The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-09
AROUND THE WHIST TABLE.
ORGANIZATION or THE NEW JBRSEY
WHIST ASs0CIATTON.

WHIST ARTICULATION,
II HAS Three sections, Determined By Rail-
read Rsautrements-ProGrammss for
the iseason-soms Peculiar Openings.
The whist players OF New Jersey. stimulated
probably by the example Of their neighborB In
New York. have arranged an extensive and at
traotive programme for the coming season.
The principal activity will probably be among
the clubs along the various lines Of railway,
which furnish q natural and easy division OF
the State for tournament purposes. TIE SUN
Is indebted to President I. E. Otis Of the New
Jersey Whist Association for the following
schedule Of the various tournaments:
In the New Jersey Central Section there will
be i've clubs: The Park Club OF Plalnfeld.
Elizabeth Athletic. Elizabeth Chess and Whist.
Jersey City Club. and tho New Jersey Athletic
Club.
In the Erie Section there will be i've clubs:
Rldgewood. Paterson Tourists, Passaic Club.
Passaic Gun Club. and the Passaic Whist Club.
In the Delaware. LackaWAnna and Western
Section there will be 1--WE clubs: Tho Orange
Whist Club. North End Club Of Newark, New
Jersey Whist Club OF Newark. Montclair Club.
and Roseville Athletic.
Each club in each section will play q home
and-home match with every other club In the
same section. making q schedule Of TWENTY-FIVE
games in each section. or soventy-hve alto
gether. which will probably be completed by
the hrst week in January. The club winning
the most matches In each section. the trick
SCORE deciding ties. will then play o match with
each Of the winners from the other sections.
and the FIRST club winning two Of those matches
will be the possessor Of the New Jersey Whist
Association trophy.
In addition to these games. which are usually
for teams OF four only. the directors OF the
association have arranged a series of games
which will require a minimum of thirty-two
players a side. This Is in response to the grow
ing demand for matches that will allow OF q
more general representation OF the playing
strength Of a club than Is possible when only
the strongest four are selected for the match
games. Each railroad division will pick thirty
| two men from It's Ave clubs. and they will play
o home-and-home match with each OF the other
! sections. This will require each section to set
tie upon a headquarters. and the N. ]. @. Sec
ton have selected the Jersey City Club: the
Erie section will play at the Passaic Whist Club.
and the D. L. and W. will be at home at the
Roseville Athletic Club. The following is the
schedule:
Nov. ION. J. C. against D., L. and W.. atRosevillo.
Dec. 7-Erie against D.. L. and W., at RoSevllo.
Dec. 2S-Erie against n. J. O. at Jersey City.
Jan. 1s-Erie against D.. L. and W., ct PasSAic.
Feb. 15-Ehe against n. J. O.. at PAssAic.
March en-. ]. @. against D., L. and W., at Jersey
City.
In addition to the railroad schedule. as the
foregoing games are generally called. there
will b" the regular weekly matches for the
Park trophy. for which ten challenges are now
on file. This cup is now held by the n. j.
Whist Club Of Newark. who have. won every
match played for it so far this season. the team
being Otis. Eagles. Aymar and Cameron.
Among other important matches in which the
New Jersey players will take part In the near
future will be the one for the Brooklyn trophy.
which represents the championship OF the aux
Hilary associations. and Is now held by New
York. This gam will be played on Saturday
next at the rooms of the Brooklyn Whist Club.
1853 Pierrepont street. and each association will
put forward q team Of twenty-four men. Play
will begin at 1880 sharp. and twenty-four deals
will constitute q match. President Otis and
Can't. Elwell are both hustling to get their best
men In trim for the occasion. as the rivalry be-
tween the two associations is very keen. and
As ism a little IL 'I prsaet hSsn Tor the big event there
MEN mt4 % On : ! @ siss bs TN s%af the orange nsIs Whist vi sWSSER aBB
and the N. J, Whist Club Of Newark. On Oct.
sid sh Sssv wslr E sSe E Rf q xf!n c fSTsy and %dn T RR {
Cl4b ana the \; J. Whist. Which will be played
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than last year. It has been suggested that
there should be nine rounds, playing ono on
every second Saturday. instead OF two sections
of three weeks with o long break between.
which was the arrangement last year. Each
club will play. one deal against every
other at each sitting. 80 that at the end OF the
nine rounds there will have been . match OF
nine deals between every pair of clubs, and the
winners Of the most matches will be the Inter-
city champions for 1899. Last year there were
twenty-five teams entered, OF which thirteen
were from New jersey. nine from New York.
two from. Brooklyn. and one from Staten
Island. The Knickerbocker Whist Club had
the largest representation, putting in five
teams. The championship Is now held by the
Brooklyn Whist Club team: A. L. Taylor. G.. A.
La Vie, Cito Hatch. and A. Josephson. 1t Is eX-
pected that thirty teams will enter this year.
Although 1t would seem that the foregoing
programme would be enough to keep theJersey-
men busy. there are still other games. four OF
which usually attract some OF our New FORK
players. These are: the regular compass
matches at the Continental Hotel. Newark, on
Friday evenings: the. Orange Whist Club
games on Tuesdays. which will be played on
the handicap system adopted last year In Phil
adelphia; the Thursday night games at the
Passaic Whist Club. and the weekly compass
games at the Roseville Athletic Club. which
will be on Tuesday this year.
PECULIA OPENINGS.
The last OF the five hands which were given In
The Sun on Sept. 20 was one that was played
at Boston on Tuesday night. The deal was No.
2, and the heart seven was turned by n. At one
table the play went as follows: