The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-06

own by his bad play on the last few tricks. His
gains may DO Offset by his adycrsaries adopting
similar tactics, or they may be lost by his part.
ner's failure to take. advantage of the situations
which the opening prepared, and should have
All these factors in the result tend to make
definite analysis very difficult and tho problem
is still further complicated by the fact that It
q perfect game, even when they have a week to
think over The play of n single card. This H. par
ticuiarly true Of those who play against, short.
that the gains made by cOmmon.sense players
are largely due TO the errors OF their adversar.
against the system, but rather In itSfaVof. II its
nature Is such that II leads Its opponents. into
proof that short.suit tactics arc the best, unless
the connection between cause and effect can DO
established, and 1t can be shown that the errors
OF the adversaries are the necessary result Of
TIC problem cannot ! be ,soivesS' Sy nsthemati,
but to experiment, and experiments are daily
being made by thousands. But although these
are being tried every day In almost every whist
benefit to the great mass of whist players.
Irregular. unrecordsd; and unclassihcd g oeri.
ments never Will. What is wanted In to 20 n
certain number and variety Of test cases, to try
them thoroughly on q large scale, and then to
some means OF utilizing the enormous number of
experiments that are daily being made in our
various whist clubs, SO that the results q arrived THY
and DO compared with the experience there. THE
Sun has often been Impressed by the fact that
the American whist League. It's clubs arc Of
practically little or no benefit to one another.
and there is not the solidarity that should exist
In such an association.
Why should not the immense membership Of
the league be available for the discussion and
determination Of some Of those moot questions
OF modern whist which can be settled only by
experiment.. II all the clubs would agree to
concentrate their attention upon certain points
OF whist strategy. one at a time. results OF In
calculable value might be arrived at In a very
snort time; ,o1 TAXI ;n.,o such N Nv s1 re inSssr as tho
H. 8, g. trumps.
C-K. o. ,S.2.
81. 2.
not hold; for ten successive deals turn up one OF
these ton trumps, each time a different one.
Thoroughly shuttle the remaining thirty-eight
cards and distribute them among the three other
players and then play each Of tho distributions
twice over. first trying the lead of the small
club and then the lead OF the spade jack. The
experiment would not take one person much
try IL in ffty different clubs. the result would BIO
n practical test extending over 500 deals. II
the results were sent to ono person to be CLASH
fed and published. # would throw q good deal
A correspondent Of THE Sun tried this hand
for 100 deals. and he found that the results were
very slightly in favor OF the spade jack; not
that he afterward changed the hand, giving, the
leader the king Of diamonds. Then the result Of
leading the small club or the spade jack was
practically the same; When no changed the
diamonds. he found that the lead OF the small
club was better than that Of. the spade jack. II
partner recognized the small card as a trump
est hand, no honor in diamonds. he found to DO
single tricks. and he sends the following as an
example. Zdealt and turned tho heart seven: