New-York tribune., 1922-11-17

On his next attempt Willie found the;
avories badly spread and could gather
only one caron. This left him with
4S2, just Is short of his necessary to-
tai. Cochran, realizing that only mir
sclc could save him. nevertheless
picked eff beautiful cluster of 70, be-
fere he sat down again, after missing
on long draw shot This was Welk-
er's last effort, for Hoppe completed
his string in the next inning, giving
him an average OF 55 SO, the exact
figures he had in his first game on
Tuesday night.
His high runs were 1872, 169 and SO.
Cochran finished with an average of
go 2-s and his high runs were 10, 81
and 26. Hoppe won the bank and
started play with e ran of 81 caroms.
Hoppe Slow to Start
It required eight or nine vigorous
shots before the former title holder
could gather the balls together for q
session of nursing. Willie was ex-
tremely cautious, particularly on his
masses. He was, for all the world, like
a nervous putter on the green, address
ing his shot. After clicking of 81
caroms, Hoppe miscued on hard drive,
and sat down.
Cochran, glad TO get into action,
started well and executed some bril-
liant shots, notably on his twelfth
when he brought off remarkable FIVE
cushion shot that wrung burst of
applause from the gallery. He failed
ON his next try, however, when he was
wild on long draw shot.
Coming to the table for the second
Inning, Hoppe took the balls all
around the table before settling down
close billiards, with a stroke and touch
that were mechanically perfect, al-N
though rarely spectacular. 1t was not
until he had counted 1872 points that
the former champion came to grief on
a tricky spread draw shot.
Cochran, who had had sufficient
time to snatch nap in his high chair,
rubbed the sand out of his eyes and
ran off 26 caroms before he missed.
The youth was not in good stroke.
Hoppe laid his first goose egg in the
hard two-cushion shot, with the balls
widely spread. Cochran took ad-
vantage of Willie's lapse to add 81 to
his total, falling down on two-cushion
shot.
Hoppe came through with another
egg in the fourth inning, and visions
of record began to grow pale and
emaciated. Willie delayed so long on
his masses that some golfers among the
spectators were with difficulty re-
strained from crying out: "Putt, man,
Z for the love of Mike!"
Cochran could not get geing, either,
and added only four to his total In
the fifth turn Hoppe took the balls all
around the table for 8 cluster of 63 and
then fell down on tight two-cushion
shot. Cochran could make only one
c&rom in his turn
Fails on Draw Shot
Hoppe looked as though he were bent
on finishing his string in the sixth,
clicking of 189 points by masterly
billiards, chiefly of the nursing type.
Morris d. Brown. former national
champion, who was sitting adjacent to
us, remarked, Perfect, perfect" as
Willie reeied off his caroms., Morris
didn't know the half of it," Hoppe
failed on hard draw shot.
In the next two innings Hoppe found
the balls badly spread and could count
only three, while Cochran, with runs
OF IL and 10, brought his total up to
l62. He failed to score in the eighth.
Needing only 16 points when he be-
gan the ninth inning, Hoppe completed
hts string without trouble.
The summary:
200: High runs-192, 100. GO. Average
Cochran--1a, 2s, 81. 4, i. IL. 10. o--,e2
High runs---7o, ST. 90 Average-2o rs.