Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 94, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 April 1904 — Page 7

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SPORTING EDITORIAL PAGE Telephon Calla f r the Sporting Department: Oil. Main 333; New IKE SPORTING SECTION OF TBE SUNDAY JOURNAL Can b found at the following plmcea: NEW YOIlK-Atr House. CT 'ICAGO- Pal rr.?r oui, Audttarlum L'otel, lartxrn Station News Stanl. Annex CINCINNATI J. Urand HoUl. It. llawley & Co.. Arcade. LOUISVILLE C. T. Deerlni?. northwest comer of Third nj JtiTcrson reets. and Bluefeld Uros.. 4 "West Market trest. ST. LOUIS Union New Company, Union Depot. WASHINGTON-. T. C-Rlüs House. Ebbt Bous-, Fairfax Hotel, Willard Hotel. ' DENVER. Col. Ixwithaln & Jackson. Fifteenth and Lawrence treeta, and A. Smith. 1657 Champa street. DAYTON. O. J. V. Wllkle. 33 South Jefferson street. COLUMBUS. O. Viaduct News Stand. 180 Hlh street. HEX I. CHOSE. Sporting Kdltor President Dement, of the Central League, says he will support his umpires In all their decisions. That will help some. Jeffries will coon leave for San Francisco to get In shape for the solving of the problem, "Is it the boilermaker or tho miner?" If all reports from, tho other side concerning Jimmy Michael's condition be true, poor old John L. Sullivan bid3 fair to have a partner in misfortune. Jim Corbett was recently floored by a trolleycar in Buffalo, lie was not Injured by tho car, but It came very near to being & knockout. Guess it was a draw. Tommy Ryan ha3 consented to second Placke, the Holland giant, against Kid McCoy at rhiladelphia next Tuesday night. Ryan has no love for Placke, but wants' a chance to get even with McCoy. The Indianapolis polo team used a bunch of substitute players In the game at Anderson last week and fared nearly as well as It has done in most of the games this season with the regular players in the lineup. Walter Eckersall. tho much-talked-about athlete of the University of Chicago, is to become a professional ballplayer. Ho needs the coin more than he does the columns of stories concerning his ability as a great football player. Mathewson has developed a new slow ball and also a sore arm this spring. The ball differs from the slow ball used by Mathewson last season in that It breaks as It reaches the plate. The great Giant twirler will deliver tho goods all right this season. Only a short time ago Philadelphia Jack O'Brien declared that Kid McCoy was his master. Now he expresses himself as willing to box McCoy. O'Brien evidently believes that he could make a good showing' tor six rounds against McCoy and add a large sum to his bank account. Hans "Wagner, champion batter of the National League, has refused to permit his picture to appear In President Pulliam's "Hall of Fame," asserting that he was responsible for the loss of the championship series to the Boston American League club. Fulliam might open a rogues' gallery. In the lexicon of Kid McCoy there is apparently no such word as idleness. After he has disposed of or at any rate, met the ponderous Placke person, he Intends to tie up for a few weeks, at least, with a theatrical manager, who will represent him end Jade Munroo in boxing exhibitions. The winter bookmakers are mourning the loss of an opportunity to separate thousands of persons from their money on the Chicago Derby, to be run this spring. Owing to the reform movement in Chicago the entries for the Derby will not be published until a few days before the race. Sam Harris's ambition now Is to bring about a fight between Jimmy Brltt and Terry McGovern. By such a meeting Har ri3 hopes to retrieve .Terry's losses. Harris believes that Brltt will see that it is good business to take on some one else before having another meet with Young Corbett. This Is the last week of championship fames in the "Western and Central polo leagues. Roller polo is a great winter sport, but the league officials did much to ruin Interest in the game during the latter part of the season, and tho public will welcome the close of the season and the time for outdoor sporL The American League has changed Its schedule so that there will not be so many conflicting dates In New York. Johnson's bluff, made somo timo ago, failed to cause the National to pay any heed to him, so he backed down. It i3 a good thing that the matter Is settled, as the public wants games and not arguments. President Schurman has put his foot down upon boxing at Cornell University. The recently formed sparring club was making arrangements for a big fistic tournament, but the president stepped In and refused to grant tho uso of the University gymnasium for the show. The bouts may bo postponed until the football season. Many a young baseball player who was the shining light in his home town last leason, and who paid railroad faro to have the sensation of a trial with a big league team, will feel the sensation of dropping out of existence within the next two weeks. The spring weeding time will soon be at hand for all the big clubs. Jim Jeffries says he will easily defeat Jack Munroo, as he has cut out cigarettes and haa not smoked since the first of tho year. If he smokes a cigarette it will cost him $100, as he has a bet of that amount that he will not smoke one before the light. He. claims he has taken off twelve pounds In three weeks and will need but little training for his match with Munroe. For the last two weeks the Corbett-Britt fght has occupied the attention of tight fans to the exclusion of everything else, but the excitement will soon die away and tho followers of the game will look to the big fellows for the next big fight. Jeffries has been matched to fight Jack Munroe and Tommy Ryan and Jack O'Brien arc working up interest preliminary to another match. Jeffries looks for a short fight when he meets Munroe. At least, that is what he has Intimated to his friends who have asked him about the probabto outcome. The balk rule will be enforced In baseball leagues thl3 season. This year a pitcher cannot step to one side of the rubber with one foot, as was the case last year, but will be forced to keep both feet directly in front of the rubber. To assist the umpire In Judging this matter It has been advised that all ground keepers be Ipstmced to draw a white line on each side Inf the rubbt-r, so as to. form a box. The rule will give the umpires a lot f

