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TIIE OMAII.V SUNDAY BEE: MARCH 8, 1914.
BENCH SH0W0F BIG JOKES
White Hopes of Today Are Mostly
All Afraid of Each Other.
WANT MURRAY'S RECORD
Knntrron Pun Offr the Connlrr
Seeking in Get Complete Data
on Plnckr nlnc Man Who
la In Awcnilnncy.
nr w. w. nauoiitox.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 7. Muoh as
It grives us to harp upon a muoh thumped
string, thero are dull days In tlio pugi
listic belt.
Tho While Hopes ore a bench show of
Jokes and the lightweights are cither In
competent or railing.
The mlddlcwclghts have their backs
turned to ono another and tho welters
mcanlag Packcy and Mike arc as hard
to bring together as two bad men of a
frontier settlement.
t'ndcr the circumstances tho smallest
catspaw that ruffles the surface of ths
fighting pond attracts attention. The
fans are hungry for excitement and when
that condition prevails it Is easy enough
to exaggerate tho Importance of occur
rences which In happier times would hav
caused no particular commotion.
Just at present San Francisco Is ringing
with tho praises of Billy Murray, the
young middleweight who defeated "Silent
Leo" Houck. The more enthusiastic cf
the devotees of tho glove game are call
ing Murray a second Kctchel.
Thoro Is a demand that ho bo matched
right away with Jimmy Clabby and from
the heated discussions relative to tho
possibilities of an affair of that kind
that are already In progress, it can bo
readily seen that local sportdom would
he In a ram state of ferment If a meet
ing between the pair Is assured
Wnnt Murray's Ilpponl.
Tiie sporting editor's mall bulges Ith
requests for "Billy Murray's complete
record." Tho writer, for ono, hasn't such
a thing about him. I doubt. In fact,
whither Murray himself could tell off
hsnd what he has been through In the
way of ring strife-
N'o doubt If ho continues to climb In
his "chosen profession" It will all como
hack to him. Thon ho will bo able o
supply the tabulators with tho names of
nit tho fellows ho has vanquished, And
tho 1913 statistician wli; have so muoh
to tell about him that ho will wonder no
did not hear of him sooner.
The best Information Wo have about
Billy Murray Is that tor years he led
just such a nomsdlo exlstonco as Stan
ley Ketchel. He has boxed extensively
In oil field regions, Taft being a favorite
stamping round with Jilni. lte figured
la qulto a number of twenty-round bouts
nt the point named, so that It was quite
a mlstnko to suppose his match with
Houck was his Inltlnl trip pver tho long
foitto.
Muraay war fairly rich In experience
when ho happened Into Sari Francisco
and throw In his lot with tho fellows who
mako a specialty of four round bouts.
Illtrit Hcliool.
Now this branch of flstlo sport In 8an
Fanclaco Is considered a hard school
tor young fighters. Tho fellows who en
gage In It box week In and week out,
and while there aro no championships
involved, the average Friday nlghtor
recognizee that tho only way he can ro
tate a hold on the esteem of tho patrons
and keep In good standing with' the
matchmakers is to acquire a reputation
for whlrjwlnd milling.
It la an old .saying In San Francisco;
"Championships bouts aro all right, but
for the real fighting glvo me tho Friday
night snows."
It was In such company that Billy Mttr
ray fought his way Into tho good grapca
of the' local sports. Ho hammered the
toughest of tho Friday night mlfldio
weights to a frazzle, and Jim Coffrotn
who always has his eyes open for the
best In the market grabbed him ani
matched him with Lou llouck.
Murray's style of boxing might be called
composite. Ho la thoroughly at homo
when standing away and sending In ong
mugs punches, and when ho. closes with
an opponent ho changes gear In an la
stunt and Is as busy as either Battling
rcuon or Ad Wc-lgast In their best days,
Closo Work Ills' Forte.
