The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-04
SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS.

SCHOOL FOh tAhO hE
and IS deals the cards. c bids four and the deals.
insists that he can pitch for to9r 70 oS Spt Thsn any
cover tlis point and want THE Sun TO explain y;
As auction pitch was originally played the
nrvileve Of pitching the trump belonged 70 the
1 eldest hand; that 10, TO the player who wouio play
the nrst card. The card he led or played was tne
trump.
He could sell out his privilege II he wished TO.
but when be sold out he added the points onereu
him 20 his own score. II be aid not think he could
make more than two and any one offered MN
three be took It. but II no one offered MIN mono
than two. OF course, he pitched the trump ni"ee''
to keep the other player back.
As long as he made as many as ne was oHeIou
he could not be see back. II Is therefore obvious
that II he could make four he would refuse tour,
and that a player bidding four was not sure OF
getting the pitch.
The modern way OF playing auction pitch Is
10 bid to tho board. No one sells, because no
' player has a right 10 add TO his own score the
number bid. AZ no one sells no one can refuse a
bid. and ali that any following player can do Is
TO bid higher, as no one has any right 70 nYio inc
privilege OF pitching at the same ngure.
A bid Of four Is nnal. In the case cited d Is
wrong In another matter. II was never the
dealers privilege TO sell out or to refuse a DID ou'
always that OF the eldest hand.
Bridge. W. c. II. says: The dealer leads a
shade In a no truInper and one adversary does not
follow suit. Another spade Is lea anu so,love
sui. The dealer Immediately turns over the pre-
ee 4bs , sF,sEi : 9si in sGa G tSst BY not Waiting, with
the end OF the hand TO claim the revOEs tnr dcaeI
has ' or, e ,S Ss r se9sS 10 tG me pedR dealer d did tpf no, Wsit:
until the end OF the hand 70 claim the revoke, tna
s etsc,sSs e T,st prIees. which bad been quite. he loses
his right TO the penalty for a revoke.
A revoke NAV he claimed ut any time. and :: Is
--,. -t-0. a. n IN ~ - dlSCOVeFen- "
Is seldom necessary 20 turn over the last trick to
prove Il. as the adversaries will usually a"nit IT,
but II they do not. the trick may be slightly sepa-
rated from the others to avoid the trouble OF search
Ing them all az the end.
While II Is true that law % says that = trick
once turned and quilted may not again he looked
at except 10 discover a Super1'ions card. the law
Is not a law AZ all. and has no business IN tue cone,
because there Il no penalty Tor It's tnfraction.
Even n the dealer did turn over and examine the
preceding trick in order to show that a revoke had
beeu made, that does not In any way Interfere with
his right 10 claim the penalty for the revoke; be
cause there is no penalty for looking AT tne last
trick turned and uuitted.
rh, bettov In this case Is probably thinking Of
the rule that allows . search Of all the tricks nj the
end o. the hand to prove a revoke; but that docs
not mean that one must walt until the end to claim
It.
carts one by one as the dealer rms them OIL.
Presently the dealer fIreS the ace s"G o, s sbs ss, Ts' Ss
has taken up and insists on 4 new deal on arcount
hay H. as he has looked At his cards. Their -As
partner asks Tor = neG deal, he rot having toIrned
any OF his carts. The dealer nets that neither
Dlrtner can ash for a new deal after either has
booked at any OF his cards.
Law 10 Is very indefinite on this point. II says
that the claim for a new deal may not be made
nv a player who has looked at any OF his cards
hut IL does not state whether this looking at the
cards affects his partner or not. The laws OF
whist. fro which the laws OF bridge were made
nm. are quite clear on that point, law IS being
as follows: If during the deal q card Is ex.
poSed the side moi In fault may demand n new
deal. provided neither OF that side has touched a
a card"
This would seem 10 be the fair ruling. and In the
oniniou OF THE sun the dealer wins his bet. That
g.. A havi ng looked at his cards. his partner. b.,
cannot demand a new deal.
Euchre. ]. 4. wants to know what essential
differences there are between three and four hand
POUR hand is a partnership game; three hand
ia each man for himself. otherwise known as cut
,broai. In three hand a march counts three, aud
a lone hand Is the same thing IS a march II II win
ali the tricks. The counts for the point and the
euchre are the same in both games. In cut throat
II Is always TO the interest OF the two low scores
10 combine against the high man.
J. J. W. says: The dealer gives two cards TO
sash nlayerA and three 10 himself on the nIst round
in four hand. 4 bets this Is a misdeal.
ia hight, Law "a says that IL Is q naisdeaL
and IN. dealer loses his deal II be gives two cards
N one player and three 70 another In the same
round, no matter which player receives the two
ar which the three. Some persons imagine that
"a long as the dealer gives the same number 10 all
hut himself the deal Is fair but such Is not the case.
Again. can \ rl-ySr IN a four hand game order
IL IN without . trump In his hand'
YES There Is no rIle restricting the strength
on With n PLAYER shall ord,r M. snd when the
dealer IS onlv one NJ and the eldest hand Is four
! nm n IA usual !or the eldest hand n order up n he
mas not a certain trick. mrking the dealer a present
~ the two points Tor a c'ichre. so A. to prevent the
| nosslhuIty ~ his scorirY four for q lone hand.
I'VE Hundred. r. u. II. says: How would a
! game of progressive iye hundred be arranged?
The usual wy Is 10 divide ire party into grMIps
al three at each table, i've hundred being y three
hand "a Ne when IT It's best. Afttr a rovnd, say
three deals ~ . table. the high score goes IL the
next table IN Onr dir ection and the low score 10 the
next table In the other. This bIingN about = con.
slant change IN the make up OF the tables and Al
lows each OF the guests 10 meet As many OF the
Z others rs possible. ~ n theve are tour ~ each
table. rlaying partnerships. the winners move.
one going one wsy md the other 10 tre opposite
direction. nNA
Y. p. says: A bets thar q bid 81 eirht tricks I,
oct..T lIAi = bid Of seven trtcks. no matter what
the Suit may be. = bets that the value OF the bid
Is the thing and that u there II 4 preference Il rn1st
M matter what tho suit b, JTst IKE skst. "
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