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z dealt and bid a diamond. A no
trumps. Now Y knows What 10 lead
against the no trumper and has prob
ably two tricks In two other suits. On
the other hand. what earthly chance has
he to go game in diamonds against a
no trumper that has at leas; one. prob
ably two. sure tricks in diamonds New
ertheless Y went two diamonds.
When h wen two hearts u was so
encouraged By his partners assistance
that he thought himself quite safe In
going 10 three diamonds. even IL only
as a pusher. But A was not to be
pushed. preferring TO double three dia-
monds. SO hat Il might do what he
liked abou, u. The doubi shows two
shoppers in rs suit. r let the double
stand.
II Is clear that unless they make some
very foolish mistake A and X mus, maize
two trumps. two hearts and two black
aces. This sets the contract for zoo.
less simple honors. Y could have es-
capped this disaster By going to thr..
spades. which can be made withou, much
trouble. To this would be added four
honors. or 80 plus. instead Of 1856 minus.
This IL a double error on VS. part.
In the first place there IL no necessity
for him to bid at all when his partner
has Indicated a lead against the al
legged no trunper. II A Is left in the
iamon opening will set him, as Y and
Il have the heart suit stopped. z would
stop after winning the frst diamond and
start the spades up to weakness.
The fact tina; Il would probably have
taken A out with two hearts does not
affect VS. bidding. He can make two
hearts. but not three. and II Y waited
until he bid hearts he could put in a
gentle pusher by offering two spa les.
Now II they go any more hearts they
will he set. but z would certainly 60
TO three spades.
Here Is another case of not leaving
the opponents in with a minor sui,
when they have shown too much
strength to make any hope Of gam
against them reasonable. II is from
the same match as the two previous
deals
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Correct solutions from:
James Hyland. Nareik. A. p. Rawson
W. 8. Williams. Fausto Dalumi. Owen
Fox. l.. 8. Hart. IT., G. z. Corliss.
George NJ. Lord. Ira J.. Martin. Elijah
p. Landry and C. NJ. stowe. This was
a much more dificult problem tina APP
peared on the surface.
T.. Hertens. who has struggled with
several Of the problems In THIS Sur
lately and r~ealises that he has much
to learn. would like to get In touch
with a checker club anywhere In Hud-
son county. New Jersey.
One OF the most enthusiastic members
Of THE Sun Checker Club. who sends In
solutions under the name Of his home
town. Hoboken. writes to say that the
crack players In that neck Of the woods
did not rome owe to New York to take
part In the preparedness parade because
they were not prepared 10 show how
white was going to figure out . win
In the following position.
"Hoboken" Ia curious to know how
many members OF THE Sun Checker
Club can discover any way for white
to win the war against the distribution
OF the black pieces. ever with the ID
vantage Of the o and the first play.
PROBLEM NO. 3s2. CHICKENS.
Submitted by "Hoboken."
Black.
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Y dealt and passed. 4 passed and
Y bid a spade. which r doubled. This
is the modern convention to indicate
that the hand in a no trumper but for
the weakness in spades. z does not
assist the spades. as he knows A will
have TO bid something to take b out OF
the double.
Although A would probably get I
spade led up to him he does not like to
risk IL, as the spade declaration is on
his left. Neither does he like to bid
two clubs. as II he had something worth
while in that suit. so he bids three. TO
show that unless clubs are trumps his
hand is worthless.
Y Is satisfied, as he realizes that even
while Il must be strong In the other
suits. he Is not strong enough 10 make
fve odd in clubs, or II he is II Is a waste
Of time to bid against him.
z was not so cautious. but was car
ried away by his stopper in clubs and
his " honors In spades. no he wer,
10 three spades. X may have overasti-
mated his partners strength, but he
doubled three spades and set the ron
tract for three tricks. All the declarer
made was hve trumps and the queen
OF clubs. This Is how IL happened
X led the ace OF clubs and followed
with the ten. This 10 a play that the
beginner would DO well to study. So
many novices seem to think that II they
do not lead a suit In which dummy
has the winning cards switching 10
another suit will prevent those cards
from ever taking tricks. In sOme situa-
tons this Is true. but not when dummy
has four trumps to two honors to get
In with.
Y discarded a heart on the second
club and then led q heart, finessing the
Jack. which b won with the king. As
the deuce Of hearts was discarded and
A dropped the trey. b figured that A
had the ace or no more. as he would
probably play down and out with the
nine and trey only, SO b went back with
q small heart and A trumped II.
When A led the Jack Of clubs Y put
on the nine OF trumps and h won 1t
with the Jack. Another heart and 4
saved his king OF trumps. Another club
forced Y TO trump n after that he had
to lose two diamond tricks.
With 80 many trumps between the
two hands, dummy should have led a
couple OF rounds after winning the club
trick, That would a v saved two tricks,
but the contract would still have been
set for 100 points.
Against sue a show Of strength Y
wisely left A to play the hand At clubs,
only 100 glad TO let we'll enough alone
II IL quite true that A can make three
odd at clubs, with simple honors. That
Is a total of so points, which liz a very
different matter from being set for 400.
Had 4 ventured to bid no trumps on
rs double he would have been set, az
Y would open with the small heart, and II
b does not put on the king second hand
z clears the spades and they make two
hearts. four spades and the club,
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DESIRE TO NOMINATE ..

