The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-19

some persons bite at a short-suit bait and run
to trumps. II Y has not, courage enough to
,GsSSt 1 hack sT WIth the Sai sTS9Ed s"'N "' '"'N'I
Trick 3. A thinks it might be Just as well 70 e
nav, TIE hi,D sr mn st. as IF 1 the 81 Situation IA in ttrumpIs",
Trick 4. What Y can have supposed to be me
position Of the rGmninPIq rSb 5FB SIR be t th rs u i@hnoiTaii lis
partner held some tremendous suit for which
1t was absolutely necessary to exhaust the
Trick @. As pointed out in the criticism Of
the original play, this is undoubtedly the only
se9st bnnd fo z is simTi1 io fin Nc; $ in 'q aeatnst lis
partner. Does he tor a moment Imagine thht
ne can hold the trick with the 10 II the Is tho
top Of nothing. or that b Will hnesse the " IL ne
Trick ii. This is a heartbreaking discard
for Y, but It is n very good one. nevertheless
DUPLICATE BRIDGE WHIST.
The first experiment in playing duplicate
at Uti the Whist Club Of New York last week. re-
suited IN showing the promoters OF the scheme
that il would be necessary to make some mo-
incations in the manner OF reckoning mo
points. and to. eliminate. TO some extent me
element of playing to the score. Ihat tnls
thing was found in the first attempts at dupli-
cate whist. aud one OF the early oPlrctlonS 70
land, is that it prevents playing to the score.
The most important thing to get rid of was
found TO be the 100 noints for the rubber, DE
tricS nj a critical Stage might make so large
difference in the score that no good play r9utbh
sides wanted g points to win the rubber.
Both tables made it a diamond; but at one the
tsiaks loo led ! from on tt thf i Ms9 E h ~ Win ann , the r 9To
Der he lost it. and it made a difference OF 2l9
points in the score.
the actual score on each hand. opposite the
number OF the deal. Just as in duplicate whist.
playing right through the. twGnty-iour or
thirty.six hands which constituted the match
and adding M at the end the total number OF
points won or lost in tricks and honors without
of the points at which one side or the other
The contest was particularly interesting, in
many ways and demonstrated that bridge
players might learn many things. about the
game by overplayinR hands in duplicate. WITH
one exception all the makes were the same at
both tables. In the exceptional case the deaIer
passed i to his PSTftner Nv, who 0n ne1a i spen Geap1s 1 p
At one table the dummy made it a heart ana
lost three by cards and simple honors.!4 ana 10.
Al the other table the dummy made a it a srpai ttfs
slam and four by hSnors, "a and %, showing
thst s sase he fwe Rsk poin Mel ie t iH'hhe onor SCORES iSs'"S
The most instructive hand was one IN whicn
the, dealer made it no trump: holding 1. 70 Sco
and another spade. and four diamonds to the
j 10. Dummy lad d9wn eight sn nand 1.-THE the
small clubs. The original leader held ilye
hearts TO the 9, and at one table he ied small
His partner won WIN tnt uce anu. ~ ~
| five bv cards. At the other table the y OF
hearts was led: and the nartnsr re,mrn fsd sup SUP
making four tricks in clubs. The original
leader then went through the king OF diamonds
| and his partner made both ace and queen. win
ming the odd trick-a very useful lesson in the
value of the top-of-nothing from a long wcaE
suit as a card Of warning. Hcnrilues' Elwelt
points in ~ deals.
THE TROPHIES.
In the first match Of the Western series for
the challenge trophy the st. Pau team. Bum
MetcaIt. Butord and Gordon. defeated t v1no Min;
and Briggs. by seven tricks ,x
II the last match for the e Albany ,hn NcW trophy orI
State Association. the Albany Chess and Whist
Club team, Smith, Lodge, Snow and lathh3ne
defeated the Saratoga Whist Club tenn. Rich
Howe, Wells and Meehan, by seven tricks. ,
The;second match forthc Utica trophy. which
represents the pair championship OF New f0rk
and resulted in another yictory for the holders
the Albany Chess and Whist Club. The ch1l
lESip 3gSrs W We SvT Tns saT anG fhc N syTacn NV Wh 1nS
Club. Under the new arrangement Tor these
matches the pair from each club played 10,
and the results were very close. only one trict
separating the teams. In the last rounds, wh"I
the partners from the same club separated, oacl
PLAYING with a different PLAYER from one Of the
other clubs for each succeeding round. the
Albany players showed their superiority. by
making the top score in every round. This Il
exactly what the new scheme was intended t.
bring out-the nil-round playing ability Of tn
competitors. not their success in playing WIFI
some one with whom they may have a lot OF pri
waite understandings. There are so many wh'
can play acceptahly only with certain partners
thatthese contests were arranged to cncourag
those who MAY whist on general principle
and can hold their own with any one. w!'
understands the legitimate strategy of tn
game.
OUR PROBLEMS.
In the following position. hearts are trumps
N is to lead, and. with s for a partner, to got a!
seven tricks in spite OF the best defence OF
and W