Word: matches
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Rice 1G., president of the Chess Club has sent a formal challenge proposing an international match to each of the presidents of the Oxford and Cambridge chess clubs. At the recent meeting of the representatives of Yale, Columbia, Princeton and Harvard at the Intercollegiate Chess Tournament Rice was appointed to make arrangements for the match. Owing to the absence of any official, previous to Rice's appointment, properly commissioned to arrange the match there has been some delay in sending the challenge. The challenge is sent in behalf of Yale, Columbia, Princeton and Harvard to the universities of Oxford...
...trophy which will be played for is a silver shield offered by Mr. T. N. Rice of New York and will become permanent property when it has been won three years in succession. Oxford and Cambridge won the first two matches and tied the match last year...
Each team will play two matches against every other, and a trophy will be presented to the team winning the greatest number of games. Harvard will play its first match Friday night against Chelsea at the Cambridge...
...Fencers' Club will hold occasional informal bouts with the B. A. A. A membership tournament both scratch and handicap will be held in the spring. A challenge has been received from Cornell but no definite action has been taken on it as yet. A match will be held with Yale in Cambridge during March. The regular intercollegiate tournament will be held at New York in the latter part of March...
...Shooting Club will hold a novice match on Soldiers Field, Thursday, January 16, open to members of the club who have never won any prizes in shooting or belonged to the Harvard team. A silver cup will be presented to the winner...