Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-06-05
TWO WHIST TOURNAMENTS,
The Capital Clubs victory-Ncwspaper Me
Try Hand.

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! Tho duplicate whist tournament between the
teams Of the Columbia Athletic Club and the
Capital Bicycle Club was concluded last nigh,
In the parlors OF the former organization. the
/ Capital men winning the match by the score OF
/ Z,oa4 TO 2ff2. lead OF seventy two points. As
was stated IN The STAR of yesterday the first
series oil the tournament. played on Wednes-
day night, resulted in a lead of sixty points for
the bicycle men. and this lead they not only
held but increased by last nights play. BY
the system of duplicate play the hands used
by Columbia Wednesday were given to Cap
ial last night and thus the test of skill was APP
phed directly The result. therefore, indicates
a certain amount OF superiority on the part Of
the Capital Clubs teams, all element of luck
being removed.
THE PLAY LAST NIGHT
was conducted in the small parlor on the
| second floor of the handsome club hcaase on G.
street, and a special series of rules was put in
force to insure the regulation whist qdiet for
the occasion. The piano was stilled, and the
! members went by the precincts sacred to the
game on tiptoe. and spoke in whispers. The
same officials lent their aid to the success of
the match, Messrs. Stafford and WoOten as
referees. and Leaning and Decker as scorers.
The system of scoring is an elaborate one and
requires a vast amount of book keeping, and
the work was done throughout the tourna-
ment IN a careful. accurate manner that reflects
great credit upon the scorers. There was
nothing, indeed. to mar the success of the
event and the hope is expressed on all sides
that this tournament is but tho first of a gen
eral series between the clubs of the city.
GOOD STARTER FOR THE coLUMBIAs.
During the early part of last evening the
Columbia men took hold of their hands as if
they meant to wipe out the lead of their op-
ponents and come out of the match in the lead.
The first round of six games gave them adj
vantage OF twenty-five points and the next
round two more. The third round was q tie,
or stand OFF, and the fourth gave Capital six
teen. This was the beginning OF the turn in
the tide that carried the yictors to their final
score. At the beginning of the fifth round the
Columbia teams had gained eight points on the
lead OF the night before. and there were still to
be played the hands on which the Capital play
ers made their strong rally of Wednesday
night. As the hands were reversed it was but
natural to suppose that the tables might be en-
tirely turned aud for a time the air was full of
excitement OF that peculiar sort that Turks
al ound the silence of whist table. The fifth
round was complete surprise, for Capital
came out ahead "A points. wiping out the gains
OF Columbia, while the sixth and last round
carried the pedal pushers of 18th street SO far
ahead that all hope was lost. The same teams
played as on Wednesday night. but the general
results OF the tournament were not those OF The
first evenings play as regards team work.
In the tournament the teams made points or
lost them, over and under their losses or gains
on all sides. as follows: Capital Bicycle Club
Falck and Dodge won Is, Odds and Low won H.
Wooten and bingham won r. Parsons and Rice
won II, Borden and Prentiss won 10 and
Stephens and Dodge won g. Columbia Athletic
Club-Rlnes and Brown won %. Goldsborough
and Mauro won 2, Lupton and Britton lost 80,
thompson and Thompson lost 50. Writ and
Writ lost Y and Stafford and Eakins lost IL
Thus Capital won ~ and Columbia won 30 and
lost lO2, total loss of ~.
After the match had been concluded and the
score made up both teams sat down to a COLA
ton III the dining hall and talked over the
gaines they had played. President Hood of
the Columbia Club sat at the head of the table
The accompanying table shows the play on
tine various hands. both original and duplicate
by clubs. 1t should be borne in mind that the
original hand of one side Wednesday night
became the duplicate hand OF the other side
last night.
SCORE SHEET tBY Hands,.