The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-01
GAMES 7, S 1
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slcopyrisalht 1905. Emanuel Laske,r:.

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SIf8 the question wese propo WhichI
one OF the many card sannesg BOWMAN
8indulged5@ III within the United States ls
the most SS~thoroushly knoWK n.sS most q re
5}qu,u,ently1 played and most popular Il some
would claim III tssdistinctlon for Sthnnssgame
lHof Observation-Disclosures ur, three sorEStWo-
handed .sssSFr his aains 10 OF FRENCH origin,
aa5slMyuopd,acation os the likewise French
ssirnA Or S...Besique. IT, proper nam .ts
$.tBjnocle VIZ. which signifies glasses NJ for
both S1ySs,.s Observation-Disclosures TO mon
socle.S siiasEs,&a ttoTs adjusted to Sone eye
sonnly.&S%$Th Ne ;Yeaso why this name has
baecnS4conlferred upon the game 4sS qults
obvious ri iasmuchgsa stle sanleSis Played
With two decks Rof cards. s s##Ss
EsAlsace lorraine that part
3srrlasnsds bordering on rranos and the Get.
man Palatinate..S aressSthe b home OF 8the
game and the sturdy .sons5slofs the Paiati.
mats did mot foreso their e t g p pnas time
III tbs nsws Sworld.SS%Swhers they settled.
Int taugh Ii their new nneighbors--1ustSas
they introduced their beer. athsir christ.
mas Strse.a and their singing societies In
this eosntry. They retained the am
9of3s TIE same, but somshow Q otter, went
aniss ID spelling 81 and no matter show
gdeplorabso ait may 8beg from view 8Sot
the etymotogist, tho accepted mode Of
writing ITS nams down 10 noww s@s Pin
Sochls. "a s8Sss$ %SS ss@ss s$F aaEsSSsSe
FouIr--hlanded Pinochle:S@
Foyuur-hla.nded Pinochls u played With
two decks OF twenty.fou cards each.
the nins:spot3 being the lowest 9
each other thu dsal goes togtthe right
FOUR cord a. the time, The lest card
il turned up and decides which suit H.
trump ,Mn h player holding the ninerspos
* tho trump made has the $privllsse@oI
iexScha,nastns II for the card turned UP.
SIfj III 5twosnina. spots OK trump are. IN dlf-
5ferent hands. tho elder hand has the
prior right to- exchange. The5Slowest
5trjuImrnip, cards (ssvenS or nine acooFdtpglyl
are called ..sdix"" French for ssttsn), be-
cause that card counts ten for the ln
ser,sI score, $# aa sssgS
Trump having been made, each player
nuts nut oil the cards which have g given
value shis hand a face upward. on tue
table A patr,a q, king and queen 2
one suit. count q Of trump, w !ouf
queens. COZ four jjsckui. 4. All these fours
must, however. beFof the four different
suits, and In one hand. The sequence
ace, king, queen, jaok.S ten, an trumps.
counts $50. In that case no forty are
allowed for the pair (king and queen Or
trump. But sif the player holds 9a Ssecs
9ondS king or queen Eof trump With that
seausncskhs counts 40 and ".
A5psculiar fsatursSof the game 8is ssptn.
fochle,.nl which consist gof the queen Of
SPADES ana tbs knavs OF diamonds. which
count co. Both queen Of spades and both
Sknayes# OF. diamonds double pinochls>.
S5if In onekhand.ss count So.
II all eight aces should be fingonesh and.
"a counts 1905 all elght kings, S0o, eight.
queens, 900; eight knaYes,s 100. Vain some
seoust only twice as much as four ilse;',,
aces. zoo; kingsss $780, etc. With some
double popoohleacounts but 140D.
The eshow.down of the counting cardsS
10 called in the %vernscular Of Eptnoohls
.3,.nths msldHi the, procedure ID expressed
BY the Ysrh ''to msld,.". Both noun and
verhE are derived from the German verb
sss''msldsn,,' 'fssSaS military term maaTGsa TO
report Although The English ITO res!
port would fully covag the mater, the
German ess :, tern I'm. rms'a ", ! e: been r,asts sd9pssat
Altar thNTshow-doWH.so Or NEEDING. THE
combined scores oeSths partners are noted
down upon . slsts. FWhearsupo1 CARDS
are taken up and play begins, After
all cardsI have been played, each SIDE
counts the points IN its trlcks-the aea
counting II. the ten ~. the king 4. queen
il,I lack OIL The combined number of
points, II ~. The last trick counting an
additional 10 The feard-score OF each
aide 10 than RddsA TO the msldrsoorsss
Thu deal thsn passes 10 the arst dsalsr'ss
irtghtS haRa nslGhbor. and 90 On ~ eaehs
player IA turn ttl one oSS the ether SIDE
has seorsd ths necessary loo points w
win the same {. @.5
Thrss.handsd Pinochle.
This 10 played Ike 10 tour-handed
aems,8 only eaoh Spiaysr plays forahlmt-
sself,sand IN se~onsNauenoe thres SCORES are
kept instead of two. TO each player are,
dealt sixteen cards. four ~ the time
Needing ana playing are the same as -
the four-handsd same Sometimes the,
same II played Wlth8a double deck 81
tsklItX,tvo eaFds AAohs tnolualnx taA