The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, October 22, 1965, Page Page Four, Image 4
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Play of
Most college students are famil- I
iar with contract bridge, but few 1
are aware of the game upon which i
it is based, whist.
Whist was developed in England
more than a century ago. It differs
from bridge in that the trump suit
is determined by the last card
dealt thus precluding bidding for
the privilege of naming trumps.
Ideally, there is no conversation at
all at the whist table. Indeed,
severe penalties are set for giving
information verbally. Furthermore,
there is no dummy; all hands are
played closed. Thus the outcome of
the game depends strictly upon the
players' judgment, memory, and
insight. I offer whist, then, as an
intriguing change of pace.
Start of Play
Whist is played by two compet
ing partnerships, the partners sit
ting opposite each other. The cards
are dealth clockwise ending with
the last card in the deck face up
on the dealer's pile. This card de
fines the trump suit. The player
to the dealer's left has the first
deal. The trump card may not be
taken from the table until it is the
dealer's turn to play on the first
trick. The deal rotates clockwise.
Scoring
A game consists of five points,
each trick over six counting as a
point. Honors are the ace, king,
queen, and jack of the trump suit.
Four points are awarded to a
partnership holding all four be
tv:een them, two points if they hold
three of the four, and no points if
less than three. Points for honors
may not be claimed if the partner
ship has a four-part score. (I.e. a
game mu bt -e made by takiig
tricks.) After all the tricks are
taken, the score is computed in the
following order:
1. Revoke penalty (see below),
2. Tricks won in excess of six,
3. Points for honors.
If the opponents have no part
score when a game has been won.
the vectors score a treble, a three
point game bonus. If the opponents'
score is less than three, a double
or two-point game is won. If the
opponents have a three or four
part score, a single or one-point
game is won. The "rubber" is won
by the partnership first winning
two games. The winners get a two
point rubber bonus, and the losers'
score is subtracted from the win
ners' gross score to get the net
score.
Penalty for Revoke
A revoke is the neglect to follow
suit when the player has one or
more of the suit led. The opponents
may demand:
1. A three-trick penalty per re
voke,
2. Subtraction of three points
from the score of the revok
ing partnership,
3. Addition of three points to
their own score.
'Iheory of Play
Several systems for playing
whist have been developed. The
least sophisticated is taking one's
winning tricks immediately and
hoping to "ruff" (trump) enough
others to gain a score. The next
system is to lead out cards in
suits of which you arc short hop
ing eventually to ruff tricks which
would otherwise be lost to the
adversaries. Bly far the best ap
proneh,(l however. is that of "estab
lishing" an<d "bringing in'" a long
suit. If' a pl aye r h as four or more
cardsl ofI a suit, the chances are
excellent that a fter the obstructing
if she doesn't give it
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rumps are removed he will event
lally make tricks in that suit even
f he didn't originally have a high
,anking card in that suit! In ac
-ordance with this p r e c e p t, a
>layer should lead out the lowest
-ard of his longest suit endeavor
ng to establish (i.e., gain control
>f) that suit. The only exception
to this rule is if the player has a
igh ranking sequence, in which
-ase he should lead the lowest of
the sequence. The lead automat
ically informs one's partner of the
player's longest suit, thus enabling
his partner to play out any high
zards he may have in that suit in
Drder to -leave the leader with con
trol so the suit may be "run" at a
future time.
Management of Trumps
If a palyer has more than three
trumps (especially five or more)
he is in an excellent position to
use them to aid in establishing his
partner's long suit. To this end he
leods trumps or signals his partner
to lead them at the earliest possi
ble time to prevent their adver
saries from ruffing. The signal for
trumps to be led by one's partner
is unnecessarily playing a higher
card before a lower one. If a player
is short on trumps he will trump
fearlessly hoping to make his
trumps good or force out his op
ponents' commanding trumps. The
player short in trumps will also
Colds Not
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To Cocks
TOM PREWETT
Staff Writer
Fads and trends make their
entrances and exits on college
campuses weekly and students look
upon these fleeting "quirks" with
a weakening sense of security. If
you will but look in the right di
rection, you can find a real Gi
braltar of security in that ever
present, ever-powerful phenomenon
known as the common cold.
The never - ending stream of
Carolina students which pours into
our campus infirmary attests to
the omnipresence of the cold.
There, students ca nget aspirin,
cold capsules, cough medicine and
a stern recommendation for a glass
of warm salt water to gargle with
if you've got a strep throat.
