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rev TTTTJ OMATT.V SUNDAY BTTLVMAY 31. 1003. or.miiA DIDDERS SUCCESSFUL Athletic Youngsters of Western Nebraska V King-Svanson Co. Awards All Contracts to Local Concerns. A7 , .. J "t 4 " - f "A' V a w ran IPO i , - .i , iktefel .. 1 What will doubtless prove a pleasant surprise to Omaha people who are In terested In the advancement of Om aha's manufacturing Interests, la the announcement by the new firm of Klng-Swanson Co. that contracts for the entire equipment of their new store have beon awarded to local firms, as follows. " Show window enclosures, all show cas?s and entire second floor equip ment, exclusive of tables to the Alfred Bloom Co. ' First floor fixtures, exclusive of show rases, but Including business of fices and all tables on first and second floors, to T. H. Welrlch Fixture Co. All remodeling of building and 'quiiimmt of Basement to Newman & j Johnson. Floors of show windows to Par quetry Flooring Co. Sign work, including electrical dis play sign, to R. Carlton. , Art Gtais work to Midland Glass and i Taint Co. ; Plumbing and steam fitting to John- on-Rowe-Daly Co. j Electrical work to Wolfe-Lovett Co. Particularly Interesting are circum stances relating to fixtures and wood work pitted against the two local firms were the beat fixture makers of Milwaukee, Detroit, Chicago, Lansing, Mich., St. Louis, Des Moines and Ft. Dodge, Iowa. Several of, these firms Iduwiu tim cusrsvLur 01 worn re quired sent special representatives to Omaha. Both, the Bloom Co. and the Welrlch Co. feel highly elated over the awards, fas it gives them an unusual opportun ity to demonstrate their ability to J handle such high grade fixture con tracts. The Klng-Swanson Co. is also to be congratulated upon the fact that i they are able to equip their splendid new store with Omaha made furniture,. :It will prove somewhat of a boost to rOmeJia manufacturing, as the new 'store, embodying every new idea In 'clothing store equipment, will undoubt edly be Inspected by many Western ' merchants when contemplating Im provements in their own stores. r P R O M . The Land gf Gladstone come the "glad rags" of young men the real "fawncles" In fabrics. Quite the latest are always here and . those that are here are always the latest. We receive monthly shipments direct from our English buyer. All are exclusive suitings just one suit of each. Suits to order $23 to $50 OPEN EVE-MXGS MacCarthy-Wilson Tailoring Co. 804-306 Sooth 16th Street. Near South West Corner, lath and ,t Karnam Strata. - Phone Douglas 1808. The Best Toast "A Little Quaker Maid" As law H at aav IihMm W. ef aw drag sloe s. niRscn & co. City. B D.'A. Sampson, Oen I Bale Agent. Omaha, THE OMAHA DEE Csst L VCSt eonld b A V lrtr Toaat '" A . i V- V. BRIDGE WITHOUT A PARTNER Variation in Game that Meets a Want Long: Felt. SOUSCE OF MISTAKES ELIMINATED ftrortna; the Wont Feature of th Game, bat that la Made Kar br the Method Ex plained Here. Ona of the peculiarities of bridge is thut all the mlatakea that are made, all the rubbers that are lost, all the declarations that- are disastrous and all the trick that get away are clearly the fault of the 'part ner. All that la necessary to confirm this statement is to listen for a moment to the remarks made after every social game for prizes: "If It hadn't been for' that fool woman making it dtamontla with only five to the ten and not another trick in her hand, I should have been top score." Or: 'I am sure it was a good no trumper. and she had the ace of hearts and two honors In ctuba In her hand, and yet she lost two trtcka on It! Why, If I had played the hand " Every person who has played bridge for any length of time must acknowledge that the majority of the tricks lost In the play are due to the partner's lack of under standing or Insight. It Is astonishing how few partnera can . see through the backs of your cards and then they are so care less In minor details. They seem to have no Idea of the make that would best fit your hand; they pay no ttentlon to the score or they do not see your echo or they don't know the eleventh rule, or something of that kind. ' It is their fault. When you are tied to a partner of vthis sort all through a rubber It is bad enough but whem you cut the worst player at