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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-31
PLAYERS TOOK A REST.
Departmental League Chess Games
Will Be Resumed Wednesday Night.

There were no matches in the local chess
league the past week, the schedule being so
arranged as to give the players a vacation
during the holidays.
A number of the contestants however, APP
peared regularly for practice during this
period, and it is probable that all the teams
have made gooa use or the intern1issioh by
Informal practice games among their mem
bers. All hands await with interest the
resumption of hostilit1es, which is set TOT
Wednesday night.
The contending teams will be Agriculture
vs. State and Post Office vs. Justice. The
former match is regarded as an important
one, as it's result may have considerable
bearing on. the race for the leadership be-
tween State and Interior d.
A well-attended meeting of the exc 'utive
committee of the league was held 'day
afternoon. This committee includes the
vice presidents, who are also captains of
their respective teams.
1t was decided that the two remainin,-
games of the Interior A.-Commerce ano
Labor match POSTPONED from December 1sl
should be played off Thursday night. \
date for the postponed game. TO complete
the match of December between Interior
B. and State, will probably be set by the
committee at its next meeting. Thursday
afternoon These postponed games are
likely to change the percentage column
considerably, and the teams concerned are
correspondngly anxious to get the results
on record.
w. A. Gwyer, jr, of Commerce and La
Dor will probably make his first appear
ance Thursday night. when his team turns
out to complete its match with Interior A.
Mr.. Gwyer is a local chess player of twenty
years standing, and is rated among the
"top-riotchers'' of the league. On Thursday
night he will probably be pitted against
Capt. Hill of the Interior squad and as the
captain is no mean antagonist red-list
contest is expected
At Fridays meeting Of the committee the
War Department team authorized to
utilize the services of Lieut.. Whipple. u. s.
A, retired. This gentleman is a player of
recognized ability, and the warriors are to
be congratulated on securing him. With
such a trio as Lowe, Tibbetts and Whipple
they will be well equipped for futurs
matches
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-31
MEXICo's GOLF TOURNEY.
Well-Known Professionals Who Will
Take Part

Mexico's second annual golf tournament
is to be detail of a carnival month dur
ing which there will be bull fights and
matches at Pelota, the Spanish national
ball game, between the greatest cham
pions of the courts OF Spain, Cuba and Mex
leo. The golf course is 1884 yards 2S4l
out and 1888 In The Mexico Country Club
Is situated at San Pedro de los Pinos a
suburb of the City of Mexico, and within
thirty minutes by trolley car
This course is well arranged with sand
green's and very wide. viii Smith has been
professional since the tournament of last
winter and he has stiffened up the lines
with bunkers and traps. He won one of
the two professional competitions of that
meeting, and has been generally hailed as
the Mexican champion ever since but ac-
cording to VIII Anderson this was a false
report.
II won the open championship of Mexico
at that. tournament said Willie and
cannot understand how the credit has gone
to Will Smith. 1 am quite sure that Will
has made no claim on it,
again, and also Aleck Smith. Gil and Bern
hard Nichols and George Low of the NJ
g. A: pros. and Aleek Campbell and Aleck
Findlay of Boston. The Turpies are also
expected down from New Orleans and some
of the western pros. now In Florida for the
winter The announcement Of visitors from
England seems to have been premature
one. but there are still hopes that Aleck
Herd and Andrew Kirkaidy will malne the
Journey
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PENNSYLVANIA WINS.
Defeats Brown and Cornell Univer-
sity at Chess.

NEW YORK, December 30-The PLAYERS
of the University of Pennsylvania today
won the seventh annual tournament of the
Triangular College Chess League. scoring
8 games won to Az for Brown University
and Pig for Cornell. Up to the last board
in play today Brown held the lead by a
half point. E. II. Miller of PENNSYLVANIA
was playing ]. F. Darling of Cornell on the
last board, and when 1t seemed the game
must end in draw and cause q tie for first
honors between Pennsylvania and Brown
Miller made brilliant move. He sacri-
feed knight for two pawns and brought
his best pieces into active play, enabling
him to finally win the game after forty
front
OF the seven tournaments played from
1899 to 1905, inclusive, Cornell has won
four and Pennsylvania three. Brown
which was not represented in 1901, has not
scored win.
round of the tournament were as follows:
P. V. Van Arsdale, Brown, VS.. j. r.
Mitchell, Cornell
w. II. Hughes, Pennsylvania, VS.. H. N.
Sweet Brown.
e. H Miller. Pennsylvania, VS.. J. F. Dar-
ling, Cornell.
Both Mitchell and Darling adopted the
Scilian defense for their openings Hughes
played the Vienna openings.
The game between Hughes and Sweet on
the second board was a battle royal, being
declared a draw after forty-four moves
had given neither player an advantage
Miller won from Darling on the third board
by his daring play in sacrificing a knight
for two pawns. The records Of the players
in the tournament follow:
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NO GAMES SCHEDULED
Inactive Week in the Local
Bowling Leagues.
FAT MEN DROP TWO
EFFORTS TO ORGANIZE A DUCK
PIN LEAGUE.
Allison Leads the Sunday School
Bowlers-Record-Br Breaking Tour
ney in Chicago.

No games were scheduled in any of the
bowling leagues of the District last week.
Inc only games rolled were several post
poned ones The schedule in most of the
ieagues VIII be resumed Tuesday evening
Inc Fat Men and Saengerbund auints rolled
postponed game Wednesday evening, ana
the last seasons champions brought their
fat rivals down a few pegs, as they won
two of the set.
me Navy and Commissioners teams of
the District League rolled one of the finest.
series OF games seen in the league TINS
season Thursday evening on the Palace
alleys, when the Navy came off victorious
cy winning two of the set The winners
ran forty-nine clean boxes before a breas.
Each team made a score above the 1000
mark.
Inc schedule for games this week IN
the Departmental League is: Tuesday
treasury vs.. Post Office: Wednesday, In
terror VS.. Commissioners; THURSDAY Aeri-
culture VS.. Government Printing once:
FRIDAY, Bureau vs.. Navy: Saturday Com
merce and labor VS.. War
Inc schedule for games in the Real t,s-
tate League for the coming week is We'd
nesday, CITY Hall VS.. Assessors: Thursday
LAWYERS VS.. District: Friday, Harrison and
Browning vs. Columbia
The standing of the teams In the Sunday
School League is:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-31

has abandoned his original intention OF
constructing half-mle track on his farm
near Burke Station. Va, and will build
third-of-a-mile ring
Robert Brawley, who has charge OF
Charles McDermott's string of fast horses.
has during the past week been sorting out
some pole teams, which before the season
of 1865 passes into history may hold
worlds records. One pair that poles very
classy is Marion Wilkes, 20s5a, and The
Dane. Greenline has been paired with Mon
teith. 2.05R, and II they continue to go
well Mr.. Brawley may try for the world $
pacing record to pole.
DR.. Bell. 219A. by Electric Bell, will be
raced again next season by Alonzo Corgin.
Otto linn boasts that he has few good
ones up his sleeve for 1906, but refuses to
name the horses.
The Brightwood Trotting Association will
reorganfze for the coming season some day
this week.
George P. Zurhorst, after a lapse of many
years may get into the ranks again in the
near future.
Belle Hazel. John o. Gheen's crack pacing
mare. is a daughter of Monocacy, 2 1914. by
King Wilkes, and is believed to be out of
mare by Robert McGregor, sire of Cres-
ceus, 202A.
One of the handsomest and best-manner-
ed road horses In the District is Il. F. Nc
Caully's Harry Woodford, 217A.
If the managers of the new speedway
wish to maintain the prestige of their
course they will be compelled to put up a
better entertainment than that offered to
the public on Christmas day So large and
apprecative crowd should have been better
served.
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Racing at Ascot.

LOS ANGELES, December 3O-The
Mount Lowe handicap was the feature of
the card at Ascot today. The heavily played
favorite, Alencon, won, with Fireball,
coupled with Alencon at to ) as the VIII
liams entry, second. Judge Denton was
third. Four long shots finished first the
other two races going to favorftes. Sum
maries:
First race. six furlongs-Tramotor 100 Cfillerl
10 TO ]. won; Gutter. 1l3 Fisher, to 10.
IA. Bologna, Revolt, The Borgian and Bert Ar
thur also
Second race. one mile-Loyal Front. 107 tBooker)
II TO /, won; w. H. Carey, 100 Swain, to J.
second Retropaw, los ,Harris,, to 2 third
Time, l-4o1a. Secret Hermitage. Hammeraway
and Fair Atene also ran.
Third race. one mile and sixteenth. handicap
105 (Booker). 10 to /. second; Michael Byrnes es
CMillerl. to /, third. Time, 1.4S. New Mown
Hay, Marshal Ney, Hans Wagner and Memories
also ran
Fourth race, six furlongs the Mount Lowe bandi-
cap 81 900 added-Alencon, ITO fMer,. s TO 5.
won; B1reball. 11s walsh. to 5, second: Judge
Denton. 9S Wiley. 20 to l. third. Time 1.l3h.
Water Wagon and Chantilly also Alencon and
Fireball coupled.
Fifth race, one mile ana half-Couraut .g
(Harrfsl, IL to 1. won; Belcoronado. 93 CIoore) u
10 8. second BrigaDd. 103 (IcDanielJ, even, third
Tine, 2.37h. Lanark and Mi Reina also ran
Sixth race. one mile-Sunmark, los (Buchanani
to 2 won; Hersain, les wiley, to i, second:
GeDtle Harry. 100 tMcDaneD, 10 /. third Time
Laps. Kingstelle. Hockey, Needful. Meadow Horn
Huapala and Probe also ran
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-31
REAL ESTATE LEAGUE.
The Columbia Team Leading It's
Rivals by Twenty Points.

