The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-24
AROUND THE WHIST TABLE.
,rsUITs OF THE EIGHTH CONGRESS
nc the AMERICAN WHIST LEAGUE

v.ry Successful Meeting In Boston-How
an. Mig Matches Were Won-Somo Curl
-, Reyersals of Form-Mr. Barney's"V
p..u- winners - Notes and Problems.
rns eighth annual congress Of the American
uhtst League, which wns held In Boston dur
w. The week OF July IL TO 10. was in many re-
.no,ts superior to all It's predecessors. With
~ nossIble exception OF the contests for the
Hamilton trophy the play was OF a high class.
"a in tho open events there were quito as
.rons players as in any OF the championship
,ontes,s. The prizes were all OF solid silver. and
~ore the finest ever offered at a congress. In
s,sad Of ticketinE such-and-such q prize, only
shose for the championships were separated
Som ,e others, and tho winners In all the
snsn events we're allowed to choose anything
sbsv pleased from the case in which all the
Sril.s were on exhibition. Quite a number OF
mose prizcs we're evidently intended for the
i,dIcs. which showed that tho committee eX-
p4cted them not only to attend in large num-
hsrs. but 10 be winners. and the results proved
them TO be quite right in both matters.
with the execution Of the Press Committee,
which was chiefly conspicuous by its absence.
iii the arrangements were of the best. For the
erst time in the history Of match playing not a
single board was reversed, thank to Chairman
psrncy'g invention OF the V peg. The Admin
I~stratio1 Bureau. In charge OF James A. George
a, Providence, was all that could be desired. and
.he Tournament Committee handled all the
events ana made UP all the scores with COM
uendah'e precision. tho only drawback being
the want II punctuality in starting, for which
There is no excuse in q tournament OF this kind.
I'm the matter Of press reports. it was al
most impossible to get accurate infor-
nation about details, owing to the fact
-, ~, Drase rar, y, tkfaa oNul1
he found. and no one had any authority to add
70 the information on the bulletin board. This
brought about some curious mistakes, such as
all the boston papers stating that the Newtown
Club Of Cambridge had qualified for the finals
IN the trophy contest. when the club was not
svcn entered In any Of the events. Several
parer. in attempting to give the names OF tho
PLAYERS representing the clubs. got Ward and
Becker mixed up with Street and Fletcher. be-
cause the former were well known as the stars
OF the Pyramid team. and very few knew that
they are now playing for the American Whist
Club. IA to the scoring. with its many diff
eulties and defects. The Sun will have more to
say in a future article,
The Committee on Nominations got together
what was apparently the most popular ticket
ever offered 10 a congress, the result of the
election being as follows: President. E. lie Roy
Smith Of Albany: Vice President, B. L. Rich
ards Of Rock Rapids. Ia. Recording Secretary.
Clarence A. Henriques OF New York: Corre-
sponding Secretary. L. G.. Parker OF Toledo:
Treasurer. John T. Mitchell Of Chicago: direc-
tors for three years. George L. Bum OF st.
Paul. F. c. Fletcher Of West Newton. Mass.
Joseph s. NeT Of Philadelphia. and J. z. Faber
Of Staten Island; director for one year. W. c.
Talcott Of Cleveland.
lie Roy Smith has certainly done as much for
whist as any one connected with the game. and
is undoubtedly one OF the most popular men In
the league. The recognition Of his services by
his election to the highest office in their gift is
the best mark OF their esteem that the whist
players can give him. Richards's election to the
Tice-Presidency was also very pc pular. andthe
rest Of the ticket seemed to meet with universal
approval, The new director from New York.
J.E. Faber. was a fortunate selection. as he is
in touch with whist all over the State. and is a
popular officer in many local organizations
The following report Of all the matches played
at the eighth congress is made up from the
official score sheets and ia therefore the first
complete account Of the results OF the congress
60 far published.
H BROOKLYN TROPHY.
This represents the championship Of ~associa-
tons which are auxiliary. TO the league, and
the conditions are that it shall be played for by
teams Of not less than sixteen men. This year
the match was played in three rounds. each Of
the four associations entered playing one match
Of sixteen deals against each Of the others,
The following table shows the results In both
matches and tricks:
", W., NJ. a. Ns. NJ satsss. Trick.
e. &: 5 5:s. nd. - j 3 i
The New York team was made up Of the reg
glar iourS from the Whist Club OF New. York,
The, knckerbocker, Whist Club. the Albany
were: J. B. Elwell, 4. F. Taylor. J, E. Faber
T. I. Newman, c. r. Watson, F. H. Fuller. A
bone. CT. Snow. i. Muhlfeider. VI. Hudson. b
Shire, VI. Levy. and b. Shire, Two pairs made