Word: southard
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Neither Southard nor Arensberg, who composed last year's winning team, has come out this year. The absence of Southard makes the tournament closer and more interesting than it has been for several years. His playing was far above the average, as is shown by the fact that he won twenty-two games in succession for Harvard. Catchings, the president of the Chess Club, was substitute on the team last year and also played in the international match. Perry, who won the fall tournament, played on the Worcester Academy team last year, and has made a good showing against prominent...
Columbia has lost Meyer, who was probably next to Southard in playing ability. Falk is very conservative, and seldom makes more than a draw against a good player. Sewall is hardly as good as Boehm, who is unable to play on account of illness. Both the Yale and the Princeton teams are better than they were last year. Weston and Ely, last year's players, were beaten in the fall tournament by Henley and Hunt, the present team...
...represent Harvard will be chosen from the following: E. E. Southard 3M., C. F. C. Arensberg '01, W. Catchings '01, F. E. Thayer 3S., F. G. Hopkins '00, C. T. Rice '01, E. R. Perry '03, A. E. Barnes Sp., A. E. Landry '01, and A. J. Fotch '01. The Yale players will be H. Logan and L. R. Cook...
...Adams '03, E. H. Abbott, Jr., '03, and E. B. Barnes '03. For the semi-final round the men have been divided into two sections, the first two in each to contest in the final round. Only one man is to be selected for the intercollegiate tournament, since Southard is still eligible to play this year...
...elected biennially in October, from the alumni of each of the six universities concerned. The American universities, Harvard, Columbia, Princeton and Yale, are each to have one representative, elected by the several chess clubs. Oxford and Cambridge will each have two representatives. E. E. Southard 3M. has already been elected the trustee from Harvard. This board will receive the trophy and will determine where it shall be placed. The control of the matches will be in the hands of the club presidents. The teams will be made up of six or more players who must be natives of the country...