Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 129, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 May 1904 — Page 7

PART ONE.

THE INÖIANAPOL1S -JOUKNAIi, SUND AT, MAY 8, 1904. 7

fHE SPORTING SECTION

-CPTHE , SUNDAY JOURNAL SUNDAY. MAY 8. 1904. SPORTING EDITORIAL PAGE Telephon Calls for tlvs Sporting Department: Old. Main ,33; New SS2. THE SPORTING SECTION OF THE SUNDAY JOURNAL Can t found at the following plaoea: NEW YOIJ-K Aster Bous. CiriCACO palmer IIoun. Auditorium Annex Hotel. Dearborn Station News Stand. CINCINNATI-J. R. Hawley A Co.. Arcade. Grand Hotel. LOUISVILLE C. T. Derlr?. northwest corner of Third and JefTerson treets. and Dluefeld Bros., 412 West Market stieat. ST. LOUIS Union New Company, Union Depot. WASHINGTON. D. C.P.! House. Ebbttt Houso. Fairfax Hotel. Willard HoteL DENVER. Col. Louthaln & Jackson. Fifteenth nd Lawrence streets, aai A. Smith. 1557 Champa street. DAYTON. O. J. V. WilkU. 33 South JefTerson street. COLUMBUS. O. Viaduct News Stand, 330 High street. liKN I. CHOSE, J-portlng Kditor The bawls from the bleachers are too hot for any player to handle. Even Christian Science would hate to tackle error on the ball grounds. Last season the Pirates hit the ball; this one they seem to have hit a submarine mine. The ring and the diamond have this In common: Itis where the swat lands that counts. There's one style of playing on which managerial critics unanimously agree, the turnstile. What a pleasant game life would be If all the knockers could be confined to the ball grounds. When a player Ildes for a base it can't be truthfully said that he has no stomach for hi3 work. The bald head will agree with the shortstop that a fly i3 not always as easy to catch as it looks. The new baby girl in Fred Clarke's household has been named Annetta Bertilda. The initials "A. Ii." signify at bat. It's putting a truth In a temperate way to say that it doesn't elevate a pitcher's record to send in ten high balls to one low one. College athletes are now busy trying to smash records for everything from running one hundred yards to throwing the hammer. Chicago tracks are offering horsemen about $1,000,000 in stakes and purses this year. Wouldn't it bo great to own a winner In every class? It Is now "Cresccus, 2:02U." as the trotting board refused to allow the mark of 1:504, made at Wichita. The board held that the meet was not properly advertised. If all big events should prove as easy for Irish Lad as the Metropolitan handicap, :won by him, last week, his owner will be able to eat at least two meals a day when winter comes again. Joe Kelley is dut with the announcement that he will make no more changes in the lied 3 until June 1. If they continue to play as they have been doing there will be no occasion for any changes at all. At Italian and an Irishman should put tip a pretty good scrap. The international affair will take place in the arena at the Auditorium next Wednesday night when JIugo Kelly and Jack (Twin) Sullivan meet. Sam Berger, the amateur heavyweight of California. wa3 recently offered a purse of $3.000 to fight Kid McCoy in San Francisco. Uerger declined the offer, saying he was mot ready to become a professional. Must bave had a hunch. MKid; McCoy and Philadelphia Jack O'Brien have been matched to light six rounds at Philadelphia on May 14. It should prove to be one of the most scientific fights of the year. In fact, there may be more science than good stiff wallops. Benny Yanger has sidestepped a match JWith Kid Goodman, the Boston lad who recently defeated Aurelio Herrera. Yanger and Goodman were matched for St. Louis, but Yanger claimed he was hurt in a game of ball and had to cancel the match. Elwood, winner of the Kentucky Derby last Monday, generally regarded as a California horse, is, in reality, a son of Illinois toil. Ills sire. Free Knight, ran second in ton Derby of the early nineties, while his dam, Petticoat, was the winner of fifteen races. From a farmer's boy to the winner of the greatest event of the Western turf 13 the accomplishment of Jockey Frank Prior, vho rode Elwood, winner of the Kentucky Derby. What is the ue of farmers' son coming to cities and clerking in storei vhen they can become successful Jockeys. Jack Root says he w ill not rest until he has signed his name to articles of agreement with Bob Fitzsimmons. Root has beaten Gardner and now wants a chance at Fitzsirnrxions. It Is believed Root will have a very busy time on his hands even if a Chicago club has offered Sö.OuO for the bout. Jack O'Brien has expressed a willingness to meet Chamrion Jeffries, providing Jvff agrees to knock the Philadelphian out in ten rounds. "Philadelphia. Jack" should Stay in his class and try to win the middleweight honors, for many a man has Toeen sent down to defeat for going out of Iiis class. Kid McCoy denies the story that he Is to try to knock out Joe Grim after the O'Brien contest on May 14. He lias no more Idea, at the present time of boxing Grim than he has of challenging John Henri Placke again. And for the very good reason that there is nothing in it, except, in all probability, a broken hand. Jim Jeffries apparently has no disregard for Jack Munroe's championship aspirations, for the champion of the heavyweights Is already engaged In active training near San Francisco. He confines himcelf chiefly to open-air exercise and it is said that he has already refused to eat biscuits made by his bride. Tim McGrath, who looked after Tom Bharkey In all of the sailor's important bouts, has been engaged to train Jack Munroe for the latter coming engagement with Jim Jeffries. McGrath will see that Munroe is in good &hape for the battle and when the miner comes out of the affair sore t heart and body h cannot tlame his defeat to lack of condition. It la said that Kid Carter was delirious when he stepped ?nto the ring the night he fought Philadelphia Jack O'Brien at St. Louis recently. He was evtn more so when

hi was taken from the arena. It is said that the many drubbings Carter has received have unbalanced his mind, and that the strain of training is too great for him. It is about time for Carter to pass up the game if he is in that shape before he Is fu riously Injured. lie was a good man once, but has lost his fighting ability. If Kid Carter never enters the ring again, and he will if he Is not chained down, he will have left it with the knowledge that he was known as on: of the squarest and most reckless fighters of the day, and who hasn't a mark on- his record. Most of them landed on his face.

SMALL CHANCE TO WIN. With thoroughbred racing now in full swing In nearly every part of the country, and with talk of derbies and probable winners dinning the ear where horseman meet, the thought is forced home afresh of the utter futility of attempting to beat the races. A few, a very small few, who are actually in the know of reliable stable secrets, may, once in awhile, but the turf gamblers in general are as certain to lose as night follows day. There is not a man who bets on the races but knows that it has always been a losing game. Yet he clings to the forlorn hope that fortune will favor hHi tho next time, and pursues his flly to the end. There Is no other form cf gambling that has such a fascination. In many races, if truly run, there is really no chance to lose, while In other games the chances of losing are always a deterrent. Thev percentage in favor of the bookmaker Is Just as sure an advantage to him as percentage is a safe basis to rear the great structure on which the business of life insurance is safely and profitably conducted. Aside from percentage being against the speculator, notice how he fares in comparison to the bookmaker in another way. A speculator wagers that his selection has the greatest speed and endurance for the distance than any other entry in the race. He assumes the horse is fit. But the bookmaker has as factors that the horse will get left at the post, will be Interfered with, the track will not suit him, will be badly ridden, meets with an accident, will bolt, will be disqualified for fouling, the Jockey will lose a weight, or he will not make his weight. The other day, a Jockey, after a race, Instead of getting permission of the Judges to dismount, took his mount directly to the stables and the horse was promptly disqualified. The owner had bet on the horse and he had won, which was profitless, as the disqualification made him lose the bet. There is no greater certainty in this world than that a turf speculator will lose, and it is almost equally certain that he will still pursue his folly with grim defeat staring him in the face all the time. The luring thing is that he often knows in advance what ought to win, and he will take the chance that in this particular race the horse owner and Jockey are both honest. , Added to all of this uncertainty and multiplication of chances thousands brave a still worse fate by wagering in a handbook. Of all foolhardlnesa this is the limit. The speculator knows nothing of the track conditions, who is to ride or whether there are added horses running In the event. He may think he has selected the best horse in the ' entries he sees, but when the race is run several horses are added. Had he known this he would not make the selection he did. The handbook man has made rules governing the game, and the speculator must stand for it if there are twenty additional starters. This is but a sample of the countless advantages the bookmaker has. CONTEST IN SPORT. The question has been asked whether rat killing "contests" and cock fights could be classed as sport. It is a hard test of the imagination to class the former as real sport, but cocking mains could be given a division in the sporting world, even if they are unlawful. In olden times, thousands of years ago, the battles of gladiators to the death were witnessed by throngs of people. Even in this age bull fights are countenanced in some countries, but there is a chance for a contest even between the matadore and the infuriated bull. But in more civilized and enlightened communities the thought of a bull fight is abhorred by all classes. This also can be said of rat-kiiling "contests," which have become quite a rage among certain classes in the past few months. The only excuse for calling such an affair sport Is the fact that prizes are awarded to the dog killing a certain number of rats in the shortest time. There must be a certain element of contest in every class of sporting events, whether the contestants meet on equal terms or whether one is given a handicap over the other, but the only contest in a rat-kllllng affair is the question of which dog can dispose of his bunch of rodents iti the shortest time. Fanciers of rat-killing canines might enjoy such affairs, but sport-loving men cannot, because there is no contest. Rats are a pesky tribe and should be exterminated, but what sport is there in witnessing a dog dispose of ten or a dozen of them in a few seconds. Rats are starved for a few days before the day of the killing. A number of them are placed in a pit lined with tin to prevent them Jumping out. A dog is dropped into the rit and he grabs them in quick time and shakes the life out of them. The rats have no chance to win the "contest," and this explodes the theory of such affairs being classed as sport. The "contests" are exciting to the owners of the dogs participating, but rather disgusting to the spectator at the pit who might be smeared with blood from the dying rodents. In cocking mains there is a contest between fighting cocks, and they battle on equal terms, although it is a fight to the death. Because of the brutality of such affairs they are unlawful, but they could be classed as sport because there Is that essential question of contest between the feathered combatants. SHAKE-UP PROMISED. When the 1D01 American Association championship season opened a couple of weeks ago, Indianapolis fp.ns were of opinion that the Hoo5l?rs were fast enough to walk away -with the pennant. During the first week the team piayed good ball, considering the fact that poor weather had prevented much practice. Then came tho accident to Dickey, which broke up the infield and the games lost column ran a merry race with the games won column, with the result that the former pulled up on even terms. The fans were willing to show a forgiving spirit until the dopey work displayed against Minneapolis during the first two days of last week. The Hoosiers' aggregation displayed a horrible lack of team work and played like old women. The loss of the first two games to the Millers demonstrated that the management should hustle and rrocure a new shortstop and also a man to take care of the Initial sack who would not get his feet crossed and tho wires in his attic tangled when men are on bases. Hess showed he was in no shape to cover shortstop and Demontrevlllo was signed, but the latter is a lazy sort of a chap who has a dreaded fear of the error column. He shirked hits that should have been knocked down. That position should be filled by a competent man. Dickey will hardly do at first unless he takes treatment to cure himself of the sidewheel habit in running after a ball and to the bases. Manager Phillips has promised I to run the aggregation through a thresh-

