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Let z bid no trumps and A two hearts
and both Y and u will have to drop the
no trumper. This brings US TO the second
part OF tho policy OF such declarations,
which IS to use the implied strength OF
the no trumper for purposes OF defence.
II Is hardly worth while for Y to call
three clubs and work like a dog for Is
points II he Is not afraid OF AS going
gqms in hearts. IL a Ii as strong as
that z Is wasting his breath calling
tho clubs.
Against the hearts Y would probably
open with the Jack OF diamonds. hoping
to hit one OF his partners suits, which
must be club or diamond, az he has moth
ing in hearts and cannot call n royal.
A would win and lead two more rounds of
diamonds, letting dummy run. club
through would put z in with the king
and he would lead the trump as the best
defence
Dummys game would he TO win the
trump trick and come through with an
other club. forcing out tho ace. after
which all that Y and Y could make would
be their two spade tricks. which would
be Just enough 20 save the game.
Here Is another phase OF the situa-
ton that often presents itself under the
present system OF calling no trumps on
hands which are not protected in all the
suits.
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CHESS FOR PLAYER,
LOVER AND STUDENT
Masters VIII Play In Tourney
Which Begins Tomorrow
at Mannheim.
MARSHALL ONLY AMERICAN
Number Of Entries for Various
Competitions Is Well Over
the Hundred Mark.
MA RSHALL ONLY AMERICAN

Mannheim In Germany will Dc the Mecca
FOR all chess players who are able 10
absent themselves from their daily vo-
cations for tho next three weeks, for to-
morrow will see the beginning OF play
in the international masters tournament
and other competitions OF the German
Chess Association there. Those who can
not attend, 70 play or watch. will derive
second hand enjoyment from perusal
Of tho games. and among these are in
cluded tho devotees OF the game In every
quarter OF the globe. Sufficient time has
hardly elapsed In which to digest the nne
games played by the masters in the re-
cent tournament at st. Petersburg,
which, by the way. Will be brought out
in book form both IN Russian and Ger
man. IN the latter language by DR. Tar
rasch. bu, now games by such experts
as Rubinstein. DR.. Tarrasch. Marshall
and others OF like strength are always
looked forward TO with eagerness on the
part OF those who are able TO appreciate
them.
The committee OF the Mannheim tourna-
ment has been overwhelmed with april
cations. and places could be found for
only twenty out Of the thirty-nine In the
masters class America gets representa-
ton through Frank j. Marshall, the
champion OF the United States and NTH
prize winner at St Petersburg. The en-
tries for tho three most important OF
the other contests on the programme,
including the two "Haupt" tournaments,
the winning OF which entities the victors
TO the rank OF master" have attracted
entries approximatlng 1875 players.
All OF which goes to show that chess 10
more than holding its own on tho Conti-
nent, in further proof of which It may be
stated that the meeting of the German
Association two years hence Will undoubt-
eddy be held at Bad Oynhauscn, the royal
Prussan management OF which has made
a bid Of G.OO0 marks in addition TO thp
sum of 5000 marks which the municipal
ity is said to he prepared to contribute.
From batch OF games played In tho
annual handicap tournament OF the Man
haitian Chess Club and submitted TO II.
Helms for adjudication as to their merits
with respect to the prses put up for brill
fancy two have been SELECTED "a worthy
OF being singled out for distinction. The
first prize was awarded to ]. Rosenthal,
former State champion, for the game won
from T.. Garcia ut the odds of pawn and
move and draw, and the second to W.
Newbod for the game the latter won from
j. Davey. secretary OF the club.
John :. Ryan, eX-custodian OF New
Yorks City Han, who Is contcstng with
the city authorities the right TO occupy
rooms in the top OF that building, Is well
known In chess circles and formerly was
prominent In the activities OF the Man
haitian G. c. and the State Association.
Following is the score OF a game played
by the former champion OF the Manhattan
Chess Club. Paul Joiner against the
Budapest expert, II. Breyer, in the recent
gambit tournament at Baden, near Vienna ::
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ANYTHING WAS SAFE.

w IHEN the snow fell thickest on
w the first night of the recent
storm n Staten Island man got
off the ferryboat at St. George and
pulled out his gold watch to note the
time. 1t fell from his hand into pile
of snow. He searched for Il, Of course,
but as the wind was blowing n hurri-
cane and he was numbed clear through
he made up his mind he would have to
let II go. So he reluctantly trudged up
the street.
The next day when he went down TO
the ferry the storm had abatcd some
what and as he nearcd the particular
pile Of snow where he had dropped the
watch he determined to have another
look. SO he went to it. There was
no mile n minute wind and no sleet
In his face and his body was warm
after a good solid breakfast
He rummagcd around for ten minutes
or more and at last to his great Joy
he saw the watch. somewhat dirty, but
still in a first rate state OF prcscrva-
ton. He was 40 overJoyed that he had
to tell his luck to n policeman who had
been watching his search curiously.
"Oh. Is that what It was?" said the
bluccoat. And you're surprised Well.
you needn't he, Can you name n man
in the whole word who would have
bothered looking FOR "A watch last night ?
why, anything you placed in snow
would have been safe, know men
who didn't go home at all last night
and they blamed IT on the snow. And
they didn't lose smitch Of their repu-
tation. You couldn't lose anything last
night"
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No o.e Win question the soundness of
u original no trumper nor OF AS calling
TWO hearts, especially when IL Is remenl-
b.rrd that the dealers no trumpers are
Usually nothing but assisting hands. Y
would have had takeout in hearts II
\ had not named that suit first. The
question now for Y is what to do when
his suit Is bid by the Intervening PLAYER
N this way.
II he bids two no trumps on the
strength OF his ability to stop the adj
Vcrsary = suit he falls into the common
error OF assuming that the dealer really
mad no trumper and wanted 10 play
the hand on that declaration.
II passes he !ea"es tho dealer under
the impression that he cannot stop heni =
1ad has nothing to OFF, ~ suggestion
for a better declaration. II he doubles
ue assumes that the Dealers hand g..
..oug enough to defeat the heart con.
tract, because II It is not defeated II
goes game at the double value OF the
tricks, which Is risky business.
IN this case Il happens to have hand
which is above the average on which 4
modern player would call no trumps ana
the heart contract would fail for two
tricks with five trumps, Y would omen
with his longest suit instead OF inviting 4
run, and Il would win whichever spad,
u played and lead three rounds OF clubs
getting down and out echo from Y
Another spade would put u In again to
had the jack OF clubs. allowing t.
shut out dummys eight of trumps. dis.
caiding diamond. after which must
make trick with the queen Of trumps.
Should either Y or u persist with tho
no trumper on the strength Of VS. having
or showing two shoppers in hearts they
simply lose an opportunity to score 100
IN penalties and find aces easy. would
probably lead tho king OF diamonds to
SRow his re.ntry and TO have a look
on finding the heart suit all against him
IN the dummy no would keep on with the
diamonds
The student OF tactics should observe
that In such case as this Il does not
blindly follow rule and play his second
best diamond on the first trick because
he knows that the suit led IL not his
pirtacr's long suit hut his reentrv suit
\ has named hearts az his real suit and
the diamond IL led to avoid the heart
opening such n lead does not require
the usual plain suit echo In these little
distinctions the thoughtful player shows.
his superiority, The second best would
lose n trick here
The third round OF diamonds would go
to rs queen over BIS ten. rs play
would be To lead the heart through so
as 10 get that suit continued and cleared
or force lead up to him OF one of the
black suits, A would probably pass up
the heart, ms the only chance to save
tn, game would he to get three tricks in
that suit or to make the queen Of clubs
Il would now see that dummy could
mover get I'm again to give him any
illnesses and his play would h. to try
the longer suit, finessng the club Jack
II the nncsse los ~ the spade viii prob
ably he led up to him or will make q
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Clubs are trumps and 4 is in the lead.
Y and want FIVE tricks against any
defence.
The solution depends on keeping the
lead I'm Z's hand until \ rs forced to use
one Of his trumps, and FOR to be in
position al that time 10 ovcrtrump him.
y starts with the king OF diamonds.
upon which VS. most natural discard
would bee q spade. but that will not solve
the problem In certain variations. The
only correct discard rs the Jack OF hearts.
z leads another diamond II \ trunps
this with the deuce. Y and u make six
tricks, because Y can Ovcrtrump with
the four and pick UP the other trumps
with the Jack, after which he can put n
in with "A small heart to make tho third
diamond and discard the spade on IT,
In order to prevent this, IL \ trumps Mt
all he must trump with the eight, so as
TO make rs SIX OF trumps high.
II \ trulrps the second diamond with
the eight wins il with the Jack and
leads the losing trump to 49, taking out
AS at the same time. Now r must lead
red suit, and as Y has UNLOCKED the
hearts can hold the trick II II leads
hearts and give Y the spade discard II
r leads the diamond the rest Is easy
il is To prepare for this variation that Y
discards the Jack OF hearts and keeps the
trey.
diamond Y dscards the ace OF hearts. as
he cannot tell whether will ruff the
third diamond or not u leads the third
diamond. II trumps It we get the same
overlapping and putting b in as when a
trumped the second round
II \ still refuses to ruff Y must dis
card his last heart. because Il cannot
afford TO lead spade. even II Y has dis
cardcd one, as the queen OF spades would
forca VS. Jack or trumps and A would
make the eight and deuce. For the fourth
trick Il leads the small heart, not the
ten; because IL he leads the ten a will
run with the eight and B will make the
six and will have the top heart for the
last trick.
II \ dlsclrds the spade queen on the
small heart trumps with four and
leads the Jack, giving \ the last trick
with the eight OF trumps. II \ rufus In
with the deuce picks up the trumpS
and y makes the spade queen II \
trumps In with the eight Y ovcrtrumps
and leads trumps so that u wins tho last
trick with the ten Of hearts over Bs six.
The trap IN this problem is the discard
OF the heart jack on the first trick. be-
cause II disCards the spade he makes II
possible for \ and II to win two tricks by
refusing to trump any OF the diamonds.
Al the fourth trick u viii have to lea 4
heart or a spade and Y cannot save
himself; yet many solvers gave the spade
or the heart as equally cool dIscards for
u on the first trick.
II Il leads the spade Y can trump tho
trick. but he must play the Jack TO shut
out BIS siN as IL has no spades. If Y
does NOT trump the queen holds and the
small trump is led through. II he trumps
with the jack both eight and deuce win
tricks AT the end.
Here is problem sent 10 THE Sun
by a correspondent in India. who says he
saw 1t about ten years ago. but could
never get any one to solve IT,
RRTIgE ppaurTNt ~,
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White Johnep-li pieces.

