The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-03

the case Of an original lead from four
trumps. The decision of whether or
not to return the trump must rest in
the sound discretion of the leaders,
partner.
With four trumps and a suit of four
or more cards, the lead Of the plain
suit is generally to be preferred. Where
the plain suit is established, 1t may be
shown, and a trump led then; where
the trumps are ace, king, queen and
one small, or ace, king, jack and one
small, and the suit not established, one
lead of trumps followed by the lead
from the plain suit is good play. Where
the hand is strong in all the suits, an
original lead of trump is often bet
ter than the plain suit lead. A lead
from three truunps or less is justifiable
only by strength in all the suits, or by
one great suit and protection in each of
the others.
We have attempted to give a bare
outline Of the most interesting and i'm
portant subject in whist play. At an
other time we will pursue the subject
further; there is ample material for
any number Of articles, both in ampli-
flying the points touched upon above,
and in a consideration of the manage
ment of trumps at other stages of the
play What we have said applies only
to the original lead from a hand.
AMERICAN HOLDS THE TROPHY.
The match at Boston last Saturday
for the A w. L. Challenge trophy
between the Park club, of Plainfield
N. j., challenger, and the American
Whist club, of Boston, holder, resulted
in a victory for the Americans by
score of 10 to II. This is the most
closely contested game of the season.
The teams were:
Americana. M. Bouve, c. L. Becker, W.
S. Fenollosa and H. H. Ward.
Park-G. T. Rogers, S, st. j. McCutcheon,
J. B. Howell and S. Townsend.
The Staten Island team played the
Americans for the trophy yesterday, if
the schedule was followed.
A BROOKLYN DEAL.
The Brooklyn Eagle publishes the
following deal without further COM
ment on the play than these remarks:
1.-THE following deal recently played
at the Brooklyn Whist club is a further
illustration of the Importance of bold
play If you expect to get all that is
possible out Of your hands In this
deal the failure of North to take his
partners Jack of hearts and lead
trumps from four cost every one play
ing those hands just six tricks. 1t is
a hand that yields eleven tricks il
North simply plays for what is in his
hands. 1t is strange that only three
out of thirteen tables made this score,
but it is not strange that the couper
was one of them"
We quite agree with the whist editor
CT the Eagle that the hand should
yield North and South eleven tricks.
and think it quite strange that but
three out Of thirteen tables made this
score. The aHusion to 1.-The copper"
refers to Mr.. G. A. La Vie. who is
known in the whist world as the
Brooklyn Copper by reason of his
propensity for making grand-stand
plays. 1t is a curious fact that While
all OF MIR. La Vie's coups which are
published have been sound and Sue
cessful, yet the Brooklyn whist club
records do not show his score to be
near the top. The inference naturally
is that some coups have not worked.
1t is unfortunate that these remain
unpublished, for Mr.. La Vie's apparent
uniform success will hardly tend to
discourage a large class of moderate
whist players who are watching for a
coup in every hand and frequently find
one that is not there. We should like
nothing softer than challenge
trophy match against team Of four
coupers. But this is decided dlgres-
sion The deal was as follows:
Trump-Spades 6. Leader-South.