Evening star., 1898-01-27
AMONG GTHEW WHISTERS
Meeting Of the A. W. L. Executive
Committee at Buffalo.
CHANGE IN TEE RULES
An Interesting Contest at Basket
Ball.
CURRENT SPORTING NOTES

The second session Of the midwinter
meeting of the national executive commit
tee of the American Whist League opened
at 10 o'clock yesterday morning at the Iro-
quois, Buffalo. The members of the COM
mittee are evidently there for business, and
they are attending to their duties with an
assiduity that leaves little time for recrea-
tion and mimimizes the labors of the enter
tainment committee. Buffalo whist players
would gladly arrange an elaborate pro-
gram, and, in fact, they have entertained
their guests as Hospitality as their brief So
journ and the exactions of protracted busI-
ness sessions have permitted.
The entertainment committee, of which
William Hudson of Buffalo, himself men,
ber of the national executive committee, is
the active head, arranged additional
program Tuesday, so as not to conflict with
the demands upon the time of the visitors
At Mondays session the first formal busi-
ness was taken up 1t was decided that
the Sth whist congress should be held at
the Hotel Vendome, Boston, during the
week beginning July II. The chief business
considered was the report of the tourna-
ment committee on schedules of play and
rules governing contests After some
what animated but thoroughly amicab BILE
discussion the report was adopted. Whist
men have felt for some time that the exist
ing rules might be modified to ADVANTAGE
mittee that the changes agreed upon will
be decided Improvement The new rules
had been well considered by the subcom-
mittee. and went through without material
amendment No change of vital import
ance is effected, except that a trial will be
made in the Minneapolis trophy contest of
scoring each deal as match won or lost
the result to be determined by the number
of matches thus won. This is an entire in
novation and will be watched with interest
all over the world. Another innovation
which is of less consequence, yet which no
doubt will be appreciated by members of
the league, provides for the issuing of
membership cards to facilitate acquaint-
ance between travelling Ieaguers and local
members of clubs.
At the morning session President Mandell
or Detroit appointed a committee to in
struct league umpires in the new rules.
The afternoon was entirely consumed by
general discussion of the interests of the
league and by routine business. The busi-
ness session Is likely to be the shortest on
record, and the gathering of so many
prominent experts all over the country will
furnish the local minister's an opportunity
for which they have long been anxious.
and, judging from the scores made. they
have acquitted themselves very creditably.
Noted Ministers Present.
Among the visitors will be noticed Whe-
Ian of Baltimore. Sampson of the Roches-
ter Post-Express, IngersoIl of Rochester,
Brock of New Jersey, Henriques of New
York, Neff of Philadelphia, Parker and
Mandell of Toledo, Tenney of California,
who never misses meeting, annual or
semi annual; Colonel Burlington formerly
OF New York. now Of Jackson, Mich. the
scene of the first contest in honor of Col
burlington February 5, between the two
western giants, Toledo and Chicago Nit
chell, Walker, Brown and a host of other
whist celebrities, whose names and scores
are given below, in the compass contest
Which took place Monday night.