The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-05

score Nortn ana SOUTH y; East and
COMMENTS ON THE PLAY
Trick S-North having led the queen of
trumps originally at trick Q, he must still
hold the jack, which is the only trump left in
after East has played 10 this trick.
NOTE soUTHs WHIST PERCEPTION.
South's discard to this trick is the nice point
OF play in this deal.
The average player would have discarded
the five of spadeS, trump strength being de-
cared with his partner. A good player
should, however, foresee that if he discards
his spade he may be compelled 20 lie ad the
diamond suit to his disadvantage. 1t takes a
keen whist-player to note that his partner is
diScarding to the situation. There is no OBJ
ject, from the point of view of trick-making
in keeping the fifth diamond, since there can
be only four tricks won in the diamond suit
North's trump taking the other of the five
tricks now remaining. The adversaries hay
ing declared their suits so plainly there is no
possibility OF North being deceived by the dis
card. South should therefore keep the spade
as the more useful card.
REMARK AT TRICK 10.
South leads the losing spade to place the
leads in North's hand, so that the lead of
diamonds may come through East, who is
marked with the King.
1t will be seen, by placing out the last four
cards IN each hand and playing them over
again, that South would have lost two tricks
by continuing the diamond at trick 10 The
gain of two tricks by the play as given above
is due, one of them, as is easily seen, to the
lead OF diamonds coming again through East
the other to q subtler point that has not been
dwelt on above. The spade trick forces East to
discard, and he is thus obliged to unguard the
diamond suit, so that South is left with the
only diamond for the fourth round, although
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king and jack OF diamonds had been inter
changed so that there had been no tenace in
sOuth's hand, the lead OF the spade would still
have won q trick by forcing East to discard a
diamond
FINE POINT IN WHIST PLAY.
Any new point in whist play that we can
call a students attention to we consider
valuable. The following is one:
1t is a common custom even for good players
to keep the whole of their long suit. notwftb.
standing that the last cards of it must fall to
their partners trumps: thus frequently
chances have been thrown away
AS this point has never been dwelt on bv onr
whist writers-as we say, not down in the
books-I will state the limits 10 which nlavar
may safely go in discarding from his strong
suit. When player can count all the remain
ing trumps in his partners hand he NAV kaan
as many cards of the adverse suits as there are
trumps In his partners hand without spv
risk of loss. By thus keeping losing cards
many opportunities of winning an extra trick
will present themselves, in some cases bv mis-
being able to put the lead in his partners
hand; in other cases by compelling the adyer.
saries 10 keep the best cards of their own suits
and unguard their weak suits.
Players are prone to discard by hard and
fast rule without exercise of judgment be.
| lieve that at the present time more tricks are
! lost by injudtcious discardng than in anv
| other way.
Whist in Sacramento.
President George NJ. Mott who, by the wav.
is ct the head of the largest strictly whist club
in the world, is up to date in matters pertain
| ing to whist. He has planned number of
general contests to take place in this wonder
| fully prosperous club and as soon as the holt.
days are over, we will expect to hear good
| things from him. There will be contests be-
| tween professional men and merchants-con.
| tests between married and unmarried fnen
and women). Also an innovation in whis,
that ought to capture everybody Two can
tains Will be appointed to choose sides like VIC
used to do down in our old New England
home when we had spelling matches in ON,
boyhood days.
| He will inaugurate whist talks, given once