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TIE FOR FIRST PLACE
IN COMMERCIAL LEAGUE
Evening Star and William Hahn
on Even Terms-RivaIs
Meet January g.

The Commercial League race continues
close and interesting, with Hahn and The
Star team deadlocked. with 81 victories
and ii defeats each. Woodward & 10th
rop is two games behind the leaders,
while Chaplin & Sacks is a game to the
rear of Johnsons quint. Tuesday, JAN
uary o. will witness decision as to the
leadership in this league-temporarily. at
least, for on that date The Star team
and Hahn meet. In their contests in the
first series the shoe dealers won the odd
game.
McCarty and Houser are in first and
second places. respectively, in individual
averages. with 1C1.J for the former and
1895 for the latter. with Scofeld in third
place with l03. Ii. McCarty also has high
game and set, with 157 and 81. Houser.
I6. and Schofield. I5. are the men with
the greatest number OF spares, while
Moler. Hollidge and Rodier are tied for
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COLON|ALS KEEP LEAD
IN DISTRICT LEAGUE
Two Teams, Palace and Co.
Iumbia, Tied for Second
Place.

While the Colonial team of the Dis
trict Tenpin League has a fair lead at
this time, being several games ahead of
Its nearest rivals, the Columbus and
Palace. these two CUNTS appear to
have the strength necessary to make
the fight for championship honors in
their organization a very interesting
one. Both Palace and the Columbus
have rolled three games less than the
present leaders, and a three time win
by either will put it like number Of
games to the rear of Colonial, by no
means commanding lead Chamber
of Commerce. one game behind the
teams tied for second. also has a
look-in.
Lon krauss. with only six games to
his credit in the District Lea que, is the
leading individual. with 1919 as his
average. though Thomas has played
eighteen games, and tops the rest of
the league with 1879. L. Miller. Swag
CERT, w. Miller and Barber are others
with 1870 or better
G. 2. O.'s 1850 game is the highest
recorded this season. while other
marks and their makers follow: High
team average, Colonial, S94.6; greatest
number strikes. HARDWOOD, II; spares.
C. Miller. 1926; high game. Weldon. 255;
set, Burdine, SIS.
Official figures of all games rolled to
date. as furnished by the official scorer
of the league. are:
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SOME CHESS HISTORY.
Brief Synopsis of Past Fifty
Years of Chess in Washington.
GAME HAS FLOURISHED
Washington Chess and Whist Club
Turns Fifty-First Milestone
New Year Day.

