The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-18
FOR LOVERS OF WHIST.
"Dcidrich" Tells Flow a First
Game Should Be Played.

"Dcidrich' Tells Flow a First
Game Should Be Played.
THE CHOICE OF SUIT TO BE LED.
Fhreo Forces In whist-Long Trumps,
Higl, Cards and Long suit-The Lead
of tho First Protects eho Second ard
Establishes the Third.
II.
Following tho general limo Of advice
given in tho previous ARTICLE in this series
namely, that tho player should seize ev-
sry opportunity to inform his partner of
tho character of his hand, especially tho
numerical strength of his suits, lot us
Imagine u novice seated Mt his first game.
Tho style of play is duplicate with turned
up trump. Let tho new player remember
tho number rs we'll as tho suit of this card.
II no is the dealer, ho may DO able to give
information to his partner of strength In
trumps by tho play of q higher trump
than tho ono turned, for both tho signal"
TO your partner that o desire trumps to
DO led to you, and the "echo" to his lead
of trumps informing him that you hnye
four or more, tho echo in tho case of three
trumps being left to exports, consists in
tho play-of an unnecessarily high card"
1t generally takes two rounds to Indicate
this, but ono und will do 1t in tho case
of tho turned up trump. For example, by
tho play OF tho six or sovon, when the five
or four has been exposed.
Continuing with tho superstition that
tho novice is in the dcalcr's position, lie
Will be fourth hand to tho first loati. The
new player when fourth hand should al
ways take the trick when no can. If ho
cannot, lot him throw off q lower card,
this, however, boing unnecessarily high,
as indicated by the play noxt timo of u
still lower card whom ho desires to cnll for
trumps. II he has homo of tho suit, his
discard will DO from his shortest suit, OK
'cept when strength of truInps has boon do
cIarod to lio with tho opponents.
II ho takes tho trick, ho is in the position
of first hand. Hero tho first thing to con-
slider is whctherTor not trunlps should DO
led. Tho invariable rulo for tho novice.
with 1vo or moro trumps, Is lend them;
with less, don't. When moro expert with
tho command of all suits, trumps may be
eyon' led from three. With tho command
of ono long suit and re-ontry cards.. o.,
those bound to take tricks, in at least ono
other suit, truInps may DO led from four,
but in these cases the trumps must DO
fairly high ones. Tho reason for tho trump
load Is that with trunlps in your oppon-
ents' hands the long suits OF yourself and
partner cannot become established, since
tho lowest trump is better than an AGO or
other commanding card of n side suit.
Thcro arc only 10 truinps, md tho presence
OF Two III your hand, with tho equal chance
that your partner Is ns strong in them as
either OF your opponents, gives preponder-
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truinps have been led twice or throo times.
you will be left with tho remaining ones.
which will net as rc-entry cards, allowing
you to trump your opponents suits and
load your OWL. In this lead of trumps
notice what your partner plays. If you
SEQ from his second play hat no has thrown
of on tho first an unnecessarily high card,
he is 'eclloing" to youthful is, indioat.
Ing that he has four trumps or more.
Then, watching tho plny of tho opponents,
1t will bo easy to locate the presence or alb
sonco OF the remaining truinps. When you
see that tho high trumps Gro with ono op-
ponont, stop leading trumps. Novor pub n
commanding trump with n trump when a
suit lead will do tho trick as well. AS
long as You FRO cxhausting trumps from
both opponents, oven though losing tricks,
continue the trump lead or every oppor-
tunity.
Advice rs to which card of your flvo or
moro trumps 30 lead will be givon later in
tho tabulatcd American leads.
If you arc not strong enough in trumps,
lead from your best long suit.
If, however, your only long suit has
been already opened by your right oppon-
ent, tho fourth hand to you, lead another
suit, your partners, if you can locate it
by Inference from elimination, or direct
play, or your left hand opponents suit. il
this has been similarly Indicated. You
may lead through strong, but never up to
strong suits IN your opponents hands.
Above all things, do not lend commanding
cards in your opponents suits. Lead help
ing cnrds from short suits, when YOU arc
compelled to lead from such to assist your
partner. These arc cards, ton, knave or
above, on which our partner may, il tho
play of second hand or his own strength
warrants it, throw off weak cards, thereby
preserving tho high ones for ultimate COM
mand of tho suit.
DO not Lead u suit of which both of your
opponents have none, as tho weak man
Will trump, and tho strong man may fur
thor increase his strength by the discard
of % losing card. When, however, but ono
opponent can trump, md no is the one
who has nma of trumps, lead high
or established cards to force him to trump.
In fact, tho three forces n player has ut his
command arc trumps, high cards and
long suits. With powor in tho first, you
protect YOU second and establish your
third force. Without power in tho first,
by tho play of the last you weaken tho
trump power OF your opponents. You loso
nothing by not leading high cards in short
suits. These AFRO probably tho long ones
OF your opponents, who aro delighted to
sec their suits established by your lead Of
tho commanding cards in Thorn. Tho play
of q Sinnlntnn. Or lnnn cnrd In cuit nnrua