He s so effective at both out-fighting
and In-fighting, In fact that It would
puxzlo 6n to say which ho excels In,
I know that when I saw him among tho
Jour-rounders I thought he was at hU
best when fighting from range. After
seeing him with Houck, howover, I felt
that close work was his forte. fc
A noticeable thing abut Murray is
that ho feints very llttlo. Once within
striking distance ho lashes out, and it
rare thlntf to seo his straight lefi
miscarry.
s one great thing In Murray's favor Is
tbat he has all tho assurance and confi
dence of a man who has been years ut
the game. His courage Is undoubted, and
ir the affair with Houck Is any criterion
lip assimilated woll.
A number of his well wishers seem to
think It would bo a mistake to send
him against a crackajack like Clabby
until he has had more experience, but
theso are being talked doVn by n larger
numuer, wno believe that he will defeat
(. tabby as surely as he defeated Houoic
ineae utter appear to think that
Clabby lacks ruggedncss. In his bout
witn Manor retroskcy and Soldier Logan
at this end Clabby was palpably tired
at various stages of the contests. Ifo
outclassed his men to such an exteit
that he was -able to st tho pace to suit
himself, but It Is argued that thero wt'.l
be no such chance to "stair' when ho
tackle Murray.
Well, Mr. Coffroth, please hurry up
nd sign LlghtnlngstHker Clabby with
Fire-easter Murray. The only way to
put an end -to- tho argument that are
icxlng the fight, fans at present 'a la
send the men Into the ring
iaps fromThTscountry
plan to invade japan
SEATTLE, Wash-. March 7. -The first
Invasion of Japan by & Japanese base
hall team from America, will" be made
nest summer. The team Is composed of
Japanese livlnjf In this city who have
been exponents of the national pastime.
The team is called the Seattle Nlppons,
combination of three former nines
tb Nippon, Mlkados and Tseomzs. The
Invaders will remain in Japan about two
months and will play si series of games
with native teams. American cojltga
nines have played in Japan, but this Is
the first one composed of Japanese to
make a, tour. The following Ib the line
up Catchers, fihlmarta, Koyama; pitch
r, Takamo, Yonkuru. Yama; first
lHe, Mlya, Oomekawa; second base,
Taklmoto; third base, Klmura: short
tnp, Kltsu: right field, Kamljoi cert
r field, AnnoVl; left jplid, Suzuki
Copyright, 1914, International . News
IS THERE BASEBALL TRUST?
Public Says Ther6 is, Managers De
clare it is a Mistake.
LEAGUE'S ENTER COMBINATION
Americano mid JVnlloiinU Have
l'rnetlcnlly nrcrythlnof They
Wnn t, with rinyirn nt
Their Mercy.
11 V I'll A NIC CI. MCSItU.
KliW YOnK, March 7,-ls thero a basce
ball trust?
Thero is, say wo.
"Thoro ain't," usscrt Messrs. Herr
mann, Johnson, Tener. et ah
Well, then, let's soo
"A trust," remarked Mr. Webster, ths
well-known', assembler of words, "Is a
comblnatldn formed for tho control ot
sqVerat generally competitive corpora
tions urtdcr onu direction. Its object n)
to reduce expenses,, regulate production
and (16 away with or otherwise ovorcotno
competition and thus dominate tho mar
ket and obtain a maximum return for
tho capital Invested."
Doesn't that about fit tho description
of Organized Base Ball?
What happened about ten or eleven
years ago whon tho American league
showed that It had, become as great a
base ball power as tho National league?
Did tho two leagues continue to wage
warfare on each other? Did tho mag
nates continue tho practlco of paying
big salaries to players to keep them from
jumping to the rival outfit? -No, they did
not. They combined forces. They fig
ured' that competltlbn -wasn't benefiting
anyone but the player.
IieniKtten Combine.
And what happened afterward? Tile
two big leagues, thon combined, dotldcd
to take the minor leagues "under Its
wing." In other words. It coaxed tho
minor league teams to Join In the Na
tional agreement, where thoy would be
bound by the dictates of the ruling pow
ers of the two big leagues.
The major league loaders pointed out
to tho minor leaguers tho big benefits
the minor leaguers would derive from
this action. Tho minors would got the
"protection" of the majors ' and Ilia
minors would have the privilege of sell
ing their star players to tho major
leaguers. It was a beautiful, little urgi
ment and the minora "fell" for It.
But, In passing-, It might he said that
the major leaguers sought out tho minor
leaguers arid bound them up with such an
agreement, not no much because they
loved tho dear little minor leaguers, but
because such an agreement would prevent
tho minor leaguers from some day rising
up and asserting thsy were major
leaguers, In tho came way that the Amer
ican league did In 1901.
A trust Is a combination of several dif
ferent corporations, concerns or Indus
tries that are under one direction. As wo
view It, every organized-base ball league.
Is under the direction of, and inUst how
to, tho mandates ot the National com
mission, Each leaguo can make Its own
minor rules, but whcn.lt comes to any
thing drasttf It Is compelled to dp Just
wiiat the National commlaslonictates.
Must Jlovr to jVu'ndntfK,
A trust attempts to crush out any coin-
petition that muy .nrlfo Isn't that what
organized base ball has done In th5 casa
of the Federal league? Hami't it exerted
ever) effort to block tb onward rush of
tho new league that threatens to4 break
up Its monopoly In tho base'ball world?
Before the Federal league assumed Its
present powerful proportions the' major
league magnates. In cities where only ono-
team operated, had not thOughttof trans
ferring a minor league franchise tot that
cltr and niovidlnir continuous i bass ball.'
J Charles W. Homers, owner of thccieve
I long American league club.- and ulco
owner of the Toledo American nesopla.
Hon club, was perfectly satisfied to have
the teams operate in this respective cIUqs.
But now, since tho Federals have shown
that they really mean business, Bomors
has decided to shift tho American associ
ation team from Toledo to Oloveland.
He'ii doing It not f much because ho
wants to provide continuous base ball for
the Cleveland fans as ho Is to forestall
an Invasion of thn Federals.'
Ilrluur nn Cnmprtltlun,
Charles II. Ebbels. owner of the
Brooklyn National and-the Newark In
lernaiionai league ciuoa never gave a
thought to transferring the Newark team
to Brooklyn, until It was rumored that
the Federals would put a team In Brook
lyn. Now he's giving serious thought
to transferring the Newark team to
Brooklyn to play there when the Dodgers
are not at home. Kbbets realize that the
Newark Cub will no, draw w. ,
Brooklyn in vomretln? aguluH
Doubled Up
Bervlce.
Federals as It would havo drawn In
Newark whero It had no competition, but
he 1b willing to stand whatever loss Is
occasioned simply for the sake of cutting
Into tho attendance Of tho Federal
leaguers.
Tho Federal lengUors will charge major
league prices for admission; the American
Association and International leaguo
prices aro somewhat less. And both
Romcrs nnd F.hbels figure that the fans
given a choice of seeing tho Federals per
form at high prices nnd the class A teams
perform at moderate prices, will choose
to pay the smaller psce.
Although Chicago Ih pretty well clut
tered up now with major league clubs,
having representation In tho American,
National and Federal leagues, tho ruling
powers In Organized base ball would
hiWo placed nn Amortcnn Association
(earn In that city, transferring the St.
fruit franchise to Chicago, If Charles
Webb Murphy had not mado a protest
and won. Organized' base ball wanted to
put an American association team In Chi
cago hot becauso It felt that fandom In'
Chicago would support It, but simply as
bne way of fighting the Federals.
Woald Club Federals Ont.
The Organized people long have con
tended there Is room for only two majojr
leagues. And yet, thoy now aro planning
thn organization of a fourth big league,
They aro planning It not because they
Ihlnk there Is a demand for It, but simply
to have It uct ns a club against the
Federals.
Aren't these trust methods?
Until the advent of tho Federal league
the Organized Bate Ball people paid
their players juit whatever salaries they
wlshod. The dcmandu or the worth ot
the player did not figure. U was tho
magnate who decided and that decision
meant that tho Player got Just as small
a salary as possible.
, But when -the- Federals came alon?
and offered big salaries the Organized
Veoblo knew then It wjis a case of
"loosening up" or losing thoso player
And In. many cases they almost doublol
the salrles et their players. They did
It not becauso their players had doubled
In value. In their estimation, but merely
because they used trust methods,
Waste Merry l.lttle Wnr.
Up to the present tlme tho Federals
have been waging & merry little war on
Organized Base Ball, The chances now
aro that tho Federals will rise to major
league power that In a year or so thoy
will demonstrate tcy tho base ball public
that they are worthy foes of Organized
Baso Ball. -
And then what will happen?
Base ball warfare does not appeal to
the magnate. And It detracts consider
ably from his hank .roll. Of course, no
magnate In Organized Base Ball , now
wants to take In the Federal. outfit. -
But If the Federals continue to show
strength, If they continue to grab off
the major leaguo stars and continue to
forco tho Organized People to pay hugo
salaries to players to keep them from ' Bell and Payne on hand. The acceptance
Jumping, It Is a ICO to I shot that tho j of terma by- Bert Brenner puts the pitch
Organized Moguls will do the only thing Ing- stuff in first class condition. With
posslbto to save themselves from bank. Brenner, Ormtby, Stevenson, Stevens,
riiptcy and that Is to wave the olive ' Alexander, all right-handers, nnd Clos
branoh In the general direction of the I man, Hicks and Brady, all left-hander,
Federals. And they'll wave It lustily,
too.
And It Is another 100 to l shot tiint Mm
Federals, despite their declarations now
that ttiey never will enter Organized Base
BalPtwllI make a frantic grnb for the
rlg, nd so make base ball- even n
bigger trust than It Is today.
Chicago Youth After
Billiard Honors
CHICAGO, March 7.-Thero Is li:!tpr.
old that belonga to this cltv whn u nfi.r
national billiard honors. His name la
Walker Cochrane and he wants to take
part in the, national class A 1S:J balk
line champlbnshlp tournament this year.
In a recent match Cochrane defeated"
Fred .Cohklln. the former amateur cham
pion, 300 points to KM. with an average ot
8 4-JT and high runs or 69 and ST. Conk
lln's average was 8 C-M. and high runs of
S3 and 29. in another game th bov
played to an average of 1 11-14.
Cochrane will not be able to settle his
plans until his amateur status has been
decided by the National Association Of
Amateur Bltlard Players. The association
hopes that-Coehrane's record Is clean, for
the boy Is undoubtedly one ot the great
est billiard players this country has pro
duced. Fed Park Xrnrtj- Iti-ailr.
Buslnes Manager John M. Ward of the
' 'Z ', h- . , J , lon ?av
vitKS SJJS?
j ,g Vf ,, ,(,!dd9 of ApWU
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M'BRLDE WILL BE A GREAT AID
TO GRIFFITH.
George McBrlde, tho classy shortstop of
the Washington Senators, who has been
Clark Griffith's most valuable aid, bar
ring, ot course, Walter, Johnson', In 'de
veloping n, -winning- combination -for tho
fans of the national capital.- Griffith
escribes MoBrldo us being' na good ft
1'iiun iiciuur as nunus wui.ncT.
Planning for the
Season's Work
at Eo&rke Park
(Continued from Page One.)
cause of the dlsagrepable manner In
which tho dust blows from that path to
tho grandstand.
Tho sod will eliminate nil that.
As for players, worry no more. All but
Marty Krug and a few of the old boys
are In, and nobody Is manifesting any
concern. Kru probably .will not bo hore.
but his absence wll not materially affect
the outfield with Thomaspn, C
Congalton,
Omaha la pretty well fortified In the
box. Behind the bat Shestak, Goading.
Rogers and Smith mako a formidable
array, but when-, the man arrives from
Cleveland tho staff will look more than
formidable to the opposing teams. In
the lnfleJd thero Is Chase, Clancy,
Thomas, Ward, Sohlpke and Wallace. All
are good and It only remains for Rourko
to discover, whloh four are the beat
Spring training will start a week from
tomorrow If feasible. Pruvlded the
weather is not inolement the ourly ar
rivals will start to work the klnka out of
their esytems. Probably all of the play
ers will not arrive promptly at tho train
ing date, but will etragglo In within
threo or four days afterward. By the
middle of next week all should bo here
and then Rourko park; will be a seething
mass of uniformed figures, all bent on
outdoing each other.
