The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-24
CONGRESS CHESS MATCH
INTERESTING CONTEST WITH MEM
BEERS OF PARLIAMENT.
PilIsbury Has Been Coaching Amer
lean SoIOns-JuIian Pauncefote the
Referee on This Side.

WASHINGTON, May 23-The arrange
ments for the match games Of chess between
five selected individual players of the House
of Representatives and like number from
the British House of Commons are practi-
cally completed The games will be begun
at o'clock p. M, Washington time, and
o'clock, London time, May 81, and con-
tinue four hours, fifteen moves to the
hour. If not completed in the agreed time
the games will be finished on June l.
single consultation game, in which all the
members of both teams may consult as 70
the moves, will be played on date to be
fixed by the Englishmen. Two wires be-
tween Washington and New YORK VIII oe
given up to the games and 1t is expected
that not more than three minutes Will be
consumed in transmitting the several
moves between London and Washington.
The American players will draw lots for
their British competitors and their places
at the tables. The Washington end of the
games will be played in the House foreign
affairs committee room.
The members of the House have been
coached by w. Pillsbury, of Brooklyn, the
member of the international chess tourney
at Hastings, England. who has played
against all corners for the past week at the
Metropolitan Club in this city, and who
has won every game except a draw with
the Austrian minister.
There will be five players on each side.
Although the players on behalf OF the
House of Representatives have not yet been
officially announced it is understood that
four of them have been selected--Messrs.
Pearson of North Carolina, De Gaffenreid
of Texas Bodine of Missouri and Handy of
Delaware So far as this side has been ad-
vised officially Messrs. Plunkett Heaton
and Strauss will be three of the five in the
English team.
The House players will move their men
in the House committee on foreign a1airs
and the English players in one OF the lob
bies of Parliament House The wire con-
rections will be direct, as to minimize
the time to be consumed in the transmits
sion of the moves. The messages will be
sent over the wires by the Western Union
telegraph and the Anglo-American cable
company. both Of which companies have
donated the use of their lines for the occa-
sion Superintendent Marean, of the West
ern Union in this city. has had two wires
run into the room of the committee on
foreign affairs, which will connect directly
with the American terminus of the Anglo
American cable at Cape Breton. One OF
these wires will be used to send ana the
other for receiving purposes; similar ar
rangementS have been made with wires
loading directly from the other terminus of
the Commons. The play will last five hours
each day, from to midnight London time
and from to our time. Fifteen moves
an hour will be allowed. superintendent
Marean estimates that a minute Will De
required for the transmission of messages.
This will reduce the actual playing time TO
an average of move every three minutes.
tested here Mr.. Julian Pauncefote, at the
request of the British players, Will act as
referee here and it is probable that Hon,
John Hay. the United States ambassador at
London will perform a ike DUTY on the
other side of the Atlantic.