ing machine and separate the good from the bad. If he carries out his promise there may be new faces on the team when it returns home on May 27. The Indianapolis Athletic Club will offer to the fistic enthusiasts of this city and the many strangers that will be in town next Wednesday a card of glove contests that should prove the most interesting ever seen In Indianapolis, The club has promoted some very interesting affairs In a pugilistic line, but the coming entertainment should prove to be the best. The main contest will be between Hugo Kelly, of Chicago, and Jack (Twin) Sullivan, of Boston, two of the greatest rivals in the game, and It is hard to try to pick a winner before the men meet. If betting were permitted In this city it would be a case of even money and take your choice. George Tcbeau is too small to try to throw Umpire Bausewlne into the street, so he took his revenge by throwing the official's clothes Into the gutter at the Louisville park the other day. Tebeau should have his temper curbed, as he is one of the principal figures in the American Association and should not set a bad example by getting Into a fus3 with the umpire. He was suspended for ten days by President Grillo.

MRS. D URN ELL SCREAMS WHEN ELWOOD WINS Louisville Courier-Journal. Queenly in every poise was Mrs. Beatrice Laska Durnell as she stood in her carriage near the paddock last Monday afternoon and received the congratulations of her friends ou the lace which she had won with her magnificent colt, Elwood. The Meeting expressions that stole from Mrs. Durnell's eyes told more than her words. It was not for the prize, it was not for the glory of the day that a tear glistened on her long lashes as Jockey I'rior came to receive his praise from .her lips. It was her heart which welled with the milk of human kindness and which shared the triumph of her Jockey, her husband and her trainer, as well as the great Joy all of her own of winning the Kentucky classic. She beamed with genuine good will upon all who came to "catch a glimpse of paradise, as nearly as it can be approached on this earth. She was radiant. The Joys of success crowded upon her thick and fast. There were enough for all, and she did not strive to restrict the number who shared them. Mrs. Durnell is herself a beautiful woman. She has a handsome figure and her bearing is commanding and queenly in all of its details. A priceless complexion is illuminated by rich, lustrous brown eyes, and a wealth of dark hair, which has led in its thrall many others besides the trainer, who luckily won her for his bride. They were married three years ago last August. Miss Beatrice Laska Drew was a Philadelphia girl, and her parents now live in that city. She met her husband several years ago, and while she had not formerly known horses, she at once conceived a liking for the rapid sons of the turf, and since their marriage she has been an enthusiastic participant in all the triumphs and reverses of the stable. Mr. and Mrs. Durnell and Mr. Frank Prior were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Alvey Monday night. In the carriage with Mrs. Durnell at the races were Mrs. Ed Elvey. Miss Annie Shafer and Mr. Joseph Plerman, who Is a Jockey of that stable. When Elwood came under the wire the winner of the great event, the pandemonium which reigned In the carriage is a subject for the acme of enthusiasm and excitement. The women screamed, wept, clasped each others' hands and were In a nervous state that is seldom equaled by the time the end of the long course was reached. Mrs. Durnell gave vent to a piercing scream when her horse won, and her friends expected to see her collapse, but the joy and the excitement under which she was eclipsed are not of the enervating kind. After a hard day and night Mrs. Durnell was less fatigued than she would ordinarily have been with slight exertion. DUFFY WORE BOSTON UNIFORM 1,500 TIMES Philadelphia Bulletin. r "I recall the first game I ever played on the South End grounds," said Manager Hugh Duffy, of the Philadelphias yesterday. "It seems only yesterday, but it was sixteen years ago, back in 1SSS, when I was playing right field for Anson with Chicago. "Chicago had come to Boston for the opening, and our team was up against John Clarkson, who had just been bought from Chicago for $10.000, completing the $20.000 battery with Mike Kelly, who had been purchased the year before for a similar sum by the Boston triumvirs. "Of course, the Chicago boys were anx-. ious" to make a good showing against their old pitcher. All were sore at losing him, and we came to Boston hoping to hit the ball hard, Just for old times' sake. "I remember the great crowd and the strange' feeling that 1 had the first time I came to the bat. The crowd was yelling for Clarkson to strike me out, and I gues3 I was a little hot under the collar. "I made up my mind to hit that ball a mile or strike out, and luck came all my way. I had one strike, and then John sent a fast one just where I wanted it. I let go at the ball and caught it Just right, sending it spinning out on the line aud over the left field fence for a home run. "No hit I have since made gave me the fueling of satisfaction of this home run off John Clarkson. I felt Hue during the remainder of the game, but was not able to get another hit. "In 1891.1 came to Boston myself, playing on the old1 Congress-street grounds, and then I signed with the Nationals here. The season of 1SD2 was the first of nine long seasons at the South End. I suppose 1 have played more games on these grounds than any other man. "Of 700 games I have played in Boston about 630 have been on these grounds, lu all, counting exhibition games and those on trips, I suppose I have worn a Boston uniform In nearly 1,500 games. MAHER OUT OF THE . PUGILISTIC GRAVE Wheu old Peter Maher arose from his pugilistic grave the ether night to send another fighter iato it, the followers of the square circle Teceived a jar, which awoke them more than the Jolts and bangs which resounded against Jeffords's hardned skull in the Philadelphia ring that evening. Maher's recent performance had led many of the sporting world to the opinion that the Irishman had gone down and out for good. Jeffords, they rijfured. was going to the top fast and Maher's unexpected victory all th; more throws the fistic world out of joint. .Jeffords' recent defeat of Ruhlin had made him a hot favorite and there were few who would wager a farthing that Maher hd any hand left at all. Commenting on the battle, an exchange says: "Bimms-Maher went out of his chair in the second like a dry tiger, and whipped one across the big fellow's shoulder and into his Jaw that rocked him like a reed In a blow. Jeffords took full advantage of the count and came up slowly, Bimms was greatly agitated and rushed at Jeffords. Another right to the jaw sent Jeffords to the mat for the second time. He again took the count and arose slowly. A wicked right on the jaw and then a left, foliowed by another right, and Jeffords wheeled around and fell flat on his face. And there was Bimms standlug over the beaten one with an expression on his face that spoke plain as day: " Well, how the divll did I do that, at all, at all?' "Greeting, Mr. Bimms! and may It be many a day before the peat grows over your wallop again." Xew Infield Trick. Buffalo Express. Second Baseman Laporte and Shortstop Nattrcss have developed a trick on the throw down to second base that is sure to be of use during the season. It is to be used when a baserunuer is on first and third. Laporte runs half way to the pitcher's box and Nattress slips to the base. It looks like a dead sere thing that Laporte is to field the ball and return It to the catcher to hold the man on third. When his hand is not more than six inches from the ball he opens his arms, the ball passes through and is fielded by Nattress. to catch the runner to second. They have tho trick down to a nicety, doing it with the precision of clockwork.

PROBLEMS OF INTEREST TO ALL CHECKER PL A YERS

The Journal's Column Devoted to News of the Game of Draughts and Personal Notes of the Experts Contributors to this column should write upon one side, of the paper only, and be careful to transcribe numbers plainly. The Journal will be pleased to receive new games, position, solu

tions and all news 01 interest to checker players. Johnston. Ossian. Ind. I crave not for a Rothschilds wealth, Nor for a Nflwn'n fame. A Lord Mayor's robes of ofllce. With a har.'lle to iny name. Give me a jovial checker man. Ani what chter I can afford, I'll ie him hearty welcome. Across the old draughts board. G. Taylor, In Glargow Weekly Herald. Indiana's Great Analyst. Wallace M. Purcell. M. D., of Cummings. Ind., Is one of the foremost checker analysts ia the world. Last month he submitted play to The Guide Post to sustain the Wyllic solution of the "Wjllle Twin Problem" that proved beyond all shadow of doubt that his great ability is lu no way diminished by approaching age. Dr. Purcell was born near Reelsville, Ind., Feb. 21. ISC?. He graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. In 1SG2. About , this time he became interested iu checkers. In 1671 he removed to Terre Haute, Ind. At that time he was a strong scrub player, without book knowledge; could play almost as well blindfolded as with the board before him, and had not" known defeat since boyhood. He soon struck a snas:, however. In the person of Thomas J. Forrest, who beat him badly for several sittings. Purcell stayed with him, however, until the tables were turned. This Is the Mr. Forrest who, in May, lS.o, woa two games off Wyllie, at their first sitting, which, however, Wyllie reported to the Turf as only one! With Martins, in 1S76, Forrest got several draws (several of them draws that Martins played for), but did not succeed in winning a game. Martins remarked that he could not say when he had met a player who had given him as much instruction and entertainment as Forrest had, certainly not iuce he had been in the Urited States. Forrest was a wonderful scrub player. About the time of Wyllie's visit to Terre Haute, in 1873, Dr. Purcell began to study the books, und with fair opportunities for cross-board play, he improved rapidly. In 1878 he returned to Reelsville, where, owing to lack of cross-board play, he devoted his leisure hours to end games for some few years. During that time he made many corrections of standard authorities, and gained quite a reputation as one of the leading analysts of this country. He was a frequent contributor to the Chicago Tribune. He also sent much matter to the Cincinnati Commercial, New England Checker Player and New York Checker Monthly, besides giving play and positions occasionally to the Turf, Field and Farm, Glasgow Herald and Leeds Mercury. From these sources many of his productions have been copied into the leading books on the game that have been published in late years. From 1SS2 to 1804 his board lay idle, but within recent years the doctor has again put on the harness. He realizes, however, that he must, ere long, turn over checker work to younger and abler hands, and Is confident that Titus, Slocum, Freeman, Barker, Connors and other rising players will be able to place America well in the van as the leading exponent of the science of modern draughts. Eud-Game Studies. End-game study is a term often used among experts to designate the analysis of a position occurring at the end of a draughts game, and which embodies what is tailed an "idea" a single tactical point which may be solved by "playing for position." The following will illustrate a practical idea much in use in end-game play: first, by position contiguous to the Idea, and second, by a situation which contains a complex form of this idea. BLACK. w 21 and 25. pi m t ir""n. mi rm ir.":n it. jstS.-t. '.jut. AA am m m n i,yiJ V;f VA tr""?. im 3 u WHITE. 22; king IS. White to play and win.

