The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-22
THE PLAY:
Score-East and West 10
COMMENT.

Trick 2-The old ten lead The inflammation
1t conveys OF some use here to East.
TICK 5-East makes a short lead: he sees
mat tne neart suit is solid, and he is quite
diamonds is good re-entry. The trump
lead is we think, sound. West should Of
course not play the queen as his partner
is either leading his highest trumn in which
case fnesse is almost obligatory or else
East has A. X. j., and the eight will win.
VESTS correct play to show four trumps is
an interesting question. The play of the
eight and If it wins, the return of the queen
ought to show the ten nine
Trick 4-Another ten lead. Cavendish now
advises the lead of the ninezfrom K, J. 10. 9,
Dut we prefer the ten so as to allow the
jack, ten.
Trick 5--North places all the high trumps
wltn East and plays ace. At one table
that case South should lead his diamond,
ana, II the trump is led again, North makes
two diamond tricks.
( Trick lasts lead Of a third round of
trumps is risky, but he is playing for a
big game, and sees a probability that the
-trumps are evenly divided.
Trick S-South could save two tricks by
leading a heart instead of ace of spades.
We think the heart should have been led
South can see that the of spades is
probably the only trick he can take and
he Is not at all certain of taking that: he
should hold the ace of spades to block the
suit; it can hardly do any harm and NAV
shut out the spade suit that is fairly marked
with East if it is held back until Easts re-
entry in hearts is gone. South should play
to get the ace of hearts out of East's hand
before spades are lead.
THE GORDON TROPHY.
The first games in the tournament for the
Gordon trophy are scheduled to be played
tomorrow night. The whist committee select
ed the following captains: j. H. Briggs W
c. Sargent, o. M. Metcalf G. L. Bum, G. W.
Gordon, Norman Fetter, T. ]. Buford, Robert
Erwin, F. E. Ward C. L. Zlnzius and w.
s. Hay. The play tomorrow night will be
as follows:
Briggs VS.. Ward.
Bum VS.. Zerzius.
Gordon VS.. Buford.
Fetter VS.. MetealE
Sargent vs. Erwin.
Hay has bye.
Following are the teams as chosen by the
captains yesterday
l. Briggs, Rixby, Whellams, Whitman
2. Metcalf, ,Rundlett, Whipple, Chaplin.
s. Gordon. Baker, Sauer Ames
T. Hay, vogel, Armstrong, Ringold.
.. Erwin, Sanders, Taylor, Harris.
6. Buford, Miller Clark, Porterield.
Z. BUM, Countryman, Sperry, Howes.
9. Ward, Potter, Patterson, Agnew.
y. Sargent, Willis, Fiske, Whitney.
~. Fetter Williams, Mum, Morgan.
IL Zenzius, Stoltze Johnson Gemmel.
Each team will play match of thirty
deals against each other team Monday even
ings will be the regular nights for pIay
although matches may be played at any
time by agreement between the captains of
the opposing teams. Each match won viii
count one. and match tied will count one
nan the team having the highest score Of
matches won at the end of the tournament
VIII be entitled to hold the trophy, subject to
challenge, as provided by the rules
THE WEDNESDAY TOURNEY,
Eight tables took part I'M the last weeks
progressive game. Miller and Buford play
ing North and South, won the high score
paige by the remarkable score of 16 plus.
Fetter and Bum were high East and West
with ten points above the average. There
was a variation of thirty-two points between
the high and low scores North and South.
This big difference on twenty-four deals
shows erratic play or remarkable hands
George L. Bum.