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July 16, 1908
The Sun
New York, New York County, New York
What is this article about?
Referee Walter Penn Shipley from Philadelphia rules two unfinished games drawn in the March 21 cable chess match between U.S. universities (Columbia, Harvard, Princeton, Penn) and Oxford-Cambridge, securing a 3-2 victory for the Americans.
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Long Delayed Verdict In Cable Chess Match.
Walter Penn Shipley, the referee of the
last intervarsity international cable chess
match, contested on March 21, between Columbia,
Harvard, Princeton and the University
of Pennsylvania on the one side against
Oxford and Cambridge on the other, wired
from Philadelphia yesterday that he had
decided to call both games left unfinished
in that match drawn. The American students
thus win the match by 3 points to 2. The
two games left unfinished were those between
H. Blumberg, Columbia, and H. Loeb, Oxford,
and I. Ash, Pennsylvania, and C. G.
Woodhouse, Cambridge.
Walter Penn Shipley, the referee of the
last intervarsity international cable chess
match, contested on March 21, between Columbia,
Harvard, Princeton and the University
of Pennsylvania on the one side against
Oxford and Cambridge on the other, wired
from Philadelphia yesterday that he had
decided to call both games left unfinished
in that match drawn. The American students
thus win the match by 3 points to 2. The
two games left unfinished were those between
H. Blumberg, Columbia, and H. Loeb, Oxford,
and I. Ash, Pennsylvania, and C. G.
Woodhouse, Cambridge.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Cable Chess
Intervarsity Match
Chess Verdict
American Win
Unfinished Games
What entities or persons were involved?
Walter Penn Shipley
H. Blumberg
H. Loeb
I. Ash
C. G. Woodhouse
Where did it happen?
Philadelphia
Story Details
Key Persons
Walter Penn Shipley
H. Blumberg
H. Loeb
I. Ash
C. G. Woodhouse
Location
Philadelphia
Event Date
March 21
Story Details
Referee Walter Penn Shipley declares two unfinished games drawn in the intervarsity international cable chess match between American universities (Columbia, Harvard, Princeton, Pennsylvania) and British (Oxford, Cambridge), resulting in a 3-2 win for the Americans.