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

AT THE UTOPIAN WHIST CLUE.
ION October TO- 1896, the Utopian
whist team defeated the team of the
Philadelphia Whist club in a match
for the A. w. L. challenge trophy by
a margin of eight tricks. The captain
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
Its trick winner every time. Say,
old fellow, you put up great game
with me in the second round! Remem-
Der when you led the seven of clup3
to show me you had two good tenaces
IN the other plain suits? Only gained
two by that play, that's all!
What a 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 knave of
clubs as a false card play.
'1t'sthe system!
Whom do we tackle next? The Mar
ragansetts? They'll be soft Regular
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-
When do we play Baltimore? Not
until we do up the Hamiltons. It cuts
no ice how they come. They'll all BE-
easy
Its the system!
Say. l 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.
WHATS that?Narragansett may win?
My dear boy, you forget the system.
How can 1t lose? Work is a good fell
low; Remak and Briggs and Bum are
good fellows. but what's the use?
Whistward the stars of the empire
state blaze their way.
Its the system!"
Note-The New York Whist clubs
team was defeated by the team of
the Narragansett Whist club by
a margin of nine tricks in match
Tor the A. w. L. challenge trophy
P-OS ~ wv. 4O0O
THE SYSTEM.
We are able at least to give our
readers clear idea Of what ssthe 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 a receipt for that popular mys-
terry known to the world as the short-suiter's
whist, read all of the treatises in the games
history.
From old fogy Hoyle down to New Orleans
Trist,
The rules of a Proctor-a pretty good talk
err
Leads Of a 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 doubeton
Science Of Kelley discardjng 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,
Cavendish's latest pretty good yeti,
Ames on the force,
Poles old discourse,
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 ARRAGANSET
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. rs.
| Trump, hearts, two. Leader, East.
| The Hands
North-Spades, A. K, 9. 6, 8; hearts, X. 8,
Q; clubs, X, 3; diamonds, s, Z, 6. East
| Spades. ], z; hearts, @, 8, Z. 6, g. 3; clubs, 5;
| diamonds. A, Q, 9, 4. south-Spades, 10. 8,
| 5. 2: hearts, A, j, 10; clubs, ], 10, 8, 6, A;
| diamonds K West-Spades, @, a; hearts, 4;
| clubs, A, @, 9, Z, 2; diamonds, ]. &c. s. 8. 2.
| The Play
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