The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-15
Brooklyn wins IL tricks.

Brooklyn wins IL tricks.
Trick I. The lead of an ace followed imme-
in.Bay., In this particular hand it seems as il it
would have been better to lead the singleton
a arsfi w Which w s01 dro nsXs T 4a E b fO%r a tricks az q
and z returned it, as in the play given. it would
not have been AS play to trump 1t, for that
thing Ginaa - ss %i. R,% to an sSqi sh' 4 iee discard axsln Of 'a d sp psas
would have shown AS true suit to his partner,
Trick Q. As refusal to continue tie club suit,
i .1T4 gandn whist" because ths long suit is origin.
have continued bis long suit, in order to estab;
trump. that should not deter him, because long
suiters are told that IL they are not strong
% snoIFn s no lsda t To f foS@ps sb ,e'% nsyayssr' they IRE are
THE Sun has repeatedly called attention to
10 or re- ., ana oeconsd if hand Ie covers e s Wl3R the jse sfrf Il
p two to one against the fnesse of the queen il
t tSise out nfn nin eH5a years. ass, ago. IN his H Masin SgS o. So
The common.sense play for B is to put on the
sss ana tr1oF return 'nr Aa the small MALL, enc q which ;hE Will make
. sRS pt1 tSs s' wonder MH results essf = of Ft tse in asal oa FSs
and S1dy tie amazing no shs e eccarsey y Sit iSSH Shieh t RRisys sss
read each others hands. Here is an example Of
2 PLAYER who Is admittedly one Of the finest IN
partners game to put on an ace third hand and
give his partner a force. The play may be old
S s,t out y Of fashion nI nov as MatheWs advised it:
s SSs sSoa. P Phe game, at. aitSo Masn ss di dn nos
beleve In, leading away from terraces and rec
commended singlotons ne good things.
Trick \. After a player has begun a signal for
t trmps he ma nay g. well lead them. II 2 leads
manning trick for Alb, no matter how they play.
for Us nine will DO the best trump on the third
round. and Will bring In all his spades. 1t looks
as II a was a little quick on the trigger in trump
undesirable hand to lead from. Had he let it
pass u would have led a third round with the
ace. giving A two spade discards. which would
enable him to overtrump u later on. This would
gain a trick ct least; two tricks il Y trumps the
Trick 4. This is the information game in all its
glory. A'B original. lead has shown Ave clubs.
and he now shows four spades. enabling Y, his
adversary, to count every card in his hand.
given by, A, Y refuses to answer his partners
trump signal. He can read A for two more
spades, and hopes that u can oyertrump b and
then lead the turn-up trump through, which
may enable y to win the third round and bring
the trump king or he would have shut out the
turned-up queen. and Il u had held both
king and queen hc would have completed his
signal on the first round Of spades; therefore Y
places the king as certainly with A..
Trick 9. A careless player would have led the
trump at this stage; but y can count A for an.
other spade and knows Y must have three
trnmps and three spades. Astwo of Us trumps
must, no good ones. 2 reasonably. expects ia
DO able TO oyertrump b again with the eight.
1t Is not necessary, TO say, that Brooklyn did
not loso any oil tho velvet In this hand when
they oyorplayed 1t at the other table. Here IL
another from tho same match and by the same
players; but Elwell md Taylor are All, while
briggs and Hemphill are W. The heart ace il