Primarily devoted to the high purpose
of resurfacing the roadways of Hades.
the glad New Year has as a secondary OBJ
ject, scarcely less laudable than the first,
the furnishing of an annual excuse to
all newspaper editors to dig out col
umn of forgotten dates and events from
the 'morgue' and call it a review.
Therefore. now being the acceptable
time we hasten to place before the
eager 90 reader a syncopated history of
chess in the District of Columbia as re-
vealed in the columns of The Star.
In the year 1852 Mr.. Clinton l.. Jack
son and certain DR.. Macdonald had an
advertisement inserted in The Star call
ing upon all the chess players of the city
to meet on an appointed evening in the doc
tors Office for the purpose of forming u
chess club. Thirteen men responded to
this summons. and the Washington Chess
Club was born.
We find no further mention of any
chess event In The Star though Zukertort
visited the club in 1852 and gave an eS-
hbition of his skill, until along in the
late Sos. when brief news items about
tournaments and matches began to APP
pear at long and irregular intervals. This
was no reflection upon the chess club as
a newspaper in the sos and '1Os was eter-
nally disgraced if it could not condense
the doings of the day into half column
and devote the remainder of its four
sheets to microscopic advertisements.
The first score of chess game pub
lished by The Star was that of the first
game in the Lipschut Z-ShoWalter match.
This was printed October %. 1895. Be-
ginning in January. 1886. a. regular chess
column was published every two weeks.
and February S. 1896 was first recorded
game played by home talent. We re-
No Of ~
ter, with an extract from the comment
made upon it at that time:
The credit for the victory is largely
due to Capt. Patrick O'Farrell. who has
had charge of the game at this end and
has largely followed his own ideas"
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CAST, conquerer of the great Battling Mel
son. to lower his colors last Thanksgiving
day. While a few supporters OF the cN-
champion maintain that the verdict OF
winner on foul was unwarranted by
what actually happened. the fact re-
mains that the referee is the best Judge
of how far Wolgast tranSgreSSed against
the rules. and it Is "A poor sport who
will attempt to begrudge Richie the
credit due for his splendid performance.
AS rule the downfall of champion
is regarded with sincere regret by the
rank and file of sporting men. but in
WolgaSt'S case, | am sorry to say, there
was little evidence of sorrow manifested
in the comments of the critics or 10y
fight followers generally. For some rea-
son AID never enjoyed the popularity of
Nelson, Cans. Erne Lavigne and other.
who preceded him at the head of the di-
vision. So far as the public is concerned.
this opinion of the little Michigander was
nodded. no doubt. by the sporting writer's
of the country, whose antipathy toward
him was due to the methods employed by
Manager Tom Jones in protecting the
interests of his protegc.
Nevertheless, Ad was a great little
fighter Fighter best describes him.
He was never a clever boxer, and won
and maintained his place at the top by
sheer ability to assimilate punishment
and "outlast' his opponents. In that
respect .id was d second Battling Mel
son and might possibly have reigned a
few more years Che is only twenty-four
years of aSeD had the operation for ap-
pendicitis not seriously impaired his vi
tally.
The passing of the title into the hands
of Willie Richie marks the resumption
of rule of the clever boxer In the light
weight ranks. Since Nelson won from
the late Joe Cans the ''slugger" has dom
mated the division, but with Richie at
the head the scientific boxer comes into
his own. Ritchie's success will also mark
the raising of the lightweight limit TO
100 pounds. which will permit the skil.ful
Mcfarland and Britton to compete for
the honors, With Richie. Mcfarland
and Britton and Freddy Welsh in re-
serve. to safeguard the title, there would
appear to be little danger of the cham
pionship escaping from the clutches of
the scientific" brigade for a long time
to come
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About this time the old Washington
club had strong rival in the Capital
Bicycle club. which numbered among its
members many strong chess and whist
players. but with the passing of the
wheel an instrument of plea sure the
bicycle club, too. passed on, and most of
its whist and chess players joined the
older organization.
From 1885, and the establishment of
time chess events of interest and i'm
portance have been too frequent to re-
ceive even cursory mention in an article
of this length. Pillsbury Lasker. Mar
shall, Noises, Capablanca are among the
more prominent masters who have visited
the city and given exhibit ions at the
'. ashington Chess and Whist Club. An
nual matches have been held for the pa st
sixteen years with Baltimore, the score
now standing even, eight to eight Tele-
graph matches have been played with the
Franklin Chess Club of Philadelphia and
the Brooklyn Club of New York. The
Southern Chess Association was organ
lied last February, and held its first
annual tournament open to Maryland,
Virginia and District players. A new club
was formed in 1911. Among the recog-
nized American masters who have at one
time another been members of the
Washington club the older generation may
like to recall the names of Wright, O'Far-
rell, Hanna, while Adair Sournin, Fox
Whitaker and Dyar, the problemist. are
familiar names to the younger chess
players of today.
Problem.
Rv NJ & Miller Washington n & 1S6o
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even a mediocre performer could be OBJ
tanned. That shows the scarcity of capa-
BILE arbiterS and the great field which has
been opened UP for men along that line
If they would care to avail themselves of
opportunities of that kind.
1t is not known what men will leave
here this coming spring to join the
professional ranks for tryouts. but OF
the dozen or so who will probably be
given chances it is fairly certain that
there will be two or three who will
stick. 1t has seldom failed that of the
number who take advantage Of the
opportunity, If the chance may be
called that. every spring some have
stuck. and of those who have made
good there are few-a very few.
have gone to the highest
ranks and are drawing big salaries
ten times more than they could make
at anything else-with few eXcep-
tons 1t is that chance. though. which
keeps the minor leagues in existence
more than anything else. Just as in
any other profession, thousands make
the start with the hope strong that
they will be one Of the select number
who reach the ultimate goal.
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Cricketers May Go to England.