trouble, but It will also greatly handicap a number of the ritchers who cannot very well change their style. The object of the rule Is to increase the base running, but this could have been accomplished without mixing up with the pitchers' feet. GRAN BY' S DEFENSE. Many unkind things have been said against Eddie Graney, referee of the Corbett-Britt fight, since Brltt was given the decision by him a week ago last Friday. It is quite evident that the "favorite son" influence had something to do with Graney picking Dritt as the winner, if no other influence was brought to bear in tho matter. Corbett has declared that he was robbed out of the decision, but the public believes he has said enough on the matter. It was reported that Graney's wife would not speak to him after the fight because he give an unfair decision. Graney has not explained the exact nature of the note that was passed to him while in the ring, but he has made the following explanation of hfs decision: "I realize that it is bad form from a sportsman's standpoint for a referee to dl3cuss his decision, but there has beert so much kicking by the people against whom I decided the recent fight between Brltt and Corbett, that I feel it incumbent on me to explain my position. If I live for ten years or for a hundred nothing will convince me that I did not render a just decision when I gave the fight to Britt. "I think that it is generally recognized that I have some ability as a boxer. I don't think the people can conscientiously say that I am Dot thoroughly familiar with the practical side of the ring game. . "Now, so far as my honesty is concerned, I don't think it is necessary for me to speak upon that point. The people who know me and like me will say i am honest, and those who don't like me are liable to say that I am dishonest. That is ono of the results of holding one of the most ungrateful positions in the sporting world a referee. "As to punching in the clinches that Is the only argument that I have with Young Corbett, .whom I consider a good fcilow and a thorough sportsman. "During Corbett's first contest with young Hanlon he never struck a blow in a clinch during the twenty rounds they fought. In his second fight with Hanlon he had a man against him who was not aggressive, who used what is known as the 'crouch,' and who let Corbett do practically all of the leading. "So when the stage of Hanlon's weakness arrived Hanlon did the holding on. While ho held on In the clinches Corbett's two hands were free, and he used them to the best of his ability. By so doing he lived up to the Marquis of Queensberry rules, which stipulate that a man with two hands freo may punch In the clinches. "During Friday night's fight Britt did all the forcing. At times he compelled Corbett to clinch. I did not compel them to break for the first fourteen or fifteen rounds. After that it became practically a wrestling match in spots, neither of them .had both hands free. Therefore, according to the rules under which they fought, they could not punch in the clinches, and when I told them to break they would not break, and the only times I forced them to break were when they were wrestling or holding. "Corbett, while unjustly criticising me, has said that I grabbed his hand from his right side, or. rather, that in breaking his clinches. I interfered with his right. If I Interfered with his right hand, as it !3 claimed, I must also have Interfered with Britt's left, which is his best hand.' "Corbett said that I never separated him during the clinches of any of his other contests. That is not true. In so stating the little chap Is very much mistaken. Any one with a memory who saw him fight Terry McGovern knows perfecty well that I had to partially disrobe in the ring in order to force the fighters to break from the second to the fourteenth round. "In the fight with McGovern, Corbett was forced to clinch Just as he was with Britt. Both Britt and McGovern cut out the pace for Corbett, so that if I didn't break the men in both fights the battles would have degenerated into mere wrestling matches. "I sincerely hope that Britt will give

