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Show -GHECKE RS- ny HIGH M'KEAX. Waek. lfcj2U3J4 - """i S39Q1UQ11012 Ju, Th" 13ni4EJl5dl6E Th. Whit. I. II. Bl.ek laCXjc n Q32H OCTOBER tl. 121. BVH Tfc. Telerra. Problem No. . By R. Sail. way, Lunlun. Knvl.Dd. Ittark on It. 22. 27. Wklt on H, 30; kinff on T. Bl.tk to mov. and draw. Poltillon t. problem No. 1. black .a in, 1. 2, Whit., klnf. 10. It. Whit, to mora and draw. 10- M (a).H-! JT-II ll-H 11- 21 14-11 20-12 - 0-l JJ-27 2-S 54-JO Draw. (a Jf 1H-2J. SS-12. 23-10. 12-20. (b) 11-10. 37-30 ; 12-IT. blk win. (b) 10-21. tl-27. 20 11. 21-24. black win. Balow I (Iv. our radr. .xampla. of plar .f four of our grratrat maat.ra of th. camr. Wylll. (Hard Uddlr) and Richard Jordan, who hav. paaocd to th. groat beyond. be-yond. .Jatnrl Ferrt.. .a-ch.mplon of th. world, la will to tho for., and Alfred Jor-dun. Jor-dun. a wortlir aucranr to tho lamnld l. k" Jordan, la apvarnllr bwk to hia oMttmo form, aa ho la re.iatring Bmr-oua Bmr-oua "K. O.'a" at tb. fifth American Cham, plnnahlp tournament whlrh I. preaentlr taking place at Iloaton. Maaa. By way of variety and revival of old memorleo I gtv. below th. flrat g.m. In th. famoua match between Jamea Wyllle and Richard Jordan, whlrh waa played at Edinburgh In May, 102. Although tha aiaka waa a purely nominal one. yet the match created th. utmoat Intereat and excitement ex-citement throughout th. whol. drajghta world. Wyllle bad Juet returned from a meet eurceaeful trur In Auairalla "bearing hi. blushing honor, thick upon hlm"nd despite hie fifty yeara' seniority to tb. youthful Jordsn (who was but 20), h. was full of vigor and .sger for tho rontsst. Tbs match waa s.ne of twenty gamea, each player selecting five openings (both sides tu be played) a mode of procedure wblch would, be severely taboo nowsday. Th. final score waa: Jordan, 2 wins; Wyllle, 1 win. with 17 gsmes drawn. Jordan's worldwide fam. datre from here, and his untimely death In 1012 (from an acoldent on th. atreeta In Edinburgh) will always bs regretted. Readers ar. .ak.d particularly to not. that I quot. the gamea exactly as they are given In th. match book, publlsbed by A. BrrsOD. Olaagow, In 1000. Tho delay In publication was du. to various cauaea. Bait L.k. T.ifffram garno No. 1. rtrat game "Penny." Selected by Jordan. Wyllle. m.vs. (a) 10-14 0-14 10-10 10-11 21-11 (b) 31-17 10-20 14-10 1- 0 11-17 tc) 0-10 Hit 10-10 10-10 11-11 17-11 (4D3J-1J 10-14 0-10 10-11 1- 1 17-20 10-21 11-11 1-11 20-23 11-32 141 0 21 14 1T-I3 14 17 0-11 23-20 10 33 11-10 11-14 (S2I-21 0- I 24-20 0- 2 0-20 11-10 20-10 22-20 10-22 20- 22 H it 0-1 0-1 1- T (1)11-10 10 21 0-10 2-0 0-1 21- 10 17-11 II- 11- I 14-1. 0- 0 7-1. 10.-10 (f) 1- 1 12-10 20-21 22-17 17 13 10-14 11- 0 and 20-10. II, 21-10, 1-1, 10-11, 1-0. 10- 21. 0-0. 0-11. 7-11. 11-11, 10-1, 11-30. 0-14. Drawn. a Tb. opening I. formed by th. Initial mov., and la considered weak for black- It la named after th. town of Denny, where Druinmondj resided. (bl ThlO Is generally recognised ss th. strongest reply, though 22-10 has long been s, favorite. (0) This mnvs was entirely new, so far as we ar. .war., though It has occasionally occasion-ally been used sine, the match. The mov. most In uee now Is T-lo, ss played by Barker In his mstch with Freemen for the American championship. (d) If 20-31. black wlna as follows: IT. 20, 11- 12. 10-11. 22-10. 12-10 Hlack wins. () If 27-21, 11-10, 11-11. 10-20 Black wins. (f) This force, tha draw. 1. In a friendly match with Frassr .f Olaegow tho aame year (1092) Jordan varied va-ried her., as follows: 10-14 20-24 1-11 7-10 1- 14-10 10-2I) 10-25 22-17 15-11 (gill 10 30-23 4- 1 11-11 0-15 e?-ls 17.9s e&.ei v i. 14-17 S1-2S and f-Jrt, J3-7. 11-17. Drawn, (s) 14-17 was playfrt bn br Wilt against Ilattersby In a Scottish tourney, but It Is weak. Jordan seemed relieved now that the flrat game was safely over, and tackled the black aide of tha opening with alacrlfy and apparent confidence, quickly breaking new ground. Tha veteran, finding him-aelf him-aelf ln a fix, had to aacrlfiee two men; Jordan eubsequentlv threw one. and ultimately ulti-mately forcM "fourth poallton" with a man i up, and woo the game am Id tremendous applause. SALT LAKE TRI.RORAU GAME NO. S. 'I3R18TOL." Tha fnitowlng wars the last two gamea In tha lftlx Bt-ottlah championship tournament, tourna-ment, won by Alfred Jordan: Black Ferrla. White A. Jordan. 11-M -14 S-10 4 7-l 24-1S 18- 17-13 J2-17 B31-17 14-1 8-14 -H J-l 13- 14 26-11 St-la 17-24 24-22 U-11 10 UA 1-11 11- Ferrla 22-11 22-17 24 11 20-u reatfri'd A Of thla move the Han Franclaco Poat aaya; "When I see thla move I am alwaya reminded of that recurrent query, 'Why do people marry Miliar. RuaeMl V It aeems to lead to dient-r juvt aa naturally aa all roads once ld to Rome, yet all the experts take turne at tovlna with It. .Several yeara ai) AlciandT put Alfre.i Jordan out of the hr.flish tourney with it. but that Seemed to eaplode the bo nib, and It has been aa harm-lt-m aa a broken ahll ever Bin re." It In a trior mer .Scottish tourney Ferrle played the blarka similar, to a boy aaipt 8'"bbte, who went 12-27 here and allowed a draw. The text mo wins and was known to Kerrle, Ftewart. Hearisht. Mr K ean and other Sruttlah ex pert a. but It aeems that Ferrle'a memory playetl him falae. C The neat game Jordan varied. II 14 14-11 4 1 11-11 17-11 It It 11-21 lit 1-11 17-11 1 4 11 21 11-1 11 14 -U 4 1 HIT 26-24 11- 11 111 14-17 11-24 1-1 14- 22 19-24 11-14 2-ll 14 I I 21-U 21-27 24-23 II U 12- 17 11-24 22 2 1 11-21 Draw 1-11 t U-27 21 17 181 1S-23 4 13 It 14-11 4 2 37-12 27-11 rHBTKKK NOTM. Tbs FVt America Tasrasstiawl. 740FTON. f aaa . Oct. 14 At the eloea of the second day of play of tha fifth A mer- tcaa national checkers tournament beref Alfred Jordan, former Ensllah champion, was the fort or I re for title honors. Jordan, i who defeated Dillard Iavta. former Ma.aaa- j chuoetts cbamploa. In the. first round, won la the seondL round from Louis Ginsberg of Brooklyn, ranked aa on of the leading j players of tha country. Jordan woe one game, wh 11a three were drawn. I Matty Priest of Philadelphia. forma ! American cbamploa and nearly IS years of age. defeated J. A. Acott of Chicago, winning win-ning one same and drawing five. Charles Jolly, youthful New Jersey champion, lt tod an- to L. xf. Uw!( of Indian polia. Leewia woa two gamea a nd. one was draws. J. W. hstflelot. Rhode I aland champton, was (Continued on page t. CHECKERS (ContlnuevJ from pag 2 ) rlefeated by K. B. Reynolds, a member ef (he If ft I America. International tram. M.TOV. Maes.. Oct. II Alfred Jordan, former Envllah checker champion, contln- ued hia string of successes la the fifth American national checkers tournament here by defeating tf. C. New comb ef Te-led. Te-led. O.. In the fourth round Jordan won oq same and threw were drawn. - Victor Town send ef We If ham and Aaa i I.en ef Toledo broke tha rcord for thla i tournament for ron'lnuoue play when tbey drew twenty-two gam to reach ha fourth I round. Tba committee brake the tie by declaring one-hatf point loat to each. Hara Inrtwe ot Wakefield defeated L. VS. 1ewie of Indiana pol la. I.artna won two saoiae and two ware drawn. Aaa Ionc of Toledo defeated M. B. Tifikbam of lirune-WKk. lirune-WKk. Ma. At a meeting of lh t'ta'b State Checker association held on ' Tuesday evening last It waa deetdd to ei art the state tournament tourna-ment nn January 2. ISIS all play ta be finished not later, than February II. The play will W unrestricted. (Tha t'lak players are tha on ry nn who do net aeem to fsvor tha modern atyla of two-move re-strict! re-strict! play at preaent uasd In tournya and matchea all over the world.) The double kaockeut atyla ef piay Is. bevtvtr, aa Advance ta the right dirfcUwiv, |