The sun., 1910-06-05

bets L sh0ld be ! heart hld IN any position.
MOst players prefer 10 name the suit IN uhich
they have Ne grcaier utch taking sirenRth-in
this ease clubs With a view 70 shlfting % hearts
or no Uumps n the bkdng seems 10 ius,if A.
The safest shift h 10 hearts uaiesS lhe paruer
hAmes One Of the other cults.
wP sayG The hLldsr undertakes 70 wln two
by canls ur eight trirks Ia no trump. bat MAKES
three lficta oniy unr Of Ms Adversaries revoses
tricks psnaiiy, ,hrre ior each Tevosc. or does he
rct unli three Tlcks Tor the nrst revoke And 0ne
Ior The secund' A eets that arCOrding 10 Ne new
rule lust puhlishrd By thr Whist Ciub Is she pen
az, t0r Z prcond Fevose for ths adyersariss IA
reduced 10 100 polnts. the seconh revoke fOr ihe
i.itdgI should BE- iNo-ihifds Of three tricks 70
hat he would tase I'VE trioks oaN TOO iwo 70
vOkes.
LaW ~ paragraph e In Inc new cOsle published
by ihe Whist Club tays: when more than one re-
woke ls made during The play Of the hand Ihe
penalty for eAch TcyOke after ne ART ,hai be
lon points IN the honor column. According 20
his rule there i no dlstnCtlon between The
pcualty taken hy The bidder and the pcnaliy
taken b. bis adSrrsaries " that n The ease cited
The bidder would lake lhTes tricks penalty for Ihe
nrsi revoke and 100 points nenalp In the honor
column Tor the second iravlng him ,iill iuO trlces
shl OF ninnng his r0niract n he did not lake
lhFee uicks h. cOuld take 80 penalty and fall BY
ave tricks
TPI AVS IAW 81 sa,s lf bid {. rcdOubled uie
bonus et nfN Tor carrying out Ne contract u
doubled. but What lnfuenec has ihls Uu eAua
Tricks bets that 4, refers 10 the carrS ing out
% the contract alone.
When q deciarAtlo l. doubled the doubler
practically oners 10 be-, niy points trick that tho
derlarauoa viii fail. aud Ihrss afll are O1 rOurse
sAlra and Apply 20 even thCk. u The adyer
,ariss defeat the dcrlsTauoR Ihsy GET MY Tor
ssrh Irirk Without any doubling " they have
doublci ihey Get my extra, ~ one hundred
trick
Tn the sane nrinclple n The adder suocceds
In nilniing hts contract withOut any doubling he
gets no hOnus. . u has been doubled the bidder
gets nfW for iulnlllng his contract after The ad-
venaries have bet that be would not iulnl H.
lhis ATTY being 10 Unset lhe hfy they would have
won had he fallei As the adNersaries would
have EOi nfty for 'aeh trick under thu contract
the bidder must ~, ATTY iOr each irir!, over the
cOntRacL n TIE double l. ru,ion5lrd the ad,rr
saries are playing hw twice the Donus and Ire
declarer = al-o playing for tNics the bohus. tao
hundred In toe nrst ca sc ana one hundred 10 the
ascOnd.
Bridge 1. c r. say,. A. about the seventh
trick the lesder played a SPADE 10 which no one
followed suiI He Insisted thag some one nusi
have spade and . spade was found upon TIE
aoor under q players chair. A osts that there
Ss, sSs. S nv ,,Ss zeal e'.s We, S 'p'qs 49,.
state whether u makes any dlfeFenre n the
spade s found fsre ~ or face down.
Cards dropped below she table or on ths floor
are not exposed cards. even n face up D n firht
that the card fouad must be taken by the player
no Il short one card aud II the current trrk has
not been turned down this player Is ln Tine 10
correct bis revoke. piAyihg the spade that vas
On the foor but leaving the other card face up on
the liable a. exposed and liable 20 be called
mould this player have revoked upon q spade
lead previously ne IL responsible for that previous
revoke. 70 the current trick IA turned down BE-
fore the SPADE Is found on the nSOE that i re.
woke.