1822 2318 5 1 1418 25"!)" 25 ) 2523 25 "9 (a) 22 20 lR-Tl 15 (b) IS 22 2. 25 2025 2025 2125 S2 27 14 9 5 9 2G SO - 2j) O.J j 25 "0 27-21 V-5 9 11 White wins. 2C25 2l 25 " 2025

(a) The commpnd of this square is necessary and confines Black to the one king and occupation of squares 25 and 23 only. (b) Completes the idea of position above. Example. Apply the idea of above position to the following problem: BLACK. 2. 6. 14; kings 13, 13. te4 SA m J 1 ST 5,.?.V4 B k-'J"; 6 ma Bs m wß t hm.' fei WHITE. S, 13, 20. 21; king C. Black to piaj- and win. The student will note by the terms of this problem that "position" above must be rvolvfd with colors reversed and on Black's single-corner side. A careful study of this problem should be made without looking at the solution, after which comparisons of results may be maJe. 4 Solution. (a) 15 11 (b)10 15 1722 S- 4 S-12 (e) 12-15 9 IS 1510 fc 12 ! 7 Id) Kl-17 10 3 16-12 23-31 4 8 3 7 (b) tr-0 13 6 2 9 3- 8 20-1S Black wins. (a) Additional men uoo:i the board tend to complicate and conceal au Idea upon which an end-game may be- won or lost. The ability to evolve the correct idea from BIG TASK OF THE FOOTBALL PILOTS Illustrated Sporting News. The football rules committee has taken up the burden of tinkering with the game In preparation for the next campaign, and the recent meeting at Philadelphia showed that their task Is wearing and unrewarded, for it is as certain as death and taxes that they cannot please all Forts and conditions of players, spectators and cranks. To begin with, changes must bo experimental. Tho wisest football student does not know how a rule will work out in actual practice. It is delightfully easy to theorize on paper and on blackboards, yet in the field the best laid plans go to smash and work out quite the reverse of the intention. The committee has received thousands of suggestions covering every department of the game, some absurd, others showing a remarkable degree of intelligent study of the game from the layman's standpoint.

Such letters should be addressed to Rem A. any given position upon the board generally increases a proficiency at checkers. (b) Moves that confine White kings on the single-corner side and enable Black to obtain another king. (c) 1216. 1510 will evolve position above same as text following. (d) The single man on 14 should not be played, but held to back up the king on 15 la th ex chin go to foilow. ' (e) 12-S. lS-lS. &-15, is-n. Black wins at once. j . A "Round-Square Checker Bonrd. Did you know that invention has been at work in the domain of draughts? W. T. Call, 123 Liberty street. New York city, has patented the most remarkable checker board ever devised, and one which we believe will eventually entirely supercede the old style board. The Journal draughts editor has used one of these "round-square" boards for a week and finds it to'be so superior to the "square" boards that he refuses ever to go back to the old-timers unless forced to do so, und further, recommends every reader of this columu who desires to become an export end-game tactician, to send to Mr. Call for a board or to address Rem A. Johnston. Osian. Ind. Richard Jordan, champion checker player of the world, says: "In my opinion it Is in every respect superior to the board generally In use." The draughts editor recommends the board to Journal amateurs for the following reasons: There are no useless squares; cannot warp, tip, rattle or teeter; flat and seamless; no confusing angles or lines; no glitter; shows position clean and clear, avoiding oversights; may be rolled or folded; best for sight, touch and perception; noiseless; pieces do not slide; about one-half the area of the board demanded by the Standard Laws with same size playing space. In a recent Issue of the Guide Post, George A. Pierce strongly recommends the beard. Lot it plainly be understood that this article is In no way an advertisement, bul rather an indorsement of an article which experts are regarding as absolutely necessary". The editor has not lost a game since he began to play on this new board. He does not krow how long the "luck" will hold, but he proposes to carry it with him upon all his trips henceforth.

