Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-01-25 | Page 14 | World's Best Billiard Players Sign for Match

Worlds World's Best et Billiard I Player Sign Sg for fr at Hoppe W Will ll Have to Play Great Game in Order to Retain Title J I CHICAGO Jan 24 By A. A A P. P P.- P. Entries for the international championship 18 billiard tournament to be e held held here February February February Feb Feb- 23 to March 5 G closed tonight with six of the greatest players in inthe inthe inthe the world in the competition making male male- ing one of the strongest combinations combinations combinations that that that- has ever eer competed for forthe forthe forthe the title Willie of New Kew York the time present champion tops the list of entrants The others are Young Jake Schaefer of f San Francisco Welker Cochran of Hollywood Edouard Horemans Horemans' of of Belgium Erich of Germany and e Suzuki of Japan Hoppe is playing better billiards than ever but his opponents everyone every everyone one of whom has the advantage of ot youth have improved wonderfully wonderful in th the past year ear Their chances for the championship are regarded I far more more promising than they were I when t ey entered the last International international international Inter inter- I national tournament in New in-New New York Toni Hoj-emans Hoj the Belgian champion one of the youngest of this years year's entrants has especially improved He lie has toured South America and this country playing exhibition games and nd apparently Is over the tIme nervousness nervousness' that once affected hl his his- playing when hard driven by an opponent or worried tl d by the crowd I Schaefer in the past year has buckled down to hard work and so has hare Welker elker Cochran Cohran who gave I the champion such a a. hard and close battle a year ear ago is said said to be altogether altogether alto alto- gether ether a a. different to th the Una L man who represented represent d Germany in inthe inthe the time last tournament K Suzuki the new face in th this s years year's international is is' the time champion cham charn- pion plan of ot Japan at bil bil- bil He lie won his isis right to compote com cons pete pote in ill this years year's international by winning the final challenge match in the junior professional championship from Tadeo Suza- Suza numa another Japanese player pla Suzuki will be the first Japanese Japa nese nose entrant in an International tournament since Rince Yamada competed here in the tournament of 1919 Yamada surprised the bil hard liard world by defeating Hoppe in ina ina ina a championship tournament game by to The he sensational work I of Yamada did much to stimulate interest In billiards in Japan Tapan and It was was this same Yamada who I taught Suzuki billiards Suzuki has been playing billiards for tor the last fifteen years and M u just a few months under 30 years yean years old He lIe won the championship o 0 6 Japan three years ago and came to i i the United ed States tates last spring