Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-23
WHITAKER TRAINS
FOR TITLE MATCH
Local Chess Master to Meet
ShoWaIter in Preparation
for Marshall. I
GAMES TO TAKE PLACE |
IN A KENTUCKY TOWN
Georgetown. Former Champions
Home. to Be Scene of Prac-
tice Contests.

Norman T Whitaker has started
| training for his battle for the United
States championship with Frank
Marshall The local aster yesterday
completed arrangements for a match
with Jackson Showalter. former United
States champion. This contest will
start about the middle of June and will
| be played at Georgetown. KY. Sho-
| walters home town. The conditions of
play are substantially as follows: The
| winner of the first six games. draws
not to count. shall win the match;
games shall be played alternately at
the rate of II and IS moves an hour:
play to take place every day in two
| four-hour sessions until the match is
ended. The stakes are exceedingly
| large for contest of this character,
| and consist entirely of the bet between
the principals. Under the circumstances
both masters will put forth their best
efforts, and a desperate battle is as
sured
| In view of the fact that Marshall won
| his title from Showalter in a very
| closely contested match, the fight be-
| tween Whitaker and Showalter will
give an excellent line on the local mas
l ters chances against the champion. 1t
will be recalled that Whitaker defeat
| ed Showalter in the western tourna-
\ ment held last summer, outgeneraling
the Kentucky expert in a profound and
brilliant middle game combination. An
other drop of. dope on the relative
abilities of these two masters was fur
| nished by the recent Tampa tourna-
ment, won by w. L. Norman OF
Lynchburg, Va. Norman won two
and drew one of his three games with
Showalter, while Whitaker defeated
I
casions and by decisive scores. Against
this must be taken into account
Showalter's vast experience in both
tournament and match play. He is
ditions of chess warfare. and the
l psychological effect of large wager
always is a factor to be reckoned
with
| Play in the acknowledgements match
probably will start May 6. Some diff
Guilty is being experienced in raising
! the purse asked by these masters. and,
! indeed if no better chess may be ex-
pected than that furnished in the re-
cent Janowski-Jaffe contest the game
would seem hardly worth the candle
$500. Matches for purses do not seem TO
bring out the same desperate play that
! a real side bet between the masters
! themselves calls forth.
| F. B. Walker, veteran of many chess
| battles has once more shown his quail
| ity in a hard contest. his latest feat
| being the capture of the premier honors
| in the Capital City Club. The annual
| tourney for the club championship. 1t
| will be recalled. recently ended in a tie
between Walker and Knapp. each har.
| ing lost but one game. In the piay-ot
Walker won two straight
An interbureau team match on hve
| boards between the bureau of internal
| revenue of the Treasury Department
| and the bureau of animal industry or
the Department of Agriculture took
place last Thursday evening at the
Capital City Club. An interesting con-
| test resulted in favor of the Treasury
aunt by 3 to 2. The winners scored
| through the superior play of Smith;
| Cross counted for the bureau of animal
industry. return match is contem-
plated in the near future. Score by
| boards: