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Evening star., 1914-06-07
Ball Should Be Met in Certain
Positions With None of
Ordinary Looseness.
MANY GO TO THE NET
AT THE WRONG TIME
Methods for Varying the Pace of
the Shots Also Should
Be Studied.
BY JAMES BURNS.
SEVENTH CHAPTER

The volleying stroke is more of a push
than hit In the pushing stroke you
meet the ball and come forward at the
same time. The wrists and joints are
kept fairly stiff. There is none of the
loose swing Of the ordinary stroke. Meet
all your volleys about waist high or
above. Any bali Of shoulder height
should be volleyed. Above that ball
should be smashed. The harder a ball
comes the less push you have on your
stroke; the stiffer you meet it to let it
bound back off the racquet. On easy re-
turns the more you push the ball.
Players should not be afraid of stoop-
ing for low volleys. Don't remain up-
right. Bend your knees and meet the ball
body high at least. BY bending you get
under the ball.
For stop or block volleys you suddenly
check the racquet as soon as the ball
comes in contact with it. Good depth is
needed on the return in volleying. Short
volleys except wide cross-court volleys
are poor. as the adversary can pass you.
Do not cut or chop the ball in volleying.
Evening star., 1914-06-07
BULLDOG COURAGE
W|NSFOR LASKER
German Chess Master Proves
Brilliant Player Under Ad-
verse Conditions.
MARSHALL MADE>POOR
SHOWING IN TOURNEY
American Failed to Accomplish
Anything Near What Had
Been Expected.

In every contest Of brain or brAwn, be-
yond ability and practice there Is GER
tain courage in adversely. a fundamental
and savage instinct for battle, without
which no champion is. This quality Is
fully recognized in all athletic events,
where its value increases in direct ratio
as the contest approaches actual bodily
warfare: where. In the prize ring, it be-
comes Of paramount Importance. Other
things being equal, the boxer with the
yellow streak has no more chance against
the fighter with the backbone than a
snow ball on griddle. -.
To the possession Of one of these
wrought-iron backbones Lasker owes his
victory at St. Petersburg and almost
every other great triumph in his long
career as chess champion of the world.
Against Steinitz, Pillsbury and Tschigorin,
against Schlechter and now against
Capablanca, who but Lasker could have
snatched victory in the last hours Of
play? He has won more lost games
than any other two chess masters alive,
and when he can't win he draws. Com
pare his two games with Capablanca
from the second half of the st. Peters,
burg tournament published in The" Star,
May 81 and June l last. The Cuban.
with the advantage of the exchange.
could do nothing against Lasker. but
when the champion got the upper hand
he hardly left enough of "Capa" to hold
post mortem over. But nothing could
better illustrate the Doctors fighting
qualities than the following game, from
the second half of the tournament, with
Marshall. Old Lasker is in a position
where he must win. every game,
SO he works up complicated position
with the American champion, gives him.
seemingly, all the attack, and then at
the critical moment, when it looks as
though few more moves will give Mar
shall a clear win-bang! comes the
counter stroke, like a solar plexus blow.
and the old man dusts his knuckles and
passes on to the next victim
Evening star., 1914-06-07
MAKING BIG MONEY.
American Fighters Are Doing Well
in Australia.

NEW YORK, June 6.-That the Amer
lean fighters who went to Australia
made no mistake is evident from let
ter received today from AL Lippe, a
local sporting man and manager OF
fighters. He states that the Yankee
pugilists are all making plenty of
money out Of their battles in that
country.
All writes that the jeff Smith-Pa
Bradley fight April II drew s13.241, and
that each fighter received $3.50 for
his end The Eddie McGoorty-Dave
Smith bout April IS drew $11. AS. and
each man received $2,861.
Evening star., 1914-06-07
VOLLEYING IS PART OF TENNIS IN
WHICH PLAYER MUST BE ACCURATE

