The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-02
ENTRY LIST LARGE
twenty-five Chess Players Entered
for Tournament at Excelsior.
TEN STATES ARE REPRESENTED
Past Year Has Seen d Great Increase
in Interest in the Game
of Chess.


Monday morning leading chess players of
something like ten western states enter
upon the second annual tournament of
the Western Chess association to deter
mine the chess championship of the west.
More than twenty five players thus far
have signified their intention of partici-
pattng. They represent the states of Min
nesota, North Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin,
Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, with a fair
prospects of representatives from Lauisi-
ana, Indiana, Mississippi and Nebraska
President Spencer and Secretary Elliott,
after diligent canvass of the leading
players of the west, announce the follow
ing list OF names as probable entries in
the weeks tournament:
Chieago-L. Uedemann, c. w. Phillips, L.
Mediums, who, with IS. p. Johnston, =consti-
tute Chicago's "big four" 49,,
Michigan-Judge Smith, who won fifth place
last year, and one ,3 ,83ther. name name not furnished.
Missouri-C. s. Jacobs, KANSAS City, and
w. G. Hinds, Savannah, both Of whom made
| good records in last years Tournament, and
probably two from st. Louis, with Schrader,
! Judd, Foster and Kurtz to select from,
Ohio--Fred I. Brown Of Columbus and
probably second from Cleveland.
| Nebraska-E. P. Updegraff
Il; North Dakota-J. Frfedlander state cham
pioh, and perhaps Mr.. Lewis of Grand Forks.
| Minnesota-E. p. Elliott, F. A. Huxmann.
J. W. Clarke, F. N. Stacy and probably c.
e. Thayer, all of Minneapolis; C. 3. spen-
Ger, A. r. Bfgelow, N. M Macleod and Hill
4 man, st. Paul; Or. iLochte Waseca; DR..
| Lynde, Northheld; Judge Powers, Granite
Falls, and, possibly, Dr. Cullon, Duluth,
| and there may be others
Other Possibilities.
Among additional possibilities from
| outside OF the state are &c. o. Wilcox, the
New Orleans champion; w. D. McGrath,
the Mississippi expert; Fred Van Nuys
of Indianapolis; Captain Rogers and Mr.
Hervig, who last year represented Mil
waukee; and two from Iowa, including
Neil Wells ofDes Moihes. Actual entries
will not be known until the opening Of the
first round of the tournament Monday
forenoon; but 1t iss safe to say that at
least. twenty players will participate
which means, each player playing one
game with each of the others, that there
will be about nineteen rounds in all, a
good, hard weeks work. Of three games
for each player per day. >'~'
There are Ave cash prizes-$10O, $40
$40, SO and $5-the title of chess cham
pion of the west going to the first. The
entry fee fs S.; residents Of Minneapolis
$40. Moves are to be made at the rate OF
at least twenty an hour, and play is tt
be governed by the rules of the Fifth
American Chess congress.
The hrst tournament Of the association
In 1900, when It was known as the
Northwestern association with Chica-
go and Minnesota players as sole entries
was won by l.. Uedammn Of Chicago. Lasi
year the association broadened out into
the Western association, with nine states
represented, and sixteen entries in the
tournament, N NJ Macleod Of st. Pau
winning first prize, and Messrs. Elliott
Friedlander, Stacy and Smith following Ii
order This years contest promises tt
excel it's predecessors both In number;
and standard Of play. y"
Increased Interest In Chess.
The past twelve months have been the
most notable in the history of chess II
the west; there having been more
chess matches and tournaments during
the single year than during the former
five years combined. Immediately ate,
the western tournament at Minnet onks
last summer, C.. S. Jacobs then Of Des
Moines, now of Kansas City, challenged
the winner, N. M. Macleod for the west.
ern championship, the latter coming out
again victorious In close match Of thre,
wins, two losses and one draw. Missouri
then took up aggressive work by challeng.
ing Texas to a correspondence match
twenty PLAYERS side. which is still IL
progress Chicago, in addition to severa
local tournaments, celebrated Mernorfa
Day by a telegraphic match with Brook
lyn, in which it was shown that western
Ichess compared favorably with that Of tn,
!, east. s"/E5 .... .%'fs II
. st. Paul held a winter chess tournamen
in which Or. A. T. Bigelow was victor
I and J.. W. Clarke achieved like honors ii
5 Minneapolis. The Minnesota annual tour
: nament on Feb. 90 resulted in tie be
I tween e. P. Elliott and Dr. Bigelow, tn,
former winning on playing off, the tie
Elliott subsequently lost the state cham
pionship in challenge match with r. N
Stacy, the winner Of the preceding stat,
tournament, and the latter then repeate,
His victory in challenge matches with j
Q w Clarke, Frederick Lochte and Mr
. Spencer, the total OF the four matche
3 netting him four wins, three losses an,
3 one draw. The last northwestern totirna
ment was that at the North Dakot,
. Chaut auqua convention, June 25-30, ii
i which Stacy won first, Bigelow second
j and Friedlander third place. The abov
: matches and tournaments have served t
: arouse chess interest throughout the ives
. and make certain Of hard-fought con
~ test next week X