Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-22

continued in marked degree. East's
opening lead OF the hearts instead OF
the clubs. as the cards lay, was prob
ably better lead than from the club,
although not quite so informatory on
the first round Why West put the
king on South's 10. holding the jack
and two small is difficult to under
stand unless he thought his partner
was leading from the ace and the queen
must be on his left; but then the queen
was just as likely to be on his right,
and If the ace was on his left his
king was lost and the opponents pos
sessed of the commanding card Of the
suit, which proved to be the case.
Trick 2-The fall of the of clubs
on North's lead of the ace at trick was
rightly construed as demand for a
trump lead, East having taken North's
king of trumps would have done better
perhaps to have lead his ten of clubs
in hopes of his partner holding the
king, and if so, forcing South in case
he was out of clubs, as the play of the
king of hearts at trick / showed he had
not the queen, hence the lead of the
heart was playing into the adversaries'
hands.
Trick East taking the trick had
the opportunity here of making most
brilliant play by the lead of the heart
instead of the club. 1t would have
held the trick or forced South's last
trump. East would then have made
his king of diamonds and remaining
heart, a gain of two tricks. The lead
of the club at this stage, and after the
queen of hearts had been played, which
reversed the conditions referred to at
trick 8, was an unwise experiment The
remaining play of the hand was plain
sailing for North and South and re-
suited in a net gain of four.
BOSTON VS.. NEW YORK.
To the Editor of the Register.
Modified whist, including 1.-The
Street attachment" was defeated, II
not vanquished, on Saturday, Novem-
Der 18th, when the American Whist
club of Boston, practicing this system,
was beaten in a match for the Amer
lean Whist league challenge trophy by
the Whist Club of New York, whose
methods were of the simplest uncon-
ventional character. On the 4S deals
of which the game consisted, New York
lost only nine single tricks and gained
the same number of singles, seven
doubles and one five, winning by -
tricks, % to g. Against team OF the
BostonianS' strength this was a re-
markable score. Considered in detail,
it was wonderful. For example, from
deal "a to deal A the New Workers lost
only two singles, meanwhile gaining
16. Again, their feat of keeping down
their powerful adversaries to gains OF
no more than one on any deal is
record performance In view OF the
magnificent whist they put up, which
must have been well nigh invincible
against any adversaries and any sys-
TEN of play, it is perhaps not fair to
charge the result altogether or even
chiefly to the superiority of the New
Workers. method, but system more or
less affected the outcome.
MODIFIED GAME GETS A BLACK
EYE.
Than the modified game there is
no more highly conventional game of
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practically no conventions beyond the
trump call and echo Their openings
were non-informaltory. with fourth
bests, invitations" or trump show
ers." Nothing like the attachment"
was in their repertory. At the same
time they paid close attention to their
adversarieS' information giving plays.
From conversation with the contest
ants [ have reason to believe that these
tactics seriously annoyed the Boston
men and shook their confidence, so
that they played considerably below
their usual standard. On the other
hand, the New Workers thought mod
flied" was a snap" to play against
Moreover, having no conventional re-
strictions to bother them in the orig
inal leads, they were free to make such
openings as seemed best from their
cards, without fear of deceiving, part
ner or offending against the tenets of
a system.
QUEER HAND AND QUEER PLAY.
l append the play at one table of a
deal (No. 26) from the New York
Boston match, on which New York
scored the big gain of five tricks.
East dealt and turned the of spades,
and South had the opening. The card
winning each trick is indicated by I'M
derscoring, and the card underneath is
led next:
y. E. s w
CTaylor) CBouve) (ElwelD Ward
Trick 1..,.... HI H2 H9 H1O
Trick 2...... CT OK CO c.
Trick &c.. So CA CO CA
Trick 4....... DIS D5 pA D4
Trick &c.,. DIG DIX Do s.