New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-30
WITH QUEENS. AND ROCKS.
FINE MANAGEMENT OF THE INTERCOLLE-
GIATE CHESS MATCH.
NOTES ABOUT COMING CONTESTS AND WHO WILL
PLAY IN THEM-SHOwALTER WINS HIS
MATCH-PRoBLEMs AND ANSWERS.

NOTES ABOUT COMING CONTESTS AND WHO WILL
PLAY IN THEM-sHowAIrER WINS HIS
MATcTI-PRoBLEMs AND ANSWERS.
Last week belonged to the students. VINO played
their third annual tournament at the Harvard School,
No. 67s Fifth-ave., in this CITY, AS the readers OF
The Tribune were fully informed by its daily re-
ports as to this contest little. IL anything need be
added on the play 1t almost foregone con-
clusion that Harvard. with Ballou and Van Kleeck
as her representatives. would win hands down. the
more so Hymes the hero OF the two previous tour
naments, could not battle any more for Columbia,
and the local varstys team. Binion and Price.
have not that style OF play which carries success
in tournament and match games.
It was generally expected that Yale would put up
q good fight. and although both her men. Bumstead
and Ross fought calamity in the first three rounds,
they had to take second place all along the fight
1t must be a great satisfaction to Princeton TO
have a pretty fair player in Seymour this season
The latter has done much better than the Tigers
did on former occasions. and even Belden the jun
Tor player did much better than former Princeton
ians
The least said about Columbia the better. Both
Binion and Price are liable to make too many
rors.
Much praise however. is due to the honorary man.
ager of these contests. +. A Caswell As II Is well
known. he not only originated the scheme but he
attends 10 his duties in the most efficient manner
The whole thing is arranged satisfactorily to
all concerned every detail is looked after most thor
oughly. and managers Of chess clubs should pay
the students visit and learn how to manage
tournament. The meeting will wind up Tuesday.
when the final round will be played. and in the even
ing reception will be given to the students when.
the programme puts 1t, Song and speech" and
"pipe and ale will be the order OF the day. The
writer had many opportunities TO be present at the
annual varsity week In London, when oxford and
Cambridge used to meet and 1t might be gratifying
for the reader hear that the intercollegiate games
! as played here, much more TO be termed social
affair than the London contests.
Taubenhaus writes from Havana that he is at
present engaged IN series Of games with the
strongest members OF the Havana Club, and that
he had three games and drawn two up to
December %. Next week he will begin a match
with Senior Vazquez the Cuban giant the winner
to be he who scores best out OF ten games.
On January the first match for the champion
ship Of the Metropolitan League will be played
when the City and Newark Chess clubs will meet
at the quarters Of the former club. Great prepara
tons have been made. and II goes without saying
that these contests will prove interesting series
of fights the checkered boards OF all the clubs
1t seems that the City has been the fortunate
respecting the quality OF the team. Showalter. Del
mar Kemeny. Vogt, Ettnger. Jasnogrodsky Hal
perm and Huntington have thrown in their lot with
the City men, and IL all the should to
the scratch it is difficult to see this team can
be beaten.
Brooklyn has secured the services o. Plsbury
Richards. De WISER Helms Tatum, Bradford
Rocamora and others. Those knowing these
will admit that. although paper not SO strong as
the City Club the club across the great Bridge will
speak a word or two about the trophy
Who will battle for the Manhattans Is an open
question yet. Hanham is reported to have said
that he would not play, neither does Schroeder feel
inclined to Join the ranks OF the premier club The
brothers Baird. however Drs. Isaacson and Simon
son Will be available. and, after all. there might be
strong team In the field. as l. j. Hodges. the Vice
president OF the Staten Island Club, is said have
left the Staten Islanders and to have decided to
play for the Manhattans
three brothers Hymes. Steinberg and other we'll
known experts In the Mosquito State. while the Met
ropoiitans will be led by Abin. The Staten Island
Club minus Hodges cannot be expected to be dan
gerous at all. Stil the Islanders are fighting lot.
and what Is more. they know how to lose without
getting out OF temper.
ter is the victor in the struggle with Adolph Albin
who was defeated. but. as the saying goes not dis
graced Appended Is the Of the twenty-ffth
and as II proved, the last, game Of the match.
which was played at the Manhattan Chess Club on
Friday.