The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-07
WM1sr
ore Husarsa Piehea Players Contest IN the
nufnrrfty Tourney.

hNt3fchty HoutuSNs
The frst round Of the ~intercity tournament,
which was played at the Jersey City Club on
Saturday night, demonstrated that It was going
10 DO the greatest contest for teams Of four ever
held In this country. Promptly at 8 o'clock, 100
men, the pick of all the whist clubs horeabouts,
were in their seats ready TO begin. Tho scheme
of the tournament Is that whilo the N and 8 pair
of each team sits still, the E and w pairs move
round the room from table to table, playing
against the N and 8 pairs Of every other
team. The movement of the trays contain
ing the deals 10 very interesting and
ingenious. Each hand, after being played at a
table. is taken to n certain other table, so that
the deals follow each other in a particular
course. This is SO arranged that IL a certain
deal, No. 10 for instance. is played by the N and
8 pair Of the New York team against the K and
the table where tho N and S pair of the Brook
lyn team is sitting at, the, same moment that
round to that table.
II the pair from the New York team makes
viii DO necessary for tho Z and. W pair to get
aye tricks on tho everyday, In order 70 secure a
York team sdi'i fails tom to make Ia ! total tall, Of thirteen on
the combined scores Of the N and 8 and &c and
W hands, Brooklyn will. Of course. get more.
iyn as against New York. II the. New
York team gets more than thirteen Brook.
thirteen. the match will be a tie. In this man
ner every team plays q match Of one deal
against every other, and the score for matches
won and lost decides the contest. In addition
to the match score there Is an individual score
for tricks. which is decided by counting up the
total tricks taken. n and s or = and w. by each
Of the pairs on every tenn. The results Of the
first round follow:
Matches-First team New Jersey Whist Club OF
Newark. T. +. Otis. +. E. Lethbrtdge, F. F. Eagles aud
u. +. Aymar. hrst, with 1912 out OF q possible 20 and
~ tricks plus; first team Whist Club OF New York,
j.. B. Newman, j. E, Faber. J. Il. Elwcll and w. Nc.
Drlle, second. with lSta and Q tricks plus; second
team Knickerbocker whist Club. r. \. Foster, r.
Baker. d. ]. Bnchman and G.. S. Cole, third. with 14la
and p tricks plus; n. ]. A. c., with l4ia and btricks;
Passaic Whist Club. with llh and 4 tricks; Brook
lyn Whist Club, with i3i9 and II tricks; second New
York team. with 132 and 4 tricks.
Best Team Score for Tricks-First team New Jersey
Whist Club. Otis. Lethbridge. Aymar and Eagles. 1877,
" above the average; second team Knickerbocker
Whist Club. Foster. Baker. Bachman and Col and
the first team Brooklyn Whist club. Taylor. Hatch.
J~osephson and La Vie. $50; first team New York
Club. Newman. Faber. Elwell and Mcbride. 1894.
Best Individual Trick Score on the N and S Hands
II. j. Newman and J. l.. Faber. liz plus; II. F. Foster
and +. T. Baker. second, III.
Beat Score on the Z and W Hands-A. z. Taylor and
Cito Hatch and II. F. Aymar ana +. +. Eagles. 7i9 plus.
The next round will be played ut tho Knicker-
booker Whist Club, lab West Forty-hrst street,
on next Saturday, when the players on tho vari.
Gus toams will have to change partners. 1t will
take six rounds to decide the championship.
There were thirty-six guests on womcn's niRht
at the Brooklyn Whist Club. and the results
wero curious. Only one pair got a plus score on
the e and w hands. Mr.. and Mrs. Ditmars MAX
Ing 10 above tho average. On the N and )
hands Mr.. and Mrs. Plimpton made Is plus,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Tucker IL.