Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1924-02-01 | Page 7 | Champion Hoppe Misses Chance to Make Record

Champion Hoppe Misses Chance to Make Kecord Willie Hoppe had a chance to break the world's record average for 1,500 points in a championship match when he played Welkor Cochran recently In the Chicago play-off for the title. In the third block Hoppe had -107 points in the first five innings for a total of 1.407 points In 22 innings and a grand average of G3 21-22 points an inning. When the new record seemed certain Hoppe took 12 innings to gather the 97 points needed to complete the 1,500 string. His grand average for this match was 44 4-34. Hoppe, however, holds the grand average record, having hav-ing maintained a pace of 55 15-27 points an inning in a tournament match with George Sutton February 24 and 25, 101 i