The San Francisco call., 1898-05-08
PLAY FOR THE PAYOT TROPHY.

PLAY FOR THE PAYOT TROPHY.
 It will interest the whist players of the Pa cifcg Coast Whist Association to learn that the committee in charge of the Payot trophy has formulated plan of play between the North Pacific Whist Association and the Pacihc Coast Whist Association whereby a visiting team stands some show of winning. In the nerry-go-round contests that take place at the annual meetings the element of luck cannot be eliminated. A visiting club from one as sociation to the other, entering one of these matches and getting knocked out. can imme- four four hours the winning team. Ex-President George B. Bates of the San Francisco Whist Club formulated the plan. and 1t was accepted at meeting recently held in Portland, Or
 The following letter will explain itself:
 Iorm6fs sr am G by the North Pacific Whist Association to notify you that the proposition submitted at the fifth con vention of our whist association by R. B. Galley of the, Linda Vista Club ,,d of d Oakland ton, relative to the -Payot trophy has been indOrsed and aGPr0oYReGa EsSRst9y IE%Rs GwER ySRRrs
 Secretary North Pacific Whist Association. SUGGESTIONS OF MILTON C. WORK
 o.-what can you suggest, MT. Work, to keep up the interest in our whist clubs in San Francisco?
 A-From what I have seen of your whist clubs. I should think that it required very lit- tie effort to keep up the interest in the game here as 1t seems to me that 1t is most popu- lar and SuSta1nS 1rSelr. It mas Occurreu to me- however, in the very pleasant week that have spent among your whisters, and during which I have gained some little idea of the whist conditions In this city, that you would find 1t very excellent plan to inaugurate a pair tournament for the championship Of either the city or this section of the country as you might determine most wise. In this tournament I would suggest that you make it obligatory that each pair be composed of one lady and one gentleman. The tournament could to my mind be most satisfactorily man. aged under a system by which each pair would meet each other in match say of about eight deals, these eight deals being played all around the room and the winner and loser being deter mined by the positions above and below the average. Our experience is that when large number of tables play eight deals the average thereby derived is apt to be very nearly ac- curate, and therefore such matches fairly satisfactory tests of skill. Of course larger number of deals would be more satisfactory If it possible to so arrange. but I am suggesting eight for the reason that 1t permits three matches to be played each evening. Such Philadelphia with the most satisfactory re- sults and I believe that here the field for it is even promising than in my own city. am satisfied that the announcement of 1t some length of time ahead. with the title of the champion pair of either San Francisco Cali fornia you might decide being awarded to the winner. would produce exceptionally large entry, most interesting event and would in the end be of incalculable benefit to the game of whist in this section.
 THE WALBROOk SYSTEM.
 The Walbrook team of Baltimore. of which