In 1922 the Hamilton chess club of Chicago came up to Milwaukee and played a match. Milwaukee won, 4½–1½.Hamilton, it may be remembered, was home ot the National Chess Federation (one of the two federations which merged to form the USCF in 1939) and was the strongest chess club in Chicago.

The next year, 1923, the Hamilton Chess Club invited the Milwaukee Chess Club, down for a rematch, hoping to change the score. They succeeded; this time Milwaukee won 5–1.

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