Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-30
WHIST AND CHECKERS
With Chess They Occupy the Atten-
ton of the Clubs.
TO MEET BALTIMOREANS NEXT WEEK
Picking Out the Capital Bis big
Four"
LATE TOURNAMENT ENTRIES

The pyramid knockout" tournament at
the Washington Chess Club Thanksgiving
day passed off successfully. Probably be-
cause of desire to eat good dinner in
the middle of the afternoon, several of the
strong players did not participate. The en-
tries were Cooley, Harrald, Tibbetts Mar
tin, Smith, Gichner, Mundelle, Durham,
Walker, Key, Hanna, Patterson, Gwyer and
Harris. Messrs Cooley, Key, Martin, Pat
terson and Harris dropped out in the first
round. IN the second round Messrs Walk
err Harrald, Mundelle and Gichner were de-
feated. Smith and Durham defaulted in
the third round and Tibbetts was defeated
by Gwyer. This left Gwyer and Hanna to
fight it out between themselves, and in
prolonged game Hanna won.
there were about dozen persons who tried
to solve the problems offered, but none of
them arrived at correct conclusions within
the hour allowed. 1t was the first affair OF
the kind had here in recent years, and at
tracted great deal of interest.
But few games have been played this
week in the chess tournament at the Cap
ital Bicycle Club. Quackenbush is in the
lead, but has the strongest players to meet
yet Usina dropped game to Barrick, and
is now in second place. The score is as fol-
lows: Quackenbush, won }, lost U; Usina,
won g. lost /; Barrick, won ~, lost 212;
Carr, won 512, lost Az; Douglas, won 4, lost
3; Falck, won =, lost 2; Macdaniel, won 3.
lost ); Calver, won ., lost 2, and Writ, won
U, lost Ii.
Additional entries have been made in the
Individual match chess tournament at the
Washington Club as follows: Messrs. A r.
Tibbetts and l.. Tharp. Nearly all he
strong players of the club have entered,
and the tournament promises to be very in
teresting. The players are nearly evenly
matched, and some close contests are an
ticipated. A meeting of the entrants will
be held this evening at the club rooms, Ga
18th street, for the purpose of pairing the
players, &c.
The monthly meeting of the Washing.o ION
Chess Club will be held Monday evening, at
which a proposed amendment to the con-
stitution will be considered. The prizes
won in the last Libbey cup tournament
will also be presented.
Saturday evening Messrs. w. A. Gwyer,
jr.. and F. B. Walker finished a friendly
match of five games up, with the score:
Walker 5; Gwyer. .. The games were all
of unusual openings three of them being
Meadow Hay and two of them English, in
which Mr.. Gwyer did not play with his
accustomed skill. He is not satisfied with
the result, and should they be paired in the
individual match tourney. threatens to
even things up.
The annual championship tournament Of
the Brooklyn Chess Club is in progress.
| among the entries being Showalter, Helms,
Delmar and Rocamora.
Two additional moves have been made in
the correspondence match between the
Brooklyn and Washington chess clubs. In
the game in which they have first move,
the Brooklyn players chose their favori.e,
the queens gambit declined, of which Pills.
bury and Showalter are able exponen.S
| In the game in which the local team has
first move, it will probably adopt the Ruy
Lopez, or Guioco piano opening, both OF
which are safe and can be made lively
games
Last Saturday evening there was a fair
whist, contest of five tables at the Capital
Bicycle Club to decide on the big Four
of the club. Mr.. E. C. Quackenbush and
won on that side, and Messrs. Wooten and
Brtton were the north and south winners.
There was considerable rivalry among the
contestants, as the Big Four will repre-
sent the club in the match for the Ameri-
can League trophy. which takes place in
about a month. The winners subject
| to challenge by any other club four, and
should they be defeated would be sup
planted the Big Four by the victors.
Some of the defeated pairs are talking of
trying for the honor.
The Baltimore Whist Club is now the
holder of the American Whist League
trophy. Last Saturday evening 1t defeat
ed the Hamiltons of Philadelphia by four
tricks, the score being % to is. The Bal
| timores were represented by Messrs. Whe-
Ian, Duval, Steele and Bouton.
A team from the / Street Whist Club
will visit the Washington Chess Checker
and Whist Club this evening and try con-
81 nSj wifi fha WI CT fhar no
visitors were defeated by the Twelfth
Street Club last winter and they are after
revenge as well as glory this time.
Mr.. Barrick and Miss King the latter of
the Woman's Whist Club, gained fifteen
tricks in twenty boards duplicate whist the
other evening, their opponents being Messrs.
Talliaferro and Nick Young.
In addition to Miss Wheelock, the whist
queen" Miss Clapp of Boston will visit the
city this winter and enliven whist circles.
At the Mt. Vernon Chess, Checker and
Whist Club this evening another checker
tournament will begin, in which the games
will be restricted to four openings, viz:
Laird and Lady, Whittier. Single corner and
Bristol, each entrant playing two games at
each opening with every other player, and
all the games of opening to be COM
pleted before he starts on second opening.
This is for the purpose of more thoroughly
studying the openings mentioned. In addi-
ton, n handicap feature is added, Messrs.
McHaidie and Mundel1e losing two games
from their score of wins, and adding it to
the score of wins of Messrs. Fitch, Wendell,
Whitford and Miller, and Messrs. Far
quhar, Ward, Johnson and Pedal conceding
one game in similar manner to the same
players. The Laird and Lady is the first
opening chosen.
A team of local checker experts are ar
ranging to visit Baltimore next week to
play the leading players there.
Young, inexperienced and Ratified.
From the Syracuse Post.
A young typewriter had Just been hired by
prominent lawyer. She had never done
regular work before. and was somewhat
| nervous.