The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-22
AROUND THE WHIST TABLE.
RESULT or THE sHoRT-sUJr MATCH
AT III MANHATTAN CLUB.

brooklyn Four in Spite OF = Rally st
the Last Made by DesertinE Their Coi-
ors-Mr. B-u.'s A-Eu-s.t-CIub Notes.
Tho most exciting event that has taken place
In local whist circles for some time was the
much-talked-of test match between the long
and the short suit systems Of play at the Man
haitian Whist Club on the 14th. So general WAS
the interest In this contest that a Philadelphia
paper made a display advertisement Of the fact
that IL would have . full report of the match,
written for IL by the referee. All the whist
editors In the country were hedging against tho
result by saying luck might decide III: or the
short-suiters might be the better whist players.
after all; or the match would DO too short for a
test. or something Of that kind. The team that
were to play tho short-suit game advocated
by THE SUN did no hedging. They said
from the first tina they would make no ex-
cuses, whatever the result. They would open
long suits when they were strong enough. aud
thort suits when they thought the long suits
could not be brought in. They call this COM
nonsense whist" but short suits 10 the name
It goes by.
The challengers were tho famous Continental
Club team. +. A.. Buffinton. A. f. Taylor, Cito
Hatch, and William Donald. They have twice
held the championship. and are old and expert
enced campaigners. The team that defended
the short-suit game was the Manhattan Whist
Clubs Brooklyn four, X. F. Foster. Clarence A.
Honriquos. w. 4. Hawkins. and Andrew Gil
hooly. The referee was Milton c. Work. the
famous Philadelphia player. who came on es-
pecially to see the game. Play began at 8 and
lasted until midnight, the regular league sched-
ulo being played through, twenty-four hands at
each table. changing partners and adversaries
after every four hands.
The terms OF the challenge distinctly stated
that the Continentals pledged themselves to
play the long-suit game according to "Caven-
dish. " but before play began there was consider
able discussion rs to how much of a short-suiter
"Cavendish" was. The Continentals wanted
to lead short suits when they had four or moro
trumps. or as a call through all honor turned.
and they objected to the leaders partner open
ing his long suit II he won the first trick. When
the captain of the Manhattans remarked that
there was no authority In the latest edition of
"Cavandish" for such short-suit methods, it
was stated that "Cavendish" had lately been
advocating the short-suit game in the Field, and
that the long-suit game was much shorter
now than IL was two weeks ago. As
another copy OF the Field might arrive at any
moment with an announcement that the long,
suit game had disappeared altogether. the Man
hattans thought It best to begin play at once.
The Continentals were evidently determined t.
get in as many short-suit leads as they could.
and to avoid further delay the Manhattans
agreed to allow them to lead short when they
had four trumps or wanted to call through an
honor tprned although tbev said thew wopld
prefer to let them tell their partners B, word of
%o%,s sI ' lead ' .hss was .s the a rss1 .a Z, NJ sss s snS
no. the call. The leader. PARTNER was s.snDted
entirely from the long suit system. With this
'n ne =. ,. game ,, tho test, test. began, e. u.n,.
gamer ~ tl'sks, nine mex, WE'VE 'ney gained
Nv nS' them ~nn tn II" tricks rio ahead wit with lo only
txs,va more hands To NAV, seeing the suh,
no. beat the tactics of tho Manhattans, the Con-
t-iuentAl. completely abandoned the little of tn .
loue-sui. game they had played. and. utterly is;
IN IN ,he Lao, ,xelve hand, With n fns,lade y,
tno ia'. tuueoi
were good insured and said nothing. Bufan,on
GAINED ,opr ,ricks nv a ".hot II. lad IN. .ino,..
ton EIGHT Of trumps right up to the ace turned,
and found his partner with six trumps to the
X. Q. J. and the king and queen of Bufinto ms
unestablished long suit. Taylor gained three
more tricks by leading q singleton king Of a
nla,n ami, In ,bess last twelve bands the Man
t.,..s....-.s.ntaa - 500. ,.,, -, a.. -.
A"n 80 - -. 49, .-,.,.os -,
III III ". ~ o'.eN 49,.
ieavihs 'heu' FIX "'hue'so' II n"''h ia
tricks, winch wouid prooaoiy nave oeen sixteen
or twenty IL the challenRers had stuck to the
game they agreed to play. Here Is the score IN
full;
Mnn,attans. Oe9Ol 80
Continentals. ....,........0 i OoO o o u y
Manhartans. ."..".-."".0o 00200020l- ID
Soht"eh'"S'
Eontinsnta. ''''''. q a.
MAMMALIAN. %
Contlnentals. ...... ........O Z 5000 l D 2-l2
To'als-hanhattans' rs; Continentais' ~.
There are few better whist players In this
country to-uay man Gapsaihu TX ~ u
cent A " T. hands ara the hest we have and
tha nublished records OF his indiyidual play
show that very few tricks escape him in a
match. But Mr.. Bum IL not a short-suiter. On
the contrary. ne is SO 1itteT,y opposeu 10 ine
az toi,arsinn connndrmm. WIN ia q shnpt
sni, tn a Rnnn like A red flag TO a bull p" Mr..
Bum has been industriOusly reading THE
Sun. and has been trying. to anticipate the
arguments thai are 70 oe oasou on the tacts
aiIeauy nnars h,t liz statsmany ~ M cess
has been renuhlisSed Inv Almost ali the what