The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-22
CHESS FOR PLAYER,
LOVER AND STUDENT
Presence Of ShOwalter Adds to
Interest in Western
Championship.
CAN lie COME BACK?

It must be highly gratifying to the
of the Western Chess Assoc
citation to nave succeeded In getting the
famous expert Jackson w. Showalter,
erst while champion of the United States
and the hero of many famous encounters
over the checkered board against. the
leading masters of the world. &c ger
this years championship tournament now
In progress at Excelsior. MINI. For
many years Showalter has been an abb
sentee from. the chess arena for domes-
tic reasons. ON numerous occasions the
Kentuckian was anxious to play In i'm
portant tournaments, but some way or
| other and much TO his own ~disappoint-
ment and that Of his many friends and
admirers something turned up at the
last minute TO make his participation
| impossible. His presence In the Western
championship lends additional interest
to the contest, because II Will demon
strate whether "A chess master in spite
| OF back of practice for many years can
come back or not.
For the first time the youthful ex-
ponent, Norman T. whitaker of Wash
ington, ID. c.. a former student OF the
University of Pennsylvania. Is a com
petitor for Western championship honors.
1t will be remembered that n couple OF
years ago he wished TO play a match
for the championship OF the United
States with the present holder OF the
title, Frank J.. Marshall. The latter.
however, had to leave this country IN
order TO play at the Petrograd interna-
o tournament and so had to refuse
to meet Whitaker In the proposed match.
After playing in Ave rounds OF the
Western championship tournament at
Excelsior, Whitaker proved that he can
/ mora thap hold hia nuyn In tho Cnrpnnnv
Of ~redoubtable players, for he managed
to come out OF the five rounds with a
clean score. having won four games
straight. his game In The fifth round
being adjourned. Al present Showalter
is his principal rival. the latter having
won two games, drawn zone and lost
none. but he has two adjourned games
In hand. The veteran Wilbur l.. Moor
man follow the leaders with three and
one-half games won and one-hal lost.
with one adjourned game In hand.
The rest OF the field includes Herman
Hahlbohm, who has held the champion
ship of Chicago and is regarded as being
In the same class Wit such experts as
G. W. Phillips, the late Louis Uedeman
and Sidney Johnson. Barkaloo of st
Pau is the OF the tourney,
about eighteen years OF age, who while
In short trousers made a name for him
self In Minnesota chess circles. He has
held the leading club titles m the
championship OF the Twin Cities as we'll
]. W. Fry halls from Charleston, w
Va. and is not a stranger to the meet
ings Of the Western Association. Last
year at Memphis he contributed n mum
Der Of sparkling games, his specially
being the Evans gambit. which, however
II somewhat dangerous In serious tour
naments. W. Widmeyer OF Rolla. n. ID.
and H.. Hokenson Of Grand Forks, n. ID.
both have been in the Western arena he.
: fore, but G. II. Erickson OF Minneapolis
and w. J. Platten Of Green Bay, Wis
are unknown quantities.
Il A match between the well known Lon,
: don amateurs Il. ii. V. Scott and q. \
Thomas resulted IN favor of the former
by 3 games TO l, two being drawn. Fol,
lowing Is the score OF the final game
with notes by Amos Burn I'm the Fiold
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