The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-26
SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS.

Euchre. p. J. 9. says: Four arc PLAYING under
D Objects, and insists that as 4 turned up the trump.
The maker OF, the trump is the one that decides
what 1t shall be; in this case C. who has the lead
under those rules.
r; p. F. says: The dealer turns up tho 10 and
holds ace. queen a. and ID , both biSwe,s. Does ordering
Yes, Even II 1t Is his partner that orders II II
prevents the lone hand. unless the ordering player
wishes to try 1t himself.
favor Soa q the dealer ran and dummy il Is asked to declare,
q She g J ih 20; ). he I g 09 ses'e cards. H. AZ i0SAN
Hearts. 1t will take two by cards to win the game
in either hearts or no trumps. and the heart Is
safer and has the honor score In its favor.
X. B. G. says. During the, play B exposes ths
that i shall play his lowest spade, on the grounds
has exposed a card OF the suit.
There Is no penalty for an exposed card but to
| call It II wanted. You cannot stop the player
from getting rid of II at the nrst opportunity. II Is
only In correcting a revoke. calling attention to q
trick, or fourth hand playing before the second.
that tho highest or lowest can be called as penalty.
r. b. nsks: Can THE SUN tell us the origin Of tho
the game Of bridge whist'
The word bridge Is a corruption Of the word
"biritch." which was the name by which bridge
whist was FIRST known. The INST work In English
describing the game was entitled "Biritch. or Rus.
sian whist" Jessel, In his Playing Cards and
Gaming" tells US that II was a pamphlet Of only
four pages, and no place Of printing or publlca.
tlon was mentioned. II came out In 1885. From
the title Of this work we got the name "biritch
| whist and soon afterward bridge whist" until
now we call It bridge" As to the meaning OF the
word, several persons who played the game long
before this work was published have communl.
| Gated 10 the Saturday Rsrfsp their experiences,
among which they mention that the word "biritch-
meant mo trumps." 49,.
". T. E. says. Dummy was supposed 70 have
toward the end he was found to be one short and
|, va: .v fSund q %h sss h aSGs; IL IN t such ns'a osssi no
The deal stands. according 10 Law No. n. II three
! players have their right number Of cards. Dummy
cannot revoke. II was the business Of the ad-
versaries to see that dummy had his full hand and
that he followed suit. This being 80. there 10 on
| penalty aud tn. card on the floor must DO put back
on the table. allowing the play to proceed as II
dummy's play had been quite regular throughout.
M. J. D.. asks: What is the origin Of the word
bridge !" and Is !, no, proper g fq pr ne dealer to signify
Bridge is q word derived from "biritch." the
| name under which the game was nrst introduced
TO the English speaking public. Originally. We
are told by those who played the game as far back
as 1870, the word "birtch" meant no trumps. Bridge
is a noun. not a verb. and to say Il bridge II" Is .
solecism.
T. L. says: The cards have been laid out for the
happens TO cut a card which is face up in the pack.
Must this be the starter'
Under the rules. II o card Is found faced In the
nsok there must be q new deal by the same dealer.
There does not seem to be any reason why an ex-
| ccption should be made because the card Is dis
| covered in cutting for a starter.
r. l., says: Dummy goes hearts without being
asked. Bbets the declaration stands. under Law y.
T IsnSd says a declaration once made cannot DO al
The law should say "legltlmately- made. Look
at Law "a.
ylngt s,-u1; NJ B. say III, T Third o sa4a !, s az ss. .
SIm. ss az and Sn says twenty two Ks The ace, could be
COUNTED as making the hand up to twelve only was he
rl IN to draw again by his announcement Of twenty
| one. or twenty-five. when he had only twelvet
PLAYERS do not announce anything In vingt-et-un.
II is like poker. the cards show for themselves.
when the banker drew the ace II was not his bust
ness to announce any number. but to turn over
his caIds and show the twenty-one that he thought +
| ne had. F.>d!ns h" had Twelve only no could
draw again II he wished to. q.
Poker. s.. S. gays: After the cards are all dealt
he he HAS only four. Can he play them'
No. ANY hand OF more or less than i've cards
lifted or looked at Is foul.
r. c. says: All pass a Jack but the dealer. who
onsns IL. and &c veral come in and draw. Then the
SeeieI hnds he did not hold openers. a has q psir
ri queens and insists that the pot 10 his. The
dealer says there must be q nev deal.
The rule is that a 20, once open s. even II wrong
10. must be played for II any one comes In against
the false openers. II As hand Is the best out he
takes the pot.
A. NJ. N, nays: II one man has six cards dealt TO
him and looks a, them, Is It not a misdeal'
No. His hand Is dead: he should have counted
them before he picked them up.
J. A. o.c. says: Four are playing all Jacks. A
onens on n pair OF queens, The others all pass
and A shows the queens. b bets all nve cards
must be shown.
b h right.
l.. p, g, says: After the cards are up. A leads q
trump which B fails TO win, although able to do so.
What 10 the penalty
The usual way Is 10 take back the cards to the
point az which the error occurred and replay them
from that point on. u 10 only when there 10 o
revoke that the player loses his entire count for
eards-