The evening world. Newspaper, November 15, 1913, Page 7

Supremacy Gift and Champion at 18.1 at 18.1 and 18.2 Balkline Games Defends Latter Title Against Cal- vin Demarest Monday Night. N who were born with sliver spoons in thelr mouths, but here te told the story of @ youth—now twenty-five ‘whe was practically a with @ cue in Wie hand, and it hae proved every bit as valuable as though it had been ailver. Willie Hoppe is the lad re- ferred to, he having started playing billiards when he was only six years old. Hoppe was born at Cornwall-on-the- Hudeon, It wae bis dad—a quick tem pered fellow—who compelled him to take tp Ddilliards. Willie couldn't see the top of @ table when be began play- lag, Dut by the aid of a soap box he managed to reach the balls for his first leagon. Willie took billiard lessons from hie fether ike other lade took lessons tn spelling and arithmetic in schoo). Whenever he didn't have iis lessons he wot @ spanking, which wasn't often, by the way. Hoppe’s father has always been quite a a pilMerd player en to-day he gets about his only enjoyment out of life by making the ivories obey his wishes. In the back room of the house in which he was born Willie's dad con- ducted @ Dilllard partor and whenever bueiness was dull Papa Hoppe spent the time teaching his son the rudiments of the game. It waan't long defore Willie oould teach his dad. At the age of eleven Willie played the game well enough to meet at e © Goudt you have heard of people terms such clever exponents of the art as Bchaefer and Slosson. HOPPE STILL HOLDS TWO WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIPS. Willie is married and has a little girl at the corner of One Hundred an Siatieth etreet and Broadway. Willie is married to Alice Walsh, the beauti+ fu) daughter of Thomas W. Walsh, the millionaire manufacturer ef men’s clothing. iNie ts atill holder of two world's e Will defend the 182 Calvin Demarest, the Demarest ie his crown against crack Chicago player. moat dangerous rival, and if he defeate| there'll be no &@ championship him, experts deciare, danger of him loni match for many years. Hoppe's most ardent supporter ie his father-in-law. He saye that he will det @ Certified check of $10.0 at any time that his a@on-in-law can defeat any piayer in the world, and he'll give any of them 600 points the best of It, too, These are the conditions under which the match must be played: Six nights of play in which Hoppe will agree to make 600 points each night while Me opponent is making 600. The young billiard genius is the most modest young man imeginable, He doesn't like to assert himeelf in any shape or manner, end ft grieves him greatly when he plays some billiard piayer who tries to ‘get his goat’ through ungentiemanly tactics. Tom Ratty, @ friend of Hoppe's, says that Htoppe's modesty costes him at least $5,000 a year. Hoppe isn't the least swell-hended be- cause of his absolute mastery over all On Him ———— Leader of Ball Players Says He! Is Willing to Have Magnates| Meet Active Members. Dave Fults, the executive head of th Baseball Piayers’ Fraternity, iseued @tatemem last night i which he said! that Garry Herrmann’s attack on him waa made to arouse a feeling against the Wi prhgghy Mr. Fults says in part: , Herrmann agrees to negotiate wie ni Best Horses In Matinee On Speedway ‘The lsat official matinee of the sea- son will be held to-morrow afternoon, beginning at 1.80, on the Speedway, But special matches and brushes will con- tinue until the snow files, Thirteen matches will be decided. The features are the contests for the a for Clase AA trote lonshi cae eipecial brusties between Oak- len@ Boy and Den Pickles and Clover Patch. The entrants in tife various events are Bry 4c 80, P.M. Prncee May, Oakland; Boy dr. a 5 - Bh ali Pot ue, sen Bist Koh! nar ¢ acer settle hen, | 1a ro ae tip laa Tani Sjatt Maiden, ale, ‘Frat ae AA; Pacers—Aristocrate, | agri. Ping rug ft At 2.70 MA Claas 3A: perm cKerme, dit, Fe Mite 8 ae Tifton Craver Pats ak: ps lenme ster, | aan wereld Chas, Mergen” Winter, aa roe rue 12. Cli —- Trot ere. Gort a it's Mina, boris | a vite sehen hats ‘Ths Tip, tite HARVARD COACH AT BIG GAME | diagnosis of the situation is THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1913. Hoppe