The sun., 1908-05-10
SCHOOL ron cARD PLAYERs

Yes II Is the rllo that the second player must
head the trick n he can. Some players make this
the rule only when trimps are led, but that Is not
as rood a game as whcn the player must cover
everything. and all modern players insist on head
Ing every card played, because II makes the Eame
20 much more scientific and enables one 70 place
the cards with great accuracy.
NET. wants to know what the chances an. Of
getting meld Of 800 u he bids on the A, X, y,
Of spades and the X, y, J, 10 Of diamondsSlh
nve other worthless cards, when there are ihree
cards In Ne widow.
As either the ten Of spades or the ace OF diamonds
viii MI out the hand for 800 In tIumps. % marriage
and 70 pinochs but no more II is hard 10 see where
the meld Of 800 Is TO come from, although bid OF
800 on these cards Is fair rsk. There ere four
cards that will ht the hand and there arc thirty
cards out against the three In the skat 10 II Is not
quite ~ TO 1 against nndng one or other OF the
cards wanted. In addition 10 this there Is always
the chance Of hndlng something else that VIII oil
out the hand In another way. In auction plnochle
with a widow IL Is the player who takes chance
that usually wins In the long run, provided he does
not overdo II,
@. s. says In your answer 10 o. r. K, April g.
you give the meld a. worth $40 Is not this % too
muchl the irlmps arc worth iso as you siwsys sn
give II, how do you get more than $50 our ot When
the three other kings and queens are hdded'
The kings are worth No. the two plain marriages
- each and then 60 queens That Is lsO 70 add 70
the 100 for the trumps The usual way 70 count
this hand is to meld the four kings and queens htt
for 30 and then TO add the trump sequence for
100 more.
Oh. says In any variety Of pnoehle, two OF
three hand, may player who has led card take
II back itH has not been ooverodt
That depends on which player makes the lead.
Ifit Is the bidder In auction plnochle he does no
harm TO any one but himself II he leads the wrong
card. and n II Is not covered he certainly cannot
gain any advantage by taking It back as he has no
partner 10 benent by the Information. But II ono
Of the two who arc opposed to the bidder should
lead card that card must be played, As he has
shown his partner q card In his hand, which Ia
aFalnst the rules In two hand, where the player
has no partner the position IL the same a. II the
bidder had led In auction pnoche. In both cases
the play must be regarded simply as slip Just like
the dealers announcement OF q trump In bridge
and his immediate correction Of II before either
adversary has time TO act on Il.
AIN. says Just to convince = doubter that
wants 70 see In print please state the value OF the
sequence Of rumps from tho ace TO the nine inc'u'
Two hundred The marriage IL worth %. then
the A 10 can be added for the $50 and hnally the
dI for ten.
L. II. SAYS A has bid 500 and makes spades
trimps lie holds four kings and queens and the
A 10 Of spades. How many must nc get IN oardA
TO win OUT
The meld is worth 80 as Just explained 70 GS.;
so that he has to make 100 10 cover his bid
Bridge. c, s. l., says; A dealt and made l. no
trtimps Dummy laid down hundred aces. What
are the odds against such an answer
It hard TO say what the odds would be against
the combination OF q dealer that would 70 no
trumps without an ace In his hand and dummy
that would lay down four Of them but the odds
against the dummy's holding four aces regardless
OF the dealers declaration are ia 10 I. Those
who think It a very wonderful thing for dummy to
hold four aces should remember that he is duo 70
hold them about once every hundred and nfteen
deals.
SIX. says: What is the limit Of the score a, which
II Ia considered justlhable TO make defensive
spade'
II what is meant Is how far advanced must the
Adyersarles be 10 make II not worth while TO hold
them back with an original spade make, the answer
would probably be when their score Is such as 10
make II probable that they will 90 out on the next
deal anyhow. As the average value Of the deal
below the line has been found to be about twelve
points. It would seem TO be useless to make II de-
fenslve spade when the adversarles' score was
such that twelve points on the nett deal would put
them out Something Is to be said In favor Of max
ing them 90 out on their own deal, OF course; but
the important thing Is for the dealer TO get game
In II he can and II he makes It an original spade he
practically makes the winning Of the game for his
own side an imposslbllIty.
CrIbbage. l.. II. n. says: After two cards have
been pegRed as a pair can either OF them be used
as part OF run In the play OF the hand
Yes provided the run Is made from the last one
played. as all cards played before the pair are
barred from any run. For Instance: The cards
fall 2SI45 When the hrst player has pegGed
his run Of three and the second player has pegEed
his pair OF tours the next card played, nye does
not make any run, because the duplicate four
stops Il: but ~ slK comes next or another three
Il will make run with the second OF the fours
NIB. L. wants TO know how to count hand OF
two hves four and SIX, with nve for starter.
II the three 1ves are laid out In 4 triangle each
side will make pair, holes. The four and sI
will combine with each OF the hyes to make run
OF three. . more holes Each OF these runs is
nnsen and the three hves by themselves are
fifteen, which gives us 3 more holes, so that the
hand is worth twenty three
E.G. c. says In three hand 4 plays = nine, pa
pegEed his run OF three and plays another seven,
iorWhlch he pegs nve holes bets there Is nothing
lie. face up, there Is a run OF three.
What lies face up has nothing to do with II. It's
the order in which the cards fall. II We 60 back
from BIS last play we hnd the order Is T. s. = o. so
that there no run and all that can peg Is the two
holes for making hrty-one Instead ofago,
skat NE. J. says II the player leads and
one on his adyerArles revOkes what does the play eT
score' II there Is no penalty except TO let the
player score his game aa won when II would nave
been won In any case II would seem as " there were
no penalty for TeYOklng
A revoke penalty Is supposed TO cover what the
player might have made had the revoke not oc.
CURED but II should not give him points which were
never in the hand II the player thinks that Y,
could not only have won his game but have made
schneider but for the revoke he can have the re.
woke corrected and play the hand over again from
that point on but this Is very tlresoue business,
on account OF all the cards being known, and Is
therefore seldom or never Insisted on.
The present Skat League laws are very loose In
many details especially In the matter Of the revoke
penalty. They say that II player reyokes the
bidder wins bis game. and the reyokng player Is
charged with the loss OF H. 80 that the third player,
who Is not In fault shall not suer But In practice
this gives the bidder double the value OF his game,
because he puts down, let US say, q points won,
and the reyoklng player Is charged With "a points
lost. While this makes the third man even Il gives
the bidder IS points for game that was never
worth more than -,
In all other games in which there Is any form Of
partnership the one has to suffer for the other
partners mistakes and II should be 60 In skAt. II
is 10 be hoped that when the annual congress meets
In New York June % neat the laws will be amended.
IN G. says: has seven trumpS but no Jacks.
IL ia bis lead What are the chances that he drops
the four Jacks In two roundt'
II the question Is put In another way, what are
A.
the answer is, u toll Unless one player has three
Jacks the Jacks must be split or one must be In
The skst. or two Of them may be 10 the tkAt II II
A. av..,ion NJ hstnO ahie n maks srhneider. fof