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Chess 16 Feb 1902, Sun The Philadelphia Times (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com
Chess
The Pennsylvania State chess tournament, to be held on Washington's Birthday, promises to be the greatest one-day event ever held in Philadelphia. At date of writing the following players had entered the lists: S. W. Bampton, W. K. Barclary, G. A. Baumann, S. Kneass, L. S. Landreth, J. S. McConnell, J. F. Magee, Jr., C. S. Martinez, S. Mlotkowski, Jr., C. S. Newman, J. S. Rhoads, W. H. Schultz, S. T. Sharp, W. P. Shipley, J. Henry Smythe, Jr., D. Stuart, W. P. Thomas, H. G. Voigt, E. A. White, J. W. Young, H. B. French, J. L. Frame, W. J. Ferris. Every player will participate in three full rounds and then the four players surviving with the best scores will compete in the final round for the trophies. Time limit thirty moves for first hour and five moves every ten minutes thereafter. First round starts at 10 a.m.; second at 1:30 p.m.; third, at 4 p.m.; final, at 8 p.m. Any resident of Pennsylvania may qualify for play by paying one dollar to treasurer, James F. Magee, Jr., 179 South Front street.
FOR THE GOLD CUP. The play for the $150 gold cup, presented by Harris J. Chilton, is now on. The only condition for entering same was that the players be members of the Mercantile Library Chess Association for 1901 and in good standing, including the present year's dues. In order not to make the play of unseemly length and reduce it to a one-round contest, these twelve players have entered the lists: Charles Bauman, Harris J. Chilton, F. Diederichs, W. M. Meredith, S. Mlotkowski, Jr., W. G. Morris, J. H. Rhoads, J. Richardson, J. Henry Smythe, Jr., S. L. Stadelman, W. P. Thomas and W. R. Thomson. The player winning the cup twice in succession, or three times in all, acquires permanent ownership of the cup.
