Scoring Tournaments.—Owing to a faulty system of keeping track of games played, not a few conductors of tournaments are temporarily at a loss to determine with whom some contestants have yet to play. This formulary covers everything:
| Jones. | Smith. | Brown. | Gray. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 205 | 250 | |||
| Jones, 250 | D. | 625 30 | 1119 21 | |
| 42 | 38 | |||
| 220 | 220 | |||
| Smith, 220 | 710 30 | D. | 913 23 | |
| 37 | 41 | |||
| 175 | 170 | 190 | ||
| Brown, 190 | 815 20 | 79 23 | D. | 55 37 |
| 29 | 31 | 41 | ||
| 170 | ||||
| Gray, 180 | 422 37 | D. | ||
| 23 | ||||
| Games Won | I | II | I | |
| Games Lost | X | XX | X | |
| Total Points | ||||
| Total Innings | ||||
| General Average | ||||
| Average of Tournament,—— | ||||
Figures next to names stand for handicap, if any.
Figures standing alone in squares are for total first, average next, and highest run last.
Winning and losing averages are both given, and in common fractions, with the double purpose of showing which player led (in case of later dispute), and of facilitating the making-up of general and tournament averages when play is done.
When a game is over, add an I to Games Won and an X to Games Lost.
When tournament is finished add up totals, as well as innings (last figures of those in middle line of squares), and compute single, general and tournament averages decimally.
To find out who has yet to play, look for blank spaces exclusive of those running obliquely and marked D. (for Jones of horizontal column doubling with Jones of vertical). In the table are four blanks, meaning two games to play—Gray with Jones and Smith.
To find out how many games have been played, add I’s and X’s together, and divide by 2.
When I’s and X’s differ in their totals, there has been an error in tallying games either won or lost.