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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-14

Officers Of the Juneau lodge OF Elks in
stituted lodge al Skagway last week
The nuryiszr OK candidates was 50 large
that IL was long past midnight before the
ceremonies were over.
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The new steel steamer 10 be built by
the Canadian Development Company for
the Northern lake trade. material for
which went North on the City O, Seattle
is 10 be called the Australian. She Is tc
cost So aa
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-14

A. G. Mcbride. formerly assistant pros
ecuting attorney In this city, is now one
III the editors and propristors OF the Doug
las Island News at juneau.
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coon NEWS FROM RAMPARr.
Entire Nmneek District Il Naktng
Very Favorable showing

f.s,z~r& sst sts@aFsa fEagn G. IL Tsex
ssaas ssE lac seattle. Tu&ea Trganx sa<9 a ssas
Company az Razngszyx. ny - local ssfc@s
O. The coGa s2ay - ta-s city. give s5c92TzS-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-14

Steamer Seaolin has taken the woleatt' :
place on the mail route between Skagway
and Juneau the Wotcett going 10 the Ju-
neau~Sitka and Westward island route
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An arasesny 20 BE- called the Bishop
Mcf7ahe college has BEEN Incorporated AT
Skagway with r. A. whitney president,
walter Church vice president. DR.. /. III.
Moore treasurer r. Howard Griffith sec
rsssry and rlsa Following additional Frsem-
hers Of the board. Dr r. L. Siskeru c.
A Seh!hreda. ID. &. Brownsli. 4. A.
shortafii and G. E Severance.
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John Winnie. just cat from Dawson re-
ports at Skagway that claims on the
American side are turning out rich be-
You'd expectation.
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A new order. the Arctic Brotherhood. is
now feuEfshing In Alaska having insu-
tGted lodges at Skagway, Bennett, Tagish.
Atlin and Dawson
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A chamhsr Of commerce has been duly
organized at Skagway. with the following
officers. President Arthur Copeland. WIGS
president. A c. Nesel, secretary. Sam @
Kaufman treasurer. John kajsm. srus
tees T. y, Spencer JOSEPH Barkhara r
Sesiey.
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questions Everybody
trial You welcome whether
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THE WHIST TABLE.
MAXIM CITING THE LATEST RE-
SUITS or EXPERIENCE.

II Is, Never Finesse and Never Lead
Trumps "-Other Warnings from Actual
Play Against Fi~nessinE-VRlue to Part
ners of Trunps Made Separately
Mistakes of Plnyers-Our Problems.
This is the time OF year whom people begin to
write to THE Sun asking for n summar OF the
Developments In tho game of whist to date.
They seem to think that when the season Is
about half over. and the new things sprung at
the summer congress have been pretty well
tried. 1t should be about time to say which
wore worth retaining and what were merely
passing fancies. like the Street attachment.
On Feb. %. 1896. THE SpN gave the first au-
thentlc statistics OF the results achieved by
the lonG-sult game as practiced in champion
ship matches between teams OF frst-class
players. On Feb. z. 1897. THE Sun gave n full
description of the three principal systems then
in use. the most popular of which was the in
%vitation game. which Is now practically laid
upon the shelf by the best players. On Feb.
20. 1895. The Sun gave q synopsis of the va
rious systems. Of private conventions, which
the arguments in their favor. and showing the
dishonesty of the, whole proceeding, and now.
called upon to tell the whist players OF the
country what Is supposed to be the only dead
This is rather a \ hard task. but it seems as il
the opinion expressed by one. OF the local ex-
S.S't ~ Wy A'NN'NiN .'"A ''g ~ 70
close to it as anything. 1t certainly has the
advantage Of being remarkably easy to remem-
Der and to put In practice. for II II this:
Never fnesse and never lead trumU5."
The writer knew q man in London who had
serious doubts about the value Of flnessinR. al
though Deschapelles said II was the only thing
that made whist the game 1t was, and there are
undoubtedly many persons who would not play
II they could not flnesse. This skeptic used to
put n siXpence in one pocket for every iinesse
that gained n clear trick and a penny for every
trick that il lost. At the end of. three months.
although he was practically, betting six to one
against every tlnesso that. he made. he found
that he had lost 45 shillings. which. would
seem to show that he had lost ten tricks for
every one he had gained by fnessinE.
The thing that impressed him most was the
fact that in many cnses in which the fnesse
itself was for the moment successful 1t gained
nothing In the end, and In some cases it even
lost tricks. Some persons may think II impos-
sible for n play to be successful and still lose.
because. according to Spencer, a good thing is
one that succeeds. and anything that fails must
be bad. but that such things as. successful
plays DO lose tricks Is undoubtedly. a fact. as
the following hand will show. z dealt and
turned the heart 10.
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A-B got nvo trioks, a gain OF three.

Trick 1. In this case A, seems to begin at the
wro2E, end ID OF his hand nd Hif spades tEos, S can lot
should open his club suit IL he is not willing to
risk the trump. II he leads clubs and inds his
partner with the ace. tho trump lead Will tol-
Trick .. Why 4 should lead trumps, now.
mystery. His hand l. no stronger than 9t first.
eG %GlGE { W Sb%t his sbo p%'55tq i t Tas ; dE An sSav.r.
game2 it would be much better to open hi.
they win the first round Of that suit, :,
Trick 4 This Is the fatal error which kills all
attachment does not seem to be in use. in
this case or Y would not have gone on with a
.hlTd r sD1 = s Of tIrdpPm nys ec ASSSoST9 nn sb to a the at,
lead of trumps. to show two or four.
Trick 8. D,foilows, the common-sense method
does not put on the king. z's. play in refusing
70 run is well calculated. He does not know
" Judges that il his partner can lead, him. a
spade 1t will probably clear the whole, suit.
f srst bfo to A l haylp sS, in'g29 s tPSnp lS wIli It b in the ihe
valuable as a resntry card.
Trick @. 1t is certainly astonishing how little
mental principles of the game when 1t IN
down to a simple proposition in common-sense
or guide posts. b makes a serious triple blum
der. here. which easily costs a trick. In the
s tirst Pi9SSei h he sb ,sG seso 5nTo Ss pr %SSEesss sb up ado 10
SNAN NAN SO VIZ W 80
versarles' game by continuing their suit, with
out costing them a regntry card in the third.
he neglects the simple rule that when your
adversaries have the trumps and one OF them
discards a suit You should lead the ace OF that
suit Immediately IL you have It.
Trick 4. What better could b expect?
Baltimore gained three, r!oks on this deal.
and they should certainly have gained four
with tho opportunity given them at trick 5.
After Y had kindly played their game for them
by continuing trumps a third time, and z had
let b hold the first diamond trick with the nine.
b should have run for it with his clubs. which
must give Alb three club tricks, or will never
make q spade. because II he ruffs the clubs he
is dead.
The chief error In this hand seems TO be US
continuation with the third round Of trumps.
z does not play the Street attachment. which is
no longer used by this team.
Here Is a case in which the attachment is
played OF. an adverse trump lead under almost
exactly similar conditions. and 1t results In
stopping the partner from going on a third
time. The deal was played at the last meeting
OF the New England Whist Association. u dealt
and turned the seven of diamonds. " are
playing the attachment. Apart from its con-
ventionality IL Is a pretty example Of giving
partner discards. and a good lesson in the folly
OF playing the adversaries' game. and the risk
of playing for fourteen tricks by leading low
from ace-king suits when your partner has six
trumps.
rp,1~
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get eight tricks. a gain of two.

