The sun., 1916-11-19
SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS.

note that no trump was declared by the
dealer on these cards In a hand pub
lished In THE SrN -Four hearts to the
ace Jack, six clubs to the king queen,
queen and one diamond. singleton king
Of spades. Is this bid conventionally
correct. with no protection In two suits?
The hand was played In a champion
ship tournament and six players bid It
that way. 1t is one OF the class thai, are
too strong to pass as 1t contains a
king and queen above average In high
cards.
J. *. asks II the partners opposed to
the declaration get 50 in honors II they
win twelve tricks. and says the law ia
not clear on that point.
The law 'No - says Little SIAM j.
made when partners take twelve tricks"
There Is rothing said that restricts this
to the dcclarcr and his partner. SO the
advcrsa'!es can score IT,
\. e. y. asks the reason for ohJccting
to the usual keep all yol get method
Of scoring At progressive games.
Tho objection is that the playor with
the lower score takes II to another table
a. a plus. instead Of NtEius a loss. sta
t!stics were published In TIM SuN show
Ing how a PLAYER who made the hisher
score AZ six tables on, % seven might
still he beaten by a PLAYER who made the
bottom score AZ five ont NJ seven and
who would have been 9Th score IL the
lower were always deducted from the
higher at each table.
J. NJ. :. says: We are not clear on
the matter Of insufficient bids being
made sufficient. What IL the opponents
do not want a bid to he made sufficient"
Tho bid Is two hearts hy u, ovcrcaIlei
by \ with two spades. and Y says ""rwo
hearts" Now neither \ uor Il wants
them TO bid three hearts. and u bots
he can make the two-hcart hid void. re-
turning to two spades, and Thus prevent
z from taking advantage of Information
illegally given by Y. Is this correct?
No, because II Is only when the bid
is corrected to It's proper form. three
hearts, that the partner IL barred from
further bidding. II y goes back to two
spades he is accepting the ;wo-hcart
bid as regular and overcalling 1t. leaving
z free TO bid what he likes.
!. S. r. says: Il deals and bid no
trump. A two hearts. Y and y passing.
y says two no trumps, \ and Y pass and
u bids three diamonds. which u
doubles. All pass. \ bets that Il should
never have bid diamonds and should
have taken himself out Of the double
with three hearts. as he held Jack and
two small, with king and another spade,
.N.E. .,.,a1 a1,,ls ~ atV lfan, lAl a..
the ace queen ten.
The two heart bid is a mistake, 4
had the lead and should have kept still.
The three diamond bid is correct. as II
shows \ what to lead in case the no.
,rumper Is persisted in, Then II can
lead through the heart stopper In rs
hand. But - should have returned TO
the hearts when he was doubled,
Cribhage-L. I. *. asks how many
cards are laid out for the crib when the
game IA played with seven cards in each
hand.
Two only. rs usual. hve being kept
for the play, This makes six in each
hand to count, with the starter Ave
In crib.
a. n. V. saws; a rubber Is so pro-
longed that three OF the players have
to leave to catch IA train, \ bets the
score is made UP as II stands when they
quit, Il bets that unless it has been
previously agreed I" do this. the un.
finished rubber Is void.
The score is made up as it stands,
adding l25 for any game already won,
as that is the equity in a single game,
hut this is only on condition that the
players knew the game would have to
stop at a specified time, so that they
could eaten the train.
Auction rinochle--I. Il r.. "A \
Three were playing for u considerable
stake. \ was the bidder when u re-
vokcd. This being discovered on the
| next trick the cards were taken back
and replaycd correctly. bat the bidder
insisted thai he Still Won his game. Az
revoke penalty. although he was actually
set. = insisted that ne WOULD not stand
a loss that was non Of his fault.
& il IN "A partnership game and must
abide by II. II his par,ner made some
fool play that lost the game. would C
refuse to pay the bidder on that &C.
count,