The New York herald., 1922-11-21

innings. a grand average of se 1886.
II Cochran has made LAG points in s3
innings, grand average OF rs 61-SJ.
ponent was to the German an awe in
spring and prostrating billiard specter.
/ Hagenlocher was so overawed that his
/ skill and judgment we're amazingly
minimized. He made some exceptionally
| good shots as starters. only TO falter on
short drives, miss easy shots and give
Hoppe favorable openings. Toward the
close he became composed. revealed his
real ability and made the finish inter-
esting. In the fifteenth inning he scored
n scientific run Of 100. On his final
visit to the table he gathered Sc. With
only SO to 60 he played poorly eX-
ecuted shot which aligned the balls in
the lower left corner. A masse played
with his left hand barely failed to con-
meet
How indifferently Hoppe performed is
reflected by the fact that he counted in
each OF the twenty-five innings he had.
/ Excepting when confronted with masse
! or draw shots he was resourceful and
graceful. 1t was. however. painful to
watch him fiddle over masse propositions,
short draws or spreads on which he had
4 to reach.
In one instance he poised his cue,
/ fiddled thirty-eight times. occupying, ac-
cording to Al Copland's watch. one
minute and twenty-five seconds. Then
he lowered his cue and played a bank
shot. Many spectators expressed the
opinion that he was lucky to win.
Hoppe won the bank. chose the white
| ball and made 3. Hagenlocher, who had
| a good opening. made bad first shot.
corking single across the table, ana
/ r. utv
had the balls in the lower left corner
but did not hold them. On his sixth
| stroke. a three cushion effort. the cue
/ ball ran into kiss.
Hagenlocher began his second inning
with a great single from the lower leit
corner to the upper left and followed
with a greater long two cushion which
gathered the spheres in the upper left
balk, where he reached and blundered
on a little nip kiss. Hoppe made and
| failed on a three cushion shot around
the table. made necessary by an algn-
ment.
After Hagenlocher missed on an easy
draw Hoppe made and missed on a
wide two cushion shot around the upper
| right corner. Hageniocher followed with
| 25 He had several good opportunities
but was sadly off on his application OF
force. After having made one good shot
in the fifth he played a weak single and
gave Hoppe a setup in the lower right
corner.
Hoppe Makes Run of AZ.
The result was a run of AZ, chiefly
obtained by brilliant exhibition of shot
making Then the game dragged until
Hagenlocher took his half of the tenth
inning, which he started with a forceful
spread. supplemented by a three cushion
4 bank from the upper left corner, which
I gathered the three balls in the upper
right ballS Holding control in the head
section and playing with extreme delib-
GRAFTON he made 81 before he avoided a.
masse and tried two cushion kiss which
was futile. This made the score on ten
even innings 81 to 102 in favor OF
Hagenlocher.
Starting with a clever wide spread, In
eight shots Hoppe had the balls In the
upper right. Moving them to the oppo-
site corner he gave the best exhibition OF
nursing he had shown In the tournament
At 56. by a single cushion he transferred
the objects TO the right corner. At 80
he was blocked by an ugly alignment on
the right rail which a bank across the
table failed to solve. y
In the thirteenth inning Hoppe had
positions In every corner but obtained
only %. Hagenlocher had good op-
portunity in the lower right corner. but,
as one spectator expressed 1t, "stiffened
up" missed an easy draw and stopped
at Q. Then the score was Hoppe 213,
the German 124.
In the fourteenth Hoppe made z.
missed a simple carom In tho middle Of
the table and Hagenlocher obtained q.
The German displayed n woeful lack Of
control. In his fourteenth inning Hag-
enlocher missed on a chance for a direct
carom that a novice could have nego-
tiated.
From the leave Hoppe by general ex-
ecution ran III. His fortieth stroke wus
obtained by a bank, but before he
iayed II he fiddled moro than thirty
times on what promised to be a masse.
Seemingly he did not care where the
halls were so long as they were on the
tn BILE. He surprised by missing ON n
short bank.
Hageniocher played perfect billiards
in the head section for 1T. at which the
calls became scattered. a solid single
cushion recovered control in the head
section. where he extended his count to
100 and made a close miss on draw.
which left Hoppe a perfect opening.
When Hoppe went to the table the
score was 32S to 3i3 in his favor. He
played close billiards ut the foot sec
| tion for 30, moved to the upper right
corner and. playing quickly. slipped on
a simple single cushion. Hagenlochei
made /. failed on q wide two cushion
shot at the head OF the table and once
more gave Hoppe good opening.
Playing with a free stroke Hoppe
collected &c. a freeze and a bank ter
minated the run. Beginning with a
classical single cushion supported by a
draw with twist to the left rail- Hagen
locher got the balls IN the lower left
section, where he held them for 5S. A
faulty draw sent him to his seat.
/ by running 50. the result OF precise
operations and few drives. in his
twenty-first inning IIagenlocher made
tho contest decidedly interesting. But
when he played himself into an align
/ rent I'm the lower left corner and
failed to overcome 1t with left handed
nasse. as usual. he gave Hoppe q
chance TO get out, which was utilized
to that end.
When Hoppe had to go an intricate
| !, osition developed. lie studied and
measured for couple of minutes. after
which he played q bank and counted.
An around the table three cushion
stroke finished the struggle. The score;
/ HOPPE (white balD--3, 3, 3, II. 3, AZ, 4, ..
/