corbett a return match in the near future. He ought to give Corbett first chance. I hope they will select some good California referee. There are quite a few here, but if they are afraid of the 'native son I think it would be a good idea to import an outside referee." SALARY-CUTTING WAVE. Baseball club owners have been forced to become diplomats this season in the handling of players because of the salary reduction wave that is passing over the country. The club owners cannot allow sentiment to govern the question of the amount of salary they pay players as other things are to be considered, the most Important being the salary limit that has been placed upon all clubs in the minor leagues. The limit in the American Association is $2,400 a month, about 63 per cent, of the amount paid out in salaries by most of the clubs last seasorr. Rules have been made so strict that the clubs must maintain their teams within that limit and as a result the players are the ones to suffer. But the players will not suffer as much in comparison as the magnates did during the times of war when they had to pay exorbitant salaries to men who were not really worth the money. Peace in baseball has made it possible for the club owners to arrange their salary lists so as to figure a little profit on their Investments at the close of the season. Players should not ask the men who invest their money to keep baseball on a strong basis to pay out all the receipts in salaries. Very little money has been made by the magnates during the past three years, and while it Is a bitter pill for a player to accept a reduction in salary, the player should be wise enough to realize that it is his only alternative and if he desires to continue as a professional player under the national agreement he must agree to accept the inevitable. Even under the salary-cutting plan players will receive as much, if not a little' more, than they did before war times made tho salaries soar skyward, so after all the players do not suffer so much. High salaries In minor leagues arc a thing of the past and tho players must be contented. FITS OR MISFITS. Indianapolis baseball fans will have an opportunity this week to determine whether the players signed by Manager Phillips for the Hoosier team this year are misfits or whether they will fit Into the places that have been or soon will be assigned to them. It is to be hoped that the young men, who arc new to the local patrons of the game, will be able to deliver the goods and keep Indianapolis well up in the first division all season. A second division or tail-end team would never make a big success in this city. Indianapolis fans have been trained to rooting for champions or teams that have a fighting chance for first place, and it' Is not believed that they would give their approval to a team that cannot stand well up in the race. President Ruschaupt realizes the conditions in this city and he would not permit Manager rhlllips to secure players who are not in the same class with men on other teams in tho Association. "With good weather this week the playtrs will have a chance to obtain some good practice against Detroit and Buffale In the games at Washington Fark and a fairly good line can be drawn on the men in the Hoosier uniforms. It is believed that the men chosen for the regular positions will make good. Is Charley McKeever getting too old to fight? The once famous middleweight boxer admitted after his defeat in this city last Thursday night by Hugo Kelly that he is not able to go a longer distance than six rounds and be at his best. McKeever is not so very old only thirty but he lacks the staying powers. As a six-round boxer he is one of the best in the business, as he is exceedingly clever and fast, but when up against such a strong and aggressive man as Hugo Kelly, his speed does not last throughout thirty minutes of actual boxing, ifnd, as was shown at the Audi

