Evening star., 1896-10-31
WHIST.
Capitals Accept the Challenge OF the
CoIPmbIas.

WHIST.
Capitals Accept the Challenge Of the
COhPnabias.
The Capital B,cyaA cifb ha. accepted the
challenge Of the ColumfH Athletic Club to
play a match at whist. The date has not,
yet been set. but the match will occur in
the near future. ut q Cline when 1T viii
not interfere with1the e. Bi C.'s coming
contest for the American Whist League
challenge trophy, which win occur in De-
There is a strong probability that the
clubs will not be ,played for the present.
The Woman's Whist Club has declined to
participate. and the Washington Club Is
not enthusiastic. as 1t has few strong whist
players. 1t would virtually be a contest
between the c. Bi. G. and CA. C. any,.
way. Perhaps a little later On, the three
clubs will get together and play q series
of matches.
The contest at the Columbia Athletic
Club Wednesday evening last was very In
teresting. Eight pairs took part and play
ed four boards against each other pair
or twenty -eight hands In all. The system
of scoring is ore devised by Mr.. Safford
an expert in that line The pair having
the low est score is marked zero and the
other rairs are credited with the differ
ence between their scores and that of the
low est score. The scores made Wednesday
night are as follows: Wooten and Talia-
ferro, 12; Walls and Stafford, 10; Jackson
and Frost, 5: Spofford and Goodale 4:
Beden and Hampton. 4; Lewis and Ulke, 2;
Barnard and Swearingen. l. Baldwin and
Macy, 0. The interest in whist is increas-
ing at the club
At the Capital Bicycle Club Wednesday
evening two matches were played between
teams of fours In each match eighteen
hands were played. the same hands being
played in each match. In the first match,
Messrs Low. Barrick. Quackenbush and
Cole won from Stearns. Mattingly, Fogg
and Young by twelve tricks. In the sec
ond match Messrs. Rives. ]. L. Writ. G.
Hills and Macdaniels defeated Hoeke, Cook.
Barnes and Cooper by one trick.
The leading scores in the prize compass
Whist match at the C. Bi G. are as fol-
lows. only those who have played at least
three matches being given: McComb, 7.19;
Cole. GIL: NTattingly. $685. Young. 443:
Williams. 81: Fosg. $50: Stephens. 2.s5:
LOS: Wooten, LOG; Myers. L. Clark O45;
Hoeke, O.43.
In the compass whist contest at the Bal
timore Whist Club on Friday evening of
last week Messrs. Walls and Taliaferro of
this city stood second on their side. being.
one trick below the top score The week
before that Messrs. Walls and Low stood
second.
At the Washington Chess Club last Sat
urday evening. at memory whist Messrs
Finn and Lee won from Knight and Tharp
by seven tricks.
by the Narragansett Whist Club of Provi-
dence, r. l., at New York, last Saturday
evening The New York club has gained
great deal of notoriety by its advocacy
% rIo
not competed in championship matches for
four years, and, therefore, not much was
expected of them. The match was won by.
nine tricks, the total gains being % to II.
, At the, end Of the first twenty-four deals
New York was three tricks ahead, but in
the next round they lost eight tricks, and
were unable to recover from It. The New
Yorks made no excuses, but 1t is stated
that one of the members of the team had
recently undergone a surgical operation.
= The teams participating We're as follows: :
New York; KeileY, Bqfhntpn, sHepri1ues
and HawKins; Providence. Wightman,
George, Feely and Newhall: :.
In the two matches played this season
fer the challenge trophy long-suiters and
short-suiters have been opponents The,
hands played in these matches have been
systems. For instance the New York Sun
on October. IL showed that in the New.
fork-Philadelphia match in deals in which
both both. teams led long suits. Philadelnhia'
made a ret gain OF one trick, while in the
deals in which New York opened short
suits and philadelphia long. York
naae net gain of nine, tricks. The long
suffers claim that thisi argument is not
conclusive. as 1t had not been proven thai
the lead IN any case had anything to do
with the result. "
Philadelphia Evening Telegraph has an
aiyzed the results Of the Narragansett
match as follows: In ten deals the same
card was opened at both tables, and each
side gained f. In twelve deals the Same
suit. but different card chosen, Nara