The sun., 1908-04-19
SCHOOL TCs CARD PLAYERS.


Of the other players. A. this Is enough to put 4
out In the case stated A wins the Gamr.
can Ace Eurhre, rs c, says A makes tAr
IamR ala cans ior we Prsl spad, IErte being
trumps II. b bulds the acc Of spades and 4 bets
that be should PVT Il on this trick NJ As 10 let
know that he Is The partner
A player is not obliged to show thal be- Is the
partner That sa nStter for individual judgment.
Thtre are many hands In which Il WOnld he to
D's advantage to conceal from the adv srSanes
the fact that he was As partner 1htrc Is no rile
compelling the partner to declare himself evtu II
the called suit Is led.
Euchre ~ l.. r. says IN running big Eamt
IA u Necessary tO walt for the lead table TO inish
before stopping the others, and " 80 may other
tables flnlsh hand that has been dealt but Nhlcn
Is not all play ed
In big games IL Is customary TO allow all the
tables seven minutes 10 n game, there being 10
difference between the head table and any other.
AZ the expiration OF the seven minutes tbe whistle
blows and every card must be throw n down In.
santly. the score being taken a. II then stands A.
each table,
Cutting. K. !. ssys: 4 has cut au eight ~
bets that he win cut a lower card lhan As, He
cuts an eight, IA this standoh'
No. BloSes He was betting that he would beat
q record already established by A and he failed
to do 10. Had B made the bet when 4 had not cut
At ell AS acceptance Of the bet would be equivalent
to counter proposition A would cut lover
card than r. Ia that case two like cards would
have been lie.
Five Hundred. ". a. c. says: Suppose hat
no one has bid but the last one 10 say can be SAY
slG tricks" without naming the suit that shall be
sne lrnmp unlll ne mas seen the widow, or must De
name The fTumO gttit hefOFe - he utdaaa
He must name the trump suit before he takes
up the widow. 20 II he bids slI tricks he must say
what he Is gonE TO make them In, a. slI nhearts"
c. G, says: What Is the objection to having a
permanent rank for the suits In all games such as
hearts, diamonds, clubs and spades' Then a pr.
son who had learned bridge would not have 10 learn
reverse order for 1ve hundred aud another order
Tor Skat. They would all be alike
The order In ave hundred lS the same As In bridge
now, having been made so by the bridge players.
probably bat you cannot change as sody sslab.
llshsd a game a. skst, n anything Il Is bridge
that should he changed 10 agree with skSt as tbat
Is the oldeS T1S'cs- JhsA, ,sst,nfSs .ksce @So~A
made 10 establish rant Of the suits In the pack.
but card games are too old for that now.
Bridge. a. g. says. A bets that the dealer Is
not allowed 10 make II clubs and that no one but
dummy can make II clubs.
The dealer can make II anything he pl,sses 4
Is probably lhlnklng Of the advice generally given
10 beginners that II Il not good play to make II
black trump when you are the dealer. as there are
three better makes that dummy may be able 10 rive
you. But there are exceptions 10 all rules and there
are many hands and states OF the score at which
the dealer would be compelled TO make II clubs,
T. G. " says: ~ the dealer says he bridges"
IT, what Is the meaning Of the expression under the
rules
IL is against the rules TO use any such expires.
sion The rules OF most clubs distinctly state that
the form OF expression shall he restricted to the
words Il leave II TO you. partner" This is In the
English code. law 49, When the dealer says, 4
bridge H., he Is really aging, "Imske III no trumps
because that is the meaning Of the word bridge"
- -Blrtoh," from which bridge" 10 derived. means
no trumps"
y, Il. w. wants some bridge player 10 tell him the
reason fOr making shaky no trlmpers Al the score
OF love a. lie says that II Ia useless to make the
tricks valuable that the AdversahrS Will 90 out
on your deal and that uRess II Is the last game OF
the rubber there Is no justification fora 'despcra-
tlOn" no trumper.
Nefy few players do make such declarations tI-
cept on the rubber game, Those that are In favor
OF them argue that 1t is Just as well 10 make 1t no
trump and go game while you have any sort Of no
trumper as II Is 10 let the adversaHeS win game
hrst and then gel the deal op the beginning OF the
neIt game and try II. lfyou are going 10 let them
20 out on the neat deal because you cannot gel out
you start the neIt game with the deal. but game
10 the bad. Had you 1sked the no trumper and
won II they would have had deal, but you would
start the next deal with game in which Is great
The dealers average expectation from
his deal is u points below the line, 80 that II the
adversahts are - up they have odds Of about TO
/ on them that they go out on their deal. ltlstrue
that you start the neIt game with the deal but the
points you made on the last game are worth nothing
10 you. as you have before you The task OF FlnnuE
two straight games
Crbbage, N. 7. says 4 plays card and calls
%" plays four and makes II g. upon which
A pairs the four and pegs four holes for the pair
and 81 b then discovers that the call Of . was an
error and that II should have been -, lie bels he
can make a take back his four and give d ago,
Ash played to the erroneous call Of .. adding TO
II the value OF his own card he has no remedy and
the cards and count must both stand as announced
by b when be added bis four to the call ofsS
F.S. says Ais the dealer. and the four cards In
each hand are properly played and the hands
pegEed. When the dealer turns up the CRIB 10
count II II Is found 10 contain hve cards How the
extra card came there IL not explained, a. both
players sul have their four cards on the table,
What Ia the rule
The crib is void and the non dealer peEs two
points penalty for the evident mlsdeal
u. T. {, says: How do you count hand OF three
aces, SlI and seven
pl,os IN. ,c,. in n trlsnvI. and Zach sid. n,
,,tr hoI,, zach n,ir viii then comhn. ri,n
~. Al, ,nd IN, s.v.p ,o n1ts =, st,ssn A r1a,s
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T. q ,.,.. nurlr, ,h. rI., =, ,h. had a..,..
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P'ua'N
There Is no penalty given In the rules. II IS
simply forbidden. The offence IN probably not
!, ,rious enough to n,csssltAte A psnAl,y.
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Checkers. II. n. says: In chess there ls a game