Philadelphia or New York (?) 1903




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Reed, W.F.    2137 (87) 0.5 /
Burke, James    2081 (144) 0.5 /
 
Bampton, Samuel    2312 (49) 0 /
Hymes, Edward    2317 (70) 1 /
 
McGee (1)    0 /
Raubitschek, Robert    2275 (55) 1 /
 
Mlotkowski, Stasch    2250 (48) 0 /
Delmar, Eugene    2252 (38) 1 /
 
Smythe, J. Henry    1863 (156) 0 /
Schwietzer, George    2252 (60) 1 /
 
Reichhelm, Gustavus    2212 (81) 1 /
Siegheim, Bruno    2278 (45) 0 /
 
Voigt, Hermann    2414 (50) 0.5 /
Hodges, Albert B.    2368 (49) 0.5 /
 
Shipley, Walter    2341 (50) 0.5 /
Finn, Julius    2394 (42) 0.5 /
 
Elson, Jacob    2176 (83) 0.5 /
Halpern, Jacob    2261 (41) 0.5 /
 
Morgan, Mordecai    2333 (56) 0 /
Hanham, J. Moore    2279 (40) 1 /
 
Robinson, Alfred    2277 (76) 0.5 /
de Visser, William    2266 (77) 0.5 /
 
Stadelman, Samuel    2227 (57) 0.5 /
Pulvermacher, Albert    2260 (74) 0.5 /
 
Robinson, D. Stuart    2278 (59) 0 /
Phillips, Harold    2287 (46) 1 /
 
Martinez, Charles    2418 (70) 1 /
Baird, David    2269 (50) 0 /
 
Young, John    2171 (59) 0.5 /
Roething, Otto    2297 (39) 0.5 /
 
Roeske, John    2092 (60) 0 /
Koch, William    2220 (58) 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: 1 Sept. 2022