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SPORTS OFALL SORTSPinehurst's Big Golf Tourney

Brought to a Close.

TRAVERS AGAIN FIRSTMcCAMMON OF THIS CITS' WOW

FIRST CONSOLATION PRIZE.

Y. M. C. A Boys Beat Baltimore at

Basket Ball.New Orleans Races.

Cornell Won Chess Honors.

Walter J. Travis, the amateur champion,added the Pinehurst cup, the chief trophyof the New Year tournament of the Pine¬hurst. N. C.. Golf Club, to hla long listof laurels Saturday by defeating W. C.Fownm, Jr., of Pittsburg, In t^e final round,by 2 up and 1 to play.In achieving a victory the "Old Man"

was called upon to play the best golf ofwhich he is capable, as hla young opponentstuck to his formidable task with a deter¬mination that was truly remarkable. Calledupon to mak» an uphill fight of It at al¬most from the outset, Fownes made arll-llant recoveries when his chances appearedto be hopeless, and the Interested gallerythat followed the match was kept In a feverof excitement to the end.A high cross wind made putting on the

smooth clay greens a most uncertain quan¬tity at the b«st, and rain, which fell In thelater stages of the struggle, did not Im¬prove the chances for good medal scoring.Travis was 1 up on the first outward Jour¬ney, with the advantage of obtaining ahalf at the fourth by laying his opponenta skymle.At the fourteenth the champion was a

up. but as Fownes won the next three withthe aid of phenomenal putting and halvedthe home hole, mutters were all square onthe first half.Travis made a g-ind 30 on his outward

journey In the afternoon, and Fownes, whowas a stroke under "bogey." was 2 downwith 8 to go. After losing tho rext. Travisstarted In with three successive holes andwas i up with only 5 to go.Both were In trouble throug i the green

at the fourteenth. Fownes was In thebunker on his fourth, and the match wasapparently Over, when he brought off oneof the most remarkable shots seen In manytournaments. From what appeared a hope¬less lie In the formidable hazard, he laidthe ball up to within a yard of the hole,and being away, ran it down on his next.Travis was so surprised that he missed ashort pull for a half. Fownes won the nexttwo holes with the aid of superior putting,but It was all over at the seventeenth,when he overdrove the green. Travis madeno mistake, and, winning the hole, took thematch.O. McCatnmon of this city had to play

fast golf to defeat C. B. Fownes, and by sodoing he not only won the first consolationcup, but tied for the best gross score on theday's handicap. W. C. Fownes had the sat¬isfaction of carrying off a trophy for Penn¬sylvania by defeating W. W. Burton ofLakewood in easy manner, but F. W. Hentzof Mount Airy, who had been picked to winthe Holly Inn cup for Philadelphia, wasbadly beaten by F. J. Bailey of Chicago.The summary of the match play follows:Pinehurst cup: final.Walter J. Travis,

Garden City, beat W. C. Fownes, Jr., High¬land. 2 and 1.Pinehurst consolation: final.O. McCam-

mon. Chevy Chase, beat C. B. Fownes,Highland. 1 up.Carolina ct'p: final.D. M. Cole, Westfield,

beat W. E. Marcus, Montclair, 2 and 1.Carolina consolation: final.W. C. Fownes,

Highland, beat W. W. Burton, Lakowood,2 and 1.Holly Inn cup: final.F. J. Bailey, Chi¬

cago. beat W. F. Hentz, Mt. Airy, 9 and 7.Mt. Holly Inn consolation; final.R. Good-

body. New York, beat G. W. Watts, PolandSprings, 1 up.Berkshire cup; semi-final.I. W. Kemble.

Philadelphia Country, beat H. H. Brown,Philadelphia Country, 5 and 3; G. C. Dut-ton, Oakley, beat F. O. Horstman, ChevyChase. 1 up.Final.Dutton beat Kemble, 5 and 4.Berkshire consolation; semi-final.W. R.

