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Evening star., 1942-05-17
YCHESS =
The Game and Its
Players
BY Paul J. Miller,
Ch. rdita ~ Tha ctar

For the fourth consecutive biennial
chess championship tournament,
sponsored by the United States
Chess Federation. Samuel Reshevsky
stands to the fore as chess champion
of the United States, although the
1912 results have him tied with Isaac
Kashdan of Brooklyn. the leading
American master in 1888, each scor-
ing 121z-21a points in the recent 15-
round tilt held at Hotel Astor, New
York City.
There Is talk of a playof between
the tied stars, match similar to
the Reshevsky-H -Horowitz affair that
went 13 rounds to end with Reshev-
sky still the champ" just when
the playoff will be, what terms will
be the basis of the match-remains
to be ironed out after the players
have rested sufficiently from the
United States national tourney.
Kashdan finished the national
tourney earlier than Reshevsky with
the score, 12h-212. In the final
round Reshevsky confronted "Al"
HorowitZ, New Yorker, who is we'll
known in Washington chess circles,
having appeared here in exhibitions
many times. 1t lay within HoroWitz's
hands to break the champ" by
winning the game However, the
hoy wonder" of yesteryear came
through the Horowitz tempest to
obtain a Craw, thus retaining his
title as United States chess cham
pion, but having a spot on his
escutcheon by sharing first honors
with Kashdan. 1t is the closest
scare Champion Reshevsky has had
in the four national tournaments in
which he has battled for the dis
tinction of Americas No. chess
master. In 1896, 1898 and 1910 he
stood supreme. Kashdan's challenge
in 1912 may mean that new cham
pion is about to be crowned.
Final standings in the 1912 United
States Chess Championship Tour
nament:
Evening star., 1942-05-17
In Local Bridge Circles
BY Frank B. Lord

The bridge group of the National
Press Club concluded its program of
1912 events with a banquet on
Tuesday night at the club audi
torium. The major prizes played
for in the five games of the post
season series were awarded to the
winners.
The silver bowl offered by John
H. Edwards went to c. E. Stewart
and Mrs. Paul E. Golden for per-
manent possession. The Victor H.
Smith Trophy was also awarded to
Mr.. Stewart. The co-winner was
Everett c. Watkins.
The Ely Culbertson Cup, the clubs
Oldest trophy, upon which are in
scribed the names OF previous win
ners during the past 10 years. was
awarded, as the result of a team
contest, to Frank B. Lord, Miss Jean
Ellis, Mrs. M. H. Dalberg and Miss
June Rosenhaupt. Mr.. Lord and
Oliver Hoyem gained the cup do
mated by Col. M. H. Mcintyre, one
of the Presidents secretaries, and
the Mexican Ambassador Cup went
to Dr. A. F. O'Donnen and Mrs.
Jack Bennett.
The clubs prizes for best aggre-
gate scores during the season were
awarded as follows: High score for
first half of the season, DR.. A. F.
ODonnell; for second half, c. E.
Stewart, and for the best score in
the aggregate of the two halves,
c. E. Stewart.
On the women's side, Mrs. Jean
Henry received the clubs award for
best aggregate score of the two
halves and also for the first half.
Mrs. Oliver Hoyem won the prize
for the second half. For the highest
overall aggregate score the Downs
Bowl was awarded to c. E. Stewart.
Following the dinner there was a
pair match in which the contestants
drew lots for their partners, and
club prizes were awarded to the
winners, who were John C. Atchison
and DR.. A. F. ODonneu, first; Frank
B. Lord and Miss Madge Watkins,
second, and VIM. J. Hogan. jr., and
Mrs. Jack Bennett, third.
Duplicate activities of the club
have been suspended until next
fall with the exception of a round
robin or individual match which is
to be held at an undetermined date
in the summer. In this match
every player will have each other
player once as partner and twice
as an opponent,
The Women's Auxiliary at its an
nual meeting last week elected the
following officers: President, Mrs.
Harold Young: first vice president,
Mrs. Beasley; second vice president,
Mrs. Marian Barre: secretary, Mrs.
c. w. Boyce; assistant secretary,
Mrs. C. w. thinner; treasurer, Mrs.
Robert Dubois; assistant treasurer
Mrs. Jack Bennett.
At the end of the second round of
the three-game sectional playoff
in the Federal Bridge League on
Tuesday night at the Wardman
Evening star., 1942-05-17
Hobbies and Lobbyists
News of Activities Here and Nearby
By Edmond Henderer.

