The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-08-23
SCHOOL ron GARD Players.


BRIDGES. T. Y. says: We had a dispute Witch
&c % n %ss Sa''' .. o'y YoS ss ~ .S iSss law s1'" 3 covers . cis.ss
In which players have been served from an IN
played %. trck the deal stands good, a~fnough
We wan. 70 know which law applies Il dummy
hss not played 70 . trick. the deal having been made
Dummy's hand being q card short and the de-
nclency being discovered before he had played 70
the nrst trick. he could not DO obliged 10 nnd the
card and 70 place IL In his hand. as provided Tor
In Law Il, but could demand . new deal according 10
Law u. II should be observed that law u distinctly
says that II 10 only when the player with less than
thirteen cards has played TO a trick that the deal
stands good. The Inference IL that II he has not
played to 0 trick the deal 10 void, the three other
players having their right number OF cards.
lead from ace,sins Jack and ethers against . no
70 show he ace and iahenD 70 s 4 SO 20 as to get ths
nnesse OF the Jack II dummy does not lay down
:o' TIA, SssI he & th Hsin h and vii r i've G % the queen u . d ! d;
has II. b inssts that this lead cannot be coniusea
With ace and then king to show no more as THIS
Tho decision on this point would depend on the
length OF the suit opened. As II 10 the rule to select
suits headed by three honors AZ no-trump, the ace
king Jack suit would probably be led regardless
OF length. II II were only four cards. to COAX the
w. NV ~ "N fNNN.
Good players make II q rule to lead the ace. even
from ace and king without the jack. II they have
at least seven cards OF the suit. and they lead the
noe no matter what honors thcy hold. 90 as TO In
duoe the third hand to give up the king. holding
two only. With only four or nve 10 the ace-knE-
Jack. the proper lead 10 the king. the desirability
Of shifting being determined after dummy's cards
arc exposed.
. S Aac " Two sin q nD irump II is n mad. ssy s. 4 s shs asus spsi
BY B and that the hsnd e played On that BID with
lss Inc Tor IL ia sr sae AZ an % S', trump: :eG doubled. and
iSs s s1SSsr f isil Hsns or yx fST me Law .S1e q .a aSs: n ~ make make
any note Of doubling. Sec Bath Club laws
Only the bidders side can soorc below the line.
no matter what happens. and when the bidder
fails to make good he 10 also barred from scoring
below the line. The effect of doubling 10 two.
fold. II the bidder is doubled and makes what
he bids he scores below the hnc at double value.
II he makes moro than he bid he not only scores
double value below the line but he scores 80 points
Q trick penalty above the line. II the bidder falls,
not having been doubled. his sdversaries score 20
points q trick above the line. but nothing below,
not even II they make the odd trick. II they have
doubled they score 100 above the line for each
trick by which they defoat the declaration. They
do not double the value Of the tricks At their bridge
value. but they have double the penalty value,
which Ia the same for all the declarations. In the
case cited, therefore, A hsvinG bid to take eight
tricks and winning I'VE only after being doubled.
A scores nothing, while b. who doubled. scores
800 penalty above the line for the three tricks by
which the bidder failed after he was doubled.
Nothing is scored below the line by either side.
cnbbaee.-y. =. 8. says In three hand. A playing
n.i: ihe cards fan; Z, 5 runs o three beins
pisssss sn 81 { .a Z. p e; Sa = run may Is 3 s ssz' o sG eee
Yes. Cs dropping out leaves the last three
cards played. going back from As, & 3 :. which
10 . run.
:. 9. Il. ssys: In two hand the cerds fall 80
putes. as the cards did not fall In order.
The order in which the cards fall does not mat
Ter. provided there are no duplicates In the way.
When cards are duplicated before the run is COM
picte II bars the ~pcgging. but In this case there
arc no duplicates between the nrst card played
and the last.
in I SsnS when he Ia. a . nun run Of I. 5. e. of hearts, 4
< to lake i. This 4 refuses. Is be holds two aces
IN bis hand: and can never get eleven down unless
hearts.
D ID hight. Ifa player has on the table any oom-
binstion that shows he could use Q certain card. his
adversary can compel him 70 use that card II IL
comes up. and what the player holds In his hand 10 no
ground for his refusal 10 use II.
throws re !. trey a. one dse ' Being an used. m1 4 s eysy affcan
beat that. upon which 9 bsts I'm that ne cannot.
ID tnrOWB q Trey. - tnib . bS4nuOU OF uOtE -
B loses A having established . record by his
throw. B offered to bet that he could beat II. and he
failed. Ifther record for 100 yards Is nine and three
minis and you bet that you will beat II. you will not
win the money by doing mine and thre- n fths your
self. Had b bet that he would beat A before A
throw. Il would have been q stand OF because the
persons taking the bet practically backs A to beat
beat b.
d. sLaoi IN snsse In Witch ssyS !. sure eH Of the asS game ne
II he nnds the ace Of clubs or the king of hearts In
n. sisss au On. q ,h ms o, Gssr Or Be So, Se' W Wa S ODDS WI sho @Gd
he tive or take on such q p~ropoaaon'
He should lay I'VE to four. the odds being thirty.
two TO twenty I'VE In his favor, In the same way.
the man who takes the bet should get hve to four,
a. those arc the odds against dummy's holding
neither OF the two named cards. That these are
the correct odds can be demonstrated by taking
ali the possible positions Of the two named cards,
which will be .As2 a. the denomination. and
then taking the positions which would give neither
Of them In dummy's thirteen cards: 6x,5=85o. as
the numerator OF the fraction OF probability.
Pitch and Toss.-A. G. 3. would like to know II
any, Of THE Suns readers can give a description
EuchreJ. B; writes 70 say that TIE SUNS
Dick . 'FltsSsraid's Hoyie as his authority; the
~. P.'s Hoyie must have been out OF date.
Tho Hoyie referred 10 by J. b. is strictly up TO
date. and on page 10 Of the latest edition win be
found the rule. just as given In all other Hoyles,
that In railroad euchre II q lone hand cuchres a
lone hand II counts four points.
Call Ace Euchre.-E. A. says: All having passed
the dealer took up the trump. q diamond, holding
hight and left bower and ace. with ace and king
ofspAdes. He calls on the best club for his partner.
b bets this 10 not allowed. as he has no clubs In
his hand.
II docs not matter what the player has In his
hand. II he wants . partner he can call on any suit
he pieases. A q rule, when q player has a losing
card that he wants TO discard he calls on a suit
which he has none Of, 90 as TO get the discard on
his partners trick. when very strong In trumps
q player viii usually call for the best OF a suit that
he holds. 90 that he can lead that suit TO his partner
when he has pulled out all the trumps- Which
TO do Is part OF the judgment OF the game. With
the cards named. II Is difncult 10 see what the dealer
wanted a partner for, or what he proposed to throw
on the club when Il was led.
Pinochie.-w. G. b. says: A was as. c was 600.
A bid 80 and c 200. getting the play. @ NEEDED
ITO. leaving him % to get In cards TO make good.
4 meldod out and got a trick before c got his 90.
Who winsf
The bidder. C. because the bidder always has
the nrst count and the hand must be played out
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