New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
CHESS FIGHT At AN END
Columbia Carries Off Title for
the Seventh Time.
BEATS HARVARD AT END
v,re Team Wins Second Honors
ia Big Tourney OF College
Players.

..e seventh time in the history OF the
.,,ss,ate chess tournament Columbia
-,e5 of the honors at the nineteenth
,r rz- defeating Harvard by score
-. games TO IL in the third and final
.. the West Side Republican Club
- The final total of the Blue and
80 ozsartet reached siz points out of a
nossible =
-rso-es 10 TWO forfeited games. Yale took
-ns-ch from Princeton by score of
- consequence Of which the New
-, nlavers were second. with a total of
.outs. They fully earned their success.
lever. bv tf1e fine victory over Harvard
z9-sssv. which practically eliminated the
r-.-,san team from the contest, so far as
sb,st borors were concerned. Princeton.
.s,sjoapped by the absence of one player
=, Friday and Of two yesterday. made a
naor showing with 211 points
0olunabia's winning team consisted Of c.
y RanlsGelL Is Law; E. L. Gluck. II: J. B.
seadle 70 6, captain. and s H. Childs.
e. With the exception OF Captain Beadle.
uhc halls from Washington. all the men,
hers OF the team are New Workers
Gluck. who had poor luck in the first two
rounds pulled himself together yesterday
snd was the only member OF his team TO
VIZ outright. Moreover. he accomplished
the downfall Of Captain Bye-ly OF Harvard
who had TWO victories to his credit The
other three Columbia players drew their
games. although the one al the fourth
hoard, in which Childs was interested. de-
clared drawn b. Louis Helm. director of the
tournament. and so recorded, was sent to
the referees for review upon demand of
Esrvarc's captain
Childs. as well as CAPTAIN BeadIe and
Ramsden. who was placed at the head
table throughout the tournament, con-
tributed 2i2 points 10 the Columbia total
and GluCk added q single Columbia
finished with a clean record OF victories
having won in succession from Yale by
10 :. Princeton by 3 TO ! and Harvard by
y 10 IL. It is just possible that the record
OF the Colum bie- Harvard match may he
changed TO a tie il adjudication Of the
Chlds-Harris game should develop vic
tory for Harris. This viii be the task OF
Hermann Helms and Julius Finn. the
referees. The respective positions of the
several universities in the tournament.
however. VIII suffer no change.
The following Is the position under con-
si5e-ation:
Lhllos. Columbia Nhite-king on K 3 5.
Rock on . B ;. Pawns on Q r !, @ ht s.
b and II ht 3 tsix pieces.
Harris. Harvard. Black (to -nove1-King on
Il !. Rock on b 5. Bishop on c 3 i. Pawns
On = Z and X Cfive piecesl
60 soon as the Columbia score had at
GInsd total which assured victory. 4
brief recess was held. in the course of
stich Edward A CaswelI. Yale. '6e. orig
slator Of the annual tournaments for the
league, made happy speech Of congratu-
a2t-on and formally awarded medals 10
each member Of the Columbia team.
The several college yells were given with
VII. and, quiet restored, play was re-
s21lec in The unfinished games In the
Forming the players were the guests of Mr..
IasTen al breakfast at the Yale Club.
1he time limit Was discussed. but II was
1naly decided not TO change it. It was
also proposed to amend the article in the
.oeed Of gift OF the intercollegiate trophy to
1Guit al graduates within seven years
? 5tter matriculation- This. however. was
referred TO the advisory board.
Appended are The pairings and results
u the final round