The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-30
SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS.

| Before y has time to say a word A leads
| the king Of diamonds. which Is the head
OF long sequence. The dealer. n, de-
| mands that the king be left on the table
| leads the queen OF diamonds, following II
with the Jack and ten, which wins with
the ace. After time secures the lead
| again and leads the exposed king. u
| insists that he can prevent the lead OF
the exposed card until z calls 1t. as 1t is
subject to call by and not by A.
This comes under law 65. and not 67,
as the declaration had not been finally
determined when A led. This simply
barred AS partner from bidding. The
declarer had no right TO prohibit the lead
OF the diamond as A was the rlghtful
leader. Had Il been the player who led
It could have been forbidden to lead
that suit. A player. with an exposed
card In front Of him may get rid OF 1t
| at any time that the opportunity offers,
and A could have led 1t at any time that
he was in the lead.
II. l. C. says: z deals and bids no
| trumps A passes, Y takes the dealer out
| with two hearts and before Il has de-
clarcd himself A says to him. at is your
| lead. partner" What penalty Is there, IL
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the Information that \ will not interfere
with the two heart bid and would like B
| to let 1t alone also and lead?
The Interpretation put upon As remark
Is hardly Justified. as "A player might
make II thoughtlessly with no intention
OF conveying any hint for his partner to
pass and "A '~"islon must be based on
| the bare fact that when 4 asks his
partner to lead he virtually says, 81
pass" When a player passes out OF turn.
which Is AS case. 1t is stlll the turn OF
the player TO the left OF the last dcclarer
to bid. This Is u. If passes and u
also passes A cannot bid. as he has al
rendy passed. But should either Il or z
make a bid over Y. then A could come
into the bidding again as IL nothing ir-
regular had occurred.
u. L. X. says z deals and bids two
! clubs. two royals. Y passes and Is
bids two no trumps. When Il and pass
Y calls three royals. which - doubles.
/ II passes What should \ do, holding
/ ace king Jack to five royals. ace king
small In diamonds. ace and two hearts.
and three small clubs? In the actual
| game he bid three no trumpa. taking his
! partner out Of the double.
| This looks like bad judgment Il has
shown "A stopper IN clubs. but he has
also denied the royals and Y probably
has the king queen and several more
! With the whole club suit against him
after BIS stopper is taken out, and all
the royals against him on the left AS
/ game was TO let play 1t at royals
and keep him from making nine tricks.
BIS double showed bad judgment as it
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P'SS'"ie io' " 80 game on less than
/ Tour odd.
r. Is l.. SAYS: The dealer BIDS heart.
/ passes. Third hand holds ace king
queen ana small IN spades, hve small
| clubs. and four diamonds TO the king.
/ no hearts. He passes, AS. ms cards should
/ be good Tor -FOUR tricks To help the heart
/ make. The dealer bets he should have
been taken out with the royals, as can
| trump nehrtS insists that II hau
siJo .o,nanhoro ond 4, ,bnr. 10 snv sb,f,
! II should be TO no tr,imp
| Y IS linking "A bigger risk in calling
four cards In spades without another
| sure trick In his hand than is In being
left with heart is correct that IL
| he IL going TO shift he should trust T.
for something in clubs or diamonds and
/ G., ..,,,1 -, -. IT., -, A.. a.,
! ,,.e.,,.' 49,.
"SSu'"'"s too s''d' " '"sA 10 go game
III the dealer mas the tops IN clubs so
| much the better for no trumper and
II he has not. so much the worse for a
| club call.
ia'.. s go 10 10, I'i'n' ''