The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-06
soHooL EoR CARD PLAyERs.

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e. nd Z !: \; deal. suppose q and o tie FOR game
No one. when only two play II the gsm'
Is q he the non dealer scores the point fof Y
as an Offset to the dealers chances Of turning
Jacks, but when the game Ii tie between We
non dealers neither scores. The only siterna
tive would be for both 10 score. which Wouic
not be fair. Is II would be counting Two pointi
where only one was actually made,
.sP. II. W. says: In q gene Of setback OF pitch
II q player BIDS four and makes 1t docs ne VIE
the gamef
That Is the rule only in the variation Of auction
pitch known a. '+smudge." II . smudse player
Is not in the hole on the score when he otds foai
and makes 10 he Is allowed 10 rub on all his points
winning the game at once.
g; 4 6; says: After the tsHmp e.: =, S s,s name, namse
s ~ ~ S, bidder ts.s 20 the players discard al 'o' "'"
That is cinch, not auction pitch The dider'
ence Is that In einch the 1yes are pedros ana te
score 10 arrived at by dcducting the lesser mum
Der OF points made from the greater sfter
bidder has made good.
bid two and 6 raised IL 70 three. o made high
one eSw' each Enc % = so %AN'%Rfs Who o1 %ih nH''n' '-s'
That depends on what points were made BY
A and B. The points 60 out In order-hign' loW
jack. game: and whichever made the JACK a.
between A and b, won the game by going out
nnt. IL two players tie for tho game point
81 the game. neither Of them would 20 out al
though the bidder would be set back.
hand ndIG he tue ,lieh,e:. excuse sans for dooHHslias . no
trunipcr. holding eight hearts 70 the y, g. J. ~
20 other winning card and tho sore !: :" DIN
Many good players, double with such cards
90 es TO get q heart LED and the suit yiesred Of
once on the chance that the partnct viii get
Ia and lead another heart. This Is sound piay
on mathematical principles. as II 10 very unlikely
taAt the dealer ran win every trick Just hecause
he gets In With the acc OF hesrts on tho hrst trick.
II se can he would probably 60 game no mqster
what was led. ,
". G.. H.. says: After the last trick has been
70 be gathered foi %shutrlng. dummy onlls atsen
ton 70 the fact that the !sdveIsaIics royoxed.
had1no, seer the revoke. ;itsoush be had ample
time 70 mention It. he. who r. no ionesr dummy
and Sass' e sns g. Z himself n"'sn'G r. the than Iose il sIso
s g la,, = anoEs tsst II sunny sSs S.S esl!s Az ss's .asted
i n III. I:q lsHs, he ~ iet ssss the Z. ! aSi nt e ihe pensi'S.
but this is after the play OF. the hand.
A Is In error In his quotation Of the lawn. u
law No. e. Is referred 70 II win be found that
OF the hand After dunmy's cards are laid
down dummy Is dummy until he comes to life
again as the eldeat hand on ths ensuing deal.
When dummy secs q >rerokes which his partner
does not notice his best policy Is to stt still and
say nothing until the ecore Is put down. bccause
up to that time there Is still o Chi o % that his
partner may recall something about the play
which win suggest that q revoee was made
Dummy's calling attention to y shuts the door
on any possibility Of his partner exsctinG the
penalty.
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matters which are dependent more on personal
opinion than on anything else, such a. doubtful
makes.
4. Il 10 NE NE : ssS:; 4 ior SSa % ssers.,, ss' so st ne de sssf
). : s sss Tf j. V G.i ) Sci: i. should be 4 pas. Il !
Such laws OF the game as give any form OF ex
preston demand the use OF tho phrase. II leave
II to you. partner" kost OF the tsIt books In,
sist on the Importance of q set form In passing
the nske. ~ any variation In the expression
nation. The expression -brtdea It. mems Il
make II no trunps." a. the origin Of the word
bridge which was -biritch.- means no trumps.
n a dealer says Il bridge IT. the eldest hand
might at nee sss" Shall { play to no tr',mps,-
rr.srs. G !: Z ,, nays; N, ,rI' s.7. c g. X, ,ae s &C.;
with TIC !okss. and /. who hs. no clubs. discard:
hest spade he must keen . spade In his hand.
4 can do az he likes about stat: there 10 no bv
to prevent him from showing away any card
he rleascs when he cannot follow suit. Matte
mAucaily considered, Ns play stands to win
happens to be trhrip-d by another r.aysr.
~; 3: :.y.; ~ s!:S.ss; 4 srs 2 nv: :
less Of wha: @ may do. When a has one 70 90
aud b two. they euehre c. How about that side
1t /. = standom, As both 4 and D 20 out to-
gether. How many points each had to 20 has
nothing to do with II. as neitaer ran claim TO have
Won II points In q game which IL ended when any
one gets 10.
J. 2. says: The Hoyic I have Is Dick q Fttr-I
E g ,IIr s,s and !, u SAY S1s Pc. .ISns s. De eWnsn o S1 e, p asysl
nents may play alone against him." THE SUN may
have overlooked the above.
The page referred to Is In the eleventh edition.
published away back In Isss. During the twenty
two years that have etapsed since then many
changes have been made In the laws OF euchre. all
Of which will be found In d. q F.'s seventeenth
edition. published In. 1904. Tho rule quo.ed By
TIE sun is'now on page 40, near the top.
Nine Mems Morrts 4: MOO. wsnts to know
whether this game mentioned by Shakespeare ID
. game OF cards.
No, It Is a game played upon a ruled layout,
on the Intersections Or comers of the lines of
which each player can set one orhis nine men
until all are placed. The game Is sometimes
called The MIL, or Morcres. co." ~.
vint. II. N. c. Ays: II SIX tricks have been Did.
5000 or 10000 above tho linef
Neither. A little siam IL always worth loo
points, and a grand siam 2.0oo. In addition 10
this, 1000 points are added II the little slam Ia an.
nounced In advance. and 10000 are added II a
grand slam Is announced IN advance. Therefore.
II the grand slam Is made II Is worth 1000. but the
announcement being only for little slam. there are
only 5000 TO be added to 1t. 90 that the points to be
scored are 1000.
Crbbage, r. T. says: A has peEged his hand
for ia hoies when 3 says II 10 worth 10 and ciains
TO be worth 10. but Il bets hs does not nave 70 es.
plain. IA A may make the same mistake again IL
he does not know how to count. and then b Will
get more points on account of his superior
knowled &c Of the game. "
rs argument & Ingenious. but he must show
how he gets sixteen out Of As hand, because n
II should turn out that n was In error himself
he would not only have to take down those two
points for muggins but would have to allow A
10 peg UP two on him for the mistake B had made. |
B. r. L, says: A holds two pairz, sixes and
treys, and q trey 10 the starter. Please toll IN
how this hand can be counted 50 rs TO convince
an obstinate man.
seen that each side will make a dlnerent com
bination of cards. formln1 three distinct pain.
That is Q holes. The pair of sixes Is worth . NOR
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