The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-18
AROUND THE WHIST TABLE.
COMING MEETING or THE <MERICAN
WHI6T LEAGUE IN Chicago.

Creator Than in the Hamilton Trophy
Tho Proposed Abolition of the Turned
Triumphant of Reading Hands at Whist
Three weeks from to-day the clans will b,
gathering at the Auditorium in Chicago t.
battle for the various cham pionships Of thu
American Whist League There IL not the
concentrated interest In these contests thai
there was some years ago. chiefly because
=Aere are now no great rlvalries. The uamy
days OF athletics we're when the winged foot
and tho CHERRY diamond" were bitter enemies
and every meeting was battle royal. The
palmy days OF whist championships wers
when Baltimore Philadelphia aud New York
met in the fierce struggle for the supremacy
at Manhattan Beach In lSB. 4 newspaper
war had preceded the actual battle andt dis
oussion OF the merits OF conflicting systems
was carried on with all tho ranror Of religious
fanaticism. The Hamilton team carried Off the
honors OF that struggle. aud then retired from
the field forever. Tho differences which were
then so marked have been smoothed over;
each side has come to SEQ some good points in
the theories OF its adversaries. and personal
prejudice has been overcome ty practical ex-
perlenoe at the whist table. There are no
longer any great rival theories in the field. for
every team OF any note has come to recognize
the great truth that II Is not 80 much the sys-
tenn as 1t Is the ability OF the players to use it
which wins the games.
While the Hamilton trophy still stands rs
the emblem OF the championship. there are
many persons who think II is not entitled to
the place II occupies as the chief prize OF the
league and that the A. w. l.. challenge cup
should take it's place as the principal trophy.
Whether or not there will be any move mads
at the forthcoming congress to bring about
this change is matter Of conjecture. but it has
Il a
t, A., ~. -, ~ -
s'ahas, lne f"n,I.on uopnv 10 no. OF nlucn
.t- ' ~ ~ ,',',. ,p.n- a. ct,n n,,
tell you the name of the club that holds
It, much less the men who were on the
team. There has also been so much OF the
element of luck about winning 1t. owing to the
manner in which the preliminary games have
peeh Played that very Few ciuns nave neeh en-
tirely satisfied with it, Tho Philadelphia Club
ns.r d"oi.,o " or' Ume a "a' il" ", ictnr
e!ear ueciSion o'or every one e'Sc. us VICTORY
atthe iut-in bay congress in lS''' being un-
,ana.r md na,ar lost . enns
ienkof anu neN"f loe' k"'"e
seems to centre in the challenge trophy and
tho .,,onnaot toanns IN tha no,,ntrv rratar an
tering for that event II is always in evidence.
smperiority week after weck with no other T ad
Nhntak" Inan oe,ns Ui 'iie I,oiilo srouiinsi Ie
Ry LOT onis cvh mas neen ui,usua.y tVey
eunrS aal am IN ~ nrihre u sincn e. @
there: AZ eyes are turned toward the coming
Sde ~ MtnnnEii.t to "S un 70 w. @
IN very '"s good form. AM and the Eastern
T.scAs rang t I'M IVY nave nSru
!oo nneaL ., tHe.t tney arc aoihs
~ u,lns e,e gu Last t .uI tne ieHIaE o! inc
one SCENE "a, to Rn9 ' enough even fy to hazard
re ~ VIZ VII i" ~ W M
second interest BENG concentrated on The pair
Sham pi9nshIr which i h now hsId Ry Hewton1
Eiwe Of Ii. new YorEs would try Tor it it this his
year; put Inylor out OF Whlst lor me present
-, hpart IRON, NH, Ine p1y; me nost Importaant
ID we 1na. WI. cone up o"r ene consinerattnn
ol tne ueieRaies ~ Ins cpuRI1ess VIII pe me
wbir au@pt NON on rns whiSt
IHE sun has repeatehly pointed out mum Der
o, npsTru s th,hss ,n ne Hoae as ~ now exsts
m OF wnich relate 20 the turned trump ana
te - q. W .'o unIp sip anu
s me tim tis, Ior turning II Gown: some dele;
tate VIII maxea m1tGn % apanI9n me turned
ZONE one SUN tne trurhp 'or ora an matches played
nnaer ,sag hn ru re ne %I proSney da nave
viii certa ny ind himself in line for the " fres l
oe Tsy tne leasue ,,
m ts code Of WoTa not
m a. kaIie 'u9ii,,et w ~ wou,u unuoup'eay
cause Of tho changed condition unier which
II would be- played and the new theories OF
probabilities that would be brought up for our
consideration. 1t would not take the experts
long to find out that when the dealers eNpecta-
ton OF trump strength WAS no greater than that
OF any other Mayer, the theories which now
govern the original lead MP to the dealer
might be considerably modified II should he
necessary only to suggest to the thoughtful
player that il his partner probably holds as
MANY trumps as any other player at the table
aud there is no reason to credit the dealer with
four or more trumps in six deals out OF every
ten he may play n much more forward trump
game than would he JuStihable II he knew that
he was leading up to more than average trump
strength on his right
II the turned trump were abandoned there
would he another wide field Of investigation
opened by its being made possible to analyZs
hands by Formulation At present we cannot
pcrmute the four hands dealt to the various
players, because II we do so We destroy their
natural relation to one another, which now
must always DO tho one who is fourth hand on
the hrst or original lead. the only lead which
j. made on probabilities and not on Inference
Given deal and no turned trump and we can
get six nermntations to examine for ono deal
and shuttle all with the same hand leading
As to the systems. what a relief it would be
not to have to ask every couple that came up to
tn" table whether or not they called through
an honor turned, and. II so. with what cards
Think how much it would simplify matters II
all the good. old straight leads came back into
fashion and We had no more Of this terrible
interior and irregular business so as to avoid
leading certain cards which had previously