CHESS

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 104, 29 October 1912, Page 3

CHESS

WAIRARAPA v. WELLINGTON TOURISTS. A team of Wellington chess, players left by Saturday afternoon's train for Masterton, • to play a 1 two-round match with the local club. On arrival in Masterton they were met by Mr. • George Jones (captain) and Mr. k. Welch (hon. secretary), and driven to their quarters at the Farmers' and' Commercial Club, where the home team had provided an excellent supper. The • first round, which was commenced shortly after halfpast nine, gave the visitors a small advantage. The second , round, however, played on .Monday . forenoon, disclosed the true form of the Wairarapa players. They had no difficulty in wiping off the I deficit' of Saturday, and finally ran out easy winners, scoring 11£ games to their I opponents' % The game between the two captains at .board 1 was so stubbornly contested that it occupied the two sittings, and left no time for the return game. The interest taken in tho j match was very . keeft. Two of the players drove 32 miles • in an open buggy through a snowstorm in order to take part, a feat -of which the pioneer settlers would not have thought anything much, but it seems positively heroic when "contrasted with the presentday whine of so many city players who must catch the last ,ear, because they live a mile osr so ■ away ! The. Wairarapa tea'm^ was weakened by the unavoidable absence of Messrs. F. Kuramer (MKuriceville), Maun3ell (Cartertpn), and Winchester (Masterton), who had in- ! tended taking part. During an interval in the match two > trophies won . during ! the past season were presented byiMr. j Jones, Mr. K. ; , Welch receiving Mr. Dagg's 'shield for winning the annual handicap tourney, while Mr. C. Hoffeins, who is quite a lad, took^Mr. Jones's trophy for the best score in the noints' handicap. On the Sunday the team visited quite a number of places of in» j terest, including the park oval* with its •adjoining cemetery, which recalled to memory the jest of a one-time Wairarapa sporting writer, who said that some Mastertonians suddenly acquired an interest in the resting place of their ancestors when a representative football match is on ! In this same cemetery, by the way, rest the remains of one who was possibly the Dominion's oldest citizen, viz., Te Koroneho Arona, who was born in 1800, christened by the Rev. Samuel Marsden in 1816.. and died at Ouwaka, Lansdowne, in October last at the age of 111 years. Before leaving Masterton the visiting team was tendered a. dinner by the local club. In returning thanks for the kind hospitality extended to the tourists, Mr. Kelling expressed the hope that tile Wairarapa team, would at an early -date" rev isit Wellington to play the Empire City clubs. Messrs. Fell (Wellington C.C.), Armstrong (Wellington South C.C.). and Ward (Wellington East C.C.) cordially supported the invitation extended by Mr. Kelling. In replying, Mr. Jones said that the Wairarapa .players, who had thoroughly enjoyed their last year's trip to Wellington, would probably be able to make the desired visit in the early part of next year, most likely at Kaster. The ex-English players were interested in the return ride from Cross Creek to the Summit, ' where, as is well known, three engines are employed, the uphill journey of three miles being done in thirty-five minutes. The full score of the recent match is as follows : —

\vairdrapa. Wgtn. Tourists. S, A. Jone* ... 0 Kelling ... 1 • P. Kummer ... 2 Welton ... 0 Dagg ... ... 1 Pell 1 Moore 2 Purchase ... 0 3uild 1 Collins ■. . . . 1 W. \V. Kummer 1 S. Gyle» . . 1 iVhite 2 Armstrong ... 0 K. Welch ... 0 H. A. Ward../ 2 Wilkerson . ... 1£ Hill i rh^mpson • ... 1 Eton 1 . Total . ... 11' Total ... 7£