The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-24


OF the game having abandoned ut last
year.
II. J. X says: The dealer bids
spade, second hand holds ace king alone,
and not another trick In his hand but |
four hearts to a king. bots he should
double, to show the two sure spade
tricks. and let his partner Know ne need
not be afraid OF that suit IL he has other !
wise no trumper. bets he should
pass. What actually happened was that |
third hand redoubled and they went game
with four odd.
The modern convention IL TO double a
dealers spade bid when holding the cards
on which two spades would be called as
dealer. As this call requires a sure trick
outside the two spades the hand given
does not come up to that requirement and
should have passed. King to four small
hearts is not a trick.
f. T. c. says: The dealer bids a royal.
Second hand doubles. Third hand bids
two clubs Fourth hand holds ace king
queen of hearts three small in each
black suit and four small clubs. What
Is the correct bid?
Pass. The dealers declaration must
have been made on side strength In dis-
monds. and as third hand shows the
clubs fourth hand cannot risk no trumps
As third hand is short in royals he should
have some hearts and cannot go game In
clubs. Let him play 1t ~ the dealer does
not take him out. II the dealer can af-
| ford to take him out he could beat any
thing you could name.
NJ. J. o. says: The dealer bids q
| diamond Second hand says no trump.
| Third hand holds Ave diamonds to the
queen and Ave spades to the king Jack.
| On this two suiter he bid two royals got
doubled. went back to three diamonds.
got doubled again and set for 400 points.
| Il bets he should not have bid the two
royals. Why not?
| The defence against the no trumper 10
indicated by the partners original bid.
and there 10 a strong probability that fve
diamonds can be made right of. saving
the game, even IL second hand has four
to the Jack. provided third hand leads
small To declare two royals In the face
of a no trumper with not a single sure
trick in spades cannot be justified by
any excuse except nag flying to save the
rubber.
|.
played with a single pack.
Never heard Of It
f. l.. w. says: Four playing auction.
the bidder lays out and then shows his
hand to prove that his bid is easily made
good. The dealer who takes no cards,
asks him to play the hand, and after the
first trick calls attention to the bidders
having laid out card too many in the
widow. Has the silent player any right to
do this!
When the silent player has q financial
interest In the result and will have to pay
the bidder at the end OF tho game II Il
usual to allow him to protect himself. a,
he is practically one Of the partners op
posed to the bidder, although he holds M
cards.
j. r. p. says: Having $50 on the slat
In playing two hand and 80 already a
home In tricks, II A melds a marriage car
, he call out or must he win another trick7
He should call out. as he has reached
1000.
NJ II. L. asks IL It 10 necessary to lea,
a trump first in playing auction.
No. Lead anything you SSc.
II. w. =. says: A 10 the bidder club
trumps. He leads several cards with grea
rapidly, calling "trumps" each time. ~
that the opponents think he Is all trumps
as they have none left. Among his nv
last cards liz the ten of diamonds, which
4 ca win. and Z has an ace to throw In, bu
he leads it so quickly that c does not no
tice It ~ not a trump and fails TO fatter
. Can G take back his play on account o
AS calling "trumps'' all the time an
playing so fast?
What a does need not affect c. lie ca
:, take his time to each trick. asking what |
r led and what his partner has played. !
he allows himself to be rushed that IL hi
il own fault.
]. b. says: A gets the bid for 40
and melds 900. While picking up hi
. cards the other players tell him that h
i has 140 to make TO win. He plays tn
j. hand and makes 1876 only and pays as
A he had lost his bid. When II dawns o
him later that he needed 100 only I
make good his bid he wants his none
J. back. Is II too late? The others cor
- tend that had they known he wanted 10
IS only they would have played differently.
y 1t is his own fault for not KNOWN
e how many he wanted to make good HI
II bid A player cannot claim redress ~
'e a thing that is as much his own fault a
Is that of another player. The cards beln
y mixed. II might he possible that he al
II not make 1875 even and lost his bid aft,
q all. II Is too late to prove that he wo
his game.
10 A. s. says: Playing four hand. II
n player does not win trick can he sti
;? score his melds II his partner wins tricl
" tho game being a partnership?
D. In some places each player must ind
vidually win a trick to make his ow
meds good. but the more common practi'
. Is to lump the melds for the partners ar
.. to give them the score IL either OF the
wins a trick
s. S. McC, asks how tho following har
ID Is counted so as to get the most out
"a II: Diamonds. trumps, ace king que,
y, Jack ten. and the king and queen OF eaC
OF tine other suits.
"A Lay out so kings first. then 40 ma
>. riage, then two more marriages. then
80 queens. then Jack OF diamonds q
pinochle and then ace and ten Of trum
for sequence. This makes a grand tot
NJ nj NIT ha las.