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TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, AUGUST 5, 1917.
IS SET
FOR NEXT SATURDAY
Myron Wilsey Picked as Most
Likely Candidate to Make
Frank Kiernan Hustle.
COURSE IS THREE MILES
Start Will Be Made From Oregon
Yacht Club Around West Side of
Dredge at Ross Island, Fin
ishing at Kcllogg's.
With the selecting of the judges and
officials, everything is in readiness for
the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club
marathon swim next Saturday after
noon. The Otter, under command of
Captain Al Otte, and the Sabrina, with
Fred Falling at the wheel, will be the
two official boats. Frank E. Watklns,
the man who has done more for swim
ming than any individual in Portland,
will be starter; A. D. Wakeman, ref
eree; George L. Parker, A. B. McAlpin
and A. L. Wing, timers; James J. Rich
ardson, clerk of course; George Bertz,
William R. Smyth and Arthur A. Allen,
judges of finish.
All contestants are requested to be at
the Oregon Yacht Club at 1 o'clock
sharp. Kach entry must be provided
with a canoe or rowboat to escort them
during the swim. The directors of the
swim assume no responsibility if this
is not done. Swimmers should dress at
the Oregon Yacht Club and give their
clothes to the person escorting them
in a boat, where, upon their arrival at
Kellogg's boathouse, the finish of the
swim, they can change.
The course will be three miles, start
ing at the Oregon Yacht Club, swim
ming around the west side of the
dredge anchored at the head of Ross
Island, and finishing at the Kellogg
boathouse, foot of Salmon street.
Myron Wilsey Is the most likely look
ing candidate to make Frank Keirnan
hump to win the race again this year.
Keirnan has just returned from Notre
Dame, and is in good condition, while
Wilsey is working nights and finds
little time to train, although he Is tak
ing what time he can and training
faithfully.
Ronald Riley, Ed Leslie, Frank Keir
nan, Bob McCabe, Myron Wilsey. O. J.
Hosford, George Grandey, Paul E.
Ppangler. Paul Dickinson, W. G. Smith,
Harry Eddas, A. Olson, Locke Webster,
Collie Wheeler, Deo Mallett, Emmett
Rogers, Ray Balbach, Louis Balbach
and George Wolff are the boys who
have sent in their entries to Jack Cody.
Anna Watts, Elsie Shockley, Anna
Bhrader, Dolly Oberg and Thelma
Payne are the girls who will try their
luck at the long swim. Mrs. Oberg
entered the swim last year without
training and finished third.
O. J. Hosford won the marathon
swim held at the Winged M tank this
year, swimming a half hour each day
for a month. The water is In the best
of condition for the swimmers, being
warmer now than at any previous
swim.
Norman Ross, former Multnomah
Amateur Athletic Club swimming phe
nom, and now a member of the Olympic
Club, of San Francisco, will meet Duke
Kahanamoku during the Hawaiian
championships, September 2. Ross will
sail for Honolulu August 14.
Ed Reeves, winner of the fancy div
ing title at the Pacific Northwest As
sociation swimming meet -held at the
Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club last
May has moved to Montana. In a let
ter to a friend Ed said he could Bwlm
around the town he was living in in
seven minutes, but forgot to mention
the name of the town.
Harold Shadle, swimming Instructor
for the Couch School during the Winter,
and more recently manager of the nat
atorium at Walla Walla, Wash., left
Portland last night for California.
Bhadle has been a life guard at the
Windemuth Baths, and, for the benefit
of the spectators, he has been doing
some senatlonal fancy diving. Not
. since the days of Clair Tait has Port
land had such a clever diver as
Bhadle.
Portland is. not the only city to have
a Thelma represent her In the water.
Thelma Payne Is Portland's mermaid,
while Indianapolis claims Thelma Dar
by. Miss Darby is being taught to
swim by William Merrlam, and started
. when less than 6 years old. Indian
apolis thinks Miss Darby is destined to
become a world champion. Frank E.
Watklns holds the some opinion of
future years.
Billy Williams and Clyde Swendson
Thelma Payne. Let's hope they meet In
are the two Southern Callfornians to
enter the championship diving contest
at Idora Park in San Francisco this
month.
Checkers.
E. IT. BRYANT. Editor.
Headquarters Portland Chess and Checker
Club. 101 Washington building annex. Fourth
and Washington streets. A welcome for all.
Communications and contributions solicited.
Send to 143 East Thirty-fifth street. Port
land. Oregonian. August 5. 1917.
PROBLEM NO. 504.
By L. J. Vair. Denver, Colo.