torium, Kelly weakened him after the third

round and McKeever was lucky to be allowed to stay the limit. WHICH GAME IS THE MOST SCIENTIFIC? Alfredo De 'Oro Tells Why He Favors His Own Game Over Billiards. Alfred De Oro, the world's pool champion, says that pool Is a more scientific game than billiards. De Oro's opinion is contrary to general belief on the point, but he supports his statement with a line of local argument, says an exchange. That he is in a position to have an accurate knowledge of both games is indisputable. De Oro is the unquestioned pool champion of the world, and is a master of three-cushion billiards, though he has never ranked with the top-notchers of the angle games. He outlines a defense of pool that will probably be new to even many followers of the game, as well as amateurs. He says: "To my mind, there is no question that pool is a more scientific game than billiards for the reason that it is practically all of billiards and pool besides. "In the first place, take the meaning of the word 'scientific' The science of . a game is the knowledge of the game, which resolves this argument down to the proposition, which game requires the greater actual knowledge? "Billiards is a game which calls on a man's simple power of reason. Ho sees a shot and figures out the angles. "That is all the science there is to billiards, all the knowledge it requires. Now, 1 do not say that that is all there is to billiards, for the stroke Is nine-tenths of the game. There are hundreds of players who could tell you how to play a difficult three-cushion shot, and possibly not one in the hundred could execute it. But the stroke is mechanism, not science. "Now, in pool the proposition is reversed. Science, that is the knowledge of the game, is practically everything and the stroke plays a minor part. In the first place, there is the bunch of balls that is left by the safety break. There are myriads of combinations possible in a close bunch of say twelve balls, but the only way you can leärn them is with years of practice in watching them played. "That is science, the knowledge of the game when to hit a combination lightly, when hard, what side for . the English, what side of the object ball to strike, to cue your ball high or low. "Balk-line billiards resembles pool somewhat in the necessity of position play, but is not as scientific as the pocket game. In balk-line billiards if you cannot get your position in tho first shot, you can take three or four, and gradually work them together. ' Not so in pool. "When you break up the bunch, and how to break them up properly is the study of years, you may have three or four good position shots which would all lead to a good position for the next ball, but you have to take the shot that will eventually open the way to getting all of them. "But one point that clinches the whole argument Is that when you play a billiard you don't have to bo exactly accurate about where the ball yoü hit first is going, because if you make the shot and the position did not come exactly right, ono or two more shots will do it. But in pool you must be as accurate with your cue-ball as In billiards, and you must drive tho first object ua.il yenecuy in tne ngnt direction." OLYMPIAN WOMEN'S GOLF TOURNAMENT Illustrated Sporting News. Just why the world's fair golf committee, in their Infinite wisdom, have overlooked some women players is hard to understand. The Olympian Tournament for men promises to be a great event, attracting, as it will, the best players of America and probably a goodly delegation from England. As matters now stand, aside from the district contests such as the Metropolitan championship, the Massachusetts championship, etc., there are no important contests scheduled for women until Oct. 10, when the National Tournament is to begin on the Merion Cricket Club links at Philadelphia. Because Mrs. Stout and several other noted players did not go to Chicago for the championship in 1303 should not be accepted as evidence that they would decline to go to St. Louis. It is reasonable to suppose that most persons who can afford it will Journey there for the world's fair some time during the summer or fall of 1904, and women golfers would be only too glad to arrange their trips so as to take in an Olympian women's tournament. This omission seems short-sighted pplicy on the part of the golf committee. Its members, who are all experienced players and business men, know only too well that women's competitions invariably prove better drawing cards than those for men. From a spectacular standpoint, there is really no way to compare the two. There was never such a remarkable army of women players in America as there is to-day, and a meeting between those from Chicago, St. Louis, Denver and the Northwest and those from Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Cincinnati, Washington and the South would prove a truly memorable affair. By . all means let the Olympian golf committee reconsider their action. CANTILLON PLAYED TRICK ON COOLEY. "Joe" Cantillon and "Dick" Cooley, of the Boston Nationals, are great friends, but never lose an opportunity to have fun with each other, says an exchange. Cooley was a few points ahead of Cantillon, who was then an umpire, when, in a game at Chicago, he sent one of "Jack" Taylor's floaters to center for what appeared to be an easy home run. As Cooley started around the circuit Cantillon was right at his heels. "Touch every base!" yelled "Joe." "You bet I will," replied Cooley as the mad chase went on. ' "Touch third now!" shouted "Joe," as the trip was three-fourths done. Cooley fairly jumped on the bag and then lit out for the plate. Glancing back Cantillon saw that "Davy" Jones, who was playing center for Chicago, had ' made a great running catch of the ball, taking it over his shoulder way back by the fence. "Joe" kept on in his pursuit of Cooley, however, and twenty feet from tho plate yelled: "Slide!" Cooley flung himself on the ground and scraped his way over the gravel to the plate. "Now." said Cantillon. rushing up and touching him. "Tag. You're out!" "Out!" roared Cooley. "What for? "Nothing, only Jones caught the ball." It was a day or two before Cooley spoke to Cantillon again. Nd TIONAL VIEWPOINT FOR FOOTBALL LAW Illustrated Sporting News. The intercollegiate football rules committee has dono well to elect to membership Amos Alonzo Stagg, professor of physical culture at Chicago University, and football coach in particular. For "several years the Western players have protested against legislation without representation, and the refusal of the rules committee to admit such representation made the use of the - word "Intercollegiate" beside the fact. It was an Eastern rules committee, if you please, but the Western colleges were expected to follow Its dictates, and to accept its changes in the playing rules. They found it expedient to do so. but they liked it no better because of this. tagg stands for the best in Western intercollegiate athletics, he is thoroughly representative, And at the same time, as an old Yale player and coach. Is equipped to take a sweeping view of legislation. Western football is far beyond the stage of offering a field for missionary effort from the Eastern colleges, and is able to go it alone, and flnd all the rivalries needed in its own territory. It has developed original and able strategists, whose abilities will greatly assist the rules committee in working out the tough problem of adjusting the greatest possible variety and thrill to tho minimum ot violence and danger to anatomy as they struggle toward the goal of the Ideal t ime of football.

PROBLEMS OF INTEREST TO ALL CHECKER PLAYERS

The Journal's Column Devoted to News of the Game of Draughts and Personal Notes of the Experts

Note to Contributors. Contributions to this column should write upon one side of the paper only, and be careful to transcribe numbers plainly- The Journal will be pleased tr receive neir game, position., solutions and all news cf interest to checker players. Such letters should- be addressed to Rem A. Johnston. Ossian; Ind.

