Philadelphia or New York (?) 1903




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Reed, W.F.    2136 (87) 0.5 /
Burke, James    2079 (144) 0.5 /
 
Bampton, Samuel    2311 (49) 0 /
Hymes, Edward    2323 (70) 1 /
 
McGee (1)    0 /
Raubitschek, Robert    2274 (55) 1 /
 
Mlotkowski, Stasch    2248 (48) 0 /
Delmar, Eugene    2248 (38) 1 /
 
Smythe, J. Henry    1862 (156) 0 /
Schwietzer, George    2251 (60) 1 /
 
Reichhelm, Gustavus    2209 (81) 1 /
Siegheim, Bruno    2275 (45) 0 /
 
Voigt, Hermann    2413 (50) 0.5 /
Hodges, Albert B.    2366 (49) 0.5 /
 
Shipley, Walter    2339 (50) 0.5 /
Finn, Julius    2391 (42) 0.5 /
 
Elson, Jacob    2175 (83) 0.5 /
Halpern, Jacob    2254 (41) 0.5 /
 
Morgan, Mordecai    2331 (56) 0 /
Hanham, J. Moore    2274 (40) 1 /
 
Robinson, Alfred    2277 (76) 0.5 /
de Visser, William    2267 (77) 0.5 /
 
Stadelman, Samuel    2224 (57) 0.5 /
Pulvermacher, Albert    2264 (74) 0.5 /
 
Robinson, D. Stuart    2276 (59) 0 /
Phillips, Harold    2280 (46) 1 /
 
Martinez, Charles    2416 (70) 1 /
Baird, David    2261 (50) 0 /
 
Young, John    2170 (59) 0.5 /
Roething, Otto    2293 (39) 0.5 /
 
Roeske, John    2089 (60) 0 /
Koch, Walter    2191 (62) 1 /
 

Event table notes

Event data
Name: Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match
Place: Philadelphia or New York (?)
Start date: 30 May 1903
End date: 30 May 1903
 
Notes:
Urcan cites the New York Times of 31 May 1903, but his list of results differs from the result as given there in several ways. Many of the names of players in the New York Times report are badly garbled, but it is evident that where Urcan has a draw Roething - Voigt (which would be a second game for both of those players) and a win by Delmar over Elson (which would again be a second game for both players), the New York Times has a draw between Pulvermacher and Stadelman, and a win by Raubitschek over McGee. The report in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle of 1 Jun. 1903 does not give complete results, but is mostly consistent with the New York Times, except that it mentions a win by 'Varrath' [sic, Vorrath] of Manhattan, in place of Hanham. I take the New York Times report to be correct, apart from the awful spellings of names. I am guessing that the player named 'Smythe' here was J.H. Smythe, but there was also an F. Smyth in Philadelphia, and it might have been him.
 
References
Books
   Hilbert, Writings in Chess History, page 487
   Urcan, Julius Finn, page 92
Periodicals
   [BDE], vol. 63, no. 151, 1 June 1903, page 7
   [NYTi], vol. 52, no. 16661, 31 May 1903, page 14

Tournament information updated: 17 Jul. 2025