The sun., 1908-01-19

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Auction Plnocals. D B.,ssys: Three are play.
and melded isO which 4 just what he 5ld. eighty
REs %ss s9d o s%gls h Win one queen extra
trick buthe claims the game, as he made good his
BID In his meld: and was Just enough 70 put hlIn
IfC did not get a trick. his msld is lost and he
cannot score II, that he 10 set back. II b gets
to 1000 ahead of wins the game.
game AS@ s.sSs Pss E:: .S HSrS s.,. %fS Il. q PsS 9
wants hTse O6S fS. wSs H %Sat % oSo 1Se Is QUIZ
The bidder. c. has the nrst count, and as he has
made good bis bid and it Is enough to put him out
he wins. ..
Euohre. o. N. says: ny orders up his partner
must the dealer take up the trump or must play
In the ordinary game an assisting hand simply
cOmpels the dealer 20 take up the trump. but In
all large progressive games. an Orderup Is an
announcement TO play alone, player ls allowed
70 assist unless ho Is willing 70 play a lone hand
When lone hands are barred assisting ls barred.
Bridge II. N. W. says; We are playing three
hand. under the rule that the pone shall sort
s sssr nana or he SsSsT AnS hSs sa1 thcs
H X c; AKo d. x; s. AK oSs6S. What
Under the rules he must make It spades. because
he has not three aces and s not allowed 10 declare
no trumps and his longest suit is spades.
T. NJ wants to know what pivot bridge 10 and
Pivot bridge is simply name for q movement
/ Of the players 1t makes no change In the method
| Of playing the rubber. One player sits still and
the others fcvolve round this stationary one.
| II he or she were pivot This brings each Of the
three Into partnership with the pivot the changes
being made at the end of each rubber without
any cutting for partners It Is usual however
| to cut for the nrst deal
CrIbbAxe. N. C. L. and many oahers haze written
nj an arr Inn m
given last week J. T.. the possibility OF three
IN sd,,Ins- ~. Sno,I,, 30 7 ~ - =. a., v,.,. 4,
- 49, H,S, -e - " 80. :. :. :. - - 30 s., " ,H-~e & y
% - poss4D'' o"e pSiS y, ns question ~ss
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% 70 snUse 'nss Ious oi A.u
s.,sa. W." InpnoS ~ sn.S IN ous 20 'I
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" sppv ~ sns H.l,u VI nsn.' .; e..uSn.y ls.
~ ,n, 80, sH' ~"'"ei 90 % n' HaS
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qs qu.s" Nie Ln.eIeSint 70 arg nunOeI oL SsIu @
players u eV'uent rom tne Iact tnat IAh SUN
Of the various hands that would count twenty
four and showing how many of these might hap
pen In the same deal One old and valued cor
respondent. Milton c. IstIeI who used TO solve all
THR SUNS whist problems gives fve separate
hands which might be held in q four hand game.
one of which would contain four Of kind These
hanus aie aS luno"s' One manu- ~ 'n'er s'Aes M anu
uey TWO hsnds eacn containing pair OF nVes
talnlnR pair of sevens and a Dalr OF cIrhts.
J. F. NJ. asks how to count hand OF three aces
WIN nine and a iour
AS the hree aces VIII make three dlnerent pairs
mey are worm 81 holes. As each OF these pairs
VII VII combine win tne iour ana Ine nihc 10 MAKE
hteen mere must DC sH more NOES ior tne rI'eens
OF V~e'Ne IN All ior tne hand'
HH n saws. Two hand the count heinz y A
to play. A Co" and " plays deuce, his last
card. A then plays two treys and pegs three holes
for q pair and last card. u bets that he can make
take back hts cards and play one OF his treys. as
nc sS'u % No M Wnen u was no' 50. ,,,-
.Ss .ne Opuon OF maNlhs tAke oacA @ MS caras
OI " e1ihS INC p'ay stanu' oue In eitheI case nc
@ @pess poheS ~ peuav @ IOI - cIlUL' N IN 'n'S O@sc
ue snoulu VaAo Oech ns csiuS. 30 as 70 OtoaA
up 1nT ps'i' ou. suppOse snAs nat nsI oeen so,e 70
Is SSe - ~ OF enu luae y u-u NJ @ paL' y ~ouiu usNo
he could still peg his u.
Card Almanac. G. II. J. wants 70 know how any
as 10 make il up to sSS the humber Of DAYS IN ihe
year.
The actual spots on the cards are only 2A4 In
number reckoning two on each OF the court cards.
But II we reckon the Jack as H. the queen as Il and
one for the Joker is Sos.
y,,,,,,.,. p-.Sn. Gu At. ,A,. .,,..,,..
deals and 9 makes Z; Dummy lay. % down thirteen %
tnAL ana nHNe we've SnH ~ i cSIus re-
Spectlxely Inis = no faILt oL and q, as tne Same
Is Iupncate, ana tne w nAhus arc correct' "nAt
Is the rule In such easeI
lhere are no laws TOT uupncate Dndge' the game
not being popular enough 70 Justly them prooaoly'
In duplicate whist the remedy would depend on
the numoer or taoies IN tue game II more tnAn
be set right, and w would have TO be content with
the average which must OF necessity be an
90 ,hsro ,,ni.ss .,,.y,y ,.hl. r,.d. an. .I.r,
w 'A'A'' uA's0 ''''' 'oO'' AN ~
SL, u Mt .sL.. wa, q. IN. rr.s.r, -,,.
as TO DlayinE kicki nuilosf Is il an olicisl Ramsy
They will mot be recognized at the next congress
Of the North American SkAt League. which meets
At the Ariou Club in New York on June p next.
When played the xucx nOlIo ia worth fifteen
double IL lost and as t is one OF the most popular
Of ali the decIaratons Il Ia more than likely that
IL viii be included In the ofnclal game values after
Ine neat cOhSresS.
PinOchle. ID. j. n. wants 70 know now 10 manage
a four hand tournament so tnat the same player
shall not have the same partner nor opponent
more than once.
That would depend on the number OF men enter
ing and the certainty that all would attend on
every night that the play was 70 be held without
such conditions Il is impossible IL takes seven
S'"nsS 70 'ne conolnA"On' Oh e'Sn' piASers