Hotchkin. Montclair. beat S. Y. Ramage,Oil City, 5 and .'5; It. O. Lamb, Common¬wealth. beat S. B. Ayres, New York, 1 up.Final.Hotchkin beat Lamb, 7 and 5.While Philadelphia could claim smallhonor in the match play, the handsometrophy In the day's handicap event went toa Quaker city golfer. Milton C. Work ofthe Philadelphia Country Club, with theaid of a handicap of 12. captured the much-coveted prize with a net score of 76. Thiswas a splendid achievement In view of theconditions prevailing.The summary of the handicap follows:M. C. Work, Philadelphia C. C... 88 12 76F. J. Bailey. Chicago HJ» u77C. B. Fownes. Highland 80 2 7SO. McCamnion. Chery Ohaae 80 0 80V\ K. Hotchkin. Mont Clair 08 18 80S. H. Austin, Philadelphia C. C.. 88 tt 82A. C. A horn. Mont flair 99 IB83J S. Hill. Polar Snrlnifs 100 IT 83* C. Fowik*. Jr HgMaiul 82 1 84Robt. <>oodbody. ew York 98 14 84G. C. Duttoa. Uaiiey 84 084E A. Freemau. Mont Clair 84 0 84H. O. Fownes. Highland 88 481(J. W. Watta. l'olaml Spring*.... 102 IT 83V M. Cole. Mats 8»485I. W. Kemble, Philadelphia C. C. 91 8 86W. C. Fownes, Highland 92 686J. H. flapp, (Th««vy Chan# 98 13SHHenry Brown. Kkwanok 97 10 871". t>. Horntnmn. Cilery Chase ... 88 0 83Jnsper I..Tiich, I.akewood 934 89il. H. Willing. Ekwanok 101 12 80S. V. Ramage, Oil City 104 14 90Walter J. Travis. Harden City... 85 6 91J. H. llawley, New York 109 46 91W. C. Freeman. Mont Clair.92 O92W. F. .Smith, Medford 109 IT92F. Walter Henti. Mt. Airy 104 1290Capt. J. P. Crane. Winchester 111 18 93W. W. Barton, l.akewood 100 894J H Helms. Jr., Mt. Airy 112 18 94W. J. Boardmaa. Chevy Chase.. .106 12 94I). H. Kyle, l'hlladel'a Coimtry. .110 IS 93E. A. Bailey, Boston 118 1893

FAST BASKET BALL.Local Y. M. C. A. Boys Scored Easy

Victory Over Baltlmoreans.In the basket ball game Saturday night

between the Y. M. C. A. team of this cityand the West Branch team of Baltimore thelocal team Won by a score of 34 to 7. Thelocal team have won four games from theBaltimore association, two from the Centraland two from the Western branches. Avery large crowd witnessed the defeat ofthe Oriole bo>s. The passing of the Wash¬ington team was excellent as was also thegoal throwing. The Baltimore team alsodid good passing, but were weak in theirgoal throwing. The long throws of Thomp¬son and Craig of the home team and theall-round work of Gardner was very good.Gilbert and Walters did the best work forthe visitors. The scores:

Washington. Pooltiona. Baltimore.earner Left forward ReynoldsThompson Right forward (iilbertItopp. Center BaxleyCraig lAfCt back.............StewartHughes. Right hack WatersI'aspire--Ur. O'Reilly of Baltimore. Timers.Messrs. Felck and Onrand. Referee.Mr. Mortality.Scorer--Mr. Mitchell. Length of halves.20 min¬utes. Score at end of flrat half.Washington. 14;Baltimore. 4. Coal* from tkeld.By Washington.17. Coal* from free ton.By Baltimore. 2. To¬tal*.Washington, S4; Baltimore. T.A game of volley ball preceded the basket

ball game. The "Good Lucks" and "Mas¬cots" met. which resulted In a victory forthe former, the score being 4U to 38. Duringthe Intermission of the Washington-Balti¬more basket ball game, a match of basketball was played by Quantrllle's and Schlos-ser's teams, which ended in a voctory for8chloeser's men. 24 to 10.

PRIZE BOWLING.Collins Did Best Work, With Rodrick

and Harlow Close Up.The bowling for a series of prises that

has been going on at the Palace alleys forthe past two weeks reached a conclusionSaturday night, a big crowd being on handto watch the final games. All the bestbowlers of the city were participants,everybody being anxious to capture one ormore of the nineteen prises hung up forspecial work.The best work done during the holiday

season was that of O. S. Collins, en un¬

attached player, who not only leads all Inthe grand totals, but also captured fiveprises for various high scores during thetime. The tokens he carried oft were: High¬est average for three games; greatest num¬ber ot games of 230 totals or over; highestscore*, one game, first week; highest score,one game, Christmas day, and highestscore., one game. New Year day. Mr. Rod-rick of the Fat Men's team won the leadfrom Collins, but when the young bowlershot the ball down the alleys on New Yearhe gained 238 points, which put him twopoints in front of Rodrick. Next to thesetwo is Thomas Harlow, also of the FatMen's team, whose score stands at 770.Mr. Barber of the Bank Clerks' Leagueholds fourth place, with six points aboveMr. Williams of the Departmental League.The two teams will bowl off the finals

tomorrow evening for the six cash prizes,and It is expected that there will oa a veryinteresetlng battle for the first prlxe.When the high scorers take the alleys

tomorrow evening the second team willstart their competition at 7 o'clock, andthe first ten will begin at 9:30. The play¬ers who qualified for the finals and theirthree highest scores are here given;

FIRST TEN MKN.Grandtotals.

