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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...whist tournament has at last been finished; Rogers and DeNormandie won first place, with Brown and Darling second. The result of the final round was as follows...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Result of the Whist Tournament | 3/22/1889 | See Source »

...play-off for first place Rogers and DeNormandie won. Both the first and second couples will receive suitable prizes. The tournament has been very successful, and all the competitors speak favorably of it. The Chess and Whist Club will probably hold a similar one next year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Result of the Whist Tournament | 3/22/1889 | See Source »

...meeting of the Chess and Whist Club was held last evening, at its rooms in the old Hasty Pudding building. The annual election of officers took place with the following result: President, S. W. Sturgis, '90; vice-president, R. C. Harrison, '90; secretary. F. W. Burlingham, '91; treasurer, Otis Everett, '91. It was intended to lay before the Club an amendment to the constitution, by which the election of new members should be placed in the hands of the executive committee, instead of by general vote of the club, as at present. But unfortunately only about twenty men were present...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Meeting of the Chess and Whist Club. | 3/15/1889 | See Source »

...final round of the whist tournament, Rogers and DeNormandie beat Brown and Davis, three games to one, and Brown and Davis beat Hale and Stetson three to naught...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 3/14/1889 | See Source »

CHESS AND WHIST CLUB. Important meeting this evening, March 14, at 7.30. A full attendance is desired as important business will come before the club...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Notices. | 3/14/1889 | See Source »

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