Philadelphia or New York (?) 1903




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Reed, W.F.    2137 (87) 0.5 /
Burke, James    2081 (144) 0.5 /
 
Bampton, Samuel    2305 (50) 0 /
Hymes, Edward    2316 (71) 1 /
 
McGee (1)    0 /
Raubitschek, Robert    2273 (55) 1 /
 
Mlotkowski, Stasch    2236 (49) 0 /
Delmar, Eugene    2250 (38) 1 /
 
Smythe, J. Henry    1861 (156) 0 /
Schwietzer, George    2248 (60) 1 /
 
Reichhelm, Gustavus    2211 (81) 1 /
Siegheim, Bruno    2277 (45) 0 /
 
Voigt, Hermann    2415 (50) 0.5 /
Hodges, Albert B.    2367 (49) 0.5 /
 
Shipley, Walter    2342 (51) 0.5 /
Finn, Julius    2393 (42) 0.5 /
 
Elson, Jacob    2175 (83) 0.5 /
Halpern, Jacob    2258 (41) 0.5 /
 
Morgan, Mordecai    2368 (59) 0 /
Hanham, J. Moore    2278 (40) 1 /
 
Robinson, Alfred    2278 (76) 0.5 /
de Visser, William    2267 (77) 0.5 /
 
Stadelman, Samuel    2228 (57) 0.5 /
Pulvermacher, Albert    2259 (74) 0.5 /
 
Robinson, D. Stuart    2271 (60) 0 /
Phillips, Harold    2286 (46) 1 /
 
Martinez, Charles    2416 (70) 1 /
Baird, David    2267 (50) 0 /
 
Young, John    2176 (60) 0.5 /
Roething, Otto    2296 (39) 0.5 /
 
Roeske, John    2092 (60) 0 /
Koch, William    2219 (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