Whether Kane. Justice and Robinson
will report to Omaha is not known.
None of the three has signed and neither
has expressed any disposition to sign.
Neither ot the( three In Important to
Omaha. If Rourko can trade Robinson to
the coast he will probably do It. If any
body will offer anything for Kane or
Justice he will trade them.
llulltllntr In Italtltuorr.
At Baltimore the Federals are now busy
arranging details for their plant Ths
ewncrote pillars for the pavilions have I
w tinmneu ana won. is oemg coneen
tratea on mono or tne grandstand. Even
the telephones, both public and private,
have been contracted for, and by the last
week In March the plant Is expected to
be almost ready for occupancy.
Two Vets of Game
Who Need Have No
Worry About Future
(Continued vfrom Pago One.)
days are over, Wagner will probably
glvo all' his time to tho automobile busi
ness. The case wlth'Mathowson and tho New
York Club Is. very much tho same, it
Is stated that Manager McQraw has
often told the pitcher1 that when he was
through as a player he could still sign
with' the club as a coach and adviser
for ah long a period as ho pleased.
But when Matty Is throilgh pitching,
ho will quit base ball. Ho Is without
doubt the most prosperous player In the
game.- He has nlways been a high sal
aried man Avlth the New York club, nnd
has won several bonuses by winning a
certain number of games In different sea
sgns. Mathewson has more Interests outside
of base ball than any player In tho
name. His pen brings him In a good In
come, whllo ho has carried on an exten
slvo Insurance business. During tho last
few seasons, when Insuring players hod
become a general practice, Mathewson I
wroto a number of big policies.
Mathewson, If he decided to stay In
base ball after his playing days aro
ended, would tnnko a good manager. His
keen knowledge ot the game, nnd his
Judgment of players Is unusually val
uable. For many seasons he has been
tho right bower of McQrawa's board of
strategy.
STIEHM ANNOUHCES .
FOOT BALL SCHEDULE
(Continued from Page One.)
South Dakota has uniformly put a .great
team In tho field and tho game should
provo an Important early season engage
ment. Wcsleyan university, given a game
in 1913, demanded tho Huskcrs should
play next fall at University Place and
the Methodists were dropped.
The 'schedule Is well halnnced and un
like lAst Rfflfinn will frlvn thA rVirnhlialf-
er a breathing spell between the cru-
um uanira ui inn seapon. Ji is rounaea
out with the Iowa game at Iowa City as
the closing battle of the year.
Schedule of (!mn,
Following Is tho schedule as arranged
by Coach Stlehm:
October 3-.Washburn college nt Lincoln.
October 10 South Dukota university at
Lincoln.
October 17 Kansas Agricultural college
at Manhattan. Kan.
'October 21 Michigan Aggies at Lincoln.
October 31 Amrs Aggies at Lincoln.
. November 7 Momlngside college nt Lin
coln, -November It Kansas university at Lin
coln, t
.November 21 Iowa State university at
Iowa City. la, ( ,
The' fuftaln, raiser for the season will
bo Washhur'n college a team which has
been in the liatilt regularly of providing
a stiff practice game for the Cornhusk-
crs. The South Dakota collegians for
second game will test the Cornhuskcrs
severely and put them In prime, shape
for the first ot the Missouri Valley con
ferences battles with the Kansas Aggies,
which is played away from home.
In the Michigan Aggies' the Cornhusk
crs will have a formidable rival. The
Aggies were ono b'rthefpur sehoolH rated
for the highest honors in the Western
conference la'st season.'' with defeats ot
Wisconsin' and Michigan to their credit.
unuer the contract' between Ames and
Nebraska; the Aggies tfmo to' Lincoln ' Whltaker this year. Marshall expects to
this year and will bo followed by thebo Rl,le to give Whltaker a definite an
etrong Mornlngalde team.' The Kansas 1 8 wer wlthlnMhe week. There has been
game. ,represchtlngall Of tho oldtlme I no match for the title since Marshall de-
rivalry between the two schools, will
probably be' made the-homecoming date
for the alumni.' Iowa is" the lust game ot
the season at Iowa City.
Whllo Stlehm was anxlus to close ne
gotiations with -Minnesota, he Is In
every wuy satisfied with the schedule
and believes It .will
provide excellent
Buffalo to Stick.
Sec re tan- Goldman of the Baltimore
club was in Buffalo last Saturday night
looking over the grounds of the Federals
in that city. The park has been leased
by the Fds since that time, which lends
color to the belief that Buffalo will re
main In the circuit The Buffajo park Is
Just one block from the main stem of thy
street car line, while tho Bisons' hpme is
fully twice that distance.
Dvlnhniity with 1'e.U.
Jim Detabanty, former Detroit second
baseman and last season with the Minne
apolis American association team; ' has
signed with tho Federal league. He ex
pects to play with the Buffalo team. Del
ahanty was given his unconditional re
lease at the close ot last eeason and Is a
free agent
The latest falluro of Frank J Marshall
to carry off the highest honors In tnc
New'York stato championship tourna
ment has again given occasion for ger
eral comntcht:- it Is tho-third Jlme tha
tho United Etatca champion has essayed
to annex thstltle without success. It- is
noteworthy that Marshall encountered
similar disappointments In tho cable
matches against Great Britain, In which,
usually, he was not called upon to play
opponents of qulto the same caliber that
he meets In the' International toUrm
ments. And 'qt. In these meetings of
tho great masters, Marshall Is a playci
to be fcarvd by the best ot them, and
frequently he captures tho highest prizes
Jose II. Casablanca's latest exploit
among tho great chess experts of Itussl.i
was to defeat Dr. J. Bernstein, who,
with Rubinstein, the Russian champion,
has received the hoifor of an Invitation
to play In the forthcoming International
masters' tournament to celebrate che
Jubilee of the St. Petersburg Chess cluA.
Tho Cuban champion, who' had previously
worsted such opponents as ATcchlne, Dus".
Chotlmlrskl, Snosko-Borowskl and Nlem
zokltsch, scored one and one-half points
at .tho expense of Dr. Bernstein in a
match of two games. Tho first of thes
games, which Is printed below. Is a real
tlt-blt, which will delight tho loVertf of
pretty chess tho world over. After
twenty-nine moves and In open position,
Capablanca, having parted with a passtU
pawn, offered the sacrifice 6t his queen.
Dr. Bernstein dared not capture undo;
penalty of mate forthwith, Rnd anyt ther
move on his part led equally to destruc
tion. Consequently he resigned without
further ado, and th6 Cuban was over
whelmed with congratulations upon tho
combination, which no ono had foreseen'.
In tho second game Dr. Bernstein played
dead safe throughout, taking no chances,
and the- game ended In a draw after
thirty moves.
Bernstein, White. Capablanca. White.
P-Q4 1 P-QI
Kt-KB3 2 Kt-KB3
P?B...t 3 P-K3
Kt-B3 4 ; B-KZ
B'-KtS r. Castles
P-K3 6 Q-Kt-Qi
R-B sq 7 P-QKt3
JTCl! fi Pxt
Q-R '..:..."P B-Kt2
B-RS 10., '.....'...;.. BxB
QXH , ,11 , P-B4
BxKt ...12 KtxB
PxP 13 Pxp
Castles ,H Q-Kt3
U-KZ 15 p.BS
KR-Qsq 1G , KRrQsq
Kt-Q4 17 , TJ.K15
F-QKt3 18 QR-B'Jq
PxP 19 1 PxP
v-20 BxKt
RxB , 21 ,., Kt-Ql
R-B2 22 ... p.So
iMv;-wusq ja ., R-B4
Kt-K" R(Bi)-B3
M-Q4 2S It'UJ
Kt-KtS 2f, R-H4
Sn-i 2J KtxKt
RxR , 29. Q-Kt7
Resigns. ' w
The following game was flayed by
Newell Banks and Dr, J. M. Curtis, presi
dent ot the Nebraska $tate Chess as
sociation, during BankR' visit to Omaha
In January. Dr. Curtis proved himself
an .ablo champion, of the honor of tho
association and forced Banks to concede
a draw. Tho game. Is pronounced by
L,aRue Williams to be a flneBample of
chess pjay. - The game follows;
"-vg, White. Dr. Curtis, White.
