ADecember 12 1924
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, New York, Friday, December 12, 1924
American College Plays Chess With Oxford, England, by Radio
A transatlantic chess match with the various moves done by radio and transmitted in that way between Harvard College, Ambler, Pa., and Oxford University, Oxford, England, is the newest stunt in inter-collegiate competition. This picture was taken in the studio of Station 3-ZG at Haverford, College. It shows William S. Halstead of White Plains, N. Y., originator of the idea, at the key with head phones to receive and send the plays; Nelson Hogenauer, former chess champion and player of the only individual game, against G. S. A. Wheatcraft, captain of the Oxford University chess team; Royal S. Davis of New York, Wilson Leary of Philadelphia and Winthrop Leeds, captain of the college team of Haverford, players against Bancroft, Scott and Stonier of the Oxford team, and I. B. Smith, vice president of the Haverford Club of Radio, operator of the controls of the station. The photo was taken at the beginning of the match as Haverford station started sending to Station 2-NM, London, which received for Oxford. Final results of the attempted contest have not yet been received. It was started Monday night.
