The morning call., 1893-09-07
A WHIST TOURNEY.
Twelve Teams Commence
a Long Contest.
PLAY FOR ELEVEN WEEKS.
The San Francisco Whist Club Opens
a Match for Ladies and Gentle
men in Its Rooms.

The second duplicate whist Tournaments
of the San Francisco Whist Club com
menced last evening at the clubr0oms IN
the Mercantile Library building on Van
Ness avenue. Playing began at O'Clock.
or shortly thereafter and continued until
about IL o'clock. by which time twenty
hands and more were played.
The clubrooms presented an animated
sight when the enthusiastic whlst-players
settled down to busiu ess. Six tables with
two ladies and two gentlemen at each
filled two large rooms, and then the smok-
ing ro ON was used for straight whist by
otner members. With regard to the scene
presented there was spirit and LIE enough
In it to make q visitor imagine 1t was
game for heavier stakes than the pride OF
winning a championship and CLUB
trophy. Every player displayed extra
ordinary inteDtness on the cards, and
meanwhile there was an exhilaraling
rattle of chips.
Such a gathering has not been often
seen in this city. Fully fifty persons of
both sexes, all engaged in the engrossln
game Of whist.
The tournament is so important an
event in the players opinions it Will take
fully eleven weeks TO reach a decision, or
in other words 70 finish the games.
There are six tables with four playerssto
each, and each team of two will have TO
play against every other team in the tour
nament. AT this rate it will take eleven
nights TO play to a finish, and as every
Wednesday night only will be given to the
contest nearly three months will have
passed before the end comes. Each even
ing twenty hands will be played and over
played. because the system of card tray,
cod AtN f,-
passing cards from table to table.
The novel feature of this tournament Is
that all teams consist of one lazy and one
gentleman each, for which reason some
difficulty was experienced by p. j.
Tormey and Seawell Dolllver. the contest
committee, in arranging teams for the con-
test
Scoring will be kept by points instead of
games now. Each evening the number of
points made by the teams will be counted,
and at last the team having the greatest
number of points will win. For trophy
a diamond whist league button has been
selected. The local club is affiliated with
the American Whist League, which has a
clOver-leaf for its emblem, and Oh that ae-
count thu trophy will be gold trefoll
with diamond.
The entries last euening. each consecu-
tive couple forming pair in the tourn 3
ment were as follows: E. w. Skel-
ton. Miss NJ. L. Soule; D. L. Farms
worth. Mrs. D. 1. Farnswortn; DR..
w. R. Lovegrove. Miss n. S. Baldwin
c. III. Murphy, Mrs. DR.. W. S. Richey !;
Henry Payot. Mrs. Annie E. Evans; II. B.
Tyson, Mrs. L. w. Moore; j. Curtis, Mr..
j. Curtis; DR.. f. D. Gilbert, Mrs. H. l..
Curtis; A. Lyser, Mrs. e. P. Bradley; w.
F. Blehdon. Mrs. F. T. Cooper; w. Brown.
Miss L. Alsip; j. n. Goldsmith. Mrs. E..
K. AlsiD; g. Harold Howard, Mrs. Agnes
Z. Taylor; E. E. Washburn, Mrs. henry
Krebs.
Considerable interest is attached to this
tournament by mem 5ers of the club, who
hope to see high averages made by the
contestants. II is expected to revive in ter
est in whist by attracting attention to the
game and the club b, and showing how many
really good players San Francisco can pro-
duce on any special occasion.
Following were the results of last nights
contests: DR.. F. ID. Gilbert and Mrs. II
l.. Curtis. IL, VS.. j. Curtis and Mrs. j. Cur
tis, 9; A. Lyser and Mrs. E. p. Bradley, 10,
VS.. w. f. Blehdon and Mrs. F. T. Cooper, 10 !;
j. n. Goldsmith and Mrs. E. K. Alsip. 81,
VS.. w. Brown and Miss L. Alsip, II; Dr.
w. r. Lovegrove and Miss n. S.
Baldwin. Is. VS.. Mr.. d. L. Farms
worth and Mrs. D. l.. Farnsworth, l.;
Mrs Fl. P. Tyson and Mrs. l.. w Moore,
16, VS.. II. Payot and Mrs. A. E. Evans, s;
Z. w. Skslton and Miss NJ. L.. Soule, 9, VS..
c. II. Murphy and Mrs. DR.. w. S. Riehey,