The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-19
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! First trick. South leads 8; West PLAYS K :;
North plays A; East plays g.
North can place the whole suit, unless East
is calling for trumps. West has no more
South led from FIVE, and, therefore, East
has three more and these, bar a call for
trumps, are ], 10, 8. Hence, South's four
cards are z, ., A, 2 No one else can place the
suit.
Again:
South leads of H; West plays 8; North
plays 8; East plays j.
East, holding7, 3, says he can place the re-
mainder of the suit as to rank and number If
there is no cali commenced. Can he do it?
BY observing the fall you can be guided by
the developments and play TO the situation.
The trouble with most poor players is that
they are lazy. If they see an instructive illus
trated hand they win not spreaG the cards on
the table and go over the play; it is too much
trouble to sort the cards, and they imagine
they can analyze the play as well by the dia-
gram. but they err. The only way is to have
the cards drop around the table as in actual
play
We suggest the following plan for practice {:
Take an illustrated hand and arrange the
thirteen cards held by each player in bunch
| in the order they were played. Place the
cards thus arranged on the table at North
East and West, face down, with the first card to
be played on the top of the bunch. Retain
South's cards in your hand is an actual play
Turn over the top card in the leaders bunch.
then play the top card of second hand and so
around the table. Draw your differences and
locate all the cards you can. Then go on with
the second round. For trial sort the cards
as follows: Give North his cards in this order:
4 S, 5 II, 8 G, D d. 10 G. 6 H, z D, 8 D, d. z H,
9 II, J H, @ H. Place at North's place, face
down, so that the first card he plays viii be
s.
Easts hand: 10 s, All, &C, KID, &C, O s
H, D, Q D, c, H, 10 H, H. South $.
hand: 5 S, 3 H, &C, d, KC, A s, IS 3 D.,
D, S, 10 D, A H, 8 S. Vests hand: S, 6 d,
c, D, c, 6 S, 8 S, 3 C. 4 c, q c, c, S,
S. Ace diamond trumps. South to lead.
Keep South's cards in your own hand and
lead the s; turn over the top card IL Vests
bunch, and so on around the table. After the
first round draw your inferences before read
ing the comments below.
This is deal No. As OF the st. Paul vs. Chi
cago match, and the comments in part are by
Mr.. Bum.
COMMENTS.
Trick 2-How many hearts can South read in
North hand?
Trick 3-why must North have one more cIubq
Although but three rounds have been PLAYED
South can locate every card in his partner s
hand but one. North held originally six hearts
and two clubs. II he had but one spade he must
have had four trumps-if two spades, three
trumps.
Trick 4-Souths trump lead is probably bet
ter than forcing his partner on spades, as
North cannot lead to advantage after taking
the force; South leads jack from jack, ten and
two small, to give North a chance to pass the
ace being turned East wins the trick with a
false card to deceive South into continuing
the trump lead later to his disadvantage.
Trick 5-East does some card placing here
ana fgures that there is strong probability
that his partner has not another trump; he
can almost place five clubs and four spades in
his nand. East therefore does not try to force
West, but returns the club suit.
Trick 6-West notes that his partner has the