The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-02
WINNIPEG PLAYERS
LOSE MATCH TO
ST. RUL
II
First Chess Game ia by Wire
Ever Playedadn the North
west Takes Place = st.
Paul Wins. Seven and
Winnipeg Five Games.

The first chess game by wire ever
played in the Northwest took place
yesterday between ST. Paul and Winni-
peg. The playing lasted from 10 a. m.
till midnight. At that hour the scores
stood as follows:
James ]. Jellet,, st. Paul, defeated
Andrew Hill. Winnipeg; William J.
Tierney, st. Paul, defeated J. Mccain
eren, Winnipeg; C. c.. Peterson, st.
Paul, defeated Paul johnson, Winni-
peg; G. B. Spencer, st. Paul and N. H.
Greenway, Winnipeg, decided to draw
M. 0. Smith, Winnipeg, defeated p. H.
T1erney, ST. Paul; G. F. Jonsson, st.
Paul and H. III. Burrell, Winnipeg,
draw; George Adams, Winnipeg, de-
feated w. L. Chaplin, st. Paul; F. N.
Stacey, st. Paul.. defeated A. w.
Bruce, Winnipeg; H. "A Hageman, st.
Paul, defeated Prof. ~McDiarmid, Win
n1peg; George Benson, Winnipeg. de-
teated e. p. Elliott, st. Paul; o. Dur
MUS, Winnipeg defeated H. H. Davis,
st. Paul.
Games between Bfgelow,. st. Paul,
and Spencer, Winnipeg, and Buford,
st. Paul, and PATTERSON, Winnipeg,
were, at the expiration of the time, I'M
Chess Expert Eudemann, of Chicago.
The score stands: st. Paul won Z
games, Winnipeg won 5, with unfin-
ished.
The playing was considered very
close, and great interest was felt by
all concerned. E1CYr
With the exception of a telephone
game with Mortified, three years ago,
this is the first in the Northwest. In
that u
The PlayoStarts.
Promptly at 10 am. the match was
commenced, with fourteen tables, in
two sections, as follows, Winnipeg hav-
ing white and move in the first, and
st: Paul in the second:
n H. Greenway. Queens. C. B. Spencer
Magnus Smith. Two knights F A Hill
a. b., ". 1d Bruce. -. .Pdiano...;.F; y. Stacy
Prof McDlarmid. .Ruy. H. A. -Hageman
J. A. Cameron. Piano. wv. J. Tierney
M; o. Smith. Kings Gambit.Peter Tierney
A. T. Bigelow French :. n. J. Spencer
j. j. Jellett 49,. .Ruy.. Andrew Hill
2. 2. Elliott. -. X; G. D.. Geo. Benson
" L. Chaplin Queens Counter. Geo. Adam
4: J; Buford .. :, Danish. .,.Geo. Patterson
H w. Davis -. French 20 Djurhuns
The first notable event in the match
was Andrew HilPs fifth move against
Jellett. At the same time Magnus
Smith, the Canadian champion, missed
fire; he was matched against the win
ner of the twentieth century corre-
spondence. tourney. Hill had taken
Macleod's place, the latter being pre-
vented from playing by illness.
Tierney Scores uSecond" Win.
w. J.. Tierney scored the second win
for ST P9I1l a cd
and took advantage. of slight slip
with such persistent force that White
resigned on the seventeenth move.
Per Contra Elliott got an excellent
opening. then he made an i'll consider
ed sacrifice, followed by another losing,
both without adequate gain of attack
ing position.
Benson took no, chances and the
Little Demon felt at the twenty-fourth
move that his goose would infallibIy
be cooked, bar one of those happy ae-
cidents that fortune is in the habit OF
bringing about for his salvation.
Bruce played the piano against
Stacy, who, knowing that he was pitted
against 1898 champion of Western
Canada, played with utmost conserv-
atiSm. On the sixth move Bruce COM
menced premature attack which re-
suited in the loss Qfoya pawn and the
attack transferred lto9ithe blacks after
the tenth move; thisowas steadily pre-
served until at the twenty second
move Stacy was two, paWns, one well
advanced and passed. to the good with
the win surely in sight.
Hageman, at his twenty sixth move,
had deservedly won the game, for he
had played a strong defensive game
with an ugly counter on the kings
corner. The positiQn-Was as follows:
White = KR, QK2, RIB, RQR, BOB
SKR3, pawns at orr QS3, OBJ, K4,
KS3, KR2. Black-zKR, QKS2. RKS2
RKR5, BK3, BK4, paWns7 at KR2, KB2
KB3, Q5, OBJ, QS2srQR2. Had he
played rs BxS it weYld have resulted
81 PxB-RxP; % RS24-QR3; 20 RxR-
KxR; 80 QS2 ch-eRR, with a won
game. But he moved BS5, of no avail.
Captains Draw Game.
Spencer and. Greenway, the captains
of the respective teams; got into a
block game which was a sure draw,
bar slips. and as both We're playing
with perfect conservatism and the
time limit drawing near, Spencer
gracefully accepted the proffered draw
on the twenty seventh move.
Looking over the field after the
smoke of battle had cleared away one
could not help considering that as
chess it was as good an exposition OF
the royal game as could possibly have
been expected. Every game was fought
out on it's full merits. Elliotts stub
born defense, after his early lapse, was
in his best and most res ourceful style.
There were only two blocked games
in the fourteen, Spencer'S- with Green
away and Johnson's with BurFeIl The
others were all open and interesting
games, though none was marked by
any brilliancy, though Hageman's