Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-11-29

A Great Chess Player.

A little man, with iull red bear d
moustache and whiskers, q plentiful croI
of light brown hair, sHd . twinklIng blu
eve, sat in the RON of the Philadelphia
chess club, st the Irving House, on Wslnu
above Ninth street Half score of mem
bers sat around the Jolly little man, who
from wearing constant smile, gives ou
the idea that he couldn't look angry If Ia
tried, not little proud of their Captain
for there In the flesh sat the greatest o.
living chess players, Wilhelm SteInitz
10 the enterprise of the club chess player
in this country are indebted for an oppor
tunlty of seeing this great master OF tn,
game exhibit his proves with queen ant
knight, rock and bishop.
An engagement, extending over forty
days, has been made with Mr.. Steinitz
and the first OF the series of matches bt
will pay in this city it is expected will
begin on Saturday next. HIS first oppo
nent will be ID. Martinez. a strong player,
who, it is hoped, will make good fight
with the distinguished visitor. Messrs.
Relchelm, Elson, Nell, Miehaelis, Roberts
and Daiser will later on engage IN friendly
rIvelry with the great player The match
with Mr.. Martinez is for $500. The play
will begin each day at 8 p. NJ. A recess
OF an hour will be taken for dinner and
the game continued during the evening.
Transferable tickets admitting every
evening throughout the match " iii be So,
emitting the holder to a six months men,
bershIp OF the club.
Mr.. Steinitz arrived yesterday by the
Indiana. I'VE left Liverpool OF October
25th" he said last night. "cnd had very
rough weather for The first five days. We
had head WINDS and tremendous seas, but
the vessel behaved excellently, aud but
for little trouble with some OF the pack
ing of the piston, which caused Us to lay
10 for half an hour. the machinery stood
the strain all right. One DAY, in the
height of the storm, down tumbled q
whole lot of crockery, aud the s;eerage
passengers were scared almost out of
their minds. We had one death dur;ng
the trip, poor little baby, and two Hun
garians in the s,eerage engaged in a
pummeling match, but beyond cut IN
forehead that one fellow got no great dam
age was done. | am very pleased that at
length an opportunity hss presented itself
enabling me to visit America. look for
ward with much curiosity to my games
with Mr. Martinez. Capt. Mckenzie, who
has played with him, told NE before left
London that he plays very strong game.
am glad he does; like to be put on my
mettle. The winner of the first seven
games will be declared the winner of the
match. F." In reply TO u query as to whether
he would play any games blindfclded, Mr..
Steinilz said: % Yes; l believe that Is
part Of the programme, and sm also pre-
pared to meet number of players stimuli
taueously, under like conditions"
Mr.. StelnIlz was bJTni- Prague, Bavaria,
IN 1886. He has been prominently before
the public as chess player for more than
twenty years. He has repeatedly beaten
Blackburn, MS great rival, in the most de
cisive manner, in 1862 beating him SIX
games to one; in 1870 winning FIVE
straight games, and In 1875 defeating him
seven gaa1es in succession. In 1872 he
met the great player LuSerto-I. winning
seven games 10 his opponents one For
nine years Mr. Steinitz conducted the
chess column o. the London EteId. lie
has recently resigned his position on that
Journ Il and purposes starring paper ex-
clusively devoted to the game of chess
on his return to England.