Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-20
WHIST,

The final regular practice at whist at the
Capital Bicycle Club on Wednesday even
ing. preparatory to the congress OF the
American Whist League next week showed
the following results, sixteen hands being
played. compass whist:
East and west-PelouZe and johnson, lis:
Mattingly and Costen. Ill: Prince and Will
liams, Ill: Henry and Barnes. 1O4.
North and south-Carr and Barrick, 100;
Fogg and McComb, ~: Cole and Quacken-
bush, 96, and Wooten and Low ~.
The whist committee then held a meet
ing and selected the following delegates and
alternates to the sixth congress of the
league, to be held at Brooklyn next week
commencing on Monday:
Delegates-H. N. Low, Lindley Fogg
Irving Williamson. Alexander Britton Ben
+. Cole and Jules T. Wooten.
Alternates-Earl Quackenbush, d. z. Nc
Comb, L. p. Borden and Chas. NJ. Barrick
To contest for the Hamilton Club trophy
the committee selected Messrs Low Bar
rick. Wooten and T. p. Borden. This con-
test is the most important held at the con-
gress. for the reason that the title of cham
pions for the coming year goes with the
cup. Playing for the cup begins on Tues
day. sessions being held both afternoon
ana evening on Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday. Each club plays an equal num-
Der of hands against every other club or
against every club in its section The four
clubs having the highest score of matches
won from opposing clubs shall enter the
stmi-finals, which are played on FRIDAY
the four clubs being paired by lot and on
Saturday the winners in the Semi-finals play
the deciding match for the cup. Forty-eight
deals are necessary to decide the semi
finals and finals.
The next important event at the congress
Is the American Whist League trophy con-
test This is PLAYED for on Friday and Co,
urday. Each club plays a certain numhar
OF deals with every other participant. the
NUMBER 10 De determined after the number
OF entries Is ascertained. The winner of
the trophy shall be the club scoring tho
81 eatest number of ma tches won This nIay
will be conducted under the system een
orally known as "Howell's Modification of
the John I: Mitchell Progressive SYSTEM"
The Capital Bicycle Clubs REPRESENTATIVES
IN this contest will be Messrs Britton.
Quackenbush. Williamson and Cole.
Inc Minneapolis trophy contest is the
important event for club pairs. For this
the c. Bi. C.'s have selected Messrs. Fogg
ana McComb. Play begins on Tuesday
afternoon and continues afternoon ana
evening throughout the week. During the
nrst three days each club plays a match of
FOUR nands or more against every other
PAIR IN the contest, or against every other
club in its section, should 1t be necessary
TO divide the contest. During the last two
days the twenty-four pairs having the high
est scores play match of four or more
hands against each other
In addition to the foregoing there will he
TWO progressive matches for tours. the first
on Tuesday and Wednesday, permitting
teams proposing to participate for the
league trophy to take part; the second oc-
ours on Friday and Saturday, and fours
which do not qualify for the semi-finals In
the Hamilton Club contest can participate
There will be several other members of the
club at the congress. Messrs. W. J. john
son and L. c. Rines will attend the latter
part of the week.
Henry Jones, better known as ..Cayen-
dish" writer on whist, has come from
London to attend the congress. Speaking
of the relative merits of American and
English whist players. he states that the
average Englishman is content to play the
game as 1T was handed down to him hy his
grandfather. while the American is content
with nothing which his observation does
not commend to him as being the best, and
it Is the natural consequence that the gen.
eral run Of American players are more pro-
ficient than English players.