This life is but a world of care; man nccda nome rrrration; Monotony of daily toil oft causes dissipation: Then turn you to the checkerboard, enjoy its combinations. Its problems, traps and counter-shots, and many variations. The rame is square, the players fair, it causes none to grieve, It votaries are nev-r caught with cards tucked up their si tew; The gambler, con and bifnco man at checkers are ignored. And never try thlr tricks to ply across the old draughts board. W. II. Grimshaw. In Minneapolis Journal. David Millar. David Millar, who became the checker champion of Iowa on the 10th of last April, that being the expiration of the sixty days in which E. D. Sawyer, of Traer, had to accept the challenge and failed to do so, was born in' Burnt Island, Fifeshire, Scotland, in 1S49. In 1S51 Mr. Millar went with his parents to Prince Edward Island. Here he grew to manhood, taking his nrst lessons In checkers from his father, who was a strong player. Mr. Millar came West to Illinois in 1572. and to Iowa in 1573. All this time he was playing checkers with the best talent he could i vi David Millar find. He was beaten in 1S74 and 1S75. at Tipton, by William Dean, and did not again lose to an Iowa player until last winter, when O. L. Foss, of Algonia, bested him in a sitting 3 to 1. This latter play was in no match and nothing in particulnr was at stake. In 1S73 and 1SS0 he defeated James Pclllteer, at Grundy Center. About this time he defeated an old Scotchman, who claimed to have worsted the great John Drummond 4 to 2 when he was a young man. He also defeated L. A. Alderman, of Traer, who was at one time champion of Michigan. W. A. Wasson, of Marshalltown, went down before him in 1809 to the score of: Millar, 4; Wasson, 2; drawn, 8. Besides these men, who have been con&ideered the strongest players in Iowa Mr. Millar has met scores of others and defeated them. Since 1S0 Mr. Millar has resided in Dows, la., carrying on agricultural work and doing something in the line of contractor and builder. He is an expert cabinet maker, as will show in his proposition, which is published in this issue. The people of Dows are ready to put up a stake to back their favorite against any player in Iowa. In giving an estimate of his plav, J. S. Winslow says: "From considerable practice with Mr. Millar, it is my opinion that he is not and never has been a close student of the game of checkers, but owes his many victories and few defeats to his splendid memory and his ability to analyze wins and draws from critical positions in cress-board play, and by always playing his end games with extreme caution." MILLAR'S PROPOSITION. David Millar's proposition to the players of Iowa is certainly sufficiently square and honorable to be of interest to the hungry protestants for checker honors in his own State. Recently the , checker players of Iowa gathered at "Webster City and at a tournament proceeded to give away a title already in Mr. Millar's possession. The title of champion of the State cannot be decided by a tournament If there is already an active holder of the title. Mr. Millar, having held the title because of the former champions' refusal to accept a challenge, is as much a-holder of the title to-day as the ethics of sports can declare. The proposition is as follows: "I have just completed a folding checkerboard. The Inside contains a rack holding a set of home-made checker men, consisting of thirty-two pieces twenty-four are single men. the other eight are of double thickness, to be used as kings. The squares are of walnut and maple with a border of cherry. In the center of the border, on the sides by the players, there Is a star of sycamore. On the other two sides there is a diamond of the same wood. In each corner of the board there is a small checkerboard of walnut and maple squares with a border of rosewood. Including the checker men the board contains 393 pieces of wood. I will attach a small silver plate with the words, "Checker championship of Iowa, 1904." engraved on it. I offer the above as a prize to the checker players of Iowa, and to the gentleman who comes in a spirit of fair and generous rivalry and defeats me In a match of fifty gamap, I will resign the board, pay his railroad fare and hotel bill." Best System. What is meant by a system of play, and what system is best? Young Player. The word, as you use it, is usually taken to mean the series of attacks and defenses employed against any opponent. It would not be good policy when playing against a formidable opponent to try first one opening and then another. You would naturally play the c.pening you felt strongest each time. The following advice may be helpful: Always play 1115 when you have the Black. If your opponenfgoes 23 19, repeat 914 and try for "Fife." If ho prevents "Fifc'j by 2723, you know that you have. "Defiance," and that the Black has nothing to fear If care Is exercised. If White goes 2217 instead of 2319, always play 1519 and form "Dyke." Get into the habit of always playing in tho same way. Learn the strongest lines and every possible variation. Should White go 2318, plav 914 for "Cross-choice." Jf he try 24 20, go 1519 and you have. "Bristol," which is strong for Black. When your turn to play the White comes, adopt a uniform defense. Stearns says that the best reply to 1115 is 2218. This is doubtfu!, but it is valuable in that Black is confined to the "Single Corner" attack. If the student has had success with this opening he should probably follow Mr. Steam's advice. In which case he ought to memorize all the play of Sturges and Anderson and especially should he be familiar with that excellent little work on the opening by J. I. Bichmond. Reply to 913 with 22 IS; to 1015 and 9-14 the same. In reply to 11-16, try 2419. Indiana Activities. J. S. Miller, of Indianapolis, writes in a thoroughly interesting manner of checkers in the capital city, and sends a splendid end game problem, with promises of other problems and games. Scores of letters from different sections of the State assure us that the column is gradually gaining admirers and readers. There is more checker enthusiasm manifested than ever before so far as real local results go. J. S. Miller requests contributions from F. B. Crockett, of Muncie. and F. Knause and J. O. Behymer. of Tipton. Will the gentlemen please assist? Good games are welcome at all times; in fact, they are preferred to problems. Contributors must send solutions with all problems, for this is not a puzzle department. The coming tourney Is creating some queries. It should be remembered that all native Iloosiers may enter, as it will be a grand free-for-all contest, conducted upon impartial lines. Bouquets. The current number of the Guide Post sends us tho following carnation and rose: "The Indian? polls Journal Is fast coming to the front as a desirable medium of the game, not only In Its own State, but throughout the West. Although we differ on some subjects reviewed in its columns, yet we must admit the valuable assistance that is being brought forth to the Interest of all classes of players. The Journal expects soon to offer a medal or cup, to be plaved for by the experts of Indiana." Incidentally it might be remarked that since George A. Pierce has become sole pro-' prietor of the Guide Post, it has improved W per cent, at least. It is the best checker

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Game? So. 3 .. " Ay shire Lassie." This game was played at Dows, la., by David Millar and J. S. Winslow, and shows something of the great Iowa expert's skill.

