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The sun., 1919-06-15
Nv r. r. FOSTER.


Several interesting letters, some OF
them accompanied by illustrative hands,
have como to THE Sun with various
theories and opinions as 70 the value OF
the doubling conventions which are now
all the rage.
Upon comparing these carefully 1t
looks ss n the conventional double OF
one trick suit bid was in better favor
than the no trump double. probably for
the reason already stated in these
articles, that the suit doubler is pittins
three suits against one. while the no
trump doubier Is matching one suit
against three.
The one cry in all these letters. how
ever, expressed or implied, Is Tor a
clear statement OF the minimum strength
on which the average player, the me-
chariicai bidder IL you will. should feel
safe in doubling. Judgment 10 all very
we'll for the cracks. What We want is
rule for the ordinary, everyday bridge
player. like the three ace no trumper.
Some hands look very much stronger
than they are. and 1t seems almost I'M
possible to get the average player to
visualize what he must find in his
partners hand to make the double a
success. Here Is an interesting speci-
men in which the, player who held AS
cards insisted that II ever there was
doubling hand he held It
At the FIRST glance IL looks pretty
strong, but counted up by modern
methods Il Is at least a trick or two
below Milton Works minimum. 1t Is
three tricks below what should con-
slider a safe doubling hand. Here Is the
distribution. dealt and bid spade,
which A doubled.
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me as follows: willard went on with
his trusted work horses-Monahan and
Hemple-for three rounds each. which
were slow and uninteresting. The cham
pion is SO familiar with each man that
he can anticipate every move they
make. As a result he gets little bene-
fetal work. Willard still Is fat and
his wind seems imperfect. Wizards
boxing appears to be entirely on the
defensive. his blows being counters.
Willard carries much more flesh than
he did three weeks before the Moran
affair.
quite naturally Wizards size makes
an impression on all beholders, who
hesitate to admit that a 1870 pound
man can do anything with the $50 pound
giant
"On the other hand Dempsey Is a
finely conditioned athlete. His legs are
slender but above the waist line his
development indicates tremendous power.
Bill Tate. in reply to a query, said he
had sampled the punches Of Lang
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With Semi fessonal and Amateur Baseball Teams

The Brooklyn Inwoods Will clash with
the fast going Fiatbush Aragons on their
home grounds, Church and Utica avenues
this afternoon at 2:3o p. NJ. The Inwoods
have June 20, 20 and July 4 open for
home and out OF town managers Offering
suitable Inducements. Address Edward
Lodykeit. lis Nostrand avenue, Brooklyn.
The Yorkville Juniors would like to book
games with light teams viii travel or
play on homo grounds Address II. Kis-
ling. l0l6 Avenue A, Manhattan.
In the opening OF the Junior Borough
League pennant chase the Naples and the
Nigilsntes emerged victors, defeating the
Beveriys and Atlantics respectively 60
and 9-5.
The Continental Paper Bag Company
baseball team have so far won all their
games played. Would like to hear from
commercial houses and other teams re-
gardng games for Saturday afternoons
Would prefer TO hear from teams with
home diamonds. Will travel II q suitable
snappy game communicate with Maurice
schsntes. II Battery place.
Otis Elevator team wishes games for
Saturday afternoons and holidays with
clubs Offering a suitable guarantee and
dress L. Hofer. $50 Lewis street, Yonkers.
n. Y.
The Evergreen Baseball Club, q fast
heavy seml-pro travelling team, has all
Saturdays in June and dates in July open.
ton communicate with Peter Eutzelman,
2N Irving avenue. Brooklyn, n. Y, or
telephone Farragut 500 between . \. NJ.
snd p. NJ.
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II the object OF all bidding is to save
game or win game. and nothing else Is
worth while, we must reject AS preten-
sion to holding a typical doubling hand.
Counted up by the usual rule 1t contains
only four tricks, and II the hand Is
played at spades that is what 1t will
take.
When A doubles. holding only four
tricks he is asking his partner to pro-
duce five II they are to go game at no
trumps, or six IL they are to try hearts
seven IL they are going to try either of
the minor suits.
Is this likely In the face OF an original
spade bid, which shows at least four
tricks In tho dealers hand?
Well. this is what happened: Y passed
the buck and B went no trump as he had
two shoppers in spades. This held the
contract
When the answer to the double IL no
trump the dealer knows OF course that
his suit is stopped, probably twice, by
the declarer. If he has anything else
to lead he will not open the doubled
suit but will lead through strength on
his left.
How does he know what Is strength
when dummy's cards are not yet ex-
posed? Why. the double declares
strength in all suits but spades Pick
suit in which the doubler cannot have
all the tops. That is the answer.
The opening lead was a email dia-
| mond, which Y won with the jack. COM
ing back with the nine OF spades, upon
which b put the ace. as he saw that II
he passed once and then put on the ace
his jack was lost.
Tho next thing was the fnesse OF the
! club queen, which fell to Y's king. Four
| spade tricks followed, as B dare not
cover the eight Y discarding a hear
and diamond. BIS discards were very
good, but dummy's were a guess.
| AT the end of tho spades b was down
| to two Of each suit, but he found HIM
| self unable to keep three clubs in dummy
and guard both the red kings at the
! same time. so he kept two OF each suit
led the club and B won with the
jack. He then saw that II he set UP the
diamond he would lose two hearts go
he led the heart and finessed the Jack.
Y put him right back with a heart. 50
that he lost two diamonds.
II A let's the original spade bid stand
! no one else will interfere with It. HaN.
| Ing what might be called a no trumper,
A would probably lead the trump 80 as
to get the play of the end game down
to a no trump basis II possible If he
did b would get two rounds and Y
would win the second. leading the dia-
mond and losing the fnesse.
The ace and another club from A
puts Y In. Now II tries 20 rufr out
the diamonds B will overtrump him. II
2 draws BIS trumps A will make a dia-
mond trick. Any way the hand is played
A Is sure to save game and should hold
| 2 down to two by cards Instead of
that, by doubling he makes him a pres
emit OF $50 points
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fully depicts John Arthur johnson on
April s. 1918,
Knocked out boxers have been hung
over the ring ropes. or have vainly
sought to pull themselves from the floor
by clutching the ropes. In nine cases
out of ten the victim of Knockout
punch has been limp as a dishrag. and
utterly unable to raise his knees and
plant his feet on the ring floor.
The belated confession by Willard
that some of his ribs were broken by
Johnson's punches apparently was sent
out in an effort to counteract the widely
circulated assertion that johnson sold
his title for a specified amount Of money.
While it does not follow that Willard
was a party to the deal. yet his claims
to fame as bona fide champion are
based on the record Of a twenty-six
round knockout over johnson.
Wager 4 to 3 on X. o.
A New York boxing enthusiast who
recently visited the training camps Of
both Willard and Dempsey writes TO
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A hrst class shortstop. excellent nelder
good batter Is open for Sunday engage
nients with strong, semi-pro team
Offering suitable Inducements. Has played
with some of the strongest teams In ana
around Greater New York. Address. g
F. s.. s37 Fifty second street, BROOKLYN
\. Y.
Tho Trojan A. C. of North Tsrrytown'
n. V, has started on a winning streak'
Tho home team at Nyack was vanquisheo.
The score was to 4. AT White fialhs
the Firestones were the victims. ans
club is now travelling at full speed, Win
twelve men in uniform. All dates 10.
the present month are hlled. but wouIe
like TO close two games for July = Housh
Riders, Highland Hose. Pelham. MAYER
straw, Tuckahoe and other cluos pieeso
take notice. Address sydney Polioek,
M nSuasn aa offered. Travel sundays only.
Tho American Bloomer Girls baseball
team has several dates open. Would like
to close July 1. The team recently played
the Franklyn A. Q. to = game Ad-
dress c. Smith. 272 South Eleventh street
Newark. N. ].
Last Sunday the Receiving Ship nine
swamped the Morse Pipe Shop tenn The
score was IL to o. Ormsby. pitching Tor
the winners, allowed hve hits. two OF the
blngles going to Castelia-
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This afternoon another star attraction Is
scheduled for Morse Oval The home team
will clash with the Cuban X-Giants. Bill
Dahlen has his charges going at top speed
and he IL confident that the Giants will be
disposed of in short order. The attendance
at Morse Oval has Increased considerably
since Manager Dahlen has been booking
high class attractions
The Richcreeks travelled to Montclair, N.
j.. last Sunday and defeated tho Montclair
A. C. by the score of to I. Home runs
galore featured the game. Viedt and Van
derback of the winners each poled one and
Semister OF the home club the other. The
Richcreeks arc open for Saturdays and
Sundays for home managers who desire a
good attraction and give q suitable guar
antee- Address William Waller, 1894 Sec
ond street, North Bergen. n. ].
The Spartan b. b. c.. 4 light travelling
team. would like to arrange games with
teams Of like strength. Games TO be played
on opponents grounds. All Sundays and
holidays open after June ~. Would like
to hear from the Dovers, American Eagles
and other teams OF like calibre. Address
John Halk. els Eagle avenue. Tho Bronx.
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SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS.

