The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-29
ALMOST
BEATS SCHAEFER
BY GAME RALLY
..rrn rRoM PACE TWELVE

,..rg missing u tni'c Su'il'D" oHu'
t'a Misses Draw shot.
Il ,5Urult draw proved too much
.Ai1cr ampion after he mad made
,,JflIoppe, fighting desperately
heavy odds, finally got the
is int. a. corner AFTER several
.1l' Hopes first five shots in
fourth lnuing were hard ones but
ss..r. became easier as nc
lsed lac 2lscore mark.
bis ave Hoppe his gath point,
Az .Ur apparently had missed.
N his next score OF points
,u.,7 made some great shots, but
hoptvoy st first lacked It's usual pre-
'' several times he barely made
u'l.i syo..4 but finally settled down
,l Gas .routing steadily when he
'nu -u. lie made the next bill
lt', nrt allied to drive the balls out
.'a.rar md b was Schacfer's shot.
t aid tho same thing last night
eysc,ry The same point ~ the
s,osfs- starting with the balls
,i5e- aid with only l49 TO go for
hi,.l Yuiekly scored 10, but was
|,ipr trouble in keeping the worries
Tbc trI holder then was forced
anon NAV. but he mingled two
.-I ,brcr.ru.hlon shots with draws
- rc1rr,I his bO-point with the
wv w.u scattered. The ucNt three
,nts o.re pytrcmely difficult and
Z, ,bcr missed a one-cushion at
,.-,p, leaving tho score 904 to 63i
| In his favor
uoppc also had 10 resort to open
NAV at tine beginning OF his tIth IN
r.ag but got good position on his
tenth point.
un,pc missed after running II.
missed fhrce-Cushion shot ended
S,haefer's run at ~, the n ball
passlng "a hairs breadth from the
second object ball.
Hoppe uursed the balls for the
inst 10 points In his sixth ming.
HQppo then began showing the
. el, lthat made him champion for
4, ears. His delicate stroke kept
Inc balls SO well together that he
reached Go without moving his u
ham more than six inches on any
tlO,.
\ Forced Co drive only at rare inter-
4 ysls Hoppe maintained his splendid
u stroke and easily increased his run
io 100. when. for the first time in the
4 inning. he went to a cushion with
his cue ball, making a masse rail
shot for that century point.
Perfect position work carried the
run 10 1873 when he was frozen but
recovered on a tw%o-cushion bank
and again tho balls were well To-
. Gated
A t-hree-cushion drive gave Hoppe
his i34th point, but the balls were
1 lined up and he missed tho mex one.
Shaefer started his seventh frame
I with the worries lined up but scored
on a pretty bank. He barely made
the third point and the balls were
SIN separated after two more clever
4 plays.
Ills eighth point was n beautiful
th%ree-cushion drive. and on his next
4 three he was forced to use all his
h ,kll. He missed after scoring II
points, all Of them difficult.
The score then stood: Schacfer,
az; Hoppe, 7Sj.
Hoppe Rallies Gamcly.
After a few open plays Hoppe got
AL NN ANAiF ANN'NAlNl III MS S'NtAlAA ~"
4 ming and proceeded to roll up points
through nursing. He reached the
80 mark without n difficult chance
and generally the three balls were
within an area which could be cov-
cred with a dollar Bill. After max
lns GO, he had to resort to drives,
but the balls were together at 60.
They were separated at 40, but he
again grouped them at 70.
Hopes work bordered on the
spectacular in his next shots. lie
i played almost every shot in billiards.
never seeming to lose control and
always getting the balls back to-
settler. He reached $50 with the
balls still grouped.
Hopes next seven were easy and
ne passed Schacfer's score of 942.
a tremendous ovation greeted his
,i.nd point OF the match-the
18th Of the run.
lie missed after making 1917,
%Sahacter 942.
Schacfcr Runs Out.
After two points Schaefer was
81 '.o1en but ne made a 2%-cushion
q s9t At his twelfth point the
n!nplon had the. balls at an end
N and was shooting steadily.
he reached 80 easily. but had to
4 pl'y three masses in his ncst five
polls' The fOrtieth point was a
etr follow and table-lengths
.a'es together with draws made II
~ with only eight more needed.
seaaeter then won the block. 500
$50 with an unfinished run OF
4 = making the total score: Schae-
'r 1000, Hoppe 952.
Score by innings:
d Schsefer- 1877, 143, So, l6. SO, 81,
H. aS-5OO-5O0-1.00O Average
II SDsht 81 AS; grand average
Il loppe-i3, "a, 0, II, II, 1874,
Il ,-iS6-466-952. Average to-
81 "sht 90 81, grand average SO SIG.