Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-02-15 | Page 11 | Hoppe Retains Cue Title with Blazing Finish

V Hoppe oppe Retains Cue Title I With pith Blazing Finish i CHICAGO Feb 15 Its It's AP Its It's about time for Willie Hoppe ch change ge his identification tag from Boy Wonder to Ol 01 Man AlIer I Ie fi e year old New York cue Ud rd still is king of all aU he surIn surJi sur- sur Ji In to three-cushion three billiards after fm ha his title on the line twice olive jive weeks m meanwhile recover- recover from a siege of influenza and l WillIe e won his first cue title in Last night he captured his ni d straight three cushion with a crushing 34 50 wry over his hi arch rival Jake eer in 39 innings This was wasl wasy I l 1 y Sixteenth victory in 17 matches lj round long robin bat- bat l 1 finishing with 14 and Josses for second place started out even with Pe Ppe e last lat night but In the fifthe fifth e Hoppe cut loose with a daz- daz g ll The Cleveland balk- balk reduced a point 13 def- def 71 tour four but the old master then a Again in and led by a portable margin most of the no now has won 36 of 37 w in tournament play the i two years winning winnins 20 straight 19 O m et and 13 in a arow row I This his year before Welker Cochran Cochran Cochran Coch- Coch ran of San Francisco snapped his string Five weeks ago Hoppe met Schaefer In the first block of a point challenge match rolling roIlIng up a prohibitive lead before Influenza influenza influenza enza felled him