Collins 25*9 26# 248 796Itodrlck 280 2ST 256 783Harlow 250 247 287 T70Rartx* 288 2*7 241 764Williams 2B7 246 238 748Butler 20# 3*4 243 742Lord 267 247 227 731Hofmanu 267 237 226 730Iudwl* 266 237 235 728Tearacu 258 228 244 727

SECOND TEN MEN.frand* ta!».

Hardie 247 238 237 722Smith 287 233 231 721Miller 256 232 227 715Burtllne 243 285 235«HEarnest 244 341 233 708Koesrh 240 228 235 709O Donaell 253 227 222 706Ccb. y 237 235 232 704Crist 254 226 224 704Laud 261 236 217 704

Y. M. C. A Bowlers.Saturday night, on the alleys of the Y.

M. C. A., Capt. Eiker's team won the firstand last games from Capt. Whltford's quintby large margins. Edoon had the highestscore for the set. bowling 187. Buell hadhighest average, being 170 1-3.The scores are as fallows:Team A. First. Second. Thlid. Totil.

Buell 107 170 174 611DiliIn U3 116 106 314Rlclinrdson 172 163 127 462Erison 124 187 150 461Whltford (Capt.)... 138 161 Id 455

Total 68« 796 718 2.203Tenm K. First. Second. Third. Total.

Pierce 173 151 180 6>>4Oreenwald 123 129 111 303Lockwood 110 158 135 412J<<uea 168 106 166 437Kifcer (Capt ) 169 177 164 610

Total 760 720 768 2,226

NEW ORLEANS RACES.

Little Scout Won Audubon HandicapWith Witful Third.

Another race-track idol was shatteredat New Orleans Saturday. In the Audubonhandicap Witful, the most popular thor¬oughbred at the Crescent City Jockey Cluband a Ally supposed to be worth $25,000,was easily beaten. In going that was Justto her fancy.sloppy mud.the three-year-old daughter of Mirthful failed to live up toher admirers' anticipations and finished a

poor third to Little Scout and Lurallghter.It was a wretched day for racing. A

heavy rainstorm paid a visit to New Or¬leans in the early morning, and the waterthat fairly poured out of the skies soonmade everything sodden. The track wastransformed from fast to a course of slip¬pery mud and water. Despite these un¬favorable conditions, a big half-holidaycrowd made the journey out to the groundsand kept the fifteen bookmakers on theline busily engaged handling their moneyon each event.The majority of the men and women who

went out to the grounds were attracted bythe belief that Witful would win the chieffeature of the card. They considered thatshe was a splendid betting proposition, andIn order to increase their bank accounts allthat was necessary was to bet on the greatAlly and cash their bets with a fine amountof interest attached to it. The soft footingwas considered favorable toward her suc¬cess, and there was a great rush for thering when the odds wei*e posted for thefourth racq.Although'Witful had to carry 127 pounds,which was 37 pounds more than Overhand,the lowest-weighted horse, Sam Hildredth'sfilly was made a 7-to-5 favorite. LittleScout, because of his recent good form, waswell fancied by a select division of thetrainers who did not believe Witful wasable to give him 13 pounds actual weightand one year in age; so they bet on Book¬maker Oeorge Bennett's horse for a largeSum at 4 to 1.The race demonstrated a most Importantfact to horsemen.that Witful although a

filly of good class, was not distinctly ofhigh calibre and not equal to rank with thebest horses in the country. She was nevera factor In the result and finished thirdwith Little Scout, the best horse by manypounds. Hicks rode the winner In admir¬able style and took him to the outside ofthe track, where he avoided all trouble andsecured the best footing. Fuller did like¬wise with Witful. but the big weight on herback proved to be an effectual anchor toher chance and she failed to respond to herrider's determined finish at the end and wasbeaten out by Lurallghter for secondmoney.The eastern delegation of horsemen, those

men who make a specialty of backingFuller's mounts, fared well on the day'sspeculation. Their Joyful yells spilt theair when Choice ploughed through the mudand won with 6 to 1 against him. Most oftheir winnings was lost back on Witful. butthey were reimbursed in the subsequentevent when Oclawaha, running in Tim Sul¬livan's colors and considered the surest In¬vestment of the day by the talent, woneasily with 11 to 5 on offered against him.

ENTRIES FOR HANDICAPS.All the Big New York Racing Events

Close Today.This is one of the busiest days In the

year for owners of thoroughbreds. Beforemidnight entries will have to be in for allthe prominent stakes,of the seven racingassociations of New York state. Theseevents which close today are worth In theaggregate nearly $1,900,000.The great spring handicap.the Metro¬

politan. the Brooklyn, the Suburban, theCommonwealth and the Brighton.are thefeatures of the turf in which the racegoersthroughout the country are most deeply in¬terested. Each one of these stake fixtureswill exceed by $3 000 any valuation thatthey have heretofore reached. The Bright¬on Beach Association excels all its rivals inthis respect by guaranteeing the Brightonhandicap to be worth 125,000. This Is themost valuable handicap in the cast.The Coney Island Jocky Club offers to

owners twenty-one stakes, which will beworth close to $200,000. This is not the fulllist of their stake features, as a number ofevents close In the fall. The BrightonBeach Rac>ng Association and the BrooklynJockey Club are almost as liberal, and offerevents that are worth," In round numbers,nearly $200,000.This year promises to be the banner sea¬

son on tiie turf. All the racing associa¬tions have made liberal advances In thematter of added .money, and with the valu¬able overnight races, in addition to the stakefeatures, to round the number of contestsout. horsemen will divide nearly $2,00>0U)at the end of the year.The Coney Island stakes, with their esti¬

mated values, are:The Suburban, $2" )00; the Common¬

wealth. $18,000; the Advance. $15,000; theJune handicaps, $15,0<X); the Equality, $6,000;.the Thistle, $4,<XJO; »he Swift. $3,000; theSpindrift, $*>,000; the great trial, $25,000; thodouble event. $20,000; the Zephyr, $5000;Hie spring, $5,000; the Vernal, $5,000; theBenson. $5,000; the independence, $4,000; thetllght, $11,000; the September, $0,000; the au¬tumn. $5,OCO; the Flatbush, $10,000; thegreat eastern, $7,500; the futurity, decidedIn lUOtt. $75,000.

TRAINER YcLAUGHUN.Once Premier Jockey, loir Best

Handler of Horses.Krom the Ne-» York Herald.James McLaughlin, once the premier

jockey of America, bids fair to assumeequal prominence as a trainer, to judge

r*"*r*from the fact ms»de knojtp yesterday by Msson. James McLaughlin, Jr., that his fatherhad won 123 races in lWO." This. too. with amiscellaneous lot of rioters, the best ofwhom was Race Kins, a colt which cost O.L. Richards, his ownetV'|223 as a yearling,and who in 1003 won more than $20,000. in¬cluding the White Plains'handicap at Mor¬ris Park, a race of claaelp traditions.McLaughlin has been a trainer not much

more than ten years, j lor it was in 1891that he rode His Highness In the Futurityand won that great racetor David Gideonand John Daly, his owners. When Morellowon this race, in 185)2. McLaughlin trainedhim. as Van Ness, his part owner, had nostanding under Jockcy" clnb rules. At onetime McLaughlin trained for the late PierreLorlllard also."There is very little money, as & rule. In

training a public stable," said young "Jim¬my," but there is the satisfaction of know¬ing that one is his own master. I do notthink my father would accept an offer fromany owner to train for him alone. He hascleared about $12,000 In the year as hisshare of the winnings of the horsea trainedby him. We charge $1.90 a day in printertime and in summer $2-50 a day and L0 percent of gross winnings. --But there is notany profit In that now, as feed ts veryhigh and stable help commands big wages."We have In.one stable nineteen men andboys, and our salary bill is $DSO a montheven now. I have Just presented a bill fortraining to a gentlemen ror whom we train¬ed some horses in 1W3. and he threw upboth hands at the amount. But he oughtto remember that we have a 'husky' lot ofstablemen to feed three times a day."McLaughlin has developed a few goodlightweight riders. In one race for appren¬tices In November last at Benning therewere six of his lads riding in one race. Thephenomenally light Jockey, J. Taylor, weightsixty pounds, who won on Circus at Wash¬ington, is also In the stable.There are now thirty-one horses of all

ages In McLaughlin's stable at Morris Park,of which twenty-two are tw< -year-olds.Shed work will begin tomorrow, and fromthat date until next December there will beno let up. At present the elder McLaughlinIs at Hot Springs, Va., from which he willleave In a few days for California.Included In the lot now under his son's

care at Morris Park is a colt by the oncewell-known Premier, owned by McLaugh¬lin and raced in his colors. This stallion isnow the property of E. D. Morgan of thestate racing commission, who Is utilizinghim In Mexico for breeding polo pon'es An¬other good colt In McLaughlin's stable Is byBen Stromo. who leads the list of winningstallions for 190.1.

COLLEGE CHESS.Cornell Won First Honors in Trian¬

gular Tourney.The annual tournament of the Triangu¬

lar College Chess League ended SaturdayIn New. York, with Cornell first, Pennsyl¬vania second and Brown third. As thetriangular league won the match betweenIts representatives and those of the quad¬rangular league, Cornell's victory gives itfair reason for claiming the championshipIn college chess. Cornell won the secondtrophy presented by Isaac L. Rice of NewYork city. Through the efforts of the sameplayers the first trophy went permanentlyto Ithaca a year ago.In the third round Price, Brown, defeatedMitchell, Cornell. In a queen's gambit last¬ing twenty moves, the1 latter overlooking

a mate In two moves.Waters, Brown, lost to Kirkpatrfck, Penn¬

sylvania, In a queen's gambit lasting thir¬ty-nine moves. Waters had an even end¬ing, when he permitted his adversary towin a piece.Rand, Cornell, lost a piece at an earlystage against Faught of Pennsylvania, andlost a French defense after thirty-two

moves.At the close of this round Cornell and

Pennsylvania were tied with 2V4 to 2^.Brown was third, with 2 points.Mitchell, Cornell, o'utplayed Kirkpatrick,Pennsylvania, through a center gambit and

scored after twenty-five moves in the finalround.Rand, Cornell, and Price, Brown, had a

lively contest. Initiated by a Ruy Lopez.Rand played the better ending, and scoredafter thirty-five moves.Faught, Pennsylvania, lost another RuyLopez to Walers of Brawn, the game last¬

ing thirty-eight moves.The final scores of the contestants were:Players. Collogps. Won Lost.

Mitchell Cornell 3 )Kxnil (5ornel! 2Yi 1%Kirkpatrick. .Pennsylvania 2(s 1 ViFaiwbt Pennsylvania 1 3Price Ilrovvti ......v 2 2Water* Brown 1 3Cornell has now won the championship

four times and Pennsylvania once. Therecord to date:

Tear. Cornell. Penn. Brown.1H'J9 Hl'.iOO :. 5", 33%lfl<)l 1%

11HMJ ti 414 2Vi1903 5V4 3ft »

Sullivan and Myers Fight Tonight.Many local sports will go to Baltimore

this evening to see the fifteen-round boutbetween "Kid" Sullivan of this city andSammy Myers of Baltimore, which will takeplace before the Eureka Athletic Club. Aninteresting program has been arranged.

Want Equal Recognition.SAN FRANCISCO, January 4.At a

meeting of the officials of the PacificCoast Base Ball League a committee ofthree was appointed to meet President BanJohnson of the American League, JamesHart of Chicago and Ned Hanlon ofBrooklyn, who will soon come from theeast to endeavor to bring the coast leagueInto the national agreement. It Is under¬stood that the only terms upon which thecoast people wil snsent will be the recog¬nition of the Pacific League as a majororganization on equal footing with the bigleagues of the east.

CHESS AND CHECKERS.The annual meeting of the chess local

club will be held Monday evening. Officersfor the ensuing year are to be elected andplans discussed for the betterment of con¬ditions. The coming year promises to be aaimportant one locally, as In addition to theclub championship games to be held in thenear future, several Important local matchesare to be played. Then. too. the receptionto be tendered the participants In the Inter¬national tourney by President Rooseveltwill bring to Washington all the masterswho will take part at Cambridge Springsand it behooves local enthusiasts to ar¬range for their entertainment while In thecity.The first game of the Sournin-Guthrie

match wtll be played this evening at 8o'clock.Mr. Albert W. Fox of the Brooklyn club

was a visitor at the local club this week.During his short stay an informal matchnas arranged and played between this bril¬liant young player and Mr. V. Sournin, theDistrict champion. Play was begun at 2:30in the afternoon and continued to 7 o'clock,when Mr. Fox resigned. Mr. Fox, havingthe opening, played the -Ruy and won apawn in the early stages. On the twenty-third move »he champion made an unsoundsacrifice of a piece, but because of white'sfailure to take advantage of the situationInally won the game in fifty-three moves.The second game, which was begun imme¬diately. lasted until 2:90 in the morning,when Mr. Sournin was compelled to resignto the New York expert-; The fortunes of?hess were aptly Illustrated in the twogames played, as each game could andshould have been won bar the loser. Theicore of the first game follows:

Buy Lopez.Fox. Sournin.

1 P-K4 P-K42 Kt KKI Kt-QBS3 B.Kt5 B.B4<a)4 P.QB3 Kt.KB35 Castles KtxP(b)0 U.K2 P-Q4T P-QS Kt B38 KtxP Castles9 KtxKt PxKt10 BxP B-KKI511 Q.B2 It.Kt12 & Kl5 K-KI313 BxKt PxB14 B.R4 K.K315 P-Q4 H-K71ft Kt-Q2 B- Q3IT B-K15 R.KSIS Ktt-K K-tt19 Kt.B B-Kt30 Kt -Kt3 Q-K2il KlR PxU22 R KK3 BxKt23 BPxB BxPfc)24 PxB IIIPell» K-Btt) Q 4ft2M Q.BK») BxPST R-K Q-U8

Fox. Sournin.28 RxP R-RSch29 K-K2 H-RTSO RxP Q.R4ch81 K-K RxQ32 BxR Q-R8eh33 K .Q2 Q-QKtg34 K-K3 Q-B8ch35K-B3 K-KI22ft B-BS Q.R3ST BxP Q-R488 K-K4 Q-R8ch20 R-BS P-R440 K B8 g-QKt8cb41 K-Ki Q-KS42 K B5 K-RSa P-Kt4 Q-K2

P.44 B.K4 P-R546 B-Q3 Q.Kt4rh46 K-KS Q.Kt&eb4T B-Bo R-BS48 K-BT P-BT49 R.Bflch K-R480 B-B91 R~B5ch K-B5Ia B.'B QxRPch53 K-KtS Q-KKt54 RaslcntO

Notes.(a) This mare baa been condemned as aasmnil by

writers and masters, but has been successfully

Creditfor Every One.

Complete Homefurnishers.Having completed our inventory of stock on

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selling. These comprise all kinds and styles of Furni¬ture, Floor Coverings, Furnishings, etc., of which tifnere is

only one or a few left. New Goods wall soon be arriving for ourspring season.to secure the spaci in our warehouse3, and on our

show floors, to property accommodate these, it is essential to disposeof the odds and ends which we are offering at special bargain

prices. . . . The qualities are of a thoroughly reaiafoie grade-<-the patterns and designs the latest and most desirable.Coupled with our liberal terms of credit, they are tru^yvalues without an equal.

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WHEN IN DOUBT, BUY OF

House Herrmann,7th and I (Eye) Streets

Northwest.

played by Mr. Kunrnln In many of big matches. Herecently used it against Pllltbury to that gentle¬man's sorrow.

(b) Hasty take as Rlsck cannot bold the pawn,and by no; surrendering It Immediately be loses apawn on bis tenth more.

(c) An unsonnd sacrifice, which, however. turnsont advantageously because of White's failure tograsp the sttaatfon.

(d) K.B2, followed by B.B. best here, as Itwould hSTe given free play to the rook.M Again missing It, as bad be played Q.1(2

White could hare held the pawn and very shortlyevaded the attack with a clear piece.

(ft Nothing left, because the pawn must queen,forcing an exchange for a piece.Charles Curt of the Brooklyn club easily

disposed of E. W. Llbalre. but found Mr.Fox a different proposition, and lost threestraight games and the match to the last-named. Needless to say. Mr. Curt Ik notsatisfied, and desires another match, whichhe will get.The following very pretty game was-re¬

cently played in the first round of the RiceGambit tourney, at the Brooklyn club, be¬tween Messrs. Herman tieims and C. S.Howell. Score and notes are from theBrooklyn Eagle:

Bice Gambit.Helms.

1 P-K42 P.KB4

Howell.P-K4PxP

Helms.

3 Kt.KB3 P.KKt44 P-KK4 P-KI56 Kt.KB Kt.KB36 B-B4 P-Q4T PiP B-Q38 Castles BxKt9 B-K Q-K210 P-B3 P-Bfl11 P- Q4 KI-K512 RxKt B.R7ch13 Kill yxlt14 P-KKtS Castles 42 QxP15 B-Q3 y-K2lJ) 43 QxKt

B.KB4(b) R.K1017 Kt .R318 PxP PxP19 Kt.B4 B-R3<d)20 Q.Q2 BxKt21 BxB Kt.Q222 B.KK!5 Q--Q323 Q.B2 g -KI3.24 B-y3

29 B.K330 P-R4*e)31 B-B2(f)32 P-yR533 P-Kt534 Bxr

! 35 r. QMg)SO P-B437 B-B38 K-Kt39 P-Q540 Q-Q441 QxKtPcll K-B2 .

