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s-UtH NunaM ker. Burns, UOyIc.
Merkle. First base on ~errors-Giants .. Lett
on haes-la nkces. q: Giants. Il. FIrs, base
on balls on Caldwell. .; on Cullop, !; of
Schupp, 2 struck out-By Caldwell =: by
Cullop, !: by Schupp, s Two base hit
Doyle >~crlfce HIT -Lobcrt, Gilhoolcy
Stolen hases-uedeon. ppm, Pcclinpaugh. Gu.
Top. Doyle. Wild mtch-Schupp. Balk-
>rhupp Hts-OH Caldwell. . in Ave innings:
off Cullop, I IN three iuning~. Earned runs -
OF Caldwell. none on Cullop. .; of Schupp,
l. Umpire in Field umpire
Klein Time hours and Ia minutes.
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DEE MONIES. la, April 7,-Frank Is
bell, former star OF the white Sox. nov
manager and part owner OF the Des
Moines Western League club. greeted
the Chicago White Sox to-day. the Sox
winning . to I, The score:
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Portland. 3; san francisco, 10; Vernon
y; Los Apgeles. I; Oakland. 10; Sslt Lake.
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Des Moines. III 0 = o. 3
Batteries-E ller. Danforth and schslk
Lynn. Thomas, xillssn end Drssn, epohr.
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GIANTS W.. YANKEES.
name To-day, 3:l5 J.. ". Adm, SOe-IAv.
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BAsEBAuu. TODAY. EBBETs FIELD.
eroos'yn w, Boston Americans, 3 T., NJ
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-04-03
SURE OF ONE THING

what is your favorite musical
composition?"
Haven't picked it yet" replied Mr..
CUmrox. But I'll say right now it's
going to be something my daughter
doesn't try to sing or play"
A SIGN
'Is your sister at home, Bobbie?"
81 think she is; heard her say she
wasn't expecting you"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-04-03

~
new york; just got back from
spending a cuppeI days in the coun-
try neer yonkers where my grandpop
lives & while i was there i went over
to see a kid what lives on the next
farm to my grandpop
this boy had some calves which his
father was raisin to be Yeel to sell
purity soon
and when me and the other boy
went out to where the calves was we
had a good time chasing them around
the pastchure for they can run to
beet a trane engine
his name was tommy, the boy what
was playing with, and am talking
about
purity soon tommy's dad comes out
with a young lady that had Just come
from brooklyn what had never seen
a farm befour
Good tell that as soon as she dis
plaid her ignoranse about farm stuff
which know all about because / go
up to grandpop's farm lots of times.
when the swell dame comes to the
pastchure the calves were there too
she looked at them running around
and having a good time with there
selves and she said, o, amt they the
purity littel things
yes, the farmer replyd, they are
very purity
i shood like to have 1 of them littel
cowlets for a pet, the young lady said
what did you call them, tommy's
dad inkwired
cowlets, she ansered, amt they lit
tel coWlets
no, miss, he said as he started to
go away, them is what you mite call
littei bullets
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-04-03
ToDAY's BELLRlNGER.

The mUsketry instructor had just
been giving a lesson on the rifle to
one particularly green" set of re-
cruits. At the end he asked: Nov,
is there any question you want to
ask?"
One du1-looking Johnny Raw
stepped forward, bIushing awk-
wardly.
eyes, my MANI" said the instruct
or, encOuragingly.
''Plaze, sor," stammered the
searcher after knowledge, ''is it
roight that the harder Oh pull the
trigger thing the farder the bullet
goes ?"-Tit-Bits.
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A bore is a person who talks to you
when you want to talk to him. A fa-
natic is a person who does not agree
with you.
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CAJSA
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2 dealt and bid two spades. He be-
longs tn the old schoo of bidders who
believe In undertaking to do more with
a weak han than with a strong one.
without a sure trick in the hand NY
where he undertakes to win eight. On
course he Is basing his estimate on spades
being trumps. forgetting that the three
other players at the table win decide
what the trump shall be. One Of those
three Ia his partner. who will he counting
on MIN for three or four sure tricks In
spades.
A bids three clubs. Y goes to three
diamonds, and IT. il up to Il, IT the
same were an ordinary rubber and BIS
cards were submitted to a dozen players
Of varying capacities II Is probable that
nine Of them would say to pass a couple
might suggest bidding three SPADES ana
the other might take a chance at no
trumps, trusting A for a solid club suit.
The same opinions would probably be
~iyen II the game we're duplicate, adding
i2b for a game won, but II there were
no bonus n nothing for Y to make hut
the three diamonds the whole dozen
would probably say to pass with bA
cards. l..
Al one table d did pass, and this is
what happened: u led the ten OF ms
.cartner's suit, clubs, the Jack covered
and A made both ace and queen haV-
Inc no shade himself and dummy having
no hearts. A led a third club To force
Y. but Y did not trump II. prsfsrrans to
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BOLD PLAY PAYS AT
DUPLICATE AUCTION
Actual Hands Show What
Would Happen IL the Bonus
Was Dropped.
SOME INTERESTING BIDS
,, r. F. FOSTER.

