The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-07
SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS.

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ing a club tournament for the champion
ship In duplicate there are six tables. At
| the fourth table one player finds he has
only twelve cards. WHAT should be done
! to straighten this out? He has looked at
his hand and two bids have besn MAJ.
10 the hand has already been played
at three tables II must be sent back to the
last table at which 1t was played for cor
rectlon. II the partner OF the player Who
is short has a card too many and either
of them has made a bid they take low
score on the hand II their opponents have
the right number IL an opponent has the
surplus card all take the average on the
hand. The Whist Club laws say that this
shall be the procedure when "overpiay'
has begun. As the bidding is part OF
the play In auction players must he care
full not to bid on a foul hand.
b. T. l.. says: A leads a club. dummy
| follows suit, II trumps II and the declarer
follows suit. Dummy says to r. Have
you no clubs?" To which II replies that
dummy has no right to ask the question,
| at the same time turning the trick down.
A then asks and b looks through his hand
and finds he had a club. Is he In time 10
correct the revoke. as ne was asked II .
|
did not answer In the negative7
This Is q peculiar case, but the laws
distinctly state that dummy In limited to
calling attention to an established revoke,
not one about to be established, so that
dummys question is irregular and has no
effect. A Is too late to save the revoke,
as the trick has been turned down before
he asked.
T. J. s. says: The declarer has num-
Der of winning spades in each hand.
neither adversary having any. When he
Ii about to play one OF dummy's dummy
says TO him, Lead from your own hand
A insists that this ls reminding the de-
ciarer that he is about TO lead from the
wrong hand and that A can call a lead
Is this correct?
No. because all that A can do Is to in
sst that the lead be made from the hand
that was about to lead wrongly. but he
cannot dictate the suit that shall be led
VI. r. r. says: Playing three hand
A and c sitting in that order. IL Is
really AS first bid, but II bids a hear
and G says two no trumps. A demand,
penalty for the bid out OF turn. 81
points. Does c also get this so?
No. because he accepted the bid a,
regular and overcalled II. Law Is :
little indefinite on this point. az II say,
the one who first declared out OF turn /!
. the only one penalzed but II dots no
state who gets the penalty which Law
says those not in fault are to get.
c. NJ. c. says: The score IL 27 to 0 OF
! A. rlhher o. M Uhan tho deatar ilfda Z
, club. He holds six clubs to the jacl
and two sure tricks In hearts, small spade
and diamonds. The other side bid n,
trumps up to four and are doubled. max
their contract and win the rubber. Tn,
dealers partner says there was no justi
ncation for the club bid The dealer In
sists 1t was the right bid at the score
as he could go game with the odd IL
, clubs.
1t would be the right bid II the deale
were certain that ne would get the con
tract at one club. With others still {,
, speak II Is never right to bid jacl
| high suit on the first round. unless tn
bid is forced. The dealer should hav
bid a spade.
Mrs *. says: In playing nullos II m.
partner opens with q suit In which
nave SIX CaTub, dummy having IOur snOul'
I return that suit or lead my own shor
! sut7
: Much depends on the rest of the han,
? and what dummy can be forced to win
As n rule 1t is better to give the partne
, discards than to shift No one car
prevent the declarer from discardng. al
II is impossible to tell what he has, bu
never let dummy discard II you car
help It,
Hearts j. r.. G. wants to know I
there is any method by which 1t may b.
told just which players take In the mos
hearts in the course Of a long serie
of deals, such as in playing for clul
championship.
What is known as Howelrs settling Il
the method most commonly adopted fol
such games. For each player besides
himself at the table the one who take,
in a heart must pay snip into common
pool. Then each takes out of that poo
as many chips as there are hearts which
he did not take. Suppose four play. A
takes In 6, 4. C 3 and ID none. Instead
OF D's winning 10 chips. A pays In Is
Il pays In ~, pays . and ID none. Thei
ID takes out IS. as there were IS hearts
he did not win. A takes out 7. Il 8 ant
c 10. This exhausts the pool. Instead
Of chips, the score may be kept on a shee
OF paper in q tournament.
Poker. +, X. H. says: A has tw,
small pairs to open with. He Is raise,
, twice and stays. II he discards tn,
} smaller pair must he lay aside the othel
. pair and put chin on IL announcinl