The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-31

''Of those who don't live 'up-to-date'-
Who sleep while all the world progresses,
Then keep that poor world making guesses
OF what the dickens that man means
Who, when he wakes thinks that he dreams.
He'd better far confess at
The world is wise and he's Ounce,
And spend spare time. early and late.
In learning whist that's up-to-date.'
The annual tournament of the Indiana
Whist Association will be held the even
ings of Feb. % and 20 in the Palm Garden
at the Claypool Hotel. Thursday evening
at o'clock the election of officers will be
held after which VIII be the preliminary
play of teams and pairs. The finals for the
several trophies will be played within seven
days after the tournament, the time and
place to be decided by the captains of the
teams having the highest scores.
Friday evening the play will be an open
contest for pairs. A fee of 25 cents will be
charged for each participant Pins will be
given to the pair making highest score
north and south and to the pair making
highest score east and west.
The prospects are bright for large at
tendance. Each of the local clubs expects
TO enter more teams than ever before and
il state clubs would each enter one team
the success of the tournament would be
AT recent meeting the Woman's Club
decided TO send a challenge to the American
Club for the l. W. c. trophy, the women
chosen by vote as the team to play the
game We're Mrs. Lynn, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs.
Pirkey and Mrs Lowry.
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a small company of whist players meet
every two weeks for a social game of whist
and occasionally have a game of bridge.
The members OF the club are Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Smith, Mr.. and-Mrs. Edward Por-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Ii. Eastman, Mr..
and Mrs. Hermann ,Munk, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles ID. Johnson, Mrs. Harry h. Drew
ana Mr.. Walter Wright.
1t is essential that every member Of
whist club should show a Willingness to
study the game. If a new member shows
such willingness then the experienced
players of the club should give every as
sistance and encouragement possible in
club practice, not only by playing, but by
using systems OF play that will tend to in
crease the score OF the inexperienced MEM
bers as we'll as the veterans in the game.
The experienced players are often in
clined TO be selfish in their choice of part
ners and consequently the new members
become discouraged and lose interest and
the whist clubs degenerate for want of new
| material. Therefore it is important for
| every whist club to encourage the new
members and the continual lite and pros
perity of the club Will be assured.
/ In speaking of the recent contest for the
| I. w. &. trophy between team No. of the
American Club and team No. of the In
| dianapoHs Club, the Americans were re-
ferred to as the "kindergartners
| How many years does a person have to
play whist before he is supposed to be a
| graduate of that school?
| The present No. 1 team of the Indian
| apolis Club is not having the success of its
! predecessor, the big Four" which was
| inVincible in local circles, but still it adds
| more zest and pleasure to the game to know
| that the combined strength of one team is
| equal 10 the combined strength of the other
| team.
The members of the Woman's Whist
Club that had plus scores Tuesday after
noon, Jan. 20, were Mesdames Braham, 5;
| lockwood, D; Johnson, 3; Eastman, 3;
| Smith, l; Lynn, l; Messick, 3; Helms, 3.
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| The Woman's Whist Club has issued in
vitations to members of other whist clubs
of the city for whist tourney in the Palm
Garden at the Claypool Hotel Wednesday
evening. Feb. g. All are requested to re-
| spond to the president OF the club and ii
there is anyone desiring partner for that
evening the president, if notified, will be
| pleased to provide them with one. Play
| Will begin promptly al o'clock.
| A paper was read at the Woman's Club
Tuesday on the subject of dscards. This
subject has been before the club for sew.
eral months, a paper having been read a
each meeting on the different methods thai
have been introduced, experimental with
and cast aside by some players as worth
less, and the discards that have beer
adopted by the Whist League and are nov
in general use.
While the club members mostly use th'
''Allen" discard in preference to the Cav
endish" discard, it is not a discard that i:
in general use.
The subject of discard is one OF the mos
complicated and least understood parts o
the game.
A system that is eminently sound anC
will cause the least confusion and the los
of the fewest tricks is the discard tina
will be the most advantageous to the hand
be it from weakness or from strength.
A player must use great skill in discard
ing so as TO do the least harm 10 the han'
and in giving the most information possible
| to partner.
a good partner finds out many things b.
| negative differences and IL is rarely
player cannot tell by the plays what i
| probably his partners best suit Ii is tru
| that players using this method cannot al
ways draw the correct differences, but cal
they always draw them by the discard tina
is IN general practice, or If so is not a hani
often ruined by using that discard? Tn
ability to protect your own hand under al
contingencies Is more important than {
| give information to partner.
The trouble with nearly all systems /
that they fail to suit all conditions tina
may arise. but players using this system
can - vc~y tfsf'svV rofz al cause lit,