Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-03-17 | Page 12 | Hoppe Wins World's 18.1 Billiard Title

HOPPE WINS WORLD'S 18.1 BILLIARD TITLE Defeats Sutton in One-Sided Contest for tlie Cbani-jiioiislii)). Cbani-jiioiislii)). CHICAGO, March 16. Willie Hoppe of New York tonight won the 1S.1 balkllnc billiard championship of the world by defeating George Sutton of Chicago, the final score being: IIoppc, 500; Sutton, 228 Hoppe's average was 16 20-30 and Sutton's Sut-ton's 7 15-20. According to the terms of the match, which were named by Hoppe as challenger, challeng-er, the victor carried oft llic diamond emblem, tlie stake money, amounting to $500. and the on 1.1 re box office receipts. Sutton regained the 1 1 tic from George Slosson at New York. June 2, 1003. after losing It to Slosson January 26, 100'J. Edward H. Sample of Minneapolis ref-ereed ref-ereed I he contest, Hoppe won the bank and missed tho opening shot. He left a "set-up," and Sutton Sut-ton collected twentv at his first trial. For tho next six innings Sutton played a strong, consistent game, keeping his average close to fifteen, while Hoppe was unable to bring the balls under control. He was compelled to mako the majority of his billiards at long range. In the seventh, however, Hoppe brought together togeth-er twenty-nine by a succession of difficult diffi-cult masse and "round-lhe-lablo" shots. Sutton, made a couple of "goose eggs" in the ninth and tenth, while Hoppe ran up ihlrtv-seven In his ninth attempt. In his twelfth, Hoppe took tho lead with a run of thirty-two. the score at the end of tho twelfth standing; Hoppe, Hi; Sutton, Sut-ton, 135. After the twelfth Inning the game was a one-sided contest, Sutton being unable to score In double figures with tho exception ex-ception of his nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-third Innings. IIoppc appeared to gain confidence after ho passed bis rival and played a strong game at all times, rolling up runs of sixty-one and llfty-sevcn. Hoppe 0, 3. 11. 1, -I, 1. 29. 0, 37, 1. 25. 32. 30, 3, N, 21. 1. 3, 10. 23, 61, 11. 31. 57, 1. 16, -15. 1. 18. 2. High runs 61, 57, 45. Averacre 16 20-30. Total 500. Sutton 20, 31, 15, 0, 23, 7, 22, 0, 0, 0. 0. 2, 1, 0, 0, S. 0, 3. 11. 28, 4. 5, 20. 3, 2. 1, 1. 3, 3. High runs 32, 2S, 23. Average Aver-age 7 25-29. Total 229.