A Sporting Chance is a lost[1] 1919 American silent comedy film directed by George Melford and written by Will M. Ritchey based upon a story by Roger Hartman.
The film stars Ethel Clayton, Jack Holt, Herbert Standing, Anna Q. Nilsson, and Howard Davies.
[2][3] A competing film with the title A Sporting Chance directed by Henry King opened a few days earlier.
In this capacity he keeps careful watch over her as she seeks to rid her stepmother of what she believes to be the dangerous attentions of Ralph Seward (Davies), who is seemingly favored by that lady.
Wishing to spare her father pain, she wins the man over from Mrs. Brent (Nilsson), only to eventually discover that he is a blackmailer seeking to dispose of innocent though incriminating letters written by her stepmother when a young and romantic girl.