The Sunday Oregonian., June 13, 1915, SECTION TWO, Page 3, Image 21

THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JUNE 13,- 191-1.
NERVE AND ABILITY
condition of affairs as it appeals to me
at the present time.
Without doubt successful putting is
mainly a matter of confidence and that
several great golfers fail to win cham
pionships by reason of their weakness
near the hole is probably due to the
fact that they have never gained com
plete confidence in their ability to get
down a four-foot putt.
For many happy years it did not so
much as enter my head that I could
miss a short putt except as the result
of carelessness. Then I struck a bad
patch in this hitherto simple business.
The result was that I developed in my
right forearm a nerve that puzzled a
good many medical friends and sub
jected me to indescribable mental tor
ture. Whenever I prepared to play a
short putt (it was only close to the
hole that I had any trouble, so that the
affliction must have been born largely
of imagination) I would wait for that
nerve In the right arm to jump. The
instant I felt that it was about to start
ATTENTION SHIFTS
TO COMING SHOOTS
feated Pittsburg. 4 to 1, here today,
both teams playing errorless ball. The
visitors were saved from a shutout by
Mowrey, whose double in the first in
ning scored Berghamer after the latter
had walked. Score:
R. H. E. R. H. E.
Pittsburg ..1 7 OiSt. Louis 4 10 0
Batteries Allen. Barger and O'Con
nor; Plank and Hartley.
The Store of 100 Per Cent Service.
GOLF REQUIREMENT
Here's an important chance to save money
on good clothes in our
Kcnstzs City 5, Chicago 3.
KANSAS CITY. Mo.. June 12. Kan
sas City won today's game, 5 to 3, driv
ing Hendrlx to the bench In the fourth
with a fusillade of long hits after he
had been presented with a huge bou
quet from admirers. Brennan replaced
him. The game was finished in the
rain. Score:
R. H. E.I R. H. E.
Chicago ...3 4 O'.Kan. City.. .5 10 2
Batteries Hendrlx, Brennan and
Wilson; Packard, Main and Easterly.
Sensitive, Nervous System Is
Grand American Handicap Is
Awaited and Contests in
Portland Planned.
Necessity of Champion, De
clares Harry Vardon.
CLEARANCE
of Men's, Young Men's
and Boys' Apparel
A backward season causes us to make these deep
reductions now:
TWO TYPES CONTRASTED
NORTHWEST SCORES HIGH
Successful Putting Regarded En
tirely as Matter of Confidence,
and Americans Are Said to
Excel English at This.
BT HARRY VARUOX,
British Champion.
Golf, for all the appearance of
tame tranquility that it Is apt to
present to the uninitiated mind prob
ably provides a more searching
test of nerve and temperament than
any other game in the world. That,
indeed, is the opinion of most people
who are experienced In the pursuit of
sports and pastimes, and it is the cause
of a phenomenon which offers much
food for reflection.
Golf is unique in the respect that it
has two types of first-class players who
are in the same grade so far as con
terns the ability to hit a ball with
complete skill and in perfect style, but
who differ entirely in the results which
they achieve in important events. One
type can win championships, and the
other cannot for the life of it do any
thing of the kind. Yet, to the person
who has studied the methods of the
less fortunate individuals, there seems
at first blush to be no way of account
ins for their failures.
In a comparatively minor competRlon
or a practice round, they play in a man
ner which suggests that they are capa
ble of succeeding in the strongest
company and on any occasion. They
execute the mct intricate shot with
case and grace: it is impossible to be
other than enthusiastic about their
gifts. But somehow, when they make
their efforts in classic tournaments,
they prove deficient with a regularity
that is strange.
To mention names would be invidious.
Every devotee of the game knows that
there are truly great golfers who never
secure championships, and who exhibit
such characteristics that, after a while,
they are hardly so much as expected to
win. Yet all the time they are recog
nized as splendid players. Something
is lacking in their nerve or tempera
ment (the words I suppose are synon
ymous), and it is Interesting to consid
er the various phases of this condition
of affairs.
