Show HOPPE LEADS L A S SCHAEFER SCHAEFER AS AS TIP OFF TIP OFF iN IN FI FINAL AL BLOCK BL cK CHAMP STAGES COMEBACK IN INI I N BlOCK t I Veteran Cue Resorts to Old Style to Take Lead NEW w YORK YORi March H. H When H-When When thE th road back had b become ome the most difficult difficult cult to travel Willie Hoppe fount found himself and picked his hIli way last night nigh and when he goes to the table tonight he will have the edge on Jake Sake Schaefer fer hl his challenger in the final live fiVE hundred point block of or their world title balk line billiard match The total score for the two nights nIghts' play gave Hoppe 1000 to Virtually beaten when he went t to the table for his lila seventh Inning last las night standing to Schaefer's the times many champion resorted to ti his old delicate style and clicked of oil eighty points within a no space six inches square The run totalled ninety eight Again on his tenth turn Hoppe Hoppi went back to delicate striking and ran rai driving only six times and makIng making making mak mak- ing points in fourteen minutes Schaefer was within striking distance distance dis dis- dis- dis tance tanca of or his second consecutive victory when he failed Hoppes Hoppe's average in the twenty one innings was 34 9 his grand average average average aver aver- age was 30 20 10 33 The level to which Schaefer's game fell tell is shown by hi his average for tor last night of ot 23 11 21 compared to his grand average of ol 31 2 32 1 Mondays Monday's block necessitated twelve innings Schaefer had an unfinished run of twenty and In his first turn last night counted nine missing a ten- ten inch draw for position on the head rail rall Hoppe counted fourteen th the fourteenth billiard being a II difficult masse in table center He missed a aone aOne aone one rail bank banle The challen challenger er collected twenty-five twenty on a series of ot drives for position and failed tailed on a two cushion bank leaving a s. spread Hoppe missed and Schaefer missed after counting t once The h champion champion cham cham- pion l counted rd cg one and flubbed b an en easy y one cushion draw In a corner Schaefer hae- hae fer ter nursing delicately ran nine and miscued The Tile score for tor the block then was Schaefer 44 Hoppe 15 CHAMPION PLAYS PLAYS' MISERABLY The champions champion's play was miserable He TIe missed an easy bank on the tho head rail after scoring scorIng- once Schaefer counted three fifty-three and missed a a. four cushion shot for tion Hoppe made ten spectacular shots Including three daring masses and missed a II two-cushion two draw NursIng Nursing Nursing Nurs Nurs- ing on the head rail Schaefer counted thirty He stopped stowed to Inspect a ball then missed a three-inch three draw The score for tor the block then was Schaefer Hoppe 26 Hoppe Hoppe- started the open game me with a masse the length of ot the table He lie made a a. table cross-table force draw on his twentieth shot and another on his twenty He missed a two cush ion shot t in the e top corner Schaefer c followed no with a brilliant run of eighty g during which he held the cluster on the lower rail with numerous pretty drives of ot three three-or more cushions The score for the block then was Schaefer 21 Hoppe I 48 The h champion g tr n played like no his next turn at the table By thil the th finest il sort of nursing 0 8 straddle a-straddle the balk lines he counted s sixty and c continued continued con con- to ninety-eight ninety missing a a. corner draw when bumped by the red Schaefer Schaefer fer made two and missed a a. two Ion lon shot by a foot Hoppe missed a II four-cushion four shot and missed again at the two cushions after atter making malt male ing one The score for r the block Schaefer eer Hoppe IO HOPPES HOPPE'S MASTERY RETURNS TO HIM aff after atter A two cushion h hc he c had I made a draw two failed three cushion et for c Hoppe yg shots Schaefer counted sixty-six sixty line lino nursing and missed a one-cushion one bank bankoff ort oft the lower side rail Hoppe's Hoppes P mastery then e returned e e to rth ft hl him Without moving I the balls from o othe the lower end of ot the table he ho counted drove three cushions for a perfect perfect per per- teet gather Jather and continued passing Schaefer's high run of ot made