Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-01
AMERICAN WHIST CONGRESS-
Mrs. Waterhouse Unexpectedly Won
Woman's Championsh;n

The whist players of the American Whist
League congress in New York had another
busy time of 1t yesterday, and all day and
we'll into the night the cracks, when not
playing, crowded the corridors, the recep-
ton room and other open places, of the
Majestic Hotel, discussing their hands,
their plays and mistakes, and tricks and
trlumphs generally.
One of the most important contests dis
posed of was the final round for the asso-
ciate members trophy, which carries with
it the womens championship. and the re-
suit came as a surprise to those who fol-
low the game closely and are good a. pick
ing winners. 1t was generally conceded
that the prize would fall to Miss Bessie AL
len, holder of the women's championship
of the United States, who had a partner
A. p. Burnham of New York. This pair
led in the first round and looked to have
matters all their own way, but the reverse
came. and there was some surprise when it
was learned that Mrs. G. 8. Waterhouse of
Boston, who had f. p Whitney from the
Hub also, was the the winner Miss Allen
and her partner finished in sixth place.
Following are the scores in the final round:
Mrs G. S. Waterhouse and F. P. Whitney,
plus. 3. 1870; Mrs. Gertrude R. O'Brien and
]. H. Smith, plus 3. 1870; Mrs. B. B. Gar
land and A. A. Smith, plus 2, 1920; Mrs.
w. H. Barney and W. H. Barney, plus 2,
1870; Mrs. c.. Schmidt of this city and G.
T Snow, plus 3. 20; Miss Bessie Allen and
A. +. Burnnam, plus y, ~, MIS-. IL W. Gdu-
non and F. c. Thwaite. o.; Mrs. B. Dale and
John Dusenbury. minus 3, 20; Mrs. G.
w. Vail and G. W. Vail, minus 3. 11-2O;
Mrs. R. ]. Russell and R. Merton, minus ),
12-2O.
The Hamilton trophy. which is the blue
ribbon of the congress, was continued
again. with the usual interest in the play:
Four teams had qualified for the semi-finai
round They were the Mercantile Library,
Boston; Cleveland Whist Ravenswood
Whist Chicago. and the Horlick. Racine.
Wis. Up to a late hour the official score
had not been made known. but it was learn
ed from the players that Horlick defeated
Mercantile Library, Boston, and Cleveland
Whist defeated Ravenswood. This leaves
Horlick and Cleveland in the final today
The fourteenth congress trophy reached
the final round and the clubs qualifying
were the Northwestern association and Chi
cago Whist Association.
In the afternoon the first round of the
Minneapolis trophy was introduced. and the
high score fell to the lot of DIR. c. S. Cole
and C. W. Hatch of the Knickerbocker
Whist Club
In the progressive pairs in the afternoon
the high scores were as follows:
Section A-East and west Mrs. j. H.
Gates and H. A. Smith tied with l.. B. Dana
and c. L. Bacon, with plus 8. 3-11; north
and SOUTH Mrs. g. Whiting and Mrs. r. B.
Hook, plus 6, Sill.
Section B-North and south. Mrs. E. T.
Baker end Mrs. j. w. Green. plus II. ell;
east and west w. ]. Colburn and Mrs. Col
burn, plus o. ell.
Section C-North and south, Mrs. L. Wat
son and Miss Dale. plus 8. 5-l1.
The annual election takes place today and
the committee on nominations met last
night and unanimously recommended the
following men to serve as officers and di-
rectors of the association for the ensuing
year:
President, Hon. George L. Bum; vice
president, J. Eberhard Faber; recording
secretary Henry T. Fry: corresponding
secretary Clarence w. Vail treasurer. F.
c. Thwaite; directors for three years, ]. w.
Dusenbury, Pennsylvania; F. 7. Eagles,
New Jersey; Beverly w. Smith. Maryland;
E. P Martin, Illinois, and F. N. Heron. In
diana.
There being no opposition. these of course.
will be elected. To serve for director for
two years, j. H. Smith of New York has
been nominated in place of ]. b. Porter, re-
signed.
A novel competition in the shape of a two
session contest has been arranged for this
afternoon and tomorrow. The team making
the highest aggregate score in the two ses-
sons will be declared the winner. The tops
of each section will receive top-score pins.
Then there will be special prizes for the
pair of women making the highest aggre-
gate score and similar prizes for men. A
special prize will be offered for the mixed
pair making the highest aggregate score,
and also for the pair making the highest
single plus score. The prizes were donated
by the Enickerbocker Whist CLUB.