The herald., 1897-06-01
And the Bold Britisher
Took 1t
ALL THE FEARS OF DEFEAT
PROMISE TO BE REALIZED IN
FULL
The American International Chess
Players Might Just az Well
Have Carried Flowers
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press special wire.
WASHINGTON, May s1.-Flags
waved from the dome of the capitol to-
day in honor of the soldier dead. Troops
marched and countermarched through
the city, but 1t did not interest the chess
experts of the house Of representatives.
They were seated in the room of the
committee on commerce and did royal
battle with the team of the British house
of commons. Attaches of five different
legations sat at the several tables and
represented the players Of Great Brit
ain.
Ambassador Bayard designated five
members Of the British Chess club to
act in London in a like capacity for the
house of representatives teams.
At 1870 the drawing for the play took
place and resulted:
Board one-Plnukett, British, white:
Pearson, American, black.
Board two-Shafroth, American,
white; Parnell, British, black.
Board three-Strauss, British, white;
Bodine, American, black.
Board four-Plowman, American,
white; Athley-Jonee. British, black.
Board five-Wilson, British, white;
Hardy, American, black.
The following gentlemen, representing
the players on the British teams, sat at
the American tables. making the moves
telegraphed from London:
Board one-Lord Westmeath, attache
Of the British embassy.
Board two-M. Knagenhelm, attache
Of the Netherlands legation.
T2na ri tbrae-Mr nuhoso aftacha of
the Spanish legation.
Board four-Mr. vogel, attache Swiss
legation.
Board five-Mr. Roulkowski, attache
Russian legation.
as follows:
two, French defense; board three, Ruy
Lopez; board four. Ruy Lopez; board
five. Guico Piano.
Mr.. Shafroth played careful game,
studied hard and seemed to be thorough
ly wrapped up in his moves. Both Mr..
Bodine and Mr.. Plowman played easily,
without extra excitement. Mr.. Handy
played the fastest game of all. Each
player was allowed an hour for fifteen
moves. Mr.. Handy made his first If
teen moves in as many minutes. and
played the remainder Of the game as
rapidly.
The Engliehmen were first to win. At
the sixteenth move Mr.. Pearson, who is
regarded as the best player of the con-
gressional team. resigned His oppo-
nent, Mr.. Plunkett, is counted the best
player on the English team. Mr.. Pear
con was unfortunate in the early part of
the game, and the vigorous play of Mr..
Plunkett soon caused his downfall.
CLUMSY ARRANGEMENTS
LONDON, May 31.-Much surprise is
expected at the arrangements made by
Henniker Heaton, M. p, for the cable
chess match between members of the
British house of commons and the United
States house of representatives, which
began today. The cable companies were
asked to transmit the moves free of
charge, and the Associated Press was,
also approached on the subject. Upon
the Associated Press declining, the ex-
elusive right, after repeated delays, was
cold to the London Times, and an at
tempt will be made to exclude all other
newspapers. The various delays have
nearly wrecked the whole project.
Room No. 10, in which the. British
team plays. is one of the smaller rooms
for committees on the corridor facing
the Thames. The five players are at
tablee arranged in front Of the windows,
and the telegraph wire is operated from
an adjoining corner. Spectators from
the house Of commons kept coming and
going today without any particular dis
play of interest. Ambassador Hay ar
rived punctually and was cordially re-
ceived. He heartily congratulated Mr..
Plunkett on winning first blood for Eng
land.
of Charles Stewart Parnell, complained
deliberate game.
Mr.. Atherley-J Jones 10 the son of the
late artist, writer, poet and famous
agitator. Mr.. Plunkett is a small man
with gentle voice and manner He is
brother Of Lord Duneany. He started
the Irish agricultural scheme, has writ
ten for the Pail Mall Gazette, and lived
for a long time in Wheeling, where he
has large interests.
Mr.. Strauss, Liberal Unionist, is
German Jew, partner in a leading firm
Of tin merchants and a bold speculator
on the metal exchange.
Mr.. F. A. Wilson is a native of Do
cham. where his people have been ten
ant farmers for many generations. He
is half a country squire and half Jour-
nalist. He was the pioneer Of daily
journalism in Southern East Anglia,
where twenty years ago he founded the
East Anglia Daily Times. At present
he has proprietary interest in the Star
and the Morning Leader companies.
Mr. Hennekin Heaton's career is ia
miliar. He is best known in England as
the advocate Of improved postal ar
rangementn and Is often described as
the member FOR postal REFORM