(Mr. Vair is one of the best analysts In
our country and the checker fans will cer
tainly appreciate his contributions to The
Oregonian. 1
BLACK. 6. 8, 12, 18. 22.
BIG
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WHITE, 7. 17. 24, 27. 29.
White to Play and win.
PROBLEM NO. 505.
By J. F. Roberts.
Tllack. 1. 8. -7. 11. 17. 20. 23; king. 28.
White. 5. . 12. 13. 19. 22. 24. 27. Whits to
play and draw. .
PROBLEM NO. 500.
By Irwin Kldd.
Black. 4. 16. 18. 19. 22; klnps. fl, 12, 17..
29. White. 7. 10, 11. 15. 26. 2S.-81; kings,
3. 2-4. White to plav and win.
PROBLBM NO. 507.
By W. M. Shaw.
Black. 1. 2. 4. 7. 12; kins;. 26. White. 15.
17, IS. 19. 22. 24, 28. White to play and
win.
SOLUTIONS.
Problem No. 500. Black. 1, 2. 5. 7, 9. 10.
IS, 16, 23. White. 14. 17. 18, 22, 25, 29. 80.
82; king. 11. Black to play and draw: 1-6,
11-20. 23-26. 30-23. 10-JR. 18-11, 9-27. 32-23
7-16. 20-11. 2-7. 11-9. 6-30. Black draws.
Prohlem No sl. Black. 4. 20; kings, 10.
24. White. 12, 19; kings. 11. 28. .White to
play and win. 19-15. 10-19, 12-8, 24-27. 11-7,
4-11, 7-32. White wins.
Problem No. 602. Black. 2. 26; kings. 17,
27. White. 10. 18. 23; king, 30. White to
play and draw: 10-7. 2-1L 18-15. 11-18,
23-14. 17-10. 80-32. Drawn.
Problem No. 603. Black. 7, 16. 20: kings,
6, 15, 22. White. 17. 24. 26: kings. 13. 27.
81. White to play and win: 13-9. 6-13.
27-23. 20-27, 31-24, 22-31..24-20, 13-22, 20-25,
7-10. 25-22. 10-14. 21-1U. 31-27. 19-15. Whits
wins.
Solutions have been received from Harry
Baker. Aaron Hart. A. Radamaker. B. B.
Alexander, Oregus. L. J. Vair. A. A. Sim
mons. Ira Withrow. Harry Gibbs. A. Barlow.
N. E. Farnsworth, W. L. Bryant, Rex Da-
lean, J. Graham. O. W. Lents. George Mc
Donald, A. Wileon. C. T. Davis, A. P. Jones.
G. Bianchard and H. Utley.
Are you a checker playerT asked tne
landlord of a prosoectlve tenant. "No. sir!
Why f,uch a preference ?" Ch! it is simple
enough; they moe so seldom, and only after
great deliberation.
This Fall The Or-Konlan wishes to enlist
about 50 players to take an active part in
correspondence checker tournament, sev
eral have signified their willingness, and if
convenient picase send your name in if we
can count on you. Iwo pames to De piaec
between the contestants.
Good rules for players. Avoid all boasting
and loud taltc about your skill. Lose with
a irood tember and, thirdly, win with silence
and modesty.
ti. G. Utley and George McDonald, or port
land, sent exhaustive analysis of all prob
lems and they were neatly arranged.
GAME NO. 257.
This game was played some time ago be
tween K. T. Crowell and C. T. Davis. Mr.
Davis contributes this and the following
game for The Oregonian readers. Mr. Davis
lives In Minneapolis. Minn., and Is one of
the best-read checker students In the United
States. He is one of many subscribers to
The Oreironlar. checker column. Mr, Crowell,
black; C. T. Davis, white.
1- 5
2- 6
11-16
17-13
19- 23
20- 19
16-12
24-19
Drawn.
GAME NO. 258.
"Single Corner."
C. T.
Davis, black; E. T. Crowell, white.
11-15 21-17 11-17 15-10
il-25
22-18 7-10 82-27 19-15
15-22 17-13 17-22 10- 6
26-17 9-14 27-23 15-10
17- 21
25- 30
18- 14
10- 17
21-14
8- 7
14- 18
80-26
18-15
26- 22
15- 11
7-10
11-
Drawn.
9-14 20-16 18-27 9-13
25-2 3- 7 25-11 1"- 1
11-15 16-12 7-10 13-22
29-25 19-23 1-5 1-6
11-16 13- (A 27-31 22-18
24-20 1- 5 28-24 6-10
16 19 22-17 81-27 18-22
23-16 14-21 24-19 10-14
12-19 31-27 27-24 30-26
27-24 5-14 18-15 14-10
5- 9 27- 9 10-14 26-23
24-15 15-18 5- 9 10- 7
10-19 9- 5 14-17 23-18
17-10 10-14 11-16 7-10
6-15 8- 1 24-11 22-17
A It was suggested by some of the spec
tators that 28-24 would win, but try this:
28-24 31-22 20-10 32-28 28-24
2- 6 14-17 29-25 18-15 25-.10
24-20 22-18 16-11 3- 8 24-20
23-26 4- 8 23-22 15-19 30-26
30-23 12- 3 11- 7 8-11 7- 2
15-18 17-21 22-18 21-25 15-10
22-15 3-10 7- 8 11- 7 20-16
10-26 C-29 1- 5 19-15 26-28
and black wins. Oregonian critics: Where
is the draw in this variation?
GAME NO. 259.
"Edinboro."
Contribute! by P. J. Lee. of Tr.coma. Wash
9-13. 22-1S. 6-9(1. 25-22. 11-15. 18-11, 8-15.
23-18. 7-. 26-23. 1-6. 30-25. 3-8. 24-20.
10-14. 22-17IA. 13-22. 31-26. 22-31. 25-22.
31-24. 28-1. White wins. J. B. Hatton, in
Encyclopedia.
A Corrects the Handbook." page 13.
variation 107, at the seventh move, where
28-24 Is given and only draws.
VARIATION 1
12-10 22-17 4- 8 31-27
24-20 11-15 17-13 13-14
8- 12 2H-11 8-11 22-17
27-24 7-16 25-2'. 6-10
3- 8 24-20 11-16 13- 8
23-18 15-19 30-25(A 2- 7
9- 14 20-11 14-18 9- 6
18- 9 8-13 27-24(B 7-11
5-14 82-27 16-20 6- 2
6- 9 24-15 6- 9 14- 7 18-25
18-14 11-18 22-15 3-10 29-22
9-18 28-24 11-18 15-11 9-14
23-14 8-tl 31-26 10-14 28-23
10- 17 24-10 - 6 19-15 6- 9
21- 14 4- 8 19-15 14-17 15-11
12-16 30-23 8-12 11- 7 14-17
26-23 1- 6 23-19 17-21 22-18
16-19 26-22 . 7-10CB 25-22 21-25
and 18-14. Drawn Alox. McGill.
B Corrects the "Handbook," page 157.
variation 118 at fifth move, where 13-17
is given and white wins.
GAME NO. 249.
9-14" 24-19 1.5-18 81-26 19-28
22- 18 15-24 22-15 6-15 26-19
11- 15 28-19 10-26 17-10 16-23
18- 9 4- 8 30-23 15-19 3- 7
5-14 25-22 6-10 27-23 24-27
25-22 8-11 23-19 20-24 7-10
8-11 19-16 10-15 23-18 27-31
22-17 12-19 19-10 3- 8 1R-14
11-16 . 23-16 2- 6 10- 7 31-26
29-25 11-15 16-11 8-12 Drawn.
16-20 26-23 7-16 7- 3
RALPH GRTJMAX IS CORPORAL
Young Lightweight Returns From
Duty In Montana.
Balph Gruman. the Portland light
weight, who was at one time a con
tender for the lightweight title, is back
in Portland after a three months' stay
in Montana, where he was with his
company guarding against trouble with
the I. W. W. Gruman Is -in the pink
of condition, weighing close to 145
pounds, lie was made a corporal while
in Montana.
Ralph engaged in two bouts while
away, and in both events was returned
the winner.
Fishing Notes.
THE Kalama River will be the mecca
for many Portland anglers today,
Wynnbert iluddleston and Frank
Pierce, two of the city's best, left last
night to aBgla for rainbow trout.
Dr. 8. M. Hamby and party will fish
the Lewis River.
V. E. ("Dick") Carlon. S. S. Batton,
F. A. Robinson and Mr. Justin, of Lon
don. England, will fish the Kalama
River.
Ray Winters and tarty will take a
fishing trip, but Ray refuses to dis
close their secret place.
He says the fish are plentiful, too.
H. Kerble. Eddie Blumenthal, Harry
Fisher and Ben Fisher will try their
luck in the Kalama River.
W. C. Block and party left for the
Washougal River last night.
ISLANDS' DRAFT IS JULY 31
High Percentage of Japanese Popu
lation Complicates Matters.
HONOLULU. T. H.. July 25. The
Hawaiian Islands are busy preparing
for registration under the selective
draft which Is scheduled for July 31.
It is expected that 33.000 eliglbles will
register and of these 4000 will be liable
to draft.
The situation here is complicated by
the high percentage of Japanese popu
lation, but the registration board has
arranged for hundreds of Japanese,
Chinese, Korean and Portuguese Inter
preters to make known the Intentions
of the Government in regard to regis
tration. Read The Oregonian classified ads.
EVERY-DAY SCENE AT
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ABOVE VISITORS DISPORTING IX POOL. BELOW A DIVING CONTEST.
Peninsula Park has proved the haven of many an overheated boy and girl during the past month. The tank
Is open daily with the exception of Monday, as this day is used to clean it out. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur
days are given to the girls while Wedesday and Friday the tank is reserved for the boys. Sunday is divided
between girls and boys. From 6 P. M. to 9 P. M. the tank Is open to adults. Sellwood has a tank used under
the same conditions. Suits and towels are furnished free to all those who wish to use the tank and Instructors
are always in charge to insure the safety of the patrons. These tanks are under the supervision of J. O. Convill,
park superintendent. Dan Foster, Grace Kadderly, Lucille Bronaugh and Mille Schloth are some of the instructors
In charge of the pools.
MARSHALL ALLEN WINS
SEATTLE YOUTH DEFEATS BRANDT
WICKER SHAM IN FIVE SETS.
Pacific Northwest Tennis Champion,
hip Won After Hard Match Miss
Livingston Also la Victor.
TACOMA. Wash.. Aug. 4. Marshall
Allen, 18-year-old Seattle boy, today
captured the Pacific Northwest men's
tennis singles championship by defeat
ing Brandt Wickersham, Portland en
try, in five sets. 3-6, 10-8, 5-7, 6-2 and
6-2. A belated rally gave Allen the vic
tory.
Miss Sara Livingston, of Seattle, won
the women's singles by defeating Miss
Mayme McDonald, also of Seattle, 6-3,
8-6. The women's doubles champion
ship went to Miss Mayme McDonald
and Miss Gertrude Schreiner, of Seattle,
when they defeated Miss Frances Bur-
rill and Miss Dorothy Dempsey, of Ta-
coma.,6-0, 6-3.
Miss Sara Livingston and Marshall
Allen, of Seattle, won the mixed dou
bles over Miss McDonald and Wallace
Scott, 6-2, 6-1.
The final match in the men's doubles
will be played tomorrow. All proceeds
of the Pacific Northwest tourney go to
the Red Cross funds.
BELGIANS ARE ILL TREATED
Deported Civilians Forced to Work
Hard on Little Food.
LONDON. July 15. Belgian civilians
recently deported from the Mons dis
trict by order of the German military
authorities have been taken to France,
where they are only 10 or 12 kilo
meters from the front, according to a
Belgian official. They are chiefly at
Ferrain, Arleux, Cantain and other
places in the neighborhood of Douai.
The men, of who-n the large majority
have never done manual labor, are
forced to do military work, such as
laying railway lines, digging trenches.
ENJOYING
's& . -TV :
Mrs. Miles Standish. one of the
her canoe and follows the paddle
but is now one of the strongest of
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loading war materials and machinery,
and are compelled to work about 12
hours a day and also on night shifts.
It Is charged that they are cruelly
treated, insufficiently fed and badly
housed, and that many of them are 111.
Among them are some who already
had been deported to Germany and
then sent back because of 111 health.
WOMAN OUTWITS THIEF
Crook of. Umbrella Stops Man Flee
ing In New York Street.
NEW YORK. July 15. His arrest
due to the qulck-wittedness of a wom
an, who used the crooked handle of
her umbrella to trip him as he ran
through 'Seventh avenue, near 125th
street, recently, a man who said he
wa Peter Kruger, of No. 246 East
Seventy-eighth street, 'was charged
with grand larceny and locked up in
the West 123d-street station. Mrs.
Amelia Dehm, of No. 1512 Amsterdam
avenue, said the man snatched her
purse while she was in a store near
where the arrest was made.
When an employe of the store told
Mrs. Dehm her puree had been stolen,
she started in pursuit of Kruger, who
could be seen running south in Seventh
avenue. A block from the store
Kruger passed a woman who had heard
the cries of "Stop thief." She caught
one of his legs in the crook of her
umbrella handle and held him. until
Policeman Potter arrived.
Women Mutilate Draft List.
BALTIMORE, July 25. Following a
report to the police that a posted draft
registration list for the Eleventh dis
trict, or ward, had been mutilated in
the public school In that ward, an In
vestigation disclosed that many wom
en, fearing that husbands or sons would
be drafted, had torn sheets from the
registration list. The police and Federal
authorities are seeking the vandals and
a new list has been posted at the
school. An Inspection showed that
pages had been torn from the list,
names on other sheets had been torn
off and the usefulness of the roll de
stroyed. THE HEAT ON THE WILLAMETTE.
Oregon - Yacht Club's fairest swimmers
with a dip in the river. Mrs. Standish
the fair swimmers on the river.
Oregon Yacht Club Notes.
THE Oregon Yacht Club has installed
a kitchen and has hired a colored
chef and waiter to serve supper every
evening. About 15 of the married cou
ples enjoy the repast every night.
Miles Standish. secretary of the club,
and Mrs. Standish have become second
Isaac Waltons. When not swimming
they endeavor to catch "croppies."
Mrs. Standish. Mrs. John McFarland
and Mrs. Warren Irwin make a trio of
swimmers living at the club that are
hard to beat. The officials of the club
have built a diving and swimming
platform, with a chute attached, that
Is stationed in front of houseboat row.
About SO married couples compose
houseboat row, a newly married couple
having been added to the string re
cently when Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Charles. Niete joined the flock.
Towing behind Commodore Bobby
Bain's Golden West, the women of the
club, led by Mrs. Standish, have taken
up surf-board riding. This is a new
sport to a majority of the women and
a good deal of interest Is being dis
played. T. J. Mendenhall has put his Virginia
in shape and takes many of the mem
bers sailing each night.
The Raynorshine is put in use night
ly to take the houseboaters for a spin.
Several cruises are being talked of
among the officials of the club, but to
date nothing has been decided.
With the Astoria regatta to be held
In September, it is more than probable
that a representation will be sent to
the Salmon City. In previous years
the O. Y. C. always carried away a ma
jority of the sailing races . with the
Halcyon, Wauna and the Columbian.
These three boats are all being used
daily and probably will be sent to the
regatta.
War Protest Meetings Held.
ST. PAUL, Aug. 4. Fifteen com
munications reporting war protest
meetings scheduled at various points
In Minnesota were received at the
office of the Public Safety Commission
today. No reports were received of
disorders at any meeting already held
but -sheriffs have been instructed to
watch out for outbreaks.
and canoeists, takes & dally ride In
has only been swimming two years,
STARS TO COMPETE
Prospects for Track Meet
St. Louis Are Bright.
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ENTRIES TO CLOSE SOON
Athletes of Pacific Coast Will Take
Part In National Tourna
ment East Will Be
Well Represented.
The prospects of a succ-ssful Na
tional track and field championship
meeting at St. Louis on August 31 to
September 3, are particularly bright
even at this early date. Frederick W.
Rubien, .of New York, secretary-treasurer
of the A. A. U., has received word
frean many of the prominent champion
athletes throughout the country in
which they give assurances that they
will' compete.
The Meadowbrook Club of Philadel
phia, which was anxious to conduct the
National meet in the event of St. Louis
being unable to make the necessary ar
rangements, has promised to send a
team of 12 men headed by "Ted" Mere
dith, and Howard Berry, the Intercol
legiate all-around champion. Philadel
phia expects to apply for the National
meet for 1918 or 1919, and also intends
to ask for the next Olympic games.
Members of the Illinois Athletic
Club of Chicago, are glad the champion
ships are to be held at St. Louis, as the
small expense entailed in sending men
will enable them to enter a large team
and make a strong bid for the club
championship in both the junior and
senior championships.
The A. A. U. representatives in Los
Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, New
Orleans, Denver, Boston, Baltimore and
Pittsburg all advise that they will be
represented by their best men.
Some of the most prominent athletes
who have written that they expect to
compete are: Earl Thomson, of Los
Angeles, the National junior 120-yard
high hurdle champion with a record of
14 4-5 seconds: Joseph T. Higgins, the
former Holy Cross College star, middle
distance runner now representing the
Irish-American A. C. ; Edward Rem,'
New York A. C ex-National Indoor and
outdoor champion walker; Jim Lincoln,
New York A. C, Metropolitan javelin
champion; William Kyronen, Millrose
A. A. ex-cross-country and distance
champion: William Plant, Long Island
A. C Junior National walking cham
pion; Wesley M. Oler, New York A. C,
and former Yale University captain and
National and former intercollegiate
high jump champion, providing he is
fAnot called away with the Aviation
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place; Avery . -rundage, Chicago A- A..,
National all-around champion.
