Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-03-28
MT VERNON
ANACCSTIA,
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the strength shown by their opponents, and
another match will probably be played
the Mt. Vernon team.
The Anacostias are playing a tournament,
which is nearing completion. DR.. Weiss
Is leading at present.
A match between one Of the strongest
players of each club is also talked of.
Notwithstanding the announcement that
the chess tournament at the Capital BIZ
cycle Club would close on the 3lst instant,
but few games are being played, though
large number are yet unplayed. The MEM
bers are paying most attention to whist.
The score to date is as follows:
Usina, won %, lost 2; Barrick. won 2Ola.
lost 3ia; Quackenbush, won IL, lost 2; Doug
las, won 8, lost 6; Carr, won 1ll2. lost 11h;
Macdaniel. won ID, lost 10: Rines, won 3,
lost II; Falck. won 8. lost 81; Calver, won
5R, lost 1872; Writ, won ~. lost 261s.
At the Washington Chess Club. in the
contest for first prize in the individual
match tournament, Messrs. Hanna and
Usina drew their second game, after sixty
seven moves. The first game likewise re-
suited in a draw.
Patterson played a French defense in the
fifth game with Tibbetts, and resigned
after twenty-seven moves, having lost a
rock through blunder. Tibbetts won the
match by the score of 3 to l and l draw.
Patterson is first-class problem composer
and correspondence player, and some of his
combinations are brilliant, but, like good
many problernists, his search for beautiful
situations causes him to blunder and to
Indulge i'll unSOund play.
This leaves in the second prize class Tib-
belts and Walker, who are paired, and
Tharp and Otte, In whose match the score
stands to 4 in favor of Otte, with one
game drawn.
In the third prize class are Messrs.
Gwyer, Gichner, Patterson and O'Farrell.
Gichner and Gwyer played the first game Of
their match. 1t was won by Gichner.
Mr.. J. h. mcfarland returned to the city
this week after an absence of about five
months in Chicago, where he has been pur-
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he has played but three games of chess in
his absence. However. he is as full of
chess enthusiasm as ever. The other after
&c on he played six games OF "SkittleS' with
Capt. OFarrell, quitting even with him.
Mr.. Macfarland will remain in the city
about three months. when he goes into the
field for the geological survey, with which
he Is connected.
story is going the rounds of a joke
which Lasker played on Steinitz at Riga.
The latter was playing simultaneously at
prised TO find one Of his adversaries, who
sat with head buried in both hands, appar-
emily in deep study, making some unusu-
ally forceful moves. Steinitz is very near
sighted, and had not noticed particularly
his opponent He now observed him close
| ly, and discovered his identity, whereupon
he said nothing, but quietly lifted his king
from the board In token of his surrender.
Steinitz has gone to RoStoff, Russia, to
play a match with Schiffers. He Is an
nounced to return to this country in May,
meet Lasker in championship match.
mixed double team whist match was
played last Saturday evening between Bal
tfmore and Philadelphia. The match consist
| ed of sixteen deals in the afternoon and
the same number in the evening. At the
end of the afternoons play, the Philadel-
pf ians were three ahead, but in the
evening the players from the monumental
city gained 13 to the opponents 1-3, win
| ming the match by 52-3 tricks. The teams
were composed as follows: Baltimore-Mrs.
| Butler, the Misses Dallam, Fisher and
Goldsbcrough, Messrs. Whelan, Mccoy, II.
Smith and DR.. VIM. F. Smith. Philadelphia
Mrs. T. H. Andrews, Mrs. Harrison Town
send, Mrs. H. T. Keen and Mrs. H. Toulmin.
Baltimore is said to have won by playing
king second hand, where king and one
small card is held and small card is led.
In the Brooklyn intercity tournament the
Maintains of New York city, short suffers
continue to lead all other teams. both In
| the number of points made and tricks TAX
en-. In the individual records, also. two Of
their team, namely. Messrs. Hawkins and
Her riques, lead all others. The closing
round will be played this evening.
This evening the last of the series Of
compass whist contests will be held at the
Capital Bicycle Club. The arrangements
followed in previous evenings will be de-
parted from, and instead of the guests en-
tering by pairs and the members being
| chosen by lot, all pairs will be drawn by
lot, guests and members taking their
chances alike.
A meeting of representatives of clubs de-
string to play another series of inter-club
whist matches is called for this evening at
730 o'clock at the Capital Bicycle Club
rooms.
The Capital Bicycle Club are arranging for
compass whist by mixed pairs on the 18th
| ultimo. to which they contemplate inviting
their friends.
The strongest organization of lady whist
players in the District of Columbia Is the
National Whist Club Of the Washington
club, whose quarters are on I street be-
tween 18th and 18th streets. The whist
branch is composed of from forty to fifty
players. Tuesday evening last they enter
tanned their gentlemen friends. and sur
prised them by the skill shown in playing
the game.