Ia Now PSIlis ,bres,enlng, FOR q :: OAR; 5.
Il osk ps % kaS es To be fol-
lowed by R-K witt q very strong attack.
by sae oEgi % k tax sys sR nR whoh
case hc would have been len with bishop and
two, pawns against rock. proposition not at
:, "a il 81 B-K,s IN order to continue with
b22 fn E9pld p a1Ne s9llGyedh, s. RK &
p3R oh. KNKt: 80. OBS and wins, -,
:, Cel Ageinst The four ,hreaiened m9ves 50
u INSTEAD OF thisrather beautiful move. White
r., as Tor ins,an U IS RHB4 mRRs IS R-Rt
y X; 81 BxR PxB; IS QxKP, &c.
exchange b Tor lit and after winning the ri the
game is decided In favor OF White
SOLUTION TO PROBLEM no. 47s
! Ok. Prs or any . RNR dis CHI
or k-b2, Bs. B'. BIS or b.. always dis.
o-KS. K,-K,7 or Kt-Bs; {:
SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO rs
l. Q-KtG. &c.
soLrrroN TO s gIHGKs END GAME
:, rTns, PsF, Z KiTKS., PrK;. 3 e.
f.,h5;' > Frs toj. r>-RS. c, o-i;ts.
Ike is defeated by p--B4 CHI; 3 KIP
B-E. :. Kt--K5. K-Kt6, SC.
.. ,Ktmkt6 T. defeated by k-Kts and J.
y correct ore solutions received to both these
problems from +. y. Burr Ansonia. Conn;
Charles willing Atlantic city, y. u; James
Roberts Philadelphia. Pa; Prof y. l..
Perry, Brooklyn. y. V; c. Mate East Or
nnge, y. j.; W. Mason, Rye, y. y; Addison
Kavanagh, New York city; c. ii. oConnor
Montclair y. j.; James +. Court. New York
city
Correct solutions received to No 40 from
John Wagner New York city; Robert H.
Hixon. New York city; W. u l. r., New
York city.
Correct solutions received to end game
study from lanes Roberts Philadeinh;a
Pa. Addison Kavanagh, New York city; G.
Mate East Orange, y. j.. Or, Arthur IL
baldwin, Norwalk Conn; John Guyer, West
H0bnken. y. J.
Additional correct solutions received TO
Nos i76-47I from A. u. Wardwol, Brook
lyn y. Y; 10 No. AZ from william Mason
Rye, n. Y. @. II. Lyman Jr,. New York
city; to No. 47s from {. H. OConnor. Mont
clair, y J.
PROBLEM No. 40 by c. a. l.. BULL.
Blacks pieces
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leads. This would set the no trumper
for fifty points, which shows the danger
OF persistlng In such a declaration when
sound bidder calls n suit second hand.
The original one no trump was n safe
BID and that Is all there was In the hand.
Some cautious players would object to
AS two heart call, which Is set for 100
points, but this would be Judging by re-
suits. Leave the original no trumper as
10 H.. but transpose the Y and u hand.
and we get the following distribution OF
the cards, which shows that there was
three by cards In 1t at hearts for A and
Il. so that the two heart call was quite
justified on averages.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-19
Moving Day for Perch and Catfish.

