The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-25

ABB got one TRICK, o loss or fOuT.
strictly ions.SSuit whist. and. had both teams FOL;
lowed the samo system. of play this hand would
ali an'iH It's P possi 6GTa 20 unsaSpscted: Il. Is hardly
necessary to say that one such hand was quite
SaS ons 81 = t we've 'f nays ESsu and q il s% Is not '@ diaio lit to
would have done better to stick to common:
One OF the eye openers of the congrose was tho
result Of the change OF play made by the Cleye.
i taophgg. pair w II hs0 th %SsG ssaef t0T to M tho M lonS sR%its
they Rugged the bottom OF the list round after
round TS.n :,s Seeing THEY they t had no . Shrn pIst ,ss' s SSoyl
suits for the last two rounds, with the
very satisfsct9ry result that they made mnsI great eat
s sa1"I score. eqaalIins the best record FOR
any pair during the, congress, They made the
n tSrssI sn5 on Two s,F trfcR hSn on t tSst on mo Geo t on t Hs
same round the Toledo pair. who won the cham.
pionship, made the maximum on four hands
only. lost one trick seven tmes, and two tricks
In the open events It was conceded that the
s sho qs. spi t%S wand snS &c S9% sRsp1 sSsn. R Ea xySish hs sSo y
ord. Last year the long suffers claimed that the
they called them razzle-dazzie and Virginia
reel, whist, because they we're 5s,I played doc on .t the
Ho%SSSss FIJI" claim lafs'& was 5 based SS'O on pure preiu:
because a, Pat.in;Bsy both tbe 4, Y. |, and re
NioPhAOo OSaNS VI" S."Nb.y
the same principle as the open events, each pair
playing one hand against each adyMsrsary. and
seem to show that this is Just as conclusive as
any other method. and much better than tho
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In the first progressive match for tours al.
A. ". [. trophy took. part. The best score for
matches was made BY Buffalo, a steady long
suit team. whose methods, THE SUN proposes to
arnlafn In m fntnra nrffNla Tho u0rnnd hant
score for matches and the best score for tricks
was pSde by q curious mlstq +; Of oil and water.
Miss schmidt and R +. Foster. + and W, played
netting msdd e. H sbis 'f tesm su and t 4 s,sn %So at s the sSoSss
pionship events may Be interesting. especially
as the Topof-Nothing team had never played
Tho ionE-and.short combination made "a
t51Gas %SFs ! h mo Sst titan s Boston Il 1n PHss tni IL
more than Brooklyn. 10 moro than Toledo. who
afterward won the A. W.. l. trophy; 10 more
Chicago. and z moro than Albany and Balti-
more; Unfortunately, 1t was impossible to as.
e tricfs. but %ti in smother moth spq match El INV IN which the ins s %ns,
players made high score for both, tricks and
matches, the short end was seven plus, and the
The Greater Now York team. which won first
prize in one event and came In second In two
ton game all through the congress-. Although
two Of the team were ladies. Miss Campbell and
Mrs. johnson. they defeated some of tho
strongest mems teams at the congress, tieing
Buffalo and the Top-of-Nothing. The Wayne
Club Of Detroit won the fourth match for fours,
playing tho common-sense game. They made
an excellent showing at tho congress for such
an inexperienced team.
OF the winners in the pair contests Miss
Schmidt and Foster played absolutely nothing
but short suits. When Foster and Baker got
together, Foster stuck to to the shorts. while
Baker played the invitation game. Henriques
and Walls and Walls and Morse played
common-sense whist. and between them this
competed. All through tho congress Fostelr
either led trumps or the, worst plain suit
he had. according to the simple system
described In n o Jan. II. Playing in this
way he made the top score for either tricks or
matches In all i've Of the events in which he
competed. Il. T.. Baker won three frat prizes
and was second in three other events. G. A.
Henriques won first prize in tho pairs. and made
some excellent scores as a substitute on trophy
teams. DR.. Walls captured three frsts and
some seconds. and seemed thoroughly convinced
that common.sense whist was the thing to play
against even the strongest league teams.
Here IL an innocent-looking hand that went
the rounds of the progressive pairs on Wednes.
day afternoon. q, sitting west. dealt and turned
the heart jack. This IN the way 1t was played
at one table.