w PILL the Republican conven-
\x/ ton in Chicago his wcel;
w produce an orator whose
magnetism will draw the
Presidential nomination 10 himself:
From all Indications there will he no
dearth Of nominating and ~seconding
speeches. fights OF oratory in which
the virtues OF the various aspirants
will be painted in vivid colors.
Robert q. Ingersoll first drew coun-
trywide attention TO himself through
his clever assembling Of flowers OF
speech In a nominating convention.
James A. Garfeld's %eloquence In an
others behalf helped to bring about
hts own nomination. William Jen-
nings Bryan's cross Of gold" speech
was the real beginning OF his spec
tncular career. though this speech was
not made. in fact, in behalf Of any
ones candidacy.
Conventions OF recent years have
come to be regarded ~ a field for the
display OF emotions, II was not thus
in the early days. In the memorable
Republican convention Of 1860 eight
nominating speeches were made in
fifteen minutes.
II take the liberty" said william
NJ. Evarts Of New York. Ito name as
q candidate to be nominated by this
convention for the office of President
Of the United States William II. Sew
ard"
With brevity AZ eloquent the can
didacies OF Dayton. Cameron, Chase.
Eates. Mclean and Collamer were pre-
uantal TvAr rcnlno pnp 40 q
brought before the convention in a
single sentence.
II desire" said n. u. Judd. "on be-
half OF the delegation from Illinois,
To put In nomination as a candidate
for President OF the United States
Abraham Lincoln OF Illinois"
Garfield placed John Sherman's
name before the Republican i've
ton OF 1880. OF his speech James G.
Blaine wrote in later years: 1T was
Il dts~passionate appeal from the SWELL
Ing tumult OF tho moment to the calm
level OF public opinion" Grant and
Blaine were the leading candidates in
the early balloting. Garfield received
d single vote. But he was nominated
On the thirty-sixth ballot.
The nomination OF Rutherford 3
Hayes four years before has been
called the first victory Of a dark horse,
M In this case II was not oratory
which brought about the triumph.
Blaine, Oliver i. Morton and BENJAMIN
II, Rristow were the strong candidates
In the beginning. with Roscoe Conkling
receiving the seventy votes OF the New
York delegation, When after six bal
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ter Of Judgment. In the hand under re-
view Y passed and b went to W.
clubs.
Now 2 u moi only we'll out Of a hole.
a. his contract in no trumps, doubled.
would have been set for 100 points,
but he has driven his opponent into a
minor suit. In which they will have to
win eleven tricks to 90 anne. Why
not let them alone?
But Y appears to have been carried
by the strength Of his own hand.
his ability to run the clubs and the ad-
vantage Of getting the lead up to his
spades. 30 he went two hearts. Now II
Is A and Il that are satisfied to let
things alone, as neither Of them sees any
hope OF a game In clubs.
Although this hand was played In
various ways In c case z was set
for two tricks. At one table A opened
with the king OF diamonds, won the
third round OF diamonds after u had
won the first trump lead and then led a
spade, with the result that he made two
the ace Of clubs. Y having nothing but
spades left.
At another table A started with the
ace Of his partners suit. clubs. and then
led the diamond. 2 led the jack OF
trumps. hoping to coax the &C and
make the queen Of hearts a reentry to
make a club trick. u OWNED the oh
ject and allowed the jack to hold.
u at once shifted to the diamond.
which A won with the queen and led a
spade. The ace and queen from Il put
2 In with the king. and he led the third
diamond. This forced 4 10 lead a trump
so n TO avoid the club lead. The ace
and another trump put z In the lead
with two losing spades.
Here 10 an example Of the same mis-
take made on the other side Of the bid
ding. In this case the opponents have
taken the bidder out OF a hopeless minor
suit. but he PUSHES back into Il again.
The deal 10 from the same match AZ
the hand iust given
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1OW that a pfOp0eal Ia Deen
M made to move the statue Of
l Horace Greeley from the side
walk in front Of the Tribune
Building to Battery Park II 10 inter-
esting to recall an address made at
the unwilling Of the BENJAMIN Frank
lin statue. also In Printing House
Square, in 1872. Mr.. Greeley made the
speech Of presentation on behalf Of
the donor, Capt. Albert De Groot. .
retired steamboat captain. and Charles
