Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-02-26 | Page 7 | And Yamada Finish Matches Here

OPPE AND YAMADA FINISH MATCHES HERE hamp Defeats Japanese i in Both Games and Shows Class Willie H Hoppe ppe gave the billiard lovers gre great t treat In the closing Josing mate match With Yamada at the Orpheum parlors st night and it is doubtful if any per jn n present ever eyer saw say the class of bo boards bil- bil il ards exhibited by y tho champion loppe oppe ran out his nis string of point i six innings notching in hi his liis fifth ining ning n ing and going out with an Ih hed d run of in jn the tho sixth H Hi His run f is but 65 points lower than the orld's lorld's record held by himself and Her fter he passed the mark the whole was walt expecting t tp see sea a new cord put up Ho He missed on a aon ion on kiss shot with the bridge Yamada scored 90 points for tor or five In- In ings This is an average of 15 1 3 up mediocre performance in Itself ut compared with Hoppes Hoppe's score core It ap- ap cared eared that the little Jap was out- out assed Yamada 1 started brilliantly and andia ia a ag leading by a n. score acore ore of 8 89 to o 5 51 6 when oppe loppe g t Into nto his twp big runs Hoppe did everything but make mae the alls aIls tall In the evening match and his control and repeated perfect drives kept the crowd In Inconstant constant round of ot applause The he lost difficult shots he executed with ease and Invariably brought he le balls into perfect position for the text shot Hoppes Hoppe's superiority in the billiard orld is po o well known and has as b been en on 0 o freely that I it is not to mention it again other han to hazard a guess as what will willave lave ave to happen to him before he loses he Ho title or a match Tl The e score of the match was as ph Hoppe O Hoppe-O 0 18 0 36 shed average 66 2 Yamada Yamada-O Yamada-O Yamada 0 0 36 63 53 1 90 averga aver- aver ge ga 18 IS In the afternoon game Yamada made I its lis best beet showing against the Cham Cham- ton ion and scored against Hoppes Hoppe's 00 Yamada finished strong and made madeus us lis best run of 77 71 toward t the e close o ohe of ot othe he game The score is as follows Hoppe Hoppe 44 44 0 0 17 60 66 56 27 32 21 24 08 08 10 22 average 36 yamada-O yamada Ramada a O. a-O. 0 2 20 1 1 3 16 6 6 2 31 27 21 6 7 average 16 The two players left last night with heir manager for Spokane where they viii play playa a series of exhibitions Both layers slayers made a host o of at friends while ere Jer by t their unassuming ways and a I. I engagement will wUl bl be w welcomed by y he fans here Coming as they did at athe athe athe he height of the billiard season leason they full houses at every performance e emd nd md have done the game game a lot of good The schedule of the state three tournament will be resumed Monday l night with a match between Willis Villis Boothe and Arthur S Speight