The evening world. Newspaper, January 22, 1921, Page 9

WILLIE HOPPE IS A REAL GENIUS AT BILLIARDS' Bolivar Brow | - THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1921, 9 ~s | HOPPE, AT AT SEVEN, - INA CLASS BY HIMSELF om sige Dudies: ( sa FLUSHED SKILL OF GREAT STARS “The story of AReal Rs ge oi (Goorrieh. 1981, be Bide Oudler.s SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS World Champion Billiardist, a Mystery to Professors, Made Holrar Hows of Paw Paw Corner, Mo. t Startling Progress Because bd of Unexplainable System of o @ ® Bote wheu he left tells her that some brother of the WniMpAiA Rank oreatitent him codiy. ganies aah tur Be twver committed. AT THE Age om Fic PLOTHS GHILLIE WAS ‘ Foose on The FAMILY + TABLE, PRACTICING THREE COMMON Caron ar tne Fewuoet of ef Wenn meets un iia teals Calculating His Shot What Hoppe Must Deny Himself to Retain Cue ‘Title. He a ve ue State pe i ~er Wie fences ee a "hey w od that! Not Wake early. It was alter 9 = WAVINCIBLE Wor! Oral ; =e when Kit apd le opened the oie By Robert Edgren. he banker shou red a Fe) about the same time, Betivia i eh wand for the apy ' on was © because Che sun was shin oa N these days when there is so much as aAletaait” alt wassin and could not uuderstand why s across the bed. if ded hed. talk about “boy prodigies’ who THC GE ‘alate i etter Ret up and get out if he waste play chess better than the old hte Ee aR OLS RID CC BRK ng t ily Mer i wm go to college when thes Urwete: t re shen it: ait am the with Kit etogess te olve mathemation sb) | Blenoumted, that: herd: te | fount his, but Nolivar' stay ' knovk bin down withoal tryin to get n Fonm. Ci Redeee stantly without knowing w proc aunts ite Mine Bolivar hunted. Finally tne eases they arriv c we | Don't you reckos mebhe neta! {FUtn dawned on Bolivar. Hite father» shouldn't overlook a “hoy worl Hee ee SR URC SOC eke eel NIM MORE. ea ape’ topping th teas ; cost him?" querte who startled the world of sport ft IF Home BRew “1 got he me t Mr, | Middle of the floor, Bolivar vald to. ryt L got a idee he is" came from Mr, | teen years aio and ds still an incom eee begets insane Pickwick, “He's quite good at hung: | SI F 'D Say "Theme air th on—leastwaye, | Kit Vi give you a f yOUtian parable world ebampion NO SUCH AUUAUAS, Mat TRC TNTE GUREES ee # | lend me P ahirt ant pa i Willie Hoppe, billiard eho . WaaT I enire ’m UALR ORS aha ald f “Where'd yours?” asked Wit aon Staa ' Aven MLL BAT —_~ That ain't tt sand Un 1 m . wras born with us for the gdm 4 Mere PANT, Leer ince aT, “There's mighty few men who, when| Ma's menidin’ 'em, | gut ered A When Willic was six rs old be a bit, wouldn't give a nickel to bite | “CANT do it" said Kit with Pe open H pSlhah Phiten ack an’ John Lake aint aut af the | 88 he atarted out of the room. “UlheOg i 8 Oo Brcat billiard At seve rdinary in that respect. fake. ain't | ket YOu one of Mary's dresses 1 youre Bee He Wak u Worder to uli hla fathers Dig-hearted L tell y« Hiven IE he WARY Ie tO) . at . friends. He could w soap AT AME HOPPE PULLED ALL THe PIRNCETIOH PRoresions was, it Wouldn't make no diiference var, SHOPOUsHIY /ADRTy, Staksada box to rowel th slo und beat the In a cage like this, Hit a big-hearied | for Ms brother ani, as | Wiel e egy. - “4 man oon the head from behind an’ | through ¢ Joos, Ne received a Wie sae b st of them with ea At nine h youl) shia. art to the fittin’ | that sor m fying down the i H Parents took him down to Prinveton | buck sine 1 de understand this ir then went haok to bed, Togs 7 a University to tion & here assautt at all seamed to be nothing else to i & ” | Mr. Lake arrived He bad been in bed but a few P fore a numb. wh Wer Gh Tin ereatne: minutes when De Brown entered ithe Ge 1 _were amazed son th Capt. Jimmie Senatore of the Uni- {form tae atest when ther warm won tw cut of | wont ht to hi poop! entrying. thn hoya GHAR W tournament table One profe ONE OF THE versity Bowling Club wnnounced | gic kamen from, the Piette peel el eaw him noliced & eamill said Dr. Brown. Get up id he could explain the boy's « uere oe wwe Itat the two teame which the Url-|poe “me ase He Thun's: liege SOUrL-pINRes Gh Hie OAL | chair only by sayt that his eye had a T He'> Love Te ersity Club will have in the Amer - wise there were ne evidences of There, my son, are your clothewse Pecultar faculty of me 5 . Box Lite Jace can Howling Congress Tournament | 2rd, Relderhenke, Seren ne Intor@ste lagsult, He avolded dincussir “id Dr Brown” ¢ ip and degas With mathematical precusun Dempsey, Bot tt Buffalo on Maren 10 will line up Me fans at his New fenidence ia Whitemone, uftuir. Nobody wat he bar rehureh T took thers ont of | Mut there wa re tt 1 Dow sat DARe To ag lows: ‘Team No. l--Leo Ma Sta. dfter looking over some mall, be the room last night. } more Prete Wille Hope's play The peculiar Rig, Pur Tin WAS rine, Jack Keller, Jimmie Cooper, Jw et ihe buildingand walked briskly tothe | tole from your pocket all (ie aiewbe fa | faculty’ he displayed was somethin bahay Falcaro and Jimmie Senatore. Team mete residence of James Tadd, bis teller. | money, which T shall return to yeu _ sp ] that seience has not yet ome La et cd No. 2—Howard Edler, Harry Leavey Mr. ‘Todd was af home and ushered [after church. If you are not on higngs” ep { Hoppe hitnseif didn't Understand it Ir. Knight, Walter Bernhardt and |) dor} two wet known [him inte the parle At nervices every cent of it shall.bieg “gy i and doesn't understand if now. Laks — ———___— Hert Dammonn. The doubles will be | MER Ais a gare aa ful | can stay bat a momvat.’ said | dropped in the contribution box. ' some of the ima ' paired in this manner: Marino and | cane allem. Beatin Thist Breet, where | Mr. Take 1 ju yppel into ask | Mr Brown left the room and Bea | of history 5 f «d to hase. | Senatore Leavey and Paloaro, [Many matey snd mnent eames will te staged | how the bank lus been sett var remained in ded deep in thoughteiieest conscious mand 1 fingers ; Cooper and Keller, Knight and Ed. | inne the balauee of tue winter, pial aieing, BO) ince Lint For once in his life he had to adn@lf 9 nu J: 1 that the ler 1 Rernhardt and Dammonn, |A BC. Tournament with the Cuwerds Nowling Kaxcellently splied the t eo wus stumped. He could think of \ bi ard touch would Judging frem the form displayed by | ub team rod! By the way, Todd, do youl absolutely no scheme whereby ‘#6 out being at ull ¢ ying |” : ‘ \ fuvor- the University: bowlers in lovnl tour heen ; ait ramember a man you ushered into my | might excape go to church. “Bet Many: of ithe other championy, ike | mat th ) Grounds al 5 = be able to give a mili 5 individual thowicng Oh ft | eve elieve lds. You mean that} in the plate, as it wasn't all his aid om si tad unglen or evens | ost any summer afternoon, By Neal R. O'Hara. jount of themselves. aha waned stranger the only way he could recover (t wae uke cureful menial va rea fi BA HED ousible to be babe he oa eco wir) diay noting |te obey Ns father, There was omecwe H testOnceariecanal sunilmpieece ‘ ; . | __Damerright, 1921. by The Prem Pubitating Co, (The New Tork Wrsatne Werke.) Thr Uneertainty of showing game was demon | about hess reasons | getting out of it so Bolivar put of i ' ply thot tore , aad a real boyhood, | Tha low price of tasty commodities cuts no ice with a