Grlner, Rice and Jnm.es Win. The decision on the best three games sent to this department before May 1, has been made. E. M. Grlner and J. Rice, of Kokomo, submitted a correction of a "Whilter" game which is decidedly superior to anything else received, and, consequently, deserve first prize. Mr. Grlner also gets second prize for a "Double Corner" game full of unusually original play. The third prize goes, to William James, of Anderson. The games appear in this issue. Game No. Gl" Whilter." First Prize. A correction of the Grlner-Rice "Whilter" game, submitted a few days ago: Black Grlner. WhiteRice. 1 5 2631 2923 2521 15-18 Vr. 131-27 11-15 2319 7-11 22-17 1116 20-23 & 14 25 3620 31-26 5 9 1713 8-11 1916 1219 23 7 211 2623 4 8 23-19 812 130-2C 1116 2G 23 22- 15 1418 23 7 1623 2718 20 27 O 326 21 17 1S-15 12 16 15-10, 6-li 13 6 Drawn. Rice. Variation No. 1. Sl-26 1815 20-22 2824 1216 24-20 ) 1619 27-51 23 IS 2016 7 3 1714 , 19-23 21-27 18-23 1611 3 7 1410 2327 2723 2319 11 7Vr.2 7 11 White wins. Rice. Variation No. 2. 11-8 17 1 13-6 14 5 9 2217 Drawn. Grlner. 15-11 2318 Game Xo. CS "Double Corner. Second Trlze. Played by E. M. Grlner and Andrew Dossett, of Marlon, Ind., by correspondence, in the winter of 1200. Black Grlner. White Dossett. 914 22-18 5 9 2522 12-15 24-19 1620 20 25 8-12 21 17 14-21 18-13 11 IS 23- 5 4 8 2218 20-24 27-2) 5 11 1814 1017 2623 1722 25-1 S 710 20-15 11 20 3227 6 9 3126 2 7 10-16 12- 19 2316 7-11 15- 8 3 14 27-23 10-24 819 1418 23-14 918 1014 Black wins. 1815 Grin er. Game No. 53 "Slip-Cross. Third Prize. riayed at the Anderson Club room between William James and J. Brown. Black James. White Brown. This game shows how Mr. Brown fell

1115 (a) 48 1-5 20-27 23- 1S 31-27 189 8-3 8-11 014 5-11 1731 2723 IS 9 2t 22 2218 1116 514 11-15 69 18-11 25-22 (c) 23-18 1815 1620 811 1423 1010 24- 13 2S-24 27-11 3-10 7-16 (b) 3 7 16-23 12-16 22-18 22-1S 11-8 10-15 Black wins.

(a) Is this as good as 9 11? James. 4 S is correct. Kditor. (b) Correct. (c) 2217 draws. Question and Answers. Tell how to polish off a "scrub." Anon. A hard question to answer in a few lines, but an easy matter to do, nevertheless. Try him on a few book traps. Ordinarily any "scrub" player can be beaten by using the White properly on "Old Fourteenth." Some good traps come up in "Single Corner" that can easily be operated against a nonbook player. If he plays 2218 against 1115 for several games, open 1015 once and fool him as follows: 1013. 2218, 1522 25-1S. 6-10, 20-25, 10-15, 25-22, 15-19, 2S-15 12-10, 24-15. 9-14, 1S-9. 11-25. Black wins'. There are fifty early losses which, if committed to memory, will enable you to perform the task under ordinary circumstances. They lie along -Single Corner" and "Old Fourteenth." Who Is champion of Pennsyhan!a?-C. M. E. Pomcroj-. 4What was the Jordan-Barker score? A. B. Jordan, 2; Barker. 2; drawn, C5. Has an American ever beaten Barker' Checkers, Fort Wayne. Yes; notably, G. W. Dearborn. The extreme view holds that football should be made even more mechanical and more hfghly systematized by eliminating the element of chance thit gives it its chief interest, such as callt.-ig the ball "dead" after a fumble, or calling back the runn-r who breaks through and makes a sensational individual play that is called a "fluke." There seems to b an agreement of opinion that the scoring value of the drop klrlc and place goa! should be diminished by one or two points. The reasons have been obvious for a long time. The development of team play makes it inconsistent that the work of one expert drop kicker should be rated as hi.?h as the touchdown made by the united efforts of eleven men striving in a series of complicated and exhausting formations. It is probable that no radical changes will be considered Injuries to trained players are infreq'uent and the game is interesting and thrilling enough to draw forty thousand people to a single contest and to crowd the fields of hundreds of colleges and schools clear across the continent. There will always be individual stars, and it would be unwise to try to suppress them by legislation it is the unexpected in football that gives the game its keen flavor, as it Is in baseball. To reduce the game to the mechanical level of rowing, wherein Individuality is lost, would be to spoil it.

