Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-01-05 | Page 4 | Willie Hoppe Begins Fight to Regain World's 18.2 Balkline Title

WILLIE HOPPE BEGINS FIGHT TO REGAIN WORLDS WORLD'S A I I Ir TO r CUES CUE S LAURELS Fifteen Hundred Point 5 D Duel el Begins in New NewS j I York Tonight S I S NEW mw YORK Tan Jan 5 AP Willie nappe tonIght will begin his is fight to recover the worlds world's title snatched from him b lake Jake Schaefer ot of Chicago two years ago 5 In the path of his attempted 1 comeback stands Eric cool quiet calculating German star H the man who unexpectedly overthrew Schaefer last spring has apparently no fear for forS S Us' Us championship In two pro pre matches he won victorIes vie vic torIes over Hoppe But metropolitan metro metro- politan students of f the game con con- aider the veteran former titleholder to be playing In such brilliant that they have installed him a a. fa- fa to regain the honors he held fo more than a decade HOPPE S oppe who for many years rears ruled supreme In every branch of the game enters the opening point COO block of the 1500 point S without a championship for forth th 11 first time In his career lie He lost 5 the lie last of his crown the crowns dIadem to Schaefer r almost a year ago go r. r he match to be staged at the Hotel l Pennsylvania will be by Albert G. G Butler Play will start Each night at 8 o'clock with the ft al block to be played on Friday