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...rooms of the Chess and Whist Club, in the old Pudding building on Holmes field, presented an animated appearance last Tuesday evening on the occasion of the club entertaining Mr. Prentiss Cummings, of the Boston Chess Club. An invitation had been extended to all chess players in the University to be present and unite with the members in trying their strength in simultaneous games against Mr. Cummings. Thirteen men took tables, and shortly after half past seven, play began and continued until nearly midnight. The tables were arranged in two parallel rows, while Mr. Cummings walked up and down between...
This is the third time the Chess and Whist Club has contended with Mr. Cummings. The first time they won two games out of seven; the second, one game out of eight, and last night the score at the close of the meeting stood two games won, nine lost, and two unfinished...
...whist tournament has at last been finished; Rogers and DeNormandie won first place, with Brown and Darling second. The result of the final round was as follows...
...play-off for first place Rogers and DeNormandie won. Both the first and second couples will receive suitable prizes. The tournament has been very successful, and all the competitors speak favorably of it. The Chess and Whist Club will probably hold a similar one next year...
...meeting of the Chess and Whist Club was held last evening, at its rooms in the old Hasty Pudding building. The annual election of officers took place with the following result: President, S. W. Sturgis, '90; vice-president, R. C. Harrison, '90; secretary. F. W. Burlingham, '91; treasurer, Otis Everett, '91. It was intended to lay before the Club an amendment to the constitution, by which the election of new members should be placed in the hands of the executive committee, instead of by general vote of the club, as at present. But unfortunately only about twenty men were present...