get eight trlcks. u gam OF TWO.
Even if the play Of ace and return of queen is
originally. as distinguished from the play OF ace
ana return OF deuce t. show four, one OF them
convention in this case. as the position is
equally clear TO the leader in either play. The
simple fact remains that b illnesses. that his
flnesse is successful! and hat it loses two tricks !
match. ten tricks on one hand. was due to an
unsuccessful nneSse against one card in the
ers tlnessing when it is simply an even thing to
win or lose a trick. ana how often do we see
them tinesse when It ISL case OF winning one
or losing two II really seems rs il the com
pulsory fnrssc. first clearly stated by Clay and
really not Il nnesse at all. is the only case in
which n player should refuse TO play the best
card of the suit il he holds il.
lead trun pS. 1t would certainly seem as IL it
should he possible To devise a system by which
the partners could make their truups scpa-
ratcly. Attention las frequently been called to
the fact that more tricks arr lost in the trump
suit. itself by leading trumps todefend an es-
suit which tn" trumps were led 10 protect.
c. s. Knowles OF Boston is generally credited
with having uttered the aphoriom that II the
players with the strong trump hands would
only make their trumps separately instead Of
knocking them together 10y leading them. they
would max" a slam IL about three hands out
II is pretty generally conceded that it is
seldom equally advisable for both sides TO lead
trumps, and more tricks have probably been
lost by IT than 10y any other pay with.the, posi-
bile exception OF The old standby of trlck-losers.
switching suits. There was a deal. No. u. in
the last match of the Eastern series for the A.
W. l.. trophy. in which taking up an adverse
trump lead and going on with It once too often
cost the Americans Of Boston three tricks, and
should have cost them four. Baltimore was
turned the tide in their favor; 2 dealt and
turned the deuce OF hearts. and In the play first
given the Americans held ABS cards.
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England, but It would not be so considered in
New York, While A has fair protection in all
leading the trumps to defend. He has a very
good sequence IN his short suit and should
rect. y plays the attachment on the adver-
sary's lead: having four trumps..
ton 51''ff It is E:csnt2raiiiy, Considered good policy
when your PARTNER has shown great trump
strength to 2 y MAKE k all all th b t. tricks = siS You can 1d at once tbn,
inr spite sc Of t the best dgfen %e" Of Az. but, they
leading a low spade should have cost him two
tricks.
in going bnck with the spades when A 10 clearly
marked with the king and queen OF diamonds.
previous trick. when he held three above it. is
also poor whist. He could havo got in and
made his diamonds then.
mistakes. by putting his partner Ia. 50 as to get
rid Of his losing diamond on the thirteenth
rs play in leading the low srade should
have cost bin two tricks. and might cost him
on As lead OF a club. after 4 had made his
diamonds.
OUR PROBLEMS.
The peculiar thing about the problem pub
easy. in fact. that quite n number wrote I oTHE
SgN that they had solved it in Ave minutes.
emaFhii Hm att atten S8t@'' to ih %v dere rTsSf they had tH oven
looked. it dawned on them that Ave hours was
nearer the mark. c.. II. Fuller Of Toronto says
c. L. Babcock OF Brooklyn says: Yours Of the
Albany" W. II. $. says: Thought J. had it
before breakfast Sunday morning. but found It
took me. until after dinner TO get 1t right"
q. II. Fish says: Very good problem" Sew
eral persons thought there must be a misprint.
as II was impossible for n and s to get all the
tricks II l. and w played well.
Altogether l64 answers were received. OF
which only IL We're correct, W. b. Orr. G. H..
Fish and @. II. +. sent tho best solutions. The
point Of the problem is for $ to retain the suit
of which w is, void, leading trumps for the
purpose Of forcing discards. There, are several
ways Of accom- lishing this. y leads q. spade.
trumped by s.. who leads a trump. II W dis
cards a spade, n easily makes two spade tricks.
80 W must discard n diamond or Grub. \ dis
cards the same suit as W. and S Immediately
leads that suit. y wins. leads ace and small
spade. Sleeping the suit which n discarded and
trumping the small spade. = then leads his
last trump and the rest is obvious to n.
Here is a position which has worried more
whist players than any other. w deals and
turns the heart .. His partner, f.. holds these
cards:
H-J6.
C-sTB2.
DIX 4
S-A549.
The first three tricks are as follows:
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TENTH GAME-s1crLIAY DEFENCE.


