Evening star., 1896-11-07
The Coming Contest Between the Co.
lumbias and Capitals.
THEY WILL PLAY SERIES OF MATCHES
Lasker and Steinitz Meeting in a
Championship Contest.
AMONG THE LOCAL CLUBS

IS the coming contest between the coldm-
bia Athletic Club and the Capital bicycle
Cluo AS announced a week ago the c. Ri.
e. has accepted the formers challenge. 1t
has been arranged. however, that a series
or matches be played. viz, three out of five.
Ihls Is thought to be better test of the
strength of the teams than single match
game. which frequently depends upon some
lucky stroke. Each match will consist Of
thirty deals. played at one sitting. The first
match will be played at the Capital Bicycle
Club quarters on 18th street, next Wednes-
day evening. The team that will represent
the home club has not been chosen, but
Low, Fogg and Carr will probably be MEM
bers. The c. A. c. team will probably lie
Stafford, Walls, Weoten and Taliaferro.
The scores at the Capital Bicycle Club
saturday evening at compass whist we're ss
follows: East and west-Meyers ana Cole.
142: Tower and Barnes, 13g: Lewis end
Henty. 131: Carr and Summers. l3I; WI
hanson and Clark. 13S; Bunnemeyer and
Suackenbush. 1873; Prince and G. Hills 131
Young and e. Hills. 131: average 1857.
North and south-Low and Cooper, 141:
harrick and H. Taylor. 141: Stephens and
b. Taylor. 14U: Macdaniei and Pelouze, 1:;S;
Britton and Mattinsly. 1871; Burns ard
Eugster, 131: average. 1878.
Speaking Of the different systems o: 1lay,
Fisher Ames. an authority. gives it as his
opinion in the current number Of Whist
that players win matches because they play
Sood Whist, or better whist THAI their ad-
Versarles; that system may give some
slight advantage as against te;li or pair
VINO dc not understand il practically, but
that match game is lost won by diff
ference in system is. he says, very improDa-
BILE.
The Mari asansett and Brooklyn Whist
clubs contested for the challenge trophy
at Providence last Saturday. when the
holders won the match. The regular match
resulted in tie at twenty-three tricks
each, but In the next eight boards, in play
Ing offn the tie. the Narragansetts made
eight tricks to their opponents nothing
The peculiar thing about the match is that
at the end of The fortieth deal the Brook
lyns were eleven tricks ahead. and allowed
their opponents to tie the score in The
remaining eight boards. In the last eigh-
teen boards played between them Brook
lyn did not gain a single trick, while Mar
ragansett gained twenty-one tricks. No
explanation is given of Brooklyn's unex-
pectei fall down.. Its team consisted of
A. E. Taylor. l.. c. Herring. A. Josephson
and r. F. Rowe. while Narragansett was
represented by w. r. Wightman, j. Fal-
kenburg. G. H. Newhall and A. Fally.
The next match will be between Nara
gansett ard the-celebrated Hamilton Club
OF Philadelphia. which will be represented
by the four who have 50 long represented
it. -.i..'- = ii--7'I
At the present rate of progress the. Capt.
tai Bicycle Club will contest for the
trophy the first Saturday in December
Its turn may come sooner, however as it
Is possible that one or two clubs ahead of
1t may be passed by on account of the
distance to travel in order to play the
match.
1t seems that there was misunderstand-
ing in regard to the position of the Wo-
mans Whist Club in the matter Of con-
tests between the various local clubs The
ladies chose a team of four and made
arrangements to begin practicing together.
but by some means word was received at
the other clubs that they would not be
able to participate in the proposed matches.
1t Is more than probable that later in
the season the G. A. c.. c. b. c., Womans
Whist Club. Washington Chess. Checker
and Whist Club and perhaps other clubs
will play a series of matches.
Wednesday last was the day announced
for the closing of entries for the chess
tournament at the Washington Chess Club,
but on account of the election, nothing
has been done to ell the list Of entries
Therefore it has been decided to keep open
the list OF entries little longer to give
others chance to participate. So far. only
O'Farrell and F. B. Walker have signified
an intention of taking part. Each player
plays one game against every other play
er. and but one game Is REQUIRED to he
played per week.
In the continuous handicap tourney at
the Washington Chess Club but IL games
we're played the past month. Mr.. c. Jack
sor is in the lead. having won q and lost 2.
Next to him is F. B. Walker, who won 13
and lost 1.
New that the election is over, and the
players give more attention to chess 1t is
thought the number of games played will
Increase.
The Brooklyn Eagle says Capt. OFarrell
Chess Club last Saturday evening. The
captain played four games with Arthur ].
Souweine. young expert. the final score
being souweine 3: oFarrell. 1. The cap
with dashing style. He has been absent
tn an extensive stumping tour for sound
money.
begun Wednesday, but on account of in
disposition Lasker claimed the privilege of
postponing it to yesterday. The match will
continue until one person wins ten games
draws not to count. The contest is for the
championship Of the world. The Moscow
Chess Club announces that it will paw 1000
roubies to the winner. and 1000 roubles to
the loser. and that 1t has arranged TO nav
all the travelling, hotel and incidental ex-
penses Of the players. Play days will be
Monday. Wednesday and Friday PLAY will
nes1n en- each OF these days at o'clock in
the evening. but adjourned games will he
resumed on Sundays at 1 o'clock in the
afterr oon.
At last accounts Pilsbury was at Vienna
contestfng five games with English one of
the best of Vienna's good players. The
first two games resulted in draws.
Mr.. Everett Hayden. a whist player of
this city. has invented a method of keen
Ing the score in whist which will instantly
commend itself to players. 1t comprises a
little polished wood tablet with a metal
Keyboard that can be clamped down on the
score in such a way as to bring ~ little
metal plates over the "a spaces in the
score" column of the card, for use in con-
ceaiing each first score as soon as recorded
and until the hand is replayed lin duplicate