guy that plays [vrais Le SL a rANe Povigsa Metis wt mal wie for nis! Thad raat hie wwn. Fhope| his clothes. He took all the timectec: % , how he was a smut t Jat Wing beseball, football.) with the racing tips. ‘The high expense of lofty living has never been malens, Wilbers, Myaer, Chiistenen ere ee rl eal dln nfo Ror MI n ty any one of} could in arraying himself in his clothe oD py didn't study hin sh ul al DES “i ul So far as the pari-mutuel addicts go. Chronic flirting with the news: ae ee ieee Dyekman alley: Wednesilas eeetitg. and | him. ling and when he went down stalrsch@ as HP glanced wt tho tabite } bb Lal Weather| {fom New Orleans will always cost a guy as much as he's got in his Mines the Moral eights tors PE aster hermolll ant serrccles mare 1 don’t think 1 have,’ mud the | found the family about ready to stwetey wer play imimodite witgeut the siht- turned 1d isk (ne povket and not a cent more Again $32 for tae “Meta”? Te Waited Wn tach ‘wee Bat | teller, “Eowas very busy that day and | He decided to make one final effeeke> at ext hesitat ina without tak lets life) * ais fhe the grate minder af pine | emancoly Not him reat} to escape the humiliation of going ade a ; ; | I wre 4 "he JT & CK. Eaghe Rilke were in exceliat (0) be he winrar Jonwured 1 shall aay ig about oh. especially with the farm tly. ~ eee | ; i There are plenty of ways for blowing Jack in sport besides mecting | — eeibuths : a SS ice A Dede? he esid. do haven eae Sead Wesnnvcs eeulaieil achiy Mim | ANRO r | Wiihe| Johnny Kilbane’s Jatest terms, and betting on fillies is one of them. There Ae inna WA ial lees tisbar Ra WTKR aan Nears: nie u Koi | are ten or twelve nags in each and every race, and any one can break you a fongthy diecusate | “indeed, you do!" replied Dr, Brown, i F except the right one. It sounds simple to say that all you've got to do Jomoph, he left | W 1 want to go ‘round af@ecd set A PREDICTI He " {rive ano B st ph. h lin Fo eai sie ON al ILLED. | irda or vawine a wicked (rent put] t.Wit is pick the right one. But that's all you've got to do to grab off Wont to hid own anil ate his supper | Skecte's house fiest. LM meet you Mba ie ME tor me Withe in: | ine wizard with the putter.| @ happy marriage, too—which makes it sound more diffioult. After the meal he Cl: HAR EEN: | Me GORE OF Lie ohurehy® root pls t wonard Towa lirty-four, hin hands ure} & ;. fe physician, Dr. Datton ive hin} No you won't You'll come righel oe es set don't c ip fx tt «You can't win all the time, as some one once whispered to W. J « YOUR HUSBAND CU IGT sid eau ah oer SAR [tas A ae doo cd odes nen ils seem to tie bonete His esen avel Marsan’ dato wih tide we ki ; : x Dalton found the ty ettied i and fifteen minucéas tet | ways had rt Pekan | un, Into each race some rain must fall—some days must ‘be dark BE ee eel tea nites nih RO GATCHAIIENEL tHe: fancy; eeatted Out | aaeeaal | Willie's bows bat Sicstee ne eason why| anldreary. And a dark and dreary day makes a wet track, which often Diente eraen Hrown and Kit’ went ahead; Mary Sto } fessional billiard players ¢ he WG YS iuanplon ae, Makes the dope look like mud. Yes, it is better to have loved and lost It Woks ns thou * 1d }and the baby were next snd Une RpeetrR and were billiard players Hetore [yen hy to. Incidentally, he, than never to have loved at all, That goes in Cupid's league. But In the | tried to ehviee i 1 came Hollvar wad nis mother. Boli- 7 wi Was w adr h eat Hlimerauh: inenChe pony business it is better to have bet and lost, but @ darn sight better The baoker reed 1 I} var hoped sincerely th micht- Be vee een $ t N whe lwon numbericss matches and cleaned| ever to have bet at all BY EDITH (BY BDITH JOHNSON] don't remember jomanelitehed fable to make the Journey withoat 40 sudlea bas a limit. but the ana ow 5 tilt fortune by Knocking th a 6 }my thron Vou mist be keen by any of the boys, bet ‘sy jpesn't have to stud AS De t ea 1 ant . - sey | diauppointment 18 to be his pret Sua Anéepia nia ieiae wtind i HAART De ee tarenawa ht 4els There is only one guy that wins all the time and he's the boy that Instalment No. 63. holds the heart of another man in the) ® ag rh tHinne-ani tel MMP way cdgern the) weptnd, URCMenee | este Pale ty Pte ethane, Caceres ne makes the book. You never see bookmakers in breadlines, even when the hollow of her hand ubraislons were ininoe and t} ewan ne) eecond) Aiecamem w “nerves are developed to Tollow ex- | puke 4 ee ha SPUMs) printers are striking. When the starvation gang lines up for the soup TEMPTATION AND CONFESSION.) My simation wax nothing if not SUE AC Aes I Pouieut WHILE 0 Ps f © impulse of his gen Ul Hot ey yee itwn | Kitchen handout, the bookies and the charity chow are as far apart as OD ress, men Aad vemen Be eros bean era aco beaul ah vnvabiaall which arrived, Scrawney saw Bolivar a quarter@r@t i known ull t great billiod | pathe ht sh 1) times: the two Poles—-meaning Zbyszko and Paderewski. different (hat never have they | 4" exit i Bite A At peal utnatd ean en BAe it noon, had uw see- a block away and, catohing tee amet? sof my none were |Tonpe won Heating sohaett —— been able to understand each | having ben discovered iq sordid. Lond story about Hie gaat In wileh | MeppS vox eye. made a face at Whi ye un to the Hk) with 400 to 54 In the ftth game of bmn a he will ea champion ns alinee See enae ee eae ci einiaeg “Celtics to Play Hank Gowdy Five; |: sess ne Vine to" tie: man| ste, Magy oe Matti Mn | une mpi fas ig nana See oi ae minty inthe air ag though tn rms SOM re # | jnninge—hle 1 23 another to the womun. And the same |{Mirawement,, a inere turn of erie itaie und turned aver ta| prayer. Scrawnes’# pantomime ec ae fiist, pregihion, of Hop er | turest his siest 4 4any er ames schedule | Men invariably resent 1s REM HOW KHEGHTAL Lowae Ih Abel evinlall nGrneeHAtCRKA Fated NOVO e Vile ig aNIe He eoiE LE ate has been absolutely true [boat World's Cha ™ woman because it implies a de Sa Tamiya tee nes Pee eee ds we aes a noticed by his mother, Bolivar gute 2 DF T talked with Willie about tis play | woth Stichwst trouble. ThattS as TT vles 4 Jon. 8 is the thinl straight contest the encruach upon their freedom, and a| *? Nate br ieee brbina ul biaL a LAAN Malta ees) y @ push that sont him off when he stool of & sap Nox aad |insings, runing 0 in the! pareil Teams Meet on Brooke |. The all tatayette Big Five of Jer-|anyth.ng else in lite ith Hugh's vary IG Uriaoclatoatbeg tof tH Pa anGiNenk Latch chan ete oan | ede ecu htsarad Gee ant cou ohots t ' Mi ae Me At Sail sey Cily have several open dates for! ty phe wh Engiis 7 countable humer id aburpened m ayant d abagie He ante tae, Bot 1 IGA hl IN 2S n trvo innings, and In the baeany lyn Net Court. home teams, The line-up is composed | | \ : Shaded hit Jeu wits considera ead atom [hatte ox Viti ‘ 10k, he Siw hin persed coral ian bonever atudytt aceite fret (nmin: an sun j _ _ vt Wasserman, Cohn, Rau Lown, | ere i9ino. wand: «imndn soi de a8} 1 would have 1 Mate of col-| Corner several fo AE (Oi Ging Win ehenwe ie Waaiwien teeth, AT sah eae cateuiite GRIT to . . Nutting, Pheiffer and Irvini Kor) °Mine"” when it is applied objec- | lapse over su expnrionce as Ul st doxeph. ‘The sevmarded) thal Pree ces Ie WHEN WeRt Tevetee ap But you munt calculate anges und | y Hoppe Naw ne