The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-27
CHESS FOR PLAYER,
LOVER And STUDENT
Two College Journeys Will BE
Played in New York
This Week.
PLENTY or GOOD MATCHES

The annual invasion Of the students
from seven Eastern universities will begin
in this city tomorrow and the siege VIII
last until Saturday. The forces are
divided in two camps, the headquarters OF
one being the Murray hin Hotel and that
OF the other the Manhattan Chess Club
At the hrst named venue. sixteen officers
representing Columbia. Harvard Yale
aud Princeton will direct their wooden
armies over the checkered boards while
twelve generals from Brown. Cornell and
the University OF PENNSYLVANIA will go
INTO active service at the Manhattan Chess
club. The nrst named battles will he con-
tinued on Tuesday and concluded on
Wednesday. On me latter day the tri-
angular league will cross swords in the
hrst round, competing its schedule Of
combats on Saturday
This will he the twenty-third annual
cha mp onship tournament between four
players each from columbia. Harvard,
Vale and Princeton. Up to date Columbia
and Harvard have won the championship
nine times each. Vale twice. and Princeton
once. In 1898 there was a tic between
Harvard and Vale. which remained ur-
decided. In this contest each team has to
play one match with the team OF every
other university. the team winning the
greatest number Of matches taking the
championship. SO far Harvard has WOO
1853 games. Columbia 1871 Yale ny and
Princeton 81.
The triangular league composed ~
Brown. pennsylNans and Cornell will be-
gin its sixteenth annual contest on
Wednesday. Up to date Cornell won the
nrs, series lS99-lsU2. Pennsylvania the
second lt03-l90S. and the third lsOs-19l3.
the total number of points won so far
being Pennsylvania SLY, Cornell IS.
Brown Isl,
The last round OF the Meropolits n
League championship furnished big
surprise by the de feat OF the Manhattan
Chess CLUB at the hands Of Washington
Height. Chess club which won, as was
stated In The SrN on Monday. by 20 ,.
I or course such thing was only possible
I In CONSEQUENCE Of the many sbsentees OH
the losers side. II - almost inconceiva-
bile that the strong players Of the club
/ proved to be 80 ind ff-Ient and did not
come forth when the honor OF the cluD
was at stake II seems that the directors
i will have I'd do something Ia tsise M
terest In the league matches, and az
. there are only ~lgh, men required TO-
' each OF these matches there should he no
d fficulty experienced IN getting thor-
! oushly representative team e"ch N'ne
! a match has 20 be played
/ The staten Island men must ne nearby
congratulated upon their victory, achieved
asainst the Newark Rice Chess Gun
while the students from Columbia deserve
sr,at credit for having won 3is points
, axaIn,t tho winners OF the match. the
I North Jersey Chess CLUB. who scoie ed
a. points The Progressive men again
showed fine form 10y whitewashins me
/ men from Ocean Hin. but why the l.y-
c.um club refused to provide clocks TO-
the match against the Brooklyn Cness
! club and also refuNd 10 play al the
| rooms Of the latter club when the rnles
! diatinc,ly said that clocks must he pro
yld.d by the home team ls unexWainahle
True. when the Manhattan Chess tlur
play.d the Lyctum Club IN the third
! 'ound the members Of the former clur
we're sood enough TO carry alons thel'
| clocks, but there IL no reason why NV
/ prooxlyn Chess club should also nave
done that The ffth round - @neuu'eo
for January =.
Eduard l.asker. champion o. the GU,
~ Iondon chess club. who was prs
or.r or war in England, who receiNeo
! ,.rn,i.sion to leave the country AMI VINO
/ ar,iy.d hsre on October 81, returned YES
,.rda, 10 New York from "trip West nav
10 ,iyen ten simultaneous exhibitions a
t.,ca 80, Toledo i2), chicago i5l. 20
,unhus cleveland and Buffalo lie plsNeC
IN came. OF which he won lSi. drew y
And lost Is. thereby making percentage
az s5s a splendid achievement
Amended ~ the score OF game piaNef
In IN, recent Mamie i'm ne nstou"
tournament between carl 'arls ana pr