ScusltiveneMM u XecwiryA
Personally, I am satisfied that, in or
der to be a champion golfer, a person
must have a good deal of sensitiveness
in his nervous system. The man of
sluggish disposition, the player with
a truly "phlegmatic temperament"
(that phrase which is so often used ap
provingly in regard to the individual
who remains outwardly calm in a
crisis) would not be likely to rise to
greatness on the links.
Of all games, golf is the one that
comes nearest to being an art. It is
pursued with deliberation and method;
its inspirations are of the player's own
creation, since he is never called upon
to strike a moving ball tho action of
which has been influenced by his rival.
It demands the greatest delicacy and
accuracy of touch as well as, in many
circumstances, the power to hit hard.
An art ieo".i:res a sensitive nervous sys
tem, and in golf the difference between
the two sections of first-class players
to whom I have referred is, presumably
that one ran keep its nerves under con
trol during the most trying period and
the other cannot.
T Tc.u!t confess that it is sometimes a
difficult thing to do. It seems to call
as much as anything for a kind of stub
bornness, a determination not to start
considering a dozen possibilities and a
dozen different ways of achieving a
purpose at what the player feels to be
the crucial stage of a contest. Be It
remembered that there is plenty of
time to think at golf (you are not
asked to hurry over your stroke if
you want to reflect on it), and it is
just this fact that causes the break
down of many persons favorably situ
ated in a tournament.
As you walk up to your ball, in
stinctively you observe the kind of shot
that is wanted. If. then, you begin to
think about alternatives, or to pay too
much attention to the well-meant coun
sels of a caddie, the chances are that
you will become flurried and confused.
And then your nerve will go.
I'ndlvlded Mind Kerded.
Let me tell a little story Illustrating
the value of what we may call an un
divided mind. In the first champion
ship I ever won (and the first is by
far the hardest to win) I had to play
off with J. H. Taylor at Muirfleld for
the title. We had tied in the competi
tion proper. Nearing the end. it was
still a question as to who would tri
umph, and on the 17th green I was
faced by a long putt which had to be
played over undularmg ground. Im
mediately I decided Just what slopes I
-would take in order to reach the hole.
My brother. Tom, who was carrying
for me, pointed out a line which wa
entirely different from that which I
fancied. It was a critical putt, for If
one went the wrong way, the ball might
start off a slope and finish a consider
able distance from the pin. I had the
profoundest respect for my brother's
gifts as a putter (there have been few
better than Tom on the green), but I
did not want to be shaken at this stage.
"No." I said, "I'm going my own way."
The putt was holed, and it practically
settled the championship. Just "cussed
ness," perhaps, but it is a useful trait
in the golfer. I have seen men almost
trembling with excitement at the criti
cal point In a contest, and yet possessed
of such command over themselves as
to observe at once the best? thing to do
and to play the shot perfectly.
For the great majority of persons, it
is In connection with short putts that
nerves attain their most painful activ
ity. There is nothing else in sport
quite like the short putt at golf. You
know that there can be no reasonable
excuse for failing to knock a ball Into
a hole four feet distant, and yet that
there is a considerable chance of fall
Ine. Here! perhaps, I may be per
mitted to remark, that the higher the
reputation of the player, and the more,
therefore, that is expected of him, the
greater are the trials of the short putt.
For all the skill that it requires, he
has no advantage over the 24-handlcap
man. and he realizes that, if he misses
it, there will be no chance of recovery.
It will be a hole lost or a stroke gone.
Pnttlnsr Keeda Confidence.
In all sincerity I express, the opinion,
after having undertaken two lengthy
tours in the United States, that Ameri
can golfers are better holers-out than
British golfers. Taking the general
standard, they- are not yet so good in
other department of the game, but
they are the cooler on the putting
greens .and, after all, absence of anx
iety Is the chief essential of success.
Whether it is that they possess the
better temperament for this dainty
part of golf, or that they have not
played- long enough to appreciate how
dreadful a bogey it may become. I do
not know. At any rate, there is the
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Harry V arden, Urltlah Champion
Who Gives Mens on Golf.
........... .........,
I would make a dash at the ball in a
desperate effort to be in first with the
shot, and what happened as a conse
quence of this haste may be readily
imagined. -
Last Spring the "jump" left me en
tirely for a month or two, and when
ever anyone asked me how I was put
ting I touched wood before explaining
that all was well so far. Karly in the
final round of the open . championship
at iT-estwick in . June the wretched
thing suddenly reasserted itself. I felt
the "Jump" with a thrill of apprehen
sion that is far from being a pleasant
memory. Anyhow, the main point was
not to let my partner and only formid
able rival at that stage, J. H. Taylor,
know auythingr about it.
lie -was as well aware as I that if
the distress became serious I couid
miss putts down to six inches; it was
strange to be walking along obsessed
with the thought that not the smallest
inkling of this development must be
allowed to reach Taylor's ears lest it
should stimulate him to belie-e, as al
most certainly it would have done, that
he had me as good as beaten. Perhaps
it was just this diversion .from the
knowledge of the possibilities of the
'Jump itself that enabled me practi
cally to overcome it and to struggle
home first.
As a test of nerve, that last day's play
at Prestwick was far and away the
most trying that I can remember. That
we two should have drawn ahead of
the other competitors and then been
drawn togettfer for the final rounds
was in itself sufficient to agitate either
of us to the utmost. That we should
be struggling for the honor of a sixth
victory in the championship (each of
us, and also James Braid, having won
five times previously), filled the cup
of excitement to overflowing. I know
played, one shot without seeing the
ball at all. It was buried in fine loose
sand in a bunker to the left of the 11th
green, and. close to the face of the haz
ard. The sand was scraped away from
the top of the ball, but it was so loose
that it closed over the object again. 1
could not wait; I swung, guessing and
hoping, and fortunately hit the shot all
right.
That was an exceptional occasion; In
the ordinary way I bear constantly In
mind the conviction that the best way
to win an important event is to play
just as one would play a private round
t home, and not endeavor to accom
plish the performance of a lifetime.
There is such a thing as trying too
hard. It begets anxiety, which is usu
ally fatal. I was guilty of it in the
United States open championships at
Brookline, Mass., in 1913, and paid, the
penalty. That was a lesson I shall
never forget.
(Copyright, 1815, by the Wheeler Syndicate,
inc.) j
This In the flrnt of a aeriea of articles
on golf that Mr. Vardon la writing
apeciallT for thla paper. The ircond
article will appear next Sunday.
Amateur Baseball Bookings Today.
John S. Beails va. Taboralde. at EiKhtleth
and Market, 1:30; Vancouver Barracks ve.
Greslum, at Grcsham, 2:30; Glenwood va.
White Salmon, at White Salmon, 2:30; Oak
hurst Greya vs. Peninsula Juniors, at Pen
insula School, 2:30; Foresters of America vs.
Kendall Station, at Kendall, 2:30; Wilson
ville vs. Klrkpatrick Stars, at Wilsonvllle,
2:30; Waverly Caddies vs. Antonlan Club, at
Sllwood. 12:30: Alberta Athletic Club vs.
Gilbert White Sox. at Gilbert, 2:30; Hood
River va Tho Dalles, at Hood River, 2:30;
Garden Homo vs. Fernwood, at Garden
Home, 2:30; Lang & Co. vs. Beaverton, at
Beaverton. -2:30: South Portland Greys vs.
Union Meat Co.. at Montgomery Flats. 2:30;
Estacada vs. Columbia Park, at Estacada,
2:30: Hillsboro Kniebts of Pythias vs.
Farming-ton, at Hilisboro. 1; Hillsboro Ben
Hun vs. Scholls, at Hillsboro. 3; Woodlawn
Cubs vs. Tabor Giants, at Fifty-ninth and
Powell, 1:30; Ben Hun vs. fnoto stereos.
at Montgomery Flats, 12:30; Vancouver
Tigers vs. Camas, at Vancouver, 2:30; Pa
cific Coast Biscuit Company vs. School
Clerks, at East -Twelfth and Davis, 12:30;
Mount Tabor vs. Capitol Hill, at Capitol
Hill. 2:30; JCewsboys vs. Woodstock, at
Woodstock School. 2:30; Olds, Wortman &
King vs. Woodstock Firemen, at Woodstock,
2:30: Hawthorne Merchants vs. Piedmont
Artisans, at Peninsula, at 12:30; Loyal Order
or Moose vs. Aioers Bros., at Pulton, 2:3o;
Sherwood vs. Maccabees, at Sherwood, 2:30;
Log Cabin Bakery vs. Molalla, at Molalla,
2:30; North Portland Eagles vs. Hawthorne
Merchants, at Twenty-nfth and Raleigh,
12:30: Chinese vs. The Dalles Juniors, at The
Dalles, 2:30: Golden Rods vs. Columbia Park,
at columoia rartt, a:o; national Laundry
Company vs. Troy Laundry Company, at
East Twelfth and Davis, 12:30; Montavllla
vs. St. Andrews, at Montavllla, 2:30; Day
ton vs. Yamhill, at Yamhill, 2:30; Brick
layers vs. Sellwood Morning Glories, at Sell
wood, 10:30; Woodstock vs. South Portland
White Caps, at South Portland Bottoms.
2:30: Oregonian vs. Labor Press, East
Twelfth and Davis, 10.
NAVAL RESERVE GROWING
Secretary Daniels Announces Re-enlistments
Are on Increase.
WASHINGTON, June 12. Naval offi
cials have observed with satisfaction
the growth of the naval reserve under
the law enacted at the last session of
Congress. While it is too early to give
numbers. Secretary Daniels today said
there had been an increase in re-enlistments
duo to increased pay and the
standing a re-enlisted man has in the
reserve.
Mr. Daniels pointed out that the pro
portion of re-enlistmenta to first en
listments for the first months since the
act became effective were 61 to 100 for
March, 81 to 100 for April, and 143 to
100 for the first ten days in May.
Frank M. Troeh Makes Best Amateur
Mark for Three-Day Affair and
Many Ties Result in Com
petition for Trophies.
Now that the 31st annual Northwest
shoot, held on the Portland Gun Club
grounds, at Jenne Station, Monday,
Tuesday and .Wednesday of last week,
is a thing of the p.ist, interest is being
centered on several merchandise shoots
as well as the Grand American Handi
cap. President H. TL E'verding. of the
Portland Gun Club, is arranging a tour
ney to be known as the Shipherd
Springs events, the winner of which
will be given a two weeks' vacation
with all expenses paid. The date has
not been set, but the shoot probably
will be held before the middle of July.
Congratulations from all sides have
been showered on President Everding
and the other officials of the Portland
Gun Club relative to handling of the
big shoot last week. No complaint was
expressed from anyone and everything
was run off in the smoothest possible
manner.
19J6 Affair Awarded to City.
The 1916 affair has been awarded
to Portland and nothing will be left
undone to make It far more attractive
even than the 31st annual contests.
Representatives from all over the
Pacific Northwest and California were
on hand to divide the spoils, which
proved to be the largest ever offered
at a similar meeting west of the Mis
sissippi River. Some of the most re
markable scores ever recorded in the
annual gathering were made.
The high amateur mark for the
three days' shooting was made by
Frank M. Troeh. of Vancouver. Wash..
with 392 bluerocks smashed out of a
possible 400. P. H. O'Brien, of Port
iand, finished second, just one point
behind the Was'hingtonian. L. H. Reid,
of Seattle, led the professionals in the
race for leadership. ,
Tiea Become Frequent
Ties were frequent in the various
events. Frank M. Troeh tied with J. A.
Dague, of Tacoma, for the Walla Walla
Brownlee, and in the shoot-off Dague
won. P. II. O'Brien, of Portland, won
the Dayton medal from a shoot-off
with E. H. Keller, also of the Portland
Gun Club. After having been tied with
18 contestants for the DuPont Anacon
da trophy. Dr. E. R. Seeley, of Med
ford. Or., carried the coveted honor
home with him after the clay's shoot
off. All this happened on Monday.