PHILADELPHIA, December 2S.-The
University of Pennsylvania cricket team
may visit England next summer. The
cricketers are given an annual trip. Last
summer they went to Bermuda, while for
several years before that they made an
invasion into Canada. The English trip
is. of course, notable event and will
bring out candidates in large numbers.
Harmed and Lee, the stars of last year
cricket team which won the intercolle-
giate championship, are still In college
and will furnish the nucleus for an un-
usually strong eleven.
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the greatest number of strikes, with 1;

the greatest number of strikes, with 10
each.
High team game is held by The Stars
with go count, while Woodward &
Lothrops 1.534 set remains best The
team average of the newspaper qunt is
496.S. while Hahn's average is 4S9.5. a
further comparison between the teams
tied for leadership shows that in the
games they have won The Star qunt has
averaged JO1.24. against a winning aver
age by the Hahn outfit of 434.3, while in
the games which have resulted in defeat
Hahn has averaged 47J1 and The Stars
1901.
Complete averages to date. as furnished
by the official scorer, follow:
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TREAT CHAMPIONS
BAD IN PAST YEAR
Two Deprived of Hard-Earned
LaureIs by Younger and
Vigorous Opponents.
ONE KICKED OUT BY
INDIGNANT PUBLIC
AtteI| and WoIgast Pushed
Back by Kiibane and
Richie.
BY JAMES J. CORBETT,
Former Heavyweight Champion of the World.

Former Heavyweight Champion of the World.
Written for The Star.
The year 1912 was harsh in it's treat
ment of fistic champions. Two title
holders We're deprived of hard-earned
laurels by younger and more vigorous
opponents, one has been practically
kicked out of the game by an indignant
public, while still another has shown
such marked signs of deterioration that
wiseacres have him marked for defeat
the next time he enters the ring i'm de-
Tense of his title.
Abe Attell, who for years ruled the
featherweight roOst, was the first to get
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the hook. Johnny
kilbdne of Cleve-
land put the Indian
sign on the veteran
la st February. While
not knocking Attell
out. Kilbane so de-
cisively outclassed
his opponent that Il
decision i'm his favor
was the only ruling
the referee could
possibly make.
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Inquisitive Fans.

Sporting Editor Star:
Kindly answer following questions In
''Inquisitive Fans" column of next Sun
days Star:
/. Name all players drafted by "Griff"
for season of 1918.
>. What is meant by class AA league
;. A class 3 league:
GEORGE +. KENEIPP.
l. Dent Drohan. Connolly. Welchance.
Gideon. +. Williams, Morley.
>. The International League and the
American Association are given that
classification.
3 Class A is next in rank and class B
follows.
Sporting Editor Star:
Kindly print the batting averages Of
La oie and Hans Wagner from 1903 to
NJ. L. sKEMP.
Using 81 for Lajoie and "w'' for
Wagner. their official batting AVERAGES
follow: 1903, L. .355. W. $50; 1904. J.. .3sl.
w. $40; 1908. l.. .32? w 1853: 1906 L.
500. W. .::39: 1907, l.. DO. w. $50; 1905.
L; .2s,. W; BOD; 1909. L; ."24. w: $50;
1910. l.. .:tS4, w. .3oo; 1911, l.. 800, w.
3,34 1917, L. .sss ". .sa4
Sporting Editor Star:
Please advise me of the method by
which averages of teams are calculated.
t. e., of games played, won and lost.
Divide the number of games won by the
number of games played. The average of
team which has played ten games.
won six and lost four is .tpO. The aver
age of team which has played twenty
games. won eight and lost twelve is 400.
Sporting Editor Star:
|. What is the height and weight of
Vic Safer of the Cubs? = What is the
year of his birth? .. Does he bat right or
left handed? c. :. CLARK
l. Height. = feet IL inches. Weight. $50.
>. 1880. 3. Left-handed.
Sporting Editor Star:
OF what descent is Walter Johnson, star
pitcher of the Nationals?
H. L. BUCKLEY
His immediate ancestors were natives
of Pennsylvania which would seem to
make him alI-American, but he says his
fathers ancestry leads back to Scotland
and his mothers ancestry to Germany.
Sporting Editor Star:
How many games did Marquard get
credit for winning from August | to the
end of last season? l. F.
For the official credits you will have
to write John Heydler. secretary of the
National League. Metropolitan Tower.
New York. Following his system as
closely as possible without access to the
official score, The Star gave Marquard
credit for the following games: August
l, s. Is and Do; September 10 and IL.
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If the scores turned out by the bowlers
in the two-man affair at the Palace last
week are to be taken as criterion, it
will require some mighty shooting in the
next duckpin tourney in the spring to
land inside the money. When d team has
to average 236 per game to land the first
prize. ii strong, steady game and all the
best Of the breaks must be had The
winners in the affair at the Pa ace are
entitled to all the praise they received.
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gether would not tip the scales at 300.
1t is hard to answer the query, though.
after all, whats in Nance"
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That the bowlers get something besides
honorable mention" for their achieve
ments with the big and little pins is
evident from Il peruSal of the prize lists
of the d. fferent leagues. In the National
Capital League the team finishing first
receives SO; second. $40 and third. so,
while other prizes are: Highest individ-
ual average. S15: second highest ind vid-
ual average, SIS: third highest individual
average. 81; greatest number of strikes.
81: greatest number of spares. 81; high
individual game, 81: high individual set.
81: high team game, SO: high team set,
SO: high man on each team, ten prizes or
81 each: second high man. 8; each.
Should two or more clubs or players he
tied for a position. the place shall be
given to the club or player having the
greatest number of pins.
While the amounts have not been def
initely fixed, the District Duckpin League
will award money rewards for the fol-
lowing achievements during the present
season: High individual average, second
high individual average. third high indi-
vidual average, team finishing first, team
finishing second. team finishing third
team finishing fourth, individual aVerag-
ing greatest number strikes to the game.
individual averaging greatest number OF
spares per game, individual averag ins
second greatest number of strikes per
game. individual averaging second great
est number of spares per game, high In
game. high individual set, second high
set, high team game. second high team
game. high team set, second high set, high
man on each team, second high man on
each team and a BOBBY prize for the low
est average.
In the Potomac Council IA of c.
League the prize list is: Team finishing
first, $40: high team set. 81; high individ-
ual set, So; high team game, 81; high in
dividual game, 81; HIGH individual aver
age, charm valued at $40; second high in
dividual average. button valued a. 50;
greatest number of strikes, So: greatest
number of spares, 81; high fiat game. s..
high individual average, each team, $50
$50.
The Carroll Council League of the same
fraternal order makes a requisite 20 ell gil
bility for prizes d player rolling twenty
games. with prize list s follows: Team
Flushing first. $21: team finishing second
sil: team finishing third 5000; high
team set. 81; high individual average.
each team, 81; high individual set, each
team, 81; first high individual average 81
second high individual average, 81: third
high individual average. So; high individ-
ual set, 81 high individual game, s.: sec
ond high individual game, 81: high fiat
game, 81: greatest number of marks in
season s.: second greatest number of
marks in season. 81; most marks in one
set, 81
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fPlayed by correspondence.)

tal This variation is credited by r. X win
giving Black superior game. hut o., inc only ON,
tnua ton given in the book for Whites 1lth
move is DE Capt. O'Farrell's Kt-QB3 was
evidently a surprise to the RichrAond players, AMI
the defense adopted is forced.
&C., The pon, of the attack: II II .. FXkt
II BxPch KxB IA QxQ. etc: il l. 49,. PxB.
Is kt-Q6ch k-Q2, II KtxBI'. etc.
Cd, Black dare not play RIP and give " hitc
possession of the kt file.
,el The winning move. Black cannot allow
White TO play QNBI'ch.
q, Now White must get possession of either
the 1t r file. with easy win.
tgi Black puts up strong hsht. hut the posi-
ton Is too strongly against him
,hi Capt OFarrcll announced mat" in eight
cen moves. which the Richmond Chess Club con-
coded The position is worthy OF a diagram:
RICHMOND
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ONE GOOD PITCHER
WOULD MAKE TEAM

Continued From First Page
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GREENE MAY JOIN
BIG LEAGUE CLUB

Continued From First Page
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Mcknew rolled a good game against
MiloVich, pa, and his other scores were
high enough to land him a winner.
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curious bowler writes in to ask by
what parity of reasoning skinny Car
rol. Buck Harkey and Dave McCarty
are lined UP with the Fat Men team.
givinS it as his opinion that all three to-
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Problem.

