The sun., 1900-07-22
AROUND THE WHIST TABLE.
,,sU,Ts or THE TENTH a. W. L. con.
GRESs Ar NIAGARA FALLS
Increase In the Number Of women
e,aycr,- whist Power Of Observation
nor. of the Contests Conventions Largely
a, m. Rack prouud-Thc Two Hest Players.


nor. Of the Contests Conventions Largely
a, The Rack ground-Thc Two Hest Players
TIA tenth congress OF the American Whist
,,o,ue. which was held at Niagara Falls dur
,,,, the week Of July OILS, will go down In his
,,r,. ne one cf the most enjoyable the league
,,, held The weather was delightful, the
rn,ms in which the play took place were cool
a,l we'll ventilated, and the players themselves
.,s,,ed to be more congenisl than those gath
.rcd at anv previous congress There was q
s,r,,rkohle absence Of all rancor and AMI
,,ositr a the discussion OF systems and no one
.,o,,,5 D. care very much what any one else
,g,yed 30 that II was good whist One or
20, facctious players would 60 from table 10
,,ll, asking questions In very serious tone
OF voice
ayer they would say, before we begin,
u, ne have n rew words about your system.
INV do YOU show that you do not intend to
,s,l;c on the third trick' How do you ndi-
c.,, tina, vour partner is going TO get blow
ms.up after the hand?
The general sentiment Of the congress seemed
>, lac fhl. II any one thought there was any
advantage in any private lodges he was well
ann, 10 use Them and the final result showed
that in all the important events 1t was straight
whist. with no irills, that came out a winner
avery time W. +. Rollo's team from the Chi
cogo Whist Club played as clean a game az
WAS eyer seen al a congress, and tho same may
he said Of the Hamilton Club from the same
clty. and Of Mclean and Wheelock from Fergus
F,ll. Capt Wards sentiments In favor OF
sirrlicity in whist tactics are well known, and
al these teams landed championships There
v,s ON. club that made one or two sensational
wins AZ the start Of the congress and was ac-
c,I,ed of having some secret methods. but af-
,er thcv had been closely watched by such ex-
norris qs Bum and Bouyd. II was soon dlscOv-
sred that the only peculiar hing about their
game was It's weakness
one very noticeable thing about the con-
ur,.l was the large increase In the number OF
women, moro than half the players in the COM
m . game, being Of the fair sex. All the noted
women PLAYERS were there and they were In
crea, demand a. partners, Miss Campbell Of
New York, Mrs Lloyd, Mrs. Answorth and
Mr., Brown Of Toledo, Mrs. Pierce and Mrs
Knickerhocker Of Syracuse Mrs. Oldham and
Mr.. Favyrter Of Texas, Mrs. O'Brien of Detroit,
Mr.. Warcrhon~e Of Boston. Mrs. Mundy Of
chicago, Miss Allen Of Milwaukee and Miss
Iucy Backburne OF Cincinnati being in such
their dates several times over.
Among the men quite number OF old faces
were thcra. faces which have been seen at
every congress since the first, but they did not
take much part in the play. being content TO
sit around and talk over the old days and enjoy
the scenery and fresh air OF the Falls Speak
ING Of the Falls, the manager OF the hotel who
ha, lived in Niagara for twenty years, spoke
81 ~glx,
OF whist players that one Of the delegates, W. &.
Dewitt Of Brooklyn, had noticed something
which the hotel man had never seen mentioned
in print and had never thought Of himself,
which is the peculiar fact that the water that
goes over the American side falls directly
toward the west, instead Of toward the east.
a. one would naturally suppose. 1T would
SEEM" says Dewitt. as though the grandest
work OF Nature had turned completely round
to look upon the Great Lakes for the last time.
and to pour out It's parting salutation TO the
source from which II sprang
Miss Kate Wheelock, the Whist Queen. had
never seen the Falls before. and In order that
she might have the full benefit Of the first i'm
preston of their grandeur. those who knew
how to secure this result took her from the
hotel TO the Canadian side blindfolded and the
bandage was not removed from her eyes until
she was standing beside the little elevator
shaft, holding on 10 the iron railing and I'm
mediately facing the great amphtheatre Of
the Horseshoe Falls When the bandage was
suddenly removed her astonishment could
not have been greater II she had held fourteen
Tumps.
SO far as the honors Of the congress went
Chicago got the lions share winning Il Brook
lyn trophy and the Hamilton trophy. The
A. W. l.. challenge cup went TO Boston, and
the pair championship TO Fergus Falls. MIMI,
while New York and Cincinnati secured the
championship OF the open events. Those
from the METROPOLIS who went into the pro-
gressive matches were singularly fortunate.
every player from New York getting a prize.
and every club winning something. First
places were secured by delegates from the
Whist Club Of New York, the Knckerbocker,
tio Brooklyn Whist Club, the Long Island
Brooklyn and the New York Ladies' Club.
The knicker booker Whist Club had two teams.
pom o' which won place In the finals for the
prlnclpal events, The following is complete
Statement OF the results OF all the contests
THE BBooKLYN TROPHY.
This event Is for teams Of twelve or sixteen
men each, from the clubs belonging to certain
,whlst associations which are auxiliary TO the
league. The entries were: New York State
MhSt Association, Chicago Whist Association.
North.N estern Whist Association, New Eng
laud Whist Association and Atlantic. Whist
Association The last embraces Philadelphia
Washington and Baltimore and some clubs
" Delaware. The following table shows the
results Of the, matches, the figures being the
number OF tricks by which each matt was
wol and the zeros showing the matches lost;
means not played.