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Problem Xo. 10. This problem was contributed to the Journal by J. S. Miller, Indianapolis, Ind. It is neat and pretty and shows the Indianapolis expert's skill. Besides this, it proves that Indiana can come to the fore ia checkers as well as in other sports. Mr. Miller says that the problem is an end game in which he had White. BLACK. S, 5, 13, 20; king on 25. OMVt Is... G wA Wi til 41 G Is.. WHITE. 11, 14, 22, 2S; king 1. White to move and win. Solution. ' 14-9 2318 1- 6 5-14 11- 7 3-10 622 1417 or 17-22 Cl' 1 0 A7 1317 2332 1823 White wins. 17-22 2S 24 Problem No. 20. By L. J. VAIR, BLACK. 3, 17; kings 20, 23. WHITE. 10, 15; kings 2, 7. White to move and draw. Solution.

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Practical Advice. Mr. E. P. McCaslin. of Indianapolis, gives the following splendid advice: "The bane of the amateur checker student Is his occasional encounter with an all-round, stiff, 'off-hand' player. Throughout the country, and especially in the South, are to be found players who, knowing no rules, have, by persistent practice, developed a" strong line of offense as well as defense. South of the Ohio almost every town of any importance has at least one champion (?) checker player. And In coming in contact with several of these players, a few will be encountered who make any except a seasoned player feel that he has met a foeman worthy of his steel. A tilt with a member of some checker club is often 'easy picking compared to a brush with one of these 'off-handers.' A few years ago I happened to meet Dr. Loutrell, a famous draughts player of Bath-on-tlre-Hudson, N. Y., at a small city in Tennessee. I told him of a famous off-hand player in a town eighteen miles north of cur stopping place. He became so Interested that he agreed to 'lay off one day and try conclusions with him. This player had never lost except to two individuals, and in his encounter with L,outrell he had nothing of which to be ashamed, as he won one game, lost seven and drew thirteen. Loutrell told me afterward that the hardest work of a bookplayer was In holding down Just such players as this man. They generally play but three or four systems of games on openings. If playing Black it is 'Bristol' or 'Old Fourteenth.' If White. 'Single Corner or 'Maid of t hf Mill. The last named Is responsible for more scalps bearing bookish marks than all others combined. For instance, you will rdy 11 13 and Mr. 'Offhand, replies 2217; theu follows 1518, 23-14, 0-18. 17-14, 10-17, 21-14. Then you make 9 and your opponent replies 2419 instead of 2 23 or 2420. Now what are you up against? Simply a difficult draw for Black, with a favorable chance for defeat. I find it advisable to play 811 before playing C-9. and then, if White plays 24-19, immediately play 1113. Blacks have an easy draw with a show for a win after this position Is attained. I never took much stock In those long-winded encounters where the score stood one game, a draw; time, three hours. Such drawn-out affairs detract from any brilliancy that may be in the plavers. Play a careful, quick touch. If you lose a game occasionally, rehearse the possibilities of the game in private and be ready for a quick reply in the next encounter." Consolidation Slay Result. The consolidation of the American Automobile Association and the American Motor League seems "more probable now than ever, as the Buffalo Automobile Club, one of the most powerful organizations In the New York association, has passend a resolution warmly advocating the plan. President Whipple, of the A. A. A., is favorable to the consolidation, and autolsts generally seemingly favor one representative national body. In the event of the consolidation th membership should increase, and automobile legislation and good-road work will be the more easily secured.

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NEWS OF THE WHIST PLAYERS ' OF INDIANAPOLIS AND STATE Whist Hand Played in This City a Short Time. Ago, Illustrating an Opening Lead from Second Best Suit.

