St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-23

North has shown but five by his lead, and
South held but one; this adversary is probably
East. who has opened short suit and force
on his hand will do no harm; South therefore,
leads ten of hearts, knowing that North will
piay@queen and hold the trick or Compel East
to trump and at the same time leave the best
heart with South. He leads 10 rather than
jack, because the 10zwill- show Jack in hand :
while jack led will not necessarily show 10 in
hand.
Trick east opens his three-card diamond.
suit The spade is@mueh the better lead as
East can place ace, king and two more trumps
with North, and should avoid giving North the
lead TO draw trump, and the lead from queen
and two small should be avoided North plays
another face card, ace, instead of king with
the object OF inducing East TO place the king
with South. in order that he may not put up
queen on the underplay that North was then
planning to make after trumps were out Note
that this false card play cannot deceive South
If he does not hold queen, because East cam
not have both king and queen, or he would
nave led one of them In fact, the play of ace
shows the king in Norths hand to South,
whereas the play of king would not show ace
for East might hold ace queen.
Trick 9-North. having drawn all the trumps
makes the underplay in diamonds. leading the
tray, and holding up king. South must have
one diamond in his hand and it should be
either jack or queen, as he has refused TO dis
caro- 1t. throwing instead one of his spades.
South also has Jack of hearts as the previous
play has clearly shown, and North sees that if
South can win the diamond he will get dis
card OF his spade on jack Of hearts. North
OOeS iiOl lSSU inc space because South has dis
carded from that suit, thereby practically in
forming North that he has not ace Of spades.
South s refusal to discard Jack of diamonds is
strong whist. as it shows that he feresaw the
underplay by North, which could not possibly
succeed If South threw jack OF diamonds
Souths discard of diamond at trick was
also done to help East believe that he held
king OF diamonds alone. East makes a bad
play in not putting up queen second hand; he
can place jack of diamonds absolutely with
South, unless West has passed the s led with
ion u tn fIAy
possibly lose trick, while lead of one or
two tricks is clearly in sight If South has jack
and not king of diamonds
Trick 1o-South leads Jack of hearts and
North gets rid of his spade and has two
trumps and the best diamond left
Table q
Trick l-south opens with the singleton
queen of trumps, lead not warranted by his
hand
Trick 3-East's return of the spade looks
like the only lead he has. but it proved very
unfortunate, mainly because South did not
put in 10 second hand; otherwise East's
would have blocked the spade suit. We can
not approve of Souths play, for If West had
held ace. 9, he could have finessed nine
with safety, but as West had ace alone the
play was lucky.
Trick 4-West opens his four-card heart
suit; he has nothing else to do.
Tricks 5-6-North draws all the trumps
Trick NORTH leads the low diamond from
A, X, 3, his object being to put South IN
to lead his good spades. 1t was clever play
and won two tricks, as the queen of da-
monds and ace of hearts are shut out. We
are inclined to think that East. by a little
analysis of the situation. should have saved
these tricks by playing queen second hand
from @, 10. s. 1t is one of those situations
where player makes up his mind that 1t
makes no difference how ne plays, when in
reality it may make great difference. East
can see that il South wins the diamond
North will get three discards on South's
spades; this means that North can discard
every suit card but one from his hand ana
If that one card is either the best diamond
or the best heart East and West can get
no other trick besides East's trump; there
fore it will do no harm to sacrifice the queen
to Souths ace or king, for North VIII be
able to throw his losing diamonds, so that
the queen would not have been good for a
trick had it been saved, whereas IL North is
making an underplay from 4. X. the play
of queen is sure to save one and prooaoiy
two tricks. It Is simply case where a
play cannot lose and may win, and IN all
such cases the play should be made
Tricks S-13-North and South take all the
other tricks except Easts trump
THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT TOURNEY.
The ninth progressive pair tournament of
the st. Paul Chess and Whist club ended last
Wednesday night. The plus scores for the
series Of twelve games are given below:
Metcalf and Bum. ......................69 -9l
Hudson and Briggs, j. H. ................4S3 1883
Sargent and Gordon. .....................-5I.2 l
Hay and Nelson. -. !d.9o
Erwin and Ward. ................... .l3'95
Bixby and Sanders. ................-.... .l059
Fetter and Zenzius. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5.ZO
Williams and Chaplin. Observation-Disclosures. l.3U
Metcalf and Bum won the club champion
ship medals Hudson and j. H. Briggs, sec
ond prize, and Sargent and Gordon, third
price Metcalf and Bum also won the spe
cial prize offered for the greatest score above
the average made in any one game, with a
record of nineteen points plus made in the
game of Dec. IS. This score is somewhat Of
q whist curiosity, as we do not know that it
has ever been beaten in progressive pair
match of thirty deals or less.
4 new series of twelve games will begin
Wednesday evening, Feb. 26. Besides the
club championship medals and the weekly
high score badges, prizes will be given to the
, holders of second and third place at the end
OF the series, and a special prize for the
highest score above the average made in any
single game 1t has been suggested that the
championship medals, which were bought
years ago for prizes in a straight whist
tournament are a trife out of date and in.
snowy, and it is proposed to procure instead,
as representing the pair championship of the
club lapel buttons, similar to those used as
souvenirs in some Of the league contests.
LADIES' NIGHT.
The second progressive pair game for ladies
and gentlemen will be played Friday even
ing, Feb. %. The committee in
charge has procured two gold badges.
to be played for in each game
by the ladies who make the highest score.
North and South, and the other by the lady
making the highest score, East and West.
George l.. Bum.
Wants Every Line OF 1t.