The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01
FOR WHIST PLAYERS.


Whist interest at the Scranton Whist
club is strong and steady. The compass
game on Tuesday evenings is well at
tended and the new form of the game
is popular. Messrs. Wallace, Struppler
and Waters are wearing the top score
pins this week. The team game on
Friday evenings is the best form of
duplicate play, and is producing steady
improvements. On the 23d the match
between the two teams composed of
Wallace Hall, Godfrey and Hinter-
meister, and Fuller, Penman, Knapp
and Parke (substitute) was won by the
firS. mentioned team by a score of II
to 8, twenty-four hands played. The
same evening a team from Carbondale
composed of G. NJ. Patterson, John
Reese, H. C. Butler and j. G. Reese,
We're defeated by Dale, Broadbent, La
Bar and Dusenbury by a score of Is
to 7. This being the first match of
this kind played by the Carbondale
team, they have no reason to feel dis
couraged at he result.
The annual meeting and election of
the Scranton Whist club will be held
Thursday evening, May 13, The polls
will be open from to 10 o'clock, when
their votes may be mailed to any mem
ber of the election board, prior to the
election. Blank votes will be mailed
to each member in due season. Two
tickets have been nominated by the
regularly appointed nominating COM
mittees and have been posted in the
rooms, and as both tickets are strong
a spirited election will result. The
members should all take personal
interest in this important matter. A
short game of compass whist will be
the feature, with suitable prizes for the
| top scores.
The first Womens Whist congress,
| held at the Hotel Walton, Philadel-
phia, this week, was a remarkable sue
cess. The game is $50 years old, but
never in its history has any event hap
| pened which approaches this in i'm
| portance and significance. The con-
| gress opened or Tuesday with a busi-
ness meeting followed by a compass
I match for women's pairs, in which
one hundred and twelve pairs partici-
pated. Tuesday evening a mixed pair
game was played by one hundred and
| nine pairs. Both matches had to be
divided into three sections, and on
Friday the winning pairs in each sec
tion will take part in the final match
es. The women's team OF four match
Will also be played on Friday. Mr. Otis
and Mrs. Snyder of Pottsville made
top score in section G of the mixed
pair match on Tuesday. Among other
top score pairs We're Mrs. jerks and
Mr.. Fosted, of New York; Mrs. Toulmin
and Mr. Work, of Philadelphia, and
Miss Goldsborough and Mr.. Mccoy, of
Baltimore.
The Otis Whist club Qadies), is thriv-
ing and the regular matches are In
teTesting to the members. Preliminary
arrangements were made to send rep
resentatives to the Womens Whist
congress at Philadelphia, but owing to
illness and other reasons It was i'm
possible to send a good pair and II
was wisely deemed best to give up
the idea. 1t is unfortunate that Scran-
ton could not be represented as the
congress was a great success in every
way. With the great amount of talent
possessed by the members of this club
a team of four" should be thoroughly
drilled In steady conservative whist
and be heard from next season.
The American Whist League chal-
lenge trophy has been finally won by
the famous Hamilton team. Their
twentieth victory in this contest last
Saturday gave them permanent pos
session Of the cup and 1t will In the