The sun., 1915-06-27
SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS.


have printed score card on which
1t is said that. For failing to make
contract, opponents add so to honor
score" Then, further on IL says, For
each trick less than contract, opponents
add to honor score so points" We have
consulted a number OF authorities with
out discovering any agreement among
them on this point. what is the rule
that is recognized as official?
The majority of tho score pads on the
market are got up ungranmotically.
and many OF them by persons who do
not understand the laws themselves.
There can be no failure to make the
contract except by one or more tricks.
and the simple rule is that for every
trick. by which the declarer fails, his
opponents score so in the honor column,
100 II doubled. 200 II redoubled.
T. q. u. says: A insists that chicane
is still counted and produces the laws
OF auction for 1915 to prove 1t. Does
this mean that the count has been re-
stored. as we certainly did not play
1t last year?
There are number OF alleged laws
for 1915 on the market. but none are
genuine except those issued by the
Whist Club. the others being nothing
but reprints of the English code, which
many thought would be adopted in this
country. There Is no mention of chcane
in the official laws for the United
States
c. L. l.. says: Z deals and starts
with mo bid" A. sitting on his left.
says NO bid mean no trumps" Y
insists that A cannot change his
declaration, while A bets that he can,
so long as he does so Immediately ami
before the next player acts upon the
declaration that Is corrected. II A is
in error, what Is the penalty?
This is one Of the points that led 20
endless disputes under the old laws. but
which are happily so covered by the
new version OF law SO that there should
he no further trouble. When A SAYS
No bid" he passes, and the new law
says that pass or a double cannot be
though there Is no direct reference TO
the penalty under law SO. II is assumed
that law 5oa applies. as 4 makes a bid
when he is, practically speaking, pro-
hibited from doing so by having made a
declaration that cannot he changed. II
this view is correct. neither the Offend
ing player nor his partner can take any
further part in the bidding.
c. B. G. says: We are still going TO
play nullos in this part OF the world
and would like TO know which hand
should be exposed. the one that actually
bid the nullo or the partners?
In the middle West. notably in In
dIanapolis, they were always in favor OF
exchanging the hands before the play
began so that the real nullo. full of
small cards, should be laid on the table
for the opponents TO shoot at while the
gerous cards should be held UP. 1t is
entirely a matter OF agreement.
E r. " says: The dealer starts with
no truunps, second hand passing. Third
hand holds Ave clubs to the ace Jack
and five diamonds to the king queen
Which suit should he show first? A
bets the diamonds. so as to go TO the
clubs next time.
Neither suit should be mentioned.
because TO call a minor suit In answer
10 the partners no trumper is to de-
clare that there is not a trick In the
hand anywhere. whereas this hand is
probably good FOR three or four tricks.
Mrs. s. says hold eight hearts TO
the king queen Jack. not trick out
side. No trump is bid on my right.
should ! show my partner my strength
by bidding two hearts or three?
Why say anything about them? II there
Is enough In your partners hand TO make
eight or nine tricks at hearts they are
worth only ls or "a points. II there is
enough TO go game what will happen
to the no trumper II you sit still and
lead the hearts? You will then be play
ing for so trick instead OF 8 and II
YOU make eight or nine tricks they
will he worth Just six times as much
as II hearts were trumps
Poker NJ. r. says: A opens. r staya
and G raises, both the others. A and y.
seeing the raise. Both A and B draw
three cards. c drawing one and raising
As bet when Il sees H. Now A looks
/
made a mistake. as he has no openers,
r. calls C with three mines, c showing
a fusr. Can & take this pot when II
was really impossible for any OF the
thee 10 open It originally
/ The modern rule is that II any one
comes in against false openers in good
/ faith the pot must be played for just
as II the openers had been genuine.
| IN this case both and C have come
in In good faith against what they sup
| posed to he legitimate openers, so e
wins the pot. having the better hand.
| F. NJ SAYS: We should like a state
/ ment of the modern rule for splitting
1 openers \ bets the opener must an
! nounce his intention and nail his dis
| card. r bets Il is unfair to the opener
! to give away his hand by announcing &
/ that he has nothing but bob,a9
1t was the consideration mentioned
! by y that led to the adoption OF the
modern rule. which is that the opener
of every Jack should nail his discard
by placing It under the chips in the
/ pool, so that there is no difference in
his play when he splits and when he
does not, but his discard is always s
there to show what he had when he
opened, without any necessity for him
to say that he is splitting, in case he
does split,
Poker Dice, +. +, X. says; \ gets
| three kings in his three throws. On
/ the first cast, II gets an ace and two
queens. should he pick up the ace or
| the queens?