Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-05
Prominent Clubs Represented at Put
in-Bay.
PLAYERS WHO HAVE won RECOGNITION
Local Organizations ThatWilI Send
Members.
S O. E RECENT NDS


Becker and Bouve; the Boston Duplicate
and Howell Whist Hawkes., Howell, Doug
las. Hatch and Keech; Commonwealth of
Worcester. T. c. Orndorr. Lynwood, Rob-
inson. Goddard and Packet; Dartmouth of
New Bedford, Lowminster of Lowminster
Chute, Newton. G. w. Morse president the
N. T.. w. A; Narragansett, Providence
Whist and Providence Athletic Association,
by walter H. Barney, with four or five
other New England clubs yet to report.
Brooklyn sends Hatch, Taylor, Donald and
Ellwell or Baker; Hamilton and Philadel-
phfa send DIR. Neff, Chef Hill, Mosridge,
Pearsall. Watson, Bristol and Teddy Bal
lard; Baltimore sends Director whelan and
Harvey Mckay to defend the Minneap olis
trophy; Walbrook sends Bev Smith. Jim
Selman, DR.. Smith and Wilbur Smith: c.
a. {. sends Stafford and Walls.
1nere are many women whist players
present. Mrs. Clarence Brown has been
one of the pioneers among the women whist
players of Toledo She began playing whist
about three years ago. She Is steady, re-
liable player of the long-suit school, al
though she has studied all the short-suit
writers as means of defense against those
who indulge In that style of whist. Mrs.
Brown was one Of the organizers and char
ter members of the Womans Auxiliary to
the Toledo Whist Club. Wherever she has
played in matches she has not only
laurels but many friends
Miss Susan Dayton Biddle is firm be-
lever in whist as an educator. She con-
slders that 1t develops concentration of
thought, and finds that a room full of peo-
pie talking does not distract her Her in
terest in whist has been steady, gradual
progression from the time she was told to
sort her cards and lead the fourth best, if
she had nothing better, until today when
she Is founder and president of the Ste
Claire Whist Club of Detroit. Among her
chief e.i supporters are Mr. Henry Mandel
nf ha hicf
League. and Mr. William P Stewart, enc
Of the first directors OF that body.
1t Is to the Pacific coast that we owe the
precedent of women being first admitted in
mems clubs on an equality with the other
sex. And how far the coast was in ad-
vance of the rest of the world in this re-
spect' Is shown by the fact that in 1884,
when California sent a delegation to the
congress. special legislation had to be en-
acted In order to allow her to take part In
the games. This year the coast will be rep
resented at the congress by a number of
notable women players. prominent among
whom will be Mrs. p. J. Tormey who will
accompany her husband, who has never
been known to miss any whist gathering of
Importance, travelling all over the country
TO attend such meetings.
Mrs. Tormey's interest in whist dates
back to 1883. when she became a charter
member of one of the important whist
clubs III San Francisco.
Mrs. Jonathan Curtis, one of the charter
members of the San Francisco Whist Club
organized in 1892. studied with Miss Vice.
lock during her first visit to the coast and
was considered by the whist queen" to be
one of her brightest pupils. She is the first
lady who ever played on the mems team of
four in challenge match with major
organization. This event took place In 1895
when the San Francisco Whist Club chaI-
lenged for the Ridout trophy. then held by
the Oakland Whist Club, and 1t was owing
to the brilliant play of Mrs. Curtis through
out the match that the San Francisco sue
oeeded in capturing the prize. Her Prov
esS at the game is well known in the east.
In 1898 she was present in New York on
the eve of an important match, one Of the
men on the team was taken suddenly Ill.
and 1t was suggested that Mrs. Curtis
should be invited to act as substitute. Here
again the credit for having won the match
due to her. Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis will
be at Put-in-Bay and will play on the team
from Trist Duplicate Whist Club of San
Francisco.
Mrs. Henry Payot is one of the charter
members Of the San Francisco Whist Cub
and the life of the first president of that
organization. She is an ardent student of
the game and a reliable player, and is
widely known to all the delegates to the
American Whist League. Last summer at
Manhattan Beach Mr.. and Mrs. Payot
each captured prize. They have again
entered tie contests at Put-in-Bay this
summer pair.
Mrs. George E. Bates. a native daughter
of California, a director of the Pacific
Coast Whist Association. has a strong
nOiu OIl tIe nedIFlS VI all the "HlSt players
with whom she comes in contact She
is member of the Trist Club and in ap-
pearance greatly resembles Miss Wheelock,
who claimed her as twin sister on sight.
Mrs. Charles +. Sitton of Portland, Ore.
has the distinction Of being president OF
the largest ladies' whist club in the coun
try, numbering over 100 members. The
club is called the Kate Wheelock Club, in
honor of the whist queen. Mrs. Sitton is a
close student and is proficient at the game.
Miss Annie Blanche Shelby Is a prominent
figure in The whist circles of Portland. She
has taught the game successfully for
number of years, and last winter she gave
a series of lectures upon whist before the
Kate Wheelock Whist Club. She, is whist
editor of the Portland Oregonian. Many
of the prominent lady players present and
their style of play will be given in letter
from Put-in-Bay.
A Night mt the c. A. c.
The Wednesday night meet at the c. A.
G. brought out more whist players than
ever before and the play was not disap
pointing in the least. From nucleus OF
three one year ago there are now thirty
five members of the whist contingent,
eight of whom are able 10 hold their own
against any club in the Atlantic Associa
ton. which will be demonstrated this fall.
Although the club will not have a team
of four for the A. w. L. trophy, they will
have a pair for the Minneapolis trophy
and representatives in the New England
trophy contest, which takes place tonight. |
The club is proud of the whist ability
of it's men bers, and be it short, long. COM
mon sense. invitation what not, the
club that lines Up against 1t will find 1t a
deep trick-winning game. not like the
stereotypad long suit game that requires
every player to play his cards straight,
no false carding to enable your ad-
versaries to place every card when the
least variation of any player throws out of
gear the whole machine and consequently
confusion followed by disaster.
This was apparent to the writer, who. |
with the captain of the Baltimore team as
a partner. was up against two of the
strongest Hamilton team in their recent !
match at Baltimore. North opened the |
lead with the diamond king, which in
variably me ans holding of four, the writer's |
partner, second hand. win ace and three |
others. played ace: third in hand typical
long suitcrj Fad four diamonds. Did he |
show his partner four? No. he played the |
deuce when he is pledged by the long suit |
game to show four by playing fourth best. |
which would have been developed on second |
round of the suit. The writer had the !
singleton six of diamonds and with three |
small trumps could have trumped three |
rounds of diamonds. The writer's partner |
was enable to read the number of diamonds !
in the third hand, and placing another |
diamond with the writer lower than the