The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-11
AROUND THE WHIST TABLE.
,,p1yoEmBNTs FOR THE INTEROrTY
TOURNAMENT.

h.cLs Of the systems ms Shown In Actual
pIoy-Tho state Championship Scores.
rbo most interesting. II not the most inn
liant. event Of the whist season In this part
~ Tho country. the i~ntercity tournament, will
y ,,or+ed at Roseville on Saturday next and
Iii last for twelve weeks. The experience
lined by the managers OF last years games
sh.s been Of value in many respects. and the
ri,vers will find that many OF the arrangements
Tor this year. especially for scoring. Will be o
Grant Improvement on previous methods.
Tho general plan. which should work well
In INV large meeting. is to provide for each
80 a score card, on which not only the trick
J ,,ors hut the match score will be put down.
t,,or tho evenings play is over the N and 8
- The f and w pairs on each team will meet
=, thcir own table and compare scores. Every
daal on which they together mako thirteen
,.,.Ls will he a match tied. All hands on which
,bov make more than thirteen will be q match
ION and the number OF tricks by which they
win II will be put down In the match score
,olumn. Matches lost will be entered in the
,,me way, and at the bottom OF the score slips
will be found a summary. which Is TO be flled
mt by the captain Of the team. showing the
total number OF tricks taken by the team and
tbe number OF matches won and tied. These
summaries will then be handed to the referee.
and the figures will be posted on the black
hoard Just like the scores in a ompass game.
The committee in charge Of the scores-Otis,
Foster. and B~aker-think that while this 10
ouite a departure from the usual methods OF
scoring large games for teams OF four, it will
onectually solve the problem Of avoiding the
lnterminable delays which are such a drawback
IN nl games Of this kind, and which kept the
payers hanging round the scorers until 8
o'clock in the morning last year. The theory
Is that, instead Of having two scorers for the
whole tournament. there will be practically one
for each team, and the scores for the twenty
Ave or thirty teams entered will all be made up
At the same time. Although the results handed
in by the team captains will not be considered
Anal or official. they will be sufficiently accurate.
especially if they balance. to enable the referee
IN announce the result within a few minutes
Alter the conclusion OF the game and let the
players 60 home.
The theory OF the tournament is, that each
club will play one deal against every other in
each Of the six rounds. At the end they will
have played a match OF six deals in all. and the
club that is ahead Of the other in tricks wins
the match with that club. II one club should e
Eintwo or three tricks from another one night,
the losers will have a chance to get those tricks
back on succeeding nights. and the winners
will also have a chance to get still further
ahead OF course. The arrangement Of the play
ers is such that, il the N and s pair Of one
club. say Brooklyn, play deal No. 25 against
the E and W pair Of the New York Club,
1t will be found that when the E and W pair
from Brooklyn get round to whore the N and 8
pair OF the New York Club are sitting. deal No.
% will get there at the same time, SO that II
each side does not get thirteen tricks out of 1t
the difference, lies between those two clubs,
and what other clubs maj make on that deal.
either n and S or Z and W. has nothing to do
with II. 1t will thus be seen that q club may be
ahead Of one and behind another. and the num-
Der of clubs they are ahead Of will be the num-
Der Of matches won to date.
After the first game each team will find upon
It's score card a statement of its standing in
match scores up to date. These figures will be
filed out by the officials and they will enable
each team to make up not only their match
score for the evening. but also their, standing
to date. This will be Of the greatest help to the
committee in charge. who spent sometimes If
teen or twenty hours after every game figuring
out the results last year.
The whole tournament will be as free from
rettape as possible. Teams intending to take
Part are not required to send in any entries in
advance. but simply to take the Z O'Clock train
from the foot of Barclay street OF Saturday
next. get of at Roseville. go to the clubhouse
and take their seats at any table which they
find unoccupied. Every table which is filed at
7:45 will be considered as a team entered. and
play will begin at once.
When it comes down to the play, the game
this year will be found to be a much harder
proposition than 1t was last season. and the
team that wins will have to play pretty good
whist from first to last. There are so many
dark horses in the race this time that IL is not
safe to pick for a winner any one Of the twenty
five or thirty that will probably take part; but
the general opinion seems to be that It lies
and New Jersey whist Club of Newark. The
VENT i 70 Bos T1il n as o nave Of Tn tsem sa% Win lG play Sf for
Brooklyn in this tournament. Brooklyn. which
Won the championship last year. will not
New Jersey e4sey's and Sif the eP Park Club Cub viii siip1 have pS theiT
regular tours. The latter did not play last year.
good teams. but none OF them is strictly in the
nrst class as tournament, players, chiefly be:
cause use they don't get together and work hard
judging simply from the form show by the
players in other matches, TIE sgN would pick
Among tie teams that are drilling, for the
siS%Ie about nsts sg nas p !" and q go aImo aSa sS Se Sis seam
has a system that is a sure thing, provided the
other fellows don't understand It too well. AS
common sense whist. based on the solid prin-
N'pSo tut RdIle, dTo tH6 OutH LuaG usually
come out best in the end. The unfortunate
part Of 1t is that those who know these prin-
eelples best are not always the. ones to follow
Them 1t is probably q good thing for the game.
mat they do not, or there would be a good deal
q nSn9tony in the names OF the men who make
me high scores: As 1t Is, we find our champions
every now and then playing like schooiboys
were inspired,
Systems, as such. have their uses. They keep
s hTIS5e;Sn;S,siS At faro: They arc eonvsniept
Ealdeposts for the beginner. and they supply
information to the player whose perception is
nStSHr ui'e to lien enough to gather It from the
with systems is that there are times when they
when things are not going his way. and shifts:
the last turn.
There are, some players who can never see
an{thlng unless 1t is In the nature OF q signal.
ASK them after a hand why. on earth they did
thyyf lead trumps at q certain stage they will
ttsn you mat their partners did not call. Ask
,nem why they did not lead a certain suit: they
iWNi' Tell youthat their partners did not echo in
X mere arc, other men who can see through
w most difficult situations. yet overlook the
amp $ Take the following, position. which
9CS ank W IN a recent game at the New York
EIuao 4 dealt and turned the heart Jack. hold