The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-02
SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS.

CUdUUL FUR CARD PAYEHS,
Auction Bridge. G. j., r. e. L. and
DINERS strongly object to the decision a
TO the Winners Of the rubber given In
answer to H.. T. NJ. on December 10
n insist that u liz matter Of general
knowiedge that the partners who win
tWo games out Of three win ths rubber,
whether the game Is auction bridge or
s"ytning else. c. J. says. Read law
]. which distinctly says the first two
sspmes may decide the. rubber"
Bets must be decided by what the
oficially recognised, laws says. especially
when the bet Is made with reference
to a specified code and not to the zen
orally accepted meaning Of a technical
term. What the trainers of the Law
Intended Is n the point. Law No. I
OF The English code says the rubber IL
the best Of three games. and thai state.
mont 10 nowhere modified. In the Amer.
ican code, issued by the Whist Club
II Is quite true that law No. 1 says the
hrst two games may decide" the rub.
Der, but decide Is not 4 synonym fol-
win" II means to bring TO . conclu.
sion, In accordance with the hrst sen
tence Of the law. Law 10 10 an attempt
to force upon card players . new mean
Ing for the term rubber which will never
be accepted. and the last paragraph Of
that law had much better been left out
NJ. q. says: Dummy Ia found to have
a card less n n opponent a card toe
many. As both sides are In fault should
the deal stand?
No: there must be q new deal. II
only one side was in fault. as by drop
ping a ard on the floor. the deal stands
As the card can be restored to the shor
hand. but no one can say which care
the short hand should have in the cas-
cited.
d. NJ. NJ. says: We are In doubt al
to the correct method OF scoring u
duplicate matches. We play four deals
and add so to the score OF the pair Will
the higher trick score. IL The play ~
not duplicate these players move. Ii
this correct"
Fifty points In not enough to CIV
partners who win a game In the fou
| deals. and Il II too much to give mos
who do not reach a game. The onicia
| value OF a game won Is lbs points, AM
| that should be added for a game wo'
during the four deals. Nothing Is aooe'
| FOR points less than game.
w 7, X. asks II there IL n a .
c,a,iro tournaments in which pairs AT
eed that will obviate the separa''o'
OF \ and s scores from Il ana W.
The Howell pair system Enables ever
pair TO meet every other pair IN III
same round. so that there Is only on
ton score. The pair championship o
tho At,anti Whist League is played o.
that system.
". n. r. says: The dealer BIDS
| shade. Second hand holds nve heaT'
10 the Jack ten. four clubs to the &C
queen ten, three diamonds to the auee
and the nine OF spades. He passes. =
! does third hand. but fourth a
goes no trump and the dealer passes
| What should second hand bid. II any
thing?
Two hearts. His partner must hav
the spades stopped and some scatterin
tricks. but a no trumper might be Sc
II left In, and II In q safer heart, wit
tho ability to run the adversaries spad
suit.
e. II, Il. asks how the declarer Of n
trumps is 10 tell whether the spade O
heart takeout by his partner 10 fror
strength or weakness? What IL he 10 q
unless he knows whether /, Is a wart
ing or a strong hand?
What does II matter which II II? tn
takeout simply says. II think there
more In this with hearts for trumps tina
at no trump..' II the takeout is froI
strength 1t should 20 game. What nor
does the declarer OF no trumps want
II it Is from weakness the no trumps
Is oba bly, saved from disaster.
Poker. l.. r. r. says Eight are play
ing, all Jacks. No. I opens, w%hereupo
No. 6 discovers upon picking up his han
that he has six cards. containing thre
pairs. A bets It Ia a misdeal.
II No. 6 picked up his hand befor
announcing that he had six cards II
deal stands. but his hand - foul. Ther
is nothing that poker players are $
frequently cautioned yainst as liftin
a hand without counting he cards fac
down.
NJ l.. says: Playing with ~
packs, used alternately, for some tim
IL was discovered that one pack co.
tained two mines OF clubs. SO cards. viii
the other pack was perfect. a bets q
entire play with both packs Is void.
says only the play with the imperfe'
pack.
The rule Is that only the deal In w|hit
the imperfection Is discovered and a,
nounced Is void, and the announcemeI
must b. made n proved before Il
draw is complete, or the deal stand
This is to avoid any possibility Of
players making the pack imperfe
after he has seen the draw.
A. s. says A opens a lack and
comes in. When A bers. r calls. NJ
has two pairs against As one pair. h
r has six cards. n insists that he Is e
titled to take back the bet he made
call 4. as II was not his fault. but Il
dealers. that he had six cards.
II wa Rs fault for lift'ry and iooki,
at a foul hand. He should nave count
his cards face dow.
H. T. n. y Seven IN the gan
only four cards left to draw from.
wants n ten and IL drawing one car
p bets It IL 90 to I against its being o.
OF the three, as the last card cam
be drawn.