Evening star., 1902-02-03
CHESS EXPERTS MEET.

Congress of the Masters Opens at
Monte Carlo.
The International Chess Congress opened
at Monte Carlo. Monaco. yesterday. when
meeting Of all the competitors and the COM
mittee was held for the purpose Of adopt
ing a code Of rules to govern the interna-
tiona tournament to begin today. The
committee announced that the following
twenty-five players had been accepted to
enter the contest!
H. N. Pillsbury. r. J. Marshall. W. e.
Napier, America; J. H. Blackburne, James
Mortimer, Isidor Gunsberg. James Mason
and Richard Teichman, Great Britain:
Adolph Albin, D, Janowski and 8. Tauben-
haus. France, Jaques Mieses, Theodore Won
Scheve and DR.. Siegert Tarrasch. Germany;
Georg Marco, Geza Maroczy, Ignatz Won
Popiel. Carl Schlechter and 9. Wolf. Aus
tria-Hungary; L. r. Eisenberg, NJ. I. Tschi-
gorin, Russia; A. Reggie. Italy.
After agreeing upon code OF rules, the
players drew their numbers for the sched-
ule for the whole tournament.
Georgetown Wants to Play Pennsy.
t A special from Philadelphia says that the
University Of Pennsylvania foot bail au-
thorities have lately received communi-
cation from Georgetown asking for place
on the Quaker schedule for the coming sea-
son. The two institutions have not met
on the gridiron for over seven years.
Pennsylvania annually meets Georgetown
in rowing, base ball and track. and friends
Of the two institutions would like to see
q foot ball game also.
The Quakers have an open date on this
years schedule, as it was decided some
time ago to discontinue the game with
Chicago Just who will be taken on to
fill the place Of the westerners has not
been decided Georgetowns proposition
ruiJI ha considered at the DrODer
time.
Young Grino Nearly Frozen to Death.
Albert Grifflths. the Australian prize
fighter, best known as Young Griffo."
was found nearly frozen to death in q
vacant lot in Chicago yesterday. Both
hands and feet were frozen and surgeons
are Of the opinion that amputation Of the
hands will be necessary.
Grifiiths for many years was hstic mar
vel and was considered one OF the most
skilled and scientific pug1lists who even
donned boxing gloves. OF late years Grino
has been leading fast life and was PEN
niless.
McEachern Breaks Another Record.
The indoor bicycle racing season was
brought to a close in Philadelphia Satur-
day night with an interesting race between
six contestants. The participants were:'
Benny Monroe Of Memphis. Howard
Freeman Of Portland. Oregon; George
Leander Of Chicago, Charley" TurviIle OF
Philadelphia, William Rutz Of Newark, N.
J., and Gene" Mueller of Paris.
The dve-mile final was won by Rutz. who
finished In 7.60. Freeman was second, five
yards behind Rutz.
Archie McEachern rode an exhibition
mile behind q motor and covered the dis
tance in 1.29 1-5, establishing new worlds
record for twelve-lap indoor track. The
previous best record was 1.30, made by
Michael on the same track.
welI-Knovvn Base BaIIist Dead. p
william Sharsig. business manager OF the
Philadelphia American League base bah
club, died at his home in Philadelphia Sat-
urday, aged forty-four years Mr.. Sharsig
had been In Ill health for over two years,
and about four months ago his ailment be-
came critical.
The greater portion of Mr.. Sharsig's life
was devoted to base ball. and in 1883, when
the Athletic Club OF the American Asso-
citation won the championship, he was man
ager Of that team.
Working for the National Regatta.
There Is a well defined plan on foot to
have the annual regatta OF the National
Association Of Amateur Oarsmen at Ches-
apeake Beach next summer, and should the
details be worked out successfully one OF
the greatest competitions In the history Of
aquatics Is promised The gentlemen who
are working up the project will meet this
week and decide on definite steps The re-
Gattas on the Potomac some years back