RxB »y*QR -BORiPchKgm;K*P *

!isB Kt'&n K-K2411 P-KHO5(1 P -R7

Howell.T-B3Q.K2Kt.Kt3Kt-QiPxPK-KI2Q-R6Kt- Kt5Q-R8Q-Kt8U-K7Kt Q6

44 BxQP.QB3(c) 45 BxP

40 K-B247 P-R5

Q--K12R-K3yR-KRxRK-R

51 K.Kt352 K-B453 K.B554 KxP55 K-KI556 Drawn

R.KR5K-Q3R. R3KxPK--B4K.Kt4RxP(b)

25 Q-Q226 R-K27 RxB28 P-yKt4

Notes.<a> This refusal of the proffered queen's pawn Is

quite original, and a departure from the usualmode of procedure along this line.

(b) The new play, la answer to the customaryQxI'(Q5i on the part of Black Is 18 Q Q2. It isdifficult to say whether the more would serve thesame purpose in the present instance. The textmove was adopted by Idisker In all of the sixgames agatust Tschlgorin.

(c) A move for which Tschlgorln, too, had a

fancy.(d) Again somewhat out of tlie beaten track.

There is no apparent objection to if.(e) White's two moves with the queen's took

pawn at this Juncture are not necessary, especiallyas he has not the time to spare he thinks he has.P.Kt5 at once is In order.

(f> The White king Is now fairly well Intrenched.tg) B.B here would have saved another Import¬

ant move.(h) If the rook were to retire, B.R5 wonld, of

ctnrse. win the game for White.The second game of the Curt-Fox match

developed some very interesting positions.Curt had an opportunity to win, and aftermissing it lost a drawn game in an effortto force a win.the usual result.

English Opening.Cart.

i p-yB4Fox.P-K4

Curt". Fox.32 KtxB KtxKt33 R.Kt4ch K-B34 RxRcb KxR35 K.B436 K.B537 B.B338 B.RBcli39 B-K240 P-KR441 B-B42 K-B443 B.R344 K-K345 B.B546 P.K547 P.K648 B-Q349 BxP50 K-Q351 K.K2

P-B3K-B2Kt.K4K-K2Kt.Kt3Kt.K4Kt.B6Kt.K4Kt.Q6chKt.B8P-K3KtxPR(b)P.Kt4PxPKt-BOKt.Q8Kt.B6cU

62 K.B3(cl P-R553 PxP54 K.Kt465 B-R256 K-R557 B.Kt368 KxP50 K.Kt#60 BxP61 Resigns(d)

KtxPKt.Kt3P-B5P-B6KtxPKt.KtP-B7KtxB

2 Kt-Qrt3 Kt.KB3.1 P-KKI3 B.B44 P-K3 Kt-B35 B-Kt2 Castles6 KKt.K2 R-K7 P.Q5 B-B8 Castles F-Q39 P.B4 PxP10 KtxP Kt.K411 P-KtS P-B312 P-Q4 Kt.Kt313 Kt.R5 Q-R414 RxKt Pxlt15 KtxPch K.K16 KtxK QxKt17 B.Q2 Q.Q618 Kt HO B.R319 Q-K Q.B420 y.KB yxOch21 Rxy B-B22 P-K4 B--KS23 P-y6 B-B24 P-KR3 P-B425 B.yB3 P-QR420 Kt.Q7ch B -Kt227 BxBcb(a) KxB28 Kt.Kt« R-Kt29 K-B2 Kt.K430 K -K3 B -Q231 R-B4 R-Kt

Notes.fa) Here White could have won another pawn by

Kt.Kt6.(b) If either pawn takes pawn, then 47 B.Kt

(threatening the knight), P-K5; 48 K-Q2, Kt.Qfl; 49 BxKt, PxB; 50 KxP and wins.

(c) K.ys would draw, but White persists Inplaying to win.

<d) For. if 61 P-R5. Kt-y5; 62 P-R6, KtxP;63 P.R7. Kt.Bch and wins.A letter has been received from Mr. W.

L. Moorman in which that gentleman statesthat he will be In Washington the latterpart of January, when he will play a matchwith Champion Sournin. Arrangements forthe match will be made bj- Mr. W. B. Mun-delle, who lias been selected by the twoprincipals to complete details.

Checkers.The final games in the checker match for

the District championship were played re¬

cently at the Northeast Club and resultedIn Mr. Farqu&har winning three straightgames an<J the match from Mr. Harlan,thus retaining the championship.Mr. H. Argenbrlght of Virginia was a

visitor at the local club during the weekand engaged in some Interesting play overthe board.

Whist.The regular round of compass whist

played last Saturday evening was produc¬tive of some excellent scores. Thesegames are becoming popular, and are at¬tended by the strongest players of thecity. In the North and South divisionMessrs. C. H. Turner and C. L. Parker ledwith 127, while A. T. Hawksworth and A.E. Taylor led East and West with 150.