known as the Jabo from their
run equipment patterned after
foreign prototypes) Railroad. 1t is
HO gauge and in spite of it's in
ternational character it has sus-
pended service to Berlin for the
present.
Mr. Bard has a large collection of
pictures, books, clippings, etc, per-
tanning to railroading. and he is
stickler for complete adherance to
the prototype. He had some of his
locomotives at the show and they all
boasted unusual color schemes, pat
termed after certain originals pic
tured or described in this extensive
collection Of source material His
paint jobs may not be as colorful
as those usually seen, but he claims
for them the virtue Of authenticity.
Mrs. Bard has a collection of
character banks" At lease what 1t
started out to be, but like so many
collections, 1T has considerably out
grown the original plan. People
heard that she was collecting banks.
so they brought her all sorts. BY
character banks, Mrs Bard means
ones copied after well-known figures
from life or fiction Mickey Mouse
and Ferdinand the Bull, for example
She has about 165 banks at
present.
Besides the above. Mr.. Bard has
many small collections of various
types. He has some first editions,
original cartoons, magazines, orr
ginal Currier g. Ives prints and
cigarette cards.
Undoubtedly the best HO-guage
models in the show were those made
by Oh. Bos'n j. D. Wilson, U. S. N.
In fact, they are probably the best
this writer has ever seen in this
gauge The locomotive which won
him first prize was both we'll detailed
and beautifully finished. Mr.. Will
son has recently come here from the
West Coast.
Among the professional exhibits,
that Of the United States Army was
extremely attractive I feaured sew
eral large-scale plane models of
polished aluminium and was much
admired
MEETINGS THIS WEEK.
Monday.
Capitol Model Aeroneers, South
east Branch Library, Seventh and
D streets, pm.
Piper's Guild. Y. w. C. A. Seven
teenth and K streets NV, 8pm.
Thursday.
Washington Model Yacht Club, for
location call A. w. Greely, Emerson
62e9.
Saturday.
Washington Radio Club, 1924 Six
teenth street NV. 8 pm
Evening star., 1942-05-17


Tuesday evening.
The league will hold its annual
meeting on Tuesday night for the
election of officers and members Of
the Board of Directors.
The second of the Washington
Bridge Leagues big May team game
will occur on Wednesday night at
the Shoreham Hotel. In the first
round of this event the leaders in
section l were DR.. and Mrs. A. J.
Steinberg, Mrs. w. S. Athey and
Louis Newman, with 81 boards. Sec
ond were Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Lemon,
L. R. Watson and Al Roth, 1871
boards; third, Mrs. j. r. Belt, Mrs.
Jack Bennett, Mrs. Frederick Eber-
son and Isaac York, with 1914
boards, and fourth, Mr.. and Mrs.
w de ST. Aubin, j. G. Stone and
Louis Tubbs. 161a boards.
DR.. and Mrs. Steinberg were high
pair north and south, and Mrs w.
S. Athey and Louis Newman were
high east and west.
In the second section, the leaders
were DR.. C. C. Mcdonnell, C. H.
Warthen, George Kathan and r. E.
Roberts, 1872 boards; second, Mrs.
A. R. Hodgkins, Mrs. T. D. Sheldon,
Miss Kathleen McNutt and R. H.
Higgins. 1872 boards; third, Mrs. w.
P. Blamire. Mrs. E. r. Shepard. Mrs.
Catharine TiGban and Col. E. B.
Gray; fourth, Mr. and Mrs B. Ros-
sen, Mrs. Mary GoodStein and Mrs.
M. Mayer, Is boards; fifth, Mrs.
Katherine J. Fenton, Miss Lucille
Maupin, A. L. Scott and James
LaZard.
George Nathan and R. E. Roberts
were high pair north and south,
and Mrs. T. D. Sheldon and Miss
Kathleen McNutt were high east
and west.
The following Washington players
have gained master points or added
to their holdings as indicated: At
Old Dominion tournament in Alex
andria. Va. women's pair, Mrs. E.
P. Cotter and Mrs. Jack Bennett,
two each; mixed pairs, Mrs. A. P.
Stockvis and Al Roth, one each;
open pairs, Mrs. Frederick Eberson,
Mrs. j. R. Belt, four each; E. H. Roor-
bach. Representative John C. Kun
kel, two each; open teams, William
Cheeks, Mrs. Irene Surguy and Gene
Hermann, one each, and Wilbur
Cross team of four at Hartford.
Conn, r. r. Whittemore, two.
Evening star., 1942-05-17
NEWS FROM DOGDOM
Notes on Variety of Subjects of Interest
in Washington and Vicinity
By X. X. Taynfon.

