Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-06-22
SKAT BOOSTERS
PREPARING FOR
NATIONAL MEET
From All Early Indications Tourna-
ment in This City VIII Be Biggest
In History of League.
BY FRED VOGT.

Milwaukee IS again preparing to
take care of national skat tourna-.
ment, and from all indications it will
| be the biggest and best since the or
| ganization Of the National Skat league
nineteen years ago. So widespread is
interest in skat that it is expected
fully 1000 players will be in attend
ance at the tournament in this city,
July 8, 9, and 10.
1t is we'll known fact that Mil
waukee is the biggest skat center of
the world. Nowhere do the players
get SO much for their money in the
way of amusement and prizes as in
this city.
Peoria where the last national tour
nament was held, found it impossible
to pay the full amount of prize money
Just as soon as Milwaukee was as
sured of this years tournament, the
new officers Immediately got busy and
raised nearly $1,000 to pay off the
Peoria deficit. Milwaukee also, at this
tim e, guarantees the skat fraternity
that 60 per cent of the total receipts,
| plus $500, will be given in prizes. The
first prize will be $1,000.
The officers and committeeman who
! have been chosen to take care of the
next national tournament are men we'll
known for their boosting and lively in
! terest in the game. Milwaukee had
the honor of entertaining the skat
| players at three previous meets, each
succeeding one being greater than the
preceding one.
Americans who know nothing about
skat, wonder how it is possible for
1900 or more people to gather under
one roof at the same timeto play a
game of cards and devote several days
to this game. One ofthe men who
travelled from South Africa to attend
a national tournament in Milwaukee
counted his wealth in the millions and
his farms by square miles instead of
acres, and when he won a S25 cash
prize he felt so proud that the long
journey was entirely forgotten.
The skat player does not play the
game for the money that is in it. The
stake is a secondary affair and at a
tournament the rule is usually one
quarter a hundred. Kaiser Wilhelm
n a ays11r hJJ4
more than one-tenth of a cent.
The admission fee to the national
tournament will be S.. This pays for
everything during thethree days. Re
ports have already been received indi-
eating that good many players who
live long distance from Milwaukee
have decided to come here next July
and spend their vacation in our city,
while they are here for the tourna-
ment
So extensively is skat played in
Milwaukee that practically every Sun
day, and good many days during the
week, skat tournament are held, with
prizes ranging from $50 to $500 Be
sides this, there are thousands of
homes where a social gameof skat is
enjoyed throughout the year.
The skat players who will come to
Milwaukee for the national tourna-
ment can rest assured that they will
be well taken care of, and if they are
fortunate enough to win a prize they
will receive their check no later than |
ten days after the tournament. Fur
Their information regarding the ma
tional tournament can be had from |
Oscar Schwemer, secretary, Pereles
building, this city.-Milwaukee Jour
nal
Miss Stella Hickey is IN the citJ a
pueSt of Miss FI1nice T,emense