c. Savage. president Of the New York
Typographical Society accepted the
statue for the printers Of the city. to
whom II was . gift. These words from
Mr.. Savage's speech might be applied
with equal force to the Greeley statue
to-day:
1T is appropriate that this statue
should be erected In this centre Of our
trade, In the very midst Of our craft
work. instead Of In Central Park. For
Franklin's life was devoted to prac.
tical hard work rather than to n
mental and r~ecreative."
Old timers noted with regret the
action Of the Methodist General Con-
ference at Saratoga In authorising the
raising Of the old John street church
the cradle Of American Methodim-
in order that a sk%yscraper may be
erected on the site. Wesley Chapel.
the original meeting house at that To-
cation. was built In 1868. Philip EN-
bury. who had come from ireland In
1850 and organized the irst Methodist
society On the western continent,
himself did much OF the carpenter
work on the building. There we're no
stairs to the gallery for a number Of
years. worshippers ascending by lad
der. and for a long while the seats on
the lower hoor were without backs.
During the Revolutionary war the
services were frequently interrupted
by soldiers. On a Sunday morning
a party Of Britishers sang God Save
the King" When the anthem was
finished the congregation sang to the
same air these lines from one Of
Charles Wesley's hymns.
Come. thou Almighty Kine,
Help US Thy name TO sing.
Help us TO praise!
Father all glorious,
Der all victorious.
Come and reign over %,
Ancient OF Days."
n society began With six members
After the erection OF the frst build.
ing It sent an appeal To John wesley
10 appoint two experienced preachers
for America. with respect TO the
payment Of tho preachers passage
over" the letter ran. III they could
not procure II We would sell our coats
and shirts 10 procure l, for them
Wesley did send " missionaries, the
first itinerant Wesleyan preachers In
this country. In six years the church
had a thousand attendants. a larger
building. with granite walls. was con
structed in 1917. and this was sue.
ceedcd by the present building In 1s41,
There are still preserved In the church
Philip Emhury's Bible. Bishop As
hury's chair and a clock which John
Wesley sent over from England. This
clock, by h way. continues to tick
Off the time.
England was not the originator OF
the daylight saving project which
Borough President Marcus NJ. Marks
wants 10 see adopted in New York
Nor was the city OF Cleveland which
according to a recent announcement
adopted It some time ago. enjamir
Franklin. when Minister to France
wrote a letter to a Paris news paper
urging that clocks be moved forward
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Zdealt and bid NJ trumps. A doubled.
which Is q modern convention asking the
partner to declare his best suit, unless
he thinks that his strength is enough.
combined with his partners, to defeat
the contract, In which case he should
let the double stand.
Opinions are divided as TO what the
nsst player should do. Some believe Il
10 bettsr to pass the buck. no matter
what they have. and walt to see what
tbs fourth hand will do with the double.
Others think II better to declare any
suit they have II II In really worth show
ing. while II In cheap. II Ii clear that
~ the fourth hand can make q bid of
I've In q major suit the third hand
Will have TO 20 to three to show what
be might have shown for two.
II y eli . question q whether the suit
= wo9th showing o. not and that y nat.
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that II brings about . very pretty end
ing.
The distribution Of the pieces 10:
Black men on 3, 10 and IL; kings on 81
and 80. White men on 10, IL. 81, 90
and Is king on 10. Black to play and
draw. Here ara the moves that solve:
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Clubs are trumps and z Is In the lead.
Y and z want four tricks against any
defence.
The distribution Of the cards 10 as
follows:
Y has the king seven hvs Of hearts,
six OF trumps and king OF diamonds.
A has the Jack six OF hearts. queen
deuce OF trumps and the seven OF dia-
monds.
II has the nine OF hearts. eight and
three OF trumps, eight OF diamonds and
the Jack OF spades.
z has tho Jack and four Of trumps.
deuce OF diamonds. queen and hve Of
spades.
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RESULTS AT ROYAL
AUCTION ANALYZED
Lessons Of Duplicate Agree
With Those Of the Usual
Rubber.
MINOR SUIT MISTAKES
By Z. r. FOSTER.

