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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-03

running fire Of comment and speculation as
each catch is dragged forth. Sunfish, carp
conger eels-all the species that inhabit the
Hudson waters-are dragged forth at the
eager hands of the Sing Sing Anglers Club
members.
Nothing is too small to figure as catch, for
the prison cats have learned that the Sing Sing
Anglers Club means more to them than any
other organization within those walls of stone
and iron. The other day, while the club men,
bers were industriously fishing, two cats, one
all black and the other all white, waited behind
the line and disported themselves as over
petted and well-fed cats will do anywhere.
The black one lay at full length on a bench
and slyly reached down and struck at the
white one, which was lying on the ground try
ing to sleep off the effects of too heavy meal
CT minnows, tossed from the cans in which
the clubs catches kept. The white cat
growled in protest, and finally there was the
inevitable clash, with much yowlng
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dealt and bid diamond, A heart, no
trumps and two spades. Y went to two no.
trumps, which he could have made, but A
helped the spades, and 2 went three no.
trumps, having two honors in clubs, besides
his diamonds. A went to four spades, which
Y doubled.
By one of these peculiar twists that turn
up so often in playing against the declaration
B went game, making four odd. led a
small club, counting his partner for the ace,
as he had twice bid his no-trumper. Y won
the club Now, if he goes right back with the
suit and lets dummy make little trump he
sets the contract; but argued that if he pu.
dummy in easily the next thing would be
n trump lead through his king, SO he led his
partners diamonds instead, B concealing the
deuce.
Now it is z who does not like the idea of
ruffing dummy, so he leads through the denied
heart suit. This gives B his chance. The
ace goeasup second hand. and small trump
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queens. giving total of 22O. Add the three
high trump cards for $50 more and the total
is 370. Every book on pinochle agrees on this.
PINOCHLE
Question: During the play of the hand it
is found that the bidder has laid out four
cards, instead of three. He insists that he
is at disadvantage in playing with only
eleven cards. What is the rule in such .
case? J. W. E.
Answer: The bidders hand is foul, and he
is set back provided it is admitted that there
was no irregularity in the deal and the op-
ponents have thei2 right number of cards.
The bidders statement overlooks the fact that
being short he may have trumped when hs
should not be able to do so.
AUCTION PITCH
Question-Four playing ten points up for
the theater tickets. A deals and on his deal
goes out. c, on BIS left, has only one to go
and insists on B dealing, so that shall have
the beg A bets must deal himself, as B is
out of It'll. H. J.
Answer-As the game is to stick the last
man and has won out of it he cannot take
any further part in the game. 1t is therefore
C's deal. The fact that c has only one to go
and that the beg would be great advantage
at that score has nothing to do with it. There
is no card game known in which the laws re-
garding the deal are altered on account of
players individual score
BID WHIST
Question-Two is bid The dealer pitches
for two, calling no-trump hands If 10
makes two is it doubled, giving him four? II.
he accepts the bid of two and does not make it
does he go up two or four?-B. E. Y.
Answer-There is no doubling in bid whist.
This seems to be some game you have invented.
In other card games the bidder scores double
only when some player bids he cannot make
his bid.
CRIRBAGE
Questionable dealer er.is four sevens
with an ace for starter and scores "a points
for it. His opponent bets it is only 20. VIII
you count it for ISL. E. R..
Answer-Lay out the four sevens in square,
and each of the four sides and the two d.
agonals makes pair. This is L. holes. 1t IS
obvious that the ace will combine with each
of these pairs to make Is, so we get II more
holes. or Cd in all.
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Questions and ANSWERS
AUCTION BRIDGE

