Philadelphia or New York (?) 1903




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Reed, W.F.    2135 (87) 0.5 / 1 
Burke, James    2077 (144) 0.5 / 1 
 
Bampton, Samuel    2311 (49) 0 / 1 
Hymes, Edward    2321 (70) 1 / 1 
 
McGee (1)    0 / 1 
Raubitschek, Robert    2275 (55) 1 / 1 
 
Mlotkowski, Stasch    2248 (48) 0 / 1 
Delmar, Eugene    2251 (38) 1 / 1 
 
Smythe, J. Henry    1862 (156) 0 / 1 
Schwietzer, George    2254 (60) 1 / 1 
 
Reichhelm, Gustavus    2211 (81) 1 / 1 
Siegheim, Bruno    2277 (45) 0 / 1 
 
Voigt, Hermann    2414 (50) 0.5 / 1 
Hodges, Albert B.    2368 (49) 0.5 / 1 
 
Shipley, Walter    2339 (50) 0.5 / 1 
Finn, Julius    2394 (42) 0.5 / 1 
 
Elson, Jacob    2178 (83) 0.5 / 1 
Halpern, Jacob    2255 (41) 0.5 / 1 
 
Morgan, Mordecai    2331 (56) 0 / 1 
Hanham, J. Moore    2277 (40) 1 / 1 
 
Robinson, Alfred    2277 (76) 0.5 / 1 
de Visser, William    2257 (76) 0.5 / 1 
 
Stadelman, Samuel    2224 (57) 0.5 / 1 
Pulvermacher, Albert    2264 (74) 0.5 / 1 
 
Robinson, D. Stuart    2285 (59) 0 / 1 
Phillips, Harold    2286 (46) 1 / 1 
 
Martinez, Charles    2416 (70) 1 / 1 
Baird, David    2264 (50) 0 / 1 
 
Young, John    2168 (59) 0.5 / 1 
Roething, Otto    2297 (39) 0.5 / 1 
 
Roeske, John    2089 (60) 0 / 1 
Koch, Walter    2195 (62) 1 / 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