A sumber Of interesting letters have
been received giving various views as
to the influence Of the 1875 points that
are usually added to the score Of the
winners Of a game at duplicate. Some
correspondents think that the game
hould be won in a single deal to entitle
the players to the score. as the number
Of deals played Is not always the same.
With ten tables there may he only two
deals at a table. or at most three. be
fore changing opponents. With foul
tables only there might be eight deals.
To add l2o for a game won on a
single deal and nothing for games won
by cumulative scores was the original
rule, as set forth by the committee or
laws in 1918. but that has been dropped
and clubs are left to make their owr
laws for the present.
Even when the bonus Is restricted &c
one deal the element Of luck is still
present. A deal went the rounds OF q
big duplicate match last week on which
one pair made a little slam, while a,
six other tables the winners. all play
ing the hand on the same declaration
three spades. could not possibly make
trick over the contract. Here are thu
cards
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z dealt and bid no trump. A and 7
passed, but B bid two hearts, which Il
doubled. The student of bidding tactics
will observe that a double In this posi-
ton does not show any desire to set the
contract, but IL intended to foros Y to
bid his best suit. -,
A successfully headed this on by bid
ding three hearts, so that Y would hest
tate about going to four In a minor suit.
especially as his partner Is now out o,
the double. But when Y n d passed
y did not give up, but doubled the three
hearts. still determined to make Y bid
something.
When A passed Y bid three spades
n was encouraged by As assist to 60 To
four hearts In spite OF the two doubles
nv Y. Did z double again and play ia
set the heart contract? Not a bit OF 1t.
Having found his partners four card
suit. he supported II, bidding four spades
This Il doubled. but 7 made H. u
made four hearts at one tablet
n led the singleton club, Dummy won
and Y false carded the seven. as II b had
! the six. Ace and deuce OF trumps fol
| low and the Jack holds. A led the Iueer
OF Clubs for fear II had the small one
| n refused to use his king Of trumps and
| dummy's ace won. A small club, and
again A is In with a jack.
or course A leads the heart now. but
he did not lead the ten, as u would trumT
II. Y covered the trey with the nint
and the Jack was trumped. o I'M
eight OF clubs forces BIS trump, " j
leads a heart he makes the kinS good N
| dummy, no he plays the diamond queen
z coyers and leads the Jack, Y trumpins
the king, az he shed n diamond on thu
| clubs. Dummy trumps himself In with
a heart and makes the NTH club and the
ten of diamonds. four by cards and TN
game with simple honors.
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shed the losing spade. , put on the ace
OF trumps. which enabled Y to count AS
trumps.
b led his ace Of spades at once. but
700 late. A discarded the eight Of hearts,
Y trumped the spade and led ace and
another heart for dummy to ruff. Now y
can run the spades and dummy can ruff
TWO more hearts. the ten Of trumps shut
Ting out AS nine. -Four by cards and
FOUR honors. Sc poin,s.
At one table Il recognised the great
possibilities that lay In his hand jf he
could either hit his partners supporting
suit or drive u back to the spades.
Good players do not bid minor suits
over major suits when they have the
lead unless they have something else In
hand.
BIS estimate Of the situation is that
y must have six or seven spades and that
a was bidding on his ability to run that
suit. while Y 10 simply too strong to
pass, although he cannot support the
spades.
II Is also clear that each Of the three
players that have made a bid has some
thing In another suit to support him,
ana II Is the bid that are based on
correct Inference as to what this suit
is that show the expert. As the only
thing A and Y can have, from the
bidding and BIS own holding. is hearts,
II is clear that neither Of them has
nv hearts or they would not be bidding
clubs and diamonds. Then Y has a,
least n heart.
II A has four hearts to a couple OF
honors they will have eight trumps be.
tween them. and there is a possibility
OF game. 1t Ii hardly possible that AS
clubs are solid, or he would have doubled
the spade bid, 30 z must have some good
clubs, as he must have something back
Of his spades.
This being his view OF the situation
b bids three hearts. How many players
| would reason This out?
With short hearts and both the black
suits protected. z supported his partner
bidding four diamonds. A at once in.
ferred that Il had the spades stopped
and went to four hearts, which Y
doubled. Observe that Y ia counting
on Il for some tricks. but z never hat
a trick in his hand and never take.
one.
Now take this hand. in which there
was some pretty play at one table and
some good defensive bidding at an.
other:
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CAS - ooj0FN
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The chief interest in his hand lies in
the dealers effort to find out his part
ner's suit. as Y cannot assist rs. The
first bid is a heart. a spade from a. pass
ron Y and p. Now comes the psint
at one table z bids two clubs. A took a
chance that b had the hearts. as Y did
not assist, and went two no trumps. This
Is bad bidding when u las shown the
clubs. As a supporting suit is usually
stronger as a trick taker than the suit
FIRST bid. A got set for two tricks.
z was In on the fourth club. as Y
played down. and led a diamond. A
played ace and led II back. having dis
carded a heart on the fourth club. Then
Y led a. hear and 2 won the queen with
the ace. returning the nine. which \
held with tho ten when dummy should
have overtaken It. This cost a trick.
At another table Y bid the clubs hr'
and then the hearts. and when b helped
the spades Y helped the clubs. and z
made three clubs inc four honors. 4
led ace and another diamond, making
the two spades later. while h made
heart trick.
1t was at the table at which the sup
porting club suit was never mentioneC
that the pretty play came about. z
showed his strength by bidding two
hearts originally. n A went two spades
after which nothing was said. II woult
have made money by bidding three clubs
II he could have got A to three spades.
Y started with the singleton heart
| upon which A false carded the eight. Il
| conceal the deuce. leaving Y in doubt al
to whether Y had that card or not. 2
| laid down the king Of clubs to show hi
| reentry. and then led the jack OF hearts
The beginner should observe this pla,
| carefully. II Y has the deuce. A ha
the ten alone and the jack forces tn
king. II Y has not the deuce. he cal
| ruff the heart. 7 trumpet and CAM
back with the club. on which n playe'
the queen.
This denies the jack another point 70
the beginner TO notice. Y runs anothe
heart. Now. an z has denied the clul
tack, that card must be with A, and a
can get In any time and give DUNN
the RUIZ, Y may as we'll do 1t for him, .
he leads the club and dummy trumps II
Many players will not give up trick
they see they must lose. but SHIFT I
something they know nothing about an
kill their partners hands.
A can lead the diamond and lose
trick to the king or ten. or he a lea
the heart and discard the diamond. IL
chose the heart. Y trumped It Inc pu
him In with a diamond. 70 that A ios
a spade trick. The student will see tins
At the end Y could count A for nv
trumps. none of them played. so he cou
have but one diamond left. This put
dvwn for 100. less IS honors
For those who are 70 familiar wit
the modern methods Of bidding TO fore
the partner into declaring something
the following hand may be interesting
yrq~ nyo such bidding as rs woul
h.r ,oked upon As madness.
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ILL.,.
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H:;''"