and entry blanks carry railroad and
bus schedules and directions, and
the larger shows, such as the North
Westchester fixture at Katonah,
N. Y, are making special arrange
ments for dog transportation from
one or two railroad stations to the
show.
With both the Navy Relief So
ciety and Dogs for Defense, Inc,
making special appeals to have
dog shows held for their benefit, TO
say nothing of the many other char
liable causes which have benefited
from dog shows in the past, it seems
likely that dog shows will 60 on.
Perhaps there will be more and
smaller dog shows. Perhaps there
will be, as in England, only sane
tion matches with no championship
points granted for the duration.
Perhaps there will be only a limited
number Of championship shows, say,
one year to each section of the
country,
In the meantime, entries for the
Greenwich Kennel Club show. at
Portchester, N. Y, May "a, must go
in by special delivery today. They
must be in the hands Of Foley Dog
Show Superintenderts, 2009 Ran
sted street Philadelphia, before noon
tomorrow. Entry fees are $3.50 per
dog per class. the extra so cents
being earmarked for Dogs for De-
fenSe.
Bulldog fanciers are responsible
for last weeks show news. Arthur
Forbush judged the male bulldogs
at the speciality show in Orange,
N. j., last Saturday. AS usual at
this show it rained. For eight
years there has been an Orange
show, and for eight years it has
rained at the Orange show. This
year it beat its own record. 1t
not only rained. it poured, all day,
every minute. Even the tents af-
forded scant shelter. But Orange
had one of the largest entries it ever
has had. And Arthur's winning dog,
Sir Victor, owned by Frank Carolin,
was best dog in the show.
Mrs. George Hosmer's Nanny
Lou was second in the open class
at this show and first in the open
class the next day at Trenton. w.
r. Lyons Lonarch TUCSON was sec
ond in the open class for dogs at
Trenton.
The proposed Potomac Boxer
Clubs sanction match has been
postponed. Full information about
the new date and place will be pub
lished shortly.
Evening star., 1942-05-17

Most of the popular and many
of the rare breeds of dogs are being
raised In or near Washington. For
several years, fanciers in this area
have been building an enviable rep
utation in show circles for the quail
ity and variety of the dogs they
raise. However, every now and then,
there is an apparent shortage Of
some breed. Such a shortage ex-
listed for a year or so in collies,
one of the most popular and most
beautiful Of all breeds of dogs. That
shortage now seems to be al an end.
Everybody within 20 miles Of
Washington who had a collie to
breed, bred her, and now has pup
pies to disperse. Like everything
else, puppies vary in quality and
price. Would-be collie purchasers
now have the chance of the era
to acquire a puppy of the kind they
want, anything from the so-called
"old-fashioned collie" with a short,
thick head and cart-horse body, to
the most streamlined and exagger-
ated of the modern show type.
1t is interesting to learn that the
"old-fashioned collie" is a figment
of the Imagination. Pictures of the
famous dogs of 40 and so years ago
show that the show collie of that
time could win in any company now
The. exaggerated, toothpick-headed
dog that was the choice of some
breeders 10 or II years ago is just
as much out of the running now
as his thick-headed half brother.
And it will have to be admitted that,
generally speaking, the "old-fash-
ioned collie" is not more than half
brother.
Practically always there is blot
on the family escutcheon which pre-
vents his inclusion in the sacred
records Of the American Kennel
Club. custodian of canine morals
He owes his charm to that hint of
irregularity in his past and to the
nostalgia memories of those, who
in their youth, accepted him for
what he pretended to be.
1t remains to be seen whether
dog shows have fallen upon evil times
or whether the present emergency
will purify and strengthen them
At the moment, there seems to be
a desperate urgency among show
goers to take in all that come along,
which is Offset only by the fact that
many fanciers cannot get the time
off from their wartime jobs. How
ever, tire and gasoline shortage, to
date, have not appreciably affected
entries. The newest premium lists
Evening star., 1942-05-17

Played in round No. 2, 1912 District
Of Columbia chess championship.
Chess Problem No. 446.
By r. B. ALLEN. Portsmouth. England.
Courtesy British Chess Magazine)
BLACK MEN.
Evening star., 1942-05-17

