The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-22
DEVOTEES OF WHIST
LEADING PLAYERS OF THE COUNTRY
CONTRASTING FOR A CUP.
Sixty Deals Played Yesterday, Result
of the Quaker City Team.

The games for the whist championship
of America began yesterday at the Den
ison House between team representing
the Chicago Whist Club and one from
Philadelphia The former club is COM
posed of Fl. s. Stevens, George F. Fiske,
William Waller and George w. Keehn.
The Philadelphia players are from the
Hamilton Club. Their names are Milton c.
Work. Gustavus Remake, jr. F.. P. Mo-
gridge and e. A. Ballard. Twenty hands
were played yesterday morning, twenty in
the afternoon and twenty last night The
prize to be contended for is silver loving
cup. ten inches high and eight inches in
diameter. 1t bears the inscription Amer
lean Whist League; Challenge Trophy,
1894" 1t was won by the Minneapolis team
last year at Philadelphia, and has
been surrendered to the present meeting
to be contested for.
& OF the eighteen members of the executive
COMMITTEES Of the American League all
but Messrs. Shepard, Trist, Stafford and
Mandell were present when the first ses
sion began yesterday morning in the club
room OF the indianapolis club The. next
the month of July, but the date was not
determined yesterday. 1t will be settled to-
Clubs have opened their doors to the visit
ing players. Among the notable whist play
ers present is Henry X. billiard, who is
blind, and plays with raised cards. The
officers of the league are: President. John
n; Walton, Of Philadelphia; vice president
Theodore BalmoEs recording
idence; corresponding secretary, Robert H.
Weems, New York; treasurer B. l.. Rich
John Briggs, Minneapolis, editor of the Trib-
une whist column; Eugene S.. Elliott. ex-
president, Milwaukee: H. A. Mandell, De-
ney, San Francisco; Charles E. Coffin, In
dianapolis; c. D. p Hamilton Easton, Pa
olas Browse Trist, New Orleans: George II.
Fish, New York; Bertram d. Kribben. ST.
Louis; e. H. Shepard, Portland and Geo.
The executive committee heard the report
of the committee on programme for the
principal contest, of course, will be the
championship game. This will be governed
by the same rules as prevailed in the last
tournament. The contest for the American
Whist League trophy will be the second in
importance. 1t will be conducted on How
ellis modification of the Chicago progressive
game The final play will be conducted
according to the .'iose-and -drop-out'' meth
cd. There will also be a contest of pairs,
the initiative, and the two-table plan at the
close of the contest. The fourth contest
will be a progressive match for tours, one
score to be determined by the number of
points and the other to be the best match
score. This will also be according to the
Chicago plan. The fifth contest will be a
sorts are to reward the winners The COM
mittee which had this IN hand was composed
OF John. H. Briggs and o. H. Briggs, of
Minneapolis; w. G. Bronson, jr., of Still
water: G. L. Bum. st. Paul. w. H. Wheel
err. Minneapolis. and William Hudson, ST.
Paul. The report was adopted with slight
amendment.
The Minneapolis Club was not able to
send a team to the meeting of the executive
committee, but decided that it would make
the cup prize for the contest between the
Chicago Club and the Hamilton Club, of
Philadelphia This sacrifice of a valuable
and handsome trophy. which. having won.
they have defended against four corners and
were otherwise prepared to defend against
all aspirants for the honor of its possession,
was much appreciated by the other clubs.
The games yesterday were PLAYED with zest
and It was I o'clock this morning before
they were concluded. The score was as fol-
lows:
First twenty deals: Hamiltons. -: Chi
Cages, 6.
Second twenty deals: Hamilton, 10; Chi
cogs. 6.
Third twenty deals: Hamiltons. 8; Chi
casos. 4.
Totals--Hamiltons so; Chicagos &c.