A rather interesting question has been
raised since the advent Of duplicate auc-
tion. and a number Of good play ers have
been specializing as 10 how the results
would compare with those Of the ordi-
nary rubber played In the clubs 90 far
"A making the contract. going game with
the Assistance Of . previous score. being
set ana all such matters are concerned.
Milton Work has given a great variety
Of statistics on this subject In his "Auc-
ton Developments" the figures being
taAsn from rubbsrs played in both
Dasessn and Western clubs. The basis
q HE calculations IL . collection Of
3.US deals. the results being reduced
20 percentages.
IN l,166 the deciarer not oniy made
his contract but went game. This Is
about tSh per sent There IL evident
II an error in the printed figure. 1915,
on pags %31. a. will be seen II the four
classes Of results are added)
In 6Ii deals the deciarer made his
contract but did not get enough on, Of
the hands TO win the game. That is :I'a
per rent.
In only 100 deals was a previous score
Of any help to the declarer in reaching
game. That Is 4 per cent. In all other
cases the hand went game without as
distance from a previous score. or there
Wa9 no such score.
In 70s deals the contract failed. BY
how many tricks II failed or for what
reason is not the point. The average OF
failures from all causes Is therefore IS
per cent.
II IL a long and difficult task to get
together 80 large a number OF deals
properly recorded and analyz ed. hut as
n comparison II better than zone FIJI
SON has taken the scores made at the
last four games Of duplicate auction
played at the knickef booker Whist club
in New York, and as these scores were
q by the four leading players at the
club, Leibenderfer. Whitehead. Lenz and
Killing. they may safely be taken a. the
results 81 the hest bidding and play.
In these game there are always
seven tables in the frst section, and four
deals at a table before changing the
adversaries make twenty-eight for each
evening. The total is therefore lie
deals, which is rather a small number
when compared with Milton Works
ASIA. but the resulting averages are
remarkably similar to his figures.
The following table shows the result
Of each twcnt>-eighi deals In each OF the
four sessions. all being al duplicate:
Went Made Were Were
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cH Eek Err ENDINGs.