'This curious pairie whrn first a novice tries, Be wonders where its difficulty lien. But let such thallow reasoners know. What seems the easiest is not always no." The following plus scores were made by members of the Woman's Whist Club on Tuesday afternoon, March 29: Mrs. W. W. Lowry, 5; Mrs. W. C. Lynn. 3; Mrs. G. L. Blttenhouse, 5 Mrs. J. K. Merion. 3; Mrs. C. D. Johnson, 4: Mrs. O. G. Pfaff? 1; Mrs. B. Hutchinson, 4; Mrs. I. N. Helms, 1. The following plus scores were made by members of the Indianapolis Whist Club on Saturday night, March 26: Messrs. A. W. Conduitt. 8: C. E. Coffin, 4: C. D. Johnson, 5; B. K. Smith, 2; Dr. Little, 5; J. II. Firkey. 1. Tuesday night, March 29. the plus score members were: J. II. rirkey, 7: F. M. Herron, 2; Russell Seeds, 4; A. W. Conduitt. l. The following plus scores were made by members of the American Whist Club on Saturday night, March 26: Messrs. C. U. Jaquith, 17; G. B. Yandes, 13; J. A. Hamilton, 9; W. E. Henkel. 8; J. W. Sluss, 8; L. D. Moody, 7; Dr. Foxworthy, 3; R. D. Machan. 2; J. M. Woods, jr., 1; R. H. McFarland, 1. Tuesday night, March 29. the plus score members were: C. O. Roemler, 7: B. D. Machan. 5: A. Streator, 5; F. A.' Holmes, 6; C. L. Bixby, 2; S. D. Bond, 1; J. W. Sluss. 1; De Witt Moore, 1. The quarterly plus scores of members of the Woman's Whist Club Is as follows: Mrs. J. F. Messlck, 39; Mrs. J. II. Pirkey, 25; Mrs. B. Hutchinson, 21; Mrs. G. L. Rittenhouse, 19; Mrs. C. Boekwood, 9;" Mrs. R. K. Smith, 8; Mrs. W. C. Lynn, 7; Mrs. J. H. De Prez. 6; Mrs. W. W. Lowry. 5; Mrs. C. D. Johnson, 5; Mrs. D. F. Swain, 5; Mrs. H. T. Benham. 4; Mrs. W. T. Benton, 4; Mrs. E. C. Thompson, 3; Mrs. F. M. Talbott, 3: Mrs. I. N Helms. 3; Mrs. A. W. Conduitt. 2; Mrs. W. H. Eastman. 1; Mrs. 11. E. Drew, 1. The members of the Woman's Club who were entitled to wear the "top score pin" In quarter ending Jan. 1, and ending March 29. were: Mrs. J. F. Messick, Mrs. M. B. Wilson. Mrs. B. Hutchinson. Mrs. R. K. Smith, Mrs. A. W. Conduitt and Mrs. F. M. Talbott. -f The quarterly plus scores of members of the Indianapolis Whist Club is as follows: W. B. Wright, Ü4; J. H. Pirkey. 41; A. W. Conduitt, 24; R. K. Smith, 14; C. H. Cobb, 11; G. E. Coffin, 9; Albert Daller, 9: H. M. lironson, S; Dr. Anderson. 7: F. M. Herrou, 7; Russell Seeds, 4; G. B. Yandes, 3; E. A. Kendall, 1; A. C. Metealf. 1. 4 The quarterly plus scores of members of the American Whist Club is as follows: J. W. Sluss, 56; C. L. Bixby, 36; J. C. Clelland. ?4; G. B. Yandes. 33; T. L. Sullivan, 32; S. D. Bond, .TO; O. 1. Welborn. 30; G. A. Hamilton. 25: Ii. G. McClurc, 22; R. D. Machan. 21; L. D. Moody, 17: J. M. Woods, Jr., IG; B. G. Hltz. 15; Dr. Foxworthv, 12; C. Streator, 9: C. O. Roemler. 9: E. E. Sluss, S: C. E. Fish. 5; eWitt Moore. 5; C. H. Christena, 4; W. E. Henkel. 4; Dr. Comlngor, 3; C. E. Rockwood, 3; E. B. Torter, 2; ,C. V. Jaquith. 1. 4-4-4-The American Whist Club challenged the Woman's Whist Club for the Bradshaw trophy, and the game was played Thursday evening. March .11. The Woman's Club team was composed of Mrs. W. W. Iowry, captain, Mrs. J. F. Messiek. Mrs. G. L. Kittenhouse and Mrs. II. Lfc Heuham. The American Club team was Mr. S. D. Bond. Mr. C V. Jaquith. Mr. G. B. Yandes and O. P. Welborn. The result was r to 11 in favor of the American Club. The score was as follows; Kirst Half. Woman's .... 23 Z 23 :s American ... 24 21 2i 2S Last Half. Woman's .... 20 13 10 IS American ... 23 17 13 18 21 22 13-4 1C 2 23 21 13 1 14 8 Total. American Club 11 Total, Woman's Club 5 Net, American Club C Original Pin jr.

