The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-25
SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS.

Auction Bridge q. T. S., r. G. X. and
others says they do not understand the
answer to r. L. NJ. printed last week, in
which It was stated that II the player on
the dealers right were allowed to complete
the cut II would open the door for cheat
ing, and ask how there could be any
cheating In a cut
II A and II are partners against Y and
Y and II Ia rs deal, shuffes the still
pack. which A will deal next When A
comes TO deal he passes the pack to 2 TO
cut; therefore one confederate might
shuffie up the hand. and the other take
care not 10 disarrange IL by cutting. a
false shufie on one side quitting rour
aces where they will be usefui) and a
false cut by the partner. Nothing simpler
X. w. C. says: An interesting point
came up at this club last week. 2 dealt
and bid no trump. A. on his left. said
two royals The dealers partner said
81 double two hearts" His attention Is
called to the fact that no one bid hearts
II Is clear that he has given valuable
information by his double. but what Il.
the penalty? The laws do not seem to
cover II.
Law 4s requires a player to bid higher.
double or pass, but makes no provision
for irregularity In naming the suit II Il
Ia a double. Under law 81 a double I. a
declaration. and under law 90 doubling
two hearts il an impossible declaration, as
no one had bid two hearts Turning to
law 90 we find that an insufficient or i'm
possible declaration must be made suf-
ficient I'm the suit named" The suit
named In VS. double IL hearts The OPP
ponents, therefore. can have new deal.
go back TO the two royals as the final bid
or make Y bid three hearts, so as 20 he
sufficient In the suit named"
Il. p. says: Playing nullos. the dealer
holds the ace. king, queen. seven. Ave. trey
deuce Of clubs. without any length or
strength In the other suits. A bets the
bid Is club. y bets Il should be one
nullo. AS contention is that such a suit
Is valuable asset II tho sar-ner has ;he
other parts Of no trumper.
With nullos in the game the correct
call Is two clubs. not one. This shows
that the bidder can win or lose Ave or
six sure tricks In me suit Then. II the
partner has no trumper he can coun.
on a solid club suit in dummy. IL not he
can count on n safe nullo In dummy. In
either case he can lead clubs II he Ia over
called by tho opponents.
II. II. says: z deals and bids a
royal. STAYS two clubs. Y third hand.
holds ace king TO four hearts ace queen
to four diamonds four clubs to the Jack
and only one spade. What should nc
say?
Even with only one probable stopper in
clubs. two no trunps Is tho safer bid, as
two royals would be assuming that the
dealer was unusually strong. II he has
/ ~,
tlon in royals he will go back to that
suit. but the no trump takeout warns
him that he will find no royals In the
dummy. hut n stopper in clubs and some
thing outside.
F. d. C. says: We play nulios here at
eight. but see by THE sun articles that
ten is used by many players What Is
the theory of the higher value?
At eight trick the nullo is a joke. II
is not strong enough to overcall any
major suit. and Is too risky to bid for a
higher contract All the Hoyles give the
value at ten trick. In the West they
play II at eleven, and many playing II at
ten make tho bid outrank no trumps at
ten.
Mrs G. says: MY partner deals and
bids no trump. Second hand bids two
royals | have the queen Jack small only
In royals, but hold seven diamonds to
the king Jack ten and the ace OF clubs
bid the diamonds. which was criticised.
What was the proper bid for third hand?
Bidding the minor suit shows that the
hand is worthless outside Of that suit.
which Is not true. To double two royals
would show two shoppers in the suit. also
not true. with such strength I'm a suit
which is not true To double two royals
Of. the correct bid ia two no trumps Thi,
shows the stopper In royals and the out
side strength as well
Auction Pitch G. F. C. says: A bets
that II player cannot follow suit he
must trump as the rules say follow suit
or trump" Is this correct?
II is when he can follow suit but does
not wish to do so that he must trump.
A player having a ten to save may trump
the higher card of that suit which is
led against him, instead OF giving up his
ten, but he cannot renounce TO the suit
and refuse to trump. no that II he ha 8
no trump he must follow suit In case
he has none OF the suit led he may do
what he likes.
Pinoche. J. II. b. say. The fourth
player TO heart lead plays the ten Of
diamonds. but at once takes II back and
plays a heart Can he correct himself
in this manner In a partnership game?
No, because the rule is that boar .
the play A card exposed TO the part
ner in this manner must stay az played,
and once II Is shown to the table con-
stitutes an established revoke, the penalty
for which 10 that the revoking side scores
nothing but it's melds II IT is the bidder
these must be enough TO make good the
bid, or II is Set back
NJ. r. says: Playing three hand A gets
the bid for $50. He melds $40 and lays
away IA In the widow, but does not win
trick In play. What docs he score?
Nothing, He is set back for $50 be-
cause tho melds in three or four hand
are not good until after a trick has been
won. In two hand they are not made
until a trick has been won.
A. C. says: After several rounds Il
A Ia discovered that there are three tens
OF clubs and only one ten OF spades In
the pack. A bets the game should start
all over again, as he had twice bid in
spades and lost. Il bets IL IL as fair
for one as the other, and insists on con-
tInuing the game with a fair pack. What