Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-03-13 | Page 6 | Hoppe Must Pull Marvelous Comeback to Defeat Schaefer

HOPPE i MUST PULL UL MARVELOUS COMEBACK TO DEFEAT SCHAEFER YOUNG JAKE IS VICTOR IN lITHE THE r-IR r T BLOCK Champion Errs Badly on ona ona ona a Number of Shots Neither Neither Neither Nei Nei- ther Player Stars NEW YORK YORK TORK March 13 Only b by a. a a comeback in the two remaining blocks blockS' of ot Goo SOO p joints h each can Willie Hoppe retain his title of worlds world's champion bl- bl against the assault of Take Jake Schaefer of San Fran Francisco isco The chal chat length easily won the first block atthe of at ofha the ha title tournament last night GOO to Young Young- Jake had a lead of of points lIe He averaged 41 32 5 with high runs of and nd nd compared with the champions champion's average of oJ 23 4 and high r runs ns' ns of 94 and 44 Hoppe won the bank chose hose the 1 white ball bail a and ran an 2 23 missing on a d difficult Wi eUl one raif e draw s Schaefer hS d drew e the he ivories to the lower end of the table able delicately nursing them there or for a 66 count After Arter making two re remarkable remarkable remarkable re- re shots to gather on th the sixtieth sixtieth six six- leth and sixty sixth counts the first firsta a a two cushion draw and the other a tw two cushion bank he missed an easy draw shot Hoppe counted thirty times to in his hisco second cushion two co Inning An Ann shot n missing missing- ss His a at twenty ninth left handed an count was a wide two-cushion two draw and his thirtieth a pretty one-cushion one bank ank SCHAEFER NETS IN N SECOND INNING second turn at the table netted him an even points The first eighteen billiards were all alt cushon cush- cush cushIon Ion on shots the eighteenth being five lve rails Hoppe made one billiard in his third inning and missed a a. two-cushion two shot Schaefer missed a two-cushion two shot on n his first try ry the then thep Hoppe missed a two-rail two bank bani Schaefer made four foul In his fourth inning and failed on a a. short draw Hoppe Hoppo gathered the cluster on the lower ower rail after spectacular rail one-rail shots and ran four forty then missed a three-rail three shot on a a. kiss Schaefer got the feel tee of the table in his fifth frame rame and handled the bUs bells nicely at athe atthe atthe the he head of the table for tor a a. run or of The score then was tas Schaefer Hoppe Hoppe played a four cushion shot widely In the sixth frame fiame Schaefer missed a a. one-cushion one shot on en n the lower lower lower low low- er end of ot the table Hoppe counted but one billiard bUllard out of at a bad lie in the seventh frame Schaefer counted one one and was short on a one cushion draw at the head of ot the table The score then was Schaefer ter Hoppe HOPPE GARNERS NINETY NINETY FOUR Hoppes Hoppe's eighth turn netted him ninety He H drove the balls bails con- con essaying to perfect his stroke He lIe gave way to Schaefer after failing falling on a a. short one cushion draw draV The champion was off oct his game Schaefer then counted sixty nine his last six shots being difficult lower cushion cush- cush lion ion on banks and kisses He lie played wide on a two cushion n bank Hoppe miscued miscued mis mis- cued ed on a long nd d draw at the el lower end of the table Schaefer ran two and flubbed on a a. one-cushion one draw The score then was Schaefer Hoppe In th the tenth Inning Hoppe again had difficulty in keeping the balls bails together and drew wide on on a 0 cross table shot after making 43 Schaefer counted 26 at the head of or the table and missed a one-cushion one time kiss shot Score Schaefer f Hoppe 21 Hoppo c counted oSice onca In the eleventh frame and bumped a follow v shot in open territory Schaefer ran 73 by dosS close nursing He Its missed a 0 nip draw Score Schaefer Hoppe 2311 Hoppe P counted 3 38 In the Hie twelfth iJ ont fr frame rame then played d wide on a on cush one I lon ion bank shot leaving the balls In position position tion for Schaefer to run lun the needed 20 The summary Schaefer GG GO 0 4 4 0 0 1 0 63 2 26 73 73 30 2 0 Hoppe 25 30 1 I 0 O. O 44 H 0 1 I 9 94 0 43 I 1 38 Totals Totals Schaefer SOO Hoppe Home High runs Schaefer Hoppe 04 H. H Average Schaefer II H 8 12 Hoppe 23 1 The box score follows C. C Dr Bk M. M PI Fl Ks T. T Schaefer 7 20 23 31 4 2 Hoppe 76 76 03 93 11 H 10 12 6 0 C. 1 C. 2 C. 3 C. 4 C. J-C. C. Schaefer 83 23 6 2 2 Hoppo Hoppe 61 51 14 2 2 0 5