Chess 27 Dec 1931, Sun The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com
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IT'S YOUR MOVE" The Morning Call's Chess and Checker Column Problems. Games, Positions In End Games and News Items Hill Be Welcomed W. H. STECKEL. Editor The Morning Call's Chess Colum-Problems, Games, Positions in End Games and News litems will be welcomed.
W. H. STECKEL, Editor. In the second of a series of four team matches between the Bethlehem Chess Club and the local Y. M. C. A. Chess team the Allentown .boys lost this match by a score of 7-1. Fortunately Allentown won the first match by a score of 6-2. This letting Beth made by Gustavus A. Pfelffer, Hcry Leeds and H. Helms. Jose R. Ccpa Dianca, of Havana, attended. Prominent among those presen were George Emlen, Roosevelt GilUrt Colgate, Professor Ernest Hi'iaci Wright, Captain L. Rodney Berg, EU ward B. Edwards, Alvin C. Cass, Ear old M. Phillips, Colonel W. C. Cornwell. Otto Dek and many others. Dew xors: limes. Solutlon to problem No. 131 by C. lehem ahead by 2 points in the series Mansfield, R-QB2. No. 133 B E. E. Westburr played so far.
Paul Flickinger and John Harper, representatives of the local team, scored i points by drawing these games with W. Shuler and P. Albrecht, re spective opponents. The editor by winning the eighth game and, drawing the ninth in the fifteen game match for the match championship of Lehigh Valley from H. V. Hesse, or Betnienem, the present Central Pennsylvania champion. brought the score of this match to 4'-4',i between these two contest ants. Harold .M. Phillips, president of the Intercollegiate Chess League and member of the Newspaper Club. 160 West Forty-fourth street, New York City, has donated a silver trophy to be known as the New York Newspaper t;iuo cness Trophy.
This is to be competed for annually by members of the writing profession under the rules or tne united States Chess Federa tion. An organization meeting was held last Sunday afternoon. Tentative of ficers include Herman Helms. Harold M. Phillips and Leslie H. Allen. The winter season activities of the Empire City Chess Club, 1995 Jerome jvenue. New York, the Bron., are now in full swing. The main feature Is the championship tournament In wnicn ten players are partlclating. The standings: A Denker, 2-0; S. Goodman. 1-0; Walter Jacobs, 2-1; Baker, l'i-'i; H. Siller. 14-1; EllLs, 'i-i; J. Marcus, 'i-1.; McDermott, 0-1; Stein, 0-1, and Sllberman, 0-2.
A. P. T. S. The following is the standing to date of the Caital City Chess Club of Washington.
D. C: Otten. Bi-'i; Knapp, 7'2-lVi: Sullivan, 9-2: Bet-tlnger. 8-2: C. A. Hesse. 8-2; Hickam, 6-2: Roberts, 5i-3ii; Stark. 4i!-4H; Davis, 4-5: Gleason. 3-5; A. Y. Hess, 3'i-5H: Simmons. 3-6; Drys-dale, 2-6; Clinton, 2-9; Parsons, 2-9; Clark, 0-10. Twenty-four players ' from Mount vernon. crestwood, wntte Plains and Greenwich opposed Herman Helms, of New York, former New York state champion in an exhibition of simultaneous play at the rooms of the Mount Vernon Chess Club on Saturday, December 19th. The players won their games and two others drew.
The former champion defeated nineteen. The winners were Robert J. Reichert, Dr. Anthony A. Blasi and Seymour Israel, all of Mount Vernon.
Drawn games were scored bv David Hoffman and Kay Serdler, both of White Plians. By winning his adjourned game with S. Bernstein from the sixth round, Reuben Fine, captain of the C. C. N. Y. varsity chess team improved his standing at the head of the fourteen contestants in the annual tounament for the championship of the Marshall Chess Club. The stand ing follows: Fin 6-1: Tholfsen, 5-3; Hanaeur. 4-1; Runfrld. 4-1; Cass, Santasiere and Smerka. 4-3: Bernstein, 312-3; Ieven-tcin. 3-2: Dunst and Grossman, 2''.-4'i: Bteelow. li- 5'4; Morton, 6V4. ?a-4'a and Croney TT. S. Chess Team Honored Frank J. Marshall, United Stales chess champion, csptain of the American team which won the international championship at Prague, and me other members of that team still in New York were honored for their feat in capturing the Hamilton-Ru-cr U challenge trophy at a reception in Sunday, December 20. with which the new clubhouse of the Marshall Chess club at 23 West Tenth street was formally opened. Israel A. Horowitz and Herman Steiner of the champion team and Erling Tholfsen and Milton Hanpucr, members of the United States team which finished second at the Hague were present.
Marshall, after exhibiting the cup, gave a description of the tense moments of the tuial match with Poland at Prague and introduced each of the other American players. Souvenir books were presented to each by Alfred C. Klahre - Alrick H. Man, president of tne club, paid a tribute to the prowess of Marshall and "his companions at Prague. He read a telegram of congratulation and good wishes from M. S. Kuhns of Chicago, president of the National Chess Foundation whicn sent the team abroad. Addresses were White 7 Pieces. White to play and mate In two.