Problem No. $50. the author Of which
Is unknown. 10 an excellent example Of
an inferior force securing q draw by q
Who found the solution win scknowlsdgs
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READERS TO SOLVE.
Sacrifice ~ a Suit the Point
Of an Instructive Hand
at Bridge.
KNIGHTS TOUR NOVELTY

Bridge problem No. $50, by r. c. Man
kowski. furnished q pleasing and inter-
esting nnish for this series Of ten prob
lens and undoubtedly did its share In
holding down the list of contenders for
the honor list. The beginner will md
II a very Instructive lesson In sacrificing
one suit In order 10 make sure Of an.
other.
Here IL the distribution
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A NOVELTY IN KNIoHfs TOURS
Ernest Bersholt has sent over from
London a little problem prepared espe-
cial~ for readers Of THE Sun. which -
a departure from the ordinary knights
puzzles.
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duplicate. ~ ia s1
According 10 this. there IL very little
difference in the bidding. the play, ard
the results. whether the game IL the
ordinary club rubber or a duplicate
match. Milton Work assumes that the
players who furnished his statistics
were of the better class. Those who
furnished the duplicate results are open
TO play any four men in the world. team
against team. four men on a side. The
knickerbocker Whist Club PLAYERS have
won almost everything in sieht I'm the
whist line, and are ready to repeat their
record in the field OF duplicate auction.
1t Is quite true that lie deals are n
very small number on which to base
conclusions. hut the average maintained
In each section OF ~ is worthy of note.
The percentage OF deals that make good
on the contract II exactly the same in
straight and in duplicate. ss per cent.
In each case. The percentage o: con-
tracts that are set shows only half a
point variation.
The uselessness Of p previous score
wil probably serve further to impress
those players who are ALWAYS striving 20
get ~. rs or is points below the Inc.
w1len there Is a much better chance to
get 80 above, II such a score is OF value
only once In % times, SO far as winning
the game on a subsequent deal is con-
cerned. II is a poor speculation, Most of
the contracts that are Sc. will he found
to he efforts to support partial scores
OF this character.
MAJOR AM MINoR SUITS,
There is probably no one poin, tina.
more clearly marks out the expert from
the novice than his appreciation Of the
difference between the major and minor
suits and their effect upon the bidding
that follows their declaration
II ore Will watch the bidding Of the
best players II will readily I've seen that
much OF their strategy Is directed tow
ard driving their opponents into a minor
suit when they show dangerous strength
otherwise. especially in no trumpers.
The moment the declaration shifts Ia
clubs or diamonds the opposing bids are
dropped. unless the players are reason
ably sure Of their own contract.
The mistake made by the average
player is In undertaking a risky con
tract OF his own after he has succeeded
in driving his opponents out of dec
laratlon that might have rome game and
has landed them in a minor suit contract
in which game In practically impossible
Even the hest players, who ought to
know better, fall into this error occa-
sionally.
Here Ia a deal from a recent duplicate
match Of seven tables In which Ave
players made this mistake:
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II these figures are reduced to per-
eentages. so az 10 get them down TO the
same comparative basis as Milton
Works. we arrive AZ the following table
Of results:
Evening journal., 1916-09-25

violent. but the Rumanians retain the
initiative.
The Allies have suffered a reverse
in the fighting east of the vardar in
Macedonia. but on both wings are
pressing forward A fierce battle is
going on South of Kenali, where the
Serbians are attacking strong systems
OF Bulgarian defensives, barring the
way 10 Monastir
Evening journal., 1916-09-25
RUMANIANS HALT TEUTON
INVASION ON NORTH west
BY the United Press.

by me United Fress.
ROME, Sept. 25.--Reinforced By
Russian detachments, the Rumanians
have halted the attempted Teutonic
invasion of their northwestern from
tier, and have taken he offensive at
Vulcan Pass.
Russian troops are now lighting in
southern Transatlantic for the first
time since Pennsylvania declared war.
Some Russian detachments are even
reported as far west as Orsova. In.
Dobrudja. the battle is growing less
Evening journal., 1916-09-25
GERMAN DRIVES IN THE
SOMME AGAIN REPULSED
BY the United Press.

LONDON. Sept 25.--The Germans
continued their powerful counter.at-
tacks against the newly captured
British positio 8 north Of the somme
last night while heavy artillerying
continued on the somme front.
General Hsig today reported that
German attacks east Of Courcelette
last night were repulsed. It was on
this sector that Haig's men took half
a mile of German trenches in Friday
nights fighting
North OF Neuve Chspelle and also
north Of Hulluch the British exploded
mines damaging enemy trenches.
Evening journal., 1916-09-25

the incumbent, was opposed for the
nomination by Benjamin L. Dickey and
William Tnsman The vote was as fol.
lows; Walker. 695; HcSey, 455; Tins
man, p. Walkers majority, l6s.
In the Sixth senatorial district Frank
r Pool was unopposed.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
First District.
Evening journal., 1916-09-25
GERMAN ADMIT LOSSES.

by The United Pross.
EERLlN, Sept. 25.--Loss OF two
Zeppelins in Saturday nights raid
on England was officially admitted
by the Admiralty today.
Evening journal., 1916-09-25
RUMANIANs REPORT CAPTURES

BY The United Press.
BUCHAREST. Sept. Delayed
Rumsnian troops have captured 6.ss4
prisoners on the north and northwest
fronts in Pennsylvania, said an official
statement from the war Office today.
Some progress has been made on
the north and northwestern fronts
along the Danube and in Dobrudja
Evening journal., 1916-09-25

has witnessed during the last hun
dred years. The same men who led
the revolt Of 1907 we're at the head
of the present uprising.
Evening journal., 1916-09-25

Look among the Want Ada today
and see II the very place for you In
not advertised as needing r chauffeur
and. II not. WHY run a Want I'D Of
your own and tell the owners that YOU
are in the market now anc you will
soon re fixed for the entire auto sea-
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