Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-21
AMONG THE MINISTER'S
Walbrook Defeats the Albany Chal-
lengers at Baltimore.
BAKER PLEADS FOR TIE old GAME
Atlantic Trophy Forfeited by the
New EngIanders.
LOCAL CLUB SSIP

The tenth match for the A. w. L. trophy
| was played Saturday between the Wal
brook of Baltimore holders and the Albany
| challengers, at the rooms Of the Baltimore
| Whist Club. Walbrcok had the same team
! that defeated the Philadelphia previous
| ly. Albany played their best four, with
the exception of Hamilton. LIE Roy Smith
(captair), Snow, Lodge ard Muhlfelder.
| The game was very even up to the six
| tenth board, when Walbrock commenced
| to pull away, and finished eleven tricks
| winner, the score standing: Walbrook. -;
| Albany, Is. On board 80 Walbrook made a
| gain of four tricks.
| The merits of the different systems Mil
| ton Work claims are still unsettled. as the
| number of cold tricks the Aibanys dropped
! far outnumbered those of the Walbrooks,
| who played strong game. but not as good
| whist as they played against Philadelphia
| The Baltimore Club house was filled by
| crowds, eagerly watching the play, and
| there was not that anxious look on their
| faces as when New Jersey and Baltimore
| were battling for the trophy. If the Balti-
| more line up against Walbrook next Sat
| urday. it will be the greatest game on rec
ord. with the chances in Baltimore's favor
If 1t Is represented by Steele, Whelan, Du-
| vail and Harvey McCay.
Christmas coming Saturday, the
| match will probably come off during the
| holidays. ard many visitors from Philadel-
phia and Washington will likely be pres
ent. The presence of the trophy will slim
| ulate the Baltincrears to have a gala week
| of it.
The. Albanys record of eight straight
| wins for the Hamilton trophy entities them
| to the high rank they have attained Their
| play at Put-in-Bay was brilliant with the
exception of the play-off in the finals
| against the ToledoS when from constant
| strain the Albanys' captain could not stand
| the pace. and Toledo won out
| saturdays game was another contest be-
| tween the American leads Showing num-
| ter). and the trump-showing leads of the
| Malbrook with both high and low cards.
| The Albanys are good whist players and
are up to all the plays of the different
| clubs They claim the long suit game in all
| its purity. Sometimes they lead ten top of
| 1our-the so-callcd Albany lead.
| Iheir game is very uniform. never vary
ing When a. IN me lead or, If their opponents
are In the lead, taking no chances, but
| Playing a safe, conservative game, never
| trying to get too much out of one hand
| Leroy Smith is deservediy one of the most
| popular members in the league.
| The Game of Sixty Years Aro.
Baker of Brooklyn. commenting on Fish
er Ames' ideas of the beauty of American
| leads, says: Mr. Ames hit the nail on the
| head when he says: Common sense whist
is an excellent term If it be understood to
| mean playing the game in q common sense
way watching and noting the cards. draw
| lEs Socd, sound inferences and shrewd
| management of the hands held between
Farmers. Relying on an artificial system
| as the main thing, whether American leads
| snort suits or any other, is not common
sense 1t seems to me uncommon nonsense
| But in his concluding sentence Mr.. Ames,
AFTER CHASING the American leads as an ar
uncial system. recommends them Why
not be consistent, and discard all artificial
| tiles and modern fads, and get down to the
sood. old game Of sixty years ago? 1t is
much more pleasurable, and produces in
| the main better scores. 1t is high time
mat these that love whist and wish to see
| IT continue to be the leading indoor pas
time of the country, should unite in frown
| Ing down and abandoning all those inpe
| me ua> devices intended to assist PLAYERS
VINO cannot draw correct differences from
completely the useless, Injurious cali for
trLmps echoes. fourth-bests. calIine
through Eonors, trumps and thunderstorm
iIg leaos. and especially the rotary dis
SaIds ana get down to straightforward
lofest whist, and see how much more en-.
1oyable and successful it will certainly
prove to be-"
Atlantic Trophy Forfeited.
inc Atlantic trophy match at PhiladeI
| phia was forfeited by the New Englanders
last Saturday. President Barney was the
cfly member present, he not being in touch
with the rest of the team when they con-
Guided not to come. The trophy is open
10 chailenge and the new aggregation from
Ohio or New York is in the line of con-
testants. The latter would make an in
teresting game with fifty PLAYERS a side
the state being Well able to furnish that
number, making the Atlantic tax the other
clubs outside of Philadelphia for larger
number of men than they have furnished
heretofore at any match.
In Brooklyn, Taylor, Hatch, Elwell and
a fIn0
latter without any trump-showing leads
or signals, simply playing to the drop of
the cards. Mrs. Baker is leading in both
the Brooklyn and Staten Island clubs.
while Miss Campbell and Mrs. Johnson
are both making high scores in many of
the contests they enter.
The Mixed Pair Club.
The Mixed Pair Club of this city had an
enthusiastic meeting last Monday night.
Senator Gallinger was elected president
and after the preliminaries, an ENJOYABLE
game of whist was INDUCED in, Mrs Leach
and Mr.. Wooten making the highest score.
The whist was of the highest order and
many OF the women players showed their
ability to cope with the strongest play
The Woman's trophy at Philadelphia is
as tickle the A. w. L. of the league and
changes hands at nearly every contest
Though lost by Miss GetchelPs team We'd
nesday 1T was by the close score of IL to
L. The winners will defend it next We'd
nesday. at the residence of the donor, Mrs
Andrews. 1119 Spruce street, PHILADELPHIA
The proximity Of most of the teams to
Philadelphia makes 1t almost a certainty
that there will be no games won by de-
fault, and the opportunity for play is
looked forward to with eagerness and
pleasure by the challenging team. The
games are remarkably close and usually |
the last board is capable of deciding the |
match
The Baltimore women's whist night
brought out thirty-six players. Mrs
Thomas and Miss Dallam made top score
N. and S. Mrs. Reeves and Mrs. Ward
Miss Jackson and Mrs. Bruno tied for top
score, E. and W.
The Sd of January will witness a match |
Of some of the strongest mixed pairs in
the country, Washington and Philadelphia |