Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-08

Boston has dropped-very few. This team
outplayed all the teams at Put-in-Bay with
two exeeptions-Tolifo End Albany-and
Six or eight of ttF washington experts
will be there to play over the hands
against Walbrook and Baltimore's second
team.
Value of 0arefpl Play.
Everything that Mr.. Bouve has to say on
whist is of value tb the student of the
game. He recently wrote:
1T would prove highly encouraging to
conscientious students of sound whist as
| taught by the long, suit authorities If it
were possible for them to witness many of
| the plays made by experts. Not content
with demonstrating stheif ability to read
| the cards and outgeherap their opponents
long chances are taken and many tricks
| lost by an apparent oyermastering desire
on the part of extremely skiliful players to
make phenomenal gains. Case after case
might be cited, from national trophy con-
tests down to the most informal games,
where the defeats sustained could be right
| ly attributed to plays of this nature. On
| the other hand, players of less experience,
experts. enter club tournaments and carry
off the evenings honors by playing care
full, conservative whist
After one has become thoroughly famil-
lar with the American leads and general
principles of the established game it is well
for him to study and practice other meth
DDS. Having reached a high degree of pro-
fciency in playing the various systems,
player is very apt to hurt his game by mix
ing together parts of each, or by allowing
success in particular instance to influence
mis- play contrary to his former experiences.
zone great advantage of duplicate whist
Is that 1t enables players to study cause
and effect, and emphasizes the value of
careful playing. Many of the complaints
of the lack of success one hears expressed
after an evenings game are due to plays
which the players frankly acknowledge
We're unsoupd. If mental memoranda were
made of these occurrences and borne in
mind on future occasions a repetition of
similar losses might be prevented.
AN important principle of the game fire.
quently lost sight Of is that which recog-
nizes the unwisdom of risking the loss of
several tricks when the chance is slight of
gaining more than one trick. One Of the
most common situations Illustrating this
point Is that which presents the choice of
forcing opponent or continuing trumps.
Probably no one play Is responsible for a
greater number of variations of two, three
or four tricks to deal than is the hastily
conceived idea that it Is advisable to at
tempt to take every remaining trick. The
one trick which might be lost by conserva-
tive play becomes mountain In the minds
eye. 1t is not surprising that opponents
frequently take several tricks when the
possibility of so doing seems indeed mole
hill 10 them"
Thursday evening, at the parlors of the
Highview Club, corner New Jersey avenue
and N street northwest, Mr.. Mundelle,
champion checker player of the District,
gave a simultaneous exhibition against ten
of the clubs strongest players. A prize
had been offered by the club to any one
who would secure a win from Mr. Mundelle.
The score was nine won and one drawn.
The following players lost: Chas. Conboy,
Morgan McInerney, VIM. Freeman, H.
Bicchert D. Cole, ]. Johnston, VIM. Haines
Edward Conboy and DR.. Jackson. Mr.. Pat
rick Connolly had won a piece from the
champion and seemed to have a sure win,
but becoming a little nervous from excite
ment he allowed two pieces to be cornered,
thus drawing. K
A second round was played. in which
Messrs. FarQuhar and Potts, two of the
strongest players in the District. perform
ed the difficult task fof centesting against
nine other players in a double simuitane-
ous with Of seven won and two
drawn, as follows: iLostc-H. B1cchert, ii.
N. Myers, Frank Fuss. YIN. Haines, w.
Mcleod, Thcs. Fitzgerald and Chas. j.
Magiil; drawn, DIR. jackson and Jas. A.
Greene. II re
Much interest was manifested, there be-
ing over one hundred spectators present.
The club has invited Messrs. Farquhar and
Mundelle to play ar match in the near
future at Their club rooms, in which con-
test both players will bef blindfoided. All
lovers of the game twill be invited. An
ncuncement will. he made in due time.
Mr.. Briggs, a strong player from Mime
apolis, is in the cityronoa visit. He visited
the Washington Chess and Checker Club
Wednesday evening and had friendly set
to with Mr.. Murdelle. the score being:
Mundelie 3: Briggs, O.; drawn, O. Mr..
Briggs is said to be strong blindfold play
er and will probably play Mr.. Mundeile
blindfOlded before he returns home.
Basket Ball.
The Washington Athletic Club basket
ball team defeated the Government Print
ing Office last night In a game played in
the W. A. c. gymnasium by score Of
to 2. The game was interesting and close
ly contested. The lineup: