Evening star., 1896-01-18
AROUND the TABLES
Local olubnssaa Playing for a Whist
Trophy.
PHILADELPHIA. EXPERTS MEET THEN
Current Cohment on the St.
tsi,
Petersburg Games.
LITTLE NEW IN CHECKERS

LITTLE NEW IN CHECKERS
There Is in progress at the Capital Bicycle
Club House, on 18th street, contest be-
tween the Capital Bicycle Club ana the
Hamilton Club Of Philadelphia for the tro-
ply of the American Whist League, which
is now held by the local club.
The Hamilton Club is one OF the strong
est in the country. 1t has won eight
matches for the cup, which - twice as
many as any other contestant, the neafesi
rival being the Minneapolis Club, Whlch
has won in four matches. twenty wihS
give the winner permanent possession OF
the trophy. The team which usually repre-
ssnts the Hamilton Club, and will undouht-
edly represent 1t today, are Messrs. WORK.
Remak, Ballard and Mogridge.
The Capital Bicycle Club will be repre-
se1ted by the team that won the match at
Albany, viz: Messrs. Low, Carr, Barrick
and Fogg. This team has SHOWN ltseiI TO
be the strongest four i'm the eiub, naV1ns
each time. There are undoubtedly other
members in the club as strong as some OF
the four named, but they have. not SHOWN
themselves capable of working together as
contests, the four mentioned above oe-
fedted Messrs Woeton, Borden, McComo
and Stevens in twenty-four boards, oupn-
cate whist, by three tricks ana Messfs.
Wooton, Williamson, Rines ana Borden oy
two tricks. .,.-.
Today's match will be the last contest for
the cup before it goes to St LOUIS, .Where
it will be contested for on the nth by
teams from the east and west sections OF
! the country. But few eastern clubs will be
represented there. The Capital Bicycle
Club will not send team, but the BaHl-
more Whist Club has expressed willing
ness to do so. Unless some eastern cfae
goes to St Louis and brings back the cup,
it will undoubtedly remain in the west un-
til the spring meeting in Brooklyn.
movement is on foot to have the cup
alternate between the east and the west,
remaining in each section OF the country
six months at time.
! Hamilton and Capital clubs, the duplicate
whist guest pair contest, announced for
this evening at the Capital Bicycle Club,
has been Indefinitely postponed
Local Inaerclub Tourney.
AS indicated in last Saturdays Star, a
meeting of whist clubs was held Monday
at the Capital Bicycle Club. representa- tives
! being present :frOns the Capitol Hill Whist
Chess and Checker Club. the Mt. Pleas
ent Whist Club nthe Washington Chess,
| Checker and Whist Club, and the Cap
| ital Bicycle Cftb 1t was decided to
hold tournaHnentI each club playing one
game with every other club. schedule
| was adopted as fofftws:
January %, TAT eke Capital Bicycle CLUB
| rooms-CapttaEB Bicycle Club VS.. Mt. Pleas
ant Club. It-'
February 1, ata1the Washington Club
| rooms, on 12th istreet-Caoital Bicycle VS..
| Washington Club. .
r. February 8. at the Capital Bicycle Club
rooms--Capitai bicycle VS.. Capitol Hill Club.
February Is, at the Washington Club
rooms-Nt. Pleasa1it vs.. Washington Club.
February 2i, cat the Capital Bicycle Club
rooms-CapitaIc Bicycle vs.. the Washington
Club i5t }
February 2s.sat the Capitol HAl Club
The matches witf begin at O'clock and
will be twentyfour hands, duplicate whist.
Local Chess Matches. =
Interest in the individual chess tourna-
ment at the Washington Chess Club is In
creased by the fact that Messrs. Wright
! and Hanna, leading rivals for champion
ship honors in the Libbey cup contests, are
| defeated Captain O'FarreH in their fourth
| game. Mr.. Wright played the French de-
fense. The game was well played, the cap
tain having the best of it, when he made
and the game. The match resulted as fol-
| lows: Wright, 3; OFarrell. 1.
| The first game between Messrs. Hanna
| and Wright was played last Wednesday
|
the Ruy Lopez The game proceeded until
| Hanna had two pawns to one for his op-
| penent, and when Hanna had cueened his
second pawn Wright resigned. after about
| seventy-1ve moves.
The second game between Messrs Usina
| and Tibbetts resulted in favor Of Usina.
| The opening wrs to O., and the game
| lasted forty-seyen moves Mr. Tfbbetts
| won the third game, center counter open
! ing. He outplayed his young antagonist.
The score between them stands: Usina, 2;
| Tibbetts, /. =
In the match between Patterson and
Gfohner the former scored two games the
| past week and won the match by the score
| of to 4, which is twice as many games
as were required to complete the longest
The race for first prize is thus curtailed
to Messrs. Wright Hanna, Usina, Tibbetts
and Patterson.
Among the second-class elgibles Walker
! has won two games from Martin. In the
first game Mr.. Martin had the advantage
| fer twenty-three moves, when he sacrificed
| q piece for two pawns and later on allowed
his opponent to exchange pieces ard win
easily with his surplus knight. In the Sec
ond game Walker employed superior tactics
and won his opponents queen on the twenty
| fourth move.
the score being: Tharp, 2; Otte, 1, and
| drawn, i.
The leaders in the chess tournament al
the Capital Bicycle Club have not played
|
| down on the list have been playing among
themselves. The score Is as follows: I; sina
won 49, lost 2: Quac.Senbush, won o; lost q
Barrick, won ~ 1-2, lost 1-2; Douglas, won
6. lost 3; Carr, won 91-2 lost S1-2; Mac
daniel, won 10, lost II: Rines, won s, lost Is
Calver, won ID, lost 10 1-2; Falck won G.
lost 1S. and J. L. Writ, won 1-2, lost "a -
Mr.. J. w. Showalter, the chess champion
Of the United States, gave an exhibition OF
Simultaneous play at the Brooklyn Chess
Club last Saturday evening contesting four.
teen games against seventeen players, two
| players consulting at three tables Show.
| alter won Q, lost 3 and drew 2. Two of the
games lost by him were at boards where
the players co9sultsd, at one of them being
Mrs. H. Worrall r.
Pi1lsbury's Failure.
The downfall of tshe American. Pillsbury,
at St. PetersbsTg. causes regret to all Ioe-
ers of the game In this country; it might be
added to the Russians as weli for, next te
their own Tschigefin. they desired to see
the native Am@ticah carry of first honors
his modest, gsntlemanly BEARING having
made him a favoJte. Pillsblry has losi
the last FIVE games played by him. Ever
since entering IN the fourth round, or sec
ond half of the toftrnament, his play has