The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-19
WHIST TABLE.
ARRANG EMENTS ron mi EIG
WHIST LEAGUE CONGRESS-.

-AnRlyscs OF Snmra - our Problems.
Tho eighth congress- of tho American Whist
League will he held in Boston during the week
OF July 11-l6. Owing to the very large number
OF players expected, IL will be impossible to keep
everything under ono roof, rs was done ut the
last two meetings. and tho use of three different
buildings has been secured, nil on Common
wealth avenue and very close together.
Tho Bureau Of Administration and the rooms
Of the Executive and Tournnment committees
will be at the Hotel Vendomc, corner OF Dart.
mouth street. In this hotel ali the open and
progressive events will be decided, and tho
match for tho championship Of the auxiliary rs.
pociations will be played there on Monday after
hoon and evening.
The matches for the Minneapolis trophy,
representing the pair championship of tho
United States, and the matches for the A. w. l..
challenge trophy will be played at the Hotel
Victoria. corner Of Dartmouth and Nowbury.
nearly oppoaite the Vendome. The Victoria
will also be the headquarters of the New Eng
land Whist Association.
The matches for the Hamilton trophy, repro
sontinE the oharnpionship for teams OF four.
will BIO played at the Algonquin Club, on Com
avenue. This being u private club
10 will be necessary for those taking part in tho
contests for the Hamilton trophy to secure
cards of admission to tho clubhouse, and Chair
man Barney requests all who intend TO compete
Ter this trophy to send their names to him in
advance. in order that no may secure them tho
Necessary privileges.
The schedule of contests for this year is more
extensive than usual, and those intending to
visit the congress will have abundant material
from which to pick and choose. Those who feel
able to play in moro than one Of the principal
events will have an opportunity to do so, or they
can I'LL in their spare time with the open con-
tests and the progressive pairs. The following
pohedule gives the dates and hours for tho
various contests and a brief outline of the man
her In which each of them will DO decided:
The Hamilton trophy contest will require two
preliminary rounds, which will be played on
the afternoon and evening of Tuesday. Those
entering this contest will be shut out of the
Minneapolis trophy for pairs, but if they fail to
qualify for tho finals they will be in time 10
enter for any of the other events. The condi-
tions Of this match this year are that all the
clubs entered shall play the same deals, the L
and w players moving from table to table.
while the trays move from tho middle table of
the line to the extrome end according to the
Howell system for teams OF four. which was de-
Uoribed in connection with the late intcrcity
tournament. Both match and trick scores will
DO kept, and the eight teams with the best
match scores will BIO entitled to enter the finals.
in case Of ties the trick score will decide. and If
chat Is also a tie it must be decided by playing q
match on Wednesday morning.
The finals will consist OF a series of matches of
twenty-four deals each, one in the afternoon
and another in the evening each day until each
OF the eight clubs has played u match with each
of the others. The winner of the greatest num-
Per of matches will be the champion Tor 1898.
II there is a tic it will be played off on Saturday
evening.
The Minneapolis trophy for pairs will be
Tuesday Mt 2 o'clock. There will be three pre-
Nminary rounds, played on the ordinary Mitch
eitions being drawn by lot. Instead OF reckon
ing by the trick score, however, each deal will
as the score of the pairs playing it are above or
below the average Of the hand. Just how this
but the method. proposed by Chairman Barney
IN his letter to The sun, published May 20. will
probably DO adopted. TINS is TO reject all frac-
tion greater than a third one-half,
The eight pairs VIII the highest aggregate
score deciding ties, Il both match and trick
scores tic the pair that made the best score on
the nrst preliminary round will have the pref
erence. The finals will be played in tho after
and the players with the highest aggregate
match score for the two rounds will be tho
there will be no ~play-ofr, but each club will hold
the trophy for an equal length of time.
for In the evenings only. beginning on Wednes-
day and continuing for three rounds. players
changing partners zach day. This contest will
rounds for the Hamilton trophy, but the deals
the three sittings will constitute a match, and
at the end Of the three days the highest aRgre.
gate match score Will be the winner. This
scheme. it will be observed. is not the same as that
used in the interclty tournament, when the
match depended on the result OF the whole play,
because in Boston a match won at any session
cannot afterward be lost. although it may be
offset; If there were TWENTY-FIVE entries, it
would be possible for one team to win seventy
two matches. three from each of the twenty. four
other contestants. In this event there will be
mn Hnalg hnf In a. q Of fiRa thara will he n MIA U
off on Saturday evening.
There will be no less than seven open matches
member can enter. Four Of these contests viii
Be played on the Mitchell compass system, and
being n and s. the other L and W. These four
matches will be played on the afternoons OF
Tuesday and Saturday and the evenings of
Wednesday and Friday.
Two PFeGreSsiys pair matches will be played
on the evenings o. Monday and Thursiay., The
O OSv the safrord system on Thursday a az Pr"ssr
and it will be the only one to be decided by the
m TSa w shsnfaG p ps ~ in m" each tiit Of s s6ese' seven events
will be entitled TO enter u hnal and deciding
match match on ON t SetqHF oMsll es sssfesi. n mdic Mn w decide De
the championship among the second-ratcrs.
There will be three matches for progressive
are members of the American Whist League or
IT, ns3 SSstlie of the "SI sSm. CUB. 0T The not drs RsG 81 SI 1Sssy
will be on the Mitchell system, In which the \
and 8 and Z and w scores added together will
decide the winners. The second match
for tours will DO played on Wednes;
the highest match score win decide the win
afternoon on the Howell system. and the high
est match score will decide the winners. Ii
each of these three events the players making
the best scores n and 5 and + and w, whether
they are on the winning tours or not, will be on
Titled TO enter the match for winning pairs OF
Saturday evening. This match will therefore
probably consist of eighteen pairs, or Mint
tables. playing three deals at each.
al entries made before Saturday. July 8
should he sent TO James A. George, 7O6 Indus
trial Trust Building, Providence. X. |. All en-
tries after that date must be made at the Ad
Aiinistration Bureau, Hotel Nendome. The en-
tries close as follows:
Brooklyn trophy. Saturday. July 0. 10 T. NJ.
Hamilton and Minneapolis trophies, Tuesday, Jul
az. 81 noon.
4. W. l., challenge trophy. Wednesday. July Is
Bpm.
All open and progressive matches. fifteen minute
before play begiGs.
There has been quite a little discussion on thu
question of admitting women TO play in tn