The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-04
SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS.

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| player made a declaration which was
! doubled, and both adversaries understood
| that II was passed. although the partner
| OF the doubler understood tho double and
insists on double penalties.
No rules will govern disputed aues-
lions OF fact. The players must settle
among themselves, or by means OF pos
sible spectators. whether or not tho dec
| laration was doubled. II the one who
was doubled could have pulled himself out
OF the double. II may be said that he
was inattentive. Indistinct bidding is q
growing evil in the game.
| E. II. NJ. asks II the nullo 10 making
any Roadway in the leading New York
clubs.
| None of them seems to have adopted
1t officially and there does not seem to
be much likelihood OF their doing so while
the game is so little understood by the
general run OF players. Tho dlficulty
seems 20 be in the bidding.
| II. j. c. says: A has bid four hearts,
| overcalled with five clubs. After the
! hand liz played and Ave clubs are made
| calls attention to the fact that Y
must play to make six clubs in order
/
| when he gets only Ave odd.
| 1t Is too late to correct the error II
II Is passed by the player on the left
of the one that bid Ave. Having 40
copied the bid by passing. It Is estab-
lishcd as legitimate. although II might have
been overcalled by a return to four hearts.
| The declarer is therefore entitled TO score
| FIVE odd.
". p r. says Y dealt and bid a spade.
| a passed and Y said two spades. When
| r passed. Y called hearts. and II
contend that rs bid must be in spades.
as both he and his partner have named
that suit without any interference from
the opponents.
z can bid anything he likes. He has
Just as much right to bid against his
partner as against either adversary. be-
cause any bid reopens the bidding for the
! three other players. VS. bid OF two
spades starts things all over again.
r. r. NJ says Y has bid I'D 10 Ave
hearts on eight of them to the king the
lowest the four eight seven OF diamonds
| and nine six trey of spades. His part
ner having bid diamonds over a royal on
the left, would II not be better for z to
go to nulos to overcall five royals7
nulo without the deuce OF your long
suit IS n very dangerous proposition. II
the adversaries can hold the lead until
they take out the side cards, rs hand
might have to win seven tricks In hearts
G. r V. asks why Il IL considered good
play TO lead the top OF your partners de-
| clared suit. even II you have four Of II,
| and what Is gained by the play against a
trump.
The object In playing against a trumr
IL to make all the winning cards pos.
slble before the declarer gets ready 10
run them. What he wants TO know
about his suit Is where the high card.
are. and he cares little or nothing abou,
number. II he has ace king. and a small,
card Is led. he will credit the declsrer
with the queen and hold up the com
mand, only to find his partner had the
queen with three small ones all the time
These Observation-Disclosures are fatal
Cribbage. ]. c. Nice. says: bet,
that he can pick out a hand OF -four
cards that will be improved by anything
that turns up for a starter. II takes tn,
bet and fails to show a hand that will
al the bill. Is there any such hand
known 10 crib players?
\ deuce. two threes and q four Is 9
hand that must improve. as any caro-
from the ace to the five will make NOR,
runs while any card above a fvs vii
make some ffteens.
r. T. SAYS: A disputes the count oi
two eights and two sevens, with an &C,
for the starter, which r pegs for sixteer
holes How should We count Il?
Fourteen IL all Il IL worth. Each elgh
with each seven gives fifteen eight. Two
sevcns and the ace Is two more holes
and then the two pairs, sevens snt
eights.
Gin. T p. G. says Three playing wher
\ calls pay me" and lays down eight In
his deadwood. Second man can get rid OF
enough on AS layout to make him onl,
six. Can the third man fatten both
layouts, As and BIS. or only one and Il
one. which?
when II beats A, II Is B's hand that |,
alone open to. fattening. as he Is now IN,
winner, and A Is one OF the losers thai
will have 10 pay r.
Poker. J. r. r. says: opens, r re
fuses. hut c and u come IN. Cards ar,
drawn. and A then announces that he die
not have openers. What IS the proper
procedure7
A is out Of II and loses all he has pu
in. and play Cor the pot Just as Il
II had been legitimately opened, and Their
A gives the table free ride for the mex
Jack. as he drew 10 false openers, which
Is always suspicious proceeding snc
must be punished.
j. A. I. says Seven playing, to whom
hands are all dealt when A. sitting or
the dealers left, announces that he ha.
only four cards. Several had taken III
their hands before discovered he wal
} short Should the dealer give A anothe,
card from the top OF the pack. or Ia Il 6
misdeal9
II A has not lifted or looked at an,
Of the four cards, the dealer must com
plete his hand II A has looked. hi,
hand Is foul and he Is out of that pool.
NJ C l.. says; 4 and raise eac,
other several times until saws. :"
: will call. What have You got?" saws
! -Four Jacks" but on the cards heinz
laid down they are only tens \ insist
that u loses the pot for miscaling hi
hand.
I The cards show for themselves wha
| Il saws he had does mot amO,,pt IN anv