The San Francisco call., 1896-09-27

play OF the deal only At trick 1 North dis
cards seven of clubs without hesitation, Some
players having double guard to the queen
would hesitate; he selects the seven in dis
carding to echo If his partner leads trumps or
to complete "ealp' if the drop warrants it.
1t is deal well worth preserving and from a
gentleman that is totally blind, which adds
lots Of interest TO it.
Answers to Queries.
A correspondent from Petaluma asks if the
statement made in the Chronicle Saturday
last is correct, which reads:
According to the rules governing Rideout
trophy contests the San Francisco Club now
has the privilege of first challenge"
The answer to that question is No. The
writer of it evidently misinterprets the rules.
''Rule 8. The club holding the trophy at the
beginning of an annual convention shall have
the right to challenge the winner and to play
the first challenge match"
Suppose there were four or more challenges
in, would the defeated club have the right to
play without waiting its turn2 Certainly not.
Whistlets.
The Oakland Whist Club has challenged for
the Rideout trophy and set date for play Satur-
day, October 8.
Twelve players from the San Francisco
Whist Club went TO Vallejo yesterday for q
social visit with the Vallejo Whist Club and to
have quiet game of whist as WELL They re-
turn this evening.
The latest thing out is "whist Openings
With the New Sequence Leads" by Winthrop,
Reed & Kendall, Chicago
7. Z. Otis, Whist editor Of the Newark Even
ing News, says:
Warren A. Hawley will have charge of the
whist department. of the Philadelphia Ledger
this season. The scoring-slip system used by
the players at the American Whist Congress in
june last, ana which was generally recog-
nlZed as the best method of scoring for whist
players, is his invention. He is a member OF
the Philadelphia Whist Club
AMERICAN WHIST LEAGUE.
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL WHIST CLuRs Ann
WHIST PLAYERS.
REVISION OF THE LAWS OF WHIST
AT the sixth Congress Of the American Whist
League, recently held at Manhattan Beach, Brook
lyn, the president OF the league, Mr. Walter H
carney IN pursuance OF resolution passed by the
congress- appointed a standing committee on laws
10 Suggest such revisions OF the code (for both
Straignt and duplicate whist) as their Judgment
may dictate This is a matter of very great i'm
portance 10 every whist player In this country and
to every club belonging to the American Whist
League. Inc committee therefore invites every
WHIST eiuo anu every whist player who has any
suggestion or recommendation to offer on the sub
lect, kindly to forward the same without hesita-
uon' at earliest convenience, TO the chairman or
any other member of this committee.
The report of this committee will be published in
MIST at least two months before the seventh con-
gress meets, so that every whist player IN the
league can consider the proposed changes and be
ready 10 act thereon when the seventh congress
convenes Respectfully submitted,
r J. Tormey, chairman. 22O Sutter street. San
Francisco Cal; Robert 81. weems, 22O Lincoln
Chamber OF commerce building, Milwaukee, Wis !:
piace' brooklyn, n. Y: Cassius NJ. Paine 2s
irving I. Aartz, Chicago Whist Club, Chicago.
Gnstavns Remak Jr., 120 South Sixth street, PHIL
aoelphias Pa, Standing Committee on Laws.