The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-03
AROUND THE WHIST TABLE.
-uE INTER- CRY TOURNAMENT BE
GUN At ROsKTILLE, NJ y.

Fanny Thing, That Happened at the state
Tournament mt syrscuse-Liberal style
atpley Of tho New York Team-Treat-
m.pt OF short-su & IInnds-Art of Shifting
rb, Ars, round Of the Inter City tournament
-, played at the Rosevillc Athletic Club, Rose
liz n. j.. las, night and tho results will be
o,rd on the sporting page tomorrow morning.
~. scheme Of this tournament which has al
avs been considered tho most interesting in
-, country. Is to limi, the entries TO twenty seven
cams Of four players each, drawn from as many
s,s,r,n, clubs az possible. Each team has table
nd number allotted TO II, and at that table
a., rbolcteam sits and plays the FIRST deal in each
:, bs six rounds OF the contest After this DEAL all
N, 4 and " pairs start on tour round the room.
ding to each Of tho other tables In turn and play
,.r one deal against each Of the N and s pairs
a ali the other teams The n and S pairs Of
,,ch team sit still and play deal against each
a, tho g and " pairs that come TO visit them.
The movement Of tho trays containing tho
.,ri, Is 50 arranged thai II tho N and members
=, tram A play deal No 10 against tho r and w
rr.mbers OF team Il. II will DO found that when
IN. f and W members Of team get round 10
IN. table al which they have 70 play against tho
n and 8 m.mbers OF team Il deal No. 10 will
arrive thcre at tho same time, ready 70 be played.
n IL obvious tn Il II the y and pair Of team A
70, siI tricks out Of this deal and their r and W
Mariners get seven the team must have made
thirteen tricks as against thirteen by their adver
s,hss. 80 tho result IL tie. II the four players
m the team get lees than thirteen on any deal
hisa loss, aud II they get moro 1t In gain
Each trick won or lost in this manner Il put
down 10 tho account between these two teams,
astor instance: Passac beats Elizabeth one, beats
New Jersey two. loses one TO Newark. and 10
on On tho noxt round the tricks won may DO
lo,, again. or more may bo added 70 them. Al
the end OF the tournament each team will have
played six deals against every other. and the
result will be considered as deciding the match
between any two C ubs
The second round will be played al tho Knick-
srbocker Wits, Club on Dec. 10; the third round
Nthe brooklyn Whist Club Jan o: then at Rose
vile again on jan 20: at tho Knickerbocker.
Feb s. and the last round in Brooklyn on Feb
IL There are number OF prizes this year The
cue and the championship go TO tho team that
wins the greatest number Of matches trick scoro
N decide tios tho four individuals composing
the team to receive prizes Second and third
prI,e. will be given to members Of the teams COM
Ing mex, in order Then there are special prizes
for individual players making tho top score for
tricks the creates, number Of times and two
prizes for the individual players who make tho
b,t AMI the second best trick score for the whole
tournament Each member OF the team must
play with different partner for the frst throo
rounds and then with the same change Of part
ners on the next three In order TO qualify for tho
trck prizes person must play in al least fvo
Of the S1 rounds
EcHoEs FROM SYRACUSE.
II tho talk around tho clubs Is TO be believed.
some very funny things happened at the State
Tournament, at Syracuse. One player on look
ing over the other scores, found that on a hand
On which he had made seven tricks every one
else had got a slam. This Is how Il happened.
Having the Ave highest trumps and two four
card suits, one OF them ace high, he got out four
rounds OF trumps. Then he led his acc suit,
small His partner held the trick with the queen.
and holding seven spades TO the A X Q J led Tho
jack Of spades, TO show number His partner.
not having any spades rumped It, and after
many anxious moments succeeded in making
the NJ his suit while six good solid spades
were discarded Mrs f. T. Baker brought OF
great coup in one hand A long suffer on her
right had opened fourcard diamond suit eight
high. which his partner won and returned, Mrs
BAKER getting in and finding herself with three
god diamonds, two little trumps, clubs three
h.ntS 10 tho Jack and three spades TO the king
She led the trump and found her partner ablo
to catch them all In three rounds. ForeseenG
III, vital Importance Of keeping the spade kim, for
re entry. she discarded spade. so as TO make her
partner lead hearts, putting the lead on her lef.
Tha; player won the heart, and led a spade up
TO the king. and after Mrs Baker had made all
her diamonds her partner trumped all the rest
oiihe tricks After the tournament Leroy Smith
wrote her letter. co:npimenting her on one of
the finest discards he had ever seen a, the whist
table Although II cost him four tricks, he still
won the Dhv.
The struggle for the State championship was
very keen and the final result was rather a sur
prise 10 those who knew how the clubs stool al
The end ~ the first days play. The ma'rhes
were twelve deals each, and although knicker-
becker had . wins out Of possible TO New Works
wins and losses at the end OF the second round
New York pulled out first with A.. Knickcr.
hnick-rbocker went into the finals on trick score
and lost 10 New York By the narrow margin of
hree TICKS in twenty four deals
The New y orK team is supposed to con tain about
The most liberal PLAYERS in tho country They
fre AZ various times classod as short suffers
png suffers common sense players and mixers
II IL probably their good Judgment in knowing
Nhen 10 pay hand short or long that brings
Mem out ahead in 10 many contests. Here Is
hair example OF the way they play a hand when
mey MINK II Is long suffer dealt and turned
faber and Andrew Gilhooly Of the New York
eam playing against two members OF the Syrn-
euse Whist Club in the prcliminnries