Joie Ray and Dan Ahearn, the Na
tional five-mile and hop step and jump
champiens respectively, will be on the
Illinoij A. C. team, and Eddie Fall, con
ference lile champion; .Toe Loomis, In
door sprint champion; Earl Eby, 600-
yard champion, Sherman Landers, pole
vault champion, and A.idy wara, out
door sprint champion, no doubt will be
on the Chicago A. A. team.
The five relay champi-nships on the
programme bring out teams from all
of the large clubs, and it would not be
surprising to see some of the smaller
clubs carry off the honors in some of
these club affairs. The relay events
are at 440 yards, 880 yards, one, two
and four miles, and the V.eadowbrook
Club advlsc3 that it will have strong
teams in the 880 yards, one and two
mile relay races. The team that will
represent them in the mile relay is
practically the same as the team which
won the Red and Blue of Pennsylvania
in the Freshman relay last Spring at
the Penn Relay Carnival.
Entries will -lose on ugust 25 with
Frederick W. Rubien, 290 Eroadway,
New fork, and he will be gald to fur
nlsh Intending competitors with full
1. formation regarding the champion
sh-ps.
Chess.
E. H. BRYANT, Editor.
Phone Tabor 613.
Contributions of games, endings, problems
or items of interest, criticisms and club
notes solicited. Send direct to 143 Kust
Thirty-fifth street.
Oregonian, August K. 1017.
PROBLEM 278.
Contributed by Oregus.
BLACK, 6 PIECES.
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WHITE. 8 PIECES.
White mates in three moves.
White kins on KR."i queen on, QKtS, rook
on Kfi, knights on QB5 and QATd, pawns on
KKt4. QKta -and QR5.
Black king'on Q5, bishop on QB6, knisht
on Q8, pawns on K2. Q4 and QKto.
PROBLEM 277.
By Sam Loyd.
BLACK. 5 PIECES.
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WHITE. 7 PIECES.
White mates in two moves.
(Public Ledger). White king on QR8.
queen on KKt, rooks on KR4 and Q7, bishop
on KB, knights on KKt2 and K4.
Black king on KB6. rooks on KB4 and
QB0, bishop on K8. pawn on Q7.
PROBLEM 278.
By H. Pyeritz. Oakland, Cal.
This is an easy one. Black, 3 pieces;
white, B pieces. White mates in two moves.
White kins; on K, rook on Q R, bishop on
K6. knights on KKtfl and KR6. Black king
on K. bishop on QKt3. pawn on QB4.
SOLUTIONS.
Problem 271 Key, R-QB5. Mrs. Harrl
ette Ehrlcks, 1029 Kelly street: George Lee.
Deer Lodge, Mont.; C. G. Givens. 15t0 North
Commercial street, 8alem, Or.; L. E. Smith.
Slsson, Cal., send the correct solution. H. A.
Davis, Wallula. Wash., writes: "You will
have to show me. I very much doubt If it
can be worked in three moves." R-QB3,
PxR; 2. K-QB4. K-Q3; 3, B-QB7. mate.
C. O. Oivens.
Problem 272 Key. Q-K7. Mrs. Ehrlcks.
H. A. Davis. Peter Claudianos. C. F. Putney,
George Griffith. R. S. Rumley, L. E. Smith, -Oregus.
Robert and Humphrey Svendsen, H.
Adams, H. Pyeritz, Rex Dalean have lavored
us with splendid solutions to this one.
Problem 270 George Griffith, of Oregon
City, writes that it has his "ifoat," whatever
that is. and C. C. Given, of Salem, asks:
"Can it be solved in three moves?" Several
others had this wrong. We Rive asrain the
solution by Messrs. Putney and Svendsen:
ts-lvivi , i. nH; z, K-Ktich, K-Kt4; 3, tt-K.I,
mate. 1, B-QB, 2, BxB, P moves; 3, BxKt,
mate.
Problem 274 Key, K-B2.
Lieutenant J. T. Beckner. of Winchester
Ky has been appointed secretary of the
Western Chess Association. He will have
charge of the annual meeting at Lexington,
Ky., August 20. There will be prizes, and
special prizes in both the masters and ma
jor tournaments. Entrance fee, $5: dur
tion of the meeting, one week. Showaltcr
and Lasker will be present.
Frank J. Marshall is delighted over his
discovery of a new trap in the "Petroff De
fense." It developed while playing a gams
with George Baker. Marshall pin vs th.e
black: P-K4, P-K4; 2. Kt-KB3, Kt-KB3; a.
P-Q4. KtxP; 4. P-Q3. P-Q4; 5. KtxP. il-QM
6, Q-B3, O-O; 7, BxKt, FxB; S, QxP whito
captures the pawn before he is fullv de
veloped and falls into the trap, P-QB4; iU
P-QB3, PxP; 10. PxP, B-Ktoch; H. Kt-B:i.
P-B3; 12. O-O, PxKt. With a piece ahead,
Marshall soon won the game.
Company E, of the Twenty-third Regi
ment, stationed at Pharr, Texas, made a
clean sweep in their chess match with the
Seventy-fourth Regiment, of Buffalo, N. Y.
Score, 4-0.
A request has been received from Alain
C. White, of Litchfield, Conn., to catalogue
all the original problems thrt have been
published in The Oregonian. Mr. White has
classified and published in his works more
than 200.000 chess problems.
U. Atane, of Punahara, Paopao, Moorea,
Tahiti. Society Islands, writes that he will
soon have some interesting chess material
for us; that these columns are a delight to
them there even in their busy season.
GAME 223.
This was the last game between Jose
Capablanca and Tenenwursel during the Rice
Memorial tournament:
Black. Whitel White. BTaek.
1 P-Q4 Kt-KB3! 1G KR-Kt KtxB
2 P-QB4 P-Q3 17 RxQ KtxQ
3 QKt-B3
4 B-Kto
6 P-K3
6 B-Q3
7 Q.Q2
8 PxKP
9 PxKt
10 PxP
1 1 B-K3
12 B-B3
13 O-O-O
14 Kt-K4-13
KKt-KI
QKt-Q218 RxBch Kxlt
P-K4I19 R-Ktch K-U
P-B3'20 KxKt B-B4i
Q-R421 Kt-BO QR-Qch
P-Q4 22 K-B R-Q3
PxBP 23 Kt-R3 KR-Q
QxB;24 Kt(R5)-B4 R-QT
QxP(Kt2 ) -J5 Kt-Kt3
R-B7ct
QxP 2(1 K-Kt
Q-Kt3l27 KtxB
B-Kf-'jiS K-B
O-O 2! K-Q
Kt-K4iReslBns.
R-Q7
Rx Pen,
R-B7ch
RxBP
GAME 224.
"Ruy Loppz."
The phenomenal Paul ilorphy,
Paulsen, white.
White. Black.jWhlto.
1 P-K4 P-K4I2S KPxP
2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB'20 KB-R
black; Mr.
Black.
B-K3
B-KJ
P-QB4
K-B2
QB-ll
QB-Kt2
R-Q5
3 B-Kt5
Kt-KB.'1I3U P-KB4
KtxKP 31 QR-K
P-QK3'.i2 R-I3
4 O-O
6 P-Q4(A
6 B-Q3
7 KtxP
8 KR-K
P-Q43.i K-Kt
QKtxPlfi
34 B-15
B-K3
Kt-B3
sr. P-QKt3
3tl Q-K2
B-Q.'l
R-K5
Q-K3
B-K2-HlK
Q-Q
Q-QAcll
Q-QBH
Q-K4
Q-Kt:t
Q-QB.'t
Q-Q'J
Q-K3
Q-QH3
K-B-'
Q-KKt3
P-QB3(C
10 KtxKt
11 Q-Q1U
12 BxKt
13 QxKP
14 Kt-Q-13
Kt-KB3
16 Q-Q3
17 B-Ktr,(B
18 P-KR3
19 B-Q21F
PxKtKT
Q-KB2(J
Q-Q23S
KR-K3
Px B 31-
-Q-K R4(I
-U-KStS
B-Q3I40
O-O
B-Q4(D
141 KxK
12 U-K3(K
QR-K
43 Q-R3
44 B-K3
Q-Kt5l.
Q-KR4I
I4.V O-KB
QK-K3; 4 y-B2
QR-Kt3;47 H-K3
Kt-Kt
21 Kt-K4(g RxPch)hl4S B-B
'Z KXH K -W -
23 P-KB3 Q-Kt3ch(i r.O Q-K3
24 Kt-Kt5 P-KR3 51 B-Kt2
25 P-QB4 QB-B1" 52 Q-R3
26 P-KR4 R-Q 53 K-KK
Q-Q3
27 Q-B2 RPxKtl Finally drawn.
A The move usually given here is KR-K.
Lange, however, commends the method of
piay in the text. Lange thinks that both
of the following replies to white's fifth
move: QKtxP and KPxP give the tirst player
an advantage. He recommends; 5, KB-K2,
5, P-QR3, seems as eood as any since
whether white retreat the B to R4 or Q:i,
black accomplishes his object in the ad
vance of the QP.
B If black, instead of capturing the QP,
should take the KKt with QKt, white, after
the exchange of pieces, would have a slightly
preferable position.
C If 8. BxKt. PxB. RxP, Kt-Ktfl. Q-KB3.
KtxR. KKtxBP, Q-Q2, KtxR, O-O, with a.
good game.
D Black has obtained an undeniable ad
vantage in position, his bishops occupying
threatening positions.
E B-Q2 at once would have saved time.
F If B-R4 he would lose a piece; if 19,
B-K3, black would get a great attack by
BxKt and 20, QxRP.
g Any other move would have lost the
Kt or led to a winning attack.
h This sacrifice is perfectly sound and
should, with correct afterplay, have won.
White, by refusing to capture the proffered
rook, would only hasten his own defeat.
i A most unfortunate slip. As soon as
he had touched the queen he remarked that
he had the winning combination in his mind;
that he should have taken the Kt, thus:
PxKt: 24, RxP; 24. Q-Kt3ch. etc.
J He cannot afford to lose the KBP. as
ultimately the KtP would also go.
K If he had taken the B black would
have checked with the queen at QS and after
it captured the rook.
I Ingeniously conceived. Black cannot
take KBP either with B or R, for If he
takes It with the B then RxR, etc. - If
39. KxKBP, P-KKtUch. K-Kt; 41. K-K8ch,
B-KB; 42. Q-QUSch, KxQ; 43. RxB, mate.
What Ex-Coasters Did in the
Majors Yesterday.
DAVE BANCROFT, ex-Beaver, failed
to hit for the Phillies.
Harry Wolter, ex-Angel, bagged one
hit for the Cubs.
Jimmy Johnstone, ex-Oak, grot one
of Brooklyn's three hits off St. Louis.
Cutshaw and Olson went hitless. Jack
Smith, former Seattle outfielder, got
two hits for St. Louis.
In the Cincinnati-New York game
Hal Chase helped his club to a victory
with a three-bagger and a single.
Wilholt, former Tiger, failed as a
pinch hitter for the Giants.
In the S-to-0 Detroit-New York game
Vitt, ex-Seal; Heilmann, ex-Beaver;
Young. ex-Senator, of the Detroit club,
and Peckinpaugh, former Portland
shortstop, now with New York, were
set down without a hit.
"Slim" Love, former Angel, was one
of the two New York pitchers. Detroit
got four hits. New York one.
In the Chicago-Athletics double
header Weaver, ex-Seal, got three hits
and Swede Risberg, ex-Vernon Tiger,
got two. Ping Bodie, a former Seal, got
two hits.
Stanley" Coveleskie, former Beaver,
pitched a six-hit game for Cleveland,
but lost to Boston, 3 to 2. Joe Evans,
ex-Beaver, got one hit. Graney fizzled
and Coveleskie got two himself. Duffy
Lewis bagged a single and a double.
In the Boston-Pittsburg game. Big
bee got one hit; Ward, another ex
Beaver, two, and Schmidt, a former
Seal, one. Rawlings hit for the Braves.
AUSTRIAN BANKS PROSPER
Business In All Lines of Industry
Reported Good.
AMSTERDAM. July 25. The banks
of Austria-Hungary are in a very
strong position, according to the Vi
enna correspondent of the Amsterdam
Handelsblad. "Never before," he writes.
were the deposits, reserve or profits of
the banks of the Dual Monarchy higher
than at present." The writer asserts
that the demands for capital after the
war. which are expected to be enor
mous, will find the Austria and Hun
gary banks in a position to meet them.
There has also been a process of con
solidation and accumulation of reserves
by industrial, commercial and agricul
tural organizations. V ith a few ex
ceptions, the correspondent asserts, the
Austro-Hungarian. business world is
everywhere marked by reinforcement.
All financial institutions, writes this
correspondent, hav profited from the
capital utilized in numerous new busi
ness enterprises. This, he adds, is
shown by the generally increased divi
dends paid by Austrian and Hungarian
banks for 1916. These banks invest in
enterprises which in other countries
are not normally exploited-by national
banks. These undertakings include the
development of shipping companies,
country estates, cafes, theaters and
stores. The increased earnings shown
by the banks is declared by the corre
spondent to reflect increased profits in
these various industrial or commercial
enterprises.
Heat Record for 7 Years Broken.
BISMARCK. N. D.. July 26. A seven
year heat record was broken here when
the thermometer climbed to 100.4. This
is a record for July since the heat
wave of 1910, when the bulb registered
107 on July 15. The temperature de
clined five degrees in less than an hour
after reaching the maximum.
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