Show pante earcil ig of sports e S hovers HI bow to 9 r billiards ROBERT vestern newspaper paper union id by defeated mau bilue hoppe B ln in paris france vignaux brids 18 I 1 balk line billiards heavyweight ilai long before as born it louis was ion 0 n joe both that chicago won tonal year and american league h james J jeffries had his worlds heavy in joe gans cans was light title champ and philadelphia idalen was king of the light the i year that tha t boo lives were the san franc francisco isco fire and teddy roosevelt was ake e n nt of the united states and I 1 robert E V acary w was is ex tile the arctic it was the natal I 1 sig stage I 1 e and screen stars tine foe carroll and arancis led years later willae otherwise ther wise known its as mr bil thai has annexed the worlds cushion billiards champion kills Is the first time that has as topped tho the angle players elker cochran won the three 1 championship in chicago in met hoppes challenge and lieveld of his crown in 1937 in again ascended the throne chrono time Charli champion pion ie e won his la latest test tournament displayed all ills his cano ago al 11 i wizardry to win 16 con coiscou mes and cinch the champion in n unheard of feat in bourna ames ten consecutive vie vic by johnny layton was the aa s high in tournament play piny pe e admitted that he played st billiards of his life in the il meet et H he was on from st t fand a and c continued 0 inked to outclass gnp t igors d by sp sports orts stopwatch stop watch anost impossible to realize how foppe has be been n master of the 41 W LLIE AT WORK ushers fifty two years old illie was only 18 when he con I 1 the great vignaux lie ho was y wonder the marvel of tho the any tables ty cobb then rookie in detroit and dew dewolt olf er r wa was s setting the broadway afire H hoppe oppe goes back further than playing with jake schaefer me toured the country in consistently outclassing classing out the i d lie he played his first with his father who taught ie e game when he be was eight experts have laid hoppe away h he e old masters many a time ng ing that lie he was all through t r back as 1822 a newspaper said at 36 Is tile the ach of tile he billiard world the or of the old school retirement it i piece appeared after he was isaul in the first of his mis d comebacks come backs lie ha had lost the alk line title in 1921 a title d held sl since n ce 1912 young jake fer er ben beat t him then because irritation in his shooting arm tired ire d for six months he came in 1922 to recapture the title he fe had things thin gs his own way the time h he e first came back france and beat the claim n this side of the ocean he i ge george orge the student purse and a side two years later in 1908 he george rge 13 sutton tor for the aln en he gave up both titles e he like conditions ning ig play when the rules changed change d he won back both bips Ps in 1910 from there 6 story of hoppe Is the story lards until 1921 when young caught aught up with his ailing arm I 1 irl 1 l 1923 willi e won again and continued to reign as the the old er of BlU lards through t gl again ibe he winter of 1925 he was idall all ch again his sho shooting oling arm bady aly lacerated lao cratL id in a fall young made it certain once more be took tooh the 18 1 title from LN the e title lie ho had won from in 1912 years later in 1936 1930 willie th ls tit title e again plus the on ebrom and three cushion I 1 both schaefer and cochran in the and they cupl cd the mourners bench e recent chicago tourney |