Owes Billiard to Natural Clean Habits the world’s beat billiard players. “It’s just @ natural gift,” says Hoppe. “Some fellowes are born Dall players others born actors; some born fighte: musicians, singers, and #0 forth, but | was my luck to be born with an ability to play billiards well enough to make my jiving at it” Of course Hoppe was born with a won- Gerful talent for Ddilliards, but it hae been his strict pursuit ef the reece and narrow path that has kept him at of the billiard column ever ein he was old enough to handle the cue properly. Hoppe doesn't smoke, drink, chew or gamble in any form. Outside of billiard playing, Hoppe has few forms of amusement and exercise. ‘When he gets up in the morning he does & little dumbbell exercise, then takes @ shower bath. He eats a Ii fast and then takes five alo Riverside Driv He returns home in time for lunch and then he usually goes down to the Brunswick- Balke-Collender pariors, where he prac- tices on a table thi built for him. A‘ was enpecially it praatising for an hour or so he goes wp tn the subway for dinner and then vewally staye home playing with his little girl or Jis- tening to his wife play’ and sing until he retires for the night. ROMANCE STARTED WITH 8WiM- MING RESCUE. In, season Hoppe ia very fond of swimming, and it was to hiv ability to swim that he owes his present happy Married ata’ last eummer whil jantic City he heard a rushed Into th cued @ handsome young woman This was the beginning of a romance that ended in the pair eloping to Baltimore DOES ANYBODY OBJECT TO THIS IDEA? Copyright, 191%. by The Press Publishing Co (The New York World) Uf = SS Scene AT THE RINGSIDE aBouT SEVEN SESONDS BEFORE BELL SSSSSS._ RINGS FOR MAIN EVENT — SS: and Lerpd married by Cardinal Gib- bons's Vicar-General. There was the usual forgiveness extended them by the parents on both sides. For nearly two years the couple lived et the home of Mr. Walsh, but they recently decided to ;branch out for themselves end moved up to the Heights, One of Hoppe's greatest admirers and friends is John MoGraw, with whom be used to be In partnership in a Dbiliiard room on Broadway, The place did not Prove @ financial succes’ owing to the high rent they had’ to pay. Hoppe loves to wi bagevall games During the time that home he frequently goew Polo Grounds during the morning prac- thee and runs around the field, but does not do any playing owing to fear that he may inju valuable Dbil- lard arms. Hoppe used to have the auto bug and used to take many onennee of travelling at a record but his father-in. vised him it the: mac Both of them came the conclusion that if Hoppe ever had an accent, ran into anybody or the like of that, it might cause him to get nervous—a feeling that he has never yet known—an@ con- e@equently tmpair his billiard playing. HAS BEEN BEATEN ONLY THREE Times. Hoppe has a manager, and It is bis brother-in-law, George Waleh, who was @ great football star at Fordham a few years ago. When he was only sixteen Walsh was regarded the champion all- around athlete of Grea. r New York. While at Fordham he once made a field goal from the sixty-yard line, a teat |™ never before or since duplicated in « regular game. Waleh went to George- town when they abolished football at Fordham and helped his team win the championship of the South. Waleh .s @ great runner, Dallplayer and ama- teur boxer. Hoppe has taken part in ten cham- plonship billiard matches and only has been beaten three times, twice by Sut- ton and once by Slosson. He holds the record for the 18.7 game, having made a run of €@ in Paris against Cure. Fultz Answers Attack by Herrmann run no greater cisk than we will. If he desires a committee of players, perfectly willing to accommod the Players are absolutely in accord and that they have burned their bridges. Al- meen? have not heard frem the mem- bere our upon the S deol very Keaped that they would ve RO eppearing with me| commission, That, however, @ matter solely for thelr determ! tien. This board tq one in which I Great deal of becatie no clean- er, No more capadle, no more intelli set of men ever played bal) than ‘Jake’ Daubert, Jonn Menry, ‘Jack’ Miller and Ray Collins, who with me compose it" Finn Meets Kramer in Big Race ace To-Day Thirty-six