Hoppe Plays English Billiards

[Bob Jewett]

Here is a New York Times article about Willie Hoppe playing a challenge match against Melbourne Inman in 1914 -- English billiards and 18.2 balkline. It seems Inman was done in by a trick table.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B07E4D8143EE033A25752C0A9669D946596D6CF