If you haven't been to the in
firmary lately, you can still find
ample evidence of the common
cold elsewhere on campus. Class
rooms are an A-i place to hear
some of the most cultured cough
ing in the world. Rumor has it that
some professors are taking to
mregaphones in order to be heard
over the thunder of coughs and
sneezes. Others say that beginning
German students are raking in
"A's" due to their sudden ability
to make all the usually difficult
gutteral sounds without the slight
est effort. Perhaps colds aren't all
bad!
If you're one of the many on
campus who has a cold( and who
wants to get rid of it, go to the
campus infirmary. On the other
hanrd, if you feel like an o(dball
because you're healthy and you
want to catehI a cold! go to the
infi rm ary! There a re plenty of
patien ts there who will be gl ad
to share their germs. with you.
to you...
-get it yourself!
>lains
Game
lead cards of a suit in which the
opponents are short forcing out
trumps and preventing the ad
versaries from drawing trumps
from the shorter hands.
The Discard
If void in the suit led and long
in trumps, a player may elect to
save his trumps for the more im
portant purpose of aiding in the
establishment of his partner's long
suit and instead use the opportun
ity to convey information to his
partner by a discard. Consistent
with the theory of establishing
long suits, a discard should come
from a short and weak suit. This
action may eventually lead to the
gaining of trick in the renounced
suit by ruffing.
In summation, endeavor to estab
lish your long suits. Unblock your
partner's long suit, and keep con
trol of your opponents' long suits.
Draw trump if long, and trump
fearlessly if short in trumps.
Force your opponents to ruff if
they are long in trumps, avoid
forcing your partner if he is long
in trumps. Do unto your opponents
what you would not have your
partner do unto you. These are
the basic maxims for sound play.
Debate T
For New
The USC debating team of 1965
seems to be getting well underway.
Dr. Christophensen extends invita
tions to all these undergraduate
students interested in trying out
for this society. You may contact
him in Room 112, Davis College.
Usually 50 to 60 undergraduates
compete for admission and 25 to
30 are accepted for membership.
The debating team is affiliated
with the honorary Delta Rho-Tau
Kappa Alpha, the largest of its
kind. From this honorary society
have sprung many of our most
prominent citizens including: Al
bert Watson, representative; Don
ald Russell, senator; and John F.
Kennedy, former President.
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Sought
For Title
Applications for the 1965 Maid
of Cotton title are now being ac
cepted by the National Cotton
Council headquarters in Memphis.
To be eligible to compete for the
title, entrants must be between 19
and 25 years of age and at least
five feet and one-half inches tall.
They must have been born in a
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December 28-29. The girl chosen
1965 Maid of Cotton will receive a
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Memhis, Tenn. Deadline for mail
ing applications is midnight, No
v,ember 30.
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5eason
USC will probably debate 200
times this year with such schools
as the University of Chicago, West
Point and Dartmouth.
Members of the USC team often
give exhibition debates for campus
groups and schools and organiza
tions in the Columbia area. These
students also coach or help with
debating teams in the local high
schools.
In the spring the Camellia Tour
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Players
For No,
MARGARET ANN NICELEY
Staff Writer
Weeks of preliminary work are
necessary before the University
Players can strut and fret their
hour on the stage, according to
their faculty advisor, Phillis Fleis
chel.
"Anyone who has never been in
volved in a stage production could
not possibly realize the man-hours,
that go into one play," she said.
The group will present Truman
Capote's "The Grass Harp" Nov.
11-13, and the stage crew is al
ready working from 2 p.m. until
late every afternoon and longer on
weekends. Rehearsals are slated to
go on the same schedule soon.
Makeup and lighting crews also
have to start now to plan effective
work for the production.
Miss Fleischel said props and
costumes are a major undertaking
for the players, who make every
thing from scratch or alter it to
fit into their productions.
Despite their long w o r k i n g
hours, the University Players re
ceive no credit academically. Those
who work behind the scenes get
little recognition for their efforts,
but Miss Fleischel said they don't
seem to care.
"They find a great deal of satis
faction in it, and they are willing
to conic back again and again. Last
spring several of the group gave
up their Easter holidays to stay
on campus and work. They just.
wanted to," she said.
Purpose of the University Play
ers is to promote drama and the
theater on campus. They try to
give inexperienced s t u d e n t s a
knowledge of the theater and to
provide real stage experience for
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