Show SUTTON CONFIDENT HE CAN BEAT HOPPE Chicago Fob Feb 1 George I.-George George Sutton Button is making runs nulls und nd averages In dal dally daily practice at his Chicago room In preparation for tor his point COO balk ball line Une match for or the worlds world's championship championship cham cham- wih with William WIliam Hoppe th the titleholder title titleholder tile holder holter which will wi be held on tho the night of or February 5 In the ballroom of or Hotel Astor New v York Cit City A single average of 31 is the poorest performance recorded by Sutton In a fortnight and at that tha the veteran fin fin- his points with a a. high run of 1 He plays alono alone most of ot the time as he finds difficulty In securing a anyone anyone any au- one fast enough to give him an Interesting Interesting Interest Interest- ing InS game Averages of at 60 50 to 60 and runs of and upward are frequently made by th tho tho former champion ch which speed he attributes largely largel to his Improved physical condition Undaunted by hl his tou tough h d defeat teat at the hands of ot Ora Morningstar recent recently at Pittsburgh In their match for the Sutton Is confident m of at beaU beating the great Hoppe It I- I Iwas was against as Willie that he ma made mad his worlds world's record single average of flat tnt years ears ago aso and ho claims to be Just as goodnow good goodnow good goodnow now though admitting ho lie slumped durIng during during dur dur- ing a period of four or five years Ho He feels that a thirty average will wi taJ take c cHoppo's Hoppo's Hoppes measure and he Is willing willingto to wager ho he will wi go better beter than that In fact Sutton predicts he will wil average n frage His Chicago Chi forty In the coming cominG struggle c cage cago 0 friends are but the they are ln l living In hope and know George has hns tho the billiards In him If It the tho caroms can bo be brought out out Hoppo will wi bo be a bl big favorite for the match Just jus as he ho would be against any other opponent Win or lose Hoppe after finishing with wih Sutton will wi willgot got down to practice for his match wih with Morningstar at Pittsburgh for the Hie championship emblem held b by Ora Ora And In turn the winner ot or the Smoky City Cit mutch doubtless doubtless doubt doubt- doub less will wil have to meet blosson losson Demarest Demarest Dema- Dema re rest or r Sutton L. L rans lans in I me cast eat woo wore were looking forward to the proposed vl visit lt In that section of ot tho the young Iowa wizard Welker Cochran doubtless wore were keenly disappointed to find that tho boys boy's trip had to be canceled at th the eleventh hour Cochran Mann Manager er Winter Winter Winter Win Win- ter and the lads lad's tutor Lanson Perkins had their railroad tickets bought bought and their sleepers reserved when Mr tr Winter Winten Win Win- ter ten wa was as taken desperately ill I and tho the I tour of t necessity had to be bo called caled of off temporarily Cochran was wn extensively booked for expositions and in all al probability proba proba- hUt the dates will wi be moved up and the tIme trip made later probably probablY in four tour or five weeks The reinstatement of Charles F F. ConI Con- Con kiln Ferdinand Poggenburg Poggenburg Edward Gardner Amateur Champion Brown I and amid tho the rest of tho the crack crack amateurs by bythe bythe bytho the tho National Association will wIl prove a aboon aboon aboon boon to the game and when they hey betto get bet to together ether In the bl big national tournament ment merit in New York in a few tew weeks hence th the eyes eCHI of fans tanH far tar and wide will wi be bo centered on tho the event Just aa as the they were on former forer occasions when this clever bunch of ot cracks fought it out for championship after ater championship champion champion- ship the winner Invariably being In doubt until tho the final match of the thet t tournament ou maIns n t. t |