Show HAILED AS A COM COMING ING CHAMP old wizard of manion manson iowa impresses Impre ecea new yorker yorkers with hie his great skill kill for the first time since willie Wll lle hoppe cued his way to the premier position in the bal backline kline billiard world it seema seems the defense his masterful play has proved will be pierced I 1 his crown Is in jeopardy when the storm cloud gathering on the horizon is mi ml cutely studied it assumes the form of welker cochran the sixteen year old M AA welker cochran outa gf of manson la aho mho vho in his liea matches in new now york has shown ruch impressive form that critics are agreed ha will ere jong plima to a position among the professional players where ho he will mill bri br balled bailed as or the next thing than to it tho the arrangements which both hoppo hoppe and cochran have made bior or the coming season make it impossible that they will meet in a championship tilt until late next spring if at all daring the season yet a titular meeting between tho the pair is but a matter of timo time and the longer it Is deferred the brighter will mill bo be the prospects of the erstwhile eret while nes newsboy boy A match between hoppe and coch ran would afford the best billiards that could be seen both are masters cochrans Coc brana stroke ill 1 al rallar to that of frank ives in every detail and every know what that means the prevailing opinion Is that coch ran will strip hoppe of his laurels when they do get together cochran like the present champion is a con sistena player fortified with an ideal temP temperament emment As a natch match player he is second to none with the possible exception of the cham champion plon himself |