Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-09
CHESS AND WHIST.

CHESS AND WHIST.
Patrons of the Two Great Scientific
Recrentions.
The Baltimore Chess Club has accepted
the challenge of the Capital Bicycle Club for
a team match at chess over the board. As
at present arranged. the first contest will
take place at Baltimore Thanksgiving day,
the return match to be played in this city
later To meet the wishes of some of the
players however, the nrst match may be
played in this city on that day, and the
visit to Baltimore made on a later day. The
Baltimore Chess Club has several strong
players among its numbers. and the bicycle
club will have hard battle to defeat them.
After their match with Baltimore, the BIZ
cycle club will turn Its attention to other
local clubs, especially the Cosmos and
Washington Chess Clubs.
1t win be remembered that last year the
bicycle club came out ahead in the inter-
club match. the other contestants being the
Cosmos. Y. NJ. c. A. and Pollock Chess Club.
It's team will be chosen from Messrs. Usina,
Douglas. Barrick. Carr, Olde, McDaniels.
WEIGH and Borden.
A chess tournament will shortly be held at
the Capital Bicycle Club for prizes. The
mittee is considering the ACCESSIBILITY Of in
yiting non-members of the club to partici-
pate. the idea being to make chess an i'm
portant feature of the club.
At their monthly meeting Monday night
the Washington Chess. Checker and Whist
Club took action with a view to providing
quarters for the non-smokers. a certain por-
ton of their rooms to be set apart for that
purpose.
The tournament committee of the Wash
ington Chess. Checker and Whist Club has
practically decided to hold two chess tour
naments the coming winter, viz a continu-
GUS tourney. and a tourney of individual
matches, as mentioned in last Saturdays
Star. The club has been In correspondence
with the Brooklyn Chess Club in regard to
the rules governing its continuous Journeys,
and has just received the latter's reply AS
soon as adapted to the local club the scheme
will be put in operation. 1t includes social
as well as the hard games and is continuous
throughout the year, each tourney lasting
three months. The tournament of indiyid-
ual matches will also be held as soon as the
necessary rules can be provided. The
scheme meets with general approval
The last game in the third Iibbey cup con-
test, commenced last March, will probably
be completed this evening. Messrs. L.
Tharp and F. B. Walker tied for third place
The score at present stands: Walker, =;
Tharp. 1. In the fourth game Walker is a
piece ahead, which should insure him the
victory and handsome set of chessmen.
The championship tournament of the
Brooklyn Chess Club begins next Monday
Among others who have been invited to par
ticipate are Messrs. Showalter, Lipschutz.
Hodges Delmar. Richardson, Teed and
Hymes. several Of whom have signified their
intention of taking part in the contest, be-
sides number of lesser lights. The tourna-
ment Is for the purpose of getting in trim
For hn t1 Ia to,
the eight best players of America against
similar number from Great Britain.
Capt. James Hill. because of i'll health. re-
sultfng from a severe attack of typhoid
fever, has felt compelled to withdraw from
chess playing, for the present al least. Capt.
Hill has always been rated as one of the
strongest players in the city, and his loss
will be felt
The whist committee of the Capital BIZ
cycle Club has decided to hold q duplicate
whist tourney and straight whist tourney
continuing. till the list of February. These
will be for prizes, and will be confined to
members. From the successful contestants
in the duplicate whist tourney the four
members who will contest for the trophy of
The trophy is now held by the Park Club of
Plainfield, N. j., which won it from the
Hamilton Club Of Philadelphia, and sue
cessfully defended it against the Philadel-
delphia the Hamiltons will endeavor to re-
gain possession of the prize. The chal-
lense of the bicycle club is No IL on the list.
The matches at present are played every
two weeks. Unless the holder of the trophy
arranges to play every week, the local club
will not have chance to play for it, as in
the last week in January 1t must be taken to
st. Paul to be played for by teams from Diff
ferent sections of the country at the mid
winter meeting of the executive committee
of the league. In addition to the Journeys
for members the bicycle club will hold three
or four open tournaments, to which outside
pairs will be invited.
Speaking of the Hastings tourney Mr.
Pillsbury said the veteran masters spent the
mornings in brushing up on the game
stopping only for their meals, and after the
games analysed them. telling what might
have been. while he spent the time when not
engaged in tourney play walking in the
open air.
At the Mt. Vernon Checker Club, $50 9th
street northwest, two tournaments are in
progress in each of which there are about
eight entrants. The score of the lead
ers is as follows: Glass A-Mundelle, won
8, lost 3; Ward, won s. lost 2, drawn 1; Far
quhar, won t. lost !, drawn 4; Johnson, wen
T. lost g. drawn /. Glass B-Dr. Miller, Won
s. lost l Stevenson, won 6, lost 4, drawn 2;
Gibson, won 4, lost 2, drawn 4.
The local players are watching the Lip
schCtz-Showalter match for the champion
ship of America with considerable interest.
Showalter Is the favorite here. perhaps by