New-York tribune., 1901-04-07
A WHIST CLUBS NEW HOME
THE KNICKERBOCKER MOVES INTO
QUARTERS IN THE VIC
TORIA HOTEL.
TORIA HOTEL.

The Knickerbocker Whist Club, which has
had many homes since its organization in lS92
took possession of its new quarters in the Vic
tora Hotel last Tuesday. and a majority of the
members took part in the informal hOusewarm
ing. The first meeting place of the club was
modest apartment in Twenty -eghth-st. west of
Broadway. which was outsrOWn within a few
months Then the headquarters We're changed
to SiXteenth-st.. west of Broadway, and when the
cub secured apartments in the Hotel yelling
t." at Forty -second-st and Madison ave.
" hen that property reconstructed the club
was compelled To- seek quarters, and rooms
were secured in the St Cloud Hotel where the
meetings took place for NOR. than six years.
These rooms have just been vacated for the more
centrally situated and handsomely furnished
cuhrooms in the Victoria Hotel.
The charter members of the club We're Edward
4 Smith. John l.. Taylor. George $. Adams,
George H. Fish. Charles +. Flint, Theodore +.
Otis. W. NJ. Lane. H. Il. BroWne Alfred +.
Taylor. Charles +. WiseweN. Edward T. Dick
orman. 5. u. Floyd. Allen W. Adams Samuel
T. PaUersoa. II. NJ. Cramcr, Harry S. Williams,
Marion NJ. Miller. Henry F Homes, Horace C.
Skinner ana James NJ. Magee The distinguish
ing feature of the club when it was organized
was that no gambling could take place behind
lis doors. In order that there might be mis-
understanding on that point, the following by
l-v was adopted: Gambling and betting in the
ous of the club strictly forbidden. and any
l!tcinher found guilty of violating this bylaw
Iaay he expelled
The popularity Of bridge" has had no effect
a. the Knickerbocker Whist club. whcr, the
game is excluded and placed on the same footing
~ poker or any other gambling =. mc played
with cards.
IN his last annual report Dr. H. NJ Cran,r.
clul captain says: 1t is tn, ambition of tn.
knickerhoc1cr Whist club to hccom, tho cncr-
zing centre t" every interest german, tu l~riu-
mate whist"
I'll" list of .succ,ss.s' Of tho club Includes
Games Won from five teams Of IA, Erockiyn
Whist club games for the Albany Stare t,uIhy
from the NcW-York Whist club for ,ho Aulorl-
can Whist League trophy from tn, Thilad lph..i
Whist club for Tho American Whist I.,aru.
trophy from the Aluany Ch.ss and Whts, club
for tho Hamilton trophy from tn, I:aV.u-vu.d
club "f Ehicae" and thr Hamilton CIut OF
Chicago NiotoiieS were ais" vot Iy teams ot
tn kuicheIbock,r club over players r.rr,-,ut.
ine whist cluhs ina = Paul. Minneapolis Iiyd,
Park Newton. IIaiun,d ana Jersey city Tn.
duh viii h- represented al tn. eleventh. rual
whist congress. which viii taxi place at Mil
wauk,c next July. and its members hcl-N- that
the knick korlocker will make q rr,-itahl. record
there
There are l2N clubs in thc American Whist
Leafue representing a membership "f about
twenty five thousand. OF thesc clubs twenty
one in tn. State Of New York
In order To encourag, whist among women
the knickcrh"cker club. in a circular issued last
month announced that tn, club would give two
prizes as trophies to women whist players Of the
metropolitan district. to be competed for under