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Show BOY BILLIARDIST IS " ALARMING CRACKS Willie Hopper the boy billlardlst. has developed devel-oped fast, and la now considered a match for any cue expert in the land. "Student" Sloeaon. who shared the billiard supremacy of the world a decado ago with Schaefer and Ives, has Just side-stepped a match with the young wtsard of the cue, and Catton. who has challenged the little fellow, fel-low, is unable to get backing against the 17-year-old boy, who has lately furnished New Yorkers with a marvelous exhibition of his skllL . Hoppe played a Gotham expert. Cutler, at 18.S balk-Une, and simply overwhelmed him. With the delicacy of touch of an Ives he added the skill of Catton at open table work, and no shot on the table seemed too difficult lor him. |