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May 29.
ATHLETICS and RECREATION
KINGS AND PAWNS
A Column Devoted to Chess
By Sgt. T. E. MOON
119th Ord. Depot Co.
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NOTE ■
(The game of chess ancient in origin
has many devotees throughout the
world. No game has been more of a
favorite amongst great military leaders
and no game furnishes more oppor
tunity for training in mental alert
ness and acuteness. • The readers of
Trench and Camp will have the pleas
ure of following each week some of
the tactics of the game. Sergant T.
E. Moon of the 119th Ordnance Depot
Company, will conduct the column).
If your football eleven lined up
against a team equally strong and
agile, what would you do?
CREATE A WEAKNESS of course,
6, 17, 14, 9—back goes the pigskin (for
open ground) then ahead or a for-
ward pass for 20 yards. These num
bers were unintelligible to the other
side, until they learned to associate
their recurrence with a certain line of
play. New tricks come out each year
and make interesting study.
Chess, too, has its tactics, strategy
and logistics.
You can’t play the game properlv
until you learn the rules, where the
men are statoined, and how they move.
Then there will appear in this column,
spicemen games, openings and foot
notes of WHY the move was good or
bad.
A chess board and checker board are
the same, with checkers the black
square is at your right hand corner,
and in chess the white square with
this arrangement, the two forces of
white and black are arrayed against
each other, 8 pawns and 8 pieces to
each side, occupying the back rows and
the rows nevt to them
Place a CATTLE (also called a
rook) in the right hand corner (white
square) to its left, place a KNIGHT,
next comes a BISHOP, then the KING,
on the adjacent white square place
the white QUEEN (and the black
Queen will be on the black square op
posite side of the board) in other
words, Queens always go on their own
color; then come a Bishop, a Knight,
and a Rook on the three squares left,
making the Queen’s side, pieces, sym
metrical with the king's side, pieces
one pawn goes in each square, directly
in front of each piece.
King is abbreviated .. rK
King's Bishop ... ...K. B.
King’s KnightK Kt
King’s Rook K. R.
Queen Q
Queen’s Bishop Q. B.
Queen's Kniht Q. Kt.
Queen’s RookK. R.
Powns P
The pawns are differentiated by
tacking on the symbol of the piece in
front of which they were originally
placed, thus King's Bishop’s Pawns—
K. B. P. Queen’s Rook’s Pawns —Q.
R. P.
Whenever the pieces or pawns go,
they are known by their original po
sition.
The King’s square is King 1, the
square in front of it is King 2, and so
on. This brings black’s king or the
white king’s eighth square and vice
versa; all eight squares (or files) be
long to the piece on which they are
originally posted, as, K. R.'s and 2 B.’s
file, etc.
Rooks more on the files, forward
(in one move) or backward, or on the
horizontals, either right (in one move)
or left, limited by the limits of the
board or its own forces. When any
piece captures, it assumes the square
on which the opposing force stood,
takes the piece or pawn captured off
the board.
The Knights move three spaces from
the square they occupy,- two squares
in any direction, and are at right angle
to it.
The Bishops move on the diagonals
only and keep on the black squares the
other on the white squares, moving
forward or backward as needed. The
King moves one square at a time, in
any direction. The Queen moves in
any direction (diagonally, files, or hor
izontally) either forward or backward.
The Pawns move one square forward
(except on their first move, when they
may move two squares) and capture
diagonally opposite the square on
which they are posted. For instance,
place a white pawn on K-4, and a
black pawn on K 5, (black’s K 4) these
pawns cannot capture each other, but
impede the progress of each other.
However, if a black pawn was on B.
5, or Queen 5. the white pawn could
capture it. Next reek we will set
up the pieces and play a single open
ing, showing how and why you must
get your pieces into play, and the effect
of too early an attack. One of the
famous master games, look for it, it's
mighty interesting.
Sergt. T. E. MOON.
119th Ordnance Depot Co.
TRENCH AND CAMP
Liberty Bonds and W. S. Stamps As Prizes
In Grand American Handicap Trap
shooting Tournament.
By Peter P. Carney,
Editor National Sports' Syndicate.
Liberty bonds and war savings stamps,
certificates will be generously given in
lieu of cash prizes in all of the events that
comprise the 19th Grand American Trap
shooting Handicap Tournament, which
will be conducted over the traps of the
South Shore Country Club, Chicago
111.. August 5. 6,7. 8 and 9.
Just what division of the purse will
be turned into Liberty bonds and war
savings stamps will not be known for a
couple of weeks. The idea Is being
worked out by’ Elmer E. Shaner, manager
of the Interstate Trapshooting Asso
ciation, and as soon as he whips the
figures into shape they will be given to
the press and public.
In the neighborhood of $15,000 is award
ed to the trapshooters in this, the great
est of all American sporting events It
is possible that two-thirds of that sum
will be expended for the purchase of Ltb-
Rules For Three Out
door Games; Try
Them
STRADDLE* BALL.
Field: Any flat playing surface.
Equipment: Any kind of a ball may
be used; basket ball, medicine ball,
foot ball, etc.
Players: Any number. Rows of
ten to twenty deep are formed with
the men in the stride stand position,
i. e., feet apart.
Object: The ball is placed on the
ground in front of each row of players.
At the command “Go" the ball is pass
ed between the legs of the players.
The last man in each row catches the
ball as it comes towards him and then
runs on the left side of his team to the
head of the line. The team that com
pletes this performance in the quickest
time wins. The last runner on each
team, as he is finishing, should hold
the ball clearly above his head so as
to assist the judge in picking the
winner.
Note: Added interest may be created
if the runners are required to make a
goal from the basketball field before
they are allowed to run to the head of
the line.
CATCH AND PULL.
Field: Any flat playing surface. A
line is drawn down the center of the
wield.
Players: Any number. The teams
are evenly divided and they stand fac
ing each other with one foot on the
line.
Object: To pull an opponent across
the line. At the command “Go” the
men try to pull each other across the
white line. When both feet of a man
crosses the line and he is in his oppo
nent's field, he becomes a captive.
When a man has been made a captive,
he must assist the side whose prisoner
he has become. The team with the
most, number of men in their field at
the end of five minutes win.
THREE DEEP.
Field: Any flat playing surface.
Players: Any number; twenty to
forty makes the best game. They
form a double circle, the number ones
standing directly in front of t>he num
ber twos. One player it "it” and the
other is the runner. They must keep
on the outside of the circle and are
not allowed to run through It.
Object: The runner tries to get in
front of any number one in the circle
before he is tagged. Should he do this,
then he cannot be tagged, and the last
man in the row becomes number three K
and a runner. When the chaser or
“it” tags a runner the latter becomes
"t” and chases the runner. The
chaser should always hit the runner
hard.
CLUB STANDING
American League.
Clubs. Won. Lost. Pct
Boston 21 12 .618
New Yorkl9 14 .576
Cleveland 19 16 .543
St. Louis 16 15 .517
Chicago 16 15 .517
Athletics 14 17 .452
Washington 15 19 .441
Detroit 9 18 .333
® National League.
Clubs. Won. Lost. Pct
New York 23 10 .697
Chicago 23 II .677
Cincinnati 20 17 .541
Pittsburg 14 15 .486
Philadelphial4 17 .451
Boston 14 19 .424
Brooklyn 12 21 .375
St. Louis 12 21 .375
Southern League.
Clubs. Won Lost. Pct
New Orleans 25 12 .676
Little Rock 23 14 .622
Chattanooga 20 18 .526
Mobilel9 18 .513
Nashville 18 20 .474
Memphis 16 19 .457
Birmingham 11 19 .367
Atlanta 12 24 .833
erty bonds and war savings stamps.
This idea of Liberty bonds and war
savings stamps as prizes works for the
benefit of the trapshooters and the gov
ernment. Bhe shooter gets a bond and
can cut coupons for a few years, while
the governments gets the money in its
time of need.
This feature should add greatly to the
importance of the Grand American
Trapshooting Tournament. No sporting
fraternity has been more liberal In giv
ing to the government than trapshoot
ers. They have donated ambulances to
the Red Cross, and these ambulances are
new doing service in France. More than
100,000 trapshooters are enrolled in Uncle
Sam’s All-American team; every gun club
has thrown open its doors to foster the
“learn to shoot” idea, and in every Im
portant trapshooting tournament this
year, and in many of the smaller ones,
too, Liberty bonds and war saving:,
stamps are the only pri zes.
SHOOTING IRONS-
DO THEY WEAR OUT ?
The Firearm That Wears Out
From Actual Use Is As Rear
As a Snow Storm in July.
Facts Worth Knowing.
A question that comes to us very fre
quently is: “How long will my shotgun
last?” or “How many shots can I fire
ftom my rifles or revolver before it wears
out ?”
The shotgun, ride or revolver that is
actually worn out from shooting is a very
rare specimen. In fact, we don’t re
member ever having seen one that out
lived its usefulness simply because of the
number o< shots that have been fired
through it.
Thcrp are two factors, either or both
of which are to blame, when a firearm be
gins to show signs of premature old age.
and. figuratively speaking, shoots with a
bad limp.
Some people say it is possible to wear a
barrel out by cleaning it too much, and it
is probably true under certain conditions.
If you clean consistently from the muzzle
with a rusty and dirty cleaning, rod and
you are not careful to keep your outfit
free from grit, undoubtedly damage will
sooner or later be done to the barrel.
It is impossible for anyone to say just
how long a firearm will last because it is
impossible to tell beforehand what kind
of care it is going to get. and the care it
receives makes all the difference between
inaccuracy between a few hundred shots
and a lifetime of faithful service.
A hqntr once told us that in his section
of the country they did not use a high
power rifle for more than five hundred
shots because, he said, you couldn’t hit
anything with one after that number of
shots. We would be willing to bet that
that, hunter and his friends did not know
ever the first: principle of barrel clean
ing, for a high-power rifle is accurate
enough for hunting purposes for several
thousand shots if it is given proper care.
It is interesting to compare the length
of life of the various types of firearms,
assuming, of course, that they are cleaned
carefully and consistently.
’A good shotgun will show practically no
falling off in pattern or penetration for
probably well over a hundred thousand
shots. A ,22-calibre rifle and revolver
are both good for thirty or forty thousand
shots. A high-power rifle is good for
about three thousand to five thousand
shots, usually the higher the velocity the
shorter the life of the barrel.
Judging from the above facts, it would
appear that the higher the pressure de
veloped by the explosion the more wear on
the barrel, for the shotgun develops the
least pressure and the high-power rifle
the most.
A rather interesting side light on this
question of barrel life is a determina
tion of the actual length of time to which
a good shotgun barrel is subjected to the
HANDLING LETTERS OF WAR RISK
INSURANCE BUREAU HARD TASK
One of the most difficult war work
problems of the government is the hand
ling of the correspondence of the War
Risk Insurance Bureau of the Treasury
Department.-
The bureau has received within the
past live months more than 1,111,604 let
ters and is now receiving an average of
11.000 letters a day.
A force of more than one hundred wo
men is necessary to sort and distribute
these letters to the different sections and
offices of the bureau.
The handling of this huge volume of
correspondence has been under the con
stant and direct supervision of the United
States Bureau of Efficiency since Decem
ber.
In answering these letters it is neces
sary to carefully investigate the files
and apply the law to the facts of each
case so that definite and dependable in
formation can be given regarding the
matters inquired about. A large number
of specially trained investigators are nec
essary for this purpose. It has been
most difficult to obtain the necessary
number of assistants having the special
training required for this work.
In order to meet the situation it has
been found necessary to establish two
schools within the Bureau for specially
training these letter writers and award
ers. About ninety employes of j,he bu
reau. principally women, acr now taking
this two weeks’ course of instructions
which is conducted by a group of experts
and supervisors in charge of the various
phases of the bureau's work.
force and burning effect of the powder
charge during its lifetime. If a hundred
thousand shots are fired from a shotgun
the inside of the barrel is actually ex
posed to the flame of the powder charge
for about four minutes.
GIANTS AND REFSOX
CONTINUE IN LEAD
Results of Week Show Cincin
nati Made Best Run in the
National and St. Louis in the
American.
New York.—The New York Nationals
and the Boston Americans continued in
the lead in their respective leagues last
week, but each won only three games in
five played.
Cincinnati made the best showing in
the National League, winning five and
losing two. The St. Louis Americans
lost only one game in six. The New
York Nationals lost to Cincinnati last
Sunday, which gave the Reds the series,
but took three straight from St. Louis.
Barnes blanked the Cardinals Tuesday,
while Thursday St. Louis held on until
the fourteenth inning. Barnes pitched
his farewell game before joining the na
tional army against Chicago Saturday.
Sunday Chicago won again taking the
series.
Chicago defeated Philadelphia last Sat
urday and broke even in four games with
Brooklyn. Cincinnati hammered the ball
in its four games with Boston but was
held to an even break. The Reds beat
Philadelphia Friday in the eleventh in
ning and won again Saturday. Philadel
phia Friday in the eleventh inning and
won again Saturday. Philadelphia beat
Cincinnati Sunday.
Pittsburgh took two out of three from
Philadelphia. Steele was batted hard
Friday by Boston. Hearn was a double
winner, shutting out St. Louis In the
odd game last Sunday and scattering
Cincinnati’s thirteen hits Thursday. Phil
adelphia’s only victory of the week came
Thursday over Pittsburgh. St. Louis
ended its losing streak Friday, beating
Brooklyn. Saturday the Cardinals de
feated Hie Superbas and Brooklyn lost
its third straight to St. Louis Sunday
going into last place.
In the American League, Cleveland was
the fi'rst Western team to win a series
from Boston, which was without the
services of Ruth. Boston won from Chi
cago Friday and Saturday.
■New York lost to Chicago Monday, but
won Wednesday, Thormahlen blanking
the world’s champions in 14 innings. He
has not been scored upon in thirty-two
successive* innings. Cleveland defeated
New Lork Friday in the longest game
of the major league, ssaeon. Covaleskle
pitched the entire game. Love’s pitching
and batting gave the 'Yankees Saturday’s
game. New York won Sunday from
Cleveland. Covaleskle lost a twelve-in
ning- game to Ayers of Washington last
Sunday in the inauguration of Sunday
baseball at the capital.
St. “Louis had its best week of the sea
son, taking four straight from Washing
ton and dividing two games with Phil
adelphia.
Gallia pitched his second victory of the
week Friday against Philadelphia, but
Perry halted the Browns Saturday.
Philadelphia defeated eDtrolt Monday
when Kopp stole home in the fourteenth
inning. The Tigers won Wednesday, Bo
land allowing the Athletics only three
hits. Detroit and Washington played a
slxtee.n-inning, 2-to-2 tie Friday before
President 'Wilson. Shaw held eDtrolt to
three hits Saturday, but the Tigers won.
Johnson shut out Detroit Sunday, ending
the Senators’ losing streak.
The American League had six extra
inning games and the National four dur
ing the week.
HANK, THE YAPHANK YAP.
Examining Officer: And why did
you assault the sentry in this brutal
fashion ?
Private Hand (late of the gas-house
gang): Well, de geuy sez he challenges
me, so I busts him one in de jaw.
—Jester.
It. is planned steadily to enlarge the
scope of these courses so that a substan
tial number of the bureau’s employes will
eventually receive the training.
The Bureau of War Risk Insurance has
received to date 2,001,118 allowance and
allotment statements, in the majority of
which no dependents were reported. The
bureau is receiving an average of 15,000
nw allowance and allotment statements a
day and approximately 2 f '0,000 changes in
the statue of soldiers r ilting from pro
motion or reduction ir. nk or change in
the personnel of familivS and from other
causes, and consequent changes in tfTs
amount of allowance and allotments must
be noted every month.
Since December 20th, 1917. the bureau
has mailed more than 2,380,000 checks for
allowances and allotments to the families
of soldiers and sailors representing an ag
gregate disbursement of about $74,000,000.
Checks are now being sent out at the
rate of over 700,000 a month.
The work of teh bureau is being largely
enhanced by the necessity of preparing
for and taking care of applications for
allowances and allotments and insurance
of the several hundred thousand addi
tional men now being brought into the
army.
The letters received embrace every con
ceivable inquiry. One says: “Please tell
me if Mr. John Smith has put in appli
cation for a wife and three children.”
And another: “My Bill has been put in
charge of a spittoon. Shall I get more
pay?” Another advises by wire: “Child
born named Elizabeth. Wants allow
ance."
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