The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-17

In the spade make. 4 led the king Of hearts,
to take a look around. and then led a small
trump, BIS nine forcing the ace, z led three
rounds of diamonds, but A refused TO ruff.
describing a heart. After that, it did not
matter much what Il did, for Al must make
the odd trick, even II Y leads another diamond
and truinps with the ten or discards the jack
Of hearts. In the acrnal play. y led a smal
heart TO establish the queen. A drew all the
trumps and led a club, aiterward making the
thirteenth trump and the club queen.
In the no-trumpcr. gone over by A, the spade
jack was opened, showing FIVE in the suit 10
three honors. z passed the first round, so M
10 get Is out " the suit, and 4 went on with the
king, being afraid to lead low, ms Il might have
ace and nine and h no more, z then led dia-
mondS, and made five tricks In that suit, A
discarding the ten and nine Of hearts md one
spade. This enabled Z to 500 thut A was keep
ing n guard on the club suit and that ~ no
went over he must have both ace and king Of
hearts. 80 Y led a heart ny 10 4, Instead of
leading a club, 80 n TO be sure of a trick with
the queen, 4 went right along with the spade
suit, putting ! in. under the mistaken i'm
precision that Y would lead a club to him. This
gave Il an opportunity to discard all his clubs
but the ace, and when Y led another heart up
TO A it was too late To save u club trick.
This Il a fair example ~ the kind Of thing
that happens every day at the bridge table,
and it Is this that makes the biz swings in the
hands when We roms to play them over in
duplicate. Howell suggests, therefore. that
the score slips should he so prepared that a
record of the trump declaration could be kept.
and that when the greatest nnrber Of points
made on the deal was ascprtainrd the drclara-
tion on which the high score WAS made should
be noted, with the natural inference that II
was the best make because II secured the most
points. Howell then, proposes to ciy" to each
player who made TINT trumD declaration n
certain number OF nointS Tor good iudgmont
IN the make alone, these points 10 b. In propor-
ton TO the number Of tricks won on tn" deal On
tho other hand. those who do not select the
best trump declaration must he considered
a. losing on the hand, and as many NJ they
fall below the high score, 50 many points must
How"ll'S idea is. that inasmuch rs the maker
of the trump and his partner practically have
tho matter in their own hands and nothing but
luck will prevent thcu from sec ring a1ainst
their adver 'arics, II + not fair e. give them
conclusion that they will make, but there should
be cases In which the advcrSaries can score
against them and the best way TO do that seems
to be 10 give the adyrrsaries Of the dealer credit
for the difference between the number of points
actually won by a bad trump make. and the
number that might have been made by the best
trump declaration. or else to charge the maker
with them.
To take an example: Eight tables in play.
On deal NO, Z the diamond make shows the best
results, three by cards and simpla honors
This was the make at five Of the eight tables.
At two Of the other tables II was a SPADE, the
dealer and his partner making two by cards
made fourteen less in trick roints and eight
less In honors than was possible with the right
make, and those noints should be- deducted
from their score. although the dealer and hs
mariner ACTUALLY made points on the hand
This certainly seoms a falrer wav than letting
the dealer and his partner score more or less
nnnishment Tor a very bad make. On none Of
thes" hands ran the adversaries score anv-
thing, and they are not N competition for that
fore will be dealers, and their turn to be com
pared will come. Two deals in each round
must be played Of each table to do this.
seems TO be tn provide for the great variety
Of cases which might come IN and also for ths
fact that an divisional freak make might bring
about a great gain in points with a declaration
that would not be- made At any other table
in the room. For this reason II might be we'll
TO take tn" trump declaration that was made
ut the majority NJ the tables ~ the best make.
lust az We now take the sore made at thu ma
jority Of tables In duplicate whist a. evidence
OF the best play. The suN would like to have
a liberal oppression Of opinion on the subject
from those who are Interested In the develop-
ment Of the intellectual side Of this beautiful
game and who are, anxious TO see 1t played
for its own sake without the inducement Of a
stake.
The longer a person plays whist, the more
ready he l. 10 admit that there l. a lot Of luck
in II, even II II Is duplicate. The same would
probably he trie Of duplicate bridge. but there
ls one thing that will always be true Of bridge
that good Judgment will counterbalance luck
In a very short time. The number Of points
that are lost by nassing no-trimpers over IN
dummy, only tn have Thorn made n spade. l..
simply astoni' hing. These no-trlmperS do not
always 60 through, Of course. hut " they have
q httle luck to help thcm out II counts up in
points very fast; Just six times a. fast a. any
luck In n spade make would count.
AZ an example Of such a case, take the fol-
lowing cards. which were held NJ the Now
York Club on Saturday last: The ace. Jack
and two small hearts, two small clubs. four
opad%sa' Ev III G ssys t H. '" Is snq no .WT rmai
With eight rcd cards In his own hand the chances
for his partner TO make a good game. In red
ara vwrv aim indA~d and wikh thA aOnra Iowa all