W. H. STECKEL, Editor. In the second of a series of four team matches between the Bethlehem Chess Club and the local Y. M. C. A. Chess team the Allentown .boys lost this match by a score of 7-1. Fortunately Allentown won the first match by a score of 6-2. This letting Beth made by Gustavus A. Pfelffer, Hcry Leeds and H. Helms. Jose R. Ccpa Dianca, of Havana, attended. Prominent among those presen were George Emlen, Roosevelt GilUrt Colgate, Professor Ernest Hi'iaci Wright, Captain L. Rodney Berg, EU ward B. Edwards, Alvin C. Cass, Ear old M. Phillips, Colonel W. C. Cornwell. Otto Dek and many others. Dew xors: limes. Solutlon to problem No. 131 by C. lehem ahead by 2 points in the series Mansfield, R-QB2. No. 133 B E. E. Westburr played so far.
Paul Flickinger and John Harper, representatives of the local team, scored i points by drawing these games with W. Shuler and P. Albrecht, re spective opponents. The editor by winning the eighth game and, drawing the ninth in the fifteen game match for the match championship of Lehigh Valley from H. V. Hesse, or Betnienem, the present Central Pennsylvania champion. brought the score of this match to 4'-4',i between these two contest ants. Harold .M. Phillips, president of the Intercollegiate Chess League and member of the Newspaper Club. 160 West Forty-fourth street, New York City, has donated a silver trophy to be known as the New York Newspaper t;iuo cness Trophy.
This is to be competed for annually by members of the writing profession under the rules or tne united States Chess Federa tion. An organization meeting was held last Sunday afternoon. Tentative of ficers include Herman Helms. Harold M. Phillips and Leslie H. Allen. The winter season activities of the Empire City Chess Club, 1995 Jerome jvenue. New York, the Bron., are now in full swing. The main feature Is the championship tournament In wnicn ten players are partlclating. The standings: A Denker, 2-0; S. Goodman. 1-0; Walter Jacobs, 2-1; Baker, l'i-'i; H. Siller. 14-1; EllLs, 'i-i; J. Marcus, 'i-1.; McDermott, 0-1; Stein, 0-1, and Sllberman, 0-2.
A. P. T. S. The following is the standing to date of the Caital City Chess Club of Washington.
D. C: Otten. Bi-'i; Knapp, 7'2-lVi: Sullivan, 9-2: Bet-tlnger. 8-2: C. A. Hesse. 8-2; Hickam, 6-2: Roberts, 5i-3ii; Stark. 4i!-4H; Davis, 4-5: Gleason. 3-5; A. Y. Hess, 3'i-5H: Simmons. 3-6; Drys-dale, 2-6; Clinton, 2-9; Parsons, 2-9; Clark, 0-10. Twenty-four players ' from Mount vernon. crestwood, wntte Plains and Greenwich opposed Herman Helms, of New York, former New York state champion in an exhibition of simultaneous play at the rooms of the Mount Vernon Chess Club on Saturday, December 19th. The players won their games and two others drew.
The former champion defeated nineteen. The winners were Robert J. Reichert, Dr. Anthony A. Blasi and Seymour Israel, all of Mount Vernon.
Drawn games were scored bv David Hoffman and Kay Serdler, both of White Plians. By winning his adjourned game with S. Bernstein from the sixth round, Reuben Fine, captain of the C. C. N. Y. varsity chess team improved his standing at the head of the fourteen contestants in the annual tounament for the championship of the Marshall Chess Club. The stand ing follows: Fin 6-1: Tholfsen, 5-3; Hanaeur. 4-1; Runfrld. 4-1; Cass, Santasiere and Smerka. 4-3: Bernstein, 312-3; Ieven-tcin. 3-2: Dunst and Grossman, 2''.-4'i: Bteelow. li- 5'4; Morton, 6V4. ?a-4'a and Croney TT. S. Chess Team Honored Frank J. Marshall, United Stales chess champion, csptain of the American team which won the international championship at Prague, and me other members of that team still in New York were honored for their feat in capturing the Hamilton-Ru-cr U challenge trophy at a reception in Sunday, December 20. with which the new clubhouse of the Marshall Chess club at 23 West Tenth street was formally opened. Israel A. Horowitz and Herman Steiner of the champion team and Erling Tholfsen and Milton Hanpucr, members of the United States team which finished second at the Hague were present.
Marshall, after exhibiting the cup, gave a description of the tense moments of the tuial match with Poland at Prague and introduced each of the other American players. Souvenir books were presented to each by Alfred C. Klahre - Alrick H. Man, president of tne club, paid a tribute to the prowess of Marshall and "his companions at Prague. He read a telegram of congratulation and good wishes from M. S. Kuhns of Chicago, president of the National Chess Foundation whicn sent the team abroad. Addresses were White 7 Pieces. White to play and mate In two.
