CHESS. The sudden rise to fame of Jose R. apablanca, chess champion of Cuba, who me to New York to take a course in olumbia University, was the chief featre of 1909. By one bound this young ar took his place in the first rank of the orld's masters. This he achieved by Leans of a one-sided defeat of F. J. Carshall, of Brooklyn, the international ayer, who in his time has won many mportant laurels, by a score of 8 games 1, with 14 drawn. Prior to that match apablanaca toured the country under the anagement of the "American Chess Bultin' with brilliant success, making a ecord of 720 games played, of which he on 686, drew 20 and lost only 14. The international tournament in St. etersburg resulted in a tie between Dr. Lasker, world's champion, and A. ubinstein, Russian champion. The anual intercollegiate cable match played at rinceton was won by the American stuents, but in the Anglo-American match cable victory rested with the British, ho recovered the Sir George Newnes ophy. C. S. Howell won the New York tate championship. NTERCOLLEGIATE TOURNAMENT. December 21 to 23, 1908-Won by rinceton (for the first time) with a team otal of 72 to 42; Harvard, 6% to 5%; olumbia, 5% to 6%; Yale. 4% to 7%. The inning team was L. W. Stephens, of rooklyn, captain; J. W. Alexander and L. Tiemann, of Manhattan, and H. R erger, of Nashville, Tenn. Harvard has on the annual_tournament 9 times, Combia 6, and Yale and Princeton, each ice. COLLEGE LEAGUE TOURNAMENT. December 28 to 31, 1908-Won by Pennlvania with a team total of 7 to 1; ornell, 31⁄2 to 4; Brown, 1% to 6%. W. . Hughes and N. T. Whitaker, both of hiladelphia, played for Pennsylvania. he tournament has been won 5 times by ›rnell, 4 times by Pennsylvania, and in 06 there was a tie betwen Pennsylvania id Brown. The last contest gave PennIvania permanent possession of the secd Isaac L. Rice trophy, the first havg been won by Cornell. NGLO-AMERICAN CABLE MATCH, MARCH 26 AND 27. America. Great Britain, 50 yards..Indoor...C. M. Daniels.. 0:25% 100 yards-Indoor...C. M. Daniels.. 0:56% 220 yards..Indoor... C. M. Daniels.. 2:25% 500 yards..Indoor...C. M. Daniels.. 6:54% 440 yards..Outdoor..C. M. Daniels.. 5:57% 880 yards..Outdoor..C. M. Daniels..12:18% 1 mile...Outdoor..C. M. Daniels..26:19% Best Amateur Records. Holder. Date. Distance. Time. 25 yards... 0:11%...C. M. Daniels...1907 50 yards... 0:25%...C. M. Daniels...1906 75 yards... 0:41%...C. M. Daniels...1906 100 yards... 0:55%...C. M. Daniels...1907 220 yards... 2:25...C. M. Daniels...1909 440 yards... 5:31%...C. M. Daniels...1907 880 yards...11:44%...C. M. Daniels...1907 1 mile....23:40 %...C. M. Daniels...1907 The record for the distance plunge with one minute's time limit is 74 feet and was made by C. S. Brown on March 21, 1908. The record for the 400 yards relay race is 4:13% and was made on March 27. 1908, by C. M. Daniels, C. T. Trubenbach, L. B. Goodwin and George South of the New York Athletic Club. The standing of the colleges in aquatics for the years 1908-09 was as follows: Swimming. College. Pennsylvania Yale Columbia College of City of N.Y. Water College. Yale Am. G. B. 52 42 52 42 42 52 Princeton Pennsylvania Columbia Harvard College of City of N.Y. Polo. Won. Lost. | Pr.ct. 380 GOLF. Many surprises and a general advance in popularity marked the golf season of 1909. Miss Dorothy Campbell, the woman champion of Great Britain, invaded the United States and won the woman's championship here. It was the first time in the history of the sport that the title has left these shores. Jerome D. Travers, amateur champion in 1907 and 1908, failed in an effort to win the championship of Great Britain. Robert Gardner won the national amateur title and George Sergent the national open. Walter J. Travis earned the metropolitan championship. A summary of the championships and more important tournaments follows: MEDAL PLAY .June 8-9... June 24-25. CHAMPIONSHIPS. September 16-17. September 15-17. .May 25-29. Winner. Miss J. R. Mix . Miss M. B. Adams Runner-up. Miss G. Bishop H. C. Legg . Miss D. Campbell Mrs. R. H. Barlow NEARBY OPEN TOURNAMENTS. Winner. Date. June 10-11..... TRI-CITY CONTEST (WOMEN). ..New York, 8; Philadelphia, 7. TRI-CITY CONTEST (MEN). Pennsylvania, 7; Massachusetts, 3. ..172 81 77 80 82 90 New York, 9; Boston, 6. Metropolitan, 8; Pennsylvania, 2, BILLIARDS. BEST PERFORMANCES ON RECORD. "Straight rail" billiards (with three balls)-Highest run made in match play (on 5x10 table), 1.531 points, by Maurice Vignaux, at Paris, 1880. Highest average for match play, 333%, by Jacob Schaefer, at Chicago, 1879. Cushion carroms-Highest run made in tournament play, 85 points, by Frank C. Ives, at Boston, 1896. Highest average for tournament play, 10 (for 200 points), by Jacob Schaefer, at Chicago, 1887. Fourteen-inch balkline - Highest run with "anchor nurse" allowed, 566 points, by Jacob Schaefer, at New York, 1893. Highest run with "anchor nurse" barred, 359 points, by Frank C. Ives, at Chicago, 1894. Highest average with "anchor nurse" allowed, 100, by Jacob Schaefer, at New York, 1893, and by Frank C. Ives, at Chicago, 1904. Highest average with "anchor nurse" barred, 63 2-10, by Frank C. Ives, at New York, 1894. Highest amateur record run for tournament games. 202 points, by Calvin Demarest, at Chicago, 1908. Highest amateur average for tournament games, 57%, by Calvin Demarest, at Chicago, 1908. Eighteen-inch balkline (two shots in)Highest run for tournament play (with five shots allowed in "anchor spaces"), 290 points, by Frank C. Ives, at New York, 1896. Highest run with "anchor nurse" barred, 234 points, by George Sutton, at New York, 1906. Highest average for tournament games (with five shots allowed in "anchor spaces"), 50, by Frank C. Ives, at New York, 1896. Highest average for tournament games with "anchor nurse" barred, 100, by George Sutton, at New York, 1906. Highest run for championship game, 232, by G. B. Sutton, in 1907. Best average for championship match, 33.33, by G. B. Sutton, in 1907. Eighteen-inch balkline (one shot in)Highest run for tournament play, 140 points, in 500-point game, by F. C. Ives, in 1897. Best average in tournament, 31.25, by F. C. Ives, in 1897. Highest run in championship match, 100, by J. Schaefer, in 1907. Best average in championship match, 20.83, by Willie Hoppe, in 1900. In the play-off of the triple tie Dema est beat Cline by a score of 500 to 3 Demarest's average was 25, the high of the tournament. Sutton beat Cli by a score of 500 to 480. In the fi game Demarest defeated Sutton by score of 500 to 78, the winner having t high average of 35 10-14. This game ga the championship to Demarest. George Slosson beat George Sutton 18.1 for the world's championship, at N York, on January 26, by a score of to 328 points. Slosson's average P 8 52-56; Sutton's, 5 48-56. BICYCLING. The annual six-day team race was h in Madison Square Garden, December 6 13. Walter Rutt, of Germany, and J Clark, of Australia, formed the winn team. The final standing of the tea follows: 1900-McFarland and Elkes. 1901-Walthour and McEachern. 1902-Leander and Krebs.... 1903-Walthour and Monroe.. 1904-Root and Dorion... SHOOTING. MI The most important shooting event 1909 was the amateur trap shooting ch pionship, decided at Travers Island, N. on December 9. Eighty-nine men c peted, and the winner was George S. Carty, of the Keystone Shooting Club Philadelphia. The scores of the twelve men follow: Amateur Championship-100 Targe 'o keep this record complete and continuous deaths are included which occurred December 24, 1908. HEA, Solomon H., United States Dis- K. Dudley, organist and composer, L, William T., surgeon, 59, Savan- HARE, Rt. Rev. William Hobart, Protes- LER, Matthew C., ex-major general HARRIS. RIED, Heinrich, theatrical and oper- VERSE. George A.. Rear Admiral, BIN, Henry C., lieutenant general. S. A. (retired). 66, New York, pt. 8. GROVE. Samuel G., Governor of Ishington, - Paso Robles, Cal., rch 28. WFORD, F. Marion, novelist, 54, rrento, Italy, April 9. IMAN. Francis W.. Representative ARMOND, David A., Representative LEY. William W., ex-Commissioner Pensions, 67, Washington, Dec. 15. EN. Henry. Rear Admiral, U. S. N. ired), 77, New York City, October 23. ER, the Rev. Dr. George P., theolan and author, 82, New Haven, 20. William T., ex-United States HELPER, Hinton R., author of "The 80, HENDRICK, Very Rev. Thomas A., Ro- HOWARD, Oliver O., major general, U. 70, JEWETT, Sara Orne, novelist, 60, South JOHNSON, John A., Governor of Min nesota, 48, Rochester, Minn., Sept. 21. JOHNSON, Martin N., U. S. Senator from North Dakota, ex-Representative in Congress from North Dakota, 59, Fargo, N. D., Oct. 21. KENNEDY, John S., financier and philanthropist, 79, New York, Oct. 31. H. Clyde, playwright, 44, Chalons- LAFFAN, William M.. journalist, 61, New -Marne, France, Sept. 4. LOWAY. the Rev. Dr. Charles B., thodist Episcopal Bishop (South), 59, kson, Miss., May 12. ONIMO, Apache Indian chief, 89, ER. Richard W.. magazine editor SELL, the Rev. Dr. Daniel A.. hodist Episcopal Bishop, 69, New k. Dec. 5. 3. the Rev. Dr. Edward Everett. hor. preacher and philanthropist, Boston, Mass., June 10. York City, November 19. LASSITER, Francis R., Representative in LEA, Henry Charles, author, banker and LINDSAY, William, ex-U. S. Senator from Kentucky, ex-Chief Justice. Supreme Court of Kentucky, 75, Frankfort, Ky., Oct. 15. M'CARREN, Patrick H., New York State M'CLOSKEY, the Right Rev. William G., |