Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-07
Opening Of the Washington Chess
Clubs Tournament.
PROGRESS OF THE CAPITAL BIS GAMES
Some Recent Interesting Whist
Contests.
AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP

Inc pairing or players Tor the tourna-
| ment at the Washington Chess Club result
ed as follows: Hanna and Walker, Doug
las ard Usina, Gichner and Patterson,
Wright and Gwyer, O'Farrell and Tharp
and Otte and Tibbetts. Mather is bye"
| Singularly, most of the strongest players
| are matched to play an Individual match
| for supremacy with other strong players.
and consequently, some Of them will be
knocked out" in the first round.
Concerning the pairs mentioned, 1t might
! be said that Mr. Hanna has shown himself
| superior to Mr.. Walker ill match play, out
| of six games previously played between
them having won four to two for his OPP
| ponent, but Walker has recently defeated
Tharp and Gwyer, and may be expected to
acquit himself creditably. Usina has es
| tablished the reputation of being strong in
| match play, while Douglas strength is
| yet to be ascertained. Gichner is another
unknown quantity, but his opponent, Pat
| terson, is a veteran problem composer and
| correspondence player. Wright has here
| tofore shown himself superior to Gwyer,
and may be expected to win the match be-
tween them. OFarrell and Tbarp are both
strong players, and will bear watching in
| this tourney. The captain has had
longer experience, but Mr.. Tharp showed
| unusual ability in the last Libbey cup con-
test. As between Cite and Tlbbetts, the
latter has shown himself in practice play
the equal of any Of the entrants. while
Mr.. Otte is young player of splendid
| promise.
The first game of the tournament was
played Monday evening, between MeSsrs.
Otte and Tibbetts. Mr.. Otte had the best
of the game at one time and should have
| won, but played unadvisedly and nnaliy
lost. Both parties were nervous, and made
over fifty moves each inside of two hours,
twice as fast as the rule requires.
On Wednesday evening Mr.. Wright de-
feated Mr. Gwyer in a game well played
on both sides, and Hanna won easily from
Walker, who lost his queen early In the
game in a vain effort to save piece.
Thursday evening Tibbetts won handfly
from Otte, and O'Farrell won from Tharp
in tnirty-ore moves. The latter played
well for about twenty-five moves, when he
| bIundered and lost piece. Then he lost
another piece through slip and resigned.
This evening Messrs Wright and Gwyer,
Hanna and Walker and OFarrcll ana
Tnarp will each play their second game at
the club rooms, GA 18th street. The pub
lie is invited to witness the games
The Capital Clubs Chess Tourney.
Little progress has been made in the
| chess tournament at the Capital Bicycle
| Club, the contestants seemingly being
| afraid of each other. Quackenbush con-
| tinues in the lead, so far percentage is
concerned, but has not played any games
| during the week. The race between Usina
| and Barrick is close. Macdaniel won three
| games out of five played this week The
score is follows: Quackenbush, won .,
| lost O; Usina. won s, lost 2; Barrlck, won
| 0'a, lost 2l2; Douglas, won i, lost 5; carr
| won 51a, lost Az; Macdaniel, won ., lost Z;
Falck won ., lost 4; ]. L. Writ, won 2,
lost l3. and Calver, won o. lost 4;
Congress has reconvened and Senator
| Villas of Wisconsin is again seen at the
rooms of the Washington Chess Club Inc
Senator is very fond of the game and after
| the daily adjournment of Congress. usually
a1t,ll tn
spend the interval untii the arrival of the
dinner hour. He is strong player, though
! without pretensions in that direction. HIS
playing is careful. but he is quick to ap-
preciate the beauties of a position. He
holds his own in "skittle" play with the
best Of the local players.
The paraphernala for the continuous
tournament at the Washington Chess Club
is about ready, and play under the new
system will commence next week
The Mt. Vernon Club Tournament.
Few games have been played thus far
in the checker tournament class A, at the
Mt Vernon chess, checker and whist tour
nament. The score thus far is as follows:
Mundelle. won 2: Whitford. won l, drawn
1; Farquhar, won l, lost l. Wendell, won ,,
lost 2 and Fitch, lost 2, drawn l.
Glass players have played large num-
her of games The score OF the Leaders
is as follows: hurry, won II, lost 2, drawn
Grove. won 10, lost g. drawn 3, and Bur-
ton, won Is. lost H. drawn 2.
Several new players have Joined the lat
ter tournament
Mr.. McHardie. who defeated Mr.. Num-
Gelle in a match last winter for the check
er championship of the District, is again
| devoting some time to the study of the
game, and will be heard from later on.
A Distinguished Whist Party.
At DR.. Walls home, on New York ave-
nue. last evening an interesting party gath
cred around the whist boards, the players
being Senator Gallinger, General Powell
Clayton, ex-Congressman Bailey. Messrs.
Chapman and Usina. DR.. and Mrs. Walls
and another lady. Mrs. Walls is quite eN-
pert in both whist and chess
IntcrcIub Whist Match.
A team of the 1 Street Whist Club visited
| the Washington Chess, Checker and Whist
Club last Saturday evening. Through a
misunderstanding the part of some and
a reluctance to participate on the part of
others. the only representatives of the
Washington Club were the veterans, DR..
Walls and Mr.. l. Y. knight. Against them
the / Street Club opposed Messrs. W. V.
Lewis and ]. T. Macy. The contest be-
tween these pairs was close and interest
ing. The match was sixteen boards, dupli-
cate whist. When, early in the play
over" the visitors gained three tricks
one hand, the hopes of their friends We're
high, but the steady play of the Washing
ton Club players was too much for their
younger competitors, and though they
could gain but one trick at a time their
score was eight tricks gained against six
for the l street players. Several spectators
watched the play. Another match of
larger teams on both sides is talked of.
The American Championship Series.
The match for the chess championship
of America between Showalter and Lip
schultz is dragging along. Both parties
have taken advantage of the rule permit
ting the postponement of four games each
in the match. They have both nearly
reached the limit, and will soon have to
play or forfeit the games scheduled. Sho-
walter has won four games since Lip
schultz scored one, and should win the
match. The score is: Showalter, 5; Lip
schultz, 3, and draws.
More Cycling Records Smashed.
A. G. Barnett, class b. broke three
worlds records at New Orleans yesterday,
irrespective of class track size. He rode
five unpaced miles from a standing start,
tied Fred Loughts record of $50 for two
miles lowered F b Stoves worlds record