Tricks. North. East. South. West. 1 1) A D 4 D 5 I) 2 2 S Q S 2 S-10 S 5 3 S-Q S 3 C J S 3 4 "S K S 4 I 6 S J 5 S-8 S 7 D-7 H-3 6 H Q 11 2 H K H- 5 7 H 8 D J H A H 6 8 D 8 C 2 H J C 2 9 I 3 C 4 H 10 C 5 10 C 6 C-p-7 !! 3 C 8 11 C-9 C-K MI-7 C-10 12 : C Q D IC H 4 I 3 13 S 6 C A D 10 D Q

Starred card wins the trick. Remarks. South opens from his second best suit, the diamonds, reasoning that the long suit of hearts mieht be trumped or-he might exhaust partner so that it would be impossible for him to return them. North takes the lead of diamonds with ace and exhausts trumps. South in the meantime discarding the club and six and seven of diamonds. North, reasoning byxputh's eilscard of

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club and diamonds, that his suit must to hearts, leads the queen of hearts, which South covers with the king and makes all the hearts, resulting in a slam. The ChlcRKo C.ame. The first half of the A. W. L. series of games in Chicago h.ive been completed .7n Ravens wood Whist Club defeated the Duplicate Whist Club bv two trick The Illinois Whist Club "won from the Hamilton Whist Club bv seven trlcl-s The Chicago Whist Club won from Hyda Park Whist Club by one trick. The association games will not be continued during the summer months, but will be resumed iu the autumn. AVblut Hand. Played In this city a short time ago. Illustrating an opening lead from second best suit. s , Spades are trumps, seven turned; South is to lead: North holds-Hearts. Q, 8; dlamondA? 9. 8; spades. A. K. Q. 8, 6: clubs. Q, 9. 6. East holds Hearts. 2; diamonds, K. J. 4: spades. 7. 4. 3. 2: clubs. A. K. 7. 4, 3. South holds-Hearts. A. K. J. 10. P, 7. 4; diamonds. 10. 7. 6, 5; spades, 10: clubs. J. West holds Hearts, C. 5. 3; diamonds, Q, 3, 2; spades, J, y, 5; clubs. 10, 8, 5, 2. Overplay. Tricks. North. East. South. West. 1 H- 8 H- 2 H A II 3 2 H Q S-2 H-K H-5 3 C 6 C A C J C 5 4 D A D 4 I) 5 D Q 5 S Q S 3 S-10 S- 5 6 S A S 4 I 6 S 9 7 S-K S- 7 D 7 8 J 8 D 8 D J D-10 D-l 3 9 C-9 C-K H-4 C-8 10 D 9 D K H 7 D 3 11 C-Q C 3 H 9 C 10 12 S 8 C 4 H 10 C 2 13 S-6 C-7 H J H-6 Starred card wins the trick. Remarks. South opens hearts instead of diamonds, resulting in a loss of five tricks. Whist Calden. The business of whist is to make tricks; the pleasure of the players in the manner of making them. 1. A trick too soon, or a round too i&te may utterly ruin a great game. 2. Best not to finesse if second hand fails to follow suit. 2. Let him do for his partner what ha would like his partner to do for him. 4. Do not win the second round of rtaht adversary's suit if his partner has another to lead and is strong In trumps. 5. Use caution and skill in discarding. 6. Underplay Is most frequently resorted to in the trump suit, and in plain suita when trumps are exhausted, or nearly so. 7. Only aim to bring in one suit at a time. 8. Don't finesse on partner's suit; let him do it. 9. An original trump opening with threa trumps is justifiable only when each suit contains at least two honors or the hand contains one established suit and two cards of probable re-entry. 10. Depart from rule any time to save tha game. 11. Second hand: Play iree on small card led when holding as many as seven. 12. It may be very advantageous to placa the lead. 13. When knowing your partner's suit giv the highest of three. 14. The laws are too little considered and too little understood. 15. Change your suit only when you have a good reason. 16. Better strictly follow' rules than to adopt a course which will prove misleading. 17. If a beginner will cultivate the habit of repeating to himself the face value of the cards as they are played, he will And that it will materially aid his memory. 18. Fourth hand: Having bc.t card, you must know when to take a trick and when not to do so. 13. When holding the second best card only once guarded, don't lead through. 20. Developing the Fituatiou accurate! ia of much more Importance than fhuaitiff number. ' 21. A low discard would ordinarily imply a desire to ruff and a high one the contrary. 22. One must be in close touch with all authors. 23. Holding ace and jack, third hand cover king or queen led. 24. Occasional good comes from conventions; at most there is no very grievoui harm. T. C. J. Automobile Decision. The city attorney of San Francisco has rendered an opinion which is interesting, whether of value or not. and which open a question of close distinction. lie sayi that If an automobile is sold upon the statement that It will run, say, twenty mllea an hour. It must not only be. able to run at the rate of twenty miles an hour for one mile, but must be actually capable of negotiating the full twenty miles in sixty minutes if the purchaser is held to his agreement. Such a meaning put upon common claims, if backed by legal decision, might work a hardship here and there, but it might also tend to lessen extravagant claims of overenthusiastlc salesmen. A ruling of the kind, however, mlsht caus endless wrangles over the conditions of travel under which the prescribed mileag should be made and over the degree to which accident and other unforseen contingencies should b considered.

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