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51 Who's for Euchre? By SCOTT CORBETT Some of the old card games woxdd baj^e today ^s players,, including canasta fanatics T'S been years since I've played any card and cards dealt in batches of two or three fall with Pebbley, Wyo. games except bridge, poker, samba (a form of a plop. First you get poor shuffling because of Sir: I canasta), canasta (a form of stupidity) and too few cards, and then instead of a nice one-card- Just because a smartalec like you does not know Zioncheck. In looking through a book of card at-a-time deal as in bridge you get plop plop, plop anybody who plays euchre does not mean that games, I find that in my time I have played 14 dif­ plop. That's in two-handed euchre, of course. In thousands of intelligent Americans are not playing ferent games, the others being gin rummy with my three-handed euchre you get plop plop plop, plop it and enjoying it every day of their life. Only last' wife, cribbage with a roommate, seven-up with plop plop. week the Pebbley Auction Euchre Club of this three grade-school playmates, Michigan with The only hope I see for euchre is in auction city conducted a Large for which all tickets were neighbors, Russian bank with my mother-in-law, euchre for eight people, which calls for a 60-card sold out well in advance, prizes were donated by montebank, blackjack and faro with two elderly pack with 11 and 12 spots included. That might leading merchants, and $123.85 was made for a maiden aunts and pinochle with beer and Lim- appeal to some canasta players I know. The worthy cause. If it was not for stupid people with burger. strange thing about this game that nobody plays, closed minds like you, euchre would sweep bridge I could forget them all except bridge, poker though, is that the book devotes a lot of space to right off the map where it belongs! and, of course, Zioncheck. Nobody I know plays describing how to conduct a "large euchre." First much else, and yet scattered through the book are you hire the hall, get your tickets on sale not less Brewster, Mass. 25 other games for two or more players, most of than three weeks in advance, and then arrange four Sir: them with half a dozen variations. rows of 16 tables each for 256 players. The lay­ If you think whist is such a museum piece I (My authority for this statement is an edition out of a "large," as euchre players affectionately suggest you come to one of the public whists put of Hoyle's OfBcial Rules which I bought in the call it, includes five tables to hold the prizes, wide on with great success, over $32 collected last time dime store for 10 cents 12 years ago and which aisles for inspection of prizes, and 14 ladies in at­ for the benefit of the Public Library, by our Ladies' you probably could not touch today for under tendance. Club, and try to beat some of our good players. 25 cents.) Personally, I'd hate to try to locate 256 euchre Maybe you'd find you are not so smart after all! What I would like to know is, who plays those players in only three weeks. Zioncheck players, 25 other games? maybe, but not euchre. Denver, Colo. Who plays euchre? Who plays whist or five hun­ It is also hard for me to believe that a museum Sir: dred? Anybody going in for pitch, slough, or scat? piece straight out of the eighteenth century like The snide sort of way you brush aside the fine How's your bezique? When was the last time you whist is still lingering on in Hoyle, but I must ad­ old game of solo, or slough, anybody would think had a big evening of 6carte, piquet, gaigel or hasen- mit I am entranced by Rule 2, Forming the Table. nobody ever played it, but let me tell you it is pfeffer? Those first in the room have the preference. If, by played all over Denver and by some mighty fine Now that samba and canasta, not to mention reason of two or more arriving at the same time, people, too. If you would read your card-game Zioncheck, have gotten people used to playing with more than four assemble, the preference among book a little more carefully instead of thinking multiple decks of cards, I am surprised a game like the last comers is determined by cutting." I can you're so smart, you might notice that progressive panguingui has not had more of a vogue. Pan- just see Lady Orkney arriving late in her sedan solo is a variation credited to the Denver Athletic guingui is played with "eight decks, with the eights, chair and cutting Lord fflnch-Martin dead in her Club, which I happen to be a member of. I'd like nines and tens of each suit omitted, as in con- effort to beat him to the gaming room. My wife to see you bid a diamond or heart solo, or even a quain." You know. has just suggested that perhaps "by cutting" refers plain frog, and try to make it! 1 bet you would Euchre, now—I can understand why I never to cutting cards, in this case. That shows how lit­ sweat! hear of anybody playing euchre. In two-handed tle she knows about Lady Orkney. Well, anyway, euchre, you use a 24-card pack, ace through nine. pray do come over for an evening of whist tonight Biggerstaff, Kans. Ever try to shuffle 24 cards? Shufflers who have —we're having six people in, and the first four get Sir: developed canasta hands crumple them right up to play. I guess you think you're pretty smart, don't you? trying it. So do Zioncheck players. Another bad Of course, I am well aware of the reaction that All I can say to you is, I don't believe there is any thing about euchre: it is one of those games that remarks such as I have been making always arouse, such a game as Zioncheck. feature a ploppy deal. 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