Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-29
CHESS.

lie CpeS3 maICn Tor the cna tfiDlonSnlp
of the Ur tied States and stakes amounting
to $1,000 between Jackson w. Showalter
and John F. Barry resulted in an easy
victory for Showalter by the score of to
and four draws. The games in this
match We're not interesting those in
the ShowaItcr-K match, played pre-
viously Barry seemed to be afraid of the
champion, and was cyer-cautious. Besides,
he invited the doubling of queens bishops
pawns, and the isolation Of the queens
rocks pawn, in some of the games of
Which Sfowalter at once took advantage.
While Barry obtaired an open knight s
file for his rock, in the end games, MS
pawn positions were sources of Weakness.
Another match for the championship VIII
probably be played next winter, between
Pilisbury and Showalter. Pillsbury has eX-
pressed Willingness to engage in such a
match, The stakes to be $500 side.
While SEOWalter bears the title of cham
pion, the people of the country generally
Will i:ot regard hin, as the superior player
in the lard until he has beaten PllS5ury
and perhaps Steir itz also.
Stciniiz does not seem to be Interested
i'll the United States championship. He is
after the championship of the world, which
l-aSker Won from him. match between
Lasker and Steinitz Is scheduled to come
off in Moscow in September. Stein;tz has
invited his friends to back him, on the
same terms as in former matches, and,
Judging by the fact that the invitation
has been repeated in the press, his former
friends are not coming to his support 20
the extent desired. SteinitZ thinks Lasker
has improved his play since their former
match, but is still not up to the best play
ing strength of the veteran. He states
that he will make very earnest effort to
bring back the title to this country.
Steinitz, Pilisbury and Showalter sail
this week for Nuremberg, to take part in
the tournament there. which begins July
20.
The Sir George Newnes cup, for which a
cable match was played between England
and the United States last March, has ar
rived in this country. and last week was
formally received by the Brooklyn Chess
Grub. all of the American players who en-
gagged in the match. Piilsbury. Showalte
Burilie. Barry, Hymes, Hodges, D nimar and
Baird, being present.
Matters are progressing toward the inter-
national chess matches by cable next win
ter. The match with England will require
ten on side, instead OF eight, as in the
last match, by the terms of the agree
ment. Consul General Max Judd at Vienna
suggests that the match between Austria
and the United States he between residents
of the two countries, and urges that Stein
itZ and kemeny be added to the American
team. The match between England and
America was restricted to players who
We're native born in the country they rep
resented. Citizenship in a country seems
better qualification for the participants
in international matches. With Weiss,
Englisch. Sch!cchter and Marco as a nu-
cleus, Austria would put up strong team.
NJ. Rosenthal of Paris prefers natives on
the teams. Among the French players
would be Rosenthal, GOets, Sittenfeld, Jan
owskf and Riviere. Germany would have
on its team Tarrasch, BardeIeben, Mieses
and b. Lasker, brother of the worlds
champion: while on the Russian team
would be Tschigorin. Schiffers and Alapin
Fillshury has resigned from the Man
haitian Chess Club on account of the at
titude of the directors of that club toward
MIN. 1t Is reported that he is prepa rim q
a statement in regard to the matter. AS
Steinitz is prominent member of the Man
haitian club the rivalry between the two
experts may have led to the present
trouble
Columbia Turn yerein.
The newly elected officers Of the verein
are: President, Julius Duerirg; vice presi-
dent. Fred. A. ECkstein; treasurer, Alfred
"iid; corresponding secretary, Jos. Reiter;
recording secretary, Eugene Gabriel: in
structor. Richard Scheiblich; assistant in
structor, Karl Hennige; property man. Max
kohler: assistant property man, Hugo
Schroeder; librarian. Max Schmidt. The
classe are exercising once week in the
open air at the park, corner of I'd street
ana New YORK avenue. Glasses at the
gymnasium have been discontinued for the
summer Professor Scheiblich has at pres
ent junior class of thirty boys. The chess
section 4 Gets every Wednesday evening.
Some of the prominent players are Messrs.
Schmidt, Boehling, Reter. Scheiblich
Grau and Schroeder. The bicycle section
will take part IN the parade of the wheel
men. The most enthusiastic members of
the section are Messrs. Duering, Gabriel
and Reiter. They hope to have forty men
in line The southeastern district has made
application to the North American Turner
Band to Dissolve the district, and have
applied for admission to the Phladelphia
district. which will give the clubs of the
southeastern more scope in competing for
prizes at the annual meets.
Militia Beat the Regulars at Polo.
The game Of polo between the Ph;ladel-
phia City Troop team and that of the Off
GERS at Fort Myer was played Saturday on
the plain between Arlington and the Fort
Myer hospital. The United States soldiers
received handicap of five goals, but even
with This great advantage the Ph;ladaI-
phians Won by a score of seven to five and
three-quarters after three play PERIODS of
twenty minutes each. Lieutenant Short of
the 9th Cavalry was slightly injured dur
ing the game, but resumed play aft er a few
minutes rest. Mr. David Porter of the
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