Evening star., 1896-03-02
LOCAL INDOOR SPORT
Capitol Hills Defeat Mt. Peasants
in Whist,
ANOTHER TOURNAMENT TALKED OF
Clubs Dissatisfied With Previous
Results.
GENERAL SPORTING NOTES

The event Of last v eek at the Washington
Chess, Checker and Whist Club was the
conclusion of the chess match in the indi-
vidual match tournament, between Messrs.
Wright and Hanna. Mr.. Wright had thrice
successfully defeated his worthy opponent
in playing off ties in Libbey cup contests,
but this time Mr.. Hanna went in to win
and worked harder than ever. He won the
match by the score Of / to =. The final
game was played Wednesday evening. The
opening was French defense. Mr.. Wright,
playing white, conducted the game
original lines and gained a slight advan-
tage in position, and later pawn. Then
both parties became very short of time, as
in their other games, and in playing to
keep within the time limit Mr.. Hanna OBJ
tanned the advantage, forcing an exchange
of queens. and then queening a pawn,
which enabled him to win easily in sixty
three moves. Mr.. Hanna clearly outplayed
the champion in this match, but 1t is the
first time in four matches.
Messrs. Csina and Patterson also finished
their match Wednesday evening, Mr..
tsina winning a queens gambit declined
by him in 81 moves. For y; moves Mr.. Pat
terson had the advantage, but then he
blundered. The score of the match is:
J-sina. 3; Patterson, o.
This leaves Messrs. Hanna and tsina
the only parties in the tournament who
have not lost a match. They will conse-
quently play match, the winner of which
will take first prize. Heretofore in match
play Mr.. Hanna has outplayed his young
antagonist but Mr.. tSina's play mas inn
proved of late. and an interesting match is
expected. Mr.. Csina is perhaps the best
chess player in tho Capital Bicycle club.
Among the second prize eligibles Capt.
O'Farrell tried to win what was apparent
ly a drawn game from Walker and lost it.
The score stands: Walker, 3: OFarrell. :.
Otte and Tharp have an adjourned gam,
which looks like u sure win for Otte The
score at present is 3 each and drawn.
In the third-prize class Mr. Martin won
n brilliant game from Mr.. Gwyer, ard leads
in the match by 3 to =. However, he an
nounces his withdrawal from the tourna-
ment.
The championship of the New York State
Chess Association. contested Oh Nhsnhs-
toms birthday, was won by NJ. !ashoSrod-
among them D. G. Baird, last wears cham
p;on; Eugene Delmar. \. B. Hodges and 5.
I.ipschutZ, eX-champion: EdN ard Hymes
of Newark and Major Ianham. The match
was not of the knockout character. but each
competitor played three rounds, wh"l those
ho had rot a score Of at least two wins
dropped ont. At the end Of the fourth
round Jasnogrodsky and Hanham We're
tied, and the former won in playing off the
tie.
There were twenty-eight entries in the
general tournament, first prize in winch
was won by Roe;hing, who won all his
games
A movement is said to he on foot in Chi
caSo to form national correspondence
chess association. with the object of fur
rishing members with opponents. and per
haps later to institute championship
matches and tournaments.
The score of the Capital Bicycle Chess
Club tournament shows few changes from
last week. the standing of the players is
as follows: USina, wen y. los: :: far'ic:s
won 2O12 lost 3l2; Quao kenbush, won II. lost
.: Douglas, won s. lest q: Macdaniel. won
IL. lost 15; Carr. Won l1i2, lest lii2: RineS.
won $. lost 16; Falck, won .. lost II; Calver,
won 3'5 lost 49,, and J. l.. Writ, won 7l2,
lost 26i..
The checker tournament has progressed
sufficiently so that it can almost be said TO
certainty that Farquhar Stevenson and
Wright will come out ahead in their respec-
tive classes. Farquhar has six games yet
to play with Murray. and should win a
majority of them. The score Is as follows:
Glass A-FarGuhar, won 12ia, lost :,r.;
Wendell, won 49, lost s: Whitford won 10,
lost II. and Murray, won "'-, lost AZ.
Class B-Sievenson, won 81. lost 3i2:
Walker, won j, lost ;: Cramer, won .1a. lest
:Ia.
Class C-Wrght won 1a. lost /; Harris,
won AZ, lost 312: Tyndall. won 2l. lost az,
and Reeve, won o, lost II.
The Capitol Hill Whist, Chess and
Checker Clt5 defeated the Mt. Pleasant
Whist Club in the inter-,lub series Satur-
day evening by nine tricks. The Capitol
Hill Club was represented by the same
team in their former matches: Messrs.
Borches, King, Jackson and Barnard. They
played probably the best whist yet shown
by them in the series, being dcsirous of
finishing conl in the series of matches.
On the other hand, the Ait. Pleasant Club
substituted Summers for Brown. their
team being Alessrs. Davis. Summers Talia-
ferro and Young, and did not appear in as
good form in other matches.
The Capitol Hills started in the lead.
gaining five tricks IN the first round of
eight deals to one for their opponents. In
the second round they gained but three
tricks. while the Mt. Peasants gained
four. In the last round. however, the Mt
Peasants went to pieces, and allowed their
opponents to gain eight, while they them
selves could gain but two. The total score
was 1G to {.
The final standing of the clubs is as fol-