the table time after time and see the smile of mingled satisfaction and derision that flits over the faces of your adversaries when they realise that they have not cut either one of you for a partner why. It Is perfectly maddening. Of oourse, they do not see that, the shocking plays were all your partner's fault, and they look as if they thought you- might have had some thing to do with the loss of the last rub ber. If you had any legitimate excuse you would quit the game. All that keeps you at the table for another 'rubber la the hops that you . will cut . another partner next time, so that the adversaries shall see whose fault It was and shall realise that you are the best player at the. table, but your partner kills you. Well, they have Invented a variation of bridge which does away with all these troubles and puts each player at the table on a perfectly even footing. They have not given It a name yet. but It la an Amer lean Improvement on a game) they rail sing's bridge In England. Tb improve' ment Is so grest that It Is almost another game. For want of a better title most peo ple call It four-hand bridge. The great objection to It so fsr has been the very complicated process of adjust In i the scores at the end. In general It seems as If nothing short of an expert accountant could figure out what each owes the other, and mistakes are the rule rather than tha exception. Hkat players have had the enme difficulty for fifty years. The Sun pro poses to set them both at ease and show them how easy It Is when you know how. But flret for the game. Four-hand brldre la for four players and the table is complete with four. These four play twelve deals, no more and no 'ens, o that every one knows Just how long the game will lost. There are no rubbers, each hand being played for all It Is worth. This prevents the wicked partner from making It spadea because he a twenty, eight up when you have four aces In your hand. The same thing Is further pre. vented by the fsct that tho dealer haa no partner. Miny persona have Insisted thut dummy should be a dummy and should leave the room as soon aa he has laid down Ms hand. In four-mind bridge there Is no such person ss dummy, so that prob lem Is solved. The four players cut for choice of scats and cards and the first deal, alihourh the dal Is not worth anything. The scores are kept in four separate columns, one for each player. It Is not necessary to have dif ferent divisions for trick and honor, because they are added tiHTether and put down as a lump sum at the end of each deal. The deal pease to the left ss usual. The dealer in jcli hand In lie one to make the declaration, the valuf being the same aa In ordinary brtdgo. If the dealer pm'scs the make the player sitting opposite him, who is not Ms partner, remember, but simply ami attsolutrly a dummy, an out sider who taa nothing to do with the gam for that fieal. Is obliged to sort the cards be finds, in front of bun and to de V j- -- V 3 . r . NORTH PLATTE HIGH SCHOOL BASKET BALL clare according to the following Invaria ble rules: ' If he finds three or four aces It Is a no- trumper, no matter what the rest of the cards may be. If he cannot find at least three acea It cannot be no-trumps, even If ho finds all the kings and queens In the pack. , When there are not three aces the long est suit mut be nemed for the trump. If two suits are equal in length the Jrump must be the one with the greatest number of pips on the cards, counting the ace as 11, the king, queen, Jack and ten as 10 each, and all other cards at their face value. If two suits are equal In length and pip value, the one of the higher rank In scoring value tnujt bo declared, hearts outranking diamonds and clubs outranking spades. With such cards as the following, Tor instance, the declaration being passed by the dealer-H. A. K. 7. 