Garfield. ]. V. L. says: There Is
some difference of opinion here as TO
whether player may take a look at
the next card on the top of the pack
and then make play from the bone
pile. B bets that looking at the next
card ends the play OF cards already or
the table.
There does not seem to be any es-
tablished rule about this, and many
players undoubtedly take a look at tho
top card OF the pack to see what Is
coming. What advantage is TO os
gained It is difficult to see. unless there
Is a desire to take snap judgment on
a play that has been momentarily over
looked.
Pinochle. W. T. G. says: Playing
two hand, A lays down the trump Sc
quence for $50. On winning another
trick he lays down three more aces for
100. B objects. as the higher count
has one Of the aces in it
The two melds are not in the sane
class. therefore the value Of the mel1
has nothing to do with It, and the 100
aces must be allowed II all four are on
tho table at once.
A p. L. says: A opens a Jack and q
raises him. A draws no cards and p
draws ono only, making flush, on
which he calls the openers bet On ire
showdown II is found that A had nothing
hut busted straight. What Is the pen-
atty, as neither man had openers. and \
did not/announce false openers until
after the draw?
No penalty lies against a player who
has not actually drawn to false opersrS
as It will be readily seen that he nav
not have looked at his hand a second
time, but OF course he cannot win tbs
lose their money In pool which no o's
had a right TO open, but this objection
is met by the consideration that It was
| open to them to come in and II they rad
not the nerve to do 80 they were out.
| played by those who did come in. Had
they come in they would have had one
less man to beat, his hand being foul
| c. S. says: The opener is raised 3
pets That II he wants to split his ope0-
ers after being raised he must 50 an.
nounce and must nail the discard
The opener must always preserve his
discard under the chips in the pool no
matter what he has or draws This
avoids the necessity OF saying anything
about splitting. as his play is always tho
same whether he is splitting or not It
is contrary to the spirit OF the game to
make any one betray his hand
Pinochle ]. W. says: A and y a-s
playing two hand. A wins the las. trick
and calls out 1t takes the ten ms
| Tor this trick TO put him out, VI 10 Is
has enough without IT. Who wins
II had enough without the las, ,-.,a
he must have been 1000 before tat
trick was played TO. and he shouli have
called out 1t is the first to call oli
! that wins,
Auction Bridge-w. J.. i. SAYS, Va
are In doubt as TO what the rule lS as
to new deal, when all four plavers PASS
without making a declaration Of any
kind.
The deal passes in order to tie III
just as II there had been a bid AVID no
hand had been played and scored I''
only difference Is that no score Is p-t
down. In duplicate games each "a
| marks a zero 10 indicate that they ."
held the cards in that tray, bI' hsa
done nothing with them.
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Holder Hitting Hard.

NJ, Holder OF tho Ozanam baseball team
No. l and his teammates, Heating, Little
and Quirk, are still fattening their batting
averages. Grady has won his second
Osanam Club No. /, the intermediate base :
ball team. would like to book games with
teams of like strength. Games played
In Central Park for side bet or ball. The
team averages II TO l6. Address James
Frame. AS West Fifty-sixth street. New
York,
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WALTER MoNAHAN
of

ford Harry willis and Gunboat Smith.
but Dempsey has II on all OF them in
the mater OF a punch.
"Bettors are offering one to three that
the bout will not last more than six
rounds"
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ELECT FoRDHAM CAPTAIN.