2 dealt and passed. A bid three spades.
which every one passed. Y to lead.
Some players will never open a three
card suit under any circumstances.
Others will never lead such suits n they
have four trumps. while others again
will not lead them unless they can be-
gin with a supporting card or a. win
trumps, Y starts with the ace Of clubs.
gets the six from his partner. misses
both deuce and trey and goes on with
the nine. playing down.
Z leads the third club. M A trumps
It. lays down the ace Of hearts to get
out OF dummy's way and then takes a
chance on dropping the truinps with
three leads, leaving Y with the jack.
dummy discarding hearts.
The next chance is that the king OF
diamonds will drop. so A leads the ace.
Now he must lose a diamond and q
trump. which saves the game. This ID
about the way the hand went At every
table. except that some tried TO get
dummy in with the ten Of diamonds In
stead OF leading the ace first
But at one table Y did not lead the
club. as he imagined the ace might kill
something later, So he started with the
eight of diamonds. Ten covered. kinG
fell. Now the play hinges on VS. dia-
mond not being a singleton. because II
It is II has the nine twice guarded.
Three rounds of trumps from a. then
the ace of hearts and then the queen OF
diamonds. which drops the nine. The
rest Is easy. The three Of diamonds puts
dummy in with he seven to make two
hearts and give 4 two club discards
little slam, as the Jack OF trumps Is
the only trick for y and z. The 1Sa
extra points on this ham are pure luck
and il Is Just such luck that We want &c
eliminate from duplicate.
The fear Of most of those who have
expressed any opinion in this matter
seems to be that II the 1875 for a game |.
abolished the play will be entirely fol
penalties. and that no one would ventur'
upon any OF the speculative bids. based
largely upon differences as to the dis
trlbu,ion OF the undeclared suits. which
are a conspicuous feature in the gam'
OF the expert.
This means that the player who fount
MS own or his partners bid o~vercallet
would lie down and let the adversarie
walk over him. Just because they wOul
not get any bonus for going game. AM
might possibly fail to get their contrac
even. That this would be the result 1
inconceivable.
Does any one imagine for a momen
that II n pla yer thinks ne has the stu
alton sized up about right and can max
q bid that promises either to get the con
tract with reasonable prospect Of sue
cess or TO drive the opponents out o
their depth he will refuse to declare, JUS
because he cannot get 1875 more for 60
Ing game?
Look at the following hand, in whic
TIRE bidding is not only interesting bu
highly instructive. the situation bein
very unusual. Then consider the result
OF leaving the opponent in with his con
tract, just because there Is no bonus 60
Ing with il II he makes IL:
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Clubs are trumps and z is in the lead.
Y and z want all seven tricks against
any defence.
The distribution Of the cards is as
follows:
Y has the ace nine OF hearts. ace Of
trumps. ace jack -four Of diamonds and
the nine OF spades.
A has the queen eight OF hearts. ten
nine Of trumps, king eight OF diamonds
and the ten OF spades.
b has the seven six OF hearts. queen
OF trumps. nine six three OF diamonds
and the queen OF spades.
n has the Jack ten four Of hearts. JACK
and six OF trumps. queen Of diamonds
and jack Of spades.
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clubs for a possible reentry later
escaped a number OF those who did not
70 into the depths Of the defence.
d. A. w. says 'Thls "a be simpler
than most nullo problems. but we ex-
coded the time limit by a large margin
and almost missed the difference between
the queen and the small club in the OPEN
ing at that"
Here In something new for a composer
who Usually surrenders several tricks
to the adversaries before he gets down
10 the solution Of a problem. In this
ore he wants all the tricks. but 1t Is
rot particularly easy on that account.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-14

This city was the scene of the first
inauguration, however. Washington
took the oath on the portico Of Fed
eral Hall, on the present site OF the
Sub-Treasury at Wall and Nassau
streets, April 80, 1889. Immediately
following this ceremony he retired
within the building and delivered an
address to Congress. which met in
Federal Hall in those days. John
Adams. the second President, also ad-
dressed Congress in person, but JEFF
ferson broke the custom which Presi-
den, Wilson has revived. Jefferson
stigma,ized that form Of address as
monarchical and put his message in
writing.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-14

If Dioeenes were to retur to earth
this year IL is believed his quest for
an honest man might be rewarded in
q visit, to Newark. In the official pub
LEGATION advertising the towns 2oOth
anniversary celebration the population
was recorded as 399 900. by eXaggerat-
ing TO the extent of only 1000 the COM
mittee could nave given Newark n
population of 400. 900. hut this would
not have been in accordance with the
findings of Uncle Sans census takers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-14

The report that British airmen
dropped 5 5000 pounds OF food on kut-
cl-Amara before the garrison sur
rendered, inevitably suggests the
E.blical reference to mama from
heaven. The notion of the Arabs
that manna was a dew deposited
on the leaves Of shrubs IL a
reminder that the phenomenon of
honey dew on the leaves Of the elm is
to he found in the United States. II
may he observed on hot and dry days
in August. The upper surface Of the
leaves becomes vanished with a solu-
BILE sweet gum which hardens in the
,sun. The Pcrsians gather a kind OF
mamma from a leguminous plant by
shaking its branches or picking the
leaves and beating them gently over
a cloth when dry. Throughout Persia
and Afghanistan mamma is harvested
from different trees and shrubs. II Is
eaten as a sweetmcat and is exported
To- India. But the I'M of COM
merce. obtained from n small tree
known ~ the mamma ash, chiefly
from Sicily.
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CHECKER BINDINGS.