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A 14

NEWS OF THE WHIST PLAYERS OF INDIA NA POLIS A ND S TA TE

American and Indianapolis Whist Clubs Will Try to Obtain I goß National Whtst Congress for This City

The seventh annual congress of the Woman's Whist League was one of the most Interesting in the history of the association and the visitors expressed their pleasure many times in the attentions that were shown them.' From a whist standpoint it was also very interesting. To many of the members of the various clubs belonging to the league the congress of 1904 will be especially remembered. The players from the West did not win a trophy and only in a very few cases was a top score pin won by a Western player. This was very disappointing to those that attended from a distance. The bulletin boards were the centers of interest from the ending of one game until the beginning of another. The scoring committee was known to the members of it as the "trouble" committee on account of having not only to reason, but to convince all the players with complaints that the scores were correct as they stood. Miss Kate Wheelock was unable to attend the congress on account of illness. Many players could be heard endeavoring to Justify themselves to their partners for certain plays they nad made. There was great difficulty in gathering the delegates together for play. A few of the players dropped out of the contests, dismayed by their minus scores. It kept the managers of the games, by the way all of them were gentlemen, busy in their efforts to keep the women quiet while the game was in session. Mr. Beverly Smith, who superintended the contest for the Philadelphia cup, informed the players one morning that he had heard K said that the previous session was more like a ladies' tea party than a whist tournament. He asked the players from that on to please eliminate the tea party atmosphere. About 12 o'clock each day the players would begin to ask for something to eat. Milk and sandwiches were most in demand. - . 4 . , There was only one unfortunate Incident during the congress and that was the accident to Miss Johnson, of New ork. In descending the stairs she fell, striking the back of her head and cutting it quite severely. , Next State Tourney. The Indiana State Whist Association will hold its next tournament at the Claypool Hotel on the afternoon and evening of Dectoration day. May 30. With proper effort teams or pairs ought to be secured from Lebanon, Crawfordsvillo. Noblesville, Terre Haute. Rushvllle, Marion. Crawford.ille. Sheridan. Muncie. Connersville and Lafayette, as well as a full representation from the Indianapolis clubs. . . . A. It is to be hoped that all. members of the association will use their best endeavors to make this the "banner" tournament. Wnnt Xntlonal Connre'. The American Whist Club and Indianapolis Whist Club have each appointed a committee of three members to confer together as to the best methods to be adopted for promoting whist Interests here and the securing of a strong representative to the National Whist Congress which convenes in New York In June for the purpose of "booming" Indianapolis for the next annual congress. There is no question but that the holding of the congress here would prove a great stimulus to whist interests in Indianapolis and tho State, and If intelligent, concerted action will bring about such a result it ought to be. taken at once. Whlnt Notes Six table3 cut in for play at the Woman's Whist Club Tuesday afternoon. The Howell system of play was used. Mrs. Ralph K. Smith and Mr3. Charles D. Johnson, of the Woman's Whist Club, who have been visiting friends In Washington. D. C, and Pittsburg since the adjournment of the Women's Whist Congress in Baltimore, have returned home. Plan Score. The following plus scores were made by members of the Indianapolis Whist Club on Saturday night, April 30: F. M. Herron, 10: Albert Rabb, 3; John Kendall. 2; A. C. Metcalf. 2; C. S. Little. 2; L. B. Sweet. 1; W. B. Wright, 1; A. W. Conduitt, 1; R. G. McClure, 1. Tuesday night. May 2, the plus score members were: C. E. Coffin. 6; W. R. Wright. 6; C. S. Little. 5; A. Daller. 5; R. G. McClure, 2; F. M. Herron, 1. The following plus Fcorcs wore made by members of the American Whist Club on Saturday night, April 30: W. A. Wood. !); J. A. Hamilton, 7; O. P. Welborn. 6; C. V. Jaqulth. 4; T. L. Sullivan. 3; L.. G. Rothchlld. 2; T. a. Hood. 2; B. G. Hltz, 2; J. M. Woods, 1; O. B. lies. 1. Tuesday night. May 3. the plus score members were: J. A. Comingor, 4; T. C. Hood, 4; C. V. Jaqulth. 4; G. B. Yandes, 3; T. L. Sullivan, LOU DILLON SOON TO BE SHIPPED NORTH NASHVILI.K. Tenn.. May 7. Lou Dillon, the queen of trotters, with her massive muscles In her diminutive form, will leave her winter quarters In the palatial Billings barn at the local trotting track within a fortnight. The little mare will be shipped direct to Cleveland, where she will be trained for faster miles than she has been allowed here, and where she will Join the remainder of the priceless collection of the harness flyers owned by C. IC G. Billings. As round as the proverbial butterball, as full of life as a young school ml?s yet In her teens, possessed of an appetite that would put a country mule to shame, and having experienced the coming and passing of winter In what her trainer, Millard Saunders, classes as best of health. Lou Dillon Is right ready for the first asking of her well-known flight of speed. Miles In less than three minutes have been plentifully dished out to tho peerless little chestnut thus far In her training, but nothing near a 2:10 notch will probably bo attempted in private before late in May.