{, J.. = sAys: and n are partners against
v ana Z. The soofe 4 ten 70 nothing IN favor of
Y y deals and passes the make 10 v who
holds nye hearts On ne ten nine, thrre diamonds
10 Tho nine. four clubs 10 tiie lack ten nlne sud
ihe seTen Of spades. What q the correct wake
According 10 what Il called the Indian theory
his should be q ciuh because the clubs may be
useful 10 trump Ire short spade sult But many
players prefer v make lt q spade On the chARce
that TIE declaration Win not BE- doubled aud NE
hand viii not be played. II would be a vcry
rash player who wouh declaFe hcarts
J. q. ". says. Dealer make. Il no irumus
queen iack and me aee of dhmonds Should
he double. and II not why not
Almost any player Wuuh double with this
combination simply for The Durpose OF getting
= heart led 80 a. 70 clear ne suit before losing
the ace Of diamonds. There u Of course aiWays
the danger gith 80 many hearts that ihe leader
may have none. aad here i always me prob
sbiiiU hat lh- dealcS who deriarus no Uumps
will have me Eing of hearts When hs has neither
"a "a -.
= H. sAy,. win you please captain Nhst !.
meant by ne heart cunyen lion IN bridge, and n
u rccogniked b. tn NrW Nork Bridge Whist Ciub'
The heart convcntioa Il . iacit understanding
amonG whist player thsi when a no trlmp-r n
doubied by the thifd hand his partner will cad
his bcst heari unisSs be holds both ace aad Ing
In some other suit. IN uhlch rass he viii irad a
king oi that suit nrst 10 ser dummy suli h0tiinE
he lead and ~ ne same lime showing the third
hand that he cah rrgath lhe lead aiih Jhr ace
Nhen the heart Convention 4 not used what is
.nowh ~ the weak suit runyen Tim Akes H.
Dlace. This means mat the leader viii Judge
mat The suit upon whirh biz partner has doubled
b probably TIE suit IN which ihr leader h weak
therefore he lrads hat weak suit
Crlbbaae q X ssys 4 bsts lhat the four
iour with a seven turned ap uuunf tWenty and
that four ihfrcs ami nine Wuun also count
iweniy. bets iha & each hand Z, worth tuenu
aahds' ''''
10 the four cards % the same denomination
lrc aid out 10 the form Ot q square each sde
md earh diagonal Wtll form q direreht comhlna
lion ~ two cards. giving .iG dferrnt pairs Vafth
,W0 oarh. or Twelve holss A. earh Of these
lalrs Wln cumhine with the odd card % make a
lflecn theFr must be siz hfteens also worth
lWeNe holes. 70 that B O. corrcct On saying hat
-ach hand is worth tvcnn four
Checkers. PL.J ssys. 4 bets mat
rannot WIN one game out of thfur wins two
game, and ~ 9ng. Dsss this settle tue bet or
" Ne bet Is to play three games. 10 win one
lf them. I, does not matter whether wins OF
Iles 20 that D does not win q game 10 A had bet
has he would win three Eames the ue would
r0unt for D.
lide on the board the game Is blocked. neitbeT
player being able 70 move. u this drawn Eamef
40. The player WIN made The last move wins
ne Objsrt OF the game being eithsr 70 win an
TOuf oppouents men or 70 prevent them from
moving.
Poker. J.E.M. says. There appean 10 be a
rule m poker that the straddief cannot make the
liEsddle and raise a the-same time. Five are
ssi s,Ss. G ' sss sTssss .s's ,,.2 % 1S ,ss
'Omplsted D and come IN foT 81 each. b
makes good and puts ug g.. - Of whieh Is a
Ialse. oes that cannot raise and siraddie o.
he same nme.
C-is not straddling when be makes ths raise.
ne ssraddle was made before the cards we're
icaiI ANY player In hls turn IN making good
IN ante can raise. c Il making good hts ante
shen he raises. The effect Of his previous
siraddle was slmply 20 make the nhte " instead
1fc.
g. n. n says. A opens q iackpot on q p4if ~
lens, three other players draw cards arainst
him. An draw three cards each. A player
NTH three lvea calls t1e gnauer Hho sh0wN
'hfee tens. Cpou being aated what be opened
On he admiiN that BE- had anly a pair OF iens
W has becomes Of TIE pot!