Problem No. az. dedicated by II u.
Lyman to Ira J. Martin, had some pretty
and instructive variations IN II, there
being several points at which black
seemed likely to escape with a draw.
The distribution OF the pieces Is
Black men on . and > kings on s. : and
81. White men on II. u, - and ., :
kings on Is and II White 10 play and
win. Here are the moves that solve,
with the important variations:
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PROBLEMS FOR sun
READERS TO SOLVE
G.. l.. MOOre's NullO Instruc-
tive as a Lesson in Tactics
at Bridge.
CHECKER BOARD PUZZLES

Bridge problem No. s77, by q. l..
Moore Of London. VISA built closely upon
the modern lines Of nulio problems. there
being only seven cards and few i'm
portant variations in the play. and the
whole composition presenting a pleasing
and instructive lesson in tactics.
Here Is the distribution.
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Correct solutions rom:
l. :. Hart. Jr.. e. h CTljss, james
Hyland. George Sundholm, Fausto pa
lumi, NareIk. owen Fox, y a. Rawson,
Elijah +. Landry and Hoboken. \ sum-
her Of interesting demonstrations TO ~"
effect that 15-lO was a most cleNerly
concealed trap came 10 hand hut unfor-
tunately those who devoted their time
and attention to demonstrating that ID
10 would not solve thought that was the
key move intended by the composer
This explanation will account for the alb
| sence OF so many OF the experts from the
foregoing list.
Here Is a position sent TO THE SrN ny
a correspondent who says his club can dc
nothing with II and would like 10 know
what the members OF THE Sun Checker
| Club make of il. II looks as II Il might
b. an instructive ending. but 1t is not
easy TO see why black shout he assume
TO have the winning position, forcing
white 10 work for a draw.
PROBLEM NO. 37s-CHEcKERs.
nl.A
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\ TEW York state had no part
M in the election Of the first
L President Of the United
States. For some years fol-
lowing the establishment Of the Fed
eral Government the Legislatures OF
most Of the States chose the Presl-
dental Electors, the people voting for
them only indirectly. their choice being
expressed by their votes for legisla-
tors. A deadlock between the Senate
and the Assembly prevented the selec-
ton Of Electors from this State.
Rhode Island and North Carolina had
not yet ratified the Constitution. 30
Washington was elected the first time
by the votes of only ten of the thirteen
States.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-14

Though Major-Gen. Funston in com
mand on the Mexican border. is only
~. and Brighten. IerShinc. leader oi
the expedition aGaine. Villa. is 56. the
average age NJ the American Major
Generals l. SAG years. Scott. Chief 81
S,ay. Is Sc. carter and Murray are 50
Barry is Gl, Bell 50 and Wood 5s.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-14

An article in THE Sun a few weeks
ago told Of the assistance Columbia
College in its early days derived from
the proceeds Of a lottery and Of bene-
fits which Union College received from
lottery drawings. These are not
the only American educational insti-
buttons which have enjoyed such
sources Of revenue. In 1872 Harvard,
its funds running low, received special
Permission for a lottery scheme to
erect Stoughton Hall. which privilege
was renewed in 1894. This lottery pro-
longed its drawings for more than ten
years, producing $lS.400 net. The COL
lege invested $4,000 in tickets and IT.
self drew the principal prize Of &c.,
900. Another grant in favor of Har-
ward in 1906 produced 500 900 to aid
in building Holworthy Hall and to
repair Marsac Hall.
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Now MI up this square with num-
bers that shall give the constant total
In any direction Of 1916. There are
many ways Of doing It, but one win
be enough. 70 send In the Aet one you
and.
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The prophet Ezekiel. whom Col.
Roosevelt has been quoting in recent
weeks. also is remotely associated with
the Allies military operations in Meso-
potamia. inasmuch as he was buried
in the traditional sepulchre Of Shem,
near Bagdad. Ezekiel continues to
sway the oriental spirit and his tomb
has been for centuries n favorite place
If pilgrimage for Mohammedans as
well as Jews. The mausoleum has
been ascribed to King ~Jehoiachin,
but is now believed to have been built
by the khalifs. 1t has inspired two
Arabic poems by Al-Harizi.
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Black.
T. :-:::.....|
White.

White.
White to play and draw.
Tho distribution OF the pieces II
Black men on Z. IL. 10 and II. White
men on 20, p. 20 and 81. No kings.