Show HOPPE DEFEATS CURE Hoy Bo t Add Another Claim to Champion at 1 Bulk Line Line- F Chicago o May My I 7 Before i.-Before Before a n gathering gather gather- ing ing of oC SOO per persons ons a good goodly I proportion tion of or whom were women Willie Hoppe HOPIe defeated Louis Lotus Cure CUIe uie the French expert tonight In the first game anic of a series erles of or games to be played b by the he premier billiard experts of oC the world for COl tho the worlds world's championship il at L IS 2 hal line balk billiards in lii 11 Orchestra hall hail on Michigan fl avenue H Tho Thu spectators spectators' showed their appreciation elation caton of or fine shots hots an and while the they did II not conceal their thel a admiration mllton for young oun Hoppe time and ant time again agin they h heartily alty cheered the tt Frenchman and tried to encourage e him when atel after af at- ter tel the time third thir inning he lost lo t control of the thE balls bals and could not nol get them together again until the eighteenth I in In- In ning At this stage after Hoppe had kit eft the time bal balls In lii perfect position for or him he lie stepped to time the t table ble and amid clicked out 1 UI points After fter Cel time the I fifty every even eer tenth nth point gathered d by bythe bythe bytho the tho Frenchman FInchman was vociferously ap ap- ap- ap TIme The I Cf-I fifty eighth stint shot in that run lull was a very crr difficult nil tl I Ms Its execution brought brought forth deafening applause in which Hoppe Joined JoJne The el first eighty hl shot hot was vas a l similar JH se inas-se I antl aul iid Its Us 5 ful execution cau caused cd Ih the spectators to go fall fair I ly mad the time ret ref to 1 smut ana dull all n for rO quiet quiet- l l eforo tor U meise subsided and Cure continued playing On the time I shot hot Cut Cure Cure- for br a simple En English l a draw drav W I in ii I the center cen tem ter h hor of or the table tahle hut bul miscalculated mi the time therl rl distance and missed h by the narrowest af or margins Hoppes Hoppe's play lulay was wa at all aU times bell bril brilliant and he proved to the tho crow crowd that hn hi hr Is entitled to the name of or cham cham- champion pion The score core follows Hoppe GOO Hoppe-GOO high run Iun 9 tt 91 J average ZI 1 1 17 i 4 Cure Cure Cure- Cure high run average i 1 lo 10 2 |