Price (C.) beat Elmer (P.), Ruy Lopez opening.

Ross (C.) beat Murdoch (Y), Irregular opening.

Ryder (H.) beat Arnstein (Y.), Stonewall opening.

Southard (H.) tied Seymour (P.), Petroff opening.

Score: Harvard, 4.5; Columbia, 4.5, Yale, 2; Princeton, 1.

In the fourth round Harvard again gained the lead by taking one game from her nearest rival, Columbia, and tying the other. Southard defeated Price of Columbia in a Vienna opening, and Ryder and Ross of Columbia tied in a French defense. At the end of this round Ryder had the best individual score, having won 3 games and tied 1. The result was:

Southard (H.) beat Price (C.), Vienna opening.

Seymour (P.) beat Arnstein (Y.), Scotch Gambit opening.

Murdoch (Y.) beat Elmer (P.), Scotch Gambit opening.

Ryder (H.) tied Ross (C.), French defense.

Score: Harvard, 6; Columbia, 5; Yale, 3; Princeton, 2.

At the end of the fifth day of play the score was for the third time tied. Columbia won both her games and Harvard lost one, making the score Harvard 7, Columbia 7. Ryder suffered his first defeat by the clever playing of Seymour of Princeton. The result was:

Seymour (P.) beat Ryder (H.), Vienna opening.

Southard (H.) beat Elmer (P.), Vienna opening.

Ross (C.) beat Arnstein (Y.)