St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-03-22
NOTES.
Trick give think North should go on with

Trick give think North should go on with
his hearts.
Trick 5-Souths trump lead is pretty, bold,
as he must find the trumps evenly divided
and an honor in North's hand in order to
make anything by it, for the only object of
trump lead is to make the heart suit for
North.
Trick 7-south's lead of third round of
trumps after East's play Of queen on the last
trick looks like suicide for the drop places
jack and ten Of trumps with west, VINO mas
a few good clubs also; but East's queen was
false card, and all the trumps fall TO the leao
Trick S-East considers 1t no time to lead
low from and four others.
Tricks 10-13-West makes two club tricks,
South comes in with the thirteenth trump and
North takes one trick in hearts as the reward
Of Souths vigorous policy.
Tricks 1-2-south calls for trumps. He does
not know how successful will be the effort
to exhaust them, but he wishes to stop a
third lead Of hearts by North, sure 10 TO pc pc
can stop the trump lead If the fall or the
cards show 1t is advisable and he wants 10
know at once what help North can give IN me
trump suit, and something ABOUT me sIIehs'n
of the adversaries.
Trick 4This is coup number one. south re-
fuses to overtake East's queen OF trlmps !;
the ten is turned with West, and If East,s
queen is not a false card West has both
jack and ten and possibly also the six South
therefore would not dare lead third round
of trumps, and thinks it best to hold up ms
ace and allow East to have this trick. rms
is conservative play and thoroughly sound.
Trick 5-East leads the heart both TO Iorce
his partner and to take South's last heart out
of his hand so that he cannot put North In
to make his hearts after trumps are out;
Trick Coup number two. West leads KING
of clubs and South with ace and three small,
refuses to win the trick. All hope of making
the hearts Is gone now, unless North mas ace
Of spades if South wins this trick, and south
holds up ace in the hope that North may WI WIN
tinue his hearts. South can see that North
has the six Of trumps and has no desire 10
lead trumps again.
Trick NORTH has the caro- tnat Soutn Hopeu
he had.
Trick s-North continues the hearts to give
South discard and force the last trump from
the adverSaries. East trumps Win jack anu
South overtrumps with ace.
Tricks 9-13-South now sees every trick but
one. He leads ace of clubs, and then small
one which North trumps; North then makes
his thirteenth heart, on which South discards
a spade.
It is interesting to note that had South been
rash enough to have taken with ace OF trumpS
at trick T. and to lead third round, North and
South would have made the same score as they
did; but in our opinion, that line of play
would have been bad whist. Had South won
with ace of clubs at trick g. East and West
would have made two, and possibly three'
more tricks.
CLUB NOTES.
It is now three weeks since the Fergus Falls
match, and st. Paul has not been given another
chance to lose the A.. w. L. trophy. The reason
for this state Of affairs Is undoubtedly the
great distance between St. Paul and other
league cities, as 1t is no slight undertaking to
persuade four men, all perhaps engaged in
active business, to spend two or three days
and their hard-earned dollars in making
Journey after trophy that they may not be
able to carry away with them. Chicago shows
no disposition to play again, but the match
with the Des Moines club is expected to take
place next Saturday. What is the matter with
Superior and Duluth?
At the directors meeting last Tuesday new
whist committee was elected. Messrs. Bum,
Fetter and Buford now constitute that august
body whose duties include everything from
the Interpretation Of the laws Of whist to
washing the cards.
In the fourth game OF the present Wednes-
day tourney eight tables participated. Gordon
and Bunn North and South took the weekly
high-score badge, with plus of thirteen
points while J. II. Briggs and o. II. Briggs,
playing the East and West hands, secured ten
points above the average. Hudson and Sar-
gent North and South, came next with seven
tricks to the good, and Wheeler and Frazer,
East and West, played six tricks stronger than
the average
A match for the Gordon trophy was played
last night. The champions, captained by Prof.
Fiske met Messrs. Stoltze, Hay, Potter and
Ward on the battle field, and defeated them
by a small score.
Mr.. Whellams has organized team and
issued challenge. Messrs. Metcalf, How and
Gordon are his associates This match should
be hot one. George l.. Bum.