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Show IFAPANESE DEFEATS AMERICAN PLAYER Now York. Nov, II. Koji Yamndn, Hie Japanese billiard expert, dcreal-od dcreal-od Willie Hoppc, world's champ'on, iiiiit, In the IS. 2 balk line billiard tourna-'H tourna-'H I merit at the Hotel Astor last night ill) j Yamada won the most sensational j ': battle ever waged on the grcon baize yk tabic. A wonderful spurt of So when Wlfc Hoppc apeurcd to have him hopclcss-jm hopclcss-jm ly beaten enabled the Oriental to win IjJ hy ii score of 500 to 197. Hoppe nccd-y3 nccd-y3 G(1 onl three points to assure him-Avi him-Avi t self of victory when Yamada uncov-V uncov-V u cred his great finish. M " By running 5C and 13S In bis soc-Sfl soc-Sfl ond and fourth innings Yamada show-Si show-Si ; cd some wonderful billiards aiid dem-III dem-III onstratcd that he has a thorough M J knowledge of all the tntrlcacics of , the game. Hoppc tnado two runs of S :- 100 and 102 In his third and tenth j$J I Innings, and played a strong game S throughout, but the Toklo player out-LSB out-LSB : lasted him. Bjj In the game last night Morning- IW star defeated Demarest, the young jSj Chicago player after a nip and tuck ,i fight in 3S Innings bv a score of 500 "flgl to 439. Mfim The scores: pfT Yamada, 500: average, 22 1G-22; if?J high runs, 13S, 92, Sfi. llliT Hoppe, -107; average, 23 1-1-21; high jSl ri,ns' 102, 109, 17" Morningstar, 500; average, 13 G-3S; high runs. 04, G3, 57. Memarest, !39; average, 11 32-37: high runs, 45, 42. 39. The two afternoon games resulted in a victory for the veteran SIobsoii over Taylor, 500 to 420. and a surprise sur-prise furnished by Clino when he outplayed out-played Sutton, 500 to 297. Slosson's work was erratic during the early lunincs, but he found his stroke aa tho game progressed, while Taylor made only spasmodic runs toward the close of the match. Sutton said lie felt unable to do himself justice after his game with Taylor. After junking 53 and S3 in hla ninth and tenth innings he only reached double figures three tlme3 out of tho other 20 turns at the table. ta-ble. Cllnc, playing steadily and aided by two lucky "kisses" in his longest run of S3, took the lead in the twentieth twenti-eth inning and won easily. The scores: Slosson, 500; average, 10 40-46; high runs, 50, 49, 43. Taylor, 429; average, 9 15 1C; high runs, C3, 44, 29. Clinc, 500; average, 10 20-30; high nins, S5, 59, 49. Sutton, 297; average, 9 27-30; high runs, 9S, 53, 4C. George Sutton declared last night thai he would withdraw from the tournament. He alleged that he had been unjustly treated in having been lsated to play Cllne yesterday afternoon after-noon after bis hard contest of tho sufficient tlnie-.a'lil-thls CAcnlng before, from which he had not sufficient time to recuperate. He said that after an hour's play today ho was so exhausted that he was hardly able to make a shot. |