4; C. A, K, 10, 2: D, 8; 8, K, J, 9, the declaration must be spades, because It has the greatest pip value of the three four-card suits. The hearts count 33, the clubs 33 and the spades 34. . - ' If a declaration Is laid on the table when dummy's cards are exposed, which Is not correct, trie adversary who had led a card can take back his lead and demand that the declaration be changed, or he can let the declaration and' hla card remain. If theithlrd hand plays to the first trick the erroneous declaration stands. ' The play is the same as in the ordinary game, except that the player sitting oppo site the dealer must not attempt to pre vent him from revoking. It is to the In terest of this player to have the dealer lose, as will be evident when we come to consider the scoring. At the same time it Is to his Interest not to have the adver saries of the dealer win, as he wllj have to pay them If they do, so that he has every Inducement to keep his mouth shut and act up to his true character, a dummy that is blind and deaf. After the play of the hand is finished nothing Is put down on the pad except the dealer's score. It he wins he Is so much plus: If he loses he Is so much minus. Suppose he makes two by cards in hearts and loses simple honors, he puts down a sero, or the sign of equality. Just to show that the deal wai played although he scored nothing on It. If he should lose the odd at no trump but hold thirty aces he would score the difference to his credit, 18 plus. Each successive score Is added to or sub tracted from the preceding one, so that the bottom figure In the column shows the exact state of the 'player's score. If the dealer has 64 to his credit fnd loses 18 points the next figure put down will be 46 plus. At the end of the four deals each player having had a declaration once, the one who dealt the first hand of all sits still. The player sitting opposite him changes places with the one on his left. The deal then passes to the left, that Is, to the rlayer who sat opposite the first dealer of all. At the end of another four dea!s, the player who began the round sits still and the one opposite him and the one on his left change places, the deal passing to the left as before. The following diagram will show the changes of position brought about If tic suppose that A dealt the first hand for the first round: B C D A C b n A D B C A On the second round B dealt the first hsnd. On the third round D dealt first After changing positions the players may cut fr the first deal If they prefer It. At the end of twelve deals each player will have had each of the others opposite him for four deals and the, game will be at an end. The next thing Is to balance the scores In order to see how much each player wins or loses, and It la this balanc ing that haa been the stumbling block to all who have so far tried the game. The aame objection has applied to skat. In which "the scores must be adjusted In the same way. Three ways are taught In all the text books, and they are given ss If there were no others possible. Which Is the easiest of the three depends on the arithmetical skill of the player who keeps the score, bit all of them seem to require the serv ices of an expert accountrnt. The .sim plest is probably the following, which will serve as a proof of tho correctness of those that are to follow: Suppose the players to be called A, B, C nrt r. Draw a line under the final score ct each as It appears on the pad and then, starting with A, subtract from tho win nings what he owes B. Put A down plus and B down minus. Do the same with C's scor as compared to A's and then with D's. That wlil finish up A's account. Then balance' U's account with C and D. and finally C's score with t'. We are then ready to add up, end this ts what we find: -1-168 - 71 -154 t- Si -1-311 -i- tot 16 This k the method wnicn is uira most all skat players and which has beo -I- 14 -l-M "Zn -r 1M - l --7S 74 - - - 7i -1-72 i V ' ' r i ! . V' ' TEAM. the favorite for nearly a hundred years. So far It has been the one always taught to those who take up four-hand bridge. Another method, recommended because II requires less figuring and Is free from the objection of having to add columns, that contain both minus and plus items at the end. Is the' following: Deduct the lowest score of the four from ail the scores and then add up the remain ders thus found. Their sum Is the total loss of the player who has the lowest score. To find what each of the others owes or wins multiply these remainders by the number of players. From the product of each multlpuVatlon subtract the points lost by the lowest score. The remainders are the points won or lost by the others. To Illustrate this process let us assume that the final scores of