Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-12-09 | Page 41 | Hoppe Must Show Improved Form to Win over Cochran

I Hoppe Must l Show I Improved Form to toI I I IW W Win Over Cochran I When WIllie WIlIle Hoppe o and a clash for tor the billiards of ot the world l Decem Decem- December December December ber 17 13 18 and 19 the zhe he champion Is apt to o find himself In a mos most position polton He Is likely to find that tl-at the thO th challenger Is the rut rut- rul ruling ing log favorite At least the dope slants that way ay noW I I Taking n ft squint at nt the perform perform- performances ances of ot the pair at the Novem November ber hem tournament In New York U it- it seem lu tha that Cochran 1 bi bt bl fl favored flored ored to dethrone the tho one once Boy Vond Wonder r In that meet meet- meeting tog ing HoppA Hopp didn't look anything like tile his old self eif His Ills playing wu was only fair he was erratic nod time and ho 1 missed easy shots Tho The fut th th-it lIe l lost only one game WL n t due so much toI to ht hl stellar ir work as to the poor In I mado b by the opponents I As AB far as WI great billiards was con con- con cerne there thero wasn't much of that bru I 1 displaced at Now New York on In in th tm other hand sur- sur surI sur surprised hia t fondest n He I took a I fall tall out of ot both Hoppe and Sch tho the two favorites fa Sh fer was handed one of tha s ever over administered In matches An unlock unlooked unlocked ed cit for tor defeat at nt the hands bands ot of o a 0 foreigner ner was WIlS nil that Weller Welker from walking off oft with the championship then and there It Is quite Quito possible though that Hoppo Hoppe will the th same sa-ms form torm that ena enabled led him to whip cr em- em liter iCIer Jake lako had copped his hi title Willie Is 9 an on old c campaigner and andIn andin andIn In matches seems still pos poe pos sed ceased aced ot of o the stuff which permits him to the toughest bILl bar bar barrier tier rier just juat when a hen the thi going Is rough rough- eat