F-Q4 1 p.Qj
iP-K3 , 2 ....
P-K.1
P-QB4 1...3 ....
PxBP '...... 4 ....
PxQP.. j 5 ....
QxQ .
B-Kt5ch 1. ....... 7 ....
P-QB1
.'. ItxR
QSP
....... PiQ
,Kt-B3
Kt-KII3 8 , KKWtS
hnsucs '-.9 ............ Castles
KI-B3 j ,10 ..ti?T P-QR3
B-R4. 'J.i..U .... B.K8
F-QR3 -,;k... ;.. B-tiJ
B-B2..,;.;. .13 ,- p.B3
Kt-K2.; ...V.M ..4,i Kt-B4
P-QK14 .J5 .-. Kt-K4
-Kt-Q4 , 1G KtxKt
KtxKt .....17 -B-B2
B-Kt2 ...18 Kt-B5
B-B3..: 0 QR-Bsq
B-K sq 20 R-K4
B-KU ; 21 p.Bl
P-Bl 22- B-B3
BxKt 23 BxKt
PxB ...24 "RxB
B-B2 23 .T..... It-BT
KR-Ksq 2. B-K sq
QR-B Sq 27 RxR
RxR 28 B-B3
R-Ksq.i 29 1 R-B2
R-K5 50 P-R3
P-IU3 31 1... K-B sq
1 S
........ -P-QKt4
R-QB2
PXP ,. 34 BxP
R-Q6 ; 33 R-BSch
K-Kt2 , 3G K-K2
R-QKt .'.57 R-B3
R-K17 Ph... 38 KwR3
R-K16. ...
R-Kt7ch....i 40 ....
B-Ksq....i '. 41 ...
.... IC-B2
. K-Kt sq
... RxQP
.... KxR
... K-KI3
.... -K-R4
Il-Qi!
B-1C5
... K-Ktt
.. P-KRl
RxKtPch ....43 ...
I TJ.B3...
43 ...
BxR ; 44
P-R3M 45
K-B2 S ,
B-B6 47
B-KS 4$
uraw.
Negotiations are In progress for a
United States championship - match at
cheSs between 'Frank J. Marshall,, title
holder, and Norman T. Whltaker. of
Washington, tho clever young college
player, who Is now a practicing patent
lawyer In tho capital. Whltnkcr Is pre
pared to play In the fall, and Is waiting
for Marshall's decision, In order to close
with a number of tho leading clubs ot
the country' where tho games will bo
played. The champion, on" the other
hand, may decide to attend the interna
tional tournament to be held In St. Pe
tersburg, In which case hit, return may
be postponed to such an extent as will
make It Impossible for him to meet
feated J. W. Showalter
Ky.. In November. 1909.
at Lexington,
According to last accognts, Alechlne
and Nlemzowltsch, who tied for first
place in the recent Russian national
tournament, Jiad played two ot the four
I games of' their supplementary match to
decide which "of them should take part
in the International congress along with
Capablanca and the other foreign' 'mas
ters. The first game, with JJJemxo
wltsch playing the white side of a four
knights' opening, was won by Alechlne
after forty-four moves. Nlemzowltsch
then tied the score by winning the second
game with a French defense, after a
hard-fought contest latms eighty-five
moves. It was not until the seventy-
first move that Nlemzowli-u was able I
to break through the seemingly. Impreg
nable position ot his opponent.
As was the case last year, a tie for first
place resulted from the play In the an
nual tournament for the chess champion-
ship of New York state, the fourth and
final round of which was concluded last
week R, T. Black and J. Rosenthal
finished with totals of 3V4 polnta each out
of a possible 4, and will play off for the
champldhshlp In n supplementary series
of 'games, three of which havo been
scheduled for March 16 at the Manhat
tan Chess club, March 22 at thej Rlcej
Chess- chib and March 29 at the Brook
lyn Chess club.
F. J. Marthall, the United States cham
pion, with threo points, had to be content
with the third prize.
