OCR Text |
Show MORNINGSTAR AND HOPPE WINNERS New York. Nov. I G Willie Hoppo. the outhful title holder, outplayed George Slosson, the crafty veteran, last night at the Hotel Astor in the fourth night's play in the tournament tourna-ment for the IS. 2 balk lino billiard I championship. Hoppe completed his string of 500 in the 21st Inning, Slosson meanwhile gathering 2'W Slosson eased into the lead durlni: I tho first few innings. He chose his shots with much deliberation and led Hoppe by -15 to 2S at the end of the fifth Inning. Hoppe here began one of his spectacular runs and he clicked click-ed off 122 buttons hofore he fell down on a hard draw shot in thp sixth. Hoppe never rcllnq wished this lead thereafter. He also made runs of 9l and 82. Slosson's best continued effort netted him 50 points. Hoppe. GOO; average, 23 15-20; high runs. 122, 91, S2, Si. Slosson, 243: average, 11 11-20; high runs, iu, 43, 29. In the other evening game Oro Morningstar was extended to beat U George Sutton. The former won out by 500 to 385, but not until he had - made the record rcn of the tournament. tourna-ment. In the 24th inning Morning-star Morning-star had an uninterrupted string of 1U7 before he loosled. Mornlngstar, 500; average, 2G 23-30;; 23-30;; high runs, 167, 02, 52. Sutton, 3S5; average, 12 25-30; high runs, 91, 58, 45. Yamada and Demarest were wln-. wln-. ners In tho afternoon contests. Ya-I Ya-I mada outplayed Cline, 500 to 401, J In a 50-inning game, and Demarest defeated Taylor by the narrow margin mar-gin of throe points, 500 to 497, in a 22-inning match. Yamada received well merited applause ap-plause for some of. his masse and long cushion shots. Demarest played play-ed a wonderful game at times, his run of 132 in the 25th inning showing some of the best line nursing and balk line plays seen during tho tournament tour-nament ' The scores: Yamada, 500; average, 10; high, runs, 03, 35, 34. Cline, 404; average, S 12-40; high runs, G5. 32, 30. Demarest, 500: average, 15 20-32; high runs, 132, 55. 49. Taylor, 497, average, JG 1-31; high runs, 73, G5. J9. - i - |