Philadelphia or New York (?) 1903




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Reed, W.F.    2140 (87) 0.5 /
Burke, James    2082 (144) 0.5 /
 
Bampton, Samuel    2317 (49) 0 /
Hymes, Edward    2326 (70) 1 /
 
McGee (1)    0 /
Raubitschek, Robert    2281 (55) 1 /
 
Mlotkowski, Stasch    2254 (48) 0 /
Delmar, Eugene    2257 (38) 1 /
 
Smythe, J. Henry    1866 (156) 0 /
Schwietzer, George    2260 (60) 1 /
 
Reichhelm, Gustavus    2217 (81) 1 /
Siegheim, Bruno    2283 (45) 0 /
 
Voigt, Hermann    2420 (50) 0.5 /
Hodges, Albert B.    2374 (49) 0.5 /
 
Shipley, Walter    2345 (50) 0.5 /
Finn, Julius    2400 (42) 0.5 /
 
Elson, Jacob    2184 (83) 0.5 /
Halpern, Jacob    2261 (41) 0.5 /
 
Morgan, Mordecai    2337 (56) 0 /
Hanham, J. Moore    2283 (40) 1 /
 
Robinson, Alfred    2282 (76) 0.5 /
de Visser, William    2263 (76) 0.5 /
 
Stadelman, Samuel    2230 (57) 0.5 /
Pulvermacher, Albert    2270 (74) 0.5 /
 
Robinson, D. Stuart    2291 (59) 0 /
Phillips, Harold    2292 (46) 1 /
 
Martinez, Charles    2421 (70) 1 /
Baird, David    2270 (50) 0 /
 
Young, John    2174 (59) 0.5 /
Roething, Otto    2303 (39) 0.5 /
 
Roeske, John    2094 (60) 0 /
Koch, Walter    2201 (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