The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-20

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.''her stay up OF have 90. paw his way
down again.
The coosenSus OF opiniou seems to be
IN favor Of the following answers TO the
three quest ions;
J. A man could undoubtedly Jump into
the air from the aoor OF n car which was
falling. just m be- could walk forward IN
tram than was going forward NJ sixty
mi le- AN hour
> n. would not stay in the air until
the car hit the bottom unless 10 was very
near the bottom when h.' jumped. be-
cause of the resistance OF the air to the
falling car. from which the man il pro-
ieCtsd. just a. a paced bicycle rider II
projected by wind shield On the motor
cycle IN front Of him.
: So far from the Jump doing him
any good, lie would hit the ground harder
when the car stopped than IL he had
not Jumped NJ ALL but had stood still
with bent knees This is because he
momentum Of the car itself but the
return from the height To which he has
jumped II would be precisely the same
a. II he had bet the car bit the bottom
and taken the full force Of the shock
and had then jumped into the air and
taken the additional shock of coming
down again, getting double dose Of il.
Answers and opinions from:
b q Braine. Lydia II. Gale. r J }
John Beattie. William 4. Van Antwerp.
X I Weeks. VI y Danford. II. r Knipe.
George 4 Pedlar. J {. Hoffman. Daniel
Haw kins. +. Prentis. Albert James
Crabbe. Waller Kent and II NJ Todd
THAT BooKKEEPISo PROBLEM
Strange TO say several OF those who
sent in answers to this question are not
satisfied IA 10 the correctness OF the
them. and some want to know where
they made the mistake, especially in the
amounts OF 81 ESQ and s. $50
The mistake was made in div ding the
appraised value OF the feed store ss,ually
bet ween the two surviving brothers
when 4 was entitled to three-Quarters
" it He originally owned half OF IL and
fell heir to half B's interest. h had no
power 10 leave his brother 4 half Of As
interest IL this simple fact be- taken
into consideration, II will be found that
the figures given by 4. T.. r. and n W, l..
which agree with the actual settlement
are correct.
THAT HAsry MOVE IN CHESS.
The experts and near sNnerts hal a
lot OF fun with chess problem No, rs which
was sent To The Sun by William de Wiser
of the Brooklyn Chess Club. although he
does no, profess To be the composer The
assumed that the statement regarding
the legitimacy Of whites last move was "A
catch to conceal the fact that black =
last move was not legitimate. but such
was not the case. As stated last week.
every move was correctly nrade.
This il the solution: A the position
originally stood black had a knight az
kB7 and the white king was on XXI 81.
Black saw that by discovering check
from the At X: Ivy moving the III he
-. 49, Il ~ nj Ia ,.ta "A
III Rs CHI. and in order To get out Of
check white played kxkt
This il the move white wishes To reiract
and the black kt IL accordingly put back
on the board at KRs. the white h at
kkt So and white plays HI % mate.
Some extraordinary attempts were
made to explain this position and account
for the previous move. One says: ! can
not understand how a move which has
left whites Y en- prise can be considered
legitimate. IL the diagram were meant
TO illustrate the position before the mis-
take was made instead of after II. ! should
say the error white made was IN taking
the black queen instead OF letting tha
queen alone and giving mate by playing
kt-kS
several said that whites lass move
must have been KRsG 20 get OUT of
check from tbs. u. bur none OF them ex-
plains how the king came TO be m check.
a. II is obvious that the black Is cannot
have moved 10 RI To give the check. and
II the check came from the Y. the white X
being m the second row. why did not
white take the o.
Most of those who failed on this problem
were apparently satisfied that the check
from the black b was the result OF an IL
legitimate move on the part OF black.
Others thought that there was no check
on the previous move and that the white
y must have been at KBs and pom being
forked by the KIP should have moved To-
X B4. ready 10 mate next move at OBI.
This suggestion overlooks the Obvious
reply 10y black u P-K,. which etIsctualiy
prevents the mate In one move that white
IL betting on.
Correct solutions from.
A T. X. William J Ferris. william &
Van Antwerp. Is r Wilcox. Hugh Hild-a
" n Rider. ID & Shanks, Charles Fl"isch
man Mate Ho' and G-org. Broadbenf
Here. IL 10 littl. ending that looks simple
enough. but which will rspay it'll. care
full examination. az " a'nbudI-- = lesson
in looking ahead
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