The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-19
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z dealt and bid spade. A a club. Y
a diamond and u a heart. z tried two
diamonds. more as a pusher than any-
thing else. and a assisted the hearts. ~
he had a trick outside clubs. That ended
some very ordinary bidding. u to lead.
At one table this happened led the
top diamond to his partners declaration.
and the ace won the Jack wanted to
get q finesse in trumps. and having little
hope for his club suit. in which there were
seven cards out against him. and the
command would probably be held up. he
led the spade ten. II ne could get the
ace to jump up second hand he should
make three tricks in the suit later.
Il covered with his imperfect fourchette.
and the queen went to the ace y led the
trump. figuring that Il did not hold the
ace of clubs or he would have led trumps
at once or put dummy in with a club to
lead them. instead of starting out with
weak spade suit.
a put the ace Of trumps right on sec
ond hand and led the club This brought
about an interesting situation for H. II
he wins the club and leads the trump.
dummy still has trump left for the dia-
monds and Il gets all the dscards he
wants on the clubs with the top spade
stiil in the dummy for reentry. II z tries
the spade II looks equally bad. As the
cards lie b goes game. no matter what z
does.
In the actual game Y passed UP the
club and A won the trick. Now comes the
curious shift In the whole scheme OF play.
Instead OF returning the club king and
discarding losing diamond. II led a small
club from dummy and trumped II. Then
he let dummy ruff diamond and lead
another club. which Il rufed. dropping
the ace. This allows dummy to ruff a
third round OF diamonds.
Dummys top clubs now force the king
OF trumps, after which makes one OF
his two little ones. which leaves A and Il
four by cards. The play on this hand
seems to present a picture OF shifting
policies, with unexpected developments in
several ways. but how about the fol-
lowing way OF handling II?
u leads the diamond to the declaration
Of two hearts Just the same and b wins
the first trick, but In this case he leads a
small spade and z does not put on the
Jack. Y thought he saw in this spade
lead an attempt to make a reentry for the
clubs, showing that b had not the ace OF
that suit, so let the spade queen hold.
The next lead was the king OF clubs.
which held. as 2 wants to exhaust Il.
Another high club and b discards a losing
diamond letting win the trick with the
ace Of clubs Now comes the remarkable
part OF the play. which shows how some
persons will anticipate a certain course Of
u forces dummy with diamond. know
ing that with set up club suit and re-
entry In spades dummy will lead the
trump and fnesse It. Just as he expected,
dummy ruffed and led the ten OF trumps,
which 2 allowed to hold although II
bianked his king. He il sure that will
finesse again. Dummy leads his last
trump. letting the ten pass. as he can
lead the clubs through Y In case that
player still holds guard to the king Of
hearts.
2 Is in with the king OF trumps. Now
a diamond brings a spade discard from A
and forces TO rum. b pulls US last
tho spade. thinking he is going through
the ace and must get dummy in On that
trick or the next Y took the SPADE King
into camp with the ace.
On tho next trick II made n slip. Instead
Of ruling tho diamond. under the impress.
sion that Y's hand was long In that suit,
he should have passed. By ruling, Y IA
relieved OF the necessity Of leading clubs
up TO dummy, and makes the two last
tricks with the Jack Of spades and deuce
Of diamonds.
While this sort OF thing Ia all very in.
genious. what IL the matter with tho
straightforward play for four by cards
that the average mortal got out Of the
A and B hands In this way:
When Il won the first trick with the
ace Of diamonds he forced dummy at
once with another diamond. and led the
king Of clubs II 2 holds up the ace OF
clubs. and cross run the diamonds
and clubs until the ace OF clubs falls,
and p has no more diamonds to lead. A
small spade and a trump lead from Y
allow to put up the ace. lead another
spade and continue the clubs. 30 that all
Y and make Is the best trump and the
jack Of spades.