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Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-01-13 | Page 10 | Willie Hoppe Downs Cochran to Capture Last of Big Titles

Type issue
Date 1936-01-13
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Rights No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
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Article Title Willie Hoppe Downs Cochran to Capture Last of Big Titles
Type article
Date 1936-01-13
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 10
OCR Text Willie Hoppe Downs Cochran to Capture Last of Big Titles By CHARLES DUNKLEY Associated Press Sports Writer CHICAGO CHICAGO Jan Willie 13 Hoppe the boy wonder and the grand old man ald man of ot Billiards at the same time seems to tn h b ho t vF WILLIE HOPPE BOPPE better as ashe he grows older At the ago age of ot 48 when most men menn in n sports are through Hoppe today had achieved the ambition of at his life life winning the worlds world's three- three cushion billiard championship the only title that ever eluded him from tram Welker Cochran in a challenge match Ho He is the first billiard illiard player play play- er to hold three thre-e titles at the same time the thO I three cushion crown crown the championship and the one cushion or cushion carom carom title Rated as as the greatest billiard play player r of at all time ho he first grabbed tho the cue at the ago of at 7 in a hotel owned by his father in Cornwell on the Since then ho he has won 20 championships He only started smoking six years ago and and rarely takes a drink He is still called Willie by almost everybody everybody every every- body except his fellow billiard players who call him Bill Charley Peterson of St. St Louis the famous trick shot star who has traveled tho the country with Hoppe for 30 years giving says that Hoppe J fl the greatest p player ayer that ever lived He still refers to Willie as the boy I 1 never saw saw anybody liko him Peters Peterson said n today Hes clean affable and refined all alt tho the way through Ive I've always preached to others others' to lead the life lite of Hoppe and they w would uld be a success Hoppes Hoppe's first distinguished championship championship championship cham cham- achievement was scored back in 1906 when at the age ol of 18 lB h ho he went vent t Paris to Paris and conquered the year old Maurice for tor the worlds world's balk line championship cham cham- Hoppe was jubilant over his victory victory victory vic vic- vic vic- tory over Cochran whom he defeated defeated defeated de de- de- de to in a challenge match ending Saturday night Hes He's been trying f for r the title for eight Ight years and made five tive a attempts to win it He finished second three times and fourth once He is the father of ot a a. married daughter and a year old son who he says is no account as a billiard player Hoppe said he never tried to teach him because I he ho felt he ho would never become a star
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