St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-06-19
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hearty manner. He endeavored to i'm
press upon the gentlemen that they
were welcomed not alone by the Com
mercial club and whist enthusiasts, but
by every good citizen of Minneapolis.
Mr.. Phelps digressed to praise the
game which, they so honorably repre-
sented, and then told them of the Won
derful sights to be seen in the Flour
City.
Vice President Schwarz responded
in a felicitous speech in behalf of the
visitors, and extolled the wisdom of
the members for selecting Minneapolis
as the place in which to hold the con-
gress. He complimented the city and
the four eminent whist champions
that make it their home, by saying the
fame of their achievements had done
as much to advertise Minneapolis as
her cereal products.
THE ANNUAL REPORTS
followed, both those of the secretary
and treasurer being very satisfactory.
The association now has a member
ship of 12S clubs and 25 associate men,
bers, and during the past year has in
vaded four new states-Ohio, Tennes-
see, Oregon and West Virginia Whist
clubs belonging to the league were now
to be found in Is states and the Dis
trict of Columbia, New York heading
the list with % clubs and Illinois fol-
lowing with 13. In the cities, Brooklyn
came first with Il clubs, Philadelphia
second with 10, and Chicago held third
place with 6. The treasurer's report
c.t rvad .frNfr, E-D GO
lures, $1,l45.41, leaving a balance of
$425. The list of new clubs gained by
the organization during the year were
as follows:
:. Berkey, Portland, Or. Oak Park, ILL.,;
Superior. Wis; Sioux City. TO-; Nash
vile; Trenton, Mass; St. Louis:
Plainfield, N j.; Portland. Me-; East
Orange, N. j.; Saltwater, Mimi; Brook
lyn %; Fergus Falls, Mimi; Lin
coin, Neb.; Rockford, Ill.,; Ottawa,
ILL.,; Buffalo, N. Y. New Bedford,
Mass; Columbus. o.; Kansas City;
Bay City; Yankton, S. D.; Spring
field, Mo; New York; Oakland, Cal;
Charlottesville, Ind; Charleston, w.
Va; Anderson, Ind: Boston; Phila-
delphia; Duluth, Mimi; Peoria, Ill. ;
South Bend, Ind; Elkhart Ind; Aus
tin, ILL.,, and Milwaukee.
After the announcements of COM
mittees, an adjournment was taken
until II o'clock today. The commit
tees announced were as follows:
Nominations-John H. Briggs, Min
neapolis; H. A. Mandell, Detroit: M.
c. Work, Philadelphia: Elwood H.
Baker, Brooklyn; c. II. Chaplin, Mil
waukee.
By-Laws-Eugene S. Elliott Milwau-
kee; Walter II. Barney, Providence;
E. Leroy Smith, Albany: P. ]. Toom-
ey, San Francisco; John S. Neff. Phila-
delphia; George l.. Bum, st. Paul;
George G.. Willard, Chicago.
Finance-G. w. Morse, Newton,
Mass; w. f. Leonard. st. Louis; w.
j. Gray, Detroit; Arthur Remington,
Tacoma, Wash; Charles Austin, Bat
tie Creek.
THE DRAWINGS.
At noon occurred the drawings for
place in the contest for the Hamilton
trophy, the lots giving the various
teams opponents as follows:
Nashville VS. ST. Paul; Hamilton VS.
Tacoma Art Club of Philadelphia VS..
Chicago; Baltimore VS.. St. Louis; Cap
ital Bicycle club VS.. Milwaukee: Bos-
ton VS.. Chicago Duplicates; Philadel-
phia VS.. Council Bluffs; Battle Creek
vs. Minneapolis; University of Chicago
VS.. Bye.
In the play for the Hamilton trophy
matches consist of forty-eight deals
one-half of which was played In the
afternoon and the other last evening
with the privilege of changing players
at the end of half. Each player sits
eight deals with each other player OF
his team as a partner in each half of &,
match and at the end of each four hands
north and Cn1Ith r1Ia ha no
sitions.
liminary play is conducted on the
Mitchell Progressive System" The
number of deals is determined by the
number of entries, and the two north
and south pairs and the two east and
west pairs having the highest scores
at the end of the preliminary match
play in the finals. This final match is
under the team of four system, each
two pairs playing match of twenty
four deals as a team of four against
the other pairs as a team of four, the
north and south pairs at the first table
exchanging places with their partners
at the second table at the end of the
first twelve deals. The score made by
a team in each third of the final match
will be taken as the score of each pair
composing that team, and the pair hav-
ing the highest number of points at
the end of the match will be declared
the winner.
THE HAMILTON TROPHY.
The principal play of the day was at
the Commercial club, where the first
games for the beautiful Hamilton
trophy were contested. A hush as OF
the tomb pervaded the spacious club
rooms and the solemnity of the pro-
ceedings was oppressive. However,
the players were quietly enthusiastic
and indulged in occasional pleasant
ries.
The match for club pairs took place
at Masonic Temple. The great hall
was equipped with all the fixtures per-
tanning to whist, and drew a large
crowd of curiosity seekers. The result
of the days play for the Hamilton
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