Among the large number of Bal
timoreans attending the Washing
ton Model Show was Lee Stokes,
now connected with one CT the
Baltimore hobby supply shops. Mr..
Stokes has been both watch
maker and a professional musician
before his interest in model rail-
roading led him into the hobby
supply business.
He does not have model railroad
layout and doesn't care much about
the operation of such, but he likes
to build cars. Having no place to
run them, he frequently gives away
his finished products. Since the
construction work Is his chief in
terest he seldom bothers with kits,
preferring to build right from the
raw materials as far as is practical.
One sample of his work seen in
operation at the show was an HO
gauge stock car. Except for the
trucks. brake wheel, valve, air tank
and brake cylinder, this was en-
tirely a built-up job. HO gauge,
YOU know, is built to scale OF
35 nm. to a foot and it is seldom
that any one attempts to build up
the delicate Stats comprising the
side of such car. Stock cars are
usually fabricated with cost plastic
sides.
Not only does Mr.. Stokes build
up his car sides from thin strips
of wood, he also makes up outside
framed wooden ends to complete
the realism. And he has built not
one but several of these cars.
While travelling over the country
with his band. back in his musician
days, Mr.. Stokes developed the
knack of building model railroad
equipment in hotel rooms and other
cramped quarters and with severely
limited tools. AS an extension OF
this ability he has found that he
can now take few tools and sup
plies out in his automobile on a
hot summer day, park In a cool
spot in the park, pull out a neat
little work bench built into the
dashboard of his car and do his
model railroading in comfort while
most of us are saying ITS too hot
to try to build any cars today
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert w. Bard,
also connected with Baltimore
model supply house, are among
those ardent lobbyists who need
a house designed to accommodate
their svocations. A few years ago,
while living in Hagerstown, Md,
they had almost that. They had a
house so large that they could de-
vote several rooms to Mr. Bard's
shop and to display space for their
varied interests.
Among their foremost hobbies is
model railroading. Their road is
Evening star., 1942-05-17

June Lake and Tapanga, Calf;
1ntercession City and Rockledge,
Fla; Sycamore. Ga; Briggsville,
Ill: Clayton, Decatur and Silverwod,
Mich; Nassau, Mimi; Leland. Miss;
Gobler and Norwood, Mo. South
Hart and Tappan, N. OAK; Langlois
Ore; Doylestown, Londonderry and
Shiloh, Ohio; Brandamore, Pa;
Martha, Tenn; Azel and SundoWn,
Tex. and Tunbridge, VT.
The conformity Of Henry
David Thoreau is a legend, but he
probably did not wish to be con-
sidered altogether sincere when, in
Walden" he wrote: Il have re-
ceived no more than one or two
letters in my life that were worth
the postage" His correspondents,
it should be remembered. included
Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt
Whitman.
Stamp meetings for the week are
listed as follows:
Tomorrow evening at 8-Wash-
ington Airmail Society, Thomson
School, Twelfth and L streets NV.
Tomorrow evening at 8-Wood-
ridge Stamp Club, residence of
Louis G. Nix, 1926 Randolph
street NE.
Tuesday evening at S-Collectors
Club of Washington, Thomson
School.
Thursday evening at StEast
Washington Stamp Club, Eastern
High School, East Capitol street.
Evening star., 1942-05-17

Park Hotel the standing Of the sew.
eral teams was as follows:
Evening star., 1942-05-17
WHITE-IO MEN
White to Play and Mate in Two Moves.

District Women's Title Tourney.
In cooperation with the chess
department of The Star. the revived
Metropolitan Chess Association and
the Federal Chess Club, the fourth
annual tournament for the Dis rict
chess championship for women will
be staged shortly in the new quar-
ters of Federal Chess Club on Mon
day evenings. Federal Chess Club
now meets each Monday, 8 pm, at
the Service Mems Club, 800 Ninth
street NV.
Evening star., 1942-05-17

The proposed Potomac Boxer
Clubs sanction match has been
postponed. Full information about
the new date and place will be pub
lished shortly.
Evening star., 1942-05-17

Precancels now are available from
Evening star., 1942-05-17

Answer to Yesterdays Puzzle.
Detroit evening times., 1942-01-09
Michiqan Needs Police

