The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-13

over the signature Of the chairman of
the committee, Milton G.. Work, on
eight of the sixth section of THE
SUN to-day.
J. v. D.. says The declaration being
no trump A leads the ace of diamonds.
Dummy has one small. Third hand, B,
king jack small. A bets he should
give ~ the king to lubbock. Il bets
that rule applies to W OF the suit,
king and small only.
The correct play Is the Jack, sec
ond best. Good players will not lead
an ace without both queen and Jack I'M
less they hold at least seven OF the
suit. This would leave only two In
the hand Of the declarer. and these will
queen. The play OF the Jack marks B
with one higher or no more and IN
blocks at tho same time. To play the
king would be to indicate two cards
only.
q. B.. +. says: Y Is playing the
hand and II is dummy's lead. Y
starts to play the high club from king
Jack and another. but changes his mind
and leads the smallest OF the three.
A bets that the card first touched must
be played. z says II Is not played
until II Is quilted, and produces a book
purporting to give the laws for 1915.
which says when the declarer draws
a card. either from his own hand or
from dummy. such card Is not consid-
cred as played until actually quilted"
That is the English law. No. &C
The American law Is that n card
touched in the dummy must be played.
1t IL only when two or more are stimuli
~taneously touched that the declarer
may play which he pieases.
r. r. r. SAYS: u has bid up TO four
royals over BIS four hearts, neither OF
the others having made a bid OF any
kind. Upon the announcement OF the
four royals y at once says: 81 pass
under the impression that II was all
between himse'f and r.. When A says
he will double four royals Il bets he
cannot do so. because Il has given the
unfair information that IL A does not
do II Il will not.
The laws say that passing out Of
turn is not a serious enough offence
for any greater punishment than PR
venting the player in error from amend
ing his bid In case the intervening
PLAYERS pass. A has a right TO double.
II. c. says that in cutting they still
regard the spade as the lowest suit. al
though they no longer play spades NJ
two a trick. Il this correct
Until the new laws. abolishing the
lower value OF the spade suit. go into
erec, and are adopted by the governors
OF the various clubs. spades are still
Officially worth two and are the lowest
suit. but snking highest In the cut
ting. That is. as between the seven OF
hearts and the seven OF spades. the
heart has the choice OF seats and cards.
Mrs. NJ asks II there Is any rule
as TO which penalty should he taken
for a revoke.
II is usual to take the tricks II they
are necessary to make good on the con-
tract or win the game. and to take the
100 points II the tricks are not essential.
In case Of a redouble. the tricks may be
worth more. Al no trumps, for instance
three tricks redoubled would be worth
40 po,n,s each. or 100. whereas the re-
woke would be worth only 100. but such
cases are rare.
cribbace. G. n. II. says: a bets
that four sevens and an eight are "or'.
80 points in hand or crib ana argues II
this way: II four sevons can be scored
as elk separate pairs, and II " seveus
and an eight, which IL only one pair can
be scored as six points. six pairs with
an eight must he worth SIX times as
much as one pair with an eight. Wha'
is wrong with this argument
II is not the pair OF sevens combined
with an eight that adds four points and
makes a pair OF sevens and an eight
worth six holes but II is each individual
seven, and as there are two sevens IN
A pair. there are two ifteens; but you
cannot count each seven three times over
with the same eight. although you can
II the same seven three times over
with a different seven each Lime.
q. T. says: A deals and r cuts the
BACK Tor Inc starter dlNti idNA"' w 49,
the crib. The top card left OF the pack
IA face up. Il bets that does not matter.
as A would have turned II IN, A Insists
on another cut for the starter. Whc
Is right?
Neither. There must be n new deal
as a card was faced in the pack.
H.. y. l.. says: a deals, and botl
players have some trouble In laying on,
for the crib, a finally discardlng. ana
then. forgetting he is the dealer, cuts
the starter, which r turns up. 1t -
only after some cards have been played
that 4 remembers 1t is his crib. shout
there he another cut for the starter,
which has not affected the play Al all?
As the fault Is mutual, \ having cut
the cards and p having failed to cor
rect him, the starter should stand. Il
is not stated whether A also played
nrst, out Of turn.
II, u. asks what are the four numbers
that cannot he held in one hand or crib,
regardless OF what the starter may be,
Nineteen, twenty-five. twenty-six ana
~twenty-seven canine he made by any
combination of cards.
Poker. u. l.. r. says; A opens a
tack and several come In. The opener
bets. and r calls him. A shows his
| openers. Must n show what he called
on II he cannot beat AS hand?
Yes, because all hands In the call
must be shown to the board, n does
not call A any more than A calls r,
-