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*OBSERVER
CARD ETHICS.
There are few card games, saya a writer in a Home paper, which offer so much opportunity for sharp practice as auction bridge. Nothing is easier than for a player to convey illicit information to his partner. He can for instance, If there is a branch in our cricket make his bids, sometimes in a strong which has received more criticism than tone of confidence, and at other times any other, and which deserves a certain with obvious hesitation and doubt. Or degree of consideration not always given be may hesitate at a critical point in to it, it is, that of fielding...Indifferent, the play, thereby showing that he holds Belding can usually be traced to a lack a certain vital card. With the best will
83 steinatio coaching
in early days in the world, it is often difficult to aroid Boys at school love to hit for home and giving illegitimate information. it i glory, bowl with
of the strength aan accepted rule of card ethics that a Pythian
Apollo:
and hit the stumps as player shall not avail himself of intor though they were enjoying a few mation which his partner any aniver ments at a cocoanut-stall on a fair-ground, tently have conveyed by his manner or But Belding--why, bless your life, they
otherwise. The bun does not lie. how- would rather help the groundaman mend the nets or keep the score of scine ever, to the sing extent upon the adver- rival house game than spend ten min of the ethical ineptitudes of the other saries, who usually take full advantage in the long field. In the public schools conching is usually organised wit efficiency one fails to
Among reputable players, there with the aisle.
fore, tell-tale hesitations and indecisions Some of the colleges, grammar, and secondary benefit the adversaries only. schools. Supposing a boy from
4. Council
It needs not to be said that (except school decirled to make cricket his pro
pro among cardsharpers) no one ever gon fession, whilst another who came from seiously gives his partner illicit infor Harrow also had keen love for the game, it is highly probable that, should mation. The subconscious desire to win, both be in the running for a place in the hoger is often so strong as to lead county eleven, the fellow from Harrow some people quite unconsciously to give would stand a better chance than his indications as to the cards they hold. rival, not because he was superior as a An amusing illustration occurred not long batsman or as a bowler, but simply on ago in Pall-mall, and passed unnoticed by account of proficiency in the field. One all concerned. A player led an ace, on thing, therefore, is certain; we want which his partner threw the queen. The better training in cricket in many of our leader, not opticing the queen, failed to schools.
continue with the suit, as he should have
A keen enthusiast looks eagerly for done. At the end of the hand his part- originality from the captain, who oughtner angrily criticized him, saying: to place his field according to a close eaunnt understand your not seeing my study of the methods of each dangerous queen: I slammed it down as band as batsman of the other side, and not soever I could". The confession was 80 precise and machine-like, s
and correct, as has too often nonical { daïve as to exclude any suggestion of in-
Subconscious hesitations and manner-
A skipper who knows exactly what he teational turpitude. is doing will not upset his field simply: because batsman has hit rather hotly-fisms are far more often designed to mis in one part:smen. The supreme test partner. The commonest and most inter part of the ground and lead the adversary than to inform the
eluded the
is to place the right men precisely inexting case occurs when an honour is led the
right place.
Just as a man of letters and second hand has to consider whether carefully chooses the right word to create he will cover it or not. The correct the true effect, so should a captain also curse usually requires careful thought. select the right man
the best produce to results. But as the right word is useless Thought involves hesitation and hesita. tion is fatal, since it tells the adversary" unless it appears in the place, so the right the position of the cards. The good Beldsman is a mere passenger if his pos-player has foreseen the contingency and tion is not wisely chosen.
GUILELESS CAPTAINS.
thought it out beforehand, so that he is able to play the right card with the or All this may seem elementary to many dinary promptitude when the critical people, yet it is surprising to Snd cap-moment arrives. tains, nos few in number, whose art in setting our field, is merely fragmentary who is one of the counsel in Inter-
"It very often happens among, average players that second hand hesitates when he has got got the missing honour, and
Mr. A. C. fuck En La cricket at the plays with promptitude when he has got
best judges in present and
time,
national problems is so excelent has
far too long been declaring how
ly our county captains feld a team with eleven players on the card and ten (or
it. Tur hesitate when there is nothing to think about merely to delade the adver sufy is, of course, a serious offence. But in point of fact it is quite subconscious.
even less) in the arena. Driving having Offenders of this type may be found in loat a good deal of its g old-time
e prosperity every club, and are usually persons of has partly been set aside and starved the highest integrity. Their foible may by modern methods of back-play, which
which be turned fatally against them by an menn that players close to the rails bate adversary who has observed this feature more time at their disposal for studying of their paychology, Their fraudulent at- the beauty of the heavens that they have fempt to deceive him is so regular and for the problem of defeating the batsmen systematic that is infallibly conveys to at the wicket. Why feldanien are not
solved.
