The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-03-05
FOR LOVERS OF WHIST.


conduct OF fourth hand is rendered very
simple indeed. Tho rule Is to take the
trick. 1t is true that In whist problems
tho refusal offourth hand to take the ad-
verse trick Is often the solution OF the diff
hculty, yet such situations rarely arise In
the regular game
Probably among tho greatest experts,
and In tournaments in which 20 minutes
havo been consumed In the consideration
and calculation of.a single play, such oo-
casions may bc discerned, yet these arc
matters of whist strategy rather than OF
whist principles and may only be men,
toned here rather as examples OF ingenu-
tty than as instruction in play.
II fourth hand Is strong In trumps, yet
fearful of losing control by playing the
one necessary to take an adverse trick in
snit, and II he can discard a card certain
to be lost otherwise, and II he Is confident
the long suit game is the best In the i'm
mediate instance, he may refuse to take
tho trick. So, also with trumps on his
side, he may refuse TO take trick with
what. after trumps are exhausted, may
prove to DO re-entering card. But this
Is a remote contingency.
So, also, when refusal TO take may com.
pei third hand to lead weak suit, OF
which you have none, up TO your partners
strong hand, the trick may be passed.
When king Is led from queen and others,
fourth hand holding ace, jack and Others
may pass It, In order that on the second
lead of a low tho suit may be established
in his rather than the leaders hand Still
with oil the contingencies Of rufiing
game this is quite dangerous risk to as
sumo. 1t would be better to take the trick
In most cases and return low Of the same
suit through tho leaders strength.
The great evil about refusal TO take the
trick fourth hand is that 1t misinforms the
partner, who may ruin his hand by trump
ing In upon n suit of which fourtl hand
has the commanding cards In hidden re-
serve.
In tho first of these articles reference
was made to race characteristics as sxem.
plifed In national sports and games The
German mind was especially mentioned as
devoted to those contests full Of ingenious
obstacles and pitfalls and opportunities for
individual excellence rather than steady
toam play. Conversely 1t is mind sus-
picious Of pitfalls on the part OF the oppO-
nents, and even on that Of the partner,
who may also be playing an individual
game. Consequently the following lines,
whist player from San Francisco, are cast
with perfect proprioty In the German
American dialect. As Milwaukee, the
German-American city, Is known the
world over rs n whist center, place whers
the game has reached its highest excel
lonce, tho many proficient players of Ger
man extraction can afford to be above
taking umbrago ut the pleasantly:
REAL SCIENCE OF WHIST.
II you would peat venever you blay visht,
Look oud und Eoldt der goot cards in your
fsht,
Und IL it coomes dot you don'd get der besht
You inference dot it's SO Of all der resht.
Look on your bardner as your vorsetest foe;
He thinks his hand more goot as yours, You
know,
Und ven he tries his liddle game to blay
Schust show him Cot you know a bedder way
Ven you in drumps a krate big handful holdt
schust keep em: dey are wort dere weight IL
golt
Don'd let your bsrdner know 1t. all der same /,
Dey may COON handy later in der game.
Und ven your bardner leads you drump, your
card
Has got to take it, though it does coome hard
TO use n big one from your liddle store.
Be careful, though und don'd blay any more
Crd il 10 is your foorst chance for lead
Dot lonesome two of diamonds you don d need
schust sneak mit him ont early in der game
Und don'd waste drumps und high cardts oil
der same.
Gif close addention TO dose cardts you holdt,
Und IL you take your bardner's, why, he's
soldt
Und If by chance you happen to revoke
Say nix, but dreat IL as a foorst rate choke,
For by und by when thick oopon der table
Der last cardts coome schust slide, il you are
Ebc,
Der liddie cardt dot should have followed suit
Under der scheneral pile. P'raps no one
knew IL.
Your bardners foorst lead being NIT king.
Your having nono {. drump is schust der ing,
Pecause he's sure Ger ace to also holdt
(Dot inference process makes us mighty boldt)
Dis foorgt lead business is do ting 10 study:
Dot lcarndt, der rest won't bodder anybody.
Mit ace md king small Won should bc seen,
Because your bardner ought to hold der kveen,
Und as you've got doso same bricks anyway
Don ID let the odders know schust where doy
lay.
Nit acc, kveen. ten und low. NIT ten proceed,
Und holding seven in drump der lowest lead.
Your great big cardts be kviclx 70 t'row away
Dey show your bardncr vot you want him blny.
Und ven your bardner's blay gets higher und
higher
Dot IL u sicnal, so NIT drump you fire.
But II you miss u sicnal don'd feel plue:
Imiss 'cm lots myself, und so may you.
Dirtcons enough of cardts for one to blay.
How cnn you watch der oddors anyway
It's schust cnoueh 10 bay your handt alone
Und let your bardncr manage nit his own,
Except, OF course TO help him in his need
You schust msy dell him vot is besht to lead
DIEpRIcH.
Kniokerbockor Whist Club, New York.
Bullrts Dor Three.
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