The sun., 1897-10-24
AROUND THE WHIST TABLE.
NEW JERSEYS VICTORY OYER BAL
TIMORE NOT 4 GREAT SURPRISE
Capt. Otis or the winniuE Team had Trninoa
His Players TO Win-They Pihyeu co"-
mon sense NhIst-Gnmea ana Propiems'

Can't. Otis or the wInutuR Team Had Trninoo
Ills Players TO win-They Played Com
mon sense Nhist-Games ana Prosiems'
Tho victory OF tho New Jersey Whist Asso.
citation over baltimore, in the second match Oh
tho season for shs A. w. l.. challenge uOpny'
was not much Of surprise to thoso VINO
baye been watching the development OF tho New
Jersey players under the able management OF
Capt, Otis. The chief Nstonishment seems to.havo
been manifested by the 'strlct" long-suiters,w who
cannot understand how a common. sense,suppor
ing.cnrd, tonacc preserving team should be abio
TO defeat one OF the strongest clubs in the league
which baltimore undoubtedly is, especially as
Baltimore had just demonstrated its strength
by defeating Toledo, the champions Oh tho
seventh congress.
II Is we'll known that for moro than n year
Capt Otis has been drilling his mon along tho
lines OF conmon-scnse whist, which he claims
1t is unfair to call short.suitism because IL Is
simply the best way to make long suits, II they
can DO made ut all In his review OF the last
match for the auxiliary trophy. Baker pointed
out that the victory Of tho New Jersey players
might be credited to their common. sense open
ings. With the exception of one team, thcro
was not a long.su pair in the match that mauo
n plus score, although there were siNty'iour
players engaged. Otis and Aynar. playing as
partners, held Brooklyn's strongest pair, Ei-
well and Taylor, down TO two tricks below the
average, and Mr.. Elwoll said after the match
that the Jcrscymcn gained most OF their tricks
by comnon.sonse openings. Eagles ana Jam
cron, the other members Oh the 'can 'ha' uo
fcated baltimore, o'u not pa! 'oso'he' as p"i'
ncrs in tho auxiliary MATCH out oo'h ot ,he'n
made plus scores All four men are good eN-
amples Of common-sense players, whose game
is well up with the latest i'll whist strategy, but
q long way removed from strict long suitisnl.
Last nisht the brookiyh tcaih' EMeii' LAY!
lor, Hatch' ana Josephsoh' were inc 'hal'o"s
ers Tor the cup'.out the result OIL 'hc h"''h was
not known wheh TINS column went 10 press IL
VIII DC iouhu on inc spor''us p"so ~ t,
morhhs' Ai'er ptooN'sh u Ioino' -, ,no ~ N o'u'
OF flaihheiu' anu IL Nash'iue VIII io' coinio 30
far 10 try tor III the cup VIII stay in inc Eas'
Tor TWO moro gaines nosIoh anu fhiiaueipni"
being next on the hst. Aiter tneso comes long
hno OF western clups' beginning WIN ..le'e-
land CINCINNATI ana ohicaSo. Inc western
men nave SHOWN suon iuAe"a,n ep,ft. "oou'
gong any INSTANCE W suppof' 'noif elaiiehee'
that the Eastern players DO NOT expect 10 see
any OF them until IL comes 10 chicaSo TURN
Cnicago mas Always "ahteo 'nls cup, anu mas
tried for II repeatedly, but 30 Iar without sue,
cess. II Shicaso snoulu WIN IL, .ne uoPns VIII
probably stay IN the west untii the miaWihtef
meeting; otherwise number OF forfeitures
an, Wv, ~ Esst.-n ,h.uanro,,
DO hlieu up oy HAs'erh onAieheers'
THE Sun is in receipt OF o number Of hands
from various parts Of the country, which have
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been sent by correspondents as evidence OF inc
truth Of its contention that tho opening lead al
most invariably shapes the course of the whole
hand and makes nossib,s resnIts which another
opening would havo made impossible. There
ARE. of course. quite q number of hands in
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which the opening can De transposeo oy a
variation which leaves the lead with the original
ID snoh hauds aa tha.. t-on, ,vhioh ons
cluues sncn hanus as those from Whlcn one
player will lead from weak trumps, while an.
other will lead one round OF his suit with a
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winning card, and then open the trumps. quite
q number of players at the seventh congress led
.i,y,.,ons ,vb;,. otb.rs bo1d;n, rho sar,. .,rds
S'ne .e.oA'' "Ao W.. .Ao 49, .' 70
led the ace OF another SUIT nrst and then Jed
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