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Show 1 KOPPE DEFENDS TITLE, 500 to 301 m New York. Feb. f .'.lie Hoppe. IS 2 bslkiine hiiiir.nl h uipion to-I to-I night successfully defended his tir'.o. defeating George Sutton of Chicago, C 600 to SOI Hoppe made only 14 in his first three Innings, but then settled down i and rolled off soae beautiful billiards : J open taV.c pla for the most part , '? HiB drives for position were almost Mf perfect, while his close nur3ing it, I times was splendidly executed In his fourth turn rt the table he netted I 117 points, falling down on a single m cushion cross table shot. ' ' At the end of 10 innings the score stood isr. to ''i I'd.- b rnvor. af-m af-m ter Sutton had Just mode hia high 5 run of ??, which end-'d .vi.h a miss MEBB of a short draw. From th:s point to the end of th gani Hoppe playeil brilliant billiards while Suuon's beat ?(Tort was VJ in his sixteenth iiui.iiu-The iiui.iiu-The score Hoppe- 1.'. 1. I, 117. 19 47. 2. 45, IS. 8, 53. 16. !! ::4 B, 48 12. 0, -'2. 5 0, IT -total. BOO: average 22 16-2. higfa runs. 117. 53, 4s Sutton o. i2 o. 2. 12. 1. 0. 18, 81, 99 t 9, U. 7. 22 39. 8. 6, f. 16. o total. 801; average 1 4 7 21, high runs, 89, 88 Referee Albert Cutler. |