The averages of the Real Estate Bowling
League which appear below, show the CO.
lumbia team to be lea ding the league by
an average of $50. 20 points above their
rivals. the Assessors. The Lawyers who
are in third place. are coming up strong,
having taken a fine squirt since the latest
publication of the averages. 1t looks as if
the championship of the league lies be-
tween the first three, as the others are too
far behind to do much damage.
Miller of the Columbia team leads in in
dividua! averages with percentage of .194.
Brosnan of the Assessors and Walker of
the District team are running neck and
neck for second place. Miller and Bishop
are tied for honors in the high game each
having a score of 232. Brosnan tops the
INST IN spares, with 173 to his credit In the
strikes he and Williams share the honors,
with Ia Brosnan also has a good lead IN
the tota! number of pins with 6,402
Following are the averages:
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Muddy Track at Ineleside.

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. December 20
Nealon won the event of the day at InsIe-
side, the Flood handicap, by several
lengths. Charlatan. the favorite was
handicapped by heavy weight. A heavy
rain that fell during the forenoon made the
track very muddy. Summaries:
First race. Futurity eourse-Succeed los NC.
Bride, TO 2, won; Avonella, 1o4 (Radtkey. 4 to
/. second; Spring Ban. 1O6 Clark. ~ to l. third
Time, la "a. Pentagon. Syphon Girl and Grass.
cutter also ran.
Second race, six furlongs- Blument,aI In
Knapp, to !, won: Young Pilgrim. I29 tDickeyl.
TO /, second; Tam O'Shanter. 1i8 (Kelley}, 5 TO
]. third Time. .Is. Lone. Fisherman. CHIEF
Bush. Machecknoe, Foxy Grandpa. My Order and
OIyphian also
fhird race, elk MISREPRESENTATION l1z
(Radtke), to :, won; Laura +. NJ, l07 Q4oasuel,
to 2, second: Esherin, l12 (Fountain), o 10 IS
third. Time, Lie l-2. Lecturer, Meiar and Lady
Kent also ran.
Fourth race. one mile; the Flood handicap
Nealon 100 (Radtke,. to /, won Sir Edward,
i05 Noague,, o to /. second Char1stan, 1l3 crreu-
bei,, to 8, third. Time la "a. Gov. Davis,
Tenordale and I'm ice also ran.
Fifth race. one mile--Yellowstone, 10e Clark, q
to l. won; warte Nicht, 100 tBock), to 5, tec-
ond: cloce dor. III toross), to 2, third. Time.
CONTINUED on Fourth Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-31
Close Race in Departmental
Bowling League.
NAVY YARDS SUCCESS
JUMPED THREE RIVALS AMI
NOW IN SECOND PLACE.
Interior Has Increased It's Lead of
Two Games to Eight-Lemmon
First in Individual Averages.

Just how closely the teams are punched in
the championship race in the Departmental
League could not have been better demon
strated than by the general shake-up in
standing in the last two weeks. While sew
eral teams have shifted for better or worse,
the biggest sensation was caused by the
Navy Yard boys, who jumped the Bureau,
Agriculture and Commissioners in the per-
centages and displaced the money changers
from second place
While the teams below it are fighting for
place, the Interiors keep tumbling over the
NAPLES in the form that won them the
championship two years ago, and have in
creased their lead of two games over the
Treasury for the league leadership to mar
gin of eight games over the Navy Yard.
This has been brought about by the teams
near the top being trounced by those for
merly lower down in the standing.
Third place has been taken from the Com
missioners by the Bureaus who are tied
with the farmers in games won and lost,
but get the position by virtue of more pins
10 their credit
The Pos. Office is coming strong, and in
the last two weeks has closed a big part of
the gap separating it from the 'op-notchers.
Lennon still clingS to &c lead in the
struggle for individu"- nonors, and has held
his big average of 1S9. Holman is also 60
ing well, but has not quite been able to
hold the pace set by the league leader.
O'Donnel mas pushed up into third place,
and Bum is now among the "cincos." Deyo,
with two bad sets, has dropped down the
line The return of Bowsher to the game
has put new life in the sailors. He copied
the third high set of the season to celebrate
his re-entry, getting Go4. Parker Of the
Treasury ran up 664 against the farmers,
the second high, O'DonneI having 666.
Lemons 256 is still high single game.
bowled, and the averages include Thurs
day match:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-31
ALLEN LARD TAKES FIRST PRIZE
Wins the Presidents Cup at the Pine
hurst Tourney.
Special Dispatch to The sta

