Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-24
FOR THE WHISPERS
Mrs. Havvley's Team Defeated ut Balti-
more Yesterday by Ii Tricks.

Whist circles have been unusually ami
mated since the recent tourney in this city
for teams of four. and the different clubs
report large attendance on the different
compass nights. The paragraph last week
as regards ''bridge' freezing out the legit-
mate game met with almost universal APP
prevail, and it seemed to be the general
opinion that drastic measures will soon be
taken against it by the different clubs The
whist clubs Of the west are almost unit
against bridge" and as a result the silent
game is booming in that territory. Take
for instance Minneapolis. At Of the
clubs compass games last week thirty-five
tables were in play, calling for an attend
ance of 120 players, while several more
could not be accommodated on account of
space for tables. AT Detroit last Friday
night twenty-scVen tables We're in play. At
Cincinnati twenty-five, and at Chicago
twenty-five and twenty-three at two diff
ferent clubs. In other western cities, like
Cleveland, Toledo, St. Paul, St. Louis, Mil
Waukee and Duluth, a like report of I'M
usual interest comes, and in all these cities
bridge" is frOWned upon, if not prohibited.
Last season in this city it was hard mat
ter TO find playing room at either of the
prominent whist clubs, but this year every
body seems to be talking BRIDGE and as
d result the compass games suffer.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Hawley's team,
which finished second in the recent tour
nament in this city, jOurneyed over to Bal
timore to play its first match with the Bal
timore four, captained by Miss Goldsbo-
rough, the winners of the tourney trophy.
The Baltimore ladies We're in unusual good
form and defeated the Washington!ans by
thirteen tricks. After the contest largely
attended reception given by the
Womens Whist Club of Baltimore. The
players of the two teams were:
Baltimore-Miss Goldsborough (captain),
Mrs. Penniman. Miss Hutton and Miss
Pcultney.
Washfngton-Mrs. Haw.ey (captain). Mrs.
Leach, Mrs. Preston and Mrs. Shiras.
The team caDtaned by Mrs. McCrea will
be the next challenger, two weeks hence.
Last Wednesday night, guest night at
the Marlborough Club, quite a large num-
Der of players were entered in the com
pass games. Mr.. Stephens and Miss X.
while Mrs Woodward and Miss Charlotte
Schmidt finished at the head Of the north
and south division
Another fair sized crowd was in attend
the parlors of the Marlborough Club
''UncIe Nick Young and Mrs. Hazard
cured the best score. 1856, north and south,
while Mrs. Walls and Mrs. Coffin led the
east and west division with 13l.
The American team of Boston continues
to sail along on the top wave of success
another victory being placed to its credit
last Saturday leaving but three more con-
tests to be won, when the American Whist
League trophy will go to the city of cul-
ture.
The Park Club or Plaln1lelQ, N j., was
the challenger, and presented a quartet of
young players who have had little expe-
rience against players of the first force
but who seemed imbued with zeal that
is likely to make them formidable rivals at
no distant date. With the exception of
tendency shown in few hands to post
pone too long the making Of master cards,
when weak in trumps, a0ailure to lubbock
partners suit, which had been opened
''short' by opponents, and an occasional
bad finesse, the visitors played a strong
game that might have produced a different
result had they not found the American
team playing in its best form.
At pm. play was begun in the Hotel
Essex the Park Club getting a slight adj
vantage on the first eight deals, due mainly
! to a choice of opening a hand containing
two four-card suits. On the next eight
| deals, however, American overcame the
lead, which they increased still more in
the third round, going to dinner with the
| score II to 10 in their favor. On resump-
| ton of play in the evening the Americans
| gave an exhibition of whist that it would