IL h'IAhSIl lobhNAhESI.
The New York Intersrholastic Chess Association
held a meeting at Columbia Grammar School on las3
THURSDAY afternoon to perfect arrangements for the
which will begin at Columbia Grammar School. 30
Fast fifty,hrst street, tomorrow afternoon. Five
schools will be represented. zach with two players.
Berkeley: H..Phelan and f. ermA :'Cutlsr, y..Man-
Son and II, P'erre: Colum bia Grammar. +. Eneels
and II. Keller: Hamilton Institute. p. Smith and r.
Eddingcr. Sachs. c. Arnstein and II. NewborR.
new players. DE Ia Sale Institute and Madison
school dec,ded at the last moment not to take part,
will be played in two halves. the second half being
contested At Berkeley School. All games will begin
the same night will be adjudicated. There viii b
q recess from q to 3 O'Clock; DR.; c. Z. Moore OF
time limIit will be afteen moves per hour. The
schedule. the frst-named boys to play the white
Feb: Manson and Pierce q bye. Engels ys. Pho
Ian. Keller ys, BernAn. Arnstoin Va, Eddingsr. New.
Feb. s-FnvoIs and Keller 4 bye. Eddingsr W.
Pierce, Sm'th vs.. Manson. Phelan vS. Arnstein. Ber
Feb. iO-Smitil and Eddingera bye. Pierce W. BsE-
man Manson vs., Phelan, hrnstein VS. Keller, New.
Feb. l3-Arnstein and Nswborg a bye, Berman VI.
Smith, Phelan Va. Ed1inger. Keller VS.. Manson, En-
Feb. l6-Phelan and BermAn a bye. Eddinaer va
Engels. Smith vs.. Keller. Pierce vs.. Arnstein. Msa.
son vs.. Newborg
SECOND HALF.
Feb. LEBANON and Pierce q bye, PhelAn VI.
Keller. Berman VS.. Engels. Eddinger VS.. Newborn.
Smith vs.. Arnstein.
Smith, Manson va. Eddingrr, Arnstein VS.. herman.
Sewhorg vs.. Phelan.
Manson. Phclan Va. Pierce. Keller VS.. Sewborg I'm.
gels IS. Arnstein.
phelan. Edlingor VS.. Berman, Manson We. Engels.
Pierce ~. Recler.
s,G Fsg, I kccI + la, f Esa,1 Bss%1 S. a Sys' Ens Si., s:.
Arnstein vs.. Manson.
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A--B get two tricks only.
Tricks L. II was at one time the fashion
to show a reentry suit first and then TO lead the
suit which the player was trying to establish.
Modern Investigation has shown that this Is
bad strategy. because II Involves tho prema-
ture surrender OF a reantry card. ons OF the
most valuable adjuncts to a good suit, In
Common Sense In Whist" p. %. attention
Is called 10 the weakness OF this method of de-
v%eloping a hand especially when the player
may want to get into the lead more than once.
As opening OF this hand is certainly peculiar.
for any common-sense player. would either
lead the trump originally. Guessing against. ono
suit. or would start his clubs and then lead
trumps TO support them. A should know that
the probabilities are that his partner has one
ofthe three outstanding honors In diamonds.
Trick 3. Here we see the result Of AS i'm
proper development of his hand. SO little does
his partner appreciate the value OF As reHntry
in spades that he comes right along and kills
1t. Is had no right to take the lead q w ay from
his partner except to lead trlmpS, which he Ia
not strong enough to do. He should have let
A alone. permitting the king of clubs to win,
which would show 4 that his suit was estab-
lished aud would allow him to proceed as he
thought best. II is always a dangerous en-
prrimcntto tHke the lead away from your part
ner unless. Y"u are very sure you know what
yuu are doing.
Trick {. This is very poor second hand play
for a championship team, because IL IL a direct
hncsse against the partner, There being four
diamonds out against y. higher than the Z. OF
which b has three only. he should simply cover
Trick 5. Alb having established the spade
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A Postal Clearing House for BrookIyA
Money Orders.

Postmaster Wilson has received authority to
introduce the clearing house system for the
payment Of money orders in Brooklyn. In this
way all money orders drawn upon the Brook
Ign Post ONCE or its stations and sub-stationH
will Ice received on deposit by the banks for
collection. the, same as ordinary, drafts or
checks. The Nassau National Bank has be0n
designated as the clearing house for the Oss
der8-
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MataR1%s.. BfOOokiyn; Charles j. Berner. Washing!
T[ GSTsss, 4 'o H"22s, s to Mi v 49, we're n] TsSstEsa h,%,
You Are, BROOKLYN; s. stemler, New York; How Easy.
R RopPi Fred F GsTta EnF BG. hFSGf Yst in H; t +; Tq Ssw yS SSv
H, W. Meyer, New York; Growers LII. Danbury.
Syndicate H;D New York; Eek Emil. New York; Il. "
Barry. South Boston; Goldman. Boston; Miner Trow-
PHt'GGt G.; yh HrSo kGoE, SSsSF' York !: HsEu.. FasSer. NV
York: MatlnIas, Brooklyn; Il; S. MacKaye. New York.
T6 SS % RRoiHi uyier, B Brooklyn; MS Breoiiyn; R'M.
M HaS Hr:. T Sroo 3 { s 81" std m Fi!n New WY YORK aGr hoG Gq EssS.
ProSkiTEn nid tF csrl ErR R;s BrOoE W. NV R; +; Water NsT y New
H. foFF r.. t Mere GaF New b YSfR; a ass 1R%.h r,l, N Dsnb SSr5:
Conn; /. ,, Rice. Detroit Mich; syndiGatc New
Charles j. Berner, Washington. D. c.
Theodors Il. HH Ter. Br6oklyn; NJ. s, B%rootiyn; n II:
Name Son sr. New SrSS G2yH; s I ste in i Ting S. Ne yo1 f2r Ho G9 EasTt
Brooklyn; Fred EnGle. Brooklyn; RS. Walters; New
H. hoT x; M hGya oS Ns% york; STfiI Eek t Eia AIG No% yo SfW w VII i:
r. Dsnbnry: syni4iCste Now York; Miner Troy
% SEiSRf; s.S Ssw York < I: Bif FiGq sI Dstro R;'! Sh4irI s;5J. ].
Berner. Washington, u. c.. White Rock. New York;
M Sfsa%izn; B BPS"E!y nj Gf FsrSy Mi n : D SFosFIyp. conn
". r. PIX e. k" 4! M. TSiSaf Broo oSen f far%srdc S' sd 2 "a
correct solutions to Nos. !27 and 72g. as did F. War
": s1nS Il, r.nl S NM Yar tx Ma az = 2ha Gn4 t Tex York: ".
H.; r.. Danbury. Conn, claim IA cook to 80 BY means
P,P-B :; .. Kt-B 2 ch, K-B 4; 3.B-Kt. mate.
Up X I, any other; =. KIN e. mate.
Charles J. Ecrncr, Washington. ID, G.; W. II. r.,
DanhnIy, Conn MatanAas. Brooklyn. claim a cook
/. B-Kt 3 eli, X \ p; . .o-Kt 8 CHI. K-B 4;s. o-Kt
Tiki 3 oh. X K P; 2.o-Kt ch. K-R 8; o. o-Kt
.'i,B-Kta CHI, K-B4;2. OBJ 8 oh. K1P; a.o-B%or
W; H.. R., Danhury, Conn. and white Rooi. New
LIB dch. X I K P;2. B-Kt7 CHI. any IS. CD a. mate
ch \ p; 2. o. :. any! 3. Blk 7. mate.
LIB 0ch. \ X P;2.Q-Q2 ch .anyi3. B-K Innate.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Reynold r. EGkstona. New York .-Strangers may
be introduced in the Manhattan Chess Club.
ChrsS Nag Itin'. lnd East Twcnty third street.
q. Kl!mgSpor. New York.-From a notice given
above you viii, see that play must end. Moreover,
as soon AZ all tho games are adjudiCated, the score OF
all the competitors who have q right TO play in the
second r und will be printed. together with the pair
ing Of the contestants.
Oxford Is daily expected To Judge from the mme
made in the English papers. there seems 10 be no
doubt that the affair will come on in due course.
LAsKEE's BRILLIANT PLAY.
On tho occasion Of . simultaneous exhibition given
BY Champion Lasker at the Manchester EnRlend)
Lopez against the well.Enown Lancashire crack. W.
Wright:
RuY LOPEZ.
LAsKIn. WRIGHT. LAskEh wEIeET.
sktIHkps 8 Etsps K;!K;s SSs
tE Rms 21ER,kRis "isS--kk'at b.
9 p BIKt : 8Rn9 3RrK.
I'D IT, i Rho NA
aYm,n .prua w, ~ oprrNruuy1r nKoru
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IL. Q Z Q or anything else but R-Q, on account Of
the threatening Kt P. mate. The game. therefore,
continued:
II .......R-Q 10 1t Z r and the game
10 QIQ RIO was virtually over.
HOW DE WISER DREW WITH JANowsKI.
Appended is the score of the game which was
drawn by william NJ. de Wiser against Janowski on
Thursday evening:
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Pool.

CHICAGO. Feb. TN the continuous pool
tourney last night De Orc defeated John n.
Horgan Of EImira. n, Y. by making a spsctacu-
lar finish. 1t was practically conceded that
Horgan had the game safely won. The score
stood, Horgan. l2O: De Orc. 81. The Cuban
On the last frame he broke them again. missed.
and Horgan scored one. He then made tive
scratches. and De ORC got into the balls and
made the necessary seven. Score: De ORD.
1876: Horgan. 119.
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suit against themselves, one by leading II be-
fore the proper time and the other by returning
Il, and having shown strength In diamonds,
y, Of course, leads trumps. nnessinR aRainstthe
club suit. and the rest is easy.
Here Is the everyday when Baltimore was
A-B.
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U cnrss coRNEK.

PROBLEM NO. 734-MoTro: "a BRAVE MONARCH"
B~LAcK-roUR PIEoEs.
K on X b 0; Kits on X Kt 7 and X r 8; p on Q 8.
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K on Q Kt; Q on X B; r on Q B I; Kits on X I and
K b 7; Ps on Q KIT I and 4.
wHITE-sEvES PIECES.
white TO play and mate in three moves.
NO. 737-MoTTo: A HAPPY
BLhcK-EIGHr PHcEs.
X on Q 4; r on Q b I; Kits on X B 3 and 4 Kt; B on
K 1t g.; Ps on Q r I. K b 2 and X q.
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wHITE-TwELvE PIECES.
White to nlay and mata in two mnYes

WHITE TO play ana mate IN two moves.
The judges in forwarding the above problems,
which are entries for our first international problem
tournament, report az follows: There is no mate
in the problem entered under motto OF 'Audacity'
after I. 90 j 8. Blk !; 2. 90 b .. RIP. The
most identical with the problem under motto OF
'Nolens Volens,' published in THE SUS on Dec. II.
consequently the two frst-named problems arc OK.
cluhed. while Nolens Volens' remains in the COM
petition"
OUR FIRST CORRESPONDENCE TOURNAMENT.
Many contestants in the frat correspondence tour.
cause thev have TO remain idle during the winter
months on account of some of the competitors hav-
ing failed to como mp to the time limit rule, and are
still playing in tho first round of the tournament.
THE SuE has repeatedly asked these players to agree
10 have their unfinished games Rdjudicated. but no
answer was received from any of the slow men.
However, as everything must have an end. play in
the first round OF the tournament IL now declared to
be over, and all the games left unfinished will be
tnrwardinr the scores of these unfinished games to
THE SuS. will have to 10 observed:
l. State whether Won demand a win or draw or
whether YOU IrAign the game.
2. II yon demand u win give tho reasons for II.
and II po1s BILE point out tho winning line OF play.
8. If you demand n draw give the reasons, and IL
possible give tho line OF play which. according to
your judgment: would draw the game.
I. A player falling to forward the scores OF the
games left unfinished within fourteen days from
now will he declared a loser OF these games.
Meanwhile all tho contestants are respectfully re-
qucsted to forward to THE Sun u statement giving
the number of games won aud lost and the number
OF the section in which they had been oontesting
their respective games.