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Show WILLIE HOPPE "KNEW SOMETHING" WHEN HE BALKED AT MATCH WITH WELKER COCHRAN VH-T-i V WElker. Cochran , Willie Hoppe champion hoppe and welker cochran. Willie Hoppe had a good reason for making conditions that precluded his meeting Welker Cochran in an exhibition exhibi-tion billiard match, in the recent campaign cam-paign for the United War Work fund. Hoppe, or his manager, R. B. Benjamin, Benja-min, knew the speed at which Cochran Coch-ran was playing. AVelker Cochran showed in his match in New York with Ora Morningstnr, the recreatiou's star, that he has improved rapidly in the last six months and is entitled to meet Hoppe for the world's championship. champion-ship. Cochran's Big Score. George Sutton was defeated by Hoppe in Chicago in the match in which Hoppe made his best showing. In this match Hoppe defeated the veteran vet-eran and averaged 57.7 in 1,500 points. Cochran laid this mark in the shade when he averaged 60 for the last 1.S00 points of his 3,600-point game with Morningstnr. Cochran made a run of 2S6 to finish one 300-point block, then started the next block with a run of 21, giving him a high run of 307 for i the match. He also showed runs of 252, 247 and 225. In the last 11 300-point 300-point blocks Cochran did not fail to make one run of 100. Cochran's best run on a Detroit table was 222 in his match with Morningstar last year, while the best Hoppe has ever shown Detroit fans is 211. Cochran Improves. Cochran's playing in the last months surprises the billiard fans. For several years he has been regarded regard-ed as a good mechanical player, but lacking in billiard temperament and a poor money player. In his l,S00-point match with Morningstar last winter he averaged around 2S. |
