The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-15
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ue9t ana bid two royals. Which is a
conventional way OF showing the dealer
wants to play the hand with that suit
for the trump. 70 matter what his part
nor has. After some study \ thought hc
would bid three cluos. in the hope that
Mo partner could stop the spades and
shlf; to no trumps.
Just as matter OF curiosity Il may
be asked what hope there Is OF going
game at no trumps. even II he can stop
the spades, when \ has none to lead
him! Also. what danger Is there of rs
going game with his two royals Had 2
been let alone he would have been set
for three tricks.
y passed. as he could not assist the
'oyals and had been ordered not to SHIFT
II he bids three hearts hs can make
II, but no more. n did not 60 no trlmps,
preferrins 10 taxa the chance that n
would so back 10 the royals. bur y passed,
| AZ he did not like his partners refusal
10 assist him.
AS soon as dummy's hand went down
e, had p az. tho result OF which was
that I've failed to 20 game in clubs. his
mind being all the time on his partners
failure - 60 no trumps. Y led the spa lie
and A trumped TIE ace. A small diamond
20 dummy. with the object OF getting him
IN on the second round TO lead the TRUMP
and get line on the situation, allowed
Il "a ge: the lead
The play led Il - infer that As tTumps
were not solid 50 he led tho diamond
| right back and lot II lead trumps. Upon
.Ns finding that y had the queen guarded
he LEI Z win. expecting a heart lead up
30 IFS terJcn. but Y came r.Gh. back
with tho trump. A then led heart,
which dummy trumped. but ne lost a
heart trick al the end. stopping at four
by cards. The hand being over he was
free 10 turn loose on his urfortunato
81 l-~ fr1t
The hand is a laydown for game in
clubs II 4 will play IL better. All A
has to do after ruifins the first trick 10
! TO lay down a small heart. trump II IN
dummy. put himself IN with a trump.
taking 10 fnesses, and let dummy run
agsir. Now small diamond from
dummy clears up that suit and all that
Y can make Is his queen Of trumps, even
: e u leads a spade.
Ttad Il gone to two no trumps on III"
strength Of his stopper In spades he would
nave been set. u would know his suit
was stopped and would hold the command
q: Il, leading the nine OF hearts, which
cannot be the adversaries' side suit. OF
/ they would not be beating about the bush
/ with clubs
+ II A plays the queen Of hearts the king
/ wins and the hearts Gear. with two aces
/ H. rs hand AMI III" guarded queen OF clubs
to back them NJ, Eight tricks against a
, I'D 20 win elgGt Down Tor 100. II \
! passes mp the first heart il comes through
again, with the ssm. result If puts
on the ace and cleuis the clubs. Y comes
| through with the spade and y comes bacl;
with the hearts for the elsh, tricks, II A
tries the diamonds when he Ands Oh. club.
! will not fall. the hearts make and the
| spade comes through at the end. with the
same result.
In other words. II Is not BIS fault for re-
fusing 20 20 two no trumps, but AS fault
for taking z out OF his two royals In the
FIRST place and falling TO win the game II,
clubs when he had It handed to him.
| In spite of the fact that tho cards are
tho same at each table In the same POSI-
| tion ana with the same state OF the score
luck In not BY any means eliminated al
duplicate. Tho scores In tho first match
at the Kn.ckerbocker were practically de-
! clded by what pair happened To ne bidding
, the hands In one round OF four deals. In
which there was swing OF somewhere
| from 800 to 500 points.
Two OF these -four deals are especial,
3 interesting, as showing such widely differ.
ing results as would never havo bee,
dreamed possible had not a comparison o,
the scores revealed tho peculisIite. OF the
situation. Here ~ one: