Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-06-10

ruflng or Of depriving partner of his
only card thereof attaches to the lead
OF even a single round of it, a return of
the trump and dependence on subse-
quent discard is preferable in the in
terest of conservatism. Certainly, if
third hand holds a suit of moderate
length and headed by such a combina-
ton of honors as renders it practicable
to show partner the suit and still re-
tain the lead, such action is wise be-
fore returning the trump.
A third case where the return Of the
trump would be better play for third
hand than opening his suit might well
arise II, for any reason, he has cause
to suspect that the original second
hand is very weak and hat the trump
opener will have good inessing oppor-
tunlties oyer his right-hand adversary
ii his lead is returned at once by third
hand. If the latter has used his only
trump of any size to capture the first
trick, he may well weigh the probable
tiles of whether the disadvantage to
which partner is subjected in being
compelled to again lead the trump does
not more than offset any gain rend-
NANN PO9S10iO ny tuc pidlH-SuIl open
ing.
One Round of Trumps.
1t is often good play when holding
four strong trumps, such as ace. king,
queen and small, ace king, jack and
small, or ace, king ten and small. to
lead one round of trumps and then OPP
en- ones best plain suit. Ii partner
wins the plain-suit trick and returns
the trump, he may be safely read
with some assisting strength in your
plain suit, and vice versa You may
take the fnesse in trumps, and II that
succeeds, continue or not. as may seem
wise, having still command of the
trump suit, which it is not usually well
to divorce from the small one until
that is made by ruffing.
The most difficult position connected
with trump management, however, is
yer is placed when called upon to de-
eide whether or not a third round is
advisable, partner having proved of
very little assistance, the master trump
and another, or perhaps two of higher
value than his best one, being still
with the opponents. His decision must
depend largely upon the possibilities of
loss or gain. II by taking another
round there is a chance for a possible
gain of several tricks or that such lead
If ii succeeds in drawing two trltmDs
together. will enable partner to bring
in an established suit. while at the
most he will only sacrifice mis- trumps
with slight additional loss, say one
trick, in case both trumps are in one
hand against him, ne should choose
the aggressive game and continue
trumps. On the other hand. il there
is an established suit held adversely,
and neither he nor his partner holds
a similar suit, or. generally, if the
probability of loss, in event of the az
verse trumps not falling together. be
greater than a single trick. he should
adopt conservative tactics and quit the
trump lead, even at the risk of per-
hitting each opponent to count his
trump separately. Asa result of per-
sonal experience / would venture the
opinion that attempting to bat" ad-
verse trumps. the popular term for
knocking down two of the opponents
trumps with n of the leaders. is at
the most fascinating and danger |
play at the whist table, particu-
larry when but three or four trumps
alive, and the more hardened a
player is in match whist. the less in |
clined is he TO yield to the tempta- |
ton of handling plays OF such explos- |
i've character. |
Situations in Actual Play.
A. illustrative Of situations that oc-