New-York tribune., 1909-12-31
QUAKERS WIN TITLE
WHIT4KER Il WIZARD
Makes Clean Score in FIGHT for
Chess TrOphy.

Pennsylvania won the eleventh annual
tournament of the Triangular College
Chess League, contested at the rooms
of the Rice Chess Club at the Cafe Boule-
ward. yesterday by a margin of one point
from Cornell. and the first leg on the new
trophy. the third that has been placed in
competition by Professor /. l.. Rice. presi-
dent of the league.
II was Norman T. Whitaker. the only
player of the six who took part to finish
with a clean record of four straight vic
tories. who clnched the victory for Penn
sylvania by defeating his opponent in i'm
pressive style. His team thereby finished
with total of six and a half points Cor
nell, however, came through strongly in
the final round. l.. Tolins and c. f. Simon
son winning their games. the former scor-
ing against his Pennsylvania antagonist,
Harold l.. Bauder. Cornell wound up with
total of five and half points, one point
behind that of the winning team. Brown
brought up the rear without a single point
to her credit
During the interval for luncheon the
annual meeting of the league was held
and the following officers elected for the
ensuing year: President, Professor Isaac
l.. Rice, New York: vice-president. Nor
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Hermann Helms. New York; tournament
manager, Hartwig Cassel, New York. In
the absence of Professor Rice. w II.
Hughes. the senior member of the
champion Pennsylvania team of last year.
occupied the chair and appointed Messrs.
Whitaker, of Pennsylvania, and Tolins,
of Cornell, committee to draw up appro-
pirate resolutions of thanks to Professor
Rice and the Rice Chess Club. where the
recent tournaments of the league have
been held.
The new trophy a costly shield with gold
and silver ornamentations. including the
several seals of the universities and chess
designs, was formally placed in competi-
tion and awarded to Pennsylvania by II.
Helms on behalf of Professor Rice and
accepted for Pennsylvania by n. T. Whit
aker. The trophy will become the property
of the university winning it three times.
OF the games played yesterday the best
was that won by Tolins. of Cornell, from
Bauder. of Pennsylvania. the former open
ing with the regular form OF the Giuoco
Piano. On the twenty-secOnd move Tolius
surprised his adversary with pretty
combination beginning with the sacrifice
of a knight 1t netted the Cornell player
a clear piece, aYd after thirty-four moves
Bauder found himself mated.
Whitaker. of Pennsylvania, had to deal
with a French Defence in the hands of
Guild of Brown. and on the ninth move
forced the latter's King to move. The
Providence player recovered somewhat
and obtained playable position until he
blundered on the eighteenth move. Whit
aker then won a piece and scored the
game after twenty-seven moves.
A Sicilian Defence was played by En-
mons, of Brown, against Simonson, of
Cornell The play was perfectly even for
seventeen moves. when Simonson was able
to manceuvre his knight in such a way
as to threaten rook and bishop. Emmons
lost the exchange in consequence. played
on for forty moves and then resigned.
Pennsylvania has now won six of the
eleven tournaments played, scoring in
1899, 1904 1905. 1907. 1908 and 1909. besides
tieing with Brown in 1906 Cornell won in
1900, 1901, 1902 and 1905 In total number
of points Pennsylvania leads with 81, Cor
nell being a close second with 491. and
Brown third with 25l2.
Following are the final college and in
dividual scores made in the tournament,
which closed yesterday: