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Show I WITHDRAWS HIS FORFEIT. Hoppe Does Not Care to Play Billiard Match With Slosson. NEW YORK Nov I Willie Hoppe has withdrawn hla certified check for JoTO deposited de-posited with the Bninswlck-Balkc Col lender len-der coitlpany OB a forfeit In support of his i hall age to George Slosson for a billiard match at 18.2 balk line, and haj turned his attention to pi ay ere now in Paris, in ihe expectation that his detl has excited the attention of some expert over there v ho may accept. The Parts representatives ,, tlx billiard company, cabled over for a copy of the challenge, which has been sent, together with Slosson's declination to accept, nnd I Is thought that one of the stars now r in Paris may wish to ply the boy won-amam won-amam iler While I) did not make an open i hallenge. Huppe Is willing to play any pp one, Champion Vlgnaus In particular. Slosson Insists that his refusal to accept pjH at this time was largely due to the hope that leading player now In Paris nml In Amerba might shortly meet here, in pjH u big inter. tatlonal tournament, Of which t!r l a mtv strong possibility. In view ,.f thi ir. .l.i be closing " Ihe Paris a..i-PjH a..i-PjH dtinies. which would cause players to pjB cme over here In this case, ritossou olalms thnt a mat. h came now would dull Interest In the tourney. If the tourna-pp tourna-pp i ment Is held. Slosson says ho will bet ljuppe to a standstill on individual re- s iits and average j Hoppe' a challenge has placed him prominently prom-inently before the public as a candidate for champlonehl I ore. and the youth la likely to be a big favorite in any contest con-test In which he may enter as a competitor. |