A, B, C and D were as before. This gives us C's as the lowest score of the four, and we proceed thus: A -1-168 14 -- 72 304 t -1-312 M -1-313 304 16 In this method, which Is a favorite with some players, if the lowest score is a minus It must be added to the ethers, because the amount lost by the low score must have been won by each of the others. In addition to which they must be paid for what they have won themselves on their own scores, When two players are tied for low score both must be put down to zero, but only one Is subtracted from the scores of the jothsr players. The sum of the remainders after this subtraction must be charged to each of the low scores equally. Some per sons think It should be divided, but this is a mistake. For Instance: B -- 4R 48 0 4 C -I-2S0 48 -1-232 4 -1-928 -860 -1-678 r -I-1S6 48 -1-118 350 4 350 The third method of adjusting the scores Is suited only to three players. It consists in doubling the winnings of each player, as he has won from two, and then deducting the sum' of the other players' winnings. Thus: A B C -1-168 -I- 93 -- 14 -1-336 106 -1-14 182 -I- 28 260 --230 -- 2 232 In this method the 106 deducted from A's score Is the sum of B's 92 and Cs 14. B's 182 Is the sum of A'a 168 and C's 14 and so on. Thcfo three methods have been the only ones known to card players, and they have struggled along with them for, years. , AH German skat players and most of the bridge players, use the method first ex plained. In spite of Its cumbersomenes?. Many persons who play four-hand bridge do not take the trouble to figure out the scores at all, on account of the bother, but simplify matters by calling the top score the winner and allowing him to collect the difference from each of the others. While It Is quite fair for the top score, it Is rather hard cn the others, as will be evi dent-if we take the results of the first ex ample given. A would collect 76 from B 1&4 from C and 82 from t, giving him his 312; but this would he rather hard on II, who Is really a winner of 8 points instead of a loser of 76. The method suggested by the Sun, and which will be found equally applicable to fourhand bridge or to skat or to any other game In which the scores have to be adjusted In this wav is to add up the four scores and then, divide tho total by the number of players to get an average, j this average Is deducted from the scire of each player it will give the same proper tlonate result aa any of the three clumsy methods whjch are now in use a. I over the world. Supposo we take the figures already used for the four players: A. B. C. n. -l --M : 360-:-! : 96 to -so -90 -- 78. -- 2 -76 4 If each of these last figures Is multiplied by four It will give exactly the same result as that obtained by the previous methods, but, as the larger figures are never nece saiy, tho pr"prlon ' b'ng t'ie faentlal thing, nothing can be shorter or simple than this method of averages. In all skat tournaments the rule Is to play for a fourth of a cent a point and after the larger figures given by the old methods have been obtained they, have to be divided by 4 to reduce them to dol'ara and cents. By the method suggested by the Bun the amount In tents Is arrived at Immediately. With this simplification of the cjrlrg the great objection, to four-band bridge la removed and there Is no reason why It should not be a popular game for those who ar continually victimised by bad partusrs. -1-472 3ft0 1-122 Delivered Promptly fo the Home If you prize a pure malt and hop beer, and won't have any other kind in your home, you can't do better than to telephone us today and order a case of This superb beer comes to you direct from the bearl of the choicest barley lands in the world, and contains nothing but the juices of the best barley grown and the fines! imported Bohemian bops. Its sparkling, brilliant glow is the product of Gund's Natural Process of brew ing. Peerless" is on sale at all first-class places and in high favor with the discrimina ting. Telephone os today for a case. Bottled only at our model 20th century brewery. JOHN GUND BREWING CO., La Crosse, Wis. W. C. IIDYDEN. Mjjr. (Wha Branch, (Wh. Neb. X3. Douglas 3344 Ind. A3344 V RESULTS OF LINCOLN SilOOT maxwell Walks Off with the Cham pionship of State. C. SPENCER MAKES HIGH SC0BE