Cornell Now Owns Rice Chess Trophy.
Small Margin Decides Triangular College Chess League Tournament. QUAKERS MAKE A GOOD FIGHT.
Rand of Brooklyn and Mitchell of Manhattan the Successful Team. The Records.
At the end of the fourth round of the Triangular College Chess League tournament, held at the rooms of the German Press Club during the past four days, the Cornell team emerged victorious for the third consecutive time, ½ a point ahead of the team of the University of Pennsylvania. Charles L. Rand of Brooklyn and James R. Mitchell of Manhattan, the members of the winning team, scored a total of five games, each tallying 2½ points. Under the terms of the deed of gift, the trophy, presented by Isaac L. Rice of Manhattan, becomes the permanent property of Cornell. University of Pennsylvania won this emblem in the initial contest, but since then it has been monopolized by the Ithacans. The final round began at 9 o'clock yesterday morning, with the players paired in the following order: Rand (C.) vs. Addleman (P.), Smyth (P.) vs. Hicks (B.), Mitchell (C.) vs. Easton (B.) As Cornell needed only 1 point to clinch the victory, Rand and Mitchell played for a draw and succeeded in attaining the object. Rand opened hostilities with a Ruy Lopez. Addleman instituted a premature attack and could not avoid a wholesale exchange of pieces. The Pennsylvanian finally made a desperate attempt at forcing the issue, sacrificing two pawns, without, however, getting any equivalent. With a winning game in hand, Rand proposed a draw, on the thirty-ninth move, which Addleman accepted. /snipped for brevity/