Chess 04 Sep 1937, Sat Evening star (Washington, District of Columbia) Newspapers.com
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BY PAUL J. MILLER, JR. FIVE sections of players seeded Into groups of eight, with the exception of section 4, which had only seven players, according to the Kirk D. Holland system of tournament play, resulted in 11 high scorers for the grand finale of the American Chess Federation Congress that came to a close at Chicago today. In the preliminary rounds of the five sections of matched players.
Washington was represented by Donald H. Mugridge in section 2 and Martin C. Stark in section 3. Individual scoring in these respective sections indicate how the District stars rated In the thirty-eighth national tourney of the A. C. F.’s preliminaries: Seelies Twe. W. L. D. Pt. Treysman. New York_ 7 0 0 7 Mucrldte. Washington_ 4 12 6 Oregorlelt. Chicago_4 12 6 Suetman. Providence_ 2 3 2 3 Goldstein.
Milwaukee_ 1 3 3 2% Woody St. DMils_ 8 4 1 3% Coyeyou. Detroit ___ 1 4 8 2 Guild, Glen Blyn.^m_ 16 0 1 Seelies Three. W. L. D. Pts. Jatte New York_ 6 0 16% MacMurray. Chicago_ 6 0 2 6 Stark. Washington _ 4 8 1 4% Patrick.
Klyrla. Ohio ... 8 3 1 3% Wasserman. Orand Rapids 3 4 0 3 De Vries, Chicago_ 2 4 1 2% Martin. Providence_ 16 11% Price, Chicago..- 0 6 11% As Mugridge and Gregorieff tied for second place In section 2 each was automatically eligible for the play-off tourney among the section leaders. Stork, ranking third In seetton. I, was eliminated and eligible only for the "consolation.” Irrespective of their individual section placements'the erstwhile District champions played excellent chess. pOUR quintets battle merrily for honors at the Washington Social Chess Divan's weekly sessions, and the interhlgh lads are a match for their weight in wildcats. Playing on the school group is Edith Johnson, a young madehen who has taken to eheee like a duck takes to a Illy pond in early Spring.
Chess seems to be an increasing fad among the younger feminine set In the Nation's Capital if the attendance at the Instructional lectures given recently Is a barometer. Norval Wigglnton, chess director of the Social Chess Lounge, Parkside Hotel, invites special chess groups and clubs In the District to stage their weekly meeting at the lounge. Por a date merely dial District 3230 or Decatur 2279 after S p.m..
Washington was represented by Donald H. Mugridge in section 2 and Martin C. Stark in section 3. Individual scoring in these respective sections indicate how the District stars rated In the thirty-eighth national tourney of the A. C. F.’s preliminaries: Seelies Twe. W. L. D. Pt. Treysman. New York_ 7 0 0 7 Mucrldte. Washington_ 4 12 6 Oregorlelt. Chicago_4 12 6 Suetman. Providence_ 2 3 2 3 Goldstein.
Milwaukee_ 1 3 3 2% Woody St. DMils_ 8 4 1 3% Coyeyou. Detroit ___ 1 4 8 2 Guild, Glen Blyn.^m_ 16 0 1 Seelies Three. W. L. D. Pts. Jatte New York_ 6 0 16% MacMurray. Chicago_ 6 0 2 6 Stark. Washington _ 4 8 1 4% Patrick.
Klyrla. Ohio ... 8 3 1 3% Wasserman. Orand Rapids 3 4 0 3 De Vries, Chicago_ 2 4 1 2% Martin. Providence_ 16 11% Price, Chicago..- 0 6 11% As Mugridge and Gregorieff tied for second place In section 2 each was automatically eligible for the play-off tourney among the section leaders. Stork, ranking third In seetton. I, was eliminated and eligible only for the "consolation.” Irrespective of their individual section placements'the erstwhile District champions played excellent chess. pOUR quintets battle merrily for honors at the Washington Social Chess Divan's weekly sessions, and the interhlgh lads are a match for their weight in wildcats. Playing on the school group is Edith Johnson, a young madehen who has taken to eheee like a duck takes to a Illy pond in early Spring.
Chess seems to be an increasing fad among the younger feminine set In the Nation's Capital if the attendance at the Instructional lectures given recently Is a barometer. Norval Wigglnton, chess director of the Social Chess Lounge, Parkside Hotel, invites special chess groups and clubs In the District to stage their weekly meeting at the lounge. Por a date merely dial District 3230 or Decatur 2279 after S p.m..
