The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-01
WHIST MEET TOMORROW.
The Fiends VIII Contest for Cham
pionship Honors.

TACOMA, March 3I.-Tomorrow night
at o'clock the fourth annual convention
OF the North Pacific Whist convention will
begin at the Tacoma hotel In this city
Delegates from Seattle. Portland, Olym-
pia. Fairhaven, Victoria and Montesano
Will be in attendance. For three days
and nights the players will battle for the
trophies ard honors that VIII reward the
winners Of the FIVE events on the card.
Some one is authority for the statemen,
that on one occasion a whist Mayer hold
ing every trump In the deck did not take
a trick The story is that his partner led
an ace, and Of course he promptly trumped
Il. He was simultaneously thrown out
OF a second-story window. The rule ap-
piled in this case will b. one Of those to
govern the fourth annual tournament OF
the whist association.
At the first two meetings os The asso-
citation the Descaappelles Club. OF Ia
coma triumphed over It's adversaries a i'd
has retained possession OF the silver cup
awarded IL on the first occasion and won
~ the next Interest in this years meet
VIII center ia the controversy over this
trophy. The event comes first In impor-
lance on the schedule Of games. and Of
course the Deschappelles team WIN make
the battle Of their lives TO retain the cup,
which means its permanent possession.
Following the contest gor the challenge
cup comes the contest for the Tacoma
trophy and city championship. The trophy
is 2 very handsome one and has recently
been completed In the East. II consists
Of copper plaque eighteen inches long.
ard most Handsomely engraved
The third event will be the free tor-aIi
contest for The Seattle trophy and pair
championship OF the association
Following this viii be two free-for-sIl
events for pairs and fours.
A business meeting, election OF officers
and a dinner at the Tacoma are the other
features % the programme.
The members OF the Tacoma Whist and
Chess Club have been busfly engaged for
the past week IN making preparations for
the entertainment Of the delegates. Parlor
A OF the Tacoma hotel viii be used by the
PLAYERS. and the reading room and & mum
her OF adjoining parlors VIII also be pressed
into service.
Among fhe clubs which are entered FOR
the various events are the following: pes-
chapelies Chamber Of Commerce Club.
Tacoma Whist and Chess Club. Tacoma
Athletic Club and the Bachelors Club OF
Tacoma the Portland whis; Club Trist
Club and Oregon Road Club. Of Portland
the Seattle Whist Club. Seattle Athletic
Club and the Queen City Whist Club. Of
Seattle. and whist clubs from Victoria
Falrhaver. Olympia. Montesano and Ever
EFT number % towns will send extra
pairs n addition 20 the regular teams
In the contest for the championship club
the defeated teams are retired and viii
participate IN the other events. IL Is ex-
pectsd that the final games for the cup viii
be reached Saturday morning
Although 6 whist contest does rot appeal
20 the pubic a. baseball game or boxing
match. yet the number OF whist aeraz''
n the Northwest cities Is very large The
lovers Of the game are enthusiastic over
the three-6ays' meet. and the crack teams
are expected 20 pat up 3 gzney battle for
the championship cup.