SUNDRY SPORTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12, 5 May 1914, Page 3

SUNDRY SPORTS.

CHESS. CAPABLANCA IN THE LEAD. [Bt Electric Telegraph—Copyright.; [UNITED PBESi ASSOCIATION.] (Received 8.5 a.ln.) St. Petersburg, May 4. At the chess tournament, Bernstein making a brilliant sacrifice, beat Lascar in the eighth round. .Capabalanca now loads, with Alekhin second, and Lascar third. RIFLE SHOOTING.

Following are details of a practice shoot fired on April 33rd;

The scores in the trophy shoot on April .‘3oth were 300 500 GOO Hp. Tl.

The following earn will represent Stratford against Eltham, at Eltham, on Thursday: C. Jackson, N. Thorpe, A. Speck, J. McMahon, W. Brocklebank, E. Brocklebank, H. Gollop, A. Saugster; emergency, A. Mackay.

CAROS. The following cribbage problem, probably the best cribbage problem extant', will interest local card players; “A is only five holes from home, B is only five from start, and consequently requires 56 to go out. B deals, and, in play, hand, and crib, scores out and wins. The game is ordinary live-hand cribbage once round the board, and both players play correctly.” The solution is:—A holds 3, (5 7. 7, and 9, and discards 3 and 9; B holds 3,3, 6, G, G, and discards the two threes. The turn-up is 3. A leads 7. B plays G, making 13; A plays G, making 19, and scores two lor the pair; B plays 6, making 25, and .cores 6 for third six ; A cries a go, and B plays- his other six, making’ 31, and scoring 14. A takes two more for his pair of sevens, and “dies in the hole.” B has scored 20 in play, takes 12 for his hand, and 24 for his crib, total 56, which just takes him home. Of course, A could stop all the scoring if he had played his other seven after the (i, hut in his position he had little to fear in an ordinary way from the possible six holes, and was bound to try to peg another hole or two some way, so that his pairing the six was correct play.

3(H) 600 600 Tl. Thorpe C. Jackson ... 31 ... 33 32 31 35 32 08 06 J. .McMahon ... 30 32 33 95 Brocklebank ... 2J 30 31 90 \V. Brocklebnnk 28 29 33 9U A. Mtickay 28 26 81 L Pepporill ... 26 27 25 78

K. Brocklebank .. . 32 32 31 4 99 L Pepperill . 21 29 19 25 94 A. Mackay . 29 29 24 9 92 X. Thorpe 30 32 28 sc 90 H. (lollop . 30 26 26 4 86 J. McMahon . 26 31 24 4 85