Tuesday. J. F. Dodds. of San Diego,
Cal., proved to be the best in the race
for the Multnomah medal, and P. P. Nel
son, of Yacolt. Wash., secured posses
sion of the Individual Championship
cup. Mr.' Nelson won it last year on
16. but this season he took the shoot-off
with 19. Dennis Holohan, of Burley,
Idaho, had no serious opposition in
gaining the Smails cup with a 25
straight.
Portland Team Wins.
The three-man trophy was won by
a Portland team composed of Lou Ray
burn. P..H. O'Brien and H. F. Wlhlon.
For a time a heavy rain tried its
best to hinder the progress of the
tourney on the final day, but the squads
which remained at the tiring line seemed
none the worse for the drenching, and
even their scores were not affected. A
few light showers appeared and went
on by.
P. H. O'Brien, of Portland, performed
quite a stunt in the 60-bird run for
the Becker trophy. In the singles he
was standing at the 18-yard line and
27 pigeons broke for him out of 30
shots. He then took up his double
barreled gun and ran 20 straight in
the doubles, making him a total of 47.
His nearest rival scored an even 40,
and there were six scatter-gun artists
who did this.
Spokane's representatives did a
great deal throughout the shoot, and
Wednesday C. J. - Chlngren won the
Northwest handicap match by mussing
up 48 out of 60 from the 20-yard line.
F. C. Riehl, a prof essicuial of Tacoma,
led the field, making all but one. Mr.
Chingren has won the Northwest
handicap trophy on four occasions
since 1910.
Long Rons Frequent.
Long runs were frequent during the
gathering. P. H. O'Brien, of Portland,
scored one of 126, the longest of the
tournament. Following are those who
received watch fobs or high-run bars
because of their ability to break SO or
more blue rocks during the tourney: F.
A. Dryden 90. A. R. Garkow 107, A. O.
Flickenger 69, Frank M. Troeh 77. Lw
H. Reid 59. F. A. Dryden 51. P. J. Holo
han 108. C. L. Mackey 64, P. H. O'Brien
126, J. W. Dodds 61, O. N. Ford 71, C
J. Chingren 61, C. E. McKelvey 60, O.
N. Ford 118. P. H. O'Brien 103. Dennis
Holohan 76 from the 20-yard line,
Frank C. Riehl 93. F. M. Troeh 96, F.
A. Dryden 63, Dennis Holohan 83, L. H.
Reid 6 6. P. P. Nelson 93. J. F. Dodds 75,
R. P. Knight 60. P. J. Holohan 50. O. N.
Ford 75. F. C. Riehl 63, A.. R. Garkow 62,
A. G. Flickenger 106, F. M. Troeh 111,
Lv. H. Reid 65, C. E. Owens 69, Frank
Templeton 73, L. H. Reid 63. J. P. Bull
62, Charles Leith 55, A. R, Garkow 63,
L. H. Barkley 51. Frank Templeton 65.
A. G. Flickenger 58, Guy Egbers 54,
P. P. Nelson 58, P. J. Holohan 91, Lou
Rayburn 81. C. D. Ellis 51. P. H. O'Brien
53. E. J. Chingren 59 and E. J. Chin
gren 73.
Lou Rayburn, Oregon's representative
to the grand American handicap
tournament at Chicago in August, won
a shoot off with C. A. O'Connor, of
Spokane, for the fifth . event of the
Rose Festival race by downing 19 out
of 20. O'Connor lost three out of 20.
KKAFF LOSES CLOSE COXTEST
Baltimore Feds Take Final Game of
Series From Bnf falo. '
BALTIMORE, June 12. Baltimore
won the final game of the series from
Buffalo today, 3 to 2. A throw by Dun
can from deep center, which cut off
Chase at the plate in the eighth inning,
was a feature. Score:
R.H.E.I R.H. E.
Buffalo ....2 7 2Baltimore ..3 7 2
Batteries Krapp and Blair; Bender
and Jacklitsch.
Brooklyn 1, Xewark 0.
BROOKLYN, June 12. Cooper's dou
ble and Kauffs single scored, the only
run of today's game between Brooklyn
and Newark, giving the locals a l-to-0
victory. Score:
R. H. E.I R H. E.
Newark ...0 8 llBrooklyn "..1 6 1
Batteries Moran and Rariden; Up
ham and Pratt.
St. Louis 4, Pittsburg 1.
ST. LOUIS, June 12 St. Louis de-
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Correct solutions to problem 17 were re
ceived from Leslie Dugjsan, of Vancouver;
H. Irvine, of Albany, and C. Givens, of
Salem.
Solution to problem 20; Black on 1, 2 3.
4. 3. 10. in. 20, 23. king 2.. white on 5. 8.
5. 10, 11, 18, 17, 18, 26, 32: white to move
end win. 10 7. 3 10, 17 14, 10 17 S 3,
I 10, 2 23, 19 23, 3 7. 12 19, '7 16.
0 IS. 18 1. 13 17. 5 1, 17 22. IS 14.
i' 2. 1 0; white wins.
J. L. Peetz, Salem, Or., and C. L. Burr
succeeded In drawing the stnsla corner po
sition against the weli-known experts hero,
Messrs. Uibbs and Blanchard.
Single corner, by C. L. Burr- 11 15,
22 IS, If, 22. 35 18. 8 11. 2S 23. 12 1.
-'" 2'. 10 14. 24 20, 48, A IS IS.
II 23, 20 B 6 10.
A Can white draw after this move?
B Would like to play. B against tho best
analytical talent of the club. I considered
it a draw until recently.
Problem 21.
Ey C. D. P. Hamilton, Jr., St. Louis. It is
problem 1740,'in Globe-Democrat, and is con
sidered by experts in the last to be equal
to if not the greatest problem of the cen
tury. Below Mr. H.'s solution for black
wins, but a draw has been found. Can you
find It? Draw win he published next week.
White to play and black to win.
Problem No. 1740 consisted of a black man
on 23: kings. 10. 22 and 27. White men. 12
and 20; kings. 28 and 29, with terms: White
to mova, black to win.
12 S(l)22 IS
32 2S(14 1S 1
Kl 7 2-1 28(5(6)
20 16(2)31 27
7 o 29 2.1
10 12 27 23
23 21 4 8'7)
S 4 S2 27"
2B 31 8 4(S)
4 8(3)27 31
31 2ti' 20)2'l 24
2S 24(15) 15 11
IS 23((16l 24
24 20(17(18') 23 27
7 11 (21)12 S
S 4 (t-)27 24
ID 15f "(")
20 24(19)
2S 19
3 1 16
19 12
7 3
3 7 2S 32(9(10(11)28 22
S -i 23 ID 25 SO
27 32 4 S(12(13) 11 7"
28 24(4)10 15 24 21
Variation 1, 2S 24, 10 15. 24 31
B. wins. .
VARIATION 2.
8 3 24 28 24 28 24 2S
7 11 ."1 2 22 18 2:1 20
2824 2824 28 24 28 32
27 31 26 30 IK 15 2B 31
Black
wins.
15 11.
B. wins.
Variation. 8. 2S 32. 27 23 (a).
B. wins.
VARIATION 4.
4 8 23 19 8 4 22 23
31 27 8 4 23 IS 2! 23
8 4 .12 27 4 S 18 25
2723 4 S 19 15 4 8
4 8(b)27 23 8 4 15 19
VARIATION S.
24 20 20 1C 18 20 20 16
31 27 IS 2 23 19 7 3
and black wins.
VARIATION 6.
4 S 32 28(d) 28 32 8 1
18 15 7 11 17 IS 2117
24 28(c) 8 4 o2 27 4 8
B. wins.
1(1 23
27 IS
8 -
n
29 22
3-' 27 20 30 IS 22(g) 17 14
1H 25
4 8
IT 19
Black
29 25 25 29(e) S 4
4
3126 11 T 30 25
2S 32 4 8(f) 1 S
27 23 23 19 25 21
Variation 7, 25 30,
33 28. 24 20. 7 11. B.
14 IS
4 S
ltf 15
18 22,
wins.
wins.
2S 24
VARIATION 8.
28 32
27 24
3223
24 1!)
8 4 24 28 25 SO
19 15 2:1 19 IS 22
28 2 28 32 32 27
15 11 1915 15 18
Black
w ins.
See
trunk.
Variation 9, 28 24. 23 27. 24 28,
B. wins.
Variation 10, 4 8, 81 26. 28 24,
B. wins. 6ea trunk.
VARIATION II.
2721,
IS 15.
25 30
IX 15
tO 25
31 26
23 30
28 24 2Ci 22 18 14
15 11 23 27 2t! 31
24 20 2-J 18 14 9
2 SO 30 20 27 21
B. wins.
VARIATION 12.
4 8(k)S2 28 30 25 B. wins.
IS 23 31 20 7 11" Reavar.e
19 15
Variation 13. 32 28 19 24. 28 19 18
B. wins.
Variation 14, 26 30. 18 23, 30 25. 31 26,
32 28, 7 11. B. .wins. See variation 6.'
Variation 15, b 4, 26 22, 23 21, 15 1L
B. wins.
Variation 16. This position must be forced
in order to win against white' best defense.
VARIATION 17.
8 4 26 30 23 IS 26 31
1511 25 22 30 28 14 9
24 20 23 27 18 14 27 24 B. -wins.
Variation 18, 24 28. 7 11. 8 4. 26 30.
o ij(i;, i. -o. wins, oeo variation tt.
VARIATION 19.
12 8 25 21 8 3 3 8
26 22 2327 18 15 13 IS ' B. wins.
Variation 20, 4 8, 7 11, 8 4, 23 27. B.
wins.
Variation 21, 28 S2, 22 26, 80 23.
27 18. B. wlua.
6TJB-VAR 1ATIONS.
(a) 27 24, 4 8. 3 7, 32 27, 24 19.
8 3. Drawn.
(b) 28 24. 3228. 24 20, 7 11. B. wins.
(c) 24 20, 31 27, 8 11, 15 8. 12 3,
7 11.29 25, 32 28, 25 22, 27 23. B. wins.
(d) 8 4. 15 11. 33 23. 23 19. 28 32.
7 3. 33 27(h), 10 23, 27 18, 26 22. B.
wins.
(e) 25 22. 23 IS. 22 17, 11 7. 17 13,
18 14, 4 8. 15 19. and black wins by
trading the kings on squares 13 and 28.
(f) 28 24, 15 11, 24 28, 23 19, 28 32,
11 15. B. wins. See var 6.
(g-) 19 15, 27 at J, 30 25, 2922. 18 25,
24 20. Dr.
(h) 32 28, 19 15. 25 80, 26 22. B. wins.
See trunk.
(j) The black king beim; on square 30, in
stead of 22, allows this move, because there
is no two for one "shot." Black -n trade.
Just the same, but it does no good, as the
two white kings get together, and draw.
(k) 32 28. 15 11. -28 24, 18 23, 30 25
31 26. 24 28, 23 19 and black wins. See
var. 7. .
(11 23 32, 23 IS, 22 IT, 11 T, 17 21.
18 22, 4 8. 15 19, 28 32. 30 26. 32 27.
'B 15. 2i 24, 26 23, 24 20 (m). 6 4.
23 27. B. wins.
(m) 24 28, 23 19, 28 32, 15 10. 32 27
22 17. B. wins.
Criticisms by C. I Burr, of Ch eh alls.
Souter game. No. 23. by Editor B. on 1.
3. 5. 68. 11, 12, 25. W. on 13, 14. 19. 20, 22,
23. 26, 28, 31. B. to move. Mr. Burr sends
much play that has been published showing
25 SO to be a sound draw move. Instead of
25 SO play 25 29, suggested by editor, then
25 29 1 17 17 20 25 21 25 22
22 18 IS 14 31 22 19 15 (a)2S--24
6 3 7 29 25 21 25 Burr.
