Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-06-18

may be trumped. plays the King aud re-
mains with the deuce in his hand, lie
has nnbocked and his partner will WIN
| tricks with all the remaining cards OF
that suit. 1t may be asked. Does not
the third hand run some risk of loss by
playing his high cards In this way.
Well. he does run a slight risk. hut us
there are only thirteen cards IN snit,
aud as the original lead Of ace declares
mt least nine of tho suit between the
leader and his partner, with great num-
erical strength in the leaders hand.
there Is no risk Of loss unless the whole
of the remainder Of the suit Is mnssseu
In the hand of one of the ndversnrles,
aud only then II the small cards held by
the leader are YER, low in rank.
"Thcre Is nothing particularly now In
this" said Cavendlsh, continuing "HOyle
the father Of the game, In the year la,
gave the following example IN bis short
Treatise on the Game OF whist ! state
the substance not quoting MS exact WoruT.
II your partner leads from an ace. king SUI
and ynu have reason to believe thnt MS SUIT
Il u very long one say OF six or more cards,
and yOu hold queen, ten nine ara very
small card Of that suit, 10 Tue ace YOU
should play the leu, and IL on the third
round the knave Is taken by your queen,
you remain with a sinnll card OF the sul 5
kept command and would consequently lose
three tricks In that suit"
THE GREATEST OF WHIST ANALYSTS.
In this connection the work OF 'Cavcndlsh'
hns been to annlyzc, separately every com
AMI 10 point out In his whist Develop
lnrnts' the cases In which unlocking may
be attempted with safety and in which they
may not. In the course of his analysis lie
M on tile very curious fact that when the
third player holds four cards exactly Of
his partners original lead lie may safely
n utp va
or ten Is led originally, but not II the lead
II king This caused 'Cavrndish to re-
consider original leads from King, queen or
more than two small cards, and 10 recon.
mend from this combination the original
lead Of queen In preference 90 The old es-
tabllshrd lead Of king, and similarly from
ace, King suits. containing more ,iin four
cards 10 recommend the original Tad OF ace
" preference to the old established lead OF
"These progressive lends" said Cavcndish
started long aud bitter controversy on
the subject Some good players who are
familiar with the arguments on both sides
stu prefer the time honorrd leads.
"The great majority OF players In Amer-
en-, however have adopted the latest de-
Nclopmrnts uf the game. and whist M ~
played throughout the United States in the
prominent whist clubs Is fully Ia accord.
lnce With the modern system OF unblock-
ing, The seven point game " hout count
Ing hon0rs also adopted by these clubs,
lends Itself with peculiar facility to the I'M
bincklng game. introduced az n consequence
forded by the original lead TO his partner
when both Of them understand and practice
American leads. la England thegaiuc most
played Il i've points, counting hUuurs. aud
IT may be that this form OF the game, In.
Producing As II does n greater element or
luch, las rendered English players slow to
appreciate the full advantages TO hp de-
rived from American leads and the unblick-
Ing game.
AMERICAN WHIST CONGRESS- AT CHI.
CAGO.
on further inQuiring Of 'Cayendlsh' what
WORK had bncn done IN the cuuse OF whist
by iho American Whist lrugtir he handed
me- the program Of the third American whist
congress which Will convene M Chicago On
june ~ unl terminate on June -. RUS
meeting VIII he full Of interest IN whist
players. The program includes PLAYING on
the tie between tile Milwaukee " hist club,
the capital Bicycle club for the Hamilton
trunhy, q match al duplicate whist against
visiting members OF all the league clubs
by the Chicago Whist club, tournament
for the Hamilton club trophy, a tournament
FOR club pairs, II free.for-ull contest and
match between the East and tho West
clubs. The meridian dividing the territory
using eastern from that using central stand
ard time will he the dividing tine between
east aud west. The play In ihis match viii
be at straight whist, counting continuous
points. lrIhrs Will De- given 10 the pairs
scoring HE most points ON both the win
ning aud iosing Eldcs, Navenllsh. WHO
Is nn active member OF both oc brooklyn
and Chlcngo whist clubs will play with the
team fron the latter club
The American Whist league consists OF
slNty'SlN clubs. located In lirOuRlyn New
York yhicag2 Washington, Cleveland mil
hdclnhin, Milwaukee, ST. Paul Mlnucupnlis
and other leading cities. It's oihcrrs are:
President Eugene 5, Elliott Milwaukee; vice
president, John NJ. Walton. Philndciphin;
recording secretary. Walter H. Barney,
Providence, II. H. corresponding secretary,
Theodore Sswarz, Chicago: treasurer,
Charles a, chaplin, Milwaukee; directors,
A. q. Stafford. Washington u. 81 II. A. !
Algndcll. Detroit Mich; n u mist New
ntleQns La; T.. LEROY Smith, Albany. s. |
Y; r.. G. urndori, Worcester. Mass; j
u Briggs, Minneapolis. Mimi: Henry n |
stevens Chicago. m; G. H. Kpycs. River. |
SIDE; cal; Robert II. Mccms, brooklyn, !
~ Y. aud e u. p Hamilton. Enston, PA
IT goes without saying THAT no members
OF the American Whist league are pnthusl.
aslic IN their devotion to the zane ana
mat lhelr Influence IN improving tho play
n ms country Inns been great 4 hey hg |
lirvc that The visit Of 'Cavenllsh' Will Give
new Impetus tn the growing popularity OF |
the hest uud most scientific OF am rnrI |
galngs. The appearance OF srhe MastCr'i !
az chicago WIN he hailed with great MEMS |
ure 10y, all lovers OF whist, aud his MAY ~ |
every hnnd VII he q most valuable ol,Irrt
lesson To those who are fortunate enouph |
!" "''"ehs H. /, ID, MARSHALL.