Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-03

number necessary to entitle 1t to the
| trophy. Tonight the s'rong four from the
| Albany Whist Club will meet the Amerl-
| cans, and an interesting contest is assured.
Captain Ward of the Americans has fur
| nshed the following analysis of the play
| In the match of his team with the Newton,
Mass, four. which will prove interesting
reading to followers of the intellectual
game: On twelve deals only of the forty
eight We're the same suit and card opened at
| both tables.
| On twentyfour others the same suit was
| opened, but with different card. Ton
| eighteen of these the Newton opening was
| third best of the suit. ace, from ace. king
and others. queen, from king, queen and
others, or some such lead denying strength
in trumpS. 1t so happened that American
gained five tricks net on the lot. On the
two deals on which the Newton opening
declared four more trumps the score
slips showed no change On deal No. u
Newton led ace from ace and four low
cards where American led fourth best. On
deal No Is American led fourth best
trump from the following hand: Hearts,
none; spades 10. o. 3: clubs, trumps. king.
queen, 8, s, I, e, 3; diamonds, knave, Z, ?;
Newton led king. The low trump lead was
good for gain of one trick. On deals Nos
% and % Newton led fourth best; Ameri-
can fifth best)
On five of the remaining twelve deals. on
which different suits were opened, Newton
opened trumps twice where American
opened plain suits and American opened
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plain suits, American averaged to gain one
trick to a deal; Newton failing to score.
The openings:
From hearts. trumps 8, 5, 4, 3, 2; spades,
o. 8; diamonds, king, 10. T. ., and clubs. 8,
3. Newton led diamonds Z; American led the
trey of trumps up to the turned king.
From hearts. king, knave, I. 4; spades. 4,
2; clubs, trumps, queen, knave, g. 8, 2, and
diamonds, queen, s, Newton led hearts 4;
American led trumps queen.
From hearts, trumps ace; spades, ace.
lyt,n hiDrr nrdC a md
clubs, queen, 9, s, Newton led spades ace;
American led trumpS ace.
From hearts, queen, 8, 6; spades, ace,
queen. s, 3; diamonds, trumps, g. and clubs,
ace, knave, TO- 6, ., Newton led clubs
deuce; American led trumps ..
From hearts. king, 8, Z, 9; spades ace, 6;
diamonds, trumps 0. 4, and clubs, ace
queen knave, Z, 4, Newton led trumps 9 up
to the turned ace; American led clubs
On the seven deals which different
plain suits were opened Newton opened
long suits on six where American opened
five two-card suits, and one singleton, and
Newton opened one singleton where Ameri-
can opened long suit American lost three
doubles and gained one. To quote Captain
Ward: These six QosD were almost who'll
ly due to poor play
The game of the Americans with Ralti-
more last Saturday a week was Interesting
as the last appearance of L. NJ. Bouve, who
has been a shining light among New Eng
land players for many years, and who is
well known throughout the country by his
articles in the Boston Transcript. For
merely a stanch long-suiter, he has lately
adopted the common-sense game, and has
proved himself an adept in Its strategy.
He is about to engage in the wholesale cof-
fee business, and will be compelled to aban-
don whist for the present, both as player
and a writer. Mr.. Bouve ranked next to
Capt. Ward member of the American
team in playing ability and his retirement
D'ay cripple the four very materially.