The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-03
SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS.

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the last, at the same time remarking
that there Is no use wasting time. as he
' has all the rest OF the tricks. and shows
the winning cards. The question IL.
, Does this laying the cards on the table
establish the revoke or not? The Oppo-
nents Insist that showing the winning
cards and claiming the tricks Is the
same as playing to the next trick.
That ia the view taken by THE Sun,
but the committee on laws does not agree.
The committee maintains that showing
the winning cards and stating that they
win the rest OF the tricks is not play
ing those cards to the tricks that are to
follow. 1t il hard to see the logic UNDER
lying such a decision. but II Ia official.
q. s. W. 8. says: A has bid three
spades. doubled by Y and %redoubled. A
\ makes four odd. but II IL discovered that
she has revoked. What Is the score?
The declarer scores nothing but honors
as he'll. az they cannot be affected by
any revokes. The opponents take 100 In
honors as penalty.
u. J SAYS The contract il Ave clubs.
doubled. The declarer Is set for three
tricks and has revoked AZ we'll. What
do the opponents score for the defeat OF
the contract or do they score for the
revoke as well? This looks like rubbing
II in.
Both penalties must be scored against
the d~eclarer. First, there Is the 400 for
the failure to make a doubled contract,
and then there Is the 100 for having re-
voked. 400 in all. While the pen,'ty
may seem severe. there is no reason for
carccling any part Of 1t.
]. 7. C.. says: Some Of the players
here maintain that II one heart In bid
It takes two OF anything else to overcall
II. Is this correct. under the latest
rules?
No, because one spade or one no trump
would o~vercall one heart. as they are
bids OF higher rank. But It would a *
two of a lower suit TO ovarcall one
heart, such as two clubs or two dia-
monds. The rule that one trick more
will o~vercali any previous bid does not
mean that one trick more Ia necessary
in all Eases. The law was maze to
, aNOlu inc COlrusiOn III ctl' NhhN pf'~
vaded the I'd system OF bidding by
Arithmetic, when il took Ave clubs IN
o~vercall three no trumps. Now one
more trick is enough.
+. T. II. says z dealt and passed
A bid a club. Y no trump. Il two
clubs. z two hearts. When A and Y
passed b went three clubs, which u and
A passed. Y bidding three hearts. which
\ passed. d called As attention to It's
being BIS say first and he doubled. Y
objects, on the ground that one op-
ponent has passed, which Is really a bid
out OF turn. but elects to let that bid
stand. That IL. A and r pass three
hearts.
r Is within his rights to double. a.
the pass out OF turn does not AFFECT the
order OF the bids. The only difference II
would make would be to bar A from
making a bid or doubling II both b and
Il passed the three hearts. As II IL when
X doubles AS pass is void and he can
!, bid wha, he likes in his turn.
A W. Med. says TOWARD the end o.
the hand II is found that the declarer
has three cards. dummy one and the
opponents two each. II was found that
dummy had played twice 10 a trick and
The declarer had not played to it At all
What is the rule in such a case?
II the opponents admit that such Is
the case and that, AT the start each Of the
four had his right number Of cards
it is not a m.sdeal. hut, comes under
, the law that provides for cards no