PINEHURST, N. c., December 30-Alien
Lard of the Columbia Golf Club, Washing
ton. was the winner of the presidents, or
the first division cup, in the final round of
the holiday week tournament played today,
defeating Thomas T. Rushmore of Garden
City up and 4 TO play. Dr. Emory Mar
vel of Atlantic City won the secretary's.
or the second division cup, defeating H. X.
Madison of New York up and 2 to play.
George NJ. McCandless of the Allegheny
County Club, Pittsburg. won the treasur-
er's, or the third division cup. defeating w.
A. B. Blakeley of the same club UP and
to play. G. Lee knight of the Philadel-
phia Country Club was the winner of the
fourth division, or consolation trophy de-
feating II. w. Ormsbee of the Crescent
Athletic Club, Brooklyn, 4 up and TO play
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-31
Team Standing.

Big totals are still being run up by the
Commissioners, which retains them in first
place in team average. The Navy Yards
big set including the highest game OF the
seasOn-1032-boosts it over the Post Office
and Bureau. the latter having fallen from
third TO fifth place in average of pins per
game.
Agriculture has gone up one and the
Treasury down one peg.
Treasury still leads in strikes Bureaus
close up and the Navy Yard is to the front
in spare work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-31
FOOT BALL OF THE FUTURE
Jim Sullivan Predicts the Reign of
the English Game.

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK, December 3O--James D.
Sullivan of the A. A. u, has returned from
his European trip. He was an interested
spectator at several foot ball matches In
England, and was particularly impressed
with the absence of roughness during the
Oxford-Cambridge match. He predicts that
the Rugby game played In England will
by the influence of President Roosevelt. be-
come the future game of American COL
leges. Mr.. Sullivan will return to England
In month for the purpose OF forming an
alliance between the amateur associations
of England and the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-31
Rowing Adopted at Stanford.
special Dispatch to The Star.

SAN FRANCISCO, December 3O-The
status of the Leland Stanford University
crews has been fixed after hot contro-
versy lasting for nearly month The
athletic committee has decided to give the
varsity emblem to members OF all future
varsity crews and to recommend that the
full support of the sport be undertaken by
the student body. Three plans OF action
were outlined by various members Of the
committee. The first was to strike boat
ing from the intercollegiate agreement the
second to take 1t over and grant the var
dition that the crew defeated California,
and the third to grant the emblem uncori-
ditionally. The last method was adopted.
A professional coach will be secured, ana
boating undertaken in earnest
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To Investigate the vespers.

Special Dispatch to The Star
PHILADELPHIA. December 30.-Tne
naval board of the Schuylkill navy, of
which organization nearly all the amateur
rowing clubs Of Philadelphia are members.
has decided to investigate the amateur
standing Of the vesper Boat Clubs eight
Dared shell crew which went to Henley,
England, last summer. A committee was
appointed to make the investigation. which
has the approval Of the vesper Boat Club.
This action grows out OF dispute be-
tween certain members OF the Vesper Boat
Club and the finance committee OF the or
gani1Ation over expenditure made on the
trip to England.
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Ten Yards in Four Downs.
al Dispatch to The Star.

MIDDLETOWN, Conn, December 30
''Bosey" Reiter, pr!ncetons star half back
of 1896 1898 and 1899. who has been coach
ing the Wesleyan eleven this fall. is in ia
vor OF Walter Camps suggestion that a
team be required TO carry the ball ten yards
in four downs. Reiter says that he con-
siders this change a vital one because it
will introduce more punting and less rush
ing and make less scoring and give the adj
vantage TO the lighter team.
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Will Race for Big Stakes.
pecial oablegram to The Star.

Special CNb1egram to The Star.
NICE, December 30-The program of tho
Nice meeting has ust been published in the
steeplechase calendar There will be
eight days racing-January 10. H. IA, IT,
49, q. "a and 26-with added money to the
extent of $4,000, with $4,000 for the win
ners of the steeplechases and the rest for
the "hurdlers.'' The main event, the Grand
Steeplechase, with $4,000 added for the
winner, Is decided on the third day of the
meeting. Sunday, January IA, German,
Austria, English and Italian stables will
he we'll represented.
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Leads Sunday School Lea oua

AiIison leads the Sunday School League
IN the averages he having participated in
three games and toppled 5S4 pins. for an
average OF 1884, G. Eiker and his brother
D. Elker, are close second having rolled
~ nine games for an average Of 1874 and
$50, respectively.
Mr.. j, Hayes of the Toledo bowIing aI,o,,s
~ ilis CITY is endeavoring to organize n
auckpin league in the District. Il is the
. . OF Mr.. Hayes to have an eight
eaougn men to form a first class league #
VIII be six team league. A meeting will
oe e called IN the near future for the purpose
of organizing p'i pose
special duckpin tournament will, he
oegun on the Palace alleys tomorrow and
NH continue until Wednesday evening
friZes are TO be awarded for the ten men
making the greatest number of pins in anv
ten games In competition. No scores are
10 pc recorded under 90. The ten who
rolled off later VIZ NC
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British Golf Players Sailed for Mexico

LONDON. December 3o.-'.Jack'' White,
the open golf champion of 1901. Alexander
Herd, the open champion of 1902: Andrew
Rowland Jones and Ben.
Nichols left England today for Mexico, In
order to participate in the international golr
tournament which is to take place at Mexi-
co City commencing January 10.
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OUTLOOK FOR 1906
Trainers Worried About Get
ting Good Green Trotters.
NOW THE PAGERS DAY
FULFILLMENT OF AN OLD PRE-
DICTIoN OF SECRETARY TRACY.
All Sorts of Reasons Given by Theo-
rists-Local Notes of the Light
Harness Horse.
NOW THE PAGERS DAY
BY l.. d. SALE.

group of trainers We're discussing IN
the hearing of the writer few days since
troi prospects for 1906. The consensus or
opinion pronounced was that, If their lives
depended upon 1t, they would not know
where to go to get good green trotters
Washington trainers are not alone in their
anxiety in this respect. for trainers every
where, from Geers to Mcdonald are scour-
ing the country with a tine-tooth COMB
and find them scarcer than ever before IN
the history of the light-harness horse. TO
this complexion has it come at last, which
thoroughly v1ndicates the prophecy Of ex-
Secretary Tracy, made upward of fifteen
years ago, that II care was not taken by
brseders the PAGER would drive the trotter
out OF business, or words to that effect. A
large breeder of light-harness horses, and
one Of the most profound students Of the
breeding problem. the Secretary observed
with alarm the rapid growth OF the PAGER
in popularity, and the uncertainty when
one bred for trotter that a PAGER would
not be the result. 1t is singular fact that
with one exception. all PAGERS that hold
champion records are what is known as
trotting-bred. That Is, their sires and dams
were trotterS.
X
The one exception is Star Pointer, .6914
He descends from a long line of PAGERS
Robert j., 2.011s; John r. Gentry, 2UU1a:
Audubon Boy. 1.59A; The Broncho 2O3A;
Joe Patchen, 2.011a sire of Dan Patcn,
1.65A (wind shield; Prince Alert, 1.531a;
Direct, 2.05N, and numerous other top
hotchers were trotting-bred. Just why pac-
lllg blood should be SO prepotent and SUB
merge the inclination to trot in a trotttng
bred horse is beyond the ken of human
understanding. Theorists have had the
fooi for some time on the subject but
they have been lost in the wilderness OF
reasoning. Despite the severe ostracism
which the PAGER endured during the first
forty years of light-harness history, he
has come to his own at last. He was
denominated a scrub of no breeding not
game. and prejudice was so strong against
him that special purses were not declared
In his favor until within the past twenty
Years. Now large purses are given tor
pacing classes, all of which aids the once
despised PAGER In his triumphal march TO
turf victories and substantial financial re-
wards.
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Nor is there any sign in the heavens, nor
on the earth, that indicates that his do
minion is to cease in the near future. Small
purses on the part of trotting associations
might clip his pinions and depopularize him.
But as associations are not in business for
their health alone, and have only the al
mighty dollar before their eyes, 1t Is not
probable that they will indulge in acts of
philanthropy for the sake of building up
the trotter at the expense of the PAGER
What trotting associations want are en-
tries, and these they mean to get by hook
or crook. AS far as they are concerned,
the trotter must fight out his battles as
best he may. Breeding under such uncer-
tain conditions may well be called a lot
terry. The man who breeds may get
trotter but the chances are that he will
get PAGER, although for four generations
back the ancestors of his foal may have
been trotters.