The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-27
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dealt and bid two hearts A sad
three diamonds. vent three near,I az
he held an honor in thai suit and a pos
Nole tr'ck in spades h passed. as ne
hearss suited MN better than The d.s-
nonds. but A went -Four diamonds Now
comes the variation.
Al two tables Il doubled tho four dis
monds. a. ne could NOT see how wa
going TO make 4. although 1t was no. {,
tree d)ub!e This : how made his
four odd
led two rounds ~ hearts and 4 rufy.d
the kink. he led TWO rounds OF trumps
A. once. sc- sni seven. covered :he
seven with the eisht. thinking Il did not
matter. a. The cards we're .ous and he
had 'oIi chttte. This pay cost him 2ll
points. or led his partner Into losing them,
whichever YOU like.
thought his partner had no more
trlmps and VAS afraid to lead a small
heart. SO lie played the ace rum d
with the queen. pulled Us six and led
che club. The ace won. The kirs and
ten Of clubs. followed ny the jack 4
hear'a gave three spa De disca IDS late"
, 80 that h- jusl made his contract. doubled
This n-tted him 1875 plus. instead OF l.aV.
ing him S. minus
At Que table the diamond contract was
set Tor three tricks through As sttemp..
ING 10 win the game on tn. hand by =
nnesse or the club ten. which ruined ths
whole hand The contract was only thr.,
| diamonds in this case
| Y led the queen and another heart snc
A led the club the nnesss Of the ten Eoins
TO the jack. came back with The sna,
heart and 4 careltssly ruled with tn,
| seven. y oyerlrump!ns with the eisht snt
| leading the KING OF spades
h won This trick and ed the club kim
| 4 refusing TO trump the ace, as ne ma,
losing spades 10 discard. This allowed ;
| % lead queen and ten of spades and
| 10 make another trump. Now has ?,
| trump his duInmN's club trick and leaC
! up 20 rs king jack OF trumps
! At one table when 4 went three dia
monds over iwo hearts passed. and z
switched 10 three no trumps and made
| II. through As allure to take chance
oil putting his partner in to lead the dia
mond through. Following the usual Gus.
iom when leading from long unestsb,
lished suit without rstntry. \ beEar
| with his fourth best diamond 80 as &c
| leave his partner n card OF that suit tt
return. II he got in
Il allowed X 10 win the fourth Youut
OF hearts. as he could not do ANYTHING
better. Having no diamond LEFT Il hac
20 play the king OF clubs which nut ;
In to make the rest Of his hearts 4 small
spade from n allowed dummy 10 fore. In,
ace with the nine. the fnesss hein:
against ace Jack in one hand
Although this lei X in to max. hi
queen and ten OF clubs, he had to give '
two tricks with the nine Of clubs an,
spade king at the end, 50 that T. actuall,
! made his contract al no trmps or Is,
plu., instead Of 1873 minus.
n 4 will lead ANYTHING but diamonds
no matter what 1t is, would pay "a h,1
dearly for his no strumper. Seven dia
monds and the ace Of spades is the leas
he can make, and It Is curious that II,
will make IL whether he leads . spad
or heart but as hears are unwis,
against the bidding, ne might try tn
club.
This would establish the king. ten. hi
az a diamond would have to be discards,
OIL the club only one trick would b.
gained, SIM. TO make eight or nine trick
against a declaration to make nine woll
have shown the biggest swing on an.
hand played
Here is a curious instance OF bad bid
ding by ono partner and good bidding b
the other being rewarded by a combina