Philadelphia or New York (?) 1903




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Reed, W.F.    2139 (87) 0.5 /
Burke, James    2081 (144) 0.5 /
 
Bampton, Samuel    2314 (49) 0 /
Hymes, Edward    2328 (70) 1 /
 
McGee (1)    0 /
Raubitschek, Robert    2278 (55) 1 /
 
Mlotkowski, Stasch    2252 (48) 0 /
Delmar, Eugene    2252 (38) 1 /
 
Smythe, J. Henry    1864 (156) 0 /
Schwietzer, George    2255 (60) 1 /
 
Reichhelm, Gustavus    2213 (81) 1 /
Siegheim, Bruno    2279 (45) 0 /
 
Voigt, Hermann    2417 (50) 0.5 /
Hodges, Albert B.    2370 (49) 0.5 /
 
Shipley, Walter    2342 (50) 0.5 /
Finn, Julius    2396 (42) 0.5 /
 
Elson, Jacob    2178 (83) 0.5 /
Halpern, Jacob    2258 (41) 0.5 /
 
Morgan, Mordecai    2334 (56) 0 /
Hanham, J. Moore    2279 (40) 1 /
 
Robinson, Alfred    2280 (76) 0.5 /
de Visser, William    2270 (77) 0.5 /
 
Stadelman, Samuel    2228 (57) 0.5 /
Pulvermacher, Albert    2268 (74) 0.5 /
 
Robinson, D. Stuart    2280 (59) 0 /
Phillips, Harold    2286 (46) 1 /
 
Martinez, Charles    2419 (70) 1 /
Baird, David    2265 (50) 0 /
 
Young, John    2174 (59) 0.5 /
Roething, Otto    2298 (39) 0.5 /
 
Roeske, John    2093 (60) 0 /
Koch, Walter    2195 (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