Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-06

each In the game, New York, Northwestern
comprising Minneapolis and st. Pall) and
Chicago. Northwestern was defeated IA
the first round by New York by the mag
nificent margin of fifteen points New
York then tackled Chicago, playing on4
of the most interesting matches. When ali
of the hands had been played out, and the
east and west and north and south scores
were reckoned. 1t was found that New
York and Chicago had tied. Inasmuch as
the rules governing this contest provide
that each team should play every other
team entered, the game between North
western and Chicago was to decide which
was to win the trophy. and New York
had already won from Northwestern by 10
points 1t was necessary for Chicago to win
by a greater number Of tricks than that in
order to secure the victory. This Chicago
succeeded in doing by 20 points plus. The
score between New York and Chicago be-
ing reckoned by matches IL was found that
Chicago had the better Of 1t by one match.
When it Is remembered that a year ago.
when Chicago and Northwestern met In
this city they played tie. 1t can readily
be understood that the mental strain under
which these two teams met for the second
time must have been great. Both teams
are composed Of the cream of whist play
ers. New York did remarkably well in
year.
1t was a matter of great surprise to
every one tnat TWO Cnica8O teams ShOul0
have met in the finals for the Hamilton
trophy. the winning of which denotes the
championship for teams Of four. This was
done by the Cicero and Chicago Whist
Clubs. Both Minneapolis and the Amert-
can of Boston suffered defeat at the hands
Of these clubs. The play between Cicero
and American was very close. Cicero lost
the first half of the match to American by
one trick but succeeded In winning the
second half by two, gaining a position In
the finals by one trick only. Minneapolis.
which had shown great strength In the pre-
liminaries was defeated by Chicago by
four tricks In the first half of the match
and seven in the second. The good work
of Cicero was done by w. c. Atwater. E
]. Tobin. Charles McChesney and G. C.
Gustin. The Chicago club was represented
by DR.. w A. D. Montgomery. NJ. NJ. Co
hen. F. s. Eaton and w L. Trainor.
Mrs. Clarence Vail was the only repre-
sentative from among the women players
who attended the congress from here. and
she, playing with her husband. distin-
guished herself as she invariably does.
Mrs. Vail won five top scores, while Mr..
Vail had four to his credit. Added to this
the second round in the match for the as
sociate members trophy ended In tie
Mrs. c. P. D. Hamilton. each having q
plus of nine tricks. Mr.. and Mrs. Van
also won the prizes in the finale for those
who had made top scores during the con-
gress.
Next years congress win meet in New
York. with John Eberhard Faber as presf-
dent That whist enthusiasm Is not on the
wane is shown by the amount OF the re-
ceipts for the entries In the open pairs,
which totalled $1,156. No unpleasant Incl
dents married the harmony Of tho meetine,
and all Of the delegates were loud In thear
praises Of the manner in which things were
conducted. Especially was praise given to
the scorers. Ralph e. Richards and Frank
Riley, who posted the SCORES at oncs upon
the close of the games Players who have
In former years waited to hear the result
were surprised and delighted ct this ime
provemen&