Philadelphia or New York (?) 1903




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Reed, W.F.    2131 (87) 0.5 /
Burke, James    2081 (144) 0.5 /
 
Bampton, Samuel    2313 (50) 0 /
Hymes, Edward    2318 (70) 1 /
 
McGee (1)    0 /
Raubitschek, Robert    2259 (56) 1 /
 
Mlotkowski, Stasch    2226 (49) 0 /
Delmar, Eugene    2255 (38) 1 /
 
Smythe, J. Henry    1850 (155) 0 /
Schwietzer, George    2207 (62) 1 /
 
Reichhelm, Gustavus    2196 (85) 1 /
Siegheim, Bruno    2271 (46) 0 /
 
Voigt, Hermann    2417 (50) 0.5 /
Hodges, Albert B.    2366 (49) 0.5 /
 
Shipley, Walter    2352 (51) 0.5 /
Finn, Julius    2388 (42) 0.5 /
 
Elson, Jacob    2200 (87) 0.5 /
Halpern, Jacob    2254 (43) 0.5 /
 
Morgan, Mordecai    2370 (59) 0 /
Hanham, J. Moore    2269 (40) 1 /
 
Robinson, Alfred    2258 (80) 0.5 /
de Visser, William    2283 (80) 0.5 /
 
Stadelman, Samuel    2220 (58) 0.5 /
Pulvermacher, Albert    2263 (75) 0.5 /
 
Robinson, D. Stuart    2277 (60) 0 /
Phillips, Harold    2286 (47) 1 /
 
Martinez, Charles    2421 (71) 1 /
Baird, David    2259 (51) 0 /
 
Young, John    2200 (61) 0.5 /
Roething, Otto    2301 (40) 0.5 /
 
Roeske, J.F.    2091 (60) 0 /
Koch, William    2210 (61) 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