Beginning of Chess Tournament

Assignments for the first round of the annual fall chess tournament, to select the team to play against Yale, were sent out last night. The candidates have been divided into four upperclass sections of six men each, and two Freshman sections of six men each. The matches will begin today, and last until October 30. Four more men will join the second round, which will last until November 9.

The officers of the Chess Club are as follows: president, E. Q. Abbott 2L.; vice-president, K. S. Johnson 1G., secretary, M. V. Hitts '09; captain of team, E. H. Gruening 1M.; fifth member of executive committee, J. D. Clarke 2L. The announcement that M. V. Hitts '09 was captain of the team was erroneous. Of the intercollegiate team which won second place in the New York tournament last year, two members are eligible for this year's team: E. H. Gruening 1M. and K. S. Johnson 1G.