abilston all will start ua the sentor metropolitan ross: Pionship run over the eix- Van Cortlandt Park this afternoon, Although there are many Worthy run- fers entered, the issue, appeara to lie between William J. Krasner, the present champlon of the Lonk Island Athletic Club, and Hannes Kolehmatnen, the Finn, of the Irish-American Athletic Club. The two champion athletes met in the fixture last season, but the Finn found the course a trifle too rough and retired befure a lap had been covered. | However, Kolehmatnen is running {n his ‘dest form at present, and it is expected that Kramer will have to fight hard to hold his laurels, and Sydney L. Leall lor title last year, winner of the among those PORTLAND, Me. Joe Geary was the agsressor In his alx- ‘ound bout with Mike (Twin) Sullivan at the Atlas Athletic Club here lant jnight, the veteran put up so clever @ defense that Geary fulled to land any very effective punches. . Wi Although Abe! R. Kiviat, Russell | © | Springsteen, Harey Smith, Arthur Roth To the Sporting Editor: Let mo know the record time for @ mile run. XH. 8. The amateur recoré for # mile run ig Rela by John Paul Jones, of Cornell, who covered the bygones at the inter- collegiate arupdl lecogepira om May 87, 1911, in 4 tee 159-5 seconds. ‘W. @. George fa cnecitea with having ran the pereing mile any human being ever travelled by his own footwork, having negotiated the mile at Lillie bridge, England, on Aug. 23, 1883, in 4 minutes 123-4 seconds. This is one of fescional cr amateur record books that hae stood for thirty years. ‘To the Sporting Falter: Please let me know how I can ac- quire some flesh. I do not believe in R, U. \btedly put weight om your body. To the Bporting FAitor: Who was the manager of the Boston Braves before George Stallings took hold? SAMUEL HIBBEL. Johnny Eling, the old Oub backstop, Kindly teil me which teams in the National and American Leagues use mascots. H. M. Both the Giants and Athletics have Ddeys as mascots as do many other clubs in both leagues; most of them being employed as bat boys. To the Sporting Editor How many battles has Leach Cross had throughout his career and which of these battles didn’t go the limit? (@) Leach has taken part in o iy! Amateur Fencers’ ree aie of America Issues Best Schedule in Its History. ‘The let of national fencing competi- tlona, especially for this city, haa been matertally lengthened, and the schedul which was asued last week by the Am: teur Fencers' League of America te tl mont noteworthy one that has appeared | i A. | Deo, 6, at the New York Turn| on fn this country, The season will begin to be followed the next week by @ newly instituted sentor fot] com- petition at the New York Athletic Club, Heretofore the fencing season has never begun until January. championships will again be held in the which proved so popular, The Board of Governors of the league have clearly defined the clas of the fencer, beginning with the “pre; class, which includes those who at not fenced in any competit ever, followed by the novice ¢ sive of those who have not won an ind vidual prize in open competition. The next step is the junior class, to which are eligible those who have not wont in y mior class includes ‘of the junior championship. The most important rules require competitors to contin the national thelr bout until! stopped by the judges either for a foul or a fair touch, The object of this I# to do away with com- petitors passing any Judwment whatso- @ver upon the sword's play. In dueling aword competitions there is a return to the chalked button at the point of the sword instead of the naked steel, ax heretofore. While no accidents happen with the nuked point, which ts used 4 Ohroad, atill many of the physicians and 7 ame } NEWS OF ALL BRANCHES OF ‘SPO IA THE RING ABOUT EOURL SELONDS LATER — Season’s Record PRINCETON. Rutgers. Fordham. Bucknell Princeton “ Holy Cross. Princeton. 