Evening star., 1896-03-07
CHIEF TABLE GAMES
Match Between the St. Paul and
Fergus Falls Whist Clubs
TEE LOCAL CHESS TOURNAMENT
Coming Gable Match for the New.
ner Silver Trophy.
STEINITZ TO PLAY LASKER

The st. Paul Chess and Whist Club de-
| feated the Fergus Falls Whist Club in
match for the American Whist League
challenge cup last Saturday. The st. Pau
club won by twenty-nine tricks, the gains
of both sides being forty-one tricks for 81
Paul TO twelve for Fergus Falls. This T.
said TO be the largest score ever made in 3
match for the trophy. The st. Paul played
| an unusually strong game. They were
represented by George l.. Bum. Jonn II
| Briggs, W. G. Bronson, jr.. and .. NJ. Met
| calf, while the Fergus Falls team wa.
| composed Of Harry N. Wneeiock, captain
c. c. Warfield. Dr. T. n. Mclean and W.
| l.. Parsons. Chicago. st. Louis and sew
eral eastern clubs have challenged for tn
trophy.
Saturday evening was ladies' night
the Baltimore Whist Club. and twenty
| ladies and twenty gentlemen played. TIL
| club has decided to have two nights in
| stead of one each month for the lady play
erS.
The Hamiltons of Philadelphia have de-
| feated the Wilmington, Del. club in TIL
| second match for the inter-city trophy.
The tickets for the second month of tn
! continuous chess tournament at the Wash
| ington Club hay. been counted. 1t is show
! that 800 games were played during th'
\ month Of February urder the rules cf tn
| tournament. AS in the previous month, u:
N. :. Hawkins is III the lead. with a per
| centage of 800, having won and lost
| Mr.. G. Jackson comes second his percen;
age being .spi. and won games los to
| lost.
Mr.. Jackson alsc wen the greatest mum
| Der Of games during the month. Captain
| OFarrell is third. He wen - and lost =
| and has percentage of .1s3. There wer,
1 L. nf 1 ,rlDfit hn un
| more than half the g6nes played.
There Were but four games played tn
| past week in the individual match tourna
| ment at the Washington Club. O'Farre,
| defeatedsWalker in a French defense. ow-
| inS 10 blunder. The score is 3 each. Pat
| terson lost his first game to Tibbetts. II.
| had a fair chance TO win it. bat lost hi
| oppor' r'unity. Otte and Tharp each won
| game. and the present score is 5 each and J,
| drawn.
| Next Friday and Saturday viii occur tn
cable chess match between teams represent
| ing Great Britain and Ireland and tn
| United States. Among the stipula;ions 4
the deed of gift for the ssaa silver cup whicl
| Sir George Newner has offered. il is pro
| Nided that the winning ciub shall hold tn,
cup until defeated in match by the beater
| club, or some other nationality. the defeatet
| club to have until October 81, 1896. to notify
| the winning club of its challenge. the mate,
| to be played not later than May of the tol-
| defeated club TO challenge within the tim"
| stated, other clubs of the same natioualit,
| shall have the privilege. After three sue
| cessive matches shall have been won by
| club or clubs of one nation, the last winnin;
| club shall he entitled TO retain the troph,
| as its absolute property.
Steinitz has written to the Hastings Chess
Club that consideration of the proposition
for match at Hastings between himsel;
| and Lasker for the championship of IN
| world must be postponed. He states tha.
| there is movement in progress for arrang-
| ing such match at Moscow in MAY. ana
! that they have both pledged themselves Z.
| accept the preliminary conditions offered
| he ADDS that, according 10 newspaper re.
| ports, wealthy Russian has subscribe.
| 5,ro rou5les for the match He has ais
written to his adopted daughter, Miss He'd
| wig Steinitz, that they have been asked /
| postpone beginning the contest Till Septem-
Der.
Henry y. Pillsbury of Brooklyn has re-
| TUNED home. He avoids any attempt t.
excuse away his defeat at St Petersbt,re
| saying 1t might seem like an attempt to as
credit ms opponents. whose standing in the
chesS world should secure them agains,
stth an attempt, but says that he may at !.
future liGe nave something specifically "a
| say as TO St Petersburg matters He ada
that ne Is not discouraged at the ISSUE o.
| the late tournament, and that he hopes L.
be more fortunate if the future offers hin,
| opportunities to establish Ameriran sr
| premacy in chess.
The Women's Chess Club of New York
has recently been Incorporated Ii Wa
| formerly known as the woman's Chess :
| sociation of America. The interest in chess
among women in New York city is steadily
| growing, and the club is reported TO b. n,
| good condition. Club headquarters are al
| 30 West 55th street.
| The championship tournament OF the
L ernnl u ytt-fl E1a.Sc -.
| for the second time in succession Mr. Har
| mann Helms has won the title of clul
champion. his score being l9ie won and H.
lest. HIS nearest rivals are Rocanora.
with the score OF won and lost & with
| one game adjourned, and Demar with IN.
score OF 81. Won and 3ia lost Mr. Helms is
| at the head of the committee conducting
| the games on behalf OF the BROOKLYN rLIb
with the Washington Chess Club. II is
| singular that in game B between these
clubs the position is almost identical with
| the position after whites eleventh move in
the fourth game between kemeny and
Showalter. which was won by Kemeny
| playing white. The Washington club also
has first move.
| The checker tournament will probably be
completed this evening. so far as pIay I'm
the different classes is concerned and then
| the winners will play a final tournament
| for the prize. the winner in class & giving
| the winner In class Il two games in eight
| and giving the winner i'm class & three
| games in eight, and the winner in B giving
| the winner in Class one game I'm eight
Farquhar came out ahead in class A hay-
| ing Won IL and lost Z. Wendell was hut
| one game behind him, with the score of ia
won and lost. In class Walker has
] taken the lead. He has won and lost .
Stephenson is not out of the race however
having won Gia aud lost 5Is. Wright had a
walk-oyer in class c. His score is aol, won
and 1i2 lost.
James Rodgers of Hazleton. Pa and John
Griffin of Philadelphia have just concluded
| checker match of thirty games. Rodgers
| came off the victor. having won eight
| games and his opponent five, seventeen be-
| ing drawn. Rodgers has issued challenge
| to play any one in the state OF Pennsyl-
yania.
Road Records Allowed.
Chairman H. P. Walden of the record
| committee OF the Century Road Club of
| America announces that the following ma
| tional road records have been accepted:
Distance, Time.
Name. Location miles. H.M. B.
George Hamlin. San Francisco. 5 1l:il On
l.. y. Wallestou Newbury, Mass. 10 24I4
| l.. Walleston. Newhury. Mass. Is 1924
l.. wallestcn Newl,Iry, Mass. 20 is:aS
| A. Il. Mcdonnell Buffalo, Y. l..-. p 5la5
4 ALL ,,ia SINUS Col a-1