St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-05


and perhaps save high card
In his hand by refusing to play 1t third hand:
II may be remarked that this lead must be
abandoned II the irregular lead to call for
trhmps is used. West plays king third hand.
instead of queen; this is a false card that
would be absolutely unjustifable were fourth
best led from East's hand, and we question
its soundness even here.
Trick 2-North would not be justified in
leading crumps except that he places queen
and jack Of hearts with South.
Trick S-West opens his diamond suit In
preference to returning hearts. AS West is
strong in trumps, and as the position Of the
hearts is uncertain, We think this play best.
North plays jack second hand from ace king
jack, seven; ordinarily king is the best play
second hand on the first round from ace,
king, jack, with or without others. but North
has four cards above the six led by West,
and knows that there is but one card of the
suit above that with East or South; jack is
probably justifable play. nor would we
severely criticise the play of the seven.
Trick EAST returns the diamond, hoping
to establish the suit for West South does not
trump, as North must have strength in the
suit; but South should not throw heart, as
it leaves his jack unguarded.
Tricks 6-7-North is too persistent with his
trump leading, and West exhausts all the
trumps.
Iflck o-WeSJ plays TO eStaDllSn MS uld-
monds, holding queen of hearts for a re-
entry; here is an instance Of one of the
disadvantages of the lead from the top of a
weak suit-it is impossible to show length:
but West knew that East's suit might be a.
fiye-card suit and surely did not contain less
than four cards, and as South had discarded
a heart, believe West should have led
queen of hearts and then seven instead of
playing for his diamonds; it Is impossible to
diamonds e.
entry in clubs, while the hearts can be
brought In without such re-entry, and the
diamond lead may give the adversaries every
trick if they have the entire command of
clubs
Trick 9-East does not think that West has
queen of hearts. because of his play Of king
at trick /, but he reasons that he may have
king of clubs as it Is clear that he must have
some re-entry card or he would not have played
to clear up his diamond suit; East has, for
these reasons, refused to discard the small
club away from his ace, and now does not
cover queen led, passing for West to win with
king if he has 1t; East loses trick by this
play, but he was not at fault.
Tricks 10-13-East wins the next club lead,
and leads a heart. which, much to his sur
prise, West wins with king; West brings in
his two established diamonds.
Table .
Trick East leads his fourth best heart,
and West plays the king, the same false card
played by West at table 1.
Tricks 2-3-North is strong in diamonds and
clubs, and has reason to believe that South has
strength in the heart suit; he decides to show
his diamond suit and then venture a trump.
His trumps are so small that we are inclined
to doubt the soundness of the trump lead.
Trick 4-West returns the diamond through
North he leads the eight to induce North to
believe 1t is his highest, and not to fnesse;
a.fI, yN1o
keeping his jack of hearts guarded.
Trick 5-North changes his tactics and
forces South on a diamond.
Trick 6-West trumps the club being over
anxious to stop the ruff on diamonds; we think
Vests better play to let the trick 20 to
his partner; by trumping he makes it GER
tain that North will be left with the long
trump.
Trick 9-We are unable to explain why West
did not lead queen Of diamonds and then force
Off the thirteenth trump with the thirteenth
diamond. West leads queen of hearts. which
North trumps.
Tricks 10-13-North leads clubs. East wins
with ace and leads heart, which South wins
with the jack that he has so carefully pro-
tected throughout the play, and North and
South make two club tricks.
A. w. L. TROPHY.
Des Moines had a very good reason for it's
failure to play st. Paul last Saturday. On
March q, Mr.. Harbach of the Des Moines
team. suffered heavy loss by fire. and was
unable to leave his business. In case Chi
cago fails next Saturday in it's effort to take
the trophy away from st. Paul the match
with Des Moines will take place on the 18th
or 25th.
GORDON TROPHY.
Captain Fiske's team had been winning
steadily. 1t was apparent that no ordinary
team could do anything against them. Mr..
Whellan's decided to make I'D a team that
would have cinch; so he took three of the
captains in the first tournament for the
trophy, Messrs. Metcalf Gordon and
How, and challenged the holders; the mem
bers of the challenging team did not want
TO win the trophy, but they wanted to show
the difference between team composed Of
lalfly good players and one composed of
stars; they expected to give the trophy back
after winning 1t, as they didn't want the in
terest in the Gordon trophy games to wane
because the cup was held by a team against
whom 1t was useless to play But they de-
cided to win 1t once and then give n hack
The game took place last Tuesday night.
When the score was figured at the end of the
nrst third OF the match, 1t was discovered
that Captain Fiske's team were lust fourteen
points ahead; this lead was Increased to
twenty-one points by the time the thirty-six
NN"'4S WnellamS
and his men are still wondering what han
pened We can tell them something about It
the champions played whist and the chal
iengers did not. The fact must not be for
gotten that continual study and practice will
Gin time develop the moderate player into an
expert, If he has the stuff in him, and the Cor
don trophy games have done much toward
improving the whist in the club. Messrs.
Stoltze. Potter, Ward and Saunders have
challenged Captain Fisl1e's team. and the
match will be played next Saturday evening.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT TOURNEY.
The game last Wednesday night was started
promptly at five minutes past 8. the recent
announcement of the whist committee having
the desired effect. Seven tables participated
j. ii. and o. H. Briggs making the high
score with nine points above the average.
George L. Bum.
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