New-York tribune., 1907-12-22
COLLEGE MEN AT CHESS
COLUMBIA BEATS YALE.
Hor7,ord Bo1cs to Princeton an FIRST
Round of Tournament.

,-,,,rrt,is Harvard Yale and Princeton came to-
s.arI setlIsi r ~ ar the rooms of the West Side Re
,,uhlican Club, this city, yesterday anu Go =
second session of play in the evening; MiI;oH ~
,o,irad "a conclude all the games. Coluflola,
,,e1 ~ The tournament last year, emerged VIII ,e
honors Of the first round Ihe Nem ~ hof f . noints
,1oces of the Yale quartet TO the tune oi D e.
70 ! Wolff, BlumberS and tfahlsueti go go ,,t,;Ia
the local university at The three 1op In Isl
- t2prgess A son of Bishop Burgess OF b'Iis - -
nd Treyented a slut-out for the New haven team
by winning the fourth taofe- -,,.-s,,o ,,,r,
. Harvard which has the inteTcolleeia'e NIf
nine Zines received painful shock at me hahoS @
If Princeton. The Tigers furnished d ui0ti4'c Iis
rrise by downing the Crimson TWO ana d o Ia -
s,,Se 70 one ana half Princeton has not Won d
Tournament thus far. but there Is d SlIe'liOo -
~ ~ - break the ice tolumba's hackers, now
ever ;are not at all AFRAID 49, oo,+oe.e no
--Io ,1la,afs who have figured in the cohIeStS pc
fore are Wolff and Blumberg OF @ s y,1iiIiaT1s
yass 81 Male. johnson, of Harvard, ana "liiidi0
and Stephens, of Princeton 49,, ,,o-eonnel of Har-
change was necessary IN the pei9oi'li0i - ri
ara.s team owing TO the non-appearsthc u -. - :;
e;ruening chosen for the frst DoaIo ol @ s,3bsti
ron side L r. Browne was on mana % +1,ar
-. - ,,-as rlaced at the fourth table the ollIeI
Ia,,e-s on The Crimson lineup each fnoEins IA, "
,eg Harvard suffered in consequent "a a~io,ca -
iaeI.o5 Gov incident as Gruenlng nad iAu c>F -
-. r. ,ournament a year ago and was looheu o
as a steady member of the team. ,,..rd 4
,, fIaS IL -s6 making the introductory re-
~1ayL,s IuIius Finn, the New 1oIh So So .1nng
ion started the clocks as director Oh ~ Pc no
r. Ieitors we're jacques Mieses, me 0el ~ ~
-. r5 professor Isaac L Rice. EreSIueii' ,l.s %
Yer, aId 49,, Coiiege chess League The . worId
champion. Dr L. Lasker WHO'S VINO Is aeeon one "
e-eoc aid not attend yesterday 5 sese. .o-..5 NJ
r.. 1j1-s1iest play of the day was "l'lieS S.:
.be frsr hoard where Captain WON, oI Car,bit
defeated Thurston, Of AaIe IN d nl,te5 9 after
--bicb the New Haven player .I,.i.. eoo,
.rI-,I--.f7T,-e moves. Wolff was IN -
80 the start being unable to regain tiie p ,ba
sacrificed He developed 10 sood Pui @ %,,+ won
- -45e giving up another pawn puC VIZ
te-e bv cutting off the support OF the plaCh t
from the bishop with a check OF the h4ie'i' va ~
twenty-hrst move , os Columbia
.+er having a blocked position for sixteen ilon'
nth jefferson of Yale lost pawn pu' reso ,
cred in good style ihe New rev .o-aS III
sn The end game and finally scored -. :.
Despite the fact that he forfeited the rlsnt II "
casting at the fifteenth turn Rainsaeil Q. ,,-a
ba, outplayed E B. Burgess OF hae, at Gpe I,ress
-able and won after twenty-nine moves biIseos
--ad II, isolating his queen the queens sloe oh
the hoard In the mean time. Rarnsdeli was Pei
fecting his attack. with rook. knight anu q -,
IseiAer fourth man for Columbia lost pawn
- -te r,,entv-first move and thereafter went rom
bad 10 worse He succumbed after thlF FlE-e4s''
moves. - ,. .. Harvard
- ,,i,,o5 against Williams. of Princeton tne IoI-
roer lost a piece within fourteen moves bus recoH
arad -be material in due course lhe eliuIiiS =
o1,-e5 itself into a knight and pawn puzzle, anu
the posirion after forty-Tllre moves "aS o4'1
a draw bv H. Helms the referee "a,
tJ,+, of Harvard. had even struggle WIN
Stephens, OF Princeton but lost ~ Ps,'' o f.aT
thirty-eighth move StepiieH9 0e'i'
a. Psrsblez- of Harvard, his game from Alex
ander of Princeton. by virtue Q! getis n1 dss!nnt
70 the seventh row. thereby obtaining oistnc,
advantage in the scramble for pawns. lie scofeo
after fifty-siN moves. - ~,
EsroZ-na. the substitute for Harvard, held his
,z-n Vol for a time against Tiemann, OF Prince
ton Al the last board. but eventually yielded to
the latter's superior position play Tlemann scored
after thiTty-seven moves -
The pairings. results and openings yesterday
follow