The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-10
SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS.

/ tomary In auction bridge tournaments TO |
give the prizes for the greatest number OF |
rubbers won. or only for the highest point |
scores.
The rubber is only an incident In the |
game. requiring a change OF partners. |
The higher point score Is always the de-
Gliding factor. In progressive tournaments
rubbers are never played, as the tables
must all change players at the same time,
but IL the tournament is n set match.
like pivot three rubbers end sitting,
and the highest individual score at the
table Is the winner
w p. r. says: u deals and bids no
trump. A says two royals. holds elk
hearts to the Jack ten nine, four small
clubs, two small diamonds and one small
spade. What is the bid and Why
Three hearts. Unless hearts are trumps
the hand is not worth a trick anywhere.
with hearts trumps there need be no
fear Of the royals. II must never he
forgotten that II the dealer does not like
the hearts he can go back to hie no
trumper without increasing the contract,
but he does so after being fairly warned
that dummy cannot assist him. For Y
to pass the hid OF two royals would be
TO indicate that VS. hand was useless for
any purpose
| T. = y. SAYS: Dealer bids no trumn
on the ace queen Jack small In hearts
ace king ten and two small IN diamonds
king Jack small I'm spades. and a small
club. Second and third hands pass. Fourth
hand bids two hearts. What should the
dealer say to this?
Pass Il up to his partner. and II his
partner says nothing and second hand
does not take the fourth hand out. lead
the top diamonds. To go two no trunps
with only FIVE tricks in the hand. and
b the certainty OF being obliged 20 lead
b right up 20 the hand that overcalls. Is
not an encouraging outlook. Fourth hand
must be pretty strong outside hearts 20
I make such bid. but M Il is impossible
for him TO 90 game n he has n diamond
= in his hand. let him play Il.
j. T l.. say: Dealer bids no trump.
, Second hand SAYS two royals and third
hand holds Ave 10 the nco queen. on
which he bids two no trumps. Tho
. no trumper goes down for four tricks.
> Whose fault is this?
II third hand had nothing but two
shoppers in royals the correct thing Is to
double II the partner Is usually IA strong
no trump bidder. otherwise TO pass, one
OF the most common errors in tho game
, ~ this pushing the partner back into
no trumper. which is perhaps moth
ing but a fair assisting or defensive
hand. With nothing outside tho two
shoppers it is safer to pass and save
the game.
n O. NJ says: When A leads club
=f.,g .1tth
4. the decfarcr. says 10 his partner
= "Play the ten Of hearts" and immedi-
ately corrects himself and says: Il mean
the ten OF spades" royals being the
trump. objects to the correction. but
bets that slip Of the tongue may bs
corrected II the third hand has MOI
played.
z Is wrong Such slips may be cor
l rected in the bidding. but not in th'
, play. II Is the same as II a card wa'
.e touched and called slip Of the fingers
Ie must play the hearty
Go Ban. y o. r. says they got q
board from Toxic az a Christmas pres
en,. but no directions for the play anc
wants To know where such can be found
This Is the japanese national game
cortes ponding TO our checkers Tho onl!
text boos In English that TIVE Str
knows Of is by Arthur Smith published
by Moffat Yard & Co. New York, il
laos.
Double Garfield. T.. c, 3. says After
: playlnE for soma length OF time. b no.
IS tees, while shufiing the cards, that two
10. are ON the floor. After picking rlem VI
,e and adding them to the pack. there ar
stul only hfty-one cards. The king %
her
the Pack must have been short all eve
nirE \ bets the whole play is void.
-, Nothing Is void but the deal IN whicl
~, the imperfect pack is discovered an'
n. proved. But for this rule. II a wer
p. behind, he might swallow the king y
- spades In order t. cancel his losses.
- Dice. IA. II. says: Playing backgam
Sn non. As men are 50 situated that h
ed must throw double six or double five L
IN win the hit As either will do II. by
ne ISLANDERS Offer to het against his gettinl
either throw. What odds should the
OFFER?
There are thirty-slx ways that two die
may come. and only two OF those way
will suit As game. while % will not
If This looks like % to .. or II to agains
IN him
ar j. H. C.. says: Shooting craps. Ia
thrown six twice In succession. bet
-, II IL 80 to he does not throw sin mex
time \ takes him up and wins. VIVA
were the exact ODDS agalns, such an ~
W traordluary sequence OF throws"
~ The odds were not against a sequenc
rtt Of throws AT all. but simply against A
throwiug six There are Ave ways
get "A six with two dice, and thrty-on
.or not to get 1t. That Is about %
~, against the throw. II did not bet that
In would not throw six three times in su'
De- cession, hut only that he would M
throw six after having made tw
,r- throws which happened to he six, whiC
en- is quite another matter.
ed
IN Poker. G. W. NJ says: The open'
~, Of jack Is not called. What must
show?
10 II he has drawn cards against oth'
Nv players, openers only II no one has con
y IN against him, the whole hand.
J. A. asks to he shown the manner