13 6 26 22 22 18 23 19 TV. wins,
(a) It's a black win Instead of a white.
In game 27 at the nineteenth move 12 16
was given to draw. Why not move 10 15
and win at once? C. L. Burr It only draws.
Editor Two years ago the editor published
a large number of variations on his original
14 17 move in the Souter.
Problem 22.
BY HARRY T. KRAMER. Cloverdale. Or.
Black 12. 20, 21. 28. kings 30. 31, 32. white
kings 11, 19. 22, 23, White to move and win.
Answers to correspondents: V. E, McNeal,
city. Solution to problem 20. correct. I.
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A. A. Simmons, Eugene. Or. Solution to
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League Records Not Up to
1914 Mark Yet.
FEW "REGULARS" NOTED
Of Twlrlers Who Have Worked More
Than 10 Innings So Far This
Year, Fanning, of San Fran
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Pacific Coast League pitching of 1915
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schedule.
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regular pitchers In the league, each of
whom had worked in more than 100
innings and each of whom boasted a
record of being responsible for an
average of less than two runs per
nine innings. This year for the first
ten weeks of the season there are only
three pitchers who are charged with
responsibility for less than two runs
per nine innings, and of these three,
none could lay claim to being called a
regular for the first ten weeks. Dent
of San f ranclsco and Frommeof Venice,
neither of whom had pitched more than
nine innings up to June 8, were two
of the three. Johnson of Venice with
63 1-3 innings of work was responsible
for 1.13 runs per nine innings.
A year ago the following pitchers had
each worked more than 100 innings and
each was among the leaders in low run
responsibility Ryan, 1.23 runs per nine
innings; Pernoll, 1.46; Hitt. 1.61:
Stroud, 1.62; Ehmke, 1.88; Hughes, 1.94;
Klepfe'r, 2.10.
Of the pitchers who have worked over
100 inninKS so far this year. Fanning of
San Francisco Is the best bet with an
average nine-inning run responsibility
of 2.18 In 119 2-3 innings of work.
Prousrh of Oakland Is second to John
son of Venice for first honors with a
record of being responsible lor an aver
age of 2.0o runs per nine innings in c.
total of 88 1-3 innings of work! Smith
of San Francisco had worked 89 innings
and been responsible for an average
of 2.12 runs per nine Innings. Covele
skie was Portland's best bet with an
average responsibility of 2.18 runs per
nine innings; Hughes ot l-ios Angeles,
responsibile for 2.30t runs per nine in
nings, was the best Angel bet; while
Salt Lake's highest performer was
Laroy, responsible for 2.50 runs per
nine innings.
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Angeles with 132 1-3 innings, are the
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of one to a week. Ryan of Los An
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other pitcher who had averaged at
least one full game a week. Lefty Wil
liams, of Salt Lake, had pitched nine
full games; Fanning of San Francisco
and Henley of Venice had each pitched
eight full games; - no other pitcher
had gone the full route more than
seven times in the first ten weeks.
Fifty-seven runs had been scored
against Spider Baum, of the Seals, more
than had been scored against any other
pitcher. Other pitchers against whom
more than 50 runs had been scored In
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Fromme, Venice
Johnson, Venice
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Smith. San Francisco.
Fanning, S. F
Coveleskle, Portland. .
Klawitter, Oakland...
Prulett. Oakland
Hughes. Los Angeles. .
Decannlere, Venice....
Plercey, Venice
Scoenins, Los Angeles.
Mitchell, Venice
Higginbotham, Port...
La Hoy, Salt Lake....
Hitt, Venice
Boyd. Oakland
Perritt. Los Angeles. .
Henley. Venice
KUHI&y, San Francisco
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Evans. Portland
C. Williams, S. L
Ryan, Los Angeles. . . .
Hall, Salt Lake
Lush, Portland
Keefe, Portland
Burns, I,os Angeles...
Abies, Oakland
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Flttery, Salt Lake....
Baum. San FranciBco.
Krauso, Portland
Rleger, Ven.-Port. . . .
Gregory, Salt Lake...
White, Venice
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