New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-07
Champion of 1908 and 1918
Takes HOnOrs Through
Whitaker's Forfeit.
MASTERS TOURNEY
SURE OF SUCCESS
Capablanca Probably Holds All
Worlds Records for Simulta-
neous Play.

6 T. Sharp is tho new champion u
the Pennsylvania Chess Association, a
title which he also held in 1908 and
1918. The winner of the championship
tournament, played on Washington
birthday. was tied for first place WIN
r. T. Whitaker, of Washington, eacn
having won four straight games. Inc
latter. however, could not remain IN
Philadelphia, and had to forfeit MS
chances for the title.
There were sixteen entries IN the
tourney. NJ. Freed and j. Teitelbaum
we're tied for the next two prizes with
three games each to their credit. In
Tho general tourney w. II. Stewart won
the first prize, r. II. Horner and I. =.
Moon divided second and third, and ).
Davis and r. G. Seller divided the next
two prizes.
Former champions of the association
were S. W. hampton, three times; W.
p Shirley. three times; W. j. Ferris,
twice: S. NJ. Lotkowski, three times; "
/ Newman. A. Goldberg, W. n. Hughes
and S. s. Stadelman, once apiece.
The match in the championship Sc
ries Of the Metropolitan Chess League
between the North Jersey club and the
Queens Gambit Association was Tor
feited by the latter club, the ofiicers
being unable to get team to make the
trip to West Hoboken.
The tournament committee OF the
Manhattan Chess Club announces tnat
the annual handicap tourney VIII De-
gin on Thursday, March l8. and that on
the Thursday following Edward Lasker'
the champion OF the City OF London
Chess Club, will give a simultaneous
exhibition. play to begin at $3.50 p. m.
The annual dinner-the thirty-eighth
of the club-will take place at the Ho-
tel Brevoort on Saturday, March 20.
The success of the proposed masters
tournament became an assured thlng
last week when quite a number OF
metropolitan patrons came TO the
front. subscribing literally the SIN"
ews of war" As was stated IN Inc
Tribune on Tuesday, the contest VIII
begin on April 10, the last round oeing
scheduled for May Z.
From Portland exchanges it is learned
that special effort was made IN 'na'
c;tv IN bring together ninety-two OPP
nonents for Frank J. MarshalPs record
breaking simultaneous exhibition, while
fully two hundred spectators witnessed
the performance, when lasted SIN anu
half hours in all.
Among the players were three dear
rutes from the Washington State
School for the Deaf and Dumb, as wen
as several women. The telegraphlc re,
mort was not quite exact. Marshall
won II games. drew ii and lost 4.
On February u he played twenty
games simultaneously at Sacramento,
Winning eighteen, losing one and draw,
inc one. and two days later he played
fortv-one games at San Francisco. win
ming thirty-one, losing eight and draw
ing two.
r Altman, the president of the
Oueen's Gambit Association, recently
GO simultaneous exhibition at the
rooms of his club against Gig ut OPP
nonents. at the same time conducting
two games blindfold He achieved the
remarkable result of winning all the
ten games.
Eighteen years ago the Vienna mas
ter. Adolph Albin, paid a visit to TINS
country. being much appreciated IN TINS
city on account of his original and
daring play. He is quite an old man
now. and his record in the last Ire
bitsch tourney, where he received a
prize. is quite remarkable. Under the
rircums stances it might interest the
readers to study a game played by this
EXPERT against Carl Schlechter, the VIM
ner of the Trebitsch contest. True,
AIbin lost. but nevertheless his style
will be easily recognized by metropoli..
tan PLAYERS who had the pleasure OF
seeing the old man play at the Man
haitian and the now extinct Metropoll-
tan chess club
The game follows: