Evening star., 1933-05-21
T AMES W. BYLER won the chess
championship of employees in the

7 AMES w. BYLER won the chess
championship of employees in the
Federal service in the tourna-
ment sponsored by the Federal
News. 1t was an elimination affair and
required five rounds. Byler won four
straight matches and eliminated Craven,
Bettinger, Mundelle and Knapp. He
showed a most aggressive spirit through
out. Knapp lost to Byler by the score
of 2 to 0 and one draw. Previously he
had won four matches and drawn one.
In games Byler won and lost 5,
Knapp won Sis and lost Az. Byler
was presented with suitably engraved
cup by the National Federation OF Fed
eral Employees, and Knapp received a
set of chess men, The management Is
entitled to congratulations for the salts
fyin. manner in which it has conduct
ed the Journeys. w. H. Mutcher made
an excellent referee.
The Federal News states that an
nouncement will be made next week OF
meeting to organize a Federal chess
club.
DYLER was a member of the Interior
- Department chess team in the De-
partmental Chess League, which
won the championship year after year
a number of years ago. Other mem
bers of the quartet were william Rufus
Pratt, j. C. Boykin and F. B. Walker.
In the Home Club Unterior Depart
ment) tournament in 1916 he finished a
close second Twentyfour took part.
He was also match champion of the
City Club. In 1881 he won first place
in an elimination tournament for the
match championship of the District.
Carl A. Hesse has issued a challenge
to Byler through the District Chess
League to play for the match cham
pionship of the city. The president of
the league, G. E. Bishop, has appointed
w. H. Mutchler T. M. wilkins and
John Roberts a committee to take ap-
propriate action on the challenge. Byler
informally has raised the question as to
the jurisdiction of the league and has
referred to a letter written by A. Y.
Hesse, president of the league. in May,
1881, in support of his contention. c.
A. Hesse is waiting for the question OF
Jurisdiction to be settled.
The district championship has been
contested for three times in tourna-
ments sponsored by the District Chess
League. viz, in 1880, 1881 and 1882.
The 1880 regulations provided for a
tournament every two years, the winner
to be subject to challenge every six
months. Then 1 S. Turoyer presented
a loving cup, to be the permanent prop
erty of the winner three times in sue
cesSion. The regulations were then
changed to provide for annual tourna-
ments, the title to be subject to chal-
lenge, but not the cup. Another tour
nament was held in 1881 under prac-
tically the same regulations. F. B.
Walker won first place both years, his
title being champion chess player OF
the District of Columbia" Byler took
part in the 1880 tournament, but not
that of 1881.
Subsequently an elimination tourna-
ment was arranged by local players in
1881. the winner to play Walker for
the match championship of the District
which was recognized as part of the
title he had obtained through the tour
neys sponsored by the District Chess
League. Walker understood that the
Chess League was also back of the
match championship tourney and that
it was held pursuant to the tourney
/ regulations of 1881, which provided that
the title should continue until the
championship shall be lost through
match or tourney play or under what
ever conditions may be established by
the District League" Byler finished in
first place. 1t is this title Hesse is
challenging for.
IN playing off the tie in the five-man
i team tournament, sponsored by the
District League Agriculture won all
four games with Kings and Queens and
obtained undisputed claim to second
place. One game was postponed. The
individual scores were as follows:
Agriculture. King5 and Queens.