The San Francisco call., 1898-05-29
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HOW TO MAKE WHIST MORE POPULAR.

HOW TO MAKE WHIST MORE POPULAR. When a whist club or association of whist clubs make up their minds to hold a whist tournament or contest, the first thing that should be done is to study how to make the meeting the most enjoyable and satisfactory to those who take part in the play. Try to please and do justice to every one; how this best be done? It is very simple. First you should have a detailed plan of whist play arranged from start to finish for each and every contest you intend to hold. To avoid an endless amount of trouble and delay it is necessary for the one in charge to have at his finger ends In his vest pocket what we call elastic schedules for both pair and teams of four play, to accommodate any number of entries under all methods systems of match play that you have on your programme; then state to the players how it is to be con- ducted-the number of deals you intend to play and how it Is to be finished, if on a different
 plan from the beginning: also how the scoring is to be done, and who is going to do it-how the winners to be decided, and carry out
 your plans to the end. never changing them unless you are obliged to, and then only with the consent of the players. Have everything so simple and plain that every taking part in the games will thoroughly understand 1t. The umpire selected to take charge of a match should never undertake to conduct one
 nliliar with and of all things he should never play in a contest that he Is conducting nor they are played at one table, and have to be moved for play to another Absolute silence
  parson of scores with players at another table
 should be allowed under penalty of immediate expulsion from the match. The score slips should be taken up the game progresses after each round. and tabulated There Is no system or method of play that we know of that will not permit of this being done
 The result of each sitting, match or frac- tion of a match, should be announced as quick | ly as possible. It only requires a few nin- utes after the contest Is overhaul an hour | Is plenty of time for the largest kind of a match. The score Is not properly kept if 1t
 cannot be proven; like trial balance it must come out right and this proving the score should always be done before announcing the result
 The tabulated scores. as we'll as the score slips for each deal, the property of the | players who take part in the contests, and one else, that is. they should never be put out | of sight for moment: they should be as | free to be examined any time after a match by all the participants, the deals just played 1 are. bulletin board should always be provided and this board is the proper l place for the official scores to be post 1 ed. and when once posted there, the scores | should remain until the tournament ends. bar ring the time that might be used in .dSinS copy. It is an excellent idea to take carbon | copies when tabulating.
 1 Every lady or gentleman who enters a whist contest should have his or her rights fully pro- i tected by the umpire person in charge: By doing this, and there is no reason why it should 1 whist contests that we have seen. t4ken part l in and heard of, would have beeh mucl more
 popular, sort of family reunions, instead or | ScrapDiQs matches.