The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-19

enter together. whether from the Same club. or
not, and as many players from the same club
may enter as choose
four classes, II is evident that the door 10 open
to their taking part in tho contests Of the eighth
congress, and, indeed; many women are expect
The usual arranvene have been made for
railroad .ratcs-oho'third fare for return tickets,
provided certificates arc obtained from the agent
at tho starting point and singlo.trip tickets TO
Boston arc purchased: These certificates must
he asked Tor at least thirty minutes before train
time. and will he left In care OF tho Administra-
lion Bureau upon arrival ut Boston; so that tho
agent may countersiEn them. Tickets viii be
good TO return until July 30.
Hotel accommodations in Boston arc of the
best. and special rates have, bocn secured for
league members Mt the Nendome and Victoria.
The former Is on the American plan exclusively,
tho latter on the European plan.
TRUMr LEADS.
The most recent developments in tho game OF
whist seem to have been almost exclusively
along the line of trump management, and tho
most prominent feature in the best known mod
crn systems is some method of Indicating trump
strength. or n desire to find such strength In tho
hand Of the partner. This idea Undoubtedly had
its root in the so-called Invitation game in
which the original leader opened up his attack
in such a manner as to indicate to his partner
whether or not n trump lead would suit, him II
'n Tb pS TreS[ h fT"a SSsEsn VIII eh tSiss ea 10 pl "a that +; the
partner often feels unduly encouraged and soon
gets into the habit OF leading, trumps on very
III WIN hhlhtb NhA1 ~ no
very well. in others 1t proves very disastrous,
but the result has boon that the good shots have
so ovorshadowcd the bad that many modern
players have drifted into the habit of leading
trumpS for one suit. When 1t works - this is
very nice. and the practice is responsible for
most of the swings that we SEQ nowadays. in
compass games. Tho amusing part OF 1t Is Tint
some players lead trunps for suits that have no
existence except in their own imagination, they
are so afraid to go back once more just to see
whether or not their partners really have the
suit. The most invctcratC invitation players
will occasionally load n singleton, and IL would
seem as IL those occasions were especially SO.
The hands from which most players are likely
to be tempted to make Il speculative trump lead
for one suit are those in which the combination
of cards in the long suit Is such that ono cannot
make an invitation lead OF n small card without
stretching the principle n good deal. Take the
with four average trumps md no re-cntry cards
To lead a small card from the long suit IL to risk
n very small card winning the first trick for the
adversaries and tho second round of the suit
being ruffed. 10 lead u short suit from such II
hand Is to conceal its possibilities from the
partner, and TO "run" with the strong suit Is
practically to give up all hope of making more
than two tricks in it.
The common-sonse way to manage such hands
Is to show the suit once, and then to lead the
best supporting card tho hand contains, so as to
give the partner a chance TO come to your as
sistance II he can. but at the same time to war;
him that you have no re.entry cards and cannot
sistance. Here is a hand of this kind which wat
played at the KnickerboCker Whist Club or
Jan. % and which shows a difference of slH
tricks between the results Of the two styles Of
opening. Y dealt and turned the heart six aud
the play at one table was as follows: