Show HOPPE DENIES HIS retirement W t f ss ia y V 1 4 c mi U katy 9 ir irga gf vs y ss va A 41 D 11 ll 11 t PS 4 1 wd 1 4 4 n aa U fk y r all 7 X T A boes 74 M 1 te gc kak jt fe M 11 fl yew IP avy lk F t i ka lv A heasty AsTy Hw N ll 11 at N sl il ajr 1 F 4 4 layl 4 t V X A IS A s 4 y y v y e up lac i ry ayi alii iw M ay far fa r tais A kv j X 0 f f 44 I 1 I 1 4 1 V 3 willie hoppe champion willie hopp billiard hilli ird champion of the horld ind and his bride of 0 a few te weeks were nero much excited the other day da over oer i a delort thit he had bad an pounced his retirement from the game because of the objections of his bib vita ind and father in li liar rho stor story was tint that I 1 homas W walsa a wealth Baltim baltimore orp dry do goods manufacturer i ith chose daughter alice young hoppe eloped in decem her insists i on his son in liw iann s with branal from profession il billiards to go into the dry goods bui business nesb and that th ion ot of the u ui intended gnong tip P the game it its q all nonsense said aid hoppe IN beitl er my knife nor my fa fath therin crin liw law objects to billiards billu billial ids ds wh wbk I 1 couldn coulden t make i a liina any other vav mv nr dr goods NN by I 1 don doll t inov a bale of cloth from an aeroplane the way nay the story stor skirted I 1 guess was awbert I 1 told my maniger man iger that I 1 wouldn I 1 play iny it more 0 re one on night st stands wa I 1 ie c been on th tho jump play ing theof thea ments for i 1 month since our marriage and illy ally mrs chopic doen t like it III continue to accept out aide of ett cn nork or ot ol ourse but I 1 will not go on oil the he roid road for in ill ex e tended trip ap f are going to curoso I 1 in 11 i 1 month or tv o and I 1 expect to play a ries of matched with the brench finau ignaux cule cuie sanol r sg nol arid dorgan kd dd orein hoppe aas as boru born at 11 II 7 in on tl ali hudon ills his father conduct cd a hoppl there ind the usual billiard room i 11 is ib i prominent adjunct in the hostelry ahen i a mere child N ilelle and ills his birther prink frank in ill sk striding riding their flay iby time at the i ool nor table elble nd ind it was riot not long befort both of them child co ltd i coclet ocl ct nil all the fifteen bills xit without hout i 1 miss their skill soon oon reached the ears ot of the bil ilard hard arid and pool world and invitations to play exhibition games were ere ex ct tended to them from rom all parts ot of the country drank developed a left handed h 0 while V N illic worked w right handed their f ither etther ind and mother at al so 0 accompanied the youngsters joung on all their trips and gave exhibitions of 0 billiard playing at the ige age of 6 ears cars vialle ilelle wis was allo allowed Ned to play pla with the billiard ivories and he be developed de eloped so 0 rapidly that to those who nho x witnessed itne seed ills his plan pl n ing it wis as only oil i 1 que quenion tion or of time when T han he T v be the w worlds orld s master his rise in the billiard world orld was not kiil rapid but ahrnot phenomenal no man not anen the renowned ics acs showed shoed such quell hlll in the ma liens of the balls the accuracy ic curic of his irac shots and such perfect know edge of the angles ills his was nas Nat watched ched clo acl ely by all the old time champions schaefer cr who was known as the wizard wis was the first to see ce the he greit great future in aillie ilelle and olti lied the con sent of his bis parents to allow the oung slot to accompany him on his tours holpe attributes his success to close application to practice living going to 0 o sleep and rising is early earli is as possible lie he is fond of long NN wills all s winch he takes eielt eer day da in ill sorts of weather atter after which he be nod spend berill ee rill hours in p practice ills adare to all players who desire to improto their game is to tale i tev fen Is lessons inq from some ome good instruct tor the fundamental les must be b learned learn pt in order to develop dei elop the rest will nill then tile care of itself with nith practice |