Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-03-21
SHORT SUFFERS WON
The Recent Match to Test Superb
GRITTY Of Systems.
c ON MENF OF a SPECTATOR
Local Contests of Whist, Checkers
and Chess.
PILLSBURY'S EXPLANATION

P1LLSBURY'S EXPLANATION
The whist match between the long and
short suffers took place in New York city
last Saturday evening, and resulted in a
victory for the short suffers by six tricks.
The victors were represented by Messrs.
Andrew Gilhooley. Clarence Henr:ques, w.
E. Hawkins and r. F. Foster, the Man
haitian Clubs four, and the long suit team
were Messrs E. A. Bufinton, A. f. Tay-
lor, c. Hatch and William Donald of the
Continental Club. The short suffers gained
in each of the first four rounds Of eight
deals each, and were twelve tricks ahead
at the end Of the thirty-second hand.
Then the long suffers departed from the
agreement entered into at the beginning,
viz, that they would play long suits, ex-
cept when calling for a lead through an
honor and opening a short suit to show
four trumps They led singleton king
and again led singleton eight of trumps
when an adversary had ace turned up. By
this means they were able to gain five
tricks in the fifth round and one in the last
round. The total score was u to - tricks.
The short suffers claim that the match
was a victory for their system. Mr.. Milton
c. Work of the Ham:ltons of Philadelphia.
however, who was present at the match,
claims that the result of the match was
due to the superiority Of the Manhattan
team, and not to that of the system. He
regards Messrs. Hawkins and HenriQues of
the Manhattans as two of the best players
in the country. He admits that the long
suffers departed from their system in the
manner indicated above, but asserts that
the short suffers did the same, and that
the play of the latter is nearly like that of
the best players of Philadelphia.
Mr.. Harvey McCay of the Baltimore club
has withdrawn his challenge to the Man.
no tov1 limb dol t,,O Il hr
as to how his team should play. Inasmuch
as Mr.. McCay had stated in his challenge
that he thought the short suit system
would never win. the Manhattans had stip-
ulated that IL it was the system, and not
the club. that was challenged, the Balti-
moreans should play the long suit system
against it.
At the Capital BIZ. Club.
Compass whist will again be played at
the Capital Bicycle Club this evening.
The Chicago Whist Club played all OF Il
linois outside of Chicago the other evening.
172 players being on each side, and won by
23D tricks.
A notice has been posted in the Capital
bicycle Club rooms that the chess tourna-
ment will close on March 81 next. and that
all games not played on or before that
date will be awarded in the discretion of
the committee. and the prizes awarded ac-
cordtngly. The score at present is as fol-
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Washington Chess Club.
Messrs Hanna and Usina started their
second game in the match to decide which
snail win the first prize in the match
tournament at the Washington Chess
Club usina had first move, and played the
Zukertort opening. The game proceeded
evenly until in the middle game Mr. Hanna
won pawn. At the adjournment Mr.
Hanna's forces were king, rock and two
pawns. against king, rock and one pawn
Messrs. Tibbetts and Patterson played
two games the past week. In the first of
these Mr.. Patterson played Sicilian OPEN
ihg' and early lost piece and the game.
he won the next game in equally short
tlme The score between them stands:
Iibbetts. ?; Patterson, 1: drawn, l.
Besides Tibbetts and Patterson there are
IN the second prize class Messrs Otte and
Iharp, whose score is four each and one
draw, and Walker, a bye
In the third prize class are Messrs.
G"yer, Glchner and O'FarreH.
Pillsbury Explains.
Mr. Pillsbury has at last given some ex-
PLANTATION of his falling off in the second
half OF the st. Petersburg tournament. He
admits that he was ratified for a game or
two during the middle of the contest, and
states he afterward lost several games be-
cause his score would not allow him to be
content with draws. He says he had to
Fiay to win, and that he dropped games
maj NE would have drawn easily in
match where draws did not count He
states that his return home prevented the
proposed tournament between the same
players at Warsaw, and that Schiffers and
Steinltz are matched to play at Kharkof in
May. The match between Lasker and
Steinltz will take place some time after
ward, at Moscow, during the corona ion
festivities.
The Recent Cable Match.
Gunsberg has pointed out that in the
game between Pillsbury and Blackburn
played In the cable match between the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire
land and the United States, Pillsbury would
nave had winning advantage had he on
his nineteenth move played RIB CHI. Civ
ing up the rock for bishop and two pawns.
The game between Tinsley and Barry is re-
Sarded as gem. 1t looked like draw,
when by d most skillful handling of two
knights. he worked them into the rear of
the enemys forces, and cleverly won two
pawns and the game. But for this victory
the cable match would have resulted in a
draw.
1t Is quite noteworthy that in five of the
eight games played in the match. the first
move made was P-Q 4. In the remaining
games two were Ruy Lopez, and one
Guioco piano. The French defense was not
tried. Neither was it tried in the ST. Peters,
burg tournament. Pillsbury says he thinks
1t is not likely to be played in serious con-
tests by players Of the highest rank but
that in tournaments it's drawing powers
will make 1T popular with the less attack
ing players. He thinks the Ruy Lopez and
Queens pawn openings are likely to hold
the fort of popularity for some time. In
the match between Showalter and kemeny
the first move in each game has been to
x 4, and the openings thus far have been
Petroff. four knights and Ruy Lopez It
would seem, therefore, from recent matches
that there Is a disposition among strong
players to play openings which tend to
more brilliant games than those which
were in vogue few years ago.
The Mount Vernon Club.
In the checker tournament at the Mt.
Vernon Club the prizes have been award
ed to the leaders in classes A and b, as
follows: Class A, Bowen's Bristol" to
Mr.. Farquhar, and class C, Denver's
Single Corner" to Mr.. Wright The prize
in class B, Bowens Fife" has not been
awarded vet IT lies hetweap MocSrc