Questionable dealer bid one heart, no score.
Second hand passed. Third hand held seven
spades to the jack, ten; three small diamonds,
two small clubs and the jack of hearts. What
should he say?-N. w. B.
Answer-He should deny the hearts with the
spades With many it is better to overcall
the hand, bidding two spades, so that the
dealer may know it is not necessary for him
to deny the spadesy as they are strong enough.
This will prevent retreat to minor suit,
which could not be supported by the spade
hand.
Question-1s the following hand strong
enough for an original call Of one heart, the
score being unimportant? If so, on what
grounds? Five to the ace Of hearts, four to
ace, queen in spades. Queen small in dia-
monds; two small clubs.-O. F. A.
Answer--The theory of modern bidding is
that it player has more than his share of the
thirteen tricks to be played for and also has
suit OF five or more cards with at least as
good as ace or king, queen at the top he
should call that suit. In this hand there are
more than four tricks, counting aces at double
value, SO it is a good heart CALL
Question-No trumps bid by the dealer. all
pass. The leader holds six clubs to the ace
queen-Jack-ten; four spades to the Jack,
queen and one heart, with small diamond.
What is the correct card to lead, and whv?
Mrs. G.
There being no rentry, lead the club queen.
SO as to get the king out Of the way at once.
and still leave partner a club to return if he
IS lucky enough to get in. If he has the
king he will give it up at once with two
in suit; on second round with three in suit
Question-1s there any book that gives the
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follows. The finesse of the jack is practi-
cally certainty against Y's bid of no-trumps,
and the ace drops the king.
This brings us to the point of the hand;
the management of the remaining trumps, SO
as to get dummy in twice. The eight of
trumps is overtaken by the nine and the
hearts are cleared trumping the king with
the queen. Now the deuce of trumps can BE-
overtaken by dummy's five and all the hearts
make; four odd and game.
Rufing the heart king with the high trump
and leading the higher of the eight and two
is what does the trick. 1t is rather curious to
note that if opens with the trump, on the
theory that the sooner the trumps are out of
the way his partners no-trumper will come
into play. makes five odd, as he gets four
diamond discards on the established hearts.
dummy needing only one reentry after two
trumps lead A and miss two chances to
save the game; the club ruff and the third
diamond lead
Here is the solution of Problem No. 60,
given last week, in which hearts were trump,
to lead and w to win six tricks:
starts with one of his high trumps, on
which plays the nine, no matter what A
does If A holds off, leads the spade jack.
1t A passes this up, wins with the king and
leads the ten of spades, giving z a discard Of
the club queen. If A still refuses to trump.
leads the club, and the rest is obvious.
If wins the first trick and leads a dia-
mond, trumps with the jack and leads the
small trump through B. This allows z to
make both his trumps and lead spade, dis
carding the club queen on the second spade
lead.
If A wins the second trick, after passing
up the first, and leads a diamond, Y trumps
with the jack, but leads the spade king before
the trump, so as to give q the club discard.
1t A puts off winning trick until the second
round OF spades the result is the same The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-03
Since John Monforte
Landed His Eighteen
Pound Carp, Fishing
Has Been Feverish. and
the Prison Cats Are
Gorging on Minnows

world politics or perhaps of local affairs. tn.
recreation hours are spent as the men please
within certain restrictions, as the present
warden, Major Lewis E. Lawes, is in sym.
pathy with all modern humanitarian move.
ments which tend to make the prison really
corrective influence
81 don't believe there is anything that gives
more solid enjoyment than the fishing said
Warden Lawes, cor that tends to keep the
men in better and more approachable frame
of mind. They've been at it for years, fishing
through those iron bars. The fishing club came
in for a picture and write-up in the pro-
gram Of one of the entertainments at the
prison year or so ago. 1t is an established.
thing here. Like any other form Of recre-
alton, it helps in the matter of prison morale
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"NHE careful player is always prepared
for contingencies. He plans to keep
IL something up his sleeve, as it were,
in case the play takes an unexpected
turn, or the distribution Of some suit develops
in an unusual manner. This is difficult part
OF the game for the beginner, as his mind is
usually taken up with what he considers more
important matters
One of the things that good player tries
for is to leave the trump suit in such condition
that after the adversaries' trumps have been
exhausted he may be able to win trump lead
in either hand. To take common example,
lay out these cards:
Give the declarer A X 9 Of trumps,
dummy Q 2. The wrong way to play these
trumps is to lead small one and put on
dHmmy's queen. The right way is to make
the ace and king first. Now, if the trumps
drop, dummy can be put into the lead twice,
if necessary. The other way, dummy cannot
get into the lead at all on trumps Even If
trumps have to be led third time the queen
can win the nine, and either hand can after
ward win trump trick.
Some players are very careless about this
matter, not only in leading trumps, but in
rufing with them. Situations are continually
coming up in which one hand must ruff with
high cards SO as to enable the other hand to
win tricks with trumps Of lower rank
This Is part Of the science Of reantry cards.
as such system Of play must have for its
object the placing Of the lead in given hand.
when there is no other way to do so. In
many cases, probably in the majority, the pre-
caution Of managing the trumps in this man
ner leads to no effective result; but in this it
differs little from many other technical plays.
We lead certain cards from certain combi-
nations, such as the king from ace king
queen and others, but in nine cases out of ten
1t would not matter what card we began with,
the ace or queen being equally effective. Good
players use the eleven rule on every opening
lead of card above the five; but not once in
dozen bands Is the information Of vital i'm
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AUCTION BRIDGE--PLAYER SCHOOL

portance. They unlock according to rule,
but four times out of five the play makes no
difference in the ultimate result
Every now and then, however, there comes
along deal in which this systematic following
Of technical play makes difference that is
almost startling and amply repays the many
times it has been apparently in vain. Here
is an illustration of the value Of the proper
management of the trump suit, leaving either
hand capable Of winning trump lead
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-03
In the Distance Are Hills
And Trout Streams

From their meeting place the Sing Sing fish.
ermen can look out across the Hudson to green
hills that are suggestive of trout streams.
On either side of the penitentiary, out of their
line of vision, young fellows in the form of
undress which establishes the democracy of the
''old swimmn' hole,' East or West, are diving
and splashing in the water, only their heads
and shoulders or their bronzed backs being WIS.,
IDLE to those on the suburban trains that are
constantly flashing past.
Most of the men fish, quietly except when
unusually good catch calls for general
comment. The fishermen are from all walks of
life, if features are to be relied upon in max
ing estimates In the middle of the lire along
the fence is man whose features and bearing
would stamp him of Importance anywhere.
He is the sort Of man who would fit in the
club of anglers where men talk for hours about
the virtues of the dry fly, and where trout
outfit would make quite start toward laying
the keel of a battleship in the matter of ex-
pense. But here, behind this iron fance, with
the tapping waters tantalizingly out of reach,
there can be only dreams of five-ounce fly rods,
of tapered silk casting lines and gossamer
leaders and of winged flies that float over pools
50 naturally that even the oldest and hardest
of the trout are fooled. Here there can be only
dreams Of automatic reels and of the delights
of wading streams that are Graded between
green hills. Likewise there can be only dreams
of casting into the thunderous surf, or of drop
ping ones line off the side of pitching launch
in deep sea waters.
Men who sit in clubs, where there are trout
and muskies and slver-scaled tarpon on the
IL how =
ings are different, that is all. For the rest these
Sing Sing anglers, who sit for hours and days
and years behind iron fence, gazing upon
the little patch of the Hudson that is theirs,
are brothers to fishermen everywhere
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-03
There Is Nothing Flinsy
About the Clubhouse

The clubhouse of this organization is of sub
stantial stone and steel. 1t is large and i'm
posing enough, but it is lacking in the COM
forts of the downtown CLUB area. 1t also lacks
in the sickness Of it's attendants, and it has
no annual banquets at which there are speeches
clarifying the art of fishing.
The Sing Sing Anglers Club is bizarre or
ganization. There is no color line, nor is there
any dividing line of age. It's oldest member
caught the biggest fish in the clubs history the
other day. The clubs youngest member is a
Florida negro, whose dreams go back to the
bright sun on green waters and tropical fish
darling in and out among coral formations
John Monforte, who is seventy, and has been
an angler all his life, chiefly in italian waters,
is the club member who holds the big fish rec
ord among the members of Sing Sings unique
organization.
The Sing Sing anglers meet every day in
fishing weather behind the big iron fence that
forms the boundary of the prison yard on the
Hudson River side The fence is high and
strong, and there is scant two or three
inches between the bars. For matter of fifty
feet there is a space where nothing but
stringpiece intervenes between the fence and
the waters of the Hudson. Docks take up the
opoSC
reaching through the bars with sticks to which
lines and hooks have been attached it is posi-
BILE for the Sing Sing anglers to drop their
lures into the river. The water is sluggish,
fortunately, docks project on either side and
keep down the movements of tide and current.
Otherwise lines might be carried into each
other, resulting in tangle.
Every day the anglers line this space be-
ind fho a+
the lines drop into the water, and there is
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rules for playing three-hand, with the dummy
face up during the bidding? F. L. S.
Answer-Never heard Of it, nor of the
game. 1t sounds as if it might be interest
ing.
AUCTION PINOCHLE
Question-At the end of the play it is found
that A and have each one card left while
has three. Is this misdeal?-H. w. B.
Answer-That depends on who is the bidder,
how many cards are in the widow and which
of the players it is that has too many, the
bidder or one of his opponents.
Question-We count 24O for the round trip
and $50 for the trump sequence, total 800.
Several players here insist it is only 800 for
the whole hand. Which is right?-A. W.T..
The correct count is $40. The laws of the
game require at least one fresh card from the
hand for every additional meld This forces
the player to lose marriage, or 60 queens,
when the fourth queen is meded on the round
trip. Starting with trump marriage, 40, and
then 80 kings, we marry two of the kings. but
have only one queen left and use it to meld 60
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point is the play Of the nine Of trumps by Y,
and the club discard by z.
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Fishing Through the Bars

In fishing Through The bars plowdme hen Observation-Disclosures
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feel that tug7 laps caug one thn She doesn't know mhere
&c 9o' 0~sy wonder if God thinks In awful bad2
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@med thought hardly last until Tin fishing through The bars
Mywk was done and lcoud Amot Yes they're made of steel
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Poem by Margaret Sangser M published
tertai1ment Sing Sing
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Hearts are tru,nps and 2 leads, Y andZ
Grant all seven tricks. Hoau do then get
thenss Solution merit aoeek.
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more important, matters of proficiency and
taste. One must be able to prove to the sat
isfatcoin of an exactng membership commit
tee that he belongs" to the fraternity in gen.
eral, that he not only can cast the fly, but is
the sort of fellow who holds fishing as an
art and fishermen as artists.
In Sing Sing prison, however, there is an
anglers club that bothers with none Of these
things.
The only requisite in the matter of eligibil-
ity when it comes to membership in the
Sing Sing fraternity Of fishermen is that one
has committed crime and is being punished
therefor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-03
By R. F. FOSTER

Author of Foster on Auction, Auction Made Easy,
Fosters Complete Hoyle, ETC.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-03
tt You Want to Belong
to the Most Unique of
Anglers Clubs, All You
Have to Do Is To Be
Sent Up" for Some In
traction of the Law
BY Arthur Chapman

y ARIOUS matters of eligibility must be
considered when one wants to join
the average club for anglers. There
are matters of dues and, what is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-10
Drink MORE WATER
IF KIDNEYS BOTHER
Eat less meat and take Salts for
Backache or Bladder trouble
-Neutralizes acids.

Uric acid in meat excites the kid
neys, they become overworked; get
sluggish, ache and feel like Jumps of
lead The urine becomes cloudy; the
bladder is irritated, and you may be
obliged to seek relief two or three
times during the night. When the
kidneys clog you must help them flush
off the body's urinous waste or you'll
be real sick person shortly. At first
you feel a dull misery in the kidney
region, you suffer from backache, sick
headache, dizziness, stomach gets sour,
tongue coated and you feel rheumatic
tWinges when the weather is bad.
Eat less meat, drink lots of water;
also get from any pharma cist four
ounces of Jad Salts; take a tablespoon
full in a glass of water before break
fast for a few days and your kidneys
will then act fine. This famous salts
is made from the acid of grapes and
lemon juice, combined with lithia, and
has been used for generations to clean
clogged kidneys and stimulate them to
normal activity, also to neutralize the
acids in urine, so it no longer is a
source of irritation, thus ending blad-
der weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive, cannot in
jure; makes d delightful effervescent
lithia-water drink which everyone
should take now and then to keep the
kidneys clean and active. Druggists
here say they sell lots of Jad Salts to
folks who believe in overcoming kid
ney trouble while it is only trouble.
ADV.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-10
WITHfIEWHlSTLE
FootbdIl@ Comment and Gossip
BY
= -. W.L,Hugsins Jr:
W.L.HuSSins Jr:

About twenty Washburn football
sters and several Topeka business
men, members of the Washburn
Boosters club, were present at-a $50
o'clock dinner last night at the Elks
club, which the Boosters gave for the
players.
There were toasts. speeches by
players and boosters and it was a
thoroly enjoyable evening-helped out
by large and juicy steak to start
things off.
But the enthusiasm at that banquet
was the big thing The undercurrent
of pep was felt above the noise of
masticating that juicy steak and when
the speeches finally commenced it
broke loose right.
Ward Page, who acted as toast
master, informed the boys they could
make as much noise as they liked
and the players and boosters made it.
The boys are out TO win from the
college OF Emporia. They mean what
they say, too. Every member of the
squad from Capt. Rusty Cossman
to Sandy Crawford, the scrappy quar-
terback of the scrubs is out for En-
poria meat.
Cossman promised his team would
do this trick-and Crawford said if
| the first string didn't the scrubs would.
| Ream, Pete He'll, Itch" Williams,
| Art" Carruth, Ward Page, Rad Lee,
| and few more made short talks in
which they complimented the team
| for its victory over the NormaIs and
prophesied a win over Emporia.
The pep was there in large abund-
| ance, and if it sticks, we have no doubt
about the outcome of Fridays game
| Determination wins football games
| nearly always.
doc" Garfield Weede and his Pitts.
| bug Normal men are pretty well down
in the dumps over the mean trick Fate
| has played on them.
And we blame neither Weede mol
| his men.
When team starts out as auspi-
| ciously as the Pittsburg men did-by
defeating Washburn,-and then run
into hard luck, it's bound to have thai
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-10

Following is a list of games to be
played over the United States by i'm
portant colleges today, Friday and
Saturday. The results of the games
will be posted in the front windows OF
The State Journal as soon as the
scores arrive over the wires from the
fields of play.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-10
ExELED RUSSIANS STARVING.
American princess" Urges Extension
of Red Cross Activities.

New York, Nov. 1O.-One million
Russians exiled from soviet Russia are
living practically destitute in Euro
pean countries. Princess Julia Can
tacuzene Speranski declared today in
her report to the board of directors
of the American central committee
for Russia relief, of which she is
chairman.
She urged that the work of the
committee be extended during the
coming year, basing her pleas on the
fact that the American Red Cross is
Withdrawing from Europe and that
the American relief administration Is
gradually closing its centers there in
order to concentrate on relief in Boil
shevik Russia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-10
FUNERAL FOR JAP PREMIER.
Formal Services To Be Held in Toxic
Armistice Day.

Toxic. Nov. 1O.-Formal funeral
services for the late Premier Hara.
assassinated in Toxic last Friday. will
be hlld Armistice day at Morioka, it
was announced today.
Government officials and personal
representatives of the emperor and
empress will take part in the cere-
monies. The body, which has been
lying in state in Morioka, was in
TERED last night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-10

Rheumatism is ''pain only" Not
one case in fifty requires internal
treatment. Stop drugging. Rub sooth-
ing, penetrating "St. Jacobs Oil' di-
rectly into your sore, stiff joints and
muscles and relief comes instantly.
est. Jacobs OH is a harmless rheu-
matism cure which never disappoints
and cannot burn or discolor the skin.
Timber up! Quit complaining! Get