman then made cluster of sew.
enty-fve, his best effort in the matcb
Cont might have continued on jndeh
niteiy, for he had the balls in perfec,
nursing position near the bottom rail
Owing to misunderstanding, however
the Frenchman failed to play to ge,
out of balk on his second shot. max
ing merely kiss shot that barrel,
stirred the balls
Hoppe put together two runs O.
thirty-seven and thirty-one in the mex
two frames. while Cont scratched o,
his last three turns at the table. leay
ing his total at 202.
Hoppe scratched on his thirteenth
inning and then ran out with an un
finished run of ten caroms.
The summarizes:
Willie Hoppe (white ball)--3. los.
-. Q, 81. SO, !, i22. Is. az, al. o, IL
Tetai-5oo , points Average-sS io-l4
Roger Cont (spot baip-o. 80. l. o. "a
Average--lk SIS. High rups-T5 IN as
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