Word: matches
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...formal challenge from the Yale Whist Club for a team match of duplicate whist has been received. The details of the match have not as yet been agreed upon, but probably there will be little variation from last year; that is, the teams will play three pairs on a side, each pair to play forty-eight deals...
...Lippincott was appointed a committee to correspond with the Canadian Intercollegiate Association in regard to the return international match to be played in Canada next summer. Last July the first international intercollegiate match was played in Philadelphia, resulting in a victory for the Americans. The Harvard players that took part were P. H. Clark '96, E. L. Pool '95, and H. H. Richardson...
...annual intercollegiate chess tournament between Columbia, Princeton, Yale and Harvard, was held at Harvard School, New York, from December 26 to January 1. The match was unusually close and exciting, Harvard winning from Columbia by only a half point. Ross of Columbia made the highest score, winning five out of six games...
Harvard's victory in the intercollegiate chess match, though won by a small margin, was a very satisfactory one. The contest with Columbia was intensely exciting and the winning of the individual championship by the latter college made the division of honors a very even one. We congratulate Harvard's representatives on their well-earned success...
...Peck '96 and A. W. Ryder '97 play off the tie next Tuesday for second place in the chess tournament. In case Southard defeats H. W. Lewis '96, Lewis will play the winner of this match to determine who shall go to New York with Southard during the Christmas holidays to represent the College...