Al Lefevre was unanimously chosen as
captain of the Fordham baseball team
for next year In the annual election held
Friday afternoon. He Is a Junior, and
has played a star game at third base for
the last two seasonA
The sun., 1919-06-15
GOSHEN TROTs DRAW CROWD.
The Expose Makes Fast Time
justices to Race Saturday.

justices TO Race Saturday.
Spectci Despdtch to TIE suS.
GOSHEN, y. Y. June IA large
races here this afternoon and witnessed
some fine races.
The Expose, owned by Benjamin A.
Bulkey. and driven by Frank H Bur-
CESS. won Glass In the fastest time
of the afternoon, trotting the second heat
In 2:l3. Justice Arthur s. Tompkins
drove his mare Louise to victory in
2:lS and 2:15b.
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PROBLEMS FOR SUN READERS.

Bridge problem No. b3s. by the late
Sam Lloyd. provided a rather neat little
exercise In trump management show
ing the value of making than SODA
rately. Here is tho distribution:
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Here is a pretty little problem In
avoiding a first position win. the adver-
sary having the move. 1t Is quite df-
ficult enough for the hot weather and
should be instructive to the student.
PROBLEM NO. 53s. CHECKERS.
BLACK
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CHECKER BINDINGS.
Problem No. 536 had a rather inter-
esting move, about half way to the
solution, which seems to have escaped
the attention of number of those who
sent in their idea of the play.
The distribution is: Black men on 4.
10 and 90; king on SO. White men on
2S and al king on 6. Black 70 play
and win. Here are the moves that solve,
the key to the situation beirg the fourth
move of black, which is starred.
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Rule for Doubling
Cry of the Moment

OF one opponent. This means that IN.
only trick lost shall be the ace Of trumps
pRrpGn PROBLEM no. bss.
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Vernon Oval Games.

City club again will be the attraction
at Vernon Oval. Seventy-eishth street and
Second avenue, when they meet the Ver-
mons of Bay Ridge. The Long islanders
will depend upon their star battery. Dalton
and Halpern, while the Vefnons will have
Wade and Langhorst as their mainstays.
Play ball at $3.50 p. NJ.
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All CoIIeEians Beaten.

The All colieEians were again defeated
last SUNDAY. when the Robins Dry Dock
b. b. C. took the local nine into camp
by the scoIe Of II 20 ]. Joe LAKE, pnen-
allowed four hits and corralled three hits
for himself Mickey Damn OF the Robins
also B put up a me srs game 10 farmers Oval
and meet the home club.
The Argonne A. C. would like 70 hear
from teams averaging from IA to is years
of age. Games played on home greunos
Address, l. Gruberger. ?45a Seventh ave-
nue., New York.
This afternoon at Mamaroneck tho New
London team will try to stop the fast
going All Stars, who have won, all but
Fsnhel 3an bury sp1asd It':a d nni Psa
bury, 80; Royal Giants. Ia; Chesters.
10, and lost to the In-er-Seals, 10 to /.
The All stars diamond is situated a
few hundred feet on Boston Post road.
Large parking space for automobiles Is
available.
The wilton A. c. would like to book
games with light teams. Games played
reasonable Inducements. Address, will
lam Neuman. $50 East 1+oth street. Bronx.
Eversreens Seek Games.
The Evergreen b. B. c.. fast. heavy
DAYS in June and July open. All home
teams who desire a good attraction com
municate with Peter Kutzelman' M1 iry,
500 between A. NJ. and p. NJ.
Clinton would like TO book games with
| light semi-pro home teams. Address
James Carney. 10 Franklin street.
The Pioneer A. c.. which defeated be IN
the Waverly Cubs and the Alpine A c.
by the scores of e2 to, and 10 to 9,
would like to hear from nine TO eleven
/ teams. Address Richard Gillespie. 27s
| Milford street. Brooklyn.
Pitcher and outheider would like TO con-
meet with q IL TO IS year old team.
Address T. Kagan, 272 Van Brunt street.
Brooklyn.
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Clubs are trumps and Q leads. and
Y want six tricks.
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White.
White to play and draw.
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what the Camera Showed.

