Evening star., 1896-01-04
PLAYING AT ALBANY
Capital Clubs Four Contending for
the Whist Trophy.
COMPOSITION OF THE LOCAL TEAM
Matches of Interest in Chess and
Checker Circles.



GOSSIP OF THE CLUBS S
Unless something unforeseen has happen
ed, Messrs G.. NJ. Barrick, D. ]. Carr, Lind
ley Fogg and H. N. Lowe are in Albany,
N. Y, this afternoon and evening, contend
ing on behalf of the Capital Bicycle Club
with the Albany Whist Club for the tro-
ply of the American Whist League. The
trophy is held by the Albany club, which
won it from the Continentals of New York,
and defeated the Brooklyn Whist Club last
Saturday night by four tricks, 20 to "a.
The team which went from this city
with the hope of bringing back the trophy
have had no practice together,so far as Mr..
Lowe is concerned for six months, and this
Will undoubtedly tell against them. 1t was
found impracticable for any of the others
who have been playing with the team to
leave their business, and for this reason
Mr.. Lowe, who Is spending most of his
time in New York city, was substituted.
Mr.. Lowe, however, has played with the
club heretofore. and his strength is known
The other three members have, with the
addition of either Stevens or DR.. Harlan,
shown themselves superior to any other
four in the club with whom they have
played. Last Saturday evening they de-
feated Messrs. Wooten, Williamson, Quack-
enbush and Britton by five tricks.
The Albany Whist Club is one of the
strongest in the country. In 1884. at the
Philadelphia tournament of the league, in
which twenty-nine of the strongest whist
teams of the country participated, the AL
bany club came out ahead. A team from
the Capital Bicycle Club finished fifth:
Last year at Minneapolis q pair of Al
bany club players carried off the prize as
the champion pair in the United States.
The team from this city have a hard game
before them. and should they win the
match. with their lack of practice, it will
be big feather in their cap.
Whist is becoming more lively at the
Washington Chess. Checker and Whist
Club Nearly every evening parties are
contesting duplicate whist: Pairs from
other clubs are there playing frequently.
On a recent afternoon Messrs. Saxton
and Sabin of the I street club were the
visitors. They contested two rounds of
nine and ten boards, duplicate whist, with
Messrs Knight and Lake. the latter win
ming by the scores Of and tricks, respec-
lively.
Among the Chess Players.
The return Of Mr.. Usna to the city has
given chess at the Capital Bicycle Club an
impetus. He is still in the lead, but Is tied
for first place with Mr.. Quackenbush. who
has added three wins to hts score, and Is
making quite a creditable record. Messrs.
Carr and Barrick are devot.ng their atten-
ton to whist, and have not played any
games this week. The score is as follows:
Usina won Is, lost 2; Quackenbush won 0.
lost 1; Barrick won 12la. lost 3ls; Douglas
won 4. lost 3; Carr won Gla, lost 6ls; Mac
daniel won Z. lost .: Rines won 2. lost 4;
Falck won ~, lost 15,a; J. L. Writ, won
s1a, lost 1912, and Calver won 0. lost s.
In the tournament at the Washington
Chess Club some of the first prize eligibles
seem to lie employing delaying tactics, no
having hpan
the pairs for two weeks. Gichner and Pat
terson are prosecuting their match with
vigor and evenness, the score being. GichS
ner 4, Patterson 3. Douglas has found it
ment and tsina has been paired with Tib-
belts The scores of the other pairs are
as follows: Hapna I, Martin /; Wright l.
o Farrell I.
In the second prize clasS Walker won the
fourth game and the match from Gwyer
the score standing to l. Otte and Tharp
drew their second game
Play in the continuous chess tourney
commenced at the Washington Club Thurs
day. The entries already number over
twenty. and the affair is attracting much
interest.
The annual meeting of the WASHINGTON
Chess Club will be held at the club rooms
GA 10Th street, on next Monday evening
for the election Of officers and the transac-
ton Of other important business.
Quiet Week With Drnughts.
The past week has been a quiet one in
checker circles. The tournaments at the
Mt. Vernon Club are progressing slowly.
1t is hoped they will be completed by the
end Of another week. The scores are as
follows:
Glass Award, won 311a lost 1o1a; Nc
Hardie, won %, lost 8; Mundelle, won 41,s,
lost 2612; Fa1quhar, won "a, lost "a; Pedal,
won 3O1a, lost A5s; Wendell, won 21. lost
,. Iaf
lost 40; Miller, won 4, lost s. Smith, won s,
lost &c: Whitford, won 10Y. lost 401s.
In class B the leaders are as follows: Muir
ry, won 471s, lost 151A; Grove. won 2111, lost
12lh; Stephenson, won 81, lost 20; Cramer,
won 1912, lost ~; Walker, won %, lost 10.
The Match With Richmond.
The Washington club expects now to draw
its correspondence chess match with Rich
mond. 1t will be remembered that four
games were started simultaneously and two
of them were won easily by Richmond. The
remaining two are nearing completion, and
unless the calculations Of those conducting
the games fail, both will be scored in favor
Of Washington, which will make the score
a tie.
The position in game "B' is interesting,
and 1t requires the most careful analysis
to figure out a win. This Captain O'Far-
rell claims to be able to do, and to him
Washington.
The position is as follows: White Wash
ington-K at K3, @ at o. at KB So. P's
at KFs2, kB5, KS, QB3, QKt4 and QR5.
Black, Richmond-K at OR So, q at OBJ,
r at KKt So, Ps at KR3, KB2, O., OBS,
QKt4 and ORB. It is blacks turn to
move.
In game "C' Washington has four we'll
advanced compact pawns protected by the
king against king, knight and side pawn.
and will win easily unless blunder is made.
The Game With Brooklyn.
The Brooklyn Chess Club has sent an i'm
possible move in one of its games by corre
spondence with the Washington club.
Should the latter infiict the penalty and re-
quire the Brooklynites to move the king, it
would give the local club the advantage of
a pawn and the superior position. AS the
game is friendly one and there is nothing
depending on the result, the local club has
decided to let the Brooklyn club change its
move, rather than win an advantage by a
technicality.
The American Championship.
AS already stated in these columns, Mr..
j. W. Showalter is again chess champion
of the United States. He formerly held
that title twice for short periods. He first
won it at a tournament of the United
States Chess Association. Then Max Judd
Of st. Louis defeated him in a match, and