The Indianapolis journal., 1904-04-17

The directors of the Indiana Whist Asso-
citation held a meeting Monday evening,
April II, at the home of Mrs. ]. H Pirkey,
president of the association.
There was good representation present.
| and after many resolutions being proposed
| and tabled, it was finally decided that the
communications of the Indianapolis Club
| and American Club in regard TO the tro-
| phies Of the association be referred to the
association at its next annual meeting, in
| February 1906 and that they remain in play
| in the mantime. subject TO conditions In
| good reason why the matter involved
should not have been settled at once and
harmony restored.
| Mr.. Albert Daller. secretary of the as
| sociation presented his resignation and the
| directors refused TO accept 1t.
1t was decided to hold a State tourna-
ment on May 80. afternoon and evening.
The Woman's Whist Club decided at its
meeting Tuesday afternoon, April IL to
| send challenge for the /. w. c. and for
| the A. w. c. trophies, now held by the
Indianapolis Whist Club. The team elected
| to play for the l. w. c. trophy was Mrs.
shaw Mrs. W. c. Lynn and Mrs. Charles
| d. Johnson. The team elected to play for
the A w. c. trophy was Mrs. H. T. Ben
| ham, captain, Mrs. w. w. Lowry, Mrs.
| o. G.. Pfaff and Mrs. G. L. Rittenhouse.
| The following plus scores were made by
| members of the Indianapolis Whist Club
on Saturday night, April 8: w. b. Wright,
IL; V. G. Clifford, II; Albert Daller, z; A
Mitchell. 8; H NJ Bronson, B.; Hervey
Bates, 2; C. d. Johnson, /.
Tuesday night April II. the plus score or,
q; Russell Seeds, 8; w. Z. Wright, 5; c. +.
Coffin, q
/ A .IoII for he - nv
between a team of the Indianapolis Whist
| Club and a team of the Womans Whist
| Club was played Thursday evening, April
IA, at the residence of Mr.. F. NJ. Heron.
The Indianapolis Club team was: Mr.. f: NJ.
Daller and Mr.. j: H. Pirkey. The Wom-
| ans Club was: Mrs. r. K. Smith,, Mrs.
j. w. Bradshaw, Mrs. w. c. Lynn and Mrs.
1 IA in favor of the Indianapolis Club The
| score was as follows:
| First Half
Indianapolis Club. 80 80 81 q % PIP
| Woman'S Club........ 30 80 80 26 u 9- o
| Second Half
indianapolis Club. y Is ls 16 IS p 2
Woman's Club........ II 15 13 10 IA IL 8
| Total, Indianapolis Club. IA
Total, Woman's Club.
Net. Indianapolis Club. IL
The following plus scores were made by
members of the American Whist Club on
Saturday night. April o. E. e sluss, 8; DR..
Comingor, 3: A. D. Johnson. 8: r. d.
Maehan Mood VI a. a. WOOD " aanass A wikei vi Ell ROCK
Tuesday night, April II. the plus score
members were: T, L; Sullivan; IL; R: g:
G o. Roemler, 5; ]. W. siuss, 8; o. B.
lies, 8; c. V. Jaquith, 2: c. Z: lockwood,
2; Dewitt Moore. 7; E: s; Miller; L.
! Six tables were occupied In play.
| One of the rarest occurrences on record
in whist deals was noted the other day
at one of the whist clubs in this city. Dur
| ing the play of a deal it was discovered to
be IDENTICAL except two small cards. with
| one published in the edition of the Journal
| of April 3. Notwithstanding that II seems
an impossibilty for il to happen, the
hostess declares that the trays had not
| been used fer some time, and that she had
/ not seen the hand that was published.
| = r
| The following plus scores were made by
members of the Womans Whist Club on
Tuesday afternoon. April II: Mrs. ]. H.
De PREF. 3; Mrs. Robert Brown, 8; Mrs. r.
X. Smith 9; Mrs. w. c. Lynn, 3; Mrs II. T.
Benhan. 3: Mrs. ]. f. Messick. 3: Mrs. ].
| S. Lazarus, 1; Mrs. ]. L. Rittenhouse, /.
| Five tables were occupied In play.
Mr.. Z. T.. Demerest, of Elkhart. was a
visitor at the American Whist Club last
Tuesday night.
The challenge game for pair trophy was
played last Wednesday evening at the
residence of Mrs. r. X. Smith. The con-
testing players were Mr.. Russell Seeds and
| DR.. Little, representing the Indianapolis
| Whist Club, and Mrs. r. X. Smith and
Mrs. Charles d. Johnson, representing the
Womans Whist Club. The result was 4 TO
in favor of the Indianapolis Club.
Original Play
Womans Club. 30 SIS 5 10 2S3734s9
-Overplay-
Indianapolis Clubs 8 s 9 3 2S4643s s
| Total, indianapolis Club. 8
| Total, Womans Club. Observation-Disclosures. 4
Net, indianapolis Club. ..................
At the melting of the Woman's Whist
| Club last Tuesday afternoon. a committee
was appointed by the president to arrange
teams for the coming tournament, May 80.
Mrs. Harry L. Drew entertained the
| whist club of which she is a member last
Monday evening. Bridge whist was the
game for the evening.
/ The team composed of Mrs. r. X. Smith,
captain. Mrs. w. c. Lynn Mrs. o. G. Pfaff
and Mrs. Charles ID. Johnson of the Wom-
ans Whist Club. has challenged the team
composed of Mrs. A. ~ Branham. captain.
Mrs A W. Conduit. Mrs j. II. Pirkey
and Mrs. 4. u. Porter. for the club trophy.
A whist tournament was held i'm Cincin-
natl at the Burnet House. Friday. April 8.
which was a great success. Three sessions
I were held. morning. afternoon and syen-