The sun., 1900-11-04
AROUND THE WHIST TABLE:
SYSTEM USED ny CAPT. Wards
WHINING BOSTON TEAM.
The Fundamental idea to Educats the Judg-
ment Of the Plsyer-AdvsntaEss Of Brains
over system - Principles Of the Bos-
ton Game-Enamples rom Actnll Play.

ton "1me-cAampe, from Ac'e'' ''A''
There is an old proverb that nothing succeeds
like success. which Is short way Of saying that
things which are likely to he successful will
have better chance If they are handled by men
who have been successful In other things.
when YOU think YOU have q good thing you
naturally take II to good man. one who has
succeeded and when YOU are looking for good
thing you naturally so to a man who has made
asucccss
This is the way Of the world and OF the whist
world especially. When a new system comes
out the first thing Is to get q good team to try
II. some team that has succeeded with other
systems, and when PLAYER Ia seeking n good
system TO use himself he naturally looks for u
among the systems used by the successful
teams or individuals. system which is good
for one man Il generally good enough Tor
team. and you cannot hide good thing very
long In the whist world After Talcott made
the top score four times In succession at the
last congress he was kept busy answering
questions about his system. but the man from
Brooklyn that made the low score twice and next
| to the bottom three times was not asked much
about what he was trying TO play.
When ilrst-clIsS results are obtained by
different persons and through different processes
TIA natural tendency Of human nature Is to
select the simpler Of the two, and even II there
j. u triiiinc inferority In the results from the
simpler process most persons will select 1t in
preference to the complicated one. The ANA
teur photographer who adrnires two particu-
larly fine prints inquiries about the formula for
EACH and he will take the simpler Of the two
every time When two whist teams seem about
equally successful with totally different systems.
tho one full Of convcntionall,cs. the other
n
aIvovs decide in favor Of the easv one. When
ava ''''.', ., '.,U' " Wv 80 -.
simple system Is striktngly successful. perhaps
.nocss. command. attention and naturally
80 ,o,,onara ~ and ,hosa Inorsass IN nnn,hsr
every day. among hem bcirs many who viii
make succe,- Of it so that Mt last we come
bacR 10 the original rro'ero' no'hihs IN "his'
succeeds IKE successful system,
wh,st Io,sus ,ew h,vc attracted NOR. ,t,cn.
ton M, than AM tha, u-ed by the American whl.,
Club Of Boston There was time when they
usad oui,. ,sv conve,,ions tho street attach.
ment amors them. but when that system did
not succeed in the match against the common
sense game Of the New York. i, wa. abandoned
brinc il nearer the lines followed by their sue
ce''ful rivals. with the result that they turned
the tables tho next time they met and succeeded
with the system which had been most successful
against then IN the past. a, 'he las. congress
ana since the opening or me present season
suGce.',ul' ana many i1c,r,es nave been been re,
c"iv"d by THE SIN asking for the details of
their system.
repr"een.ativ" OF TIE srN called upon Capt.
n n Ward ol the American team iast week
ana ana . ma n19't In,Sres's & ta6 WIN n nm III ion on
Hscn zen d as% a ZINES ,e snd sr
;r1 nsY vita. .rins w,b ~ narnrs a '
Jnds,s sI,, "ara es,trtn 10y .hr huH, ~
~ ,t,io, ~ -, Ms, wny srd y Wi III
%1f 'r. n, by any faysr cs .san snheus
70 Keep IN 'hs 'r'n' ra''h OF Succ'~s'u' p'@'cs'
THE BOSTON SYSTEM.
TEN II" ia - .hs edncnsion II the Judgment Of he
PLAYER. and his theory il that tie proper way
10 train that Judgment Is 70 exercise It, 70 make
TO depend on and so to teach him 10 trust IL in
diFlc,ilt situations. Capt. Ward holds that
o'C wno a,.mrs TO ont %Hk; :, VILE, rpies whsn
.trnl- reduce tho PLAYER 10 n machine and tie
moment a land or a situation comes up which
docs not readiv II the macilre tie whole
,hinp stors working and both the hand and
The r,a, or 60 to rIcCcs Tho plavcr's mind
is loaded down with lot Of rules ard exceptions
rhlcI
absolute fdelitv nor because be thirks il hes,,
rerhans hut because no must do II In order TO
retain tho cor 0derce Of his partner Even II he Is
o1sorshly sure that to follow the system in
loo ,-Ick ha must follow H. simply rs matter
of d,s,inline Judgment IL rot nrovidsd for
and The cllaf factor of success in team work
IA tho plavers s,cadiuess II tic hands ara
slmrIo and nj tho sys'ern nll coc. well but tie
-l,,atinns are dnrcult or eyceptional the rlavcr
ia like a blcyclist who breaks down on the road
without his tool hrr and has never bean traincd
IN tia uss Of rrrkeshirts In crnercencles lie
hs. lw1vs dnrcnded a. the wrench nrd screw-
dri yer and doe. NOT know how much can bs
dove vI,h "A s,une and iO-cen. rlece He
viii walk homo whilo another ran would hs
able IN ~ ,nirrs sn,-ehov anh rido
Cant Ward insists that the more YOU max
n nlaver derenl on Ma own Judgment from
the orenlnc Of TIE hand II the last trick the
tnors yoi etrenrtIen ii AZ md r,nent hv its CON
tnH,l use and tie more o'Iirklv il will responi
wLcr r,NeI uron Judgment. he saws has
tie on, great advantage over anv system
,h,t IL il ir1nosslbla for anv whist sltuatnn n
ori.o in which sound judru ont vii not be n
ha,,o- Guido ,han 1nv sy.tn,o whlie tbere ara
tbopsnnis or situations in which the system
/. NOT a, mo slirbto.t use or is rnsitive him
,,rca In :. ectng men FOR te,us Cant
Warl fo'lovs the usual p,an Of going over lie
NAV Of re Lsnis With a view OF discovering
tpe e, no,sr i,JroI hy s aons,tpre rom NS t,s
aar, TOM hT, 9ccNrIing 10 Tho iudyment dis
pl,yoJ I, n, az have Leon a good nav yet lrse
tr,,, 80, ,boro zee, is ,n,hin,,o 10 s,id ,E,i,s;,
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