Mar-29-25
 | | NewspaperChessArchiv: I'm not sure "C. More" is his real name. It could be "Seymour" or a play on words, "See More". In the chess columns, some times when they print "C. More" it is in quotation marks and on more than one occasion. i.e., Philadelphia Inquirer, December 05, 1920:
...We believe that tournament and match play also has resulted in a majority of wins for the attack. S. T. Sharp defeated Jackson and Ruth defeated "C. More." Driver lost to Frazer, Bilgram defeated Atlar. Dilkes lost to W. B. Chamberlin. |
|
Mar-29-25
 | | perfidious: Amarillo Slim used to have a saying when he had an opponent over a barrel and was, in modern parlance, 'about to take him to Valuetown': <I'm gonna show this cat Mr More!> |
|
Mar-30-25
 | | jnpope: The <Washington Post>, 1921.01.23, p6, identifies him as Charles More (of which there are several men named Charles More living in Philadelphia). |
|
| Mar-30-25 | | stone free or die: <jn> was that in a chess column? |
|
Mar-30-25
| | jnpope: Yes it was. |
|
| Mar-30-25 | | stone free or die: Just curious - is it from <newspapers.com>? Do you do clippings there?
(I checked <chessarcheology> - it has nothing for Jan 1921) |
|
Mar-30-25
| | jnpope: You really need to spend a few bucks and get an account. The pertinent text:
"Charles Jaffe, of New York, referee at the Philadelphia exhibition of Samuel Rzesgewski (sic), gave the Polish marvel a draw against Charles More, of Philadelphia." |
|
| Mar-30-25 | | stone free or die: Yes, one could make that argument.
But there's other considerations, beyond the obvious budgeting. I think biographers should publish PD clippings as they do their research, to try to make the material as publicly available as possible. This would be a service - allowing the full context of sources to be ensured as far as possible, and also to encourage the widest level of review. Plus it would allow, theoretically, more efficient usage of resources. (Spoken as an expert in restricted resources)
But that's just my vision of it. |
|
Mar-30-25
| | NewspaperChessArchiv: <stone free or die> Newspaper(com) user Paderamo had clipped the reference <jnpope> provides, back in 2014! Excellent, and thanks for investing the research time Mr. Pope. The Washington Post, Washington, District of Columbia, Sunday, Jan 23, 1921
"GIVES RZESZEWSKI A DRAW
Charles Jaffe, of New York, referee at the Philadelphia exhibition of Samuel Rzeszewski, gave the Polish marvel a draw against Charles More, of Philadelphia. The score..."
https://www.newspapers.com/article/... |
|
| Mar-31-25 | | stone free or die: <NCA> Now that's the ticket! So much better to get all the context, and also see other topics. (Serendipity is a valuable contributor to chess research, which requires having the entire article) <Paderamo> is another <newspapers.com> angel whose contributions I often utilized. Many thanks due there as well. |
|
|
|
|
Kibitzing
