The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-04

JACK OF CLUBS, me supporting card
to lead North; discard of a club
would be bad play, and a heart discard
is not apt to be Of any benefit, as North
ought to be able to take care Of the
third round Of that suit with his trump
If not with good heart. The opportu-
nifty OF leading jack of clubs as
strengthener to North's suit Is what
influences South, and he trumps his
partners trick In order to do this.
Trick 6-West having ace and queen
correctly plays ace secondhand on jack
led
Trick West leads queen Of hearts
to his partners discard.
Trick s-South continues the club;
North might finesse, and, but for
the presence Of jack of trumps in his
hand, 1t would be his play to do so.
But North figures that there is a strong
probability that South has not another
club and determines not to take the
finesse, but to trust to South's trump
ing off the queen and letting him In
with losing trump.
Trick 10-13-South grasps the idea
and leads nine Of trumps, which North
wins with jack, and South discards his
losing hearts on North's clubs.
It Is interesting to note that South
saves one and probably two tricks by
trumping Norths jack Of diamonds at
Trick s; II he had discarded a heart.
and North leads q club, East and
West must make two club tricks and
g. heart; if he had thrown a club, East
and West win one club and one heart
UNIFORM SYSTEM OF PLAY.
The Brooklyn congress authorized
President Barney to appoint a COM
mtttee Of seven experts to report sys-
tenn Of play. This was the result Of q
recommendation made by President
Schwarz, who, in his speech at the
opening of the congress, said that the
whist players Of the country have been
getting wider and wider apart In their
methods and systems until today q
whist PLAYER cannot sit at a table with
q stranger without asking him what
system he plays" and advising the ap-
pointment of experts to "sift the DIFF
ferent methods and recommend to the
whist players of the country that which
they think is best" Pursuant to the
resolution, President Barney appointed
the following committee: Milton G.
Work, Philadelphia; John II. Briggs.
Minneapolis; George w. Keehn, Chi
cago; George L. Bum, st. Paul;
Thomas A. Whelan, Baltimore; Edgar
A. Buff1nton, Brooklyn. and Lander M.
Bouve, Boston This committee has be-
fore 1t no easy task. Not to mention
the work required to prepare recon-
mendations concerning the many points
~~AN
agreement between the experts on sew
eral disputed points of play so that the
recommendations Of the committee
may be something more than the op1n-
ion OF a bare majority, Is apt to prove
very difficult. If however, the COM
mittee succeeds In reporting system,
while the report will compel no player
to change his style of play, it will have
great weight with those who are anx-
| ious to play correctly and are in doubt
! on account Of the difference in the
methods now advocated by the recog-
nized authorities.
WHIST NOTES.
| Miss Bessie Allen has made arrange
ments for teaching whist in St Paul
and MINNEAPOLIS. and we heartily con-
graduate those women who are de-
sirous of becoming experts In the game
on the fine opportunity thus offered
| them. Miss Allen is the daughter Of
Uncle Dick" Allen, Of Milwaukee, one
4 of the best known and best loved of
/ whist player She is fine player and
! an accomplished teacher and deserves
great success in the Twin Cities. At
the Manhattan Beach congress, Miss
| Allen and her partner made the high
score for the women in the Men VS..
Women match.
ST. Paul has a new Whist club. The
1 Cavendish Whist Club of st. Paul has
rooms in the Lowering block, corner OF
Western and Selby avenues. 1t has a
membership of about fifty, and prom
| Uses to be very popular resort for
whist men who live on the hill and do
not care to go down town for game.
| Saturday evenings are set apart for
progressive pair games, and regular
tourney was inaugurated last evening.
The ST. Paul Chess and Whist club
! has started it's fall tournament for
pairs, and a new tournament for the
/ first possession of the Gordon trophy
will soon be begun. The season prom
| Uses to be a very successful one.
ST. Paul has waived it's right to play