The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-14

Is 10 30 played for the entries will always DO
o~ne,third OF which challenge and play simply on
t her opinion &ii 7 w " Tns s sTs hS SppSs 81 Man sSoSid In
done 10 encourage the 1870 clubs that are left out
demand that the tournaments should be so ar.
ranged that they would have a show as tho
crack teams have TO ask for a system that would
getting these second-class teams to enter
the lists against the stronger clubs that
trophy which should be competed for at straight
whist, In which the element Of luck would, be
would probably tell in the end. II was never
suggested TO do away with duplicate, nor even
to supplan, 1t in tho slightest degree, but to offer
cannot win on skill alone. and that would never
seriously challenge our six or eight cracks at
have an occasional game nas With Sify the %" "frs ,h %qsters :"
30 as TO get the benefit Of the practice.
tb II reply 2oE <, to 1 THE s So proposition to do some Some
the whist editors Of the country set up a howl
about returning to the happy-go-lucky methods
OF such contests would be in,onclusive, even II
skill decided them. These same writer's are now
duplicate dUSf He /. ali ip iSek,p and Milton IL %0I WORK. doSb asi Il
any hrst-class team would DO justified in going
50 far as Put.in-Bay to take part in an :, incon;
not straight whist that no is talking about.
The great trouble with these people is that
they make whist an end instead ofa means. We
do not organize whist clubs to work for n living.
neither do we yo TO the annual congresses to saw
wood. The object OF n club is primarily the en-
enjoyment OF It's members. and the annual con-
grtss, should be arranged to afford the greatest
possible amount Of pleasure to the majority or
those attending IL. II all the fun and all the
prizes are to be confined to six or eight crack
teams, the remaining LA clubs might as well
save their ten dollars and drop the league alto
gethor. 90 per cent. OF the clubs belonging to
the league are To be ignored simply because they
cannot all be cracks" and things are TO he so
arranged as to shut them out from any hope OF
winning anything at the annual tournaments,
they might as well stay at home, and tho day is
not far distant when they will realize that fact
The Sun has always advocated measures that
would bring. more clubs into competition, and
pointed out the excellent showing made by ono
congress, who entered simply because they lived
In the neishborhood. II the result OF the next
congress. was to send the Hamilton trophy TO
some hitherto unheard Of club IL would DO one OF
the best things for whist that ever happened and
would put courage into tho hearts OF many u
team that 10 now too difident to entcr the lists.
moro good whist by playing against first.class
teams for four days than they would learn at
home In 9 lifetime.
CONCERNING prscARDs.
There has been a great deal OF talk lately
about discarding, and endless conventionalitios
have been suggested In order TO convey some
definite. Information to the. partner by the. dis
card. None OF these have found universal ac-
ceptance. and II Is usually found that when
players bind themselves TO give certain informa-
ton by their discards. they are forced to play as
they would not play but for the previous under.
standing with the partner. Here Is. a lively
Club OF New York last week, In which YES dis:
cards played havoc with the whole hand, and
allowed Alb TO win I'VE by cards and the game
in u trot. 2 dealt and turned the heart 10. The
game was straight whist, five points up, and tho
score was four TO nothing against Foster and
Henriques, who held ABB cards.