Hartwig Cassel, 1903

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September 19 1903

The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Saturday, September 19, 1903

ROOSEVELT GIVES PRIZE FOR CHESS
Will Be Contested For at International Tourney to Be Held at Cambridge Springs, Pa.
NEW YORK. Sept. 18. By appointment, Hartwig Cassel, of the Manhattan Chess Club, and Hermann Helms, a member of the American Cable chess team, the two managing directors of the forthcoming international chess masters' tournament at Cambridge Springs, Penn., called on President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay to-day in order to enlist the President's interest in the contest.
The President will give a special prize to go to the prize winner of the tournament. He will receive Aristides Martinez, the president of the Manhattan Chess Club, and president of the International Congress, at the White House and has authorized the committee to state that, as he would be prevented from going to Cambridge Springs, he will give a special reception at the White House in honor of the players in the tournament and of the committee.

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