New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21
Columbia, Harvard, Princeton
and Yale Open Tournament
Tomorrow Morning.
PLAY AT THE MURRAY HILL
Brown, Cornell and Pennsylvania
Will Follow with Triangular
Meet a Week Later.

This week and next student cness
players will reign supreme in this
city. The big four" varsities-Colum-
bia. Harvard, Yale and Princeton
will make a start tomorrow. Brown,
Cornell and the University of Pennsyl-
vanIa. the members OF the Triangular Col
lege Chess League, will also be engaged a
week from tomorrow in war over the
checkered boards. While the former will
begin their twenty-second annual con-
test the latter will engage in their ff-
teenth annual tourney. After the con-
clusion of the twenty first contest last
year it was found that Columbia and
Harvard had carried away chief honors
nine times each. Yale and Princeton once
each and in 1909 the contest ended in a
tie between Harvard and Yale, tie which
could not be broken in spite OF the fact
that the contending teams played two
additional tie matches. each match again
ending In tie. In the twenty-One tour
naments the position OF the teams as re-
CARDS number Of games stood as follows :
Harvard. 1863 Columbia. 154ia; Yale, los,
and Princeton. S1k.
In the first eight years each university
was represented by two players. each OF
these men having 10 play every man OF
every other team. and Il took six days
annually 10 complete the schedule OF
twenty-tour games. Beginning with 1900
the universities decided 20 play four men
from each college. each team OF four men
10 meet every other team once. and while
the same number Of games is being played
annually II takes only three days to COM
plete the schedule. This scheme. so far,
has worked very we'll and II IS not likely
that II will ever be changed
Up TO last year Cornell. Brown and the
University OF Pennsylvania were repre-
sented by two men only. and in this tour
rey each man had 10 play one game with
every other man OF every other team. the
contest lasting four days each year with
the exception OF 1901. when Brown failed
10 put in an appearance. That year Cor
nell beat the University OF Pennsylvania
by Il, 10 II points. This year change Is
10 be made by playing four men on each
team. However. the first two men on each
team play against the first two men on
every other team. while the next two men
will have 10 play against the next two
men OF every other team; but the totals
won by both teams OF each varsity VIII
be counted together, the greatest number
OF totals 10 carry away championship
honors.
The record to date OF the Triangular
College Chess League reads as follows:
The University OF Pennsylvania won the
championship seven times. Cornell five
times. while two other Journeys ended IN
ties. once between Cornell and Pennsyl-
vania and another time between Brown
and Pennsylvania. The Triangular Col
lese League was always provided with a
trophy bv Professor Isaac l. Rice. Cor
reIl and Pennsylvania have each cap
t,.red A trophy once and for good. and
the third trophy is still being competed
for. Pennsylvania having one leg on IL
and Cornell one.
In 20 date Pennsylvania has won "
games, Cornell ssh and Brown 3i2.
The Big Four" will play their games at
the Murray Hill Hotel during the hours
from 9 n. m. to p. m. with an hour
interval from 20 ,. tomorrow and tues
day. while on Wednesday play will not be-
gin before II so a. m. The teams will line
up as follows:
Columba-H. f. Leeds. ID. e. Ehriich'
f. +. Korkus and j. NJ. Bird. with A. T.
Bitterman and A. ]. f. Mandell as sub
stitutes.
Harvard-I. r. Winkelman, F. NJ Cur
rier. u. NJ. Beers and w. NJ Washburn,
with J. Il. Morton and G. n. Fabens as
substitutes.
Yale-R Beach. D. A. Quarles, II. u.
Hooker and c. O. job, with T. n. Light
ner and A. s. Perry as substitutes.
Prlnceton-K. f.. Stockton, q. V. Jar
man. jr., T.. S. Carter and w. Is. Cham
berlin, with ]. r. Chamberlin as suost-
tute.
Director Of play-Louis Helm. Referees
julius Finn and Hermann Helms