will be out of court. Try meeting the
ball the same distance from you at all
times. The higher you meet the ball the
less you have to worry about putting the
meeting volley low. But 1t is harder
stroke to execute.
Place to Stand for volleys.
The higher yo,l-4neet the bah the more
angle into the other court you have You
are only coming down with the shot,
while on a low volley you come up on
your stroke and still you have to keep the
ball IN court
Be very careful not to alter your grip
too much while at the net. Many are at
fault in taking volleys with the body too
stih. Do not be afraid Of bending your
knees and keeping on your toes In TAX
ing voliey strokes your body should be
signify Sideways rather than facing d.
rectly forward. After the volley is com
pleted you will have turned SO that YOU
are facing forward
rfalf way between the service line and
the net is the proper place to stand for
volleys: Crouch down and be on your
toes when waiting at the net. Grip the
racquet firmly, keep the eye on the ball
as 1t leaves your opponents racquet
watch the ball more strictly than at any
other time, because they come to you
quicker when at the net. On a volley
stroke you finish out about three-quar-
ters. + you have made a short return
don't go up to volley. The angle is
greater for your opponent to pass you.
DON'T make the mistake Of chopping In
a volley stroke. A chop stroke is not
the best volley. On chop the ball often
spins off the racquet and goes in the
net. Push, don't chop.
Don't Vol1ey Short.
Never volley ball short unless it is
cross-court shot with speed. Such
return does not bound high. A short
volley is likely to bound high. A deep
volley does not. Deep volleys keep your
opponent back. By keeping the ball low
your opponent has to pop It up. which
gives you some chance.
On stop or block volleys players should
learn to keep the ball from bouncing
high. A little cut will do it.
Do not volley too often to the center
Evening star., 1914-06-07

base runner in such case return to first
base? x X
1. Batter is automatically out in such
play; base runner Is still legally occupy
ing first base, though he had started to
second. until he has touched second base
and therefore the play comes under rule
81. section 6. it being presumed that only
one was out. We take it you are refer
ring to play in a Cardinal-Philly game
in which Cravath stole second while a
batter struck out and Catcher Snyder
was taking much time to tag the batter
who was out anyway. Snyder pulled
bone and one Of the slowest runners in
the National League saw 1t and arnbled
play. so base runner is entitled to ad-
vance II he can; the rule is only to pro-
tect. not to hinder him.
Sporting Editor Star:
Three and two on batter; umpire calls
next pitch a ball, but batter thinks he
said strike and goes to bench; coacher on
first rushes in and tells batter to go to
first base: opposing pitcher claims he for
feited his right to first when he went to
bench. Before the batter reached first
the pitcher threw the ball to next batter
a perfect strike; batter stepped back and
claimed ball could not be put in play un-
til preceding man was on base. Umpire
decides first batter out and calls strike
on man who had come to bat Was UNI
pire right? NIX.
The rules making no provision for
penalty on runner for delay in going to
first-unless the section calling him out
for delaying the game could be stretched
to cover it-and the umpire is wrong, at
least in part. He cannot call the man
who had been given four balls out for
not going direct to first but the ball Is
in play and there seems no reason why
the pitch should not be called on the fol-
lowing batter. A wise umpire would
have made it clear to the first batter
that he should go to first and a player
with brains would have made sure what
the call was on the last ball
Sporting Editor Star:
A game is on between the Cubs and
the Tigers A bets that the Cubs
will not score run. B bets they will.
In the first inning the Cubs score one
run. At the beginning of the third in
ming it rains and the game is called.
Who wins, A or B?
B wins.
Evening star., 1914-06-07
Lions Share to Beadle.

By those familiar with the great
amount of work incidental to such a
match, 1t is conceded that the lions
share of the honors are due John B.
Beadle, former captain Of the Columbia
University chess team and well known
in New York chess circles. AS secre-
tary of the Capital City Club. and
handling most of the details. and Brook
lyh representative here. he showed
signal ability and absolute fairness In
the latter capacity he was ably as
sisted by J. w. Adams of Baltimore.
The umpire was w. S. Ryan, president
of the Metropolitan Chess League Of
New York. Washington's representative
at Brooklyn was ]. Malcolm Bird OF
New York, Brooklyn's representatives.
J. B. Beadle and J. w. Adams; Brook
lyn team captain, W. NJ Russell: Capital
City Club captain, F. B.. Walker.
Evening star., 1914-06-07