In
numerous
brought closer to the scene of action is the shrewd adversary the very informa an enigma which has not yet beention as to which it is hoped to mislead
him.
Cages of ordinary play the declarer can take a finesse in it may be commented, "Yes, it's all either sand, and has to guess which ad very well saying this, but what sort of versary holds the anissing honour. When a team would you feld, and where would plain against a sham hesitater he cap each man be placed if the choice were soon and out, by leading first through yours?
the unfortunate offender, with the sure knowledge that the latter will betray the position by a clumsy attempt to deceive.
Well, to begin with, there is very little time wasted by going back to our of our strong English teams for the pur- pos of ascertaining the positions to be assigned to every player on the side. C. MacLaren, C. Fry, Hirst, Rhodes, A. A. Lilley
G. L. Jessop, Tyldesley, Thompson, Blythe, A, O. Jones, and Hobbs-where would you place these men Confidence would be established if the Held were set, as follows:-
While subconsciones infringements of card ethics often pass unheeded, it some- times happens that perfectly legitimate retions arc. by confusion of ideas. criticized adversely. An extreme illus tration of this occurs in a werk by R. A. Proctor, the astronomer, entitled "Chance A. A. Lilley (wicket-keeper), A. C. anti Lack." Proctor went so far as to Macburen and A... 0. Jones (slips), affirm that blaffing was immoral, even at Rhodes (point), Hobbs (cover-point), poker, because it is deceiving, and all CL. Jessop (extra-cover). C. E. Fry deceit is wrong. Ridiculous as such at (mid-on), Hirst (mid-off). Tyldesley contention must seem to those who have (long-feld), Blythe (short-leg).
any sense of humour, that spirit is not
This field is shown in this way becauselyet dead, even in times when we ähoulder each player was more than qualified to four moral burdens with somewhat less occupy the position allocated. to him. parade than in the Victorian period. He had trained himself to excel in Freak calls at bridge (as. for instance. Belding, not merely at any given spot, bidding a suit of which we have none) but at a certain fixed position where his sometimes gives serious offence, expe- art came most natural to him. Enow quite well that batsmen would not
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move an inch from the crease when a dis- tinguished heldsman was within a stone throw of the travelling ball-woo batide the player who ran when Monkey" Hornby gathered the hall or took the risk if A. O. Jones wga elous at hand.
SPECALISINO.
Now, since the war, we have slowly but surely been discovering players who Bre concentrating on specialised posi tions in the Aeld, and, provided thei are encouraged and, trrated
properly. there is
is httle doubt that, they will time become indispensable in the poni tions chosen. A good example of this distinction is to be found in Richard Tyldesley, whose brilliant work at short leg has been quite a latterday attraction irst-class cricket.
By its very nature auction. bridge as sumes a high standard of card morals, without which the game would speedily degenerate. That it does not degenerate, but maintains its universal popularity, is remarkable testimony to the ethical standards of our times.
GERMAN WAR DREAMS.
MR. GARVIN SPEAKS OUT. Mr. J. L. Garvin, in remarkable article in the Observer, says: "There is no disarmament of German intellect, Germany is saturated with war mentality. war thinking, and war dreams, which pour out in able technical literature and vivid Our players in the slips are not popular literature. The spirit of the great difficult to seek. And no three better General Staff still exists. No inspection players could you pick than A. W. Curr, or control on earth can ever suppress it. Fate, F. Mann, dustrial power are accurately known. Hobbs, of All the resources of man poter and in-
to bowl.
...
and
at cover-point, H. Gilligan, at mid-off, whilst Nowhere is the scientific study of the new Kilner or Tate would not let us down agencies of war, aerial, at mid-on, Holmes and Sutcliffe are electrical, more intensely
meditated. reliable. scouts, remembering, of course, an that they would never be called upon an opportunity came, owing to n change in the world political situation, Germany There are, of cours
could create a giant fighting power in possibilities few months, and would do so. This is amongst nur amateur players. There are those who are young and those who inevitable result of the Treaty of Ver- the inmost tragedy of Europe; and the have had a fair abare, of experience, and sailles. Any other people in the present. R. Robertson-Glasgow, G. Allen, Dsituation of the Germans would do the K. Jardine, M. K. Foster, J.
and others
C. H: Taylor, C. T. Ash R. Baracs, same. Foreign occupation of Cologne can deserve special consideration, Most of only, in these circumstances, be productive those I have mentioned have specialised of cumulative incitement and diminishing 13 their particular aspect of fielding,security. There can be no change for the and to have an efficient field, with eve better until the stability of Europe is taan knowing his work, as a well-organis guaranteed by Britain's policy. We must ef branch of industry has its trained dispel the dreams of German Nationaliste, men for each important department, is who would, if they could; destroy Britain the highest ideal that can be placed to by the aid of France, or France by the aid the credit of English cricket.
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