St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-23
Table 9.
NOTES.

Table -
Trick 1-of course, Vests lead of ace from
ace, queen, seven, five. four three, cannot
be criticised, but st. Paul and Minneapolis
players are very apt to lead the fourth best
from ace and five or six in suit-always from
five and often from six. Note the informatory
;all of the cards. West misses the deuce of
his suit; the adversaries are probably not
calling for trumps because the cali is not
Often made by st. Paul on a high-card suit
opening by the adversaries; hence the deuce
is probably with East, and he is either be-
ginning a call for trumps or making the
unlocking play-holding UP the smallest
card of four exactly in partners suit. North,
though very strong in trumps, does not be-
gin call, thinking it, as general rule, I'M
wise TO call on the lead of corresponding
cards by the adversaries.
Trick West probably reasons that East
Is unlocking, and has therefore four clubs;
II so. one of the adversaries has no more
clubs. West, for this reason, or for other
reasons known only to himself, abandons the
club suit, and leads the singleton nine of
diamonds. We consider this lead absolutely
unjustihable; we should have gone on with
clubs, but lead of king of spades from
Vests strong secondary suit would be good
play. North holding jack, two, covers nine
with jack TO compel East to play high card.
Trick 3@Three good diamonds are estab-
lished in South's hand; he has four trumps,
and figures West for no more diamonds; he
therefore leads trump North, having ace,
king and more than one other, plays ace,
lHeH .hlHS, showing lUur or
Trick 5-North draws all the trumps of the
adversaries with two leads leaving two with
South and four with himself he reasons that
South led trulnps from four because he had
strength in diamonds and leads the deuce
of diamonds, Through East
Tricks and South makes his diamonds,
giving North two .discardsy North's discard
here is, perhaps, the play of the hand he
throws two spades. holding onto the club;
North's reasons for this play are that West
led ace of clubs at trick 1, and neither the
two, three, four, fiva.7sr seven dropped; West
then stopped the sijts nasNorth figures that
Vests reason was that East was showing
four, and that he held six himself and there-
fore that either north or south was out of
the suit; if, therefore, West was correct in
his placing of the clubs, North sees that
South cannot have another club, and that a
discard of his ten OF clubs on diamond will
be useless, because South can trump clubs
In any case South must have spades in his
hand, and the getting rid of that suit by
NGfth is likely to be as advantageous as the
club discard, even if South has another club.
Table p za5s @ 80 -
Trick @1-West's- lead of fourth best from
ace, queen, seven, five, four, three would be
severely criticised by the old authorities but
we are strongly inclined to consider it the
best lead from the suit. At any rate, the
lead works well in the present hand though
that is no proof. North begins a call for
trumps
Trick 2-East returns his partners suit ::
this Is his best play, as he has no strength
in trumps, and suit of diamonds that he
cannot hope to establish and bring in South
having four trumps, does not ruff the doubt
full trick. but discards a spade. showing
diamonds as his strong suit North COM
pietes his trump call.
Trick 3-West can see from the drop that
East probably has the two other clubs.
though North may have PLAYED a
false card and may hold them both. In
either case it is time to quit the club suit
SO North opens his spades.
Trick 6-South leads trump. The Boston
players do not echo in trumps unless thew
have three exactly, so North plays king.
then ace.
Trick S-North's lead of third round of
tfumpS would indicate that his early educa-
ton IN arithmetic was sadly neglected Jack
OF diamonds is his proper lead. and if it wins.
then losing trump to let South in to lead
ace of diamonds, on which North can disca rd
his last spade.
The following deal was played so differently
az the two tables that it is surprising that
the same score was made. North and South
at both tables made more tricks than are
fairly in the cards for them, aided at Table
by the play of their opponents, and at
Table by forward trump lead that was
not warranted by the leaders hand The
deal contains an example of underplay. and
a valuable lesson on the subject of the dis
card besides some clever whist and some
that is not SO clever.
DEAL IS.
The Hands
North--spades, J, .; hearts, X, Q. 7;
clubs. A, K, 7. 8, 2; diamonds, A. K, 8