The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-03
INTERNATIONAL CHESS.
AMERI0kN 'EIRSITIEs CHALLENGE
OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE.


Ar-r,vre-.-ts rsr the propo.ed ntuaen,s, Cable
Match dnmp,etea ut Th,s Eua-The MAN.
haitian Ctes. Club 60 Conduct Negotiations
ana Rur uish All the Necessary Facilities.
IN Tu.ad NV Tur s,,x puhiisbed A storv
.h,,t tho ns,o,iotIons hotreen IN, Manh,t.
tn cho.. Tsuh ana tho .ocrotsrIe. NJ tho
choos Glib, ~ CoIpmhia Harvard. Princeton.
ond vail tor Tho nnrnnso n, arranging n oable
cb.ss match het,1oon ,e.ma from those 'yarsi.
ties and a t.,m r.nre,snting oxford and Cam.
brldoo Tho optcome NJ theae negotiations WAS
that n cball.noe IN bohalf of the American uni.
rors,,,os ,,n. for,yordod 20 Tho .ecrotaries of tho
cbos, o,ub. ~ o,tord ana C,mbridpo bv vestor.
d,v.s nail A. arst n No. Thought that
orc s,ndont frpm oach ,varsitv sbould be
..loot.d hnro ,,ht,o tho ohaIleppod ,var.i.
no wv n'0 s"' 1Ts. ~.
proposed code of rules, the number has been in
creased to six n Ode. The directors Of tho Man.
haitian Chess Club decline to have anything to
do with the selection OF the team. This will be
- $500 M. ,r.....s
lang ~ u ue'ais u pias,
Chess Club. on the other hand, will place at the
disposal of the team one of Its largo playing
rooms. and will supply tho students with all
9 Thp I..,sr "ont.intnn ,ho os.,,.,r. v,.
signed nm" by lSst G H 9Iaa stonaE. Who sSo at 1 the moot,nr
"a a.. -, -, Dt.... a.. ,I.,...t.n
CT Chess s"' Cub CUB held De on gnos d. 1Ao evening". wa.
.,....s p...a.,t q, So. .t...,... Ch.,
eioc'eo EFosiooh.i pieeo ot the AH.o Shnfiee ~
Gilberg. In advising the British clubs that the
Manhattan Chess Club had been asked by tbs
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chess CLUBS OF Columbia, Harvard, Yale, and
prjncatop IN ant an iptsrmadiarv In arranotpr
Wy % ="
an inter-team match between theso universiues
~lu :. LIZ. = ~
goes on 10 say tnas Inc oirooeors OF inc mannaV
tan Chess Club were the moro willing to under
t.L. ,ho ro,nnrs,h,Iity s,roo ,h.r ho,,ov. that
sa ;,.s..ip.. ..nt.,. % ,,,. oh,,...,1 ..,,a
Al W. VI .no "ouiu
not only be of great interest to the college mon
and thoir friends. Init TO the chess playora of
~ .o,ntv,.. =. Ao,;nr t,.rotora To- ~.
po'h oouhef'os. n't.ns' snoNoiofo' VI 'no
American universitios.' the letter continued,
1--WE tender n challenge for such n match. to be
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playeu ~ Sepie. w lug = az ruLa iS
dnr;nq The Esstsr hoi,da va As fha time "a SepI
snorS VI arIahki.t sno uots.sn lily sno
course adopteo IN the preliminNles ion INC Team
I Hn oetmsen .ais Giuo thu Lae pra..,nn me. ~
Siuoin toVI, Anu oni ~ N.Y., H. ~ ~
Sx uSii h " accontahia " the uniyorsities bere"
"9uia os accop.eole 70 une an.Nor.i''eS here'
rollo"ine are inc proposeu ruieS'
l. The match to be played on April. Play to be.
gin At y =. New 1ork time; Win an intermission
OF one nour az ne emu OF me ne TOUT hours Oh Ply.
Any pIsy eGn To be eiIsiiSie must sn fe an unSersradS"te
,sxdhs in or a theolosies J1 scbocI or tn taking Inc Il po.t. grad grad.
nste conrss and efso haye Jnt,en preyio1sly the seeu.
lar degree OF bachelor OF arts or bachelor or sciences,
provided that no graduate can be eligible for moro
than throe years after taking his isErce.
(NoTE.-Thts rule OF eligibility 70 based upon the
regulations defining the status OF players in the inter
collegiate chess matches between Columbia Harvard,
faie ana frlneexon;1 v., NM. 4, ,orr