The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-13

The Evening Telegraph quotes
statement from the G o b e of two
weeks ago to the effect that one of
the Gordon trophy captains had an
nounced the abandonment by his team
of the old ten lead and the adoption of
the new, and rejoices at our expected
conversion to the new order Of things
in the following language:
The above admission that st. Paul is
gradually realizing the advantages of the ten
lead from queen, jack, ten will be tfdings
of comfort and joy to most Of the whist
players of tho country. The. strongest argu,
ment we have recently heard advanced
against the lead was that Messrs. Bum and
Briggs did not favor it. We well know how
highly the opinion of these experts is recog-
nized in the Twin Cities, and we are there
fore not prepared to believe that any whist
player in either st. Paul or Minneapolis
would adopt any lead the celebrated pair
violently oppose. We can only conclude that
there is good ground to expect that in the
near future the only two advocates left of the
ten from king, jack, ten whose opinion car
ries much weight will be found with the
great majority. We know of course, that
few of the old-tiTne writers still favor
the old leads, but owing to the antiquity of
their ideas. lack Of skill exhibited by them
at the table. and the general what was be
lieyed in twenty years ago is good enough
today" style of their writings they now have
but little influence. G. d. P. Hamilton in his
EdI6SL 61itiOn mas Q6ciaT6Q lot the now gen.
orally adopted doctrine, Miss wheelock's new
book endorses 1t, and we believe It to be only
question of time when the most censerv-
atlye OF the straight whist" writer's will get
in out of the wet.
There are other whist players in
st. Paul and Minneapolis besides the
celebrated pair" who have ideas about
the game Of whist of their own, and
think with their own heads. AS an
instance Of this independence, the act
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suffice. However, the truth of Mr..
Works belief that no ST. Paul or Min
neapolis whistler would adopt any lead
that the said pair violently opposed,
has never been put to the test. Our
opposition to the abandonment of the
old ten lead has never been violent"
and never will be. We have opposed
1T, and expect to continue to oppose
1t, but this does not necessarily mean
that we shall refuse to allow the new
leads to become a part Of our play.
We are willing to concede something
for the sake of arriving at uniform
system, and this point is easier to con-
cede than many others for the reason
that it has the support of most of the
ablest experts, and because difference in
trick taking between the two lines
of play is admittedly small But
our opinion will, we feel quite certain,
remain unchanged. The fourth best
lead from king, Jack, ten, received the
most careful consideration at the hands
Of MeSsrS. Briggs and Bum before the
new ten lead was even suggested. It
was practised in many game along
with the fourth best lead from ace and
four others, and the lead from the top
of nothing. For a time 1t held its own
with the other changes under trial, but
not for long. 1t was given most
thorough test, and unlike the other
leads, failed to meet the expectations
of the self-constituted judges 1t is
hard to accept the opinions of others
when they are against our own exper-
fence, gained as 1t was by a thorough
and unprecedented trial.
ANOTHER SHORT SUIT WATERLOO.
Under the above heading The Philadelphia
Evening Telegraph describes the victory of
Hamilton over the Capital Bicycle team in
the challenge trophy match of last Saturday
Hamilton won by a score of Is to IA, making.
the thirteenth victory for the West PhiladeI-
phians. Mr.. Work is again obliged to con-
fess that his team did not play UP to the
standard, the record Of tricks lost by cold,
bald, mistakes being too large for team Of
Hamiltons calibre.
Following is the score by deals:
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