ADecember 18 1925
The Central New Jersey Home News, New Brunswick, New Jersey, Friday, December 18, 1925
Rutgers Goes In For Chess Sport
Meets Columbia in Opening Match Tomorrow Eve
Chess, a new sport at Rutgers makes its first bid for intercollegiate prestige tomorrow evening when Rutgers sends a team of four men to New York City to meet Columbia in the first match of the Intercollegiate Chess League tournament. Rutgers entered the league last Saturday on invitation from New York University. Although the sport has not been recognized by the Rutger's faculty, action is being taken however, and it is expected that it will be recognized shortly.
Rutgers will be represented in matches on Saturday against Columbia, and on Sunday against C. C. N. Y. and New York University. Four of the following five men will compete in each match, Harold Rottenberg '29 of Atlantic City, Jacob Neuss '29 of Atlantic City, W. R. Bellis '26 of Plainfield. W. T. J. TenBroeck '27 of Newburgh, N. Y., and Leslie Ault '29 of Jersey City.
On January 2 after the Christmas recess, Rutgers will meet Cornell and Pennsylvania in the final matches of the tournament. Teams entered in the championships are Cornell. New York University. C. C. N. Y., Columbia, Pennsylvania, and Rutgers.
