The sun., 1916-09-08

Dear rom-piayinS euchre. call Oh the
ace, Is the player allowed to .a' on ne
suc % a suit ~ ne has none of tina suit IN
his own hand W G. j
Yes, because II T. one Of the fine points
Of the game - judge whether you want
= discard on that ace or want - cad a
losing card for The ace to make.
Dear Tom-A opens a Jack pot and two
player. some In. hfter the draw \ bets on
a pat hand. B and Z pass GU. but ho,d
not the straight he thought n" had. What
,. the pcdSl'S' had ,wo pa',I nna ,.H'
The rule is that II the player draws
to false openers he must give the others
: free rid Tor the mex jacN, but in this
case 4 has not drawn and the only pen
atty is that tie opener loses what he has
Tut in and the pot remains as II ~, Il
has 20 ri..t to the pot, as he laid down
his hand without t. ng AS BET. which
was made in good faith.
Dear Tom-What has b,,on. Of tina
tough hoy Andy German. who boxed ms
last nsh, with Harry. Donhhu" Of Peoria;
Can you help M get IN touch WIN MN,
Of late when l happened to hear some
body discuss that night, r. was some
scrap, and 1t came back 10 my plhn "nrm
York I. / H.
Don't know where German Vas drifted
10. hut. bcgorrah. III bet can give
the initials Germans press agent bitches
to his epistles. It's u dollar against a
doughnut they are |. I, H.
Dear Tom- Playing csssinu. two hand. \
builds an eight with a d"uc. ami hye on
III" table and an a.. rom hls hani. ~
upon A puts another ace on Il and calls IT
ten. q bets this cannot be done;
II A had an eight in his hand TO take
in the first build and has also "A ten in
| land to take In the second the play Is
legitimate. A player IL allowed To in
crease or add to his own build just AS
he would increase an adversary's build.
Dear Tom--whai was tho batting aver
age OF Gus Sandberg, under option by
the Giants. when he was hur' PLAYING
with the Albany state League team.
Sorry. hu, I haven't State l4engue
batting averages, Perhaps II YOU write
Mr.. James II coddin-ton. sporting Edi-
tor Of the Blnghamton Republican,
Hordid. R~inghamton. y. Y. he will fur
nish YOU with the information. Jim
Coddincton and Rlll Fischer are the boys
who made RinGhamton famous They
both love Charley E.bbcts.
Dear To'n-N no was itefpudine me
wards heavyweight t,jle when Johnson
and Jcnri"s fought a. Rene" ~.
Johnson. JenricS retired undcfcated,
Title lapscd until won ny Thomas Burns.
Johnson defeated Burns and won heavy
weight cha mpionship, J'Trics emerged
from retirement in 1910 and attempted
to win championship from Johnson. then
holder,
a.. ar... H,,lt,- T., 49,. -.-... r.
l'n PLAYS any double headcrs after arrtN
ing hofn". Fl,Eb MA'k
Yes. with Reds on September Is and
Cubs on Sept%nbcr %,
Dear Tom-Gh What club dUd he brook
lyns sec,ae Pfcfer from aul what year"
(s) Man at bat hits hall behind scorchoard.
hut IL put out at homo. Team declares Il
Is a home run because ball was out OF
sight. Is this right JANE,
% With Grand Rapids. Central
League. Co II ball disappeared on fair
ground from sight of umpire il is a home
run,
Doaf Tom VII YOU please give nae tn,
swimming records FOR distances of -. 50
100, no and 220 wards; also for quarter
and half mile? ALLAN A. RYAN, IN
You will find swimming records IL
Spaldins's Athletic Almanac. price N
cents. for sale on all bookstande.
Dear Tonic whom and where can
send an application for . mascot in Ma