New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-29
HARVARD HAS A GOOD GRIP.
HER REPRESENTATIVES, PLAYING WIN
MING CHESS.

THE INTERCOLLEGIATE TROPHY PRACTICALLY
srcrRED-REsULTs or YESTERDAYS GAMES
Some importan. games contested yesterday
IN the third round of the lntercolegiat" Chess
Championship Tournament. now IN progress al Hai-
ward School Fifth-ave. AMI Forty-seventh-s' pay
ers from Harvard and Yale. from eacn Were
scheduled to meet. while the other Harvard repre-
sentative had seymour the stronger OF the two
Princetonans. an opponent. 1t was crucia! test
for The youthful experts of the Hub. Ballou ana Van
Kiceck but they equal to the occasion. ana
again came of with clean By their ef-
forts they succeeded not only in retaining the lead
but also practically assured 70 their college vic
tory.
The two Yale men practically spill; even. to the
results Of their efforts. and still hold second place.
but are not dangerous. 'he one game which
stands adjourned Is lost to them
princeton and Columbia third and fourth In
the order named the former still having lighting
chance with Yale. while the latter is entirely ont
OF the race. Princeton scored half a game ycster-
day and Columbia could do no better.
Ross of Yale. had a short game, and for a change
WAS through before the adjournment at $50 o CLOCK
Ills adversary Price of Columbia who kept mp
his poor record by placing the third successive zero
on his score sheet Ross defended with the French
Defense in good style. won pawn and established
his knight strongly at CO. causing Whites king to
move without casting. The loss Of y rock resulted
badly for Price and he resigned after twenty moves
The next game finished was that between Binion'
Columbia. and Belden. Princeton, and resulted in
draw after forty-seven moves. which were made
IN quick time. Enion chose the Ruy Lopez for
an opening but managed ii so as TO lose a pawn
carly Later he put up good fight, and was
enabled to divide honors with his opponent in the
end the latter inadvertently letting go an inn
portant pawn.
seymour. Princeton. and Van kleeck. Harvard
both ingenious players. were billed to meet each
other and a good struggle looked for. Van
Kleeck pinned his faith TO French Defense. and
conducted the development excellently, Seymour
was the first TO slip up losing pawn by an over
sight, He could not regain his lost ground in the
middle game. and, nearing the end. ne was forced I
ward victory was a foregone conclusion Van
kesGk nn owing to the absence Of the referee
Bumstead Of Yale. was up against the most
formidable man in the tournament. Ballou, OF haf-
ward He opened with the Zukertort but lost
pawn in the preliminary complication In return
b b @ IN singing s o"
the occasion aVd b s h o IN the sece ed
pawn it was practically with Bumstead. but
Sc made the aaryea work RsTa before he
Appended is the record of the players up TO
date: .,
J. R,non. 90 Observation-Disclosures.
A. H. Price Law ..............................o
Totals OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
HARVARD.
:ws a. r'1ll0V Van Keeck 90
Totals =
YALE.
Ar'1ur r nam'. .s %. u
Totals 2's
PRINCETON.
William V Beden Observation-Disclosures -.
Edmund b. seymour 9s.....................1l. Z
Totals ....'.....'.'.-
Adjourned game in hand
To-day the students will meet In the fourth round.