The San Francisco call., 1897-06-06
Seventh American Whist Con-
QreSS.

L. G. Parker of Toledo, Ohio, chairman OF
the Bureau of Information tor the seventh
Congress, which will be convened at Putin
Bay July next, has issued a circular letter to
the different whist clubs belonging TO the
American Whist League containing valuable
Information for the guidance of those who
viii attend. A rate of one and a third fare
has been fixed upon by all the railroads from
all points in the United States and Canada to
Toledo, under what is known as the certifca
plan. Tickets will be put on sale on the ID of
July. but the purchaser must inform the agent
from whom he buys the ticket that he will
attend the whist congress, and he will then
pay one full fare to Toledo, and will receive
certificate which must be presented to the
information bureau at the congress, where
on the 9th and 9TH of July a representative
OF the railway associations will he on hand
TO wise 1t. This Will entitle the holder to a re-
turn ticket from Toledo for one-third of the
regular fare. But in order to obtain this re-
duction the possession of The sbove-described
certificate is an absolute necessity. Boats
leave Toledo for Putin Bay Island twice every
day-morning and evening. The distance is
forty-fve miles; fare, 70 cents for the round
trip. Tickets can be purchased on the boats.
Street cars will be in waiting on the arrival of
The boats to take passengers to the Hotel
Victory, where the congress will be held.
This hotel is conducted on the American
plan. Rates for those attending the congress
viii be from So so to 81 80 day. Auy furt ther
information will be given by addressing the
whist editor of THE CALL
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covered.
DR.. Walls one Of the expert whist players of
Washington, D. c., in an article to the Even
ing Star of that city on the different systems
ha inn
vation we introduced into the game, d compli-
ment in the following extract:
The discard has been one of the most trying sub
1ects with which the beginner has had to conte nd,
"ften confusing the experts. The only safe rule
Tor the beginner is to discard from weakness in a
voluntary discard, or when your partner leads
trumps, the latter not even paying attention to
unguardinS an honor banking Your
partner wants to know what suit you make
the most tricks in When The adversary leads
trumps discard from the suit you want led, the
strongest, generally You must protect your weak
SUITS when trumps are declared against you Four
OF suit to a nine or ten has often blocked 10 &
suit Of an adversary.
There are many discards those of Drayson, Pet
tes, CaVendish, Pole, Uncle Rufus Allen and
formey Of California, who first gave the rotary
discard taken from the Mexican game, which is
much In vogue by the Walbrook and several other
strong ciubs. The key is very simpe Take the
maxim. rs" pa0es III" enry &C" lay '.D'' is ov-
cred. Spade discard means your suit is hearts, a
heart discard means your suit is clubs club dis
card means your suit is diamonds As you cannot
discard trump, leave the trump suit out. For in
stance II clubs are trumps and you discard a
heart, the next suit following is a diamond, which
must be your strong suit.
New Method Of Progressive Whist
John T. Mitchell, who has furnished the
whist world great number of schedules for
team play In his new work on duplicate whist
says In the Times Herald of Chicago:
An important addition to the methods Of play
Ing progressive duplicate whist has been made by
Z M. Clay, the VIII st expert and problemist Of
Eosion. Heretofore when an even number of
taoes were In the game. there were three ways
OF get ing around the skipping difficulty.
Mltchel way was applicable 10 games in whic b
the number OF tab. es four, ten fourteen, six
teen' or any even numEer not divisibe by three.
and was accomplished by dividing the quota of
hands 10 be played al each table into two equal
parts ana having he east-west players move after
a half set had been played, and Ike the round
OF the tables twice, the north south players play
IL 6 the hands In regular numerical order.
Hadlock's way was to divide the to. al numbe T
OF hands into TWO equal parts and finish Que half
before starting the other. When the east west
players got half wav around they remain ed for a
second set at that table and then passed on finish
Ing the M round with one table to play, and
commencing the second round at the table next