The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21

II uPhll hAu NAh - ilAEp M n N
that suit stopped twice and a good all
round hand he bid no trump. which he
was left with. Y not caring to bid whom
he had the lead.
Holding three honors In diamonds
and "A possible trick In spades, Y led
the knig. on which Y dropped tho NJ
This looked encours ging. 70 Y went on
with tho king to see what II really
meant and Il thought he must have q
long suit to the ace king jack, 90 he
dropped the queen to lubbock.
In order TO avoid leading his ten
seven up to what now looked like the
Jack eight three in AS hand Y shifted
70 the spade suit and A proceeded to
make four heart tricks. Then he led
q club from dummy. az he knew Y could
have mono OF that Eiit and tho king was
a certainty. q jumped for the trick
with the ace and led the three of dia-
instead OF ten and another. The king
OF clubs, two more spades and the
tricks already won went game.
II we g. back TO tho very first trtch
In this hand and assume that z played
To plain suit echo straight, always tho
second best, tho moment re drops tho
nine he 4. marked with queen alone or
JACK alone higher, and absolutely not
with both.
II re hlxher card u the Jack and A
has a queen tho only chance IL TO got
4 In 10 come through, but before he
gets in the game MAJ be over. az A
must be pretty strong in the other suits,
IN which dummy Is also strong. But
II r. an equal chance hat re higher
card Il the queen, and even II 4, IL not
he seems marked with the three, which
he can lead later II ne ever gets in.
Acting on this theory, Ys proper lead
FOR The second trick is his fourth best
diamond. the seven, Il would have won
this with the queen, lsid down his ace
ot clubs, az lie must know Y cannot
Dad that suit, and then led the three
~ diamonds, enabling Y TO make al
tho rest OF that suit and SET the con-
tract.
There In one point about playing down
and out which the writer believes has
never received tho attention Il deserves.
and that IL in leading from short suits
The conventional play IL TO lead tho
cop and play down. 20 that II the
or.e.Nal lead Is from three. such as sight
Sven deuce, they are played IN that
order.
BI' that gives no clue to tho part
rer as 20 whether the lead IL from two
or from three, and whether tho leader
can ruf a third round or not When
"a short suit IL opened. 4: 70 for ono OF
two reaSons-to avoid bad leads from
tenaoe suits or 10 get "A run. The
partner II surely entitled 20 know which
Il IS. II i Is from three carie Il can
not be for n ruff.
Every auction player must have o.
served countless hands IN hich he
could not tell what the object OF the
snort lead really was until TOO latA So
many times a suit Is ed q third e.mA
IN full confidence that the original
leader Will trump ~, only to see the
declare hold tho trick with . ssvsn
or eight.
SO common 70 chts SITUATION that mny
good players mako II a rule never 70
lead from a suit OF two cards that
are good FOR nothing. They have sNrre
~ that quit or Il II q singleton. 40
that II they do not TO tho
second round they are marked With
ore more OF fha ruit.
The writer has given rhis etuAeSon q
good deal OF attention lately and has
come 70 tho conclusion that all AM
b!ru!'y can he avoided without any pre-
v'uus understanding with the psrtner
That n weak lead shall be always ono
OF three, never two. ~ that cramps a
players game IN many .nstanoeA
Way not adopt the down ard ul.
rule 20 these weak leads, rust A. one
applies e 70 weak holdings IN ehe third
ha0dT II your partner leads winning
cards ard you have three Indifferent
I li''l" fellows you play them up and look
cheerful Playing them up tells him you
have more than two.
Reverse the situation. Instead of yorr
partner playing the high cards rrSt and
voIr trailing along with me littls ones
why not load thu little onos Chopirg TO
Ind him with the high ones) Just as ~
you were following suit to hts high
cHrls7
That r. - you LEAD rom two only
lead the higher Hrst n you lead from
three or more play them IN. From
eight six deuce lead the e.x and dron
the eight.
Hcre IL a hand played IN Indianapolis
last week which shows how misleading
tho old style may be and how much
simpler = wouli bs II the writer's sug-
Ccst.on had oeen followed: