Evening star., 1896-01-11

! ferro, Davis and Young viii compete in
behalf of the Mt. Pleasant Club. The teams
from the Washington, Street and Capital
Bicycle clubs have not yet been chosen.
meeting, the date of which has not been
selected, will be held soon to perfect the
arrangements
MI. usina continues to lead in the chess
tournament at the Capital Bicycle Club.
win Messrs. Quackenbush and Barrick
| nearly even for second place Mr.. Rines.
| the latest entrant to the tournament is
| making a favorable record against the
| more experienced players. The score is as
| follows: Usina, won 49, lost 2: Ouacken-
push, won g. lost 2; Barrick won I21l lost
ot2, DouGlas, won q, lost 3; Carr, won 9la
l losI .tS; Rines, won s. lost 10; mcdaniel
won Z, lost IL; Falck, won s, lost l6lb: j. T..
writ, won 8. lost 16. and Calver won 10,
| lost 91s. Laskers book entitled Common
sense IN Chess has been offered a spe-
cial prize to the player who first finishes
an his games. barring the first and second
prize winners.
In the individual match tournament at
the Washington Chess Club the Champion
F. NJ. Wright. outmaneuvered Capt. OrFar-
| reil In a four-knights game, and effected
| a pretty mate in thirty-six moves The
score stands: Wright, 2; o'Farrell 1. Mr..
hanna won the second and third games
| handliy from Mr.. Martin, and won the
| match by the score of 3 to /.
| Messrs. Gichner and Patterson continue
| sloe by side in their match the score being
to f.
Usina played his first game in the tourna-
| n ent and defeated Tibbetts in a center
counter gambit after sixty moves Mr.
Otte defeated Tharp in their third game.
The score stands each and 1 drawn
The entries in the continuous tourney at
the washington Chess Club now number
| Iorty-tWo, and more are being added every
| DAY. These tournaments will probably do
| more for the Improvement Of chess playing
among the members than all the other
| tournaments put together, as they stimu-
| late more careful everyday play and the
avoidance of ill-considered moves The
1 tournament is inexpensive, too. There is
no entrance fee, and the games cost the
| losers at the rate of one cent a game The
| fund thus obtained goes to purchase prizes
| members are not required to play their
| games under the rules of the tourney, but
| there are one hundred or more games a
| day played in the tournament. The scores
| VIII be tabulated at the end of each month.
| AT the annual meeting of the Washington
| chess, Checker and Whist Club, 8lI 18th
| street, held Monday evening, the following
| officers were elected for the ensuing year:
| PRESIDENT, Z: p. Hanna; vice president, w.
A. Gwyer, 5r.; secretary, F. b. Walker;
| treasurer, c. jackson; executive committee
| the above officers and Messrs. ]. E. Mac
| farland, James Patterson and j. S. Martin,
| Jr. The constitution was amended SO that
| the executive committee shall include the
| officers of the club The finances of the
| club were reported in a satisfactory condi-
| tion. The treasurer was instructed to post
| the names. of delinquent members
| Mr.. Charles p. Latham of Richmond, Va,
has been in the city the past week on busi-
hess. He has found time to visit the
Washington Chess Club. of which he was
| the best Of the players there. The Judge
is looking in splendid health.
Checker circles continue quiet, only a few
games having been added TO the tourna-
| ments at the Mt. Vernon Club the past
week. Mr.. Ward has been absent from the
| city for some time. In class A Mr.. Farqu-
har hts added 311 Won games to Y loss to
| his score, ano is crawling UP to Mundelle.
| Fitch has added two wins to his credit.
The score is as follows: Ward, won BIZ.
lost lOia; McHardie, won %. lost Q; Mum
| dele, won 4l1a, lost 26Is; Farquhar, won
37ls. lost 2411; Pedal, won 81, lost 25; Wen-
| dell, won 22i1, lost 2651, jackson, won Ia,
lost 16; Fitch, won %, lost 40; Miller. won
4. lost s; Smith. won $, lost 20. and Whit
| ford, won 10l1, lost 4oh.
Murry continues to lead in class B, but
Stephenson is pushing Grove hard for Sec
ond place. The score of the leaders is az
follows: Murry, won Az. lost 15ie; Grove,
won 21la, lost 12k; Stephenson, won 80.
lost 21: Cramer. won 1874. lost 9l9; Walker,
won 24l2, lost 20la. and Burton, won 2olz.
| lost 2012.
Base Ball Gossip.
1t now transpires that every player in
the ST. Louis team despised Fred Ely.
Other pipe stories are in order.-Exchange.
Arthur Irwin says he will expose the
names of the players who misbehave in
1896. That will make Arthur popular with
the players. And then they will do good
work-or punch him in the jaw.
Pittsburg's latest capture is Tom O'Brien,
the outfelder who played on the New
Castle team of the Iron and Oil League
last year. O'Brien is an East Ender. and
in the estimation of Manager Mack is a
very promising young player.
| Esper has been taking the best Of care
of himself during the winter, and is in ex-
| cellent condition.
Manager Mack says the reason he wants
a few second-class pitchers is to give sew
eral clubs in the league a~show.
| Arthur Irwin says Rusie, Meekin and
| Clarke will pitch in their regular turn.
That is. until Nose Freedman interferes
| Tebeau insists that he doesn't know any
more about the permanent makeup of the
Cleveland team than does any other per-
son. 1t all depends upon the men them
| selves.
Regardng the proposed removal from the
| game rule, Mana ger Mack says: Il do not
think such a rule will ever be adopted, and
certainly such a rule is not needed
The New Yorks die not have signal last
| year, and yet played good enough ball to
clear 100000 for the club. Irwin should
take warning. Managers are frequently
Judged by the gate receipts. Look at Nc
| Closkey.
President Kerr of the Pittsburg club 10
congratulating himself with being the only
man in the league who has ever bested Mr..
Won der Abe of St Louis in a money deal.
He says that he was willing to give Hart,
Cross and $500 for Ely. He only gave
$150.-Globe-Democrat
Last year Rusie and Farrell received
5000, and Meekin got s., 700. New con-
tracts will be sent to the two former play
| ers, calling for more than the limit, while
Meekin will have to sign for less money,
with the provision that IL his arm is all
right he will again receive s., 700.
Pitcher Hawke of Wilmington, who is on
the reserve list of the Baltimoses, will be
of little use next season, for the reason
that the arm he broke last spring has
healed badly, and, in consequence, will
have to be broken over again. II he does
do any work next season 1t will not be
until the latter part Of it.
George Davis is growing wise in his day
and generation. He was in New York Mon
day, and refused to make any prediction
l. about the 1896 pennant race. George has
not yet forgotten the lesson that the winter
of 1894 taught him.
Comiskey says he will never play ball
again, though he may be seen on the coach
line occasionally with his st. Paul team.
Comskey once excelled as a first baseman.
He played a deep base, and SO much
ground did he cover that Won der Abe once
l said. dot Comiskey heats all Of dem