That description of the finish differs
radically with authenticated photographs
showing the negro on the ring floor.
johnson is shown lying on his back.
but his knees are drawn up, and the
soles OF his feet rest solidly on the
canvas. Instead OF his arms beina
rlgidly extended. his right arm is at his
aide, while his left glove is held over
his eyes shading them from the glare
OF the Cuban sun.
Boxers who have been knocked out
questionable IL any victim OF a pepu,ns
sleep punch ever took the remarkabl,
position In which the camera so faith,
New-York tribune., 1919-10-28
London Dru1vS Parallel
Bet,ueen Labor Demands
M0ucn1ents in United States and
Britain Are Said to Reflect
Similar Underlying Impulse

LONDON, Oct. Morning news
lean labor crisis and parallels are
drawn with the present situation
across the Atlantic and industrial
events in Great Britain since the first
of the year.
"The general resemblance is remark
able" says "The Chronicle" which
suggests some profound underlying
rhythm in the causation of labor un-
rest 1--WE fear President Wilson's
illness will make it extremely difficult
for him to meet the demands of the
situation"
"The Daily News" remarks upon the
coincidence of the strike in the Amer
lean bituminous field, which was an
nounced the same day British miners
began their campaign for nationaliza
ton of the mines at a meeting held
at Manchester.
GAS far as American workers are
the standard Of living, this coincidence
is a satisfactory one" says the news
paper. "The imminence of the labor
conference at Washington has a direct
effect upon this object, as the confer
ence will be able to recognize the
urgency Of the problem and evolve
some policy tending to its solution"
The labor organ, "The Herald" says:
"The second industrial revolution is
now taking place. The first deprived
man of his individuality and made
him part of machine to manufacture
profits the second is an organized CO.
operative movement to restore individu-
ality. insure the man the results of
his own labor and of his masters ma
chine. That is the explanation of the
American unrest and of similar un-
rest in our country"
New-York tribune., 1919-10-28
Ready to
Consider Reasonable
Demands. Saws Official

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 27.-ThomaS F.
Brewster, chairman of the mine oper-
ators' scale committee, i'll statement
tonight declared the operators would
do anything "within reason" to avert
the threatened strike of coal miners
Saturday, and declared the statement
of John L. Lewis, acting president of
the United Mine Workers of America,
that the miners averaged only $50 a
month during the last year, was mis-
leading.
No attempt will be made by the own
ers to operate the mines if the strike
materializes, he said.
The statement was as follows:
Mr.. Lewis's statements as to the
earning powers of the miners and the
present wage scale are misleading and
made with intent to mislead the pub
he. The present scale is the highest
ever received by the miners union, and
the demand for coal during the ensuing
SIX months will give the men the high
est earning power they have ever had
"The operators believe the present
wage scale is fully compensatory, af-
fordlng to the miners of the central
competitive coal field from SO to $12
day, coupled with which we have for
day labor paid minimum scale Of So
a day.
THE operators have at all times
been willing to negotiate a new scale
on its merits, provided the miners
would disentangle the subject from
ridiculous and impossible demands. The
operators offered to resume negotia-
tlons as to the new wage scale and to
refer all points on which we could not
agree to arbitration; and upon receiv-
ing the Presidents request we agreed
to submit all questions TO negotiation
and arbitration, provided the strike
order should be withdrawn. The miners
have refused to withdraw the strike
order and the Presidents second order
was issued.
The operators, from the beginning
OF the controversy, have offered to do
anything within reason to avert the
strike and we still offer to. The threat
ened strike is not the wish of the
miners but of certain of their ambiti
Gus leaders,"
New-York tribune., 1919-10-28
Gains $l,O5O,OOO
From Fines on Estates

Albany, Oct. 27.-Penalties exceed
ing $1,000.000 have accrued to the state
as result of the per cent fine pro-
vision added two years ago to the
state transfer (inheritance) tax law,
State Comptroller Eugene NJ. Travis an
nounced to-day. Since the enactment
of the provision, the Comptroller said
approximately 10000 estates have been
received. netting more than 25,0OO 600
in revenue. Investigation shows that
nearly all of these paid the additional
The per cent fine is imposed when
the inheritance tax transfer takes
place, unless it can be shown that prop
erty, such as investment securities.
notes and other obligations, excepting
those protected by deeds of trust ana
mortgages. has paid an investment tax
TO the state.