The San Francisco call., 1898-03-20
Am erica's Representa- lives Meet Defeat at
 Chess.
Close Of the Battle Fought on the Transatlantic
 Gable.
Announcement of the Result Greeted With Hearty Cheers in
 London.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK, March 19.-The interna- tional chess match between Great Brit ain and the United States begun yes terday was won by the Britishers by 51a to Az games. Last year the Amer jeans were defeated by their British opponents by exactly the same figures, while in the first match, played two years ago, the Americans were victor1- ous by 41a to 31a games. Following are the details of the play on all the boards:
 Pinsbury played a queens gambit against Blackburn, who declined to acc cept the, gambit pawn, Later PilIsbury the kings fight, which seemed to be great advantage. However, the advan- although Pillsbury sacrificed his pawn to get an attack, and he was finally obliged to accept draw.
 Showalter, against Burn, also played a queens gambit, declined and was mas terly throughout, his brilliant sacr1hce being a piece of work which gave the Kentuckian the victory.
 The Bostonian.' Barry, selected 8 queens gambit opening against Caro. latter had the better position, Barry, by a very ingenious and clever play, brought about the defeat of his celebrated ad- versary
 A very interesting game was played on the fourth board between Atkins and Hymes. The New Jersey champion se- 
 an option to make a brilliant sacrifice of a piece. Then, however, Hymes came up to the occasion by most, wonderful de- fensive tactics and secured draw.
 Not too much praise can be bestowed upon Hodges, who conducted a Ruy Lopez against Bellingham. The Staten Islander eXcelled both in aggressive and defensive movements and by sheer hard work he administered defeat to his rival.
 Delmar was out of form in his contest. His French defense against the Scottish champion, Mills, was weakly played. The latter secured the exchange and left Del mar in a hopeless position, when he re- signed
 A long drawn out game resulted be- tween Baird and Locock. This was an even contest throughout. From the be- ginning to the end neither side was able to claim any distinctive advantage at any stage of the game, and so draw was the only legitimate result.
 Young, who conducted French de fense against Jackson; Robinson, who played a queen's pawn opening against Jacobs, and Galbreath, who had to con- tend with a queens pawn opening Of Trenchard, were outmatched They were beaten on their merits, and the least said about 1t the better.
 LONDON, March 19.-The closing hour of play in the international cable chess match was watched with the greatest interest, and the result was greeted with the heartiest cheers. Sir George Newnes, president of the Brit ish Chess Club, said;
 ''It was a most delightful match and passed off without a hitch of any kind, just as might be expected between such sportsman-like opponents. The next time I will give a cup twice the size"
 Though the match is considered won. the games between PiIsbury and Blackburn and Locock and Baird at1J tracted the greatest attention. Black burn said:
 "The last ten hours of my game has been a draw, of course. Pillsbury sac rifced his game in the interest of the match. Had the matter gone to Lask- CT, he could not have decided except in favor of a draw
 Other experts are of the opinion that had the game been ffn1sned Pill5bury would have won. The Locock-Baird game was considered a draw. with Lo- cock in the better position.