Chess 16 Oct 1937, Sat Evening star (Washington, District of Columbia) Newspapers.com
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BY PAUL J. MILLER, Jr. F I >OP honors befell the Departs,f ment of Agriculture Chess Club | last evening in the second round of the Metropolitan Chess Association team tourney for the District championship as the Aggies garnered a whitewash victory over the game and plucky quintet from Government Printing Office, capr tained by Marcel Propper. But the high light of the second round was the titian struggle between Paul Morphy Chess Club and the So" dal Chess Divan in which G. R. Pascal, at third board for the Morphyites, smashed the attack of Robert J. Feeney of the Divan to smithereens and clinched the match for his club by the close score of 3-2. At the last minute Anton Y. Hesse was designated team captain for the Divan by President Brooks and the strongest available quintet was pitted against the Paul Morphy delegation, better know-n as District team chamr pion for last year. Playing top board for the Morphyites was the noted probI, lemist, Vincent L. Eaton. But Carl Hesse gained a beautiful win from Eaton after essaying a splendid tactical maneuver. Maud Sewall annexed the only out1 right victory for the Ladies’ C. C„ when she defeated Edith Johnson of the Interhigh Chess Association. Individual scoring by teams: Acrlcultnre vs. Government Printing Office. A. Sturges l A. A. Dillon 0 A. E. McClure 1 Maurice Magnus 0 JJ. D. McDowell 1 William Field 0 R. B. Schwenger 1 Louis Kaplan _ n A. R. Sabin - 1 Marcel Propper 0 Total 5 Total 0 Paul Morphy C. C. vs. Social Chess Divan. Vincent Eaton. 0 Carl Hesse _ 1 Max Kessler Vi A. Y. He! sc_ Vi G. R. Pascal-- 1 R. J. Feeney _ 0 J. Neufeld Vi B. Bogoltubov.- *i Earle Kunkle_1 V. Saporito_0 Total — Total . *2 Robert Hostler of the Interhigh Chess Association scored against Mrs. H. E. Kittredge of the Ladies’ C. C.; Edith Johnson l06t to Maud Sewall; Marie Wilde and Mary Owens obtained victories by forfeiture, thus giving the Ladies’ C. C. a triumph over the school entry. The expected team entries from George Washington University and Procurement Division of the TressM ury were mast impressive by their absence.
Round No. 3 is scheduled for nex Friday evening at 8 o'clock. Special Offer to Chessists. ^jHESS, a monthly magazine exclu sively devoted to a modern inter pretation of the royal game in all it divers forms throughout the work will be sent free—a sample issue—t any enthusiast that clips this iten gives name and address, and inclose a 3-cent stamp. The offer holds a long as the supply lasts and the put lication comes from England three to you.
Match play for the major tournament of the Divan is booked for tonight at 8 o'clock at the Parkside Hotel and Director Naidel welcomes the dyed-in-the-wool fan. New members of the Social Che: Divan are A. B. C. Graves and Josep Tishler.
Dr. Max Euwe broke the tie scoi for the world title by masterful pla in game No. 5, netting a clean vit tory. Today the grandmasters mei at Haarlem and on Tuesday the ba tie ground will be Rotterdam. Keep your eye on Euwe. His technique h< taken a barometic rise!
Round No. 3 is scheduled for nex Friday evening at 8 o'clock. Special Offer to Chessists. ^jHESS, a monthly magazine exclu sively devoted to a modern inter pretation of the royal game in all it divers forms throughout the work will be sent free—a sample issue—t any enthusiast that clips this iten gives name and address, and inclose a 3-cent stamp. The offer holds a long as the supply lasts and the put lication comes from England three to you.
Match play for the major tournament of the Divan is booked for tonight at 8 o'clock at the Parkside Hotel and Director Naidel welcomes the dyed-in-the-wool fan. New members of the Social Che: Divan are A. B. C. Graves and Josep Tishler.
Dr. Max Euwe broke the tie scoi for the world title by masterful pla in game No. 5, netting a clean vit tory. Today the grandmasters mei at Haarlem and on Tuesday the ba tie ground will be Rotterdam. Keep your eye on Euwe. His technique h< taken a barometic rise!