THE plea az Coy MURRAY D. Nan WAGNER 10 natohal
draft officials 10 grant blanket determent to Michi-
gan state Police plea that also made by Commits
soacl Frank ID Eaman tor Detroit poice-S reasonable
but there little hope n VII rs granted ,...,
N No slthrdg},rutut can be Ciautca "lthout violating
the Draft Ae, specifically states mo aeterment snail
be made of individuals by occupauona groups
Eoi that reason al such lr4A-la'4s pleas occrT
tuEned dovr.
Bit chat docs not meah tha, state police and Detroit
police should not he granted determcnt. They should
ard they bo deferred without any authority from
Washington.
Michigan draft boards now have the authority to
grant oCtcrmcnts.
THE Draft At specifically provides that persons
necessary 20 the maintenance Of the national health
safety and interest shall be deferred
WITH hundreds of defense plants Detroit and
Michigan Detroit police and
state police any one hold that they are not vital TO
the national safety and interest
Can any one hold that the present personnel-hghly
trained and efficentshoud not be retained rather than
broken UP when IL is most needed?
The governor rightly states that it is Inconsistent
provide for auXhares to aid regular police officers
while trained officers position TO guide the auXiarles
are beng mductcd into the armed services
1t is not only inconsistent bat also ridiculous and
unnecessary.
The solution however. does not lie in Washington.
1t lies in Michigan and Detroit draft boards
They must-under the Draft Act-consder all police
individuals when considering deferment There is
why they cannot consider all municipal and
state police vital 10 national safety just as they now
consider defense plant workers.
If the draft boards Will simply make this slight cor
rection in their attitudes correction that is COM
pletey accord with the Draft Actthere should be
difficulty about deferrng state troopersor Detroit
police
Detroit evening times., 1942-01-09
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q Tile EDITOR

IL Iitt EDITOR:
HAVE often wondered r a
Il letter Ike this would find an
approval by the many OF us who
hate debts. either personal or
national and know full well the
folly Of failing TO adopt 10 our
utmost the policy Of pay as
We 20
It's crime 10 pass the load
Of our increasing national debt
10 the innocent born 50 70 Is
year from now. | am well aware
that we have thousands work
lng on our defense program who
are earning nearly double their
former wages. and there is
money aplenty being spent.
which might far better 60 back
IN the form of a tax 10 reduce
the total debt when. peace At
last is restored.
Just visit our theaters. pool
rooms, bowling alleys, beer gar
dens, which plainly show that
little is being done 10 play the
game on the square with our
children'S children They in turn
viii be justified IN censuring Us
as fools
Let's pay our way 10 the limit
by tax up 10 where 1t hurts.
Surely We can find a better
way 10 pay the price for our own
defense and not pass IL on 10
our unborn.
DAVID CAMPBELL,
S0GI MARYLAND avap,.o
Detroit evening times., 1942-01-09
Be Patient

IT IRE ratonng machinery here is Just beginning to
function It's something to Detroiters to be told
whether or they have such essential commodity
a tire and tube
No doubt there will be inequalities, mis-
takes at the beginning But the Wayne board is sincere
and honest and will do its best TO function with the least
inconvenience TO the public.
the rules rigid the regulations exact The list of
eligible classes small and is the allotment for
January.
SO be patient and intelligent in your demands Don't
apply unless you clearly eligible and if you eli
gble try to be understanding of the red tape through
which YOU go before you obtain purchase
order We're and we're dealing with the scarcest
commodity Of ALL
Detroit evening times., 1942-01-09
Avoid the Home Fires

II YOUR water pipes freeze tight during this,
/ ceeding cold spells, DON'T try to thaw them with
bowtorch by holding flaming papers torches against
them
The fire department is getting of alarms these
efforts to thaw pipes
Follow the. procedure recommended by the fire de-
parment wrap the frozen pipe old rags and then pour
hot water the rags This will thaw the pipe in short
time-and it will do il WITHOUT FIRE HAZARD!
Detroit evening times., 1942-01-09

East under a British and
Chinese general and thre q
Americans. should, think this
problem could be solved
But 10 solve il. we must have
A strategy Of political warfare,
and that strategy must pursue a
co-ordInated, planned, day by
day offensive war against our
enemies and for our friends.
Again. the Russians are doing
this Superbly, but not more Su-
perbly than we could If We really
put our brains 10 work az d.
In fact the mobilization Of
the nation brains is immInently
necessary
Released ny The BE SYNDICATE Inc
Detroit evening times., 1942-01-09
Let S Get BUSY

THERE'S only little than 100000 needed to put
i the Red Cross drive over the top
Never such campaign so vital to nation, TO
ourselves
The Red Cross symboizes everything good that can
be found in times II Is the side opposite to the br
taLty and bloodshed Of battle.
Detroit must not fail now. The goal is in reach Let
all get busy and bring in the money 10 put
the top.
Detroit evening times., 1942-01-09
Better Get Ready

BECAUSE of lowered exemptions 100000 Michigan
- citizens Will pay for the first this
March
Wise members Of this army Of taxpayers already
have started setting aside reserve they VIII have
their money ready on March 15 for Uncle Sam, who
needs it for oombers, tanks and ships
Others should take the hint