in inthe inthe the first s block and making He missed 1 S a two cushion shot ir m the c corner corner cor cor- ner for tor position Schaefer made one and missed a n. two-cushion two shot The rho nights night's Score core thus far tar was Hoppe Schaefer Hoppe Hoppo made three flubbed a short draw on the side rail Schaefer missed and Hoppo Hoppe agin counted three and missed a short Collo follow Schaefer haerer counted nine and missed a wide two- two cushion carom Hoppe Hoppo counted five and failed on a n. left handed four-cushion four shot Schaefer counted one and missed a two-cushion two shot In a a. series of ot daring shots hot for tor position tion Hoppe counted 26 25 With the ball bails a II foot apart In the tho center of ot the table I he lie tried a II ono cushIon shot and failed S added adde- 22 to his hi string and missed mined a RI n easy ealY masse man The score Icoro for forthe I the night then was Will Hoppe Schaefer and the total for both bothI I blocks Schaefer Sit Hoppo Increased his hi grand total to with a 0 remarkable run of cC In his fifteenth Inn Inning Ins of the nights night's play He lie resorted re to the most meat daring shots shote of 06 the match trying td cluster lii His one hundred hun hun- dred and shot a II long two cushion in ii the corner was wa missed by a a. hair lie He fo made mudo four two-cushion two bank shots three one cushion bonks and four difficult difficult cult masses during durin the run Schaefer ran forty in his Inning and andr r retired after playing a S. two cushion I carom wide Hoppo Hoppe counted 87 57 playIng playing play- play In Ing wide open billiards He lie missed a a. one cushion cut shot Schaefer counted count count- ed one Hoppe failed to count The rand grand total then was wa Schaefer loppe Hoppe Schaefer haef r collected seventy one II In his ls turn missing mining a bank the length lenith of ot tho the table able Hoppe Boppe counted 65 tS Increasing his grand total to He lie missed on a two cushion shot for position GETS NERVOUS AS GAME GAlIE GOES Sch Schaefer ran 61 81 and needing kut lut ut 11 for the 1000 he a a. one-cushion one draw Hoppo counted 62 Schaefer ran but three appearing nervous because of the talk In the gal lIal lery Hoppe Hoppo counted 28 25 and overdraw II a shot for position Needing eight Schaefer counted two and played wide In an easy cut shot Hoppe nursed straddle a-straddle tho the balk lines Reaching fifty he drove to th the head of ot the tho table and ant continued th the run R Reaching 70 75 Hoppe VR was forced to split lIt In n order to drive out of ot balk Ho lie Jot got ot tho the balls bl together again at the count of 80 Ho lIe went on for the tho unfinished count of ot 09 59 end and left tho the balls balIs In perfect position for the tho resumption of play In inthe the th final block of match play toda today Last rights right's block was completed by Hoppe pe In twenty-one twenty minutes during which time ho had a total count of Ha no started playing a II miserable game wame but warmed ed up In the s seventh turn at tho the tahle table counting fit 88 Schaefer apparently wo was nervous and nd woo was U not as al careful as In the first block Ha lie was unnerved In the late Innings when needing only a 0 few points and stopped topped once until the crowd ceased talk- talk ins Ing The fhe summary Hoppe Hoppe-H. Hoppe 14 0 0 O. 1 I 1 10 2 22 22 98 0 0 2 I. I 1 U 3 3 S 31 6 26 26 87 81 0 0 6 68 62 28 99 99 55 Ayer Average e. 34 54 9 High runs 98 58 98 99 Grand total 1000 Grand average 30 SO 11 Schaefer 9 Schaefer S. 9 26 1 1 9 9 63 63 37 37 00 SO 80 2 2 1 I. I 66 1 1 0 0 O. 9 9 2 1 2 23 40 I 1 71 11 61 61 3 S. 2 2 High runs rune SO 71 66 Average for Mock bUlck 23 11 Grand Orant total Grand average 31 2 Tie Tho box score core i ia t a t t t 5 S. S Hoppe i. i 37 87 7 is 13 34 3 6 15 24 2 14 J 33 7 I- I tO N t W O n o n 0 n n I ft fe f- f e c c c g S C C g G to r 10 0 s 10 10 s o 5 o o o 3 6 c 0 o c a B P Hopp 87 57 4 i 1 g 6 jj 23 Schaefer 79 70 28 25 0 0 o 0 94 BOSToN HOCKET TEAM TUl ST. ST rAUL March 14 U The nn B 11 n 1 association team tan won nn lb Uie C the e four Kim series s for fori fora th oh tho i arS States a at f Amateur Hockey as as- cl I on chom i lon Io hy defeating the then UI Athletic dul club 2 to I 1 here last n nl ht |