| Show I 4 4 HOPPE IS POPULAR CHAMPION I I I BILLIARD ARTIST KNOWS HIS STUFF 4 11 IE NAIl ON HIS t Je IE BALi HA Al-HA-AAA- A I i ira OL C 9 L HOPPL L T 1 I I Br Dr BILUE EVANS EVAR Willie Hoppe famous billiard star ls Is a II champion every inch of ot him Hu Ho Hunot not only plays but looks the tho part Title holders of ot the tho Hoppe species do much to elevate the game gune ot of bit bit- bil billiards Iuds May he reign for tor A long long iong longtime longtime time I have hava known Willie Hoppe for tor years He Is the same samo Hoppo noppo today ae a he be was twenty sears ears ago when I I he waa WI first startling the bUllard world ItS as a the boy wonder Suc Sue Success cess case has ha not changed him In the I I least Hoppe Is one of ot the most popular champions In the history of nil nh sports Affable always au the gentLe gentLe- mon man Hoppo Hoppe makes friends the moI moment mo- mo merit ment ho steps up to the green table I Iclean to a match or exhibition Th clean cut manner immediately wins wms you over I Hoppo Hoppe does docs not low his coming match with Jake Schaefer Schiefer with any grett alarm He has the tho greatest re- re regard re regard gard for tor Schaefer's remarkable abil- abil abilIty abil ability ity but that he will wilt be bo able to retaIn the title When pta pla ers are nearly equal In inability inability ability getting the breaks brooks means ev- ev ev everything I evI remarked Hoppe Hoppa to mo me moI recently In tn discussing the coming match for tor the championship I It It Is Impossible to describe just what hat I mean by the breaks There Thero Therone ne ao so 80 many little things that can I canI play a definite part In the final re- re re whether lether they break brenk tor for or against you Any fellow tellow isho ho ho has hns e ever eer er Indulged in any brand ot of sport will I understand Just ahat I mean when I mal make e reference to the tile part tho the break of ot the game 1 PInS plas 1 s While Whilo e every ery champion In any branch of ot sport sooner or later is de- de dethroned dethroned de dethroned the defeat detent of Hoppe by a car ago was a it huge sup sup- sur su- surprise prise The sympathy of nt every e cry ot ci bill ds w nt to Steppe Hoppe in defeat The tho glad hand was WaIl extended DY by by Just as many when he lie Ills hi defeatIng det r How come Schaefer happened to 11 beat sou OUt ou Willie I naked The Tho ol old mr mental hazal d turned the trick he hI re Early Darly In iri tile the match I 1 failed e s cral ll er times thIll'S to make mako I shots that I should hae have ha e executed I began to think that 1 I was onas oft off my I stroke II-at II I couldn t make then theM The old mental hazard laz was constant I constant constant- constantly constant ly Iy In tn front ot of me narel have 1 I ever evor been Bo to afflicted I had a half big chances but lUt tall failed cd to tah take tako of ot them Championship takeI I polso poise was lacking In that match I there ou have base the reason for tor my defeat my Hoppe I Ij one champion who alays ala ays tries to the tans fans a run for tor their money He takes bites every very seriously plas his very best und nd Is I when lie he tails falls to do something unusual something the form fans really a 8 champion to per per- perform perform per perform I It is really surprising what hat hat a 0 little thing Bill do with aith a champions champion's game Recently I saw Hoppo per pee perform form torm In Cle at the tho Athletic club After Atter practicing for tor or a a tow few lie he camo back and tat at do don doan n L beside side me having bit Ing The l crowd is going to see sec poor billiards this afternoon That tabo Is Just like asking 88 n a big league ue ball pia er to perform on a skinned dia diamond mond The cushions are livelier titan than the bali b 11 they used In the big league last year Hoppo Hoppe was vas right It required flock of innings to complete tho the af- af afternoon afternoon af afternoon a s Ia In n tho evening e g the cushions aero ere changed and Hoppe demonstrated why ho he Is champion by running out his points in two Innings getting and an run of ot 96 Home Hoppe Is playing In tn fine form torm It et I present times timea since regaining hIs title ho he Ira has run out blocks ot of points In exhibition matches |