V vr i 3: I G. Rothchlld. 3; S. A. Wickel. 3; O. P. Welborn. 2; J. M. Woods, 1; J. W. Slufa, L Five tables in play. An Intercut In? Donl. North holds Hearts, 8, 4, 2: diamonds, A. K. 10. 5; spades, 9, S, 6; clubs, J, S, 4. East holds-Hearts. 10, 7; diamonds. J. 6, 2; spades, A. K, Q. 5, 4; clubs. A, 2. South holds-Hearts, K, Q, J, 5; diamonds. 9. 8. 7, 4. 3; spades. 2; clubs. 9, 7, 5. West holds Hearts, A. 9, 6, 2; diamonds, Q; spades, 10. 7, 3; club?. K. Q. 10, 6. 3. Spades are trumps. South leads. As Played at Table 1. Tricks. North. Hast. South. West. 1 - C 4 C 2 C 3 C Q 2 II 3 H-10 J H- 2 3 H-8 H-7 H-5 116 4 I k D 6 I 3 I Q 5 H 4 1 2 11 Q 1I A C S 6 S 4 S 2 S 10 7 S 8 3Q C 5 S 7 8 S 9 S A C 7 S 3 9 C- 8 C A I- 4 C 3 10 D A D J D 7 H 9 11 I 1) S 5 1 8 C 12 D b S-K D ! C 10 13 C-J S J M-K C-K North and South. 4; East and West. 9. Remarks South leads the club, unwisely thinking to lead short and make singleton cf trumpr. West takes the trick and opens the heart suit, which was particularly unfortunate for East and West. South takes the trick and Instead of continuing the club suit leads hearts through left adversary, and West,7 thinking partner might have finessed, played low, nifrl North "took the, trick with the eight. North then leads diamond, and. finding Wtst short, leads thö heart, which is taken by We?t. By openlnjr the club suit North and South mnke four tricks, some of which ,hny. " '"- not entitled to, if est had played differently. As Played at Table 2. Tricks. North. East. South. West. 1 H 3 H-10 H-K '11 X 2 C 4 C 2 C 5 C Q 3 C J C A C 7 C - 6 4 S C S J S 2 S 7 5 S 8 S K D 3 S 3 6 S 9 S 4 D 4 S-!0 7 C 8 117 C-9 C-K 8 D 5 D 2 II S C b) 9 H 4 D-C H-J C-3 10 "D -K D J D 7 I Q 11 D A 5 IV S 11 2 12 D 10 S-Q D 9 H 6 13 H-S S A H Q H-3 North and South. 1; East and Wet. 12. Remarks This score made by Kast and West is in the hands, with fine play. Trick 1. South leads king of hearts. Tricks 4. 5. 6. Last opened with Jack cf spades. West ued the three trump, echo, and East then led low in trumps to let West In so as to make the club suit. In this case the beauty and advantage of this play are finely illustrated. In consequence of this play West could get tho lead and the rest was ea?y. ' WliiM Calden. To play whist well requires good Judgment, close observation, quick inference and a knowledge of the rules. 1. Do not say you do not play a good game. If you do not your partner will soon find it out. 2. Brilliant play Is better than routin play. 3. Returning left adversary's suit immediately sometimes Indicates a wil.ingness to trump that suit. 4. Always do your very best. 5. You should have a good reason for passing a winning trick. 6. When partner has called give command if in hand. 7. See that yon don't lose any tricks. 8. At any time before the trick is turned and quitted a player may ask an adversary If he has any of a suit to which such adversary has renounced in that trick, and can require the error to be corrected in case such adversary Is found to have any of such suit. 9. A suit consisting of a ingle card generally a very disadvantageous one to lead from. 10. It matters not how poor a hand may be, the attention of tho player should not be relaxed for a moment. 11. Have a clearly defined purpose la view in every deal. 12. If you have a weak hand conceal tha fact from adversaries as long as possible. 13. Keep to your team game whatever It may be. 14. When partner leads fourth bst and you hold within one of eleven, do not cover unless with king or acc. 15. The knowledge of a previous discard oftentimes directs a successful finesse. 16. Do not k(ep partner guessing. IT. The introduction of the name 'whist took place as early as the seventeenth century. 1. Never attempt to draw Inference, from the mannerisms of a player. 19. The finest whlft player that ever lived was a Frenchman. 'J0. If you are not sure Just when to falsa card, don't do It at all. 21. A player' game is Inevitably strengthened by a knowledge of plays that he may not care to use but is always likely to meet. 22. Remember the trump card. T. L. J. ONCE TERRIBLE TERR Y NOW WEARS GLASSES Terry McGovern's eyes, which have been bothering him for some time, have reached that stage where the former champion is compelled to wear eyeglasses. The glasses are an aid to Terry, but he says that sight Is si! the better for them. McGovern looks more like a clerk or student now. It took some time to get used to the "pebbles." as the pugilist calls them, but he Is all right, and says he does not think he could get along without them. McGovern's eyes began to trouble him about two years ago. He visited un oculist who advised him to wear glasses. McGovern put the matter oft repeatedly until hia sight became so Impaired that at times ha was unable to distinguish an object several feet from him without difficulty. McGovern says that when he fights his eyes dv not bother him. Flcliter. Have Hall Teams. Benny Yanger and Jnck O'Keefe have organized a semi-professional ball team cf some of the beat p layers lu Chicago, and they are open to meet out of town lerrj of high class.

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