Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-28

tolais-aucrltdH Dupucate H.
The teams were: Duplicate-W. J. Hatch
(captan). G. E. Curry w. Q. Partridge and
G. w. Rogers. American-H. H. Ward cap
tain, c. L. Becker. L. NJ. Bouve and w. S.
FenOllosa.
Today the Baltimoreans are facing Cap
tain Ward and his companions in Boston
and royal battle will propably result. as
both teams are conceded to be about the
best at the different styles Of play, the Wis
itors being long suffers while the Yankees
play the "common-sense" game. Mime
apolis leads in the trophy race with sixteen
are tied for second place. The Marylanders
have been quite successful against the
Americans heretofore. but the latter has
never had as strong team as is represent
ing them today.
Some time since The Star inadvertently
referred to the Capitol four. captained by
Mrs. Walls. as the Capitol Hill team. The
team is named after the magnificent struc-
ture in which the legislators of the coun-
try gather and none of its members claim
ed that district as their abiding place.
1t is believed that Washington will be
represented at the Womens Whist Leagues
annual meeting at Detroit by numerous
body of the best local players and several
of the trophies should come this way. 1t
has not been finally decided, but it is prob
able that the Washington Whist Club
four, headed by Mrs. McCrea and the Var
borough's most successful team, capitalized
Dy MIS-. w OOdWard, Will enter the matches
for tours and other couples of ability will
get into the pair matches. The opening
games will be played all of next week com
mencing Monday afternoon, and Mrs.
OBrien. chairman of the tournament COM
rnittee. reports that the indications point to
the largest gathering ever held by the
league. On account of this meeting at De-
troit the inter-city trophy matches have
been discontinued for the present so as to
allow the local minister's to get into shape
for the big games at the annual conven-
ton.
Today one rarely sees an expert player
make an unusual effort to stop the first
round of trumps. Years ago such plays
were more common, but experience has
proved that it is safer to give partner a
chance at the first trick in trumps even
if opponents do thereby succeed in obtain
ing two rounds. than it is to give up the
control by playing ace second in hand.
In 1857 Cavendish and seven friends play
ed the first recorded duplicate whist con-
test-four scientific players against four
men, each Of whom played after his own
untaught ideas. in other words, Indifferent
players. The scientific players won by
eleven tricks, which naturally did not sur
prise them al all, but history has not re-
corded the emotions of the four weak play
ers who were beaten without being able to
proclaim that they had held poor hands all
the evening!
T. f. Otis, who has been president Of
the New Jersey Whist Association for six
years. was greatly surprised at the recent
meeting, the members presenting to him as
token of their esteem and in recognition
of his services. oak chest containing
seventy-two pieces of solid silver It was
with difficulty that Mr.. Otis could find
words in which to express his thanks. The
New Jersey association, of which MIR. Otis
is president, contains clubs having MEM
bership of over 1000. Not all of them are
whist players of course; but many of them
are, and some OF them rank in strength
with the best in the country.