nteresting basketball) games address J. Rauch, 627 Grand | tively to himself J was passin t nes Dull |ieawaivenet vate. ont nn) foiind Bolivar REiilio: iaoked ipisater tee 4 # are seheduled to be contested | Street, Jersey City, N. J | aval tacthe wed woman, | MAY tne incapable + wing. i people of Paw Paw Co road seated beside hia mot Brow "No! he said, '! f + re night and to-morrow with local! Bethany Colle; etball five of | ahs Tine annie means ‘4 Wilinar fw v 1owhen om hot with much Inter. | pew. soupy ne hed ar ” thing }ike that 1 Ju 1 been pl |teama playing the leading t What | West Virgin: Abel Than an 1 | Beate Bas eww with arief und fore: | ont, but t wore Herlt then, much to hut} fs balls and semchow | ike His hand ogks Like the most important game |Set¥icas of Nouenberg, the) in @ mood of love's madness he Bis Meh bud * seeing | out with the go: n two or © peetly in front « ‘f how J aim to make the | th the most deli-|i2"the one which will bring together | team's star men, the remainder of | says, “i am yours,” that ls but far. | Ct or bul ‘weldont Drealctast | iy No develi ime and Mt up bored dad. in in Skeets. “*& stop to Agure out an er Ww 1 seams vou ¢ ants th hational clampion Orginal Cele |ie, Season, Rosenberg suffered a| ter orditiner, wt the tm It we did not Uxenss the ansanlt ert int a niche amie Always seems to come ont abou s inind, and even | tig ageremation und a five captamed |>roKen arm in a recent contest| A man invariably renista any in| 8% cit in the evening, he world plead x wit tialied. He sek, Het ad y | rgh nceenanes and led by Hank Gowdy, star catcher | #Sainst West ane Wesleyan. Selngpment GeO! Bie thouwnts,, (hw e Mane ee nS She Taye ial ade TY Has Willie Hoppe two personalities Taher Kaan f tha Boston Braves. ‘Dhia content Jpersunulity, aid however mywe ! ; msht you here, 8 i vendent h » rs Aer : mart Nis mind and soul i pvenings wher e ha koots whispered i i ) et Ist Regiment Armory vourts, ath | ld Re wy > Rice FV ease te it Sah RGAp HE aaa Sinking apparatus, and of man's | Ope WELL Meet jist kommen Armory sours, sain! Gtouy etains hss to im ai he Sheen tut ARSE Aes ater 4ner quality? h Tie ia componedint lnnatne eolnen ues ad 4 man rewents a woman's | (hat Hall Maren sted i aes, Chash, Pie Lah arare ordham Hockey)». wcinsing men irom Sette] Title by Again |iia'canis er ths inctin obtaining |, The tendene cal oath fae vhnoee Ee am aret, Witayn tad Beets tertiad from his fathes and mothe vere a= | damon tor bhell tui- | too muct ’ ter the show, Dr. Brown escup ‘ aw ty id jeinnatl University The visitors have ks 1 Jeveloping thy ; nan \ develon a ‘ - pluyed the headline teams throughout pag i ; ea 1 \ the ot Wa i pe 4 ieee iMycte dP uted wine’ | Team To-Night |rss or site vam iecmet| Beating Soutar | ssicrocr isis ticnet ait? nls ae : on ed ehaps #0, but in at sf - wing in each contest - Las toast i RTD HOF ‘ound AES th wan Hoppe, as a seven-year-old b A f ua ai PHILADELPHIA Jay| ins for freed They dels r 4 t " aur st mur eae out Re tteatninar at ahi ‘ erack Jee houkey team of the vther cont which will aT J J See aha f t 1, Dad?” asked Kit. father that had re ! h nock the balls around the table at| fast und aggresniy raham team eat es at bed es pas s) men Vin of the world, retained the United) Hugh had + sploasur How ere i imurmured 1 " on uprit, he) fureher, that {t wie hor influence that | { ands ave guided by the r So lieor ie area ae Yo iMag Alber ool erik eee Nn # and Nonpas | yjiiadeiphin Racquet Club back dpon me. fon niraeye alte Pte Bela f Tasmorriw. oll je ted intelligence of some superiii ae ay ervey . aie Pe Ree et | Gould prior to the start of play | net resent idler ne m unhag 1 ed p ro moth nd CHAPTER VIL ee Free idan ot Pringal and Dia lcontest for Brooklyn » enjoy ul obtained a Jt nad over | PONE On: CHR MAS tive x H ere Alea hderwtand ; ere my Mane ; 1 That Willie is peculiarly favered in|, (2U"% Noonan. MePherson | The New York professions willl she world's racquet champion and the | the Christmas tree. inp eepieees | Gk ree Sen auil emt De cand mn coe Vic eeta it Prank played billiards for years, t er keene ee ie aeierces A woman can exelaimed Ta There tte Vid ' ne sub to be like Willie, and finally de - a glits of St. Antony court, frat half of the ma ~ Wednes- withe hav n a Hie . 1 t ' J 1 te cided that genius in the game hod |e Scrat ifr , the home team will have | dy competition. Mew men, a Alma 1 aly ival faved intent \ ' d him by A Ni ments the Ridgewoods. n} Gould won by 5 sets to 1. manning value the jewe! of a ow ove unie 1 w , wing « ‘ e in silence . can shoot a fair game of 91,2? |). i ‘ r rrow night the Rex Big Myelour the ni ey ts, 6 0} its rkle and plendor arouse the | Alma r Alms made uf ut early # : Frank once told me, “But that’s about | és 2 : the attraction, The Knights’ ¢. The scor ¢ ae admirat and interest of other men ta ou the t tha tip off % ' ' nec M < my limit.’ setelace ; Mare, [court is situated at 717 Leonard] *Pd &-2. The scores he four pre-| fami Harringion was pspirity |T said, lifting’ om camming deo, 4 mata i t Hoppe's game has improved a. li(ite| [/M NIB. Loe t : FOU! | Street, Greenpoint, Brooklyn. vious sets were: 6-5, 6-2, B-6 that even ind, sad ag Tf 1 ve Hu cae , ney \e ov eit “ with time. but me Improvement has TR RTT ar eat es A onnieas that will’ have aideaded ONtie—s caught something of exhile WH oe y ‘ uy ta 1 AON Lal heen purely physica © hes taken Na rin act ia A conte hat will have a deeide s as Par 5 from lls pre « Over Hugh's leay . 4) - nit the heen pyieiy Passions Fee tam ltaxen od Harvard here for that date, | bearing on the Brooklyn heavewajght| Following the end ne matohs ling t felt mixed emotions, rere that | now?" t huve iy t his eyes. For yearn ho has lived | ©! ly one oper on th famplonsbip is slated for Tuesday] Walter Kinsella of New York, who. he perwiate: a i ee KRG st ‘ "i like an athlete in training, He has | CP night at Assumption court. Cran-| way beaten last year by Gould, chal-|a sboret sitinf ' hed |r on kd a nd aatals ainplA food. ARTY aii e \ F ets The Maroon | berry Street, when the Trooklyn| Tae mus oo) ekkn Oe Ou Sadia Wiel at Rat TTR tGN | Hee to 4 and has exercised daily, Almost ans {on t Naturdiy, New York | Whitiwinds and Assumption Crowna| lenged the ohamnpion. The challenge | tn A’ t tute momink, 61) uy) early Hour, von wall Seeing the team which | meot will be considered by a committer of Ot) eos ‘ai ‘ 4 meet Willie Hoppe in a sweater, lke | crowned champion Pe 7 — ' *hiladelphia Racquet Club a cometh top ’ - any prize ring champion, taking his! of 1921 As AAA puns ght the pale will moor ome Lin WRirta tion daily hike through Central Park or ur iA Rt ccteer Oe ERAT near futn Never before Aes fi Riverside Drive, He never reads at; On list Wodnesi 1 Jp ehh Mh the r f Lai n 1 ; 2 night, He has to he very eareful af| Harvard ¢ wn 8 A i xDor Re ‘ ¥ his hands and the flexible muscles | Massachusert 4, n 4 t p ‘i i + re of his wrists and foresem gum playod 1 the Bost rona tne Nat 1 tle Ghib t given ay that by Gould rut ued Mor ‘The tragedy of Willie Hoppe's ial this seasons snowed Hh roe basketbau ' gurm.! to-day. pense of pOWer ay © Auow that sie v Tae Bea Wudicai, Laos Meube,” giowled Bolivar. “What (Don't Miss Monday's instalment.) | ‘ ! ) ’ a ‘ { | ' ‘+s '