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Show Champion Hoppe Has Cut Out Hand Shaking Fearing that his right hand might be injured in some way Willie Hoppe, the world's professional- 18.2 balkline champion, has decided to refrain from hand shaking before or after the various vari-ous exhibition matches. Through his manager, R. B. Benjamin, he has requested re-quested that his friends eliminate hand shaking. "It is surprising how tired a billiard player's hand becomes," explained ex-plained Benjamin, "and there is always al-ways the danger of having the muscles of the arm strained." |