The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-23

II II. n. says The opener is raised
out by A and p. and A finally calls.
When b lays down his hand A saws.
You win" and throws his cards into
the deadwood. B bets he has a right to
see the hand that called
Not only but the whole table must
see all the hands in a call. -sIs is their
only protection against collision.
Auction Bridget. T. T. SAYS: In
your answer TO H. NJ. L. March YOU
state that the higher ranking of two
suits, which are both sound free bids.
should be named first What Is the
oo1ect' Why not bid the stronger suit?
The object is 10 make it less expen-
sive for the partner to make his choice
after both suits are shown. II YOU
start with a heart and then have To
bid two spades, your partner has 70 70
to three If he prefers hearts. II you
start with the spades and then 20 70
two hearts, and he likes the hearts. hs
let's them alone; but II he prefers the
spades he does not increase the con-
tract in bidding two
B. d. saws: The dealer hold. eirht
hearts to the queen Jack, four cIube 20
the ace and one small spade, upon which
he bids heart Second hand bids two
spades and third hand goes two no
trumps. afterward to three and is get.
because the dealer cannot win a heart
tricK. The third hand bets the original
heart bid is unsound.
IL Is unsound only because Il was
for one trick only II player 4. not
willing to bid four he should pass un
the bid and make a secondary bid Of II.
one trick bid shows tops, which tina
dealer does not hold.
Pirate. f, C. X. says: II the nIayev
on my right bids a heart. and / hold AGA
small. but otherwise no trump,r-
should l accept or wait to hid no
trumps7
Accept Then II you can get a chanc,
to go to no trumps later you will get
the heart bidder for a partner as Won
have shown you have a sure trick IN
his suit; otherwise ne might avoid you.
hoping to set you II some other player
had the ace OF hearts.
Poker r 8. says: Forgetting that a
ROUND OF jacks was In progress, cana
IN on small pair, and drew three cards,
The winner OF the pot asked to SEQ As
openers. On seeing the small pair and
explaining that this was a Jack, the
question OF penalties arose.
When II player draws to false openers.
the usual penalty is to give all the others
a free ride for the next Jack. In game
in which there is a plausible reason for
not knowing it was jack II should bs
enough to have the opener lose his anita.
NJ c. says: opens p jack r drops
out. but picks up AS cards to have a
ScAUN. ami calls n $ attention to fine fact
that what he thinks Is three deuces IA
only pair and a trey, so that he cannot
open. Thereupon the third man saws ha
will open IT, Now A acknowledges that
he Is out OF the pot and loses his ante1.
but Insists there is no further penalty.
A is right; hut the third man cannot
open the pot II AS ante stays UP. as IL
Is already opened even II wrongly. Tho
third man is unwee in giving tha
strength OF his hand away.
L. Y, r says A picks up six cards
lays them down again, and announces n,
r bets 1t IL mlsdeal; while c bets the
hand Is foul
No m'sdeal; bu; the six cards having
been lifted and looked at before calling
attention to the error that hand is roul
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