W. D. Towbi4 W the Thorpe TrophyOver . One Hundred and Twenty Shooters There. C. Spenoar mad the hlgli scor. The Thorp trophy was won by W B. Townsend. Th state championship was won by 0. KazwelL Th stat rifl shoot was won by P. J. lrUnmaxsh. Over 130 shooters turned out for the thirty-second annual meet of the Nebraska Sportsmen's association at Lincoln last week and the sport was of the highest class. The contest for the Thorpe trophy brought forth the greatest Interest and it was won by W. D. Townsend of Omaha. Two years ago Charles Thorpe of Geneva gave the state association a trophy on con dition that each year it should be open to competition to state shooters, Six shooters entered, and qualified Tor the final shoot Thursday: C. C. Holsworth Juniata; D. D. Bray, Columbus; C. Q. Thorpe, Geneva; W. D. Townsend, Omaha; C. C. Evans, Geneva, and 3. I Carter, Lincoln. Bray and Townsend tied at M, and in the shoot-off at 25 birds Townsend broke 24 to 23 for Bray. Mr. Townsend Immediately gave the trophy to the asso ciation, to be shot for on the same terms under which it was originally given Dy Mr. Thorpe. George Rogers of Omaha chal lenged the winner and they will meet soon. The scores for the three days were: Score for Entire Match. DAYS. 1st, Fpencer ? Maxwell Klein M Barden J Oarret JM Gottlelb 1 2d. 3d. Tot l. 16 197 5S6 173 174 5"3 1S6 188 6M It lffi 6ti 1 IPS 571 m v.a 5w O'Brien . 13 195 1 2 Hardy Olson . Taylor Thorpe ... liU lvi 1 ".7.7. 18S 15 19 662 ' 1R 170 177 515 m 180 1?6 548 187 1S7 ISti 560 farter F. J. Bird. "B 27" V79 1?? W M Townsend 71 1M uv.cii 155 173 1.4 5('Z .T.in m iRi m 644 5 Rrv w vm m l,lnderman J' J? W Veach 1 11 191 55 m 5io A. Miller Is "Wiseman 17S Kuffman 179 Holswood ' V F. Miller j 15 Q. A. Evans..:.... 1 Thomas McCaUley 17 B. F. Veach 1 Talbot , 175 Van Coot M. Thompson 154 Pieverson 17 Wagner 1J J. Sack 1 Bowers 1 Harney lW lk 19) 5H0 175 187 635 179 182 640 190 190 672 172 . 187 634 M 659 174 190 5W is.6 194 60 171 l'TS 631 178 1S5 637 175 1K1 490 18 T2 5ti7 IliO . 173 4X 189 197 677 183 189 5T.a ITS 189 647 185 1KH 649 A. Olson Bonblr . 18S m 194 674 Hutton . llllan ... Roberta Copsey . Southard .. 155 178 lh t .. 179 190 1W 5t .. 17 177 1VS 629 .. 175 1S3 178 636 .. 158 172 19 V.9 .. 178 14 177 & Iing Kdwards 1 ! M? frill ITS l' 19" Mtt Mlcholson 179 1S6 1M3 55. Daniel 174 V2 194 6o) Leancy 1T9 184 11 o44 Ie .: l. 171 175 512 Varner 1 19 .194 673 GRAND CIRCUIT ATLONQ BRANCH Hate for Providence Tranafered to th New Jersey Track. NEW YORK, May 30. President J. M. Johnson of the National Trotting associa tion has notified Theodore H. Coleman, manager of the Ixmg Branch Fair asso ciation, that the Grand circuit meet sched uled for Providence during the week of August 31 to September 6, had been trana f erred to Elkwood perk, Ing Branch. Thla will b the first Grand circuit meet held in New Jersey in many years. At th last meeting of the Grand circuit stewards, held at Hoffman house In this city, the Long Branch Fair association ap plied for the Providence dates, providing the meeting at Narragansett park was Sailed off. A three days' meeting had been arranged for Elkwood, and Manager Cole man offered to revise the list events and Increase their value to th same as in the Provldenca program. The delay of the Providence miagcment In officially declar ing off th meet led to the delay, but President Johnson went to Boston recently and secured th official cancellation of th meet. Th Long Branch Fair association has already deposited ths forfeit for the en trance fee, and th program will b ar ranged at once. A big fore of men -will be put on the track, which is expected to b very fast. Harvard Wins at Tennis. NEW HAVEN. Conn., May 30 Harvard won the tennis tournament with Yal to day, fiv matches to four. iNsfH) sJ2iBi5t IVAnTED-flJllDEO jlGEHTS . sample Latest Model "Ranger" bicycle lurniihed bf us. Our agcnti v making money fast J4V4 yr NO MUN lUB K X KKUU 1KLU IX RKOUIKKD so inyoni e. anywhere in the U . S. allow TEN UAV8' FKKE sejp tha bicycle ahip it back to ua a'ourexpenae and tvumUl net bt rutem cmnl. FPTft9V PD!frt We furaiih the highest a-mde bicycles it ia possible so msta invlVSI rnlwS.0 at one small protit above actual factory cost. 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