The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-25
KEW PLAYING RULES
ADOPTED FOR sKkT.
IMPORTANT CHANGES MADE ~ THE
MOST SCIENTIFIC OF ALL CARD
GAMES At THE iNIIiL con-
RES IN NiLu Al zee

| Tn gam Of SEat Is Il th-oo-handed game.
and IN" player always has two opponents.
T; is customary for four to play. tho dealer
IS out. and wins or loses Just the same as
the others. Tha; Is, if the player wins.
h" must pay ami + paid II he lcsos. There
i no fixed end II the game. Il is terminated
by agreement. Usually. th.cc to four hnurs
are taken up. but games have LASTED that
many days. Ey winning a hand q PLAYER
scores q certain number Of points der.,,J-
ing upon the value Of his hand. What the
point Is worth depends uVon mutual agree
ment- Usually IL is one-guarter cent. Each
player Is credited with his wins and his
losses are sutstracted and a balance is
struck at the Wiuiup.
y tu"hre t""k l. used. thirtv-two cards
from seven spot to ace. Ten cards are deal,
- each player and two are for the blind
or Skat. The order Of the deal Is as fol-
lows: ,. skst {. 2.
Th" cards range in this order: Jack Of
clubs. jack Of spades. Jack Of hearts. lack
"f diamonds. ace. to. king. queen; . ; : 81
suit. There arc. therefore. eleven trvurs
IN every suit. In nullo the Jack returns to
its place below the queen and the ten spot
below the jack. In grand and ramsch
Jacks alone are trump. To win any game #,
~ 't''tS.fGN 10 make S4NfN-pne in the pgIIvr
tn" ralue of the cards is as follows: Ace.
il. 10 spot, I": king. 1: queen. 3: lack. .: .
:. =. uothing.
N'Eni'itT or tailor occurs when the PLAYER
i"l4S To Cfurt thirty-oua or his opponent
thirty. Black. when player or opponents
fail 70 take a trick. Both If these may he
announced hy the player if he plays i solo.
In each suit there are three games. du,s-
tI"n. touTne and solo.
To play Il question tho player picks up
th' blind without examining it. and, dis
card!HE t"" cards. announces trump.
Value 0f the Questions.
IN" VatE" uf the questions will be found
lH the list of playing rUi's adopted AT the
i'tS' congress, In grand tho Jacks alone
are tramp II tn, player picks up IN. bind
without examining he can play !! grand. il
H. O. clHf's IL At the same time. The Valu.
IS Twelve. and. if lost. tho player pays
d"r'l". If Il Jack IS ft"'I 1T a tCurnC, jhe
payer can drc!tr" grand or suit. Tn.
value is twelve If he declares a grand. a
sol" crtu. is valued at sixteen. \ grand
"hN'fi T';tns AN open grand. The player
declares To- take every triyk. EXPOSES his.
'trd-. and. II ne fd,i=. "a. loses. NuIlo
III, ans -. and th" PLAYER must not take a
ifl'k; NHii.' twenty. NUllO ouF.Tj. an open
E'li". cards must he faced. value forty.
kun~ch-lhis Is a Gam' in thu nature Of
-. punishment fer very conservative play.
II tl the players decline tn play. raGIs,h
l. in grI'f. The Jacks alone are trump.
Each PLAYER plays Too himself. and the one
IA king III" highest count losses twenty.
" state. before. to win any game. .x-
cent uuliJ "r .ams'h. an" player must take
s:.'I-h tricks 10 count siXty-oHe. Suir must
L. followed short of "a snit, tr, player can
trunr or throw of 1~ b., rn.us,-. lie *
lot conn ,il'i L" trump ur play Il higher
card.
New PInyinr Rules.
\ list Of IL" r'w playing rules adopted by
u. Am'ri. IN Skai Co"sTgSs at the last an
iiutl session: he'd iii Milwaukee Recently.
l. counting Inc gamrs; Single game
cnlnis l point: Schneider counts :; S-i,nei-
d'r. announced. counts o. Lack, no; an
uruus.d. counts 3; SCHNEIDER. announced
AMI black made. counts !. and black an
> E'.ti"u-TJkiUC uu Ia" blind cr ska
v.;hpu: oNtriiri"g tAr -ime beforehand
and making trump. iiHrI 'UgS. u.utS l
point. hearts. counts =. spades. counts p,
B. T~ograo-TaLi-g gp one card If the akat
or blind. Gi"l th-s t.dk:T- trump. or IL The
card i> a Jack. paying Grand. Diamonds.
roUrts = points. hearts. counts ~. s!.lda-.
counts :. club. counts :. ana Grand counts
:. SoIr-P,ayiu- without tou~hing tho skat
OF blind: biJrl.ris. counts : points. hearts,
counts 10. Spades. counts IL. clubs. cusnIs
J., Grand counts ". Grand ouv.rt, counts
.. -t;ucks.r or Grand Question counts -
points. GuokS,n lost means u loss Of "a;
grand uuv'rt with 7 mataiorr. ia. grand
,uv,rt with . ma;aIorrS. lfS: grand 0uvcrt
with 4: raat=GpI.-. ~, grand Guvert win {
matad"r"s: Is points: nu.i". ~: u,.iio "uveIt.
A.. RamSch. losc- - points; If j~Grgfer. 81.
if wv Iuu-terS. - points.
$. General rIl,s-Th" player needs 81 and
his opponent - points To h" out uf Schn"I-
Ger: gIa'-I and uU;lo "uy.rt must Pc lad
out before tgc game commences. II over
lil in grand. sol" ~ tausnc, the player
pays ~" next higher game.
=. oUrStiUH-lf The player find that he
,yprhid MS hand. - can lay down his cards.
l. e.. admit tina. he lost The game only, but
as u. II. u. -, etc. cannot he made. he
PAYS the vaiU. Of the next higher game.
cards must b" dealt. : shat. I. ; or ,. !
ekIt .. Every player has . right To demani
tiai the cards 10. cut. If q player while
playing declares enough. ami GruIS his
cards on the table without having 81 points.
she came cannot be reSumrd, the party
making such mistake losing the game. even
if he he certain of the rest of the tricks;
the partner of the opposing party does not
suffer through his partners mistake.
Schneider and black can only be announced
when playing out of hand, i G.. without
looking at the skat.