Golf Notes.Since W. C. Fownes, Jr., of Pittsburg

made his record round of the Atlantic Citylinks, using long clubs, a good many ama¬teurs have been experimenting. It may besaid without contradiction, however, thatforty-eight-inch drivers liave not been a

great success.J. L. Stack has been elected captain ot

the Midlothian Country Club. This popularplayer has the reputation of not allowingsuch trifles as business to Interfere wHhgolf.The links of Plnehurst, N. C.. literally

swarmed with golfers last week. Not sincethe coarse was opened had so many expertsbeen gathered there at the same time.Few women golfers have gained a distinc¬

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President's cup she defeated Richard Gar-lick, and on tl» previous day, In the semi¬finals, disposed of George L. Fordyce, theclub champion.According to George Low, the Baltusrol

professional, there Is no certainty of OpenChampion Willie Anderson and BernardNichols making a tour of the Florida greensthis winter with him.Cincinnati is to have a new elghteen-hole

course next year. Residents of Avondalehave acquired a long-term lease on a tractof seventy-five acres at Ros > Hill, and in¬tend to spend a large sum ol money devel¬oping a first-class links. The organizationis to be known as the Avondale Golf Club.A golfer of an Inventive turn of mind has

devised a club that can be used by either a

right or left-handed player. The adaptabili¬ty of this new weapon must be apparent toall close followers of the sport, as there aretimes when one gets lies where it Is next toImpossible to play the ball right-handed.The same thing, of couiae, holds good withleft-handed players.It Is just possible that the three national

golf championships of 1904 will be held Inthe east. This section seems reasonably cer¬tain of securing the women's event, and It isIntimated on good authority that Philadel¬phia will make another effort to secure theamateur contest for men. The Boston dis¬trict Is also in line for a championship, butas the open has been held twice at Myopia,the Bostonlans are likely to make a bid forthe amateur. Philadelphia has had neitherof these tournaments as yet. and it is ques¬tionable whether the Quaker city would.are to take the open.

Boxing Briefs.Young Corbett has agreed to fight the

winner of the Kid Herman-Tommy Mowattbout. They clash In Chicago tonight.If Joe Duffy of New York city Is willing

.o fight any 115-pound boy he can get anatch by calling on Jack McDonald ofPhiladelphia.Tim Callahan of Philadelphia and Clar¬

ence Forbes of Chicago are to battle forHx rounds before a Chicago club tomorrownight. They are to weigh 126 pounds at 3>'clock the day of the fightWhen George Gardner and Marvin Hart

get together tomorrow night In Bostonthere will be something doing. On presentform neither man appears to have any thebest of It. .

Matty Matthews has challenged Joa Wal-cott. He wants to meet the Black Demonat 142 pounds and is willing to go any dis¬tance. A Boston club lias made an offerfor the match.Yank Kenny is out with a challenge to

the heavy-weights, barring Jim Jefl'ries.William II. Daly of Brooklyn, Kenny'smanager, thinks he has a chance with anyof the heavies.Young Corbett's next light may be in

Boston. He has been offersd a tight withMartin Canole of Fall River for January1!> or soon after. The only stipulation isthat the weight shall be 133 pounds.Ben Jordan, the English featherweight,will leave for this country January 11. A

Chicago club has offered a purse of $1,50(1for Jordan and Benny Yanger, with theprivilege of half the house. They willbattle at 1% pounds.Willie Fitzgerald of Brooklyn, in spite of

recent defeats, has secured a m*.tch withJoe Gans, to come off before the Metropol¬itan A. C. of Detroit some time next month.The agreement stipulates that the menstall weigh 1.15 pounds at 6 o'clock on theday of the battle. Gans has already bv&tenFitzgerald in a ten-round bout.Harry Forbes, the ex-bantamweight

champion, and Abe Attell, the San Fran¬cisco boxer, have been matched to light tenrounds at 122 pounds, at ringside, beforethe Indianapolis (Ind.) A. C. tonight fora purse of (1.500. The men wili dividethis 75 per cent to the wini. r and 25 percent to the loser. This match was sched¬uled to take place before the West EndA. C. of St. Louis, but was prevented bythe police of that city.Australian Billy Murphy has come to

life again. He boxed in a preliminary tothe Corbett-H&nlon bout, and the dispatchsays: "For the first two or three roundsMurphy failed to show any of his old-time,speed or cleverness, but In the last threerounds he landed effectively, Evans was,almost out when the £ong sounded for the1close of the sixth round, but the refere#.called the contest a draw, greatly to th»,disgust of the big crowd, which thought;that Murphy should have be*>a given thedecision."