The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-01
scHoOL ron cARD pL4YERS.

VINO wins
As the snccrs.u bidder has ihc mrs, count and
has enough 10 make good hi, rld md also enough
To 90 out wins Same ansvcrtQJ. X. II.
uand game IS hrgs and A runs ne cards. turning
q spade says. "WorAr yes" whcrCupuu y pro
objects. nud 'ays De- viii play the hand Win IN,
spade 'pt trump. a bet, L. toe dealer and zoe
beggtr dE-rc 40 bunch. thc tuird man haS nothing
70 "a, about u luS moIc than he had about the
Dealer {, wrong rhc card, cannot be punched
IN three hand. q ,bc dealer gives, be- r'c7 70
both % and c. n he runs ihs cards The hand must
be played
bridge r. X. oC SAYS, The dealer LED from rom
from dummy and playing another card Can
he he prnalized for the exposed card7
No. The deacr can expose any or all OF MS coIuS
without penalty. as be has no partner thai can ihho
any advantage ofthe Information TO be rancd from
seeing the cards
W r. saya kner the cards had been al dealt and
The dummy wa, sorting out Ms hand he dropbcd
" ace Of 'runns fscr upward on ne la9it, d,r
deal. bets thc Ieal stands
n HE eldest hend knew Tint the exposed cam
was the acc OF trumps the trump must have been
already declared and after the declaration has been
made there Is penalty for the dealers sac
exposing card
Ia II. wants 20 know wha, tho Robertson Rule
Ia. and why 80 called
II is an erithmetical rule for determining tho
value OF hand on which no trlmps" might or
might not be declared. The nyo honors IN each
suit have nEurc value attached 90 them the acc
7. King 5, queen }, Jack ?. and ten J. AZ the totA
OF these figures Is y. and as an average hand would
contain ono OF each Of these cards In some suit or
other. II 10 argued that any hand which can DO
counted up TO Is Is an average hard Ans hand
which Is at least queen above the average woud
count up to q. and such hand is given as the
minimum which trlmps shoud be declared
but this strength should be distributed among
three suits. Their number Of proNisos TO inc
rule. such as that blank honorB shall not he
rcckonei. &C. and there number OF com
blnatioDs of cards possible 20 which the rule
would NOT apply, such as floor small spades. h 9
j Of clubs X j small IN diamonds, and 9 10 small
In hearts
Clnch q. O. L. says a and q arc the bidders,
has a card too many s bets his hand D. foul. and
insists on scoring the full amount OF his BID -
Is rlchl'
"a hand Is FOUL. and neither he nor his partner
ran score any points that deal but they may
play the hand out TO prevent their sdverSaries
from scoring everything
shat n. T wants to know the rules for playing
gucky grands.
Tho hludcr must announce In advance that he
plays eucky and he can then take ny both the
skat cards at once. aiicrward dlsrArdng any two
cards he pleAscs The hand Ia then played As
grand. with wenzels only for trumps. but II tho
bidder fails eloscs double
crtbbaec. P ~ ~ says When comes 10
Jay out foT u crb' ne mn tnhl nc ~ cail Sn1IC
I,'qus IVA s ~ S,oi sgsin rte
Is bet .. 10 whether There should be new deal
or should play with q short hand OF hy out short
Tor tnc cHn
must pay win the 'Hr' hhno' ~ no mus 'Ay
out TWO ,iie. IGI me cIIo 10 a"y case ana pegs
-. 49,. 49,,
J., a. W HhS - y nolls an h't' we ue s1 st,G
a VIZ, WI, Is r'ns ,-is ~ ssS I, ,ga,tb 'i'
How do Won 16iIn, n
is nfhi ihrit arc TWO runs OF ihF'e each'
a paif OF denoea and three hierns' one made Win
the King see Aud iWo denc,a' thr others win inc
c. r. y. says In three, band. a = last card Is =
Z. Bs , and G @ = p.aNne 'he total ~ y and .
nc,3 80 20 a"T ,,,,, e' , ShS re- ,s'H IL,
cannon Yls, ivirc and .corr $50 rms
iiaN IS correct aliu as" MS peRRlng' no
'nHhrs MN OF four WIZ MT nrr ana Is tod again
Ia pn nf course Then he maAcs another nin OF
fo,ir aud fhe tofsi H. n
potc- n O. N snvs HAS 81 plsvrr IA much
-harr,. 90 M four nlsh when uiers are only y
ards lril 10 draw from ~hrn tncre are 81 cards
gi % p ~ tV.oih,i W., Is ,il' ~. r1d
-s,,i ti,an ~, n 1,e hands
rbe chance tS ai,e,,s The same no matter now
,-ar, card, remain In tb, mack or ho,r many ar.