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rOR THE FIRST TIME since young socialite Harold
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] vember 1925 a new card game has made the head
lines. This game is gin which was first played
35 years ago in Brooklyn, New York. and which
via Hollywood, has spread into virtually every city
and hamlet in this country not to mention air fighting
forces.
Movie stars New York debutantes plain Mr.. and
Mrs America all playing the game which is a
variety of od-fashioned knock rummy taken from the
Mexican game Of conquain or 'cooncan' Gin KuniIny
is quicker than kinds rummy but the scoring IS
much more complicated and scientific.
The history of gin rimmy goes back to the exclusive
Knickerbocker Whist Club OF New York City which has
long closed in the early 1900s it
leading clubs the world and the late
Ewood r. Baker a Brooklyn business man and account
ant a member.
One day, while playing knock rummy at the old Knick-
erbocker Mr. Baker thought up what card experts call
the limited deadwood' idea which is now followed in
gin rummy In knock rummy. player may knock or go
down. any time he peases, but in gin. his unmatched
to take his idea home with him and try It out his
son. Graham now well-known Hollywood writer and
producer
Young Graham liked his fathers new game Immediate
ly and gave it its His father had told him
it q variety Of rum" rummy. the youngster
promptly suggested that the game be called gin Mr.
Baker agreed and gin rmmy has been since Yet
the game became particularly wel-known popu
lar until year ago. when it suddenly showed up
in Hollywood with the same name and rules but with
scoring system. However, Graham Baker had moth
ing to do with its present-day popularity.
Card experts point out that every warper1od in the
United States has brought popularity at least
card game the last that game auction bridge
the Civil War poker. Perhaps these experts
present conflict Whether this is true not, gin rummy
is game that anyone learn in a few minutes
To begin deal ten cards TO each player After the deal
turn the next card facep and place it beside the rest Of
the pack Then gin rummy played like any other kind
with first player and then the other drawing card
the the faceup pile and then dis
cardng card the face-up pile AZ the beginning
dealers opponent pone doesn't want the first faceup
card dealer may take it and II both refuse draws
from the pack
The object of gin is to arrange your by drawing
and dscardng into combinations and sequences but in
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your opponent knocks and the is Combinations
three four cards of kind three four kings
Sequences three cards Of suit six,
eight of hearts. Aces are always low
To knock you must have enough cards arranged in
your the other unmatched cards add up
10 points or less Kings queens jacks and tens count 10
points point and all other cards their face
You could knock with four, three and for
points but could not with and jack which would
count IL.
When a player knocks he spreads his hand faceup
on the table and announces his remaining points
example "a" and all play The other player
then shows his hand, and lays out all his combinations
and sequences. He may also, If he play the
bnations sequences of his opponents After making
these plays the other player then figures the value Of
Ae remaining unmatched cards in his hand and announces
value for example a. or "25."
If player knocks with points and his opponent
up IL then the player who the knock
wins the hand with of Ia minus g. or total Of
points II player knocks and his opponent ends up
with the same a number the opponent receives
difference between the two any, plus 10
point bonus.
A player scores gin" when ne knocks without any
remaining points 20point bonus plus the
difference between two scores In this case, the
the hand and the bonus If his opponent
also ends up with remaining points
Winner one hand deals the next and careful score
kept until player reaches 100 points more At
this point the game and here's the way to fig
the total
AZ Winner the difference in the final scores
player who first 100 points gets credit for
any points of 1901 b. Winner receives
bonus 100 points for game" If opponent has not
scored ALL this bonus is doubled c. Each player
ccives 20 points for each hand Tor boxO he has