The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-01
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ana Y. II LEADS card without any
remark. z thereupon calls a suit from
A. under law 60. A demurs, contendins
that the penalty should have been de-
manded under law 65. and that still
has the right to bid.
a Is correct. II It Is admitted that y
did not pass before he led card be-
cause In that case the bidding IL not
closed RS card Is exposed and will be
subject to call IN case he is not the
declarer. the deciarers cards never being
subject to call. may proceed with
the bidding. but his partner cannot take
any further part In 1t for that deal
BIS. II. says. The authorities seem
to differ In their opinion of the proper
method OF scoring the following result
and we should like TO have the correct
way explained: The bid II three hearts,
doubled and redoublcd. The declarer
makes four by cards.
Redoubled hearts are worth 80 trick,
which gives the declarer 1873 for tricks.
TO begin with, and honors as held. There
is then 100 for fulfilling a redoubled con-
tract and 100 for the trick over the con-
tract The easiest way to remember this
Is 10 say that tho declarer gets Just
half as much a. tho other side would
have got 100. where they would have
got 200. or so where they would get 100.
but that he gets 1t for Just making his
barely defeating II. after which extra
tricks count either way.
n. r. l.. says: The original call Is
two spades. passed by all three players,
How much can the opponents OF the decla-
ration score II they defeat II?
Fifty points n trick without doubling.
for as many as they make over five, the
declaration being TO win eight out OF the
thirteen. There Is no limit TO the penalties
for any bid OF more than one spade.
J. J. NJ says: Y has bid one no trump.
A leads and takes In five diamond tricks
and a spade. II thereupon lays his hand
on the table TO show that the remaining
seven tricks are his no matter what A
leads next, az he and dummy have all
the spades and hearts and dummy has
tho ace jack OF clubs. z showing that he
can discard the club Jack on his own
good spades A contends that he can
call the lead Of the Jack OF clubs a. the
hands are exposed.
The declarer's cards. although exposed.
cannot be called. neither can dummy's.
II A can beat the play as outlined by
the declarer we'll and good. but he can
not demand the play OF any particular
one OF the exposed cards.
H. A. Y SAYS: The dealer bids one
no trump and second hand passes. Third
hand has not q card as high as ten in
his hand and his longest suit IL four
hearts. What should he do? A bets he
should show that he cannot support the
no trumper by bidding two hearts.
There Is no authority for such q bid.
Why force the hand TO a higher contract
than Il Is already should-red with and
a player still 20 hear from that may take
II out? The worst feature about such
bids is that the strong hand Is on the
table and can he cut up at will BY the
opponents II the dealer can make two
hearts he can surely make one no trump
because the hand given Is useless for any
purpose. being too long In all suits to
run anything at least until the fourth
round.
r. T. asks the number OF hands that
would probably make their contract II
left In one a one trick bid.
An answer to this would depend largely
on which player made the bid and what
Il was. The only statistics at hand show
that regardless OF the position Of the
player with respect TO the deal one trick
bids at no trumps win In the proportion
OF II TO 1 in points royals about 90 10 l..
hearts about 80 TO /. while no one trick
bid In either clubs or diamonds lost a
contract IN zoo rubbers. Tho total aver
age for all makes, including one spade.
is about % per cent. points won. as
against 6 per cent. points lost
Euchre. J. r. J. says: z deals and \
says he will play 1t alone. After the
trump Is taken up A leads a card. To
which his partner plays. not having heard
AS announcement to play II alone. A asks
his partner to drop out. taking int the
trick at the same time; but Il insists that
as Il played 10 one trick he must stay
in the game.
As both Y and z allowed p to play to
the trick. although both knew that A
had announced to play alone they must
be charged with coxributory negligence,
! 1t Ia. II anything. a disadvantage for II
to have exposed n card. especially II II
is a trump, as It shows Y and z q trump
that Is not in play.
| Casino. J. W. NJ. says: Last round
4 has two cards left in his hand when he
builds four by putting trey on an
ace. His two cards are n four and a
| FIVE. u plays an ace. upon which A
puts his four. calling II a five and In
| sisting that as this is the last round he
will get home his four build II he wins
the last trick with the five build.
A cannot make a separate build OF five
and abandon tho four build. Unless he
has the cards TO take in both he must
hold the card that will win tho build
first made.
Poker. J. OR Gays: A asks for thres
cards. The next two men are helped and
! the dealer 10 about to help himself wher
A discovers that he has been given -four
cards. which are still face down on tn,
table What Is the rule? The dealer says
II Is too late to correct II. as the next
man has been helped
Az It is the dealers mistake he mus,
correct II the moment his attention Is
called to II. The next mans being helped
does not alter tho case. II that were
the rule, all a dealer need to DO to shu,
a man out OF a pot would be to give
him card too many and help the mex,
man before there was time to count the