Evening star., 1897-10-25
WHIST.
Matches for the Auxiliary Troph,
Saturday.

Saturday.
The Atlantic Association will journey to
Jersey City next Saturday, Fifty players
strong, and tackle New Jersey for the
| auxiliary whist trophy. Washington will
send six, Baltimore eight Walbrook four,
and Wilmington four, and Philadelphia will
furnish the number necessary to fill the
quota. New Jersey has to furnish enough
to compete with every player sent. This
Will be a pair contest, as every player
keeps his partner through the match. The
play between the clubs of these cities will
later on, a schedule is being arranged,
test the merits of each club preparatory
to acting on Milton c. Works suggestion
that the play of the next congress for the
Hamilton trophy be narrowed down to the
strongest clubs in each section.
Philadelphia has more strong whist play
ers than any city in the United States, and
the clubs have offered inducements in the
shape OF prizes, so every whist event is
calculated to bring out whist players OF
the highest order. There is whist every
night, and unconnected pairs are invited
to participate. The ladies' Thursday
nights are particularly attractive on ac-
count of the prizes offered for the mixed
pair contest, which is exciting such rivalry
| that out-of-town partners are often selected
on account of the star players being booked
weeks ahead.
Baltimore. too. has had whist boom,
six or eight teams engaged in practice.
Friday night is compass whist and all
partners are drawn by lot, and handsome
prize Is the incentive for high scores.
The &. Bi c. has not designated any
players to represent it at Jersey City next
Saturday. The C. A. c. will have six
players. Wooten and Walls, Lewis and
Stafford, Beden and Swearengen The team
contest Wednesday night developed some
very fine play. Hampton, Wells and Kon-
drup were in great form.
Contests among the ladies take place
every night Mrs. Stephens holding her
own in several duplicate matches. Mrs
McCrea and Mrs Earle have some sur
prlseS in store for some of the knowing
ones. Mrs. Nichols and Mrs. Austin are a
formidable pair, and are tricks stronger
than when they went to the woman's con-
gresS.
In the announcement of the style of play
In the recent match at Baltimore with
the Newark team there was not a word
mentioned of the Invitation game on
the part of the New Jersey team. This
Is trump-showing game, the small cards
being graded The lowest of a suit led
means strength in trumps, not strong
enough to lead them. but capable of a
great game if partner give any as
sistance in his initial suit or trumps. If
partner captures first trick he must re-
turn trump at once. If partner is weak
ne should lead supporting card in an,
other suit. unless he has two good cards
In partners original suit capable Of es-
taDlishing it on the second round
Frame No. 3 in the Baltimore Newark
game is given to show the importance of
being in the lead when there are four
trumps in your adversary's hand. New
Jersey at trick one opens the game with
the invitation to his partner, if he has any
trump strength, to return trump at once
South being weak in trumps tries to make
re-entry card good in his partners hand
by leading the queen of hearts, and had
the Baltimore player playing west at trick
three returned the heart he had a chance
to gain four five tricks in case north
took the force.
At table 2 New Jersey plays at east
opens trump at trick three and does not
make another trick