The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-20
SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS.

SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS.
Auction Bridge i. y. says During
the course Of play the declarer detaches
a card from his hand in such a manner
that both adversaries can see II. Have
they the right to call upon him to play
that card?
No, because cards exposed by the de-
clarer are not liable to any penalty, as he
has no partner who can derive any adj
! vantage from the information given by
an exposed card.
r. T. l.. says Dummy leads n small
club and without waiting for the second
hand to play the declar-r puts on the
queen. the ace being still to come The
fourth hand at once says to his partner,
Hold on. Let me play before you do"
| and trumps the trick. although his part
| ner was about to play the ace. The de-
clarer thereupon calls on the second hand
20 play the highest card he has of the
suit. clubs. Law so Is produced to sus-
tain this claim for a penalty.
The old law so said nothing about the
dcclarcr's playing out OF turn, but in the
latest code there IL n footnote to law so
which reads: SHOULD the declarer play
| third hand before the second hand the
fourth hand may without penalty play
before lis partner" This shows that the
dcclarer was not entitled to any penalty
and could not call for the highest of the
suit led.
G.. VI. $. says We cannot &c, this mat
! ter adjusted by our card committee u
| has been forced up to bidding seven
! royals a leads a suit Of which dummy
has the ace. but b trumps it. Il wins an
the rest OF the tricks. and II then de-
velops that when Il trumpcd the first
trick he revoked. All that Il can take IN tho
; penalty is the one trick. which gives him
! his contract but \ and Il insist that he
/ cannot score the slam. as he did not make
! It. The revoke IN this case costs tho
advcrsaries nothing. but robs u Of 20
points AS he had his contract and the
grand slam II Il had followed suit, why
should he not count II"
: While II was unfortunate that re-
woke under such conditions should cost
the declarer 90 points /, must be as
sumed that 1t was unintentional and II
looks as II the decl'rrer should have asked
B II he had none OF the suit when the
trick WAS OF such importance to him.
Il G. v. says: Hearts trumps. all gone.
/ Dummy has led club from four earlier
! in the hand. and the declarer. holding
five clubs to the ace ucen Jack. has
| fnessed the Jack, trumped fourth hand.
: Dummy now leads the ten of clubs. and
} the dcclarer without waiting for the sec
| ond hand TO play. lays down ace queen
and two small clubs. ace king OF spades
I and says Il take the rest. Four odd and
! game" A asks him how he purposes
playing on the club. to which the declarer
J h.. tap of a
! asks him TO play it. wins the ten with the
king, which he had among his spades
when he trumpt-l the club. and then makes
| five diamonds. leaving the dealer only
| four tricks on n contract to make three
hearts. How Is this to be adjusted?
The dcclarer cannot make his con-
tract by taking three tricks, neither can
no he penilized for failure. All he can
do is to take the 100 penalty for the re-
woke. This is only another instance in
which the adversary OF the player who re-
nounces would have saved tricks and also
a game by asking the question that should
have been asked by the partner of the
player In error.
T. H. L. says: We find the laws give
| 1873 points for "A game won In "A single deal
only and no bonus for game won in
two or more deals in "A progressive game
Why should the bonus be restricted to
| games made on a single hand?
There are no official laws for pro-
gressive. The Law referred to is for dupli-
| cate. in which II is usual to play only
one hand at table. In all progressive
games, where four deals are always played
before changing positions. 1t is the rule
to add 1875 points for a game won whether
il Is won in single deal or in two or
more. These 1875 points are the equity in
a rubber, just as Il game won at the card
table would be half rubber whether
made in one deal or several.
Rum. A. A. says: A has the four
three deuce OF hearts on the table and
dlscards the heart king. b takes II up
puts the ace OF hearts TO AS sequence
then the king, and lays down three more
aces. dscarding the four of diamonds and
calling out A disputes the play.
Round the corner straights do not count
In rum. The heart sequence ends with
the ace, and the king cannot be added 10
1t at that end. d still has n card to ge,
rid of, the heart king
J. G. says: Playing two hand. A has
n run of 8 on the table and draws
a o. Having another in hand he takes
the from the run and makes three 6's
Is this allowed?
In conquian, in which the object is &c
get eleven cards down. this borrowing I,
allowed: but in rum, where cards ar,
simply got rid of without taking any ir
their place. 1t IL not allowed. and tn,
sequence cannot he broken into to borrow
n card TO make up trlplet
Poker. q. ii. j. says: Seven in III,
game. A finds lie has six cards in iron
OF him. while b. sitting next him. ha
only four. B bets 1t is the privilege o
the holder of the lesser number TO draw
any one OF the six cards. face down. !
bets he must take the top card and A
pushes IL off toward him. contend
that there Is nothing to show that thi
was the GARD that Is out of place. ant
insists on drawing. Who wins this bet?
II is not the business OF the PLAYER
TO adjust any rregularty In the deal. |
neither has lifted or looked at any o
the cards the dealer must be called upo
to set matters right by drawing a car,
from the six and giving II 10 the pllye
with four only.