0 Harvard. Totale.........270 Langford and Monday at Club in Boston nt| They Are Booked te for Twelve- Round Clash—Willard and Rodel Will Collide in Ten- Round Go in Milwaukee. By John Pollock. Charlie Grin in two rounds; joe ciddl, vein ta ten tna One somnal te ONDAY might will be soother tm 1912 he wom om @ foul from One portant one im pugilietle circles. ‘Bound Mogan in the round ‘There will two battles fought won from ights whieh have Knocked out Billy Allen in five rounds; | roused considerable interest among the i i foul in im 1918 he hae Emocked out Joe Man- Hi inches. I am pretty handy with | the gloves. Am I all right to become| @ featherweight, or am I too tall? FRANK BRADY. Your height is te your advantage if you cen really handle yourself well fm the Lad You've probably got a longer weight and yg ‘will be of great help to you, too, But take this tip—don't go tuto the game with the hope of making money for there isn’t mach com in ft, mowadays, especially in your class. Johnny Kilbane, the cham- pion, isn't getting much of it and it is hard to see how « novice cam ox- pect to climb up to the top—or any- Where near it—and make his salt. Fencing Season to Open At 1 Turn Verein Dec. 6: ; Surgeons were of the opinion that the itches made possible serious or fatal Its due to blood poisoning. jorge H. Breed of the Fencers’ Club is in correspondence with the English Fencing Association, and it ts Ukely that an international team competition wil be held in thts city the early part hy this city follows: York Tue Vereia, fad "competion, a mo? cote, iette Chab, ve oe novice The national! & nd ballroom of the Hotel Astor the “4,4, Ne inet inoipe latter part of April, and this will also | peution “ih tor a. Bator Ray Include the women's championshtps, | pet i sie B has ee oe which were won last year by Mra, Will- Re ca tien fam H. Dewar of Philadelphia and | Amorva Re Nd, “wilvear lew York Athletic Club, thi ee man paling se ant eabre. fo sient vi Siu Voile for 0 Rn eM te ‘winner. id ab At New York Athletic Club, for ha it al ehaaa ng or bi 1 ee ith fol, A, FOL." As alter aed OA Fencers' Cink, tag sate plonaht= fener for Ree trophy FT auld” meaa Rol {dote" iar'ne euomee ai aatifnat ‘thamslonekiy finals’ with eoll™ adsthing focrd and Long Island Division, Rie A goths bine/een yearn eid) ans |eeres nical ie fe h 126 pounda; my height is 5 fect for ten rounde at the South Side A C thes most boys your! fa five| Might fans all over the country. The big ecra| rounds and lost to y ae my tween Sam Langford, the coloted cy- the fourth round; p will be the twelve-round go be- and Gunboat Smith of Atlas A. A, of Boston. California at t! leone of Boston, Bua fey og ema Young Brown. | In the other battle the principals will be the cowboy fighter, | Jere Willard, | ‘They sll meat | of Milwaukee nny Morgan, manager of Jack Brit- torn now chine that, Packey McFar |jand is demanding too much to box Brit- ig | (on In Milwaukee mast Font {Danny a that Packey wan! per the gros receipts of the @ which the chub officials offer, and in addition wante to fight at catoh weights instead of making ey wolget os for the battle guapengion of “ot Jose Willard may be fed. by the State Athletic Commis- sion #o that he can meet Carl Morris at the Garden A. C. on Dec, 2. Bi Gthwon, manager of the club, Lonely 3 raphed to Charley Murray, manage: fhe Queensberry A. C. of Buffalo, aekt him to release Willard frum boxing at his club before he fighta Morris. It Gideon sete Murray's the chances are the commiasion will gerait Willard to box warts, it chubs will vi) hol boxing shows to-niene Fairmont A. ©., Willle War- ren va, Frankie Conttrey; Brown Gy: nastum A. A., Bert Stanley vs, Chat Victor; Atlantic Garden A. C. Sheppard va. Benny Leonard: 6! lA. C. Battling Levinsky va Backua; Irving A. C., Brooklyn, Freddie fucks va, Tommy Teague; Vanderoilt cw Brooklyn, Tommy Maloney ve. es rs eT cnnay ate Lah Island City, Johnn: Flynp; Liberal A. C., Staten Taina al Britton ve. Joe Skieniar. Jimmy Duffy, the e crack up-State Hight weight, has entirely recovered from @ severe cold which eompelled him to cancel his fight with Charile White Milwaukee, Duffy and Willle Beecher, the local lightweight, will meet for ten rounds elas the Ryan A. C, of Syra- cure, N. ¥., on next Monday bod They Ne 5 battle at 126 pounds, weigh in ats hie with Johnny Harvey, the which le to be 6 decided at | Iightwetght, ten round boi ISSUE BROAD CHALLENGE. A general challenge to wrestlers of any achool has been sent out by the aixteen Royal Japanese Wreatling Gladl- ators, now appear.ng in the Forty- fourth