The University chess team defeated Yale in the annual match, at Dwight Hall, New Haven, Friday night, by the score of 8 to 2, winning seven of the 10 games played, receiving a draw in two, and losing one. Medals will be presented to the members of the winning team from the bequest of A. C. White '02. This is the fifth successive year that Harvard has won from Yale.

The scores:

The trials for the four-board team which shall represent the University in the intercollegiate chess tournament, to be held in New York, December 21-23, between Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Columbia, begin today. The team will be picked December 10. HARVARD.    YALE. Gruening,  1  G. Burgess,  0 Johnson,  1/2  E. Burgess,  1/2 Parshley,  1  Jefferson,  0 Clark,  1/2  Chandler,  1/2 Masius,  1  Clarke,  0 Childs,  1  Martinez,  0 Davis,  1  Porter,  0 Byerly,  1  Lambie,  0 Mitchell,  1  Gade,  0 Jones,  0  Waugh,  1 Totals,  8    2