BY NJ. S. Miller, Washington, D. c., 1860
BLACK
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The regular meeting of the Commercial
League will be held next Sunday, January
,. at Ill Florida avenue northeast.
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In his set with Charlie Miller Shaffer
had "a game of 2:2i-2., but this was the only
one he came ahead in. Miller's 1913 was
his best. getting this while Shaffer was
rolling -.
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Van Buskirk won from Milovich after
losing the first game 162 to .13 His sec
ond score was 1so against his opponents
l'9 while he rolled the strong games of
20 and III in his con luding attempts
again rolling a strong strike game with
five in each contest.
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surprising that this proving
We're offering the clothing be had saving
$50 Get early
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Eddie next hooked up with Watson. and
after starting with 222 fell TO i56 and l64,
but as Watson was totaling duckpin
scores of III and 123 Mcknew recorded
his second victory of the evening
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Joe Hardie made valiant attempt to
head Brown off in their set. getting the
decision in two of the first three games
losing the second game by three pins
Brown pulled himself together again, and
games OF 227 and 22;,, i'm which he had
twelve strikes and seven spares landed
for him his second win out If three starts
in the week, and kept him ahead in the
tourney by fair margin.
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Watson beat Field three out of five
winning the decision in the deciding game
by two pins, $50 TO 1S3. Fields highest
game was the first, 191. while 1871 was the
best Watson totaled
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1t looked as though Brown was in for
his second defeat in the set with Milo
vich, as the latter caught him in a
slump and turned in 1Si and .lo to two
games of LOO by his opponent The leader
won the next, 1?1 to 10. and then finished
with scores of :6 and 237. beating Milo
vitch's 20 score in the last of the set
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Five games We're found necessary to de-
eide the match between MiloVich and
Harwood. which the former won. His
best game was -1e. while Harwood's first
49,, proved his best
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terror quint made the best total for his
team, getting 2o1 in his last effort
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Navy and Interior disposed of a post
poned set Monday night, the Sailors win
ming two of the games. High score was
made by ODonnell. who had q 231 game
IN tbc second, while Roepke Of the In
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VIII Miller hooked up with Doc Wat
son Tor four games, and Won the set He
had III and 21J for his best counts. while
Watson got his highest game i'm the ONLY
one he landed, when his score was POI
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The lightweight title also changed
hands during the year. Willie Richie, a
comparatively newcomer, forced Ad VOL
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Hardie piled up a :,:J game in the first
Of his set with Shaffcr. and followed this
up with 1870 and los easily winning three
y $50 count was Skaters best
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Sporting Editor Star:
L. What is the height and weight of
Vic Safer of the Cubs? =. What is the
year of his birth? q. Does he bat right or
left handed? c. ). CLARK
L. Height i feet IL inches. Weight. $50.
- 1880. - Left handed.
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On the Northeast, the Casino and the
Capitol Hill alleys prosperous week was
experienced, extra inducements in the
way of turkeys and money prizes serving
10 keep the bowers plugging away. AS
the men are keeping In good shape dur
ing the holiday intermission, the team
scores should not suffer when the sched-
ulcs are resumed
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G. B. Sullivan and Jack" Schaeffer of
the Boston Traveller. who are residents Of
this city. were home for Christmas and
tnth were frequent visitors to the Palace
alleys. Both Sullivan and Schaeffer are
Jacks with the little pins, and totaled
Very creditabie games. They left for the
tItN Of culture Thursday evening last.
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Sporting Editor Star:
Kindly print the batting averages Of
Lajoie and Hans Wagner from 1903 to
1912, inclusive, If possible.