W. E. Fcnlon of Garrison, Neb., having
found n good problem, is willing to pass
It along. The following two-mover, he
predicts, will prove to be a hard nut to
crack:
BLACK (eight places).
WHITE (elghl pieces).
Mate In two.
. Tourney Problem No. 7 P-kl.
by F. C. Swcarlngen, Yymore;
Solved
L. K.
Mlnler, Oakland, Neb.: W. E.
Fenloi),
Garrison; Mrs. B. L. Darting, Freniopt;
L. A, Tysonl'Elmw'odd; Jacob Sass, Ben
son; Ernest Frlsch, GlenVllle; A. Jj. Jo
eeph, Grand Island; O. E. Cypher, Polk;
II. B. Nielsen, Blatr; Dr. J. M. Curtis,
Fort Calhoun; Dr. J. W. Brend'el, Avoca,
NeVi.; W. M. Campbell, Lincoln; Otto
Krusc. Fort Calhoun; H. Thomsen,
Omaha; H.' D. Lanybn, Little Sioux;
Verrie K. Vlele, Norfolk; J. O. Fort,
Omaha; Mrs. Ia R. Marr, Fort Caljioun.
Correspondents .are particularly re
quested .to noto the editor's chahgo at
address.
A pleasant way to spend your noon
hour, especially 'during rainy weather, Is
'to play chess or checkers at the Omaha
Chess and Checker club. The monthly
dues are a trlflo; the pastime Is a clean
ono and wilt benefit you Instead of In
juring you mentally nnd morally, and
the location Is convenient, being on the
third floor of tho Continental block, Fif
teenth and Douelas streets. Tho best
players In, the club will be delighted to
teach you tho game of chess It ou n'ro
not an expert, or to beat you at It If you
arc.
A correspondent inquires if It Is nrtlstlo
to build fl. problem wherelii vfhlte cap
tures or checks on' the .first move, foro-
vldcd the problem' Is not a two-mover1. A
key-move which Is either a capture or a
check Is considered a blemish In any
problem, regardless of the number of
movee, though a problem may possess
other beauties of combination which will
In a measure offset this blemish. No
canon of good taste Is violated by cap
ture or check on the secqnd move, though
the problem is more adrnlrablo If, other
things being equal, white is able to mato
at the proper time" without such aid.
A correspondent asks for the rule gov
erning the capture ot-a pawn by a pawn
"en passanl" or In pausing. Owing 'to tho
fact that a, pawn may move two Spaces
6n Its first move, It sometimes happen
that it passes a pawn of tho opposite
color without being liable to capture In
the' usual way. In order to remedy this
defect, a rulo of tho game aliows the
pawn which Is thus passed to capture the
passing pawn In exactly tho same manner
as If tho latter had moved only.ono space
Instead of two. For Instance, If black hs
moved his king's pawn three spaces to
K5, and white then moves his queen's
pawn two spaces to Qi, black may re
move tho whlto pawn from the board
and place his king's pawn on hla queen's
sixth space, which is the position he
would arrive at If whl(o liad moved his
queen's pawn only one space and black
has captured In tho 'regular way, It Is to
be noted that the capture "en passant"
must be made on tho move Immediately
following tho double movo of the whlto
pawn. If It Is to be mado at all.
Rules of Tournament-Contestants must
esldo In Nebraska or Iowa. Solutions
must bemalled within two weeks after tho
appearance of the problem. Tho tourney
consists of twenty-six problems end the
contestant "who solves the greaest num
ber shall be declared winner. In cas ot
a tie other problems shall be aubmltted
to the contestants who are tied until tho
tie la broken. The prize s a IS set ot
chessmen for nnything of equal vnlue se
lected by the winner). Address all corre
spondence to E. M. Alkln, 10S Harney
Ktieet, Omaha.
Tourney problem No. 10.
BUCK tW nlATAct. '
WHITE (four pieces).
Mate in two.
nnllt by Friends.
It is understood that the Washington
Park stand. Brooklyn, will be built by
some one closely connected with the E. II.
LttchHeld estate, from which the lease
was acquired.
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Western
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