The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-24

agreed that II the score on any deal was the
considered a tie match 80 far as, those tables
were CONCERNED, and only, the players at the
! This event SSTtS was SsV Very h hot " c g aa' and o pr q:
duced the finest whist Of the congress-. Taylor
e. ba ElG tSsy OF aoG AGT not aG az better wsFS than SS1RsG sSIdd to T Tie
result Of the final rounds was as follows:
Hioko1 and richardson. ........iS Ia SO
Street and Fletcher. 1TK 8oK
R Rs.RRBalm and and Ma6lf.idsr: s" e 2 9
T TSoI5, a1d an n aitFs66r;esii"s II e
form shown in the Hamilton trophy trials. The
pair that lust managed to get into the finals by
ners In the end.
THE OPEN EVENTS.
There were a larger number OF entries and q
better GLASS OF players in these events than
main attraction Of the congress TO the majority
Of the delegates. There were three events for
t tShsH To Sl nSG5; ne9 oo 5sHTf tee R Ransf to Try FHs IS ,q many ~
different ways OF arranging the players and
S iSr9 esS of scoring e. as oDj RGsstS ds t r. rs @ to fss st
Howeil's, Safford's. tiay's and ,MitcheIl's were
all tested fairly, and It seemed that H9well,s.
the most popular Of all. The results Of the con-
tests for fours were as follows;
Spafiord. /. 7. Hartz and L. G. Parker. winners
Z s%eG Hlisn a and i Fufu sea Alien ''S 81 M NJ ssSliSR 4 4:
r }; Brill Of PoQghkeepsis and E. + Waller Of
Kendall and ]. $. Peek5a@.,, The regular New;
York team. TAYLOR; EIYsII; Eaber and Newman,
were %ed 2ns fEiSk a GsnlnS aeq pTnTeS IN hna th h!s se ssG:
tons on the Clay system. match score to win.
Mnesser, Rogers, Davis and Smith of , the Boston
COLEMAN and Tower q the NarTasansets Whist
Club hcb in section Is H. b prs Sweet; Fu ltSiie MsB eT9 and ID
s%Tf fs. 2. Q; II, T Bst gepiIfffs s ) G. sesfn sfip and %F, r rf +
Foster, made The top score for tricks. but lost
Friday afternoon. played in two section, on
Ne no% I. A sE %heian niBB i. W. Smith and " i.
Smith of Baltimore In section A. Miss 4: T.
RP seFard and 0{ 8 Go II. M RHs; IN IN +; section s; I; f B. A.
THE OPEN PAIRS.
tricks to win \ j. H. fHemphiiil and E, A. Mont;
gomery Of MipnssapClis N section A. g, ".
ton io3T B. Z. I. wilson and ". 4. 1. Montgomery
Of Chicago in section c.,
4. !Sspadord Of New York: Mrs. Schwab Of, Nash.
yaetio Snf 4. Mss p J. E To7me1 1 of ss al f h1aHaisseG ana ~
Miss Kate Wheel9ck q Chicago; g; A; Hen;
aSifIs9se NJ ff f Il. T9 aSF9 r and l. Mrs If he @at eF RSnissSS 81
.S TsSSei;d 4iS Z n aG55s t PLAYING Vim q, + the %i MItGhS11
and n; a: Fuller q Providence J. MGLes1 and
Al A1 d Es Of N NCt0n n IL sseft2 more a, M Tts s9Rg ;ns
and Miss Raven6ery Of Washington. in B.
Thursday afternoon. playing in Ave sections
an ' Mrs. s Z 7, Bs sEsSs y B sPo5Iisn Miss ! Bessie
4 Ai re ". 4! H fns +; "a and G0H H. 4. Of bu MRFofks ieS:
ard Anders and J. Greenwood.
Thu ,rdR might might, =, playing yin On the H HUEslI sy 8;
New; York and Il. 4, Mandell OF Detroit, p sec
s anG Mrs Ri I Il. B. keHda ali q slf BSsto q. IN ms ssction B.
Mrs Rogers and Kent hcoay OF Baltimore in
tr Fiids asG Ris l9S P @lHi F. on At th B6 @lfsh sRa 'yESt t &:
HINES Of, New Bedford, Mass G W RodlifI
j, II. Lee OF Boston, in, section, A. Miss N. H:
GSamp5ell q New % and j. !; B; Tp P1ov Of
dence; Miss Cunningham and DR.. Long OF New
Brunswick. y: J. in section b. MITCHELL
,L sssSFdfty yjs eftte scose 10 Pl9 Nin! G Geo t9s NNelt%ShhssIIEi
and ". Il, Sweet of Providence; Edward Smith
S New + Eor Bo Sad J. IN ;. S MSb9na IA Of Z B B; d 9 4 4.
A. Graustein and j. Il. Tolar OF Brooklyn. in
section b.
THE WINNING PAIRS,
All those who had won a prize In the open
events, or who had made tho top score either
way when playing as a pair on any team OF to ths
c cong a match for the Winners 10 ali the
previous open events ThiEty-si5 pairs wS1e
found To- p have hRyy ~ Hu1 mnse and they made mdtc5 up ~ T tSs
MMfitscRoofhl' system: but every hand was I
mSdi'ns S or E and W the highest match
score was e win: The only fault ,tS
fBh2Es; " aad 5 I. 4. M 6sfis 1s19s Of R'H&Sfi &Pes Al; I'll
won. with Is matches out Of 1e possible. play;
BS Ei!eo! were second nd 2 2 ma M; Douglas Eanas sP q
Z. Nelson and W. b. Montgomery we're high
with II matches: Mrs. F. II. johnson and ! az
this pair. but three aheaf Of them in thcl
The straig6t whist %Sontlst went 70 the win.
neEs Of the Minneapolls trophy. ": r; hiex91
seem to show that they were In pretty Gooc
luck all around. The most u~nioTtunats man a
the congress was DR.. George Malls OF WashinF
f prize, and once. u Under the Howell system o
averaging BY fractions. he missed il by two
To- s5e wfn tanny { t G, %as 1f IL. Long OF New Bfrans
wick. and he had TO take a lady for a partner z
gst his PRIZE; All Ala the player srrt tTSm f sDSS SSTdI
Foster. Adams, Mcdonald. -Tolar. Nj. and Mrs
Baker and Miss Campbell all got prizes. and Mrs
Johnson and J. T. Fa6er made top scores II
the fours.
THE SYSTEM OF PLAY.
The Committee on system of Play made It
lonH-expected report at the executive meetlnl
ON though tRoSsRSt there Would IS' be Z some 81 lively discus
pTopSs: toIksSy i x, q re i sf tsH & S q SssSr' G Taffi
/; and gives ali TIE secondhand third hand plays n
!, Sad sits n q s6ESs. and Si Rlsihs s aR s sfS9Rs S sssttS Ssl q
sctly, as they are given In "Fosters msn Sod
/ which has been 20 long the a s stsras5a mean N
number-showinR. leads In high caIus, anu aiS
the discard signal 70 show q s H S Sfi sd ST te
and there seemed 70 be ageneral desire 70 g
/, rid Of the subject AS quietly ~ possible