Philadelphia or New York (?) 1903




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Reed, W.F.    2138 (87) 0.5 /
Burke, James    2083 (144) 0.5 /
 
Bampton, Samuel    2316 (50) 0 /
Hymes, Edward    2319 (70) 1 /
 
McGee (1)    0 /
Raubitschek, Robert    2273 (55) 1 /
 
Mlotkowski, Stasch    2227 (49) 0 /
Delmar, Eugene    2245 (38) 1 /
 
Smythe, J. Henry    1859 (156) 0 /
Schwietzer, George    2249 (60) 1 /
 
Reichhelm, Gustavus    2202 (85) 1 /
Siegheim, Bruno    2275 (45) 0 /
 
Voigt, Hermann    2417 (50) 0.5 /
Hodges, Albert B.    2366 (49) 0.5 /
 
Shipley, Walter    2345 (51) 0.5 /
Finn, Julius    2389 (42) 0.5 /
 
Elson, Jacob    2180 (86) 0.5 /
Halpern, Jacob    2255 (41) 0.5 /
 
Morgan, Mordecai    2370 (59) 0 /
Hanham, J. Moore    2276 (40) 1 /
 
Robinson, Alfred    2273 (78) 0.5 /
de Visser, William    2269 (78) 0.5 /
 
Stadelman, Samuel    2227 (57) 0.5 /
Pulvermacher, Albert    2260 (74) 0.5 /
 
Robinson, D. Stuart    2274 (60) 0 /
Phillips, Harold    2282 (46) 1 /
 
Martinez, Charles    2418 (70) 1 /
Baird, David    2265 (50) 0 /
 
Young, John    2187 (60) 0.5 /
Roething, Otto    2292 (39) 0.5 /
 
Roeske, J.F.    2095 (60) 0 /
Koch, William    2215 (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