The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-25

ham, On their efforts depended the outcome
Of rho contest and the late ol ihn nm, H9W ,,S,
on their hands the entire day, nnd both. asa
matter Of fact. were considered ~ 0ho .'me
to DO In danger OF losing. rnlsohty IN
persistent adversary and he was iorced 10 call
our all his reserve force TO prevent ms huml!ia.
ten. slack bnrne again proved MS rIent 70 ne
manner In which he pulled he game OUT otthe
IRE .savorcd strongly o! the magical After
getting his king all the way across the BOARD
until he opposed the American. monarch. he
got back the pawn. Minus which he hud played
ever since the opening Friday morning.
From that time on the EnglIshmnn's star was
IN the nsceninncy and more than once rus
bury ; supporters gave M hope, The hmeri-
can Champion, however, proved equal To- the
occasion and at every step, when bIacs 9urne
seemed about to HttHin hii object, le found
himself baked 1t finally came down, TO q
rock and pawn ending anJ. after a good dealo OF
lroskeyiqe. thr "a rivals asre"d nPog q Tray
the evening. when they had made Sixty-6ight
moves. As the American total was thereby
increased To i've. or hall the t3tal number oi
this side of the water became assnrcd, ire
spective Of the result OF the Hodges belling-
A. lii" saying goes ALPS well tina. ends
wei" IL proved 10 he applicable to he situa-
ton yesterday. for Hodges. Lotwlthstand lnR
that the It'd" OF battle was, 10 AL appearance.
tllllE NlI'lk XIV hkutuNN iilt' 80 - 49,
afternoon. manngcd to wrigglr out OF the JIM
entities that seemed to. heset him and actually
had his game credited 70 Amr tnG account
position was a, Que time decidedly crowded.
but he proved to be a man OF re:
source and shook off the letters what th1s
doing this he took occasion to acquire a couple
OF pawns. which Bellingham lett recklessly
about, trusting to what he thought TO be me
HodRcs's turn 10 have his say. the story was
an entirely d %frerert one. To his store ot two
extra pawns he added still another and this
draw with Blackburne. Thinking that it was
In "A way a waste Of time to play TOT finish when
nothing further was TO be gained. he cabled TO
,icipated. however. by the FnRlishman. whose
resignation crossed the Americana oler on
the wire. The courtesy thus extended in re-
signing The game before he was actually cor
nered was III "A measure return lor the lair,
ness shown In the treatment OF the Marshall
episode. lt was ful ~ appreciated BY the crowd
over here and both Hodges and Bcllinghatn
we're cheer.d to tho echo. l~lodQeS's score 10
date now stulis mt three victories ana two
drawn games. n recor surpassed only by those
Of Barry ant ShpWnlter.
Several mcssngcs we're exchanged At the end
OF the different games, When. the Showhlfer-
lee contest W, near the finish the American
asked: Are you content to draw
Lee replied; Accent draw, Proud to have
made a good fight against such a reloubtabla
opponent. Hope 70 meet You again az fhrls.
Atkins greeted Marry a.. Iolllws' hes!Hn,
Sorry to lose. but glad not to break your line
record"
Barry sent this response; MY qualification
Is only exceeded by the high admiration have
for your skill a "A chess PLAYER. The iuture
Will make amends for the present,
Delmar's victory elected the following rom
Trcuchard: Il resign with congratulations.
Kind regards to rillsbury mi Sh"walter;'
Delmar'S answer was: THANK you. l sug-
geSt Got save the Queen,
Barry received the 70 lowing congratulatory
-., fan, A,.laN DFaglInnt nj fhA
Boston Chess club:
Boston club congratulates you, upon your
nth consecutive victory. Al are delighted.
The scores Of the games follow