New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-11
WITH QUEENS AND ROCKS.
PEACE AND HARMONY IN THE BROOK
LYN CHESS CLUB.
AAREAN AGAIN AT THE HEI.M-THE EXPULSION
OF ELwELL FROM THE MANHATTAN
MUCH COMNENT-THE con-
TEST AT BUDAPEST.


MUCH CoMMENT-THE con-
TEST AT BUDAPEST.
There has been plenty of excitement In metro
potan chess circles within the las; week or So
TWO important meetings were held. and the bust
ness transacted In these meetings caused the stir
and hustle among the chess AS was printed
in The Tribune last Sunday the Brooklyn Chess
CluD elected It's officers on Saturday week The pro-
ceedngs throughout the meeting OF ii most
harmonious nature, and there was nothing Whlch
marred the pleasantness OF the evening. There was
much excitement in the club after Mr. Marean had
been reelected and committee had been appointed
10 call upon him to inform OF his unanimous re-eec-
ton and 10 request him to appear at the meeting
About half an hour elapsed before the committee OF
three returned from their Grand and Mr. DE Wiser.
the chairman OF the committee addressed the Meet
ing. and introduced Mr.. Marean When order WAS
restored, Mr.. Marean addressed those present. In
the course OF his remarks he said that he would
accept the honor conferred upon him OH two con-
ditions. Let II he understood. gentlemen, that
you will all help, as much as everybody can AFFORD.
toward bringing to successful issue the second
cable match with Great Britain. and let there be
harmony, perfect harmony, In the club In the
future Under these conditions Will undertake 10
remain at the helm OF the club
As The readers of The Tribune know. an excellent
body of men have now taken charge OF the man
agemen, OF the club and there ia no doubt that
harmony. success and prosperity will reign In the
future. II may be added that the new officers held
II meeting Monday night, that they Instructed
the secretary to write the British Chess Club
accepting the challenge for another cable match.
and that "A committee appointed 10 carry Out
the details OF the fight. Among the men on the
committee is John u. Elwell, the sole manager OF
the cable match played last March.
While the latter enthusiast has thus been honored
at the Brooklyn Chess club. he was treated al the
d. m. Cllb In "A hat
different manner. As yesterdays report in The
Tribune showed he has been expelled from the
Manhattan Chess Club. OF which Organization he
was a member in coed standing for hfteen years
The meeting Thursday evening which d'd this
work II secret none but members pehs
permitted TO be present. and as they declined To
make any statement after the meeting. nothing
can be said here sbou; the discussion and other de-
tails which finally led TO Elwelrs expulsion from
the club The latter will now hght the case In the
courts and the public at large VIII perhaps ger j
thorough insight into II.
Mr. Elweu at The Trbunes request. makes the
following ad ii,ional remarks concerning his eN-
pulsion: Prior TO June 20 when the directory to'-
mallv specified it's charges TO me, the single fact
within its knowledge was that about noon OF May
% | brought TO the clubroom letter written III
Boston the day before and addressed 10 the pfesl
dent OF the Manhattan Chess club, when letter
had at the club incl9sed IA an engop a. io
The DIRECTORY also had I'm its possession com
nunication from the writer OF the letter oio"sh
TO the club saying he had sent II 10 me lt NY
simple mistake had been made by me III halu'ihs
my mail which had lost 40 time ~ rect'iyI ing.
such mistake. and prompt r,S'h1alo. ., , ,,e
pre- judicial the interests Of the CLUB %lich t'e
constitution makes The snojeGi OF and in
iect into it, accusation criminal intention on my
nor, wholly elatuitous charge. impossible Of
rnof nd her, an absolutely
'.T,,. whether maliciously or only foollshy am
unabic ~ saw The dirrctorys formal charge a.
presented by suppressins tn" fact that III" en-
yyaion' had 6.en delivered properly to me- really
was "A charge OF tampeflng wih me l hlt'u ''a,'S
mails and therefore entirely without i's J"'''i''
10" "of course. / could not permit the directory TO
try me on such u charge ~ that. aud particularly
when 1t had united the sey,rsl functions OF "'-
ciser prosecutor and also Judge IN lts"lt
.such A combination Of functions Is abhorront TO
O .arss ~ air NAV and particularly when the
S,rccfory containad within IT, a. a most influential
member. man Of known hostility 10 M.
NV * ~ the prcsidcni Of Inc Manhattan chess
CLUB. whIcn cam" 10 me al my onl'" W - a.,
nv care 81 How IL cane to bc directed in that way
Mr. Lesser clearly showed 10 M. cluh IN ~ -.
OF october 3. which was read AZ Thursday evening ;
My action in personally taking the NV y letter
to the club was therefore simply courtesy when
tho directory was Incapable OF apprcciatlns Iis
charges % Jun" ~ are as gross an hnr"nl - wa
ever put upon member OF any cup ~ us gov
errors ana they viii be- regarded by ever gen
ueman one hing Il unmislakdhlc In them, To WI
malice and except as they charge IN" WIN a era,
crime they are 50 evidently pucrie ana unht 10 De
a foundation for club discipline a. every where TO
.xcit. the inquiry. What Is underneath ms
II understand that this feeling prevailed 80 mn n
at club meeting That In order TO CIV il7 mn -
beers some sort Of reason for eNprlhs ne II
dragged into the proceedings letter from fi't-
dcphia lawyer named Shpley accusing me OF no "
ing told him in conhdenc" ina hid KEEP, s'oM an,'l
Off the Manhattan team. or course TINS chatee,
whatever it may "n nd 49, inv wa" sbarg II dI
except AZ presented 40 crime. onlv SHOWS tht
straits II was in for material which 1t could for"u-
"a Nevertheless the directory il entitled to some
sympathy in this mattel and It mnsi haye senn,m ,
rrevance against me. which regard a mos com
PUN ,br,. short years or less IL has the club
whose affairs it was managing decline ~ p,'ru's,'
ana has Witnessed another orraniza'ioi not man.
Igrk II formerly held. II Is safe 10 say mat me
Hr,oklyn Chess cab b. regarded all me chess wofd
over as the leading chess organization OF me 'h'eu
It has seen the Brooklyn soundy thrash the
Manhattan team and win the Meiropolilh i.eas t
,ronhv II has seen It's cable match iizZe. and the
Brooklyn cable match great Vnt1ry Io
"a Hastings where he highest honor Tor IN.
country and welcome him home Win a RECEPTION 1n
u,hch must have made The choicest Manhattan Che5s
CHM enter ailments seem Ike BowcTy luhehroh J.,
ne Bookyn Thrs GTg a s
tives while not a native American PLAYER mas ever
been sent by the Manhattan Chess club to EuroPi. .
TO the eo sf,e pd @, ny thu Manhattan chess Cub d.
rcctory and finding IT impossible to change II, ,g
and do not see why al this Is not quite suitciehi I.
max the Manhattan Chess club MANAGERS nate me
I'ofor,rnately for them such things az nave nplr
TO vex them are dicult 10 formulate ihto chaftcS
undor the constitution Of the club, ana inc eager
ness with which the directory snapped al me ap5ur,
h,,a,s cxcept az 70 their criminal nature. ~ PROOF
~ ihs do not anticipate the slightest trouble II
seeming nv reinstatement through the courts
While this excitement was the order OF the WEEK
a., the metropolis the cable told daily IT'S interest
ing news from the be tlcfcld In tudapes,' "nere
Strong field IL competing FOR international h9mo's
A, nresent nothing of Importance can ne anden .'
| the stories which have already appeared IN print
| ,unp,rN 40 iS7-BY JOSEPH PI.ACHrTTA TRENT
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