New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-17
WITH QUEENS AND ROCKS
ANOTHER BLUNDER COMMITTED BY THE
MANHATTANS.

,vr,Rr FROM THE METROPOLITAN LEAGUE
,. .pARY ACT BRILLIANTLY PLAYED BY
TIE plREcroRs-wHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT
oDop,.rMs AND CORRESPONDENCE.
a.. defeats the Manhattan Chess Club sur
,he occasion OF last years series OF team
SNos which we're played nhoei ue a"'p'es
vc,ropolitan Chess Cluo' 'nose con'pe'e"'
OF 'i'e ,ro.en, 70 talk were discussing Things a,
ahu ,"ovna,tan chess Club and the upsnot OF all
the Ma'''' no mt IN these words: Wat till next
the tam NO. shau have the rules OF the Metro
Eea' ,oooue changed. so that members OF 'ne
poh'ah l,,oss club would not be allowed to
inst us again. ana II we can c'""se '"'
play -. We shall not play any more.
IuIe'' ,al meeting OF the Metropoh'ah League
The ~, three weeks and as was re-
wa The Tribune. the delegates from 'he MAN
lo''' l-,ess Club were defeated IN ther ehoesNo'S
H"'' a., ,he rules respecting the eAslp'ii'! "a "'o
to a"" tho respective clubs. The delegates re-
teams :, the board of directors ana at thelr last
porte" :, ras decided TO resign from the league
meeu"e piysloN is said to have made the lol-
fresiu' s,o,ement to a reporter OF an evening
paper: ~. ,,.,rot,an Chess Club was
- -. o,thusiastic about organizing the Metro
It, League and II was only on '"e '"i
Y,,cl,s,ion OF President Livingston '"a' VIC '''
..n,ed 20 he Identified with It, -. o,,o.-
49,, rirelou then argues at length the RUE a"e'
.,or and winds up with the following REMARK
ornrtber We feel that We can 'ahe '"'s S'P WV,
,..o,,ing dignity. since our club this year wou'u
pe'V' -, s.r,,cer team than last year and one
""r oo,al IN strength to that Of any other cruz
i". iaa,ue Iipschutz. Hodges and snowa''er
u ~. a.. enre TO play for and this fact OF itseii
,,ses us from any charge OF cowardce
rnallv Mr. BigeOw said: But piease ""u'
...n4 me that the Manhattan Club Is not at al
ODD wi,
t,,,l, state that our relations with them re-
o., precisely the same they were before the
n,ranization OF the league
.l,h,uch The Tribune has reason to oeheVe 'na'
ssoVaI;er would not have assisted the MAMMA ans
.h,sv would accuse the Manhattan Chess Cluo
-, r5ice as those well informed in her aHairs
49,, that the Manhattan team would be strong
ave his season and would have given eooo az
.rn. Of Itself But If the league Is broken up
,d is generally expected that this VIII De 'ne re-
,,, a. The retirement Of the Manhattan OneS'
,~,h 8, cannot be said that the latter has done
~, .s constitution pledges Il to do. namely. to
,...r me game of chess Ia all its branches and 10
sss, in the establishment OF organizations "a''"s
~. same object Ia view
~. newe az NAV be imagined, has caused
.,sa,ion In metropolitan chess circles reporter
:, The Tribune after getting the news veriheu
- NJ Ha,hawav the secretary OF the NJ I. -
- on Julius Livingston. the president OF the
,e.rye and the Cry Chess Club. This ofhciai hau
the following 10 say; w.t.,
~, ard I, very strange that Wesley Bigelow
.ho,qh- II At 10 make statement 10 a rePoi'ei
,ns, tho directors OF the Manhattan Chess Oiuo
~. ,ever very enthusiastic about organizing the
Ne.roroitan League. and that only on MS earnest
,ol,oi,ations they consented to be ldentlneu WIN
4, IN ,he contrary Mr.. Bigeiow, as vel as MT
nh assured ne at the first conference on
the matter that the idea Of organizing leaeue
So very happv one, and the very thing to IN
80. .,s nonularitv Of the game in the metropolis
rbsv left the honor OF holding the rrst presidency
~ me although ] had offered it repeatedly 70 'he
Manhattan Chess Club. because originated 'he
lev I'm, they promised to assist me In every
,ossiho wav in order 10 insure the orsahlzIHs' te
'.,s.e,.o and the success Of the league. But Tor
This assurance ! should never have accepted Ihe
presidency. and should noS have stuck to the once
n srite of the many difficulties had to encounter IN
this place ,...o. c,ho,s
club together with the confreres from bsoohI!n,
80 made the laws and bylaws of the league ana
the representatives of these clubs were empoweren
70 purchase the first trophy OF the ciuD. Al t"e
last meeting OF the league the Manhattan ue.esd'es
did not give anybody to understand tha' 'i'e AZ
cs,.anco or rejection Of their propositions wouin
he considered a. a casus bel casus pacis Had
tbs been done the delegates OF the other CLUBS
womb have rather sacrificed their own Opinions
however well founded they were, in order 10 keep
oesce and see the league successful
IF the directors Of the Manhattan Chess Oiuo
have ,ae conscience in spite of their elevated
rosi,fon - DESTROY body Just a few weeks be-
fore II was expected. il would infuse new spirit
into rnetropotan chess life by means OF the
matches l cannot do anything else but express my
deepest regret and leave the case ior judgment
g. the hands OF a just and noble chess fraternity
"Of course shall ask Secretary BARN 10 can
a meeting OF the Executive Comlhl''ee III IVA"
week"
Further comments on this most Iesret'ao'e aii"i
are needless. -,
William f. Napier the boy chess player OF the
Brooklyn Young Mems Christian Association "host
,enarkab,e progress in the ga No has been one OF
81 features ~ the season started for Chicago on
Friday there 10 study music during the winter.
pro,klvn chess PLAYERS in general regret the ao-
serce OF this promising and popular niue eAPe'"
The match between IIpschuiz and ShoWaItef mas
rone along slowly on Monday Sho"al'er caine o"'
yic..r ious in the sixth game but he iet IN
ss-osed on Wednesday and claimed one OF the four
o~5avs 70 which lie is entitled according 10
the articles or the match. Showalter on pe'hg seen
a; the Manhattan Chess Club by reporter OF me
Tribune had this TO say about Monday pa.tie
ave- ..e chcckered board: LAS the readers OF Inc
Trt,,ne VII have seen from the score OF the game
,bic. was published on Tuesday, ] got somewhat
II. better o. The opening on a Queens GamDit'
Which Iipschutz declined He Was rather nam
psrel IN the development of his pieces ana so'
the better Of the argument when We were ABOUT
IN Start the m dole game. which. owing 20 an
.-ro- dr the parr Of my opponent an nl-consldtrtu
Kn.eat move ! gained a pawn at pretty cary
H9r ~ In position | made determined elJrt
not - throw away another chance: ans as tne sCore
sho,s v.nu AFTER q hard struggle. As you Know;
The sarlr.h game has been adjourned 30 you VIII
DsrdIr rlc s1r not saying anyihIhS on '"'S sf'"e
al present" 49,, e,..,t ,a,oo I'm IN
the time o. the Adjournment al j ''o'N o' '''O"F
ngh, .
SEVENTH GAmi;-PETRoFF~s Defence
-, ~ AcK WHITE. BLACK.
~ -. Sr-v,sifer I.Tschuiz. Showalter.
iP-E PIX a - 2 -
AK B3 XXX B3 80 x r. r.
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