Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-09
MAY PLAY MATCH
FOR CHESS TITLE
Marshall Likely to Meet Whit
aker. Local Master, for
U. S. Championship.
CLUBS TO TAKE PART
IN GAMES THIS WEEK
Washington C. and W. Organization
to Meet Georgetown Team.
Players in Court.

After more than a year Of intermittent
negotiations. Frank j. Marshall. United
States champion. has forwarded to the
local master Norman T Whitaker, assign
ed set Of conditions under which he VIII
play match for the United States chess
championship. To these conditions. sub
stantially. Mr.. Whitaker will agree. and
it is expected that a formal contract be-
tween the masters will be signed within
the next ten days 1t is proposed to start
play about September 10. and in the
meantime it is probable that the local
expert will engage in matches with some
of the strongest players in the country.
that he may be in top form for the cham
pion.
Next Friday evening. April -. a team
of .even players from the Washington
Chess and Whist Club will meet an equal
number of experts representing the
Georgetown Chess club. This event VIII
be contested in the Dumbarton Club.
Some cruel critic has remarked that
chess PLAYERS are seldom found in court
except upon 4 charge of vagrancy. We
therefore note with pleasure the remark
able trial of Wednesday last in the Bronx
municipal court. part :. Judge Michaei
j. Scanlon presiding The case was tina,
of JafTe agt Cassel. in which the plaintiff
sought to collect an alleged bill Of S1oo
for work done i'm analyzng the Rice GAM
bit Presumably Jaffe thought that he
had performed this analysis. evidently
long. laborious and valuable contribution
to the theory of this opening. under con
tract with cassel. acting as an agent Tor
Prof Rice. deceased.
All the bright lights of the New York
chess world were present. including
Marshall. and the testimony seems TO
have been fully as contradictory as
~ ali.
lists. A happy featureNpf the entertain
ment was a general Interchange OF
opinions regarding their chess abilities
by the masters testifyinE. Rosenthai
royal" when he stated. There are fifty
PLAYERS in the United States at least
as good as Jaffe. Judge Scanlon re-
served his decision.
While waiting for notes and similar
bits of news in the press room of the
White House. most of the correspond
ents play chess-in fact. tournament
among these diplomatic scribes now Is
in progress. though. it is said. the re-
suit is to be kept dark secret. After
this event is finished it is proposed that
a match be played with the Press Club.
and. as Mr.. Fox probably will lead the
executive writer's. the Press Club play
ers had better prepare for the worst
Numerous correct solutions. accom-.
panied by comment have been received
to the problem published last week.
C. J. Berner says, "A very clever con-
ception of two-mover for an amateur
Of originaD." and '"r. l.. c." says, 'Tt
seems to me the problem is sound. but It
is rather mild So the Amateur"
whom We thank for the contribution.
may take to himself either the bouquet
or the brick. as it suits his fancy.
The two following games, played re-
Gently in New York. show how masters
of reputation may come to grief at the
hands of little-known opponents.