Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-19
WITH WHIST PLAYERS
Advantage Of Disregarding the Con-
ventionalities.
VICTORY OF The BALTIMORES
Notes Picked Up at the Local
Clubs.
HAND RECENTLY PLAYED
HAND RECENTLY PLAYED

HAND RECENTLY PLAYED
The victory of the Baltimores has been
! the subject of much discussion in whist
| circles the past week. Toledo being in con-
| slant practice twice week ard the play
| ers being whist experts of the highest Or
der, understanding each others play per-
| fectly, getting all the benefit of mutual
| confidence that team work engen1ers, goes
| Down before a team hastily gotten to-
gether, with little no team work, SO
| weak (as the captain supposedly that they
| refused to enter for the A. w. L. or The
Hamilton trophy at the seventh congress.
! 1t goes to show what surprises may occur
| in set of forty-eight boards The Balt-
more four are individually good whist play
ers, safe, conservative. quick to take ad-
| vantage of an opening in their favor, and
| with keen card sense, even though Thomas
ard Bosler played on the Walbrook team.
| when they were so badly beaten by the
Ham!ltons.
| DisreHardins COnventiOnalitics.
The fear Of having each play recorded
and it's weakness exposed deters many
brilliant players from taking advantage of
| opportunities that offer and robs the game
| OF mat uaSn ana DOiCneSS mat character
| lied the play of Daschapelles Lewis, Prof.
Geo. w. Smith and scores of brilliant club
men, who know nothing of the long wait
| CT duplicate play. To think of player OH
| a team losing a match because he PROM
| Used to conform to certain rules in regard
| to the opening of a hand, thus robbng
| him Of three tricks, when his whist intui-
i ton, his vast experience, his appreciation
| of the situation of the position, toIl him
| another was the right play! You cannot
h<,dt In, at 1n-v
| OF expert, who is on the alert,
scents danger from trump strength and
| applies the means that cripples the re-
| sources of the enemy by timely force. 1t
| was just such expert disregard of the rIles
| in the last twelve boards that enabled the
Baltimores to bring the trophy home.
The Atlantic and New Jersey associations
| will meet the Goth of this month to
| contest for the trophy won by New Jersey
| from Brooklyn With thirty-two to fifty
players each side, this will be a good
test of whist strength and will show the
| team work of pairs to the best advantage,
! and it is to be hoped the c. 81. c. and the
| C. A. c. will send on their representatives,
| as Washington is expected to furnish eight
| or ten players for this contest.
Progress of the Tramp Trays.
The Brush Tramp Trays are now at
| Jamestown, N Y, and are booked for thir-
| ty-eight more stops before taking final
| rest. UniontoWn, Pa. Washington, D. c.,
i
are to wind up at Philadelphia about the
| 18th of December. These trays were start
! ed in Texas and forwarded to every whist
| club (men's) that belonged to the A. W. l..
| The object is to record the different style of
play of each club. the hands being selected
| by Cassius NJ. Paine and supposed to bring
| cut all the merits of brilliant players. Here
whist genius will have chance to be rec
osniZed, and full play be given to those
| who are supposed to have the divine spark
| or whist intuition. Whist says: I'VE will
| be Obliged If you will inform all your read
| ers residing east of you where we now
| are: that we are coming, and ask them to
| please keep an eye open for us, requesting
each one to whom are consigned to
nave everything arranged to play promptly
| ana push US along, as We would like to be al
| the end or our journey by December D.
| In the Clubs.
| The Handicap tournament at The c. Bi
c. is well under way over fifty players par
| ticipating, and great interest is taken in
| the score. 1t promises to be very popular
| and exciting. and will bring out the full
merits of the different players. Nine star
| players start from the Scratch" The
| handicap of Dr. Brnnemeyer will place him
| 1aVorlte, as he is p strong player, and
| should be well up in the front rank The
second round will take place tonight.
The c. A. c. had its usual contest at
| Wednesday night compass, and the play of
| Lindsay and Lewis was of the highest or
| der, getting all the plus score of North and
South. defeating Judge Long and Walls by
six tricks Wooten and Wells were again
| winners east and Vest, playing cham
pionship whist throughout the evening.
| The score was follows:
NORTH AND SOUTH. EAST AND WEST.
nd hssey T MGnsa and an Te p
Walls -. IN. 3 sponord and stcl. M N.
| The Capitol Club met Friday night with
Mrs. Kelly OF Chicago, who will spend the
/ winter in Washington. as guest. She has
| had lessons from some of the best teachers
| in the country and has taken up whist DUR
| ing her stay in the city. An enjoyable even
| ing was passed. Some fine plays were made
by Miss M. ]. Robinson, secretary of the
| club. Mr.. Stafford, Talliferro, Walls and
/ Finn, being honorary members, were pres
| ent.
An Interesting Hand.
| Charley Watson of New York was
guest Of the c. A. c. Tuesday night.
Charley was at his best. but confessed the
play of the C. A. c. killed many good cards
which he had every reason to expect to
| make. He waited for his "tenaces' to be
| led up to, but the boys were not leading
up to ten aces that night. The following
hand induced Watson to open with the
jack OF SPADES, showing that he, too, knew
| how to open supporting card, although
typical long suit player (as well as his
partner, DR.. Lewis. Most players would
| have opened with low trump, and would
have Gone up to masked battery, as he
did several times during the evening. West
had very little play in this hand. North at
| trick 2. thinks there arc possibilities in
| the hand. and not wishing to trump with
| such lsrge trumps. goes out to disarm his
| adversaries. Finding the trumps massed
with East. at trick five, ne opens the seven
of diamonds. because he has a possible
! trick in that suit. and jack, with three
| others, Is too valuable n card to lead un-
supported by the ten North discards the
| four of hearts at trick six, and makes the
hnesse obligatory at trick seven; East
| throws the lead at trick eight, still hug
| ging his major tenace in hearts. North
suspecting as much, leads the ten of hearts
through. knowing the queen of diamonds
and best spade is with w, and that il
| South has king and jack of hearts the
| queen is corralled in Easts hand
| lead. -