The sun., 1910-02-20
SCHOOL ron earn Players.

! Royal Spades In Bridge. The many CORE
| spondents who have sent In inquiries about thl
convention will md tull tails In another column
Auction Bridge. C. s. Ned. SAYS: 2, the
dealer. bids one diamond. which A doubLcs. 81
the dealers partner. bids one In no trvmps.
pass WHAT Is The score II makes two Sy % cards
after having doubled Almonds In the urst place.
Us bid OF one In no trumps killed on all the
Acuon on the diamond bid doubled by A. 90
that the bidding starts Afresh Just as n diamonds
and doubling had never been men ntiOned. As A
II the declarer. and mAkes good bis contract. he
scores two by cards at each, IL points toward
game. and honors as held.
$; I. wants to know where the American laws
Tor this game can be found.
There Is 50 lar only one text book that gives
the OtbciSl code. ".ucton Bridge published
by the T. !. Stokrs Company.
YRS. y. I. y. says: There seems 10 be some
mn1sspnders.andlnG n1s about Law a. Nhich says:
n doSbs os Or his nsrsneS has s.dS thIs SoHu:
nity for carrying out the contract Ia doubled. and
netting NO. sIss p does IL mean mat any extra tricks
| When q declaration Is doubled, II ts The same
as Offering to bet 90 points trick that Il VIII faIl
and these 80 are OF course extra II the adversAres
defeat the declaration they get SO q trick with
| out any doubling. II they have doubled they
getSO extra 100 trick II the contract succeeds
without any doubling II gets no bonus II IL Is
doubled IL gets so extra. and II gets II not only
Tor fuiniilng the contract but for every trick
over and above the contract. besides which the
deciArer scores double the usual trick values
toward game. II the double is rcdoubled the
adversaries are playing TO win 800 q trick. and
the deciarer Is playing 10 win 100 trick. or Just
double what they would make " the double had
not been redoubled.
r. q. b. says The laws say that the penalties
on bid OF one spade shall be limited to 100 points.
Simply 70 show his partner not 60 be AFRAID Of the
al % ssdoSS,eS s%S Ss
his bid being q defiance 70 and 3 to play the
hand. instead of accepting the loss OF 100 points
The redouble does not alter matters. The
most that and B can win Is 100 points, but by
redoubling the declarer and his partner will
score eight . trick toward game II they succeed
and also 100 penalty for fulnliing their contract
and 100 trick II they get any overit.
NJ. B. W. says: We are In trouble over cases like
this; bids one no-trump. doubled. All pass.
tectIng their opponents in a revoke bets there
is no bonus TO be taken by and for the double |
pon,s sor ne r.voS. pepsl,y whs, is ~. s,acV c
method OF scoring this takes the three tricks,
must he allowed to scorc toward game with !
the tricks he has In front OF him when he has |
exacted the penalty. and he was doubled these 4
tricks worth "a EACH six times - for the lot
la toward game. As the declarer made good 1
his contract after being doubled. he gets 50 for |
that. and as he got two extra tricks. exclusive /
OF the revoke penalty. he gets 30 for each. $50 /
penalty; but he gets no 20 each for the tricks
taken In penalty for the revoke
Bridge II. d. s. says z. the dssler. makes It
no trumps. leads the OF hearts. His part
ner. b. holds the o85a WHAT'S his play and whyi L
should play the second best OF the suit when
he makes no attempt TO win the trick In this
,ase the card is the g. This Is called the plain
suit echo and marks the third hand. B, with only
Dne higher than the 9. On the next round he will
play the unless he tries to win the trick with
he Q. Modern players do not lead aces against
10 trumpcrs unless they hold at least seven cards
he X. that II the Is not In dummy Il Is marked
N the dealers hand.
J. G. W. asks the correct make for dummy
N the following cards II his partner does not !
f76: c, A o; d. Q: 5, AkosT '
Hearts. because they arc safer. and II the | 4
srtner has any diamonds the hand should TO | \
anne In hearts and may do 50 even without {
Ismonds. v
-ith this hand. score 70 % in his favor dealer
Of peSslnG "bus's": n. &C. AKJS7s:D, AS a
This looks Nike club. at the score Suppose '
le suit were hearts and the score nothing would Il
as. be fair chance 10 90 Eamef Why not d
Ope for four by cards in clubsr A no trumper "
an unnecessary risk. .
EuchDe. J. OR. says: deals in three hand =
makes Il next and leads. A leads again when b o
lds he has siH cards bets Bs hand Is dead. b
bets " II mladeAl. a,
AS n has played TO a trick the deal stands N
ID the only penalty Is against n. who cannot O,
ore anything that hand. even II b and C should a.
lchre A. O,
mem We cannot quite M the tables we have = q
'eT sis for one round As tees plsSsrs nnS oome a
ON the head table We always have an argument h,
losers at tsst table NJ the % winner. i rest 81 m
ey get q punch for winning and . sure punch q
e q Ssn is sure sure 20 s sst % punch. VIII Which makes x
rec straight for wlnnlnr one game at the head W. w
BILE. What is the usual practicc7 81
when two sit out at the rest table all they re
ould get Is half q point each, as that In thsir 81
ulty In game which they do not play. No one W
n say whether they would win or lose it so they tn
ilde Its value. As TO whether the winners or pe
losers should rest II Is always the rule for tho 50
ers TO move on and the winners TO stay at the ao
ad table.
~ v1 four Sand and are Ss biddsls is RPr. PsIr1 ~
ven ON hearts. led. and during the play ~,
wing won four tricks and defeated the bid in any re-
rhe bidders side is set back and the adver. to
les score for whatever tricks they have taken 40
the bidder could not win any more than his bid tt
revokng that Is all he can lose. Su
,o,,on Ditch r n ..1.. pI1A,, On
,rd, A wants one. wants four and Q wants ma
ee. bids three and makes high. low, Kame Gle
As jack. Who wins tn,
he bidder always has the first count. and as to
has enough 70 60 out he wins the game before ~
time comes for A 10 count his Jack. This -
!. Is 10 make players In AS position bid on their
Ids. because II they do not they may get left -
he post.
.ickety Ann. J. d. wants to know how this
ne Is played.
ickety Ann Ia the Australian name for the
ne known In this country As black lady hearts
difference Il that In Australia they deal two 4
Is for q widow. which ls taken In by the winner
he FIRST trick. No player is allowed TO pass N
black lady 10 his left hand neighbor when III
ardng and no one Is allowed 10 lead hearts N
Ie he has any other suit In his hand. From Il