ST. IOUIs. July ~ Six mon loft Id
wardsville Saturday 10 seine Smith Lake,
west q the city. Their purpose Is 20 save
several thousand google eyed perch and
catfish by transferring them from Sm N
Lake, which IL rapidly driving, 20 the Ia
claire Lake, IN Edwardsvine.
Smith Lake is so shallow that h1 Z,
Weighing up TO FIVE pounds are being
killed with clubs by men who wade out
into the shallow water. and great guam
titles are being marketed daily.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-19
rSIcuRsAL PROBLEMS.

A. number of the younger members
OF the family probably discovered. the
puzzle OF the open envelope could be
solved with speed and certainty only by a
person who knew the rule for all such
problems. which II 70 start at one OF the
nodes, or points, where an odd number OF
node
Here Is one OF the ways in which tho
puzzle may be solved. drawing the figure
without lifting tho pencil or going over
any line twice:
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There are. no trumps and z is IN the
lead 1t Is given AS a take all problem,
but this is apparently impossible. The
question * lu" many TRICKS can and
z get against the best defence? The cor
rect number is evidently five
The distribution vi t.r cards Is as
follows:
has the king ten eight seven Of
hearts; deuce OF clubs and trey OF dia-
monds no spades.
has the jack nine nve deuce of
hearts, jack and six OF diamonds no
black cards.
B has the eight and four OF clubs
four OF diamonds; queen eight seven
or spades hu hearts
has the jack six of clubs ace ten OF
diamonds ten and five OF spades, no
LsaTts
CHECKER BINDINGS.
An explanation that should have ap-
Peared last week in connection with prob
Fm No. 2Si was crowded out from lack
or space. Mr.. Lyman finds upon more
careful analysis of the position that il is
always wan for white, although 1t seemed
Tor long time that black could draw in
variation g by playing 1924 If white
played 32-27.
Tho following analysis shows that
white wins II black does not play 1924
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after whites move OF 32-27 Hero are the
four principal variations:

important moves
Mr. Lyman wishes to amend the problem
and ask how white can still win the game
II black plays 1924 in variation q. which
gives this distribution of the pieces:
Black men on 2. 6, 3. 10. l2 and -
king on 30 White men on 10. II, 2G. ~,
2s and 30 king on g. White to play and
win. The solution will be given next
week.
The following problem IL good ex-
ample of the value of knowing when one
has winning position. The first few
moves OF the solution would not appear
to the novice to lead anywhere, yet an
expert would recognize the outcome as
a won game Immediately.
PROBLEM NO. ESQ. CHECKERS
BY r. W. Patterson.
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white to play and win.
The distribution OF the pieces Is as fol-
lows: Black men on 6. . and IL. king
on 10. White men on 10. II and 90 king
on 3
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Bridge problem No. 2Si. by Ernest
Pergholt. illustrates a position in which
II Is clear that the opponents should make
trump trick, and the problem Is to
prevent them from making two. At the
same time the problem for the defence
IS to make sure OF getting that trick. or
they nay not win any. Here 10 the dis
frihiitInn,
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Appended 10 another end sams study ~
the famous author Henry Rinck 81 Bar.
celona, Spain.
pinck-T Piece,
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White--o Pieces
White TO play and mate In three moves
NO 4sl. BY L. BAUMGARTEN
Black Pieces.
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white Pieces.
white TO play and win.

CORRESPONDENCE.
DR.. A. H. Baldwin, Norwalk. Corr.-MI-h
obliged for your letter and an effort W.T. ne
made 70 give an enl game study each week.
William Mason. Rye, y. N.--A last wosi
about 4,3 You gave the following var!a.
tion 70 your solution: !. KPNp. BKP; :
PNKt OBJ, and now you continue vita
B-Q5 instead OF B--R1 Check. That ought
70 satisfy you.
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BROOKLYN FURNITURE COMPANY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-09
HOUSE OF BOSWELL MAY YIELD AT LAST
 ID THE HAND 0F TIME
Home Where He Wrote Johnson's Biography to Be Torn Down to Make
 Room for Hall

London, August S.-(Specia1.) Ut looks now as If this years American visitors would be the last to have a glimpse of what remains of the pie turesque old house in Great Queen street where James Boswell lived from 17S6 to 17Ss, and where he is believed to have written part at least of his great life of Samuel Johnson" This house and the next one are to be pulled down before the end of the year in or der that the nearby Freemasons hall may be enlarged, and now that all hope of saving them is gone. it is being sug- gested by lovers of the antique that the fine old front. at least, with it's pilasters, deep cornice and dormer win dows. might be preservedsand either re- erected somewhere else. as was done in the case of Old Crosby Hall or placed in some of the London museums, like the old front of Sir Peter Pinard's S house.
 A tablet on this house, No 56 in Great Queen street. announces to Amer leans and other travellers that Boswell once lived there. but there is neither tradition nor evidence to associate Dr. Johnsons biographer with any of the rooms now existing therein. Many other interesting associations, however, clus- ter about this old mansion. Built about 1887. 1t has been attributed to Inigo Jones. but there really Is no certainty about the designer of the house. which, at first, was occupied entirely by noble men. The Marquis of Clanricarde lived there, as well as the first Earl of Bris- tol. the Second Earl of Bristol, and the Third Earl of Devonshire, among many others. Far more important, how ever, was its assignment quarters to the great Lord Fairfax, (whose present day descendant is an American) and to this house he came accompanied by cheering crowds, when, after his victory at Naseby. he returned from re- cefving the thanks of the city to parlia- ment In those days. the two present houses formed single dwelling. After its division Sir Godfrey Kneller, the painter, was Its best known occupant, living in the house for 20 years. It was again subdivided before Boswell came. and other inmates of the two houses. there have been other painters and another writer. as well as the brother of Chippendale, the cabinet maker.
 Everybody who cares for fine old relics of the past will be pleased if the facade of Boswell's house Is saved, 1t being of a type of which there are comparatively few specimens. There is one finer-but only one-in London, in Lincoln's Inn; and in Took's Court Cursitor street; there Is one or two much inferior; while there is an occas- ional example in a country town, as for instance, the old Grammar school at Rye, where Thackery placed Denis Duval at school.
 Luckily. the Freemasons, whose prop- erty the historic houses are, are quite willing to allow the whole front to be removed and re-erected if practica- ble, and provided a resting place be found for it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-09
Find Potato Forty Years Old .om the Philadelphia Ledger.

Paris.-A potato 40 years old. in a per- feet state of preservation. was found re- gently under the hearthstone of the for mer mayor of Brazilles. the village cele- brated for the battle which was fought there during the Franco Prussian war. It was found by workmcn carrying out repairs, embedded in block of plaster. The house was rebuilt in 1S73 after the cillage was burned by the Russian troops. and it is supposed that the potato was then nut into its strange hiding place.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-03
Zim Is Playing An Energetic Came
Pirates Could Use Hendrix.

At one stage of yesterdays game
with the Cincinnati Reds, H. thinner
man, marvellous third baseman of the
Cubs, skidded over in front of Red
Corriden and made a desperate try for
a ground ball. The result was fun
BILE and the alien batter landed safely
at first base.
The ball would have been easy for
Corriden to handle, as he was not
playing very deep.
As soon as Zim committed the
blunder there were loud bowls from
some of the fans, who demanded of
the Great zim whether he thought he
was the whole team and whether he
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Charley Cutler did not make any
great strides last night in his cam
paign to prepare for the extermina-
ton of Jess Willard. Cutler battled
six rounds with Bill Shanks, and hon
ors, such as they were, seemed even.
Neither fighter sustained any dam
age. Both were willing to mix, but
didn't understand exactly how to
do it.
Cutler wants to lick Willard be-
cause the latter discarded Charley as
manager as soon as he got in line for
some large purses. Jess is safe Tor
the present, at least.
Knockout Mars lost much of his
prestige when Johnny Kilbane get
ten-round decision over him at Gin
cinnati last night. In the second
round Mars staggered Kilbane. He
seemed to think that was sufficient
work and held continuously during
the remainder of the battle.
Kilbane tried to make it a scrap
and attacked Mars once after the
gong sounded. Kilbane had a long
lead on clean blows and number of
wallops landed.
Jaw Kirke has been taken from the
Cleveland Association team by the
Cleveland Maps to play first base.
Such transfers wrecked the Associa-
ton team when it was in Toledo.
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