Evening star., 1897-05-11
WILL PLAY MALE WHISPERS
Mrs. Hawley's Team to Play the Baltimore
Club.
High Praise for Plny in the Philadel-
phin COngress-NOtes of the
Local OrganizatiOns.

Already the women minister's have COM
menced to line up against the men and
| this week Mrs. Hawiey's team will play
| the strong Baltimore team. composed of
Beverly Smith, Harvey McCay, with Bal
timore's cs plain, and one other player not
| yet decided upon.
| Foster, Otis and Work and many other
whist authorities are comparing favorably
| the play of the woman's convention with
| that of the men at Milwaukee, and several
plays can be cited as examples of strong
plays. Mrs. DuBarry's thirteen cards.
| with hearts trump, were composed Of queen
| Of hearts, ace, jack and five small spades.
ace and a spot in diamonds, and a king
| and two spots in clubs. She led the queen
of hearts, trumps, held the trick, and the
second lead was a small spade. putting
her partner in the lead, who exhausted the
trumps, enabling her to bring in the spades,
| gaining four tricks above all other players,
! many of whom opened the play with the
ace of spades.
| Mrs Charles Field and Mrs Conrad M.
Gilbert We're the two players who won
the tricks from that strong combination,
| Beverly Smith and Harvey McCay, by the
| false opening of deuce, which always
| proclaims four of the suit. when she only
| had two
In the practice match Mrs. Hawley made
| beautiful underplay. which ELECTED the
praise Of her partner, Walter H. Barney,
president of the A. w. L., who remarked
| If he was in convention he would move that
whenever his partner made brilliant play
! like that, her partner be allowed to em-
| brace her. Mrs. Hawley quickly retorted,
Il should amend that motion that every
| married man should have his wife as a
| partner"
! Mrs MacCrae and Mrs Earle who were
the pair who substituted so as to enable
he tob IN ba nj the :
| pair contest, beat the winners OF the
| trophy five tricks, and winning more
| matches. Their score did not count as
! they were not eligible for the final
There were missed from the Washington
| delegation at Philadelphia Miss Elizabeth
| Kings team. whose strong play against
| ali corners attests them worthy foemen
| Mrs. Davis, another of the strong Wash
ington whist players, with Mrs. Nichols as
| a partner, made a brilliant showing in the
| woman's pair contest, being only two tricks
! behind the leaders in their section.
! Capital Clubs Compass Whist.
The c. Bi. C.'s compass whist match
| brought cut some beautiful whist, and re-
| minded one of the old-time activity of the
| club preparatory to a contest. Fogg and
| MacComb headed the strong pairs, and
| showed what stroke these two are pulling.
| Fogg is a brainy player, not given to TAX
| ing flyers and quite conservative. being sat
| isfied with one trick on a hand. MacComh
| has been known for years as q steady, safe,
| reliable partner.
The score follows:
n and S. E and w.
| Fosg and McComb. IA Duncan and Hills. 40
Qunekenhush & Cole. 40 Taylor and Ulke 1ao
Young and Stephens. 1876 ..eloute and Clarke l3s
AND MsSsrs sn Lewis lss
The Baltimore and Walbrook will play
| the c. Bi. C. and C. A. c., twenty players
| a side, Saturday, the 22d instant.
McCay and Miss Goldsboroush played
| brilliant whist in defeating Baker ard his
| wife, both of whom have top score in the
| Brooklyn clubs; also Milton C. Work and
Mrs. Toulmin, who are considered the
strongest pair in Philadelphia.
| Briton and Cole are sizing up well with
all-around play, and judging by their score
| are taking everything coming their way.
They will be the second four competing
| Saturday night with the c. A c.. whilst
Lowe and Barrick, Quackenbush and Nash,
will constitute the first four.
This is a practice match Cor the benefit
| of each club, and all the rigor Of tourna-
| inert play will govern, save the exclusion
| from the room of non-players.
| The c. A. G. has whist every afternoon
| after four, and at night. Beden and Talia-
| ferro have not yet shown all their PAGES
| and they will stand much higher in the es-
| timation of the whist contingent after they
| have been in few more matches as they
are both strong players. Swei,rinsen is a
| player of the greatest promise, and
his daring fnesses and bold, aggressive
game, will place him in the front rank.
| Davis still adheres the conventional
game, and is conservative player, a good
reader of the cards, and with / little dash
will prove q strong partner. ILcksons s
game is improving :ery mucn, and shows
| a high order of whist.
c. A. c. Line of Play.
The different clubs of the country have
asked the play Of the c. A. c., and the
| first portion reads very much like the long
| suit game, from which it varies consider
ably. with sufficient strength in trumps
four or more) and long suit Gour or
| more) shape the initial play to bring in
| that long suit If very strong in trumps
lead them first. If not very strong ffrst
| lead your suit to see how they lay, then
signal for trumps or lead them at the first
| opportunity. On the contrary, If you are
| weak in trumps three small ones or less)
| and your long suit has four or five with
| only one honor not the ace, you cannot
| hope as the first proposition to bring 1t in.
Do rot lead it. rather lead jack, ten or
| nine from a short suit and wait. Partner
| will recognize lead as top of nothing, and
iinesse or play according to his own hand.
| The combination leads of Fosters eleven
| rules will always tell You If partner is
| leading from strength or weakness.
"A good whist player needs no trump sig
nal to tell him the location of the strength
| in trumps. The initial play of the adver-
sary, the skirmishing for position, a few
4 pickets advanced tell where the battle will
/ wage fercest. and although the inform
atcry game Will allow you to read cor
rectly the last three or four cards. and
give opportunities for the petit and grand
coup u: e., If everybody promises not to
| play false cards), it does not offer the ad-
vantages to the strong player. who, thrown
upon his whist experience and resources.
| VIII draw as correct differences as the book
automaton.
when to force your partner by rule, as
| Duvall suggests. not to force when he dis
| cards five spot or above voluntarily, will
| always be impracticable, you do not al
| ways hold as low as a five spot in the suit
The same may be said in regard to the
illnesses. No. rule can govern them. ANY
surgeon can amputate a limb, but 1t is
the discriminating surgeon who knows
| when to cut"