When your adversary in taking your re-
turn comes well up to the net it Is not
difficult for him to pass you if you come
up. too. Do not come up to the net ex-
cept when you have made deep return.
Return Deep, But Higher.
If you want to come up on your own
return mako your return deep but higher,
SO that it will be slow and give you time.
If you hit the ball hard it will be re-
turned before you get up to the net. Get
ting good height as well as depth on the
ball gives you plenty of time to be in
proper position to volley.
Always go up when you have your ad-
versary under difficulties, that Is, chasing
after hard returns.
Many points are lost by attempting
volleys from the wrong part Of the court.
The positions for voIleys are about four
feet inside the service line.
To volley q ball that is returned from
the center of the court your position is
the center Of the court On cross court
returns the volley position changes to
the side Of the court. To return a cross
court from your opponents forehand one
reverse holds for 8 return from your
opponents backhand. This enables you
to protect the full angle Of your court.
Briefly. If the opponent is to your right
your volley position Is also to the right
(of the center). II he is to the left you
also work to the left
Points on Pace.
To get pace on the ball observe the fol-
lowing points:
1. Keep your eye on the ball so as to
hit 1t with the center of your racquet.
2. Time the ball correctly, that is, meet
1t just opposite you on the side.
3. Steady stroke from start to end, with
body muscles relaxed, not rigid,
Many players imagine they can get
pace on the ball by swapping the shot
with a loose wrist By using wrist jerk
players strokes are not uniform. In over
hand strokes players often show the same
fault. The cause is that they start to
slow up on their swing and then sudden
ly make a quick snappy or jerky
stroke.
Variation of pace should be thought of.
Too many players get the same distance
on all their returns. Learning to vary
Evening star., 1914-06-07

One should cut the ball only to shorten
depth on a cross-court volley. In volley-
ing always keep the head of your racquet
above your waist, and even more on your
back-hand volley.
If caught off balance, that is, with no
chance to make even a push, hold the
racquet tight and the force Of the ball will
return it on a rebound. In volleying be
careful not to bring the racquet too far
around to cross the line of the shot, or it
Evening star., 1914-06-07

shots comes to the player who takes
chances on making different returns and
returns to the side lines
To lessen the pace Of the ball hold the
racquet loose in hand when hitting the
ball. but do not forget to follow through.
This shot will look as fast but will really
be slower and deceive your opponent.
Be careful, however. not to hold the
racquet SO loosely that 1t will turn in
your hand
Evening star., 1914-06-07
QUEENS PAWN OPENING.


.(a) Laaker means to get Marshall out Of his
favorite Q gambit declined.
P-KR3, 10 Birch and Kt1BP mate.
(c) Probably better was 10 B-Kt5 QKt-KB3
There is nothing for Black in BxPch), 16 KteQ5
PxP. II BxktP PxB, 1s Q1P B-K3. 10 kt1Kteh
Kt1Kt, 20 B-R6. Q-K2, q KtKt5 BxP. %
QR-K Q-Q2 q RxR RxR "a RxKt! R-Ksch,
e krB2 E,P pRp RpK7sh 81 tnSt Is R.Ktseh Z sss 2s
BIB, % Kt-R7ch wins, % K-KtS, RxKtPch,
and the game should be drawn.
(d) The winning move.
(el The brilliancy Of this move is in nowise
dimmed By its necessity. 1t kills all hope Of
draw by perpetual check.
The showing of Frank Marshall against
the prize winners Of the st. Petersburg
tournament was the poorest ever made
by the American champion and a bitter
disappointment to his friends in this
country. Out of his twelve games against
the leaders he did not score single win,
drew once with Lasker, Capab1anca and
Alechine and twice with Tarrasch His
loss to Alechine in the final stage of the
tournament was a piece Of carelessness
pure and simple. The score of this game
follows. also the score Of one of his
draws with Tarrasch, the latter very
fine game.
Evening star., 1914-06-07

Of the court Take chances for side-line
shots, as that is the only way to learn
your angles. A ball volieyed in the CEN
ter Of the court is not half as effective
as one to the side lines.
Many players choose the wrong mo-
ment to go to the net. Many q point Is
lost through this mistake. 1t is folly to
go up to the net when your. own return
is short. A short return does not give
the player time to get up to the net.
Evening star., 1914-06-07
Inquisitive Fans.

Sporting Editor Star:
query column If Kavanagh of the De-
troit American League club is from the
Tri-State League pennsylvania, New
Jersey and Delaware also II Shaw. now
pitching for the Washington team,
played in the same league last season.
How long has Milan been with the
Washington team, and what league did
he come from to the Washington.
Thanking you for answering the
J. B. SIMPSON.
Ans. Kavanagh played with York in
the Tri-State League. Shaw was with
the same club. Milan has been with
Washington since 1907; he came from
Wichita of the Western Association.
Sporting Editor Star:
Please let US know through your pink
credit for winning the game between
Washington and New York June 2.
Yours, s. A. G.
This would have to be decided on a
basis of who allowed the most earned
runs.
Sporting Editor Star:
DID Jimmy Archer play with the Giants
in the worlds series of 1905? E. E.
He did not; that year he was with At
lanta, under option from Pittsburgh.
Sporting Editor Star:
With first base occupied and none out,
batter hits fnfield fly; is batter declared
out? CHARLES F.
Infield fly rule does not hold if only
first base is occupied: see section of
rule 51
Sporting Editor Star:
NJ
won? =. Give date and competitors for
worlds championships and results.
J. FRED MECKE.
McGraw won pennants with the Giants
in 1905 1911, 1912 and 1913. e They have
been playing worlds championship games
since 1884, and it would take solid col
umn to answer this question.
Sporting Editor Star:
Give teams that Pitcher Dubuc Of De-
troit has played with. FAN.
Dubuc, after finishing his college days,
was given a trial by Cincinnati and
turned over to Buffalo. which released
him to Montreal, where he played in 1910
and 1911, and was then drafted by De-
troit, with which team he has remained
Sporting Editor Star:
Runners on second and third and two
out; batter hits for two bases and both
runners score but batter failed to touch
first base and is put ou' accordingly
does either or do both runs count?
A FAN.
No; third out was made before runner
legally reached first base.
! Sporting Editor Star:
| Ball is hit between first and second
i first baseman goes after ball and fields
! it clean, although ball fightfully be-
longed to second baseman; no one covers
| first base, so official scorer gives first
baseman an error, because he claims he
was "out of his position I claim batter
should be given bit; am 1 right?
E c. R.
| No scorer who knows his game would
charge first baseman an error on such
play; he may have pulled bone on TAX
| ing a ball away from second baseman.
and then again he. may have been MAX
| ing a good play. with the second base
man at fault; it might depend on cir
cunstances; at any rate, the batter beat
4! a cleanly fielded ball to first and should
have his hit for it.
Sporting Editor Star:
/. Pitcher delivers ball and at same
time runner leaves first for second base;
1 1t is third strike on batter; catcher
misses ball; Is batter out or must ball be
Evening star., 1914-06-07

The great tournament Of matches be-
tween the chess clubs of New York has
resulted in a triangular tie between the
Chess clubs with a score of ten wins
and one loss each: but as under the
rules of the competition the club having
won the greatest number of points in all
the matches should be declared the win
ner and an the Manhattan and Progress
sive clubs have each won eixty-eisht
points TO the Brooklyn clubs xty-three.
Evening star., 1914-06-07
Record of the Scoring.

All of the games will be published
in subsequent issues of The Star.
whitaker and Moorman lost after
putting up a hard fight. Two of the
local Iosses-Pratt and Stonier-were
due to oversights involving loss Of
piece, but against this should be bal
anced one similar loss by Brooklyn.
Byier saved himself from loss by
other boards the local players had the
best of it. and it is probable that adj
journment saved the opposing team
from defeat on three of he four.
Evening star., 1914-06-07

Under the new ownership of the Boston
Americans Secretary Eddie Riley has
had his authority extended and he is
now q full-Aedged secretary.
Evening star., 1914-06-07

Golf is the most
tickle mistress ever
wooed. On t h e
very day you feel
most confident of
her favor she de-
SertS YOU,
Evening star., 1914-06-07

Pitcher Roy Stevens, turned back to
the St. Louis Browns by Nashville, has
been setn to Hopkinsville. in tho Kitty
League.
Evening star., 1914-06-07
DUTCHDEFENsE.

Ia Tarrasch has a neat trap. but Marshall is
not biting If 44Kt-Q4ch KxB. IS KtxB P1kt,
46 K-B4 k-H5, Al KIP k-Q6. 48 K-B4
Evening star., 1914-06-07

Action is t h e
thing to get into
players; talk is the
thing to keep out.
Evening star., 1914-06-07
British Team Looms Stronger
as Days of Matches
Draw Near.
AMERICAN GOLFERS ARE
SUCCESSFUL IN FRANCE
It Now Remains for Them to Show
Superiority in the "0pen"
in England.
By WALTER CAMP.

Courage is the
control of the mind
over t h g caution
of the body.
Evening star., 1914-06-07

Sporting Editor star:
/. Pitcher delivers ball and at same
time runner leaves first for second base:
II is third strike on batter; catcher
misses bail; Is batter out or must ball be
relayed to first - retire h1mf z 1anst
Evening star., 1914-06-07

looks as if through this series will come
as eventual victors England and Austria
lia- These two will then play to deter
mine which is to meet the American play
ers
Evening star., 1914-06-07

Sporting Editor Star:
Runners on second and third and two
out; batter hits for two bases and both
runners score, but batter failed to touch
first base and is put ou' accordingly;
does either OF do both runs count?
A FAN.
No; third out was made before runner
legally reached first base.
Evening star., 1914-06-07

Sporting Editor Star:
Give teams that Pitcher Dubuc Of De-
troit has played with. FAN.
Dubuc, after finishing his college days,
was given a trial by Cincinnati and
turned over to Buffalo. which released
him to Montreal, where he played in 1910
and 1911. and was then drafted by De-
troit, with which team he has remained
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-05-16

more closely than any other city
ln the country. for Seattle Is most
vitality interested. Seattle. for a
time. win be the base OF operations,
aud Seattle viii reap the greatest
financial good OF any city on the
~Outside" during the construction
and after the completion 81 the
rad
May Winter Here.
Six Surveying parties will this
summer 20 over the proposed
route II Is expected these parties
after a preliminary survey through
the summer, viii assemble In See
attla next winter aud work np
their maps and notes here
The work in the north will be
divided into sections. with head
quarters At knik Arm. where Lieut..
Frederick Mears and William C.
Edes will remain part OF the time
directing the work.
What's Planned.
One camp will be established on
Cook inlet. and the party will work
ocross Portage bay. Another viii
survey along the Susitna valley.
north from Mile 40. A fourth
party will center It's attentions
near Broad pass. a NTH will pro-
ceed south from Nenana and a
sixth. starting at Fairbanks. will
work towards Nenana.
The parties will be under the d.
rection OF Thomas r. Riggs. mem
her Of the boundary survey board.
who will make his headquarters at
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OF reasoning. will start from Port.
age hay. travel northwest by way
OF Turnagafn Arm. and follow
pretty closely the snsi,na and Ne
mana rivers to Fairbanks and
thence southeast 20 Mccarthy.
The three men President Wilson
has appointed 10 compose the
Alaska railway commission aud
who will have charge Of locating
the road. are considered well quail
flied for the task.
mears In Panama.
Lieut.. Frederick Mears vas
chlef engineer 81 the Panama rail-
road and wns recommended 10 thu
president b. Col Cocktails E.ss-
fore he entered the army he Vas
engineer under John y stevens on
the Great Northern railway
William G. Edex carried the
Santa Fe and the Southern Pacific
through some OF the most diffi'
cult stretches OF Southern Callfor-
nia. Nevada. Oregon. arizona and
New Mexico. for be has served on
those roads as chief locating en-
gincer for the last rs years.
Thomas Riggs. Jr.. the last mem.
Der appointed. halls from Wash
Ington. d. c.. but considers him
self fuil-fiedged Seattleitc and
Alaskan as well.
An officer OF the coast and geo
detlc survey. he conducted a sur.
vey along the Pacific and the Arctic
ocean while in charge OF the Alas.
ka boundary survey.
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