Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02
CHESS TEAMS ARE
READY FOR BATTLE
Departmental League Team
Contests Begin Next Tues
day Evening.

The opening matches of the Depart
mental Chess League have been deferred
from Monday to Tuesday next, January 4,
owing to the annual meeting of the Chess
Club occurring on the first named even
'ng. The teams of Division B have the
first innings, the A teams coming togeth-
er Wednesday. Zach Of the divisions plays
separate series consisting of four rounds
of matches. as was shown by the sched-
ule printed last week, so that the test OF
supremacy will be unusually thorough
this season. The tournament rules call
for four men on team, and every game
won counts one point and every drawn
game half a point A team, therefore
has to score ~ points to win match
while a score of points by each side will
leave the match drawn. Drawn games
and drawn matches are not replayed. The
championship in each division is deter
mined by the greatest number OF matches
won during the season
Forecast Of Teams.
The personnel Of the various teams will
show some changes from last season.
lineup. The champion Interiors are re-
ported to be equally as strong If not
stronee~ than last year. Team Capt
Walker expects to have the services OF
two of his former most reliable players,
Pratt and Boykin. In addition to these
he will have Byler, winner of the first
Rice Gambit. championship. and Lowell the
latter a newcomer in local chess circles.
who has already proved himself to be a
player of the first rank. Capt. Spencer OF
Interior B will probably recruit his .eam
from among Dimick. Landers, Lounsberry,
Written and Burke, all of whom have
shown good form in previous contests.
Capt. Roberts Of Agriculture A will rely
upon last years team. namely, Zapoleon.
Huntington. Hitchcock and himself. while
Capt. Parks Of the B team expects to
have the ass stance of Stephenson, Muir
ray, Rutter and Pew.
Government Printing Office will no
doubt have a brace of strong teams In the
field. Capt. Arends of the A division has
Mccormick, Graham, Burhclder and kist-
Ter, all of whom have figured prominently
in former matches. and Capt. Lund Of the
d division expects to be assisted by
Schneider, Green and Martin.
1t Is probable that Col. Harvey. who Is
in charge OF the War team, VIII have
some valuable new material at his dis
posal. besides such we'll known players as
baltimore, Mundele and Moore.
An entirely new team is that which
Capt Prender has selected to represent
the Bureau Of Engraving and Printing.
He will be supported by Weeks, Tade and
Sherman. The chess oaliber of these men
is as yet an unknown quantity. Capt
Prender is modest as regards their pres
ent ability. but whatever that may be
they will no doubt gain some valuable
chess experience during the progress OF
the matches.
Rice Gambit Tourney.
The contestants for the annual Rice
championship have made considerable
progress during the week. The two lead
ers. Adams and SEE. still continue to dis
lance the rest Of the field. Adams. how
ever, is now well intrenched in nrst place.
and although SEE has improved his posi-
ton since the last report by scoring two
wins and a draw. he is still two full
points behind the leader and has a hard
pull ahead to get even.
Mundelle remains good third, while
Halstead and Pratt have both experienced
i'll luck in their recent games and have
consequently gone back In percentage
The leading scores to date are as follows