The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-01
Our Whist Corner

AT THE UTOPIAN WHIST CLUE.
ION October 10, 1896, the Utopian
whist team defeated the team Of the
Philadelphia Whist club in match
for the A. w. L. challenge trophy by
a margin Of eight tricks. Thescaptain
Of the victorious team is speaking to
his men-they simply acquiesce.)
ITS the system.
"The old information giving long suit
game is dead. Didn't we do the Phil
adelphias easy? And we could have
just as well made it eighteen tricks as
eight.
II never knew anything as great as
the system.
It's trick winner every time Say,
old fellow, you put up a great game
with me in the second roundl Remem-
Der when you led the seven Of clups
to show me you had two good tenaces
IN the other plain suits? Only gained
two by that play, that's all!
What system!
and again in another hand when you
read my lead of the heart seven to
show trump strength! Only gained
three-might have had another If you
had read my~lead Of the knaye Of
clubs as false card play.
"It'sthe system!
Whom do we tackle next? The Mar
ragansetts? They'll be soft Reg'lar
long suffers. All we've got to do is to
play false cards and stick to the sys-
tenn. Then they'll go up in the air.
and We'll kill EN-
Whsn do we play Baltimore? Not
until we do up the Hamiltons. 1t cuts
no Ice how they come. They'll all be
It's the system!
Say, would like to have my team
run up against the st. Paul outfit
Ihey play good whist, but against the
system. Thank you, I'll have the same
JUST wait until the mid-winter meeting
ana then won't my team have fun with
ST. PAUL.,
What's that?Narragansett NAV win?
MY dear boy, you forget the system.
HOW can it lose? Work is a. good fell
low; Remak and Briggs and Bum are
gooa IelloWs. but what's the use?
w westward the stars Of the empire
state blaze their way.
Its the systemv'
Note-The New York Whist clubs
team was defeated by the team of
the Narragansett Whist club by
a margin of nine tricks in a match
Tor the A. w. L. challenge trophy
played Oct. "a, 1895.
THE SYSTEM.
We are able at least to give our
reaoers clear Idea of what "the sys-
tenn Is. The following poem. ap-
parently from the pen Of w. s. Gilbert.
explains everything:
THE SHORT-SUITER's WHIST.
II you want receipt for that popular mvs-
teTy known to the world as the short-suiter's
history. e--o
From old fogy Hoyle down to New OrIoons
The rules of Proctor-a pretty good talk
Leads of John Briggs, including fourth
Digest of Hamilton, Drayson and Walker,
Pop Schwarz and Bum, who live out in the
West;
Reasons of Howell for leading a doubIeton
Science of Kelley discarding a trey
Running" which means you can't be de-
pended on,
Work on the signal echo by Clay,
G. W. P. on the double fourchette
Cavendishs latest (pretty good yeti,
Ames on the force,
Poles old discourse, sac
Put them all in pot and boil 'em down
Stir in a Foster to make the thing hum
Then take off the lid and regard the mess
prayerfully,
For short-suiter's whist is the residuum.
A NEW YORK NARRAGANSET
DEAL.
The following interesting deal, played
in the Narragansett-New York A. w.
L. challenge trophy match Of last Sat
urday, is taken from the whist column
of the Philadelphia Telegraph. Mr..
Work says that it is one Of the most
interesting deals he ever examined, and
remarks on the fact that the decided
difference in the score is not due to
bad play. We quite agree with this
opinion; the lead of jack Of clubs by
South at Table 2, from jack, ten and
three small, was irregular, though we
are not prepared to call it bad whist,
and the winning play of East at trick
three, in refusing the usual ace, queen
finesse, thus catching the lone king,
was one which we should probably not
have made. for the reason that the play
Of ace third-hand ordinarily signifies to
partner that the player has not the
queen.
DEAL NO. Is.
Trump, hearts, two. Leader, East.
The Hands
North-spades, A, X, 9, 6, 8; hearts, X. s.,
2; clubs K 8; diamonds, 8, z, 6. East
Spades J, z; hearts, @, 8, Z, 6, 5, B; clubs, O.;
diamonds, A, @, 9, T. South-Spades, 10, s,
s, Q; hearts, A, J, 10; clubs, j, 10, 8, g. 4;
diamonds, K West-Spades, @, a; hearts, A.;
clubs, A, @, 9, 7. 2; diamonds, ], 10. 8. 8, 2.
The Play