Street Music Hall. These men, who are the pick of the professional wrestiers of the Mikado's king and who have deen trained for cling from childhood, claim to be able to overcome, any other wreatlers in the! world, notwithstanding thelr methods | of training are entirely opposite to those it American and Buropean wreatlern. Two forms of Japanese wrestling are | eniployed by thom, aside from jiurjitau, | but they are equally skilled in Graeco- | Roman and other Occidental atyley | ml CORK AND KILDARE TO PLAY FOR GAE eabe TITLE. | ian Boat Medford Branch Young. Men’ 9 meiatwen. junior mabre contemt for L To d As thet 0 decide the on cea ental a ean, Young “Men's si, of New York State Cork and Kt nigh a for era LOO eats eqn, (ane Wil meet tontnorrow afternoon at | apse ‘on? tants, Re yy Celie Park. toth teams y une their Mae oo oa i a ong those who will play AacAt Crmeent Athlete Clup, | Long ‘T. Burke, who played Agee Uecent kent aman 1M orice on the nd team this summer Feat for Cresent, f ti i There will also be a hurling mateh be- Rew 1 ait =. Kilkenny and Tipperary. and Yale Up to To-Day’s Game The Garden A. C. Now ELAPSED. of Princeton YALE. Wesleyan Holy Cra Maine Lafayette. Lehigh . Waali, & Jeff. Colmate: § Browa.. an 10 +o 2 un 0 6 Bletesscan and Smith Meet the Fairmont A. C. on neat Wednesday night. Harvey put up a wonderful bat: tle against Young Brown at the Gari A. C. several weeks ago and he expects e make it decidedly interesting for Bhugrue, isch Harrigon te no longer the legitt- rEg champion of Eng- aa knocked out in four nights ago by Gus Bur- tnd wan put away fn Matt Welle, the ex-i ightwelght cham» pion ef Bmgiand, lost a decision on pointe to Hughie Mehogan, the Auatrad- fan lightweight champion, in a twenty round bout at Sydney, Australia, on Monday. This was the third Ume.the en boxed, Mehegam winning on a foul in the fourteenth round in England, Wells winning from Mehegan in their battle In Australia, while Mebegan won their third aight there, Sam Langford wit! be seen in action t one of the Brooklyn clips on ight of Nov, % He was match: to-day to meet BH! Watkins, « colored Sorappor, for ten rounds at the Twyford A. C, of South Brookiya. Jean Willard and A Arthur Pelky hap- pened to meet by chance in a gymna- sium in Chicago on Thursday. Willard | wae working out at the time and Tommy manager of Pelky, offered to let Aghter battle Willard three os the gymnasium and made the vig eavies” take off the glo Gibbons Wins . From Rowan In Second ‘Mike Gibbons, the middleweight of St. Paul, gete his money easy in his ring Mike went against Marty of Brooklyn in the main bout of ten rounds at the show: of the Twy- ford A. C, of South Brooklyn jaat night and he “aint Rowan puntehed him hy Mettorray al to the one-sided tram bate was ink exonny cone won on the lewer ropes where he hed been sent dy a heavy right hand ewing flush on Win or Lose, Tigers Dine Here To-Night PRINCETON, N. J. town is ati and des The student t New Haven and the remain jaredty out of town. was sent off yesterday by a cheering parnds of eight hundred students and a band. Meeting around the cannon they marched down to the xtation to the 1.08 train and cheered the men off to New Haven. Those who played in the Harvard game and who will play in the Yale game to-day will return to New York to-night, where the banquet will be held at the Hotel Mar- Unique, Next year'a captain will be elected. Nov, 15-Tiger- Safety Razor Five Million Men use the Gillette, Get a The Blades are fine. Gillette today. Ce Se ee eR a ne pe RR EIT Ought to Give Ita Tryout MiDME OF RING — “Wo MORE SECONDS HAVE ") Moin BOUT OF THE EVENING — TEN ROUNDS — IN “This CORNER» YOUNG PRUYN OF HARLEM —-- ETC 4 wef ° Rox Office sear ae Square. | Re arin ‘Wed te ETHEL SARAYMORE SEE re CRITERION yf BY ive, i DAVID NEL ee THE MAN INOWE jLoscoas Tia. 490, Mat T-Bar The tH pores oan Tana HARRIS yt gs CASINO *%% Tee Furnient Musteai Q) COMEDY vy Rae EPR MAGDE, SRE Beauty & the Barge, & Ghost FULTON asthe fotpaan JOHN er i pow Niue “tom . BRIN fot Ruceess LYCEUN, *bu GRACE seinae Spe tis ae GARRICK "yay NA Fannie_Ward—Madam President President w Ameterdam ea, * te LITTLE Pa a ibats _ Christie | GALETY Site! 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