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John F Barry was a Boston lawyer and strong amateur. He played in a number of cable matches for the US (Game Collection: Anglo-American Cable Matches, 1896-1911). He played at Cambridge Springs 1904, and predicted Marshall would win (http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...). His photo from the Cleveland Public Library collection may be seen here: http://cplorg.cdmhost.com/cdm4/item...

The match was played in Boston, home of Barry, for a stake of $2000. Games were scheduled for Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays, with sessions starting at 2 PM and ending at 10 PM. The first player to seven wins won the match.

Showalter = = 0 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 0 1 1 <9>

Barry, J F = = 1 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 1 0 0 <4>

Showalter = = -1 = +1 +1 +2 +3 +3 +4 +3 +4 +5 (+7 -2 =4)

Barry started well, drawing the first two games and winning the third. In Game 3, Showalter drifted into a bad opening position and lost the exchange to a fairly simple tactic. After that, Barry's technique carried him through to a won ending. Showalter bounced back in Game 4, driving Barry's king across the board into a mating net. For the rest of the match Barry was unable to keep up with Showalter, winning only one additional game (Game 11).