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12.30 p.m.-European programme of Columbia records.
I p.m.-Local Time & Weather Re-ng port.
BRIDGE NOTES
OPENING BIDS.
WHEN FOURTH IN HAND SHOULD CALL.
By CAPT. LINDSAY MUNDY
Very divergent views are held on
the subject of opening the bidding fourth in hand, and the cach school of
1.15 p.m.A relay of the Hong protagonists of Kong Hotel Orchestra by courtesy of thought are most convinced the Management. (During the inter- dogmatic. vals recorded music will be broadcast from the Studio).
1.30 p.m.-Rugby Press News, etc. 2.15 p.m.--Close Down.
Two Studio Items To-night & Relay from Daventry.
4.30-7 p.m.-Chinese programme. 6-6.15 pm-Children's Studio Con- cert.
7.11 p.m.-European programme. 7-7.45 p.m.-Veriely. Band
It's a Lovely War-Medley
Song-
and
This applies, I may say, to my own Lattitude
Од the question. I am firmly convinced that a large number of games, and a much greater number of partial scores to- | wards game, are needlessly sacri- ficed by fourth-in-hand players throwing in the hand.
An immense number of players, when occupying this position, are scared lest their opponents should
Debroy Somers Band DX193. go game OF A hand which they
I Love You So Much
Must be Love
Eddie Walters 2232-D.
Organ Solo-
Happy-Go-Luck-You and Broken-
Hearted Me They All Start Whistling Mary
Sidney Torch DB940, Humorous Song
Round Scotland with Will Fyffe
Will Fyffe (Comedian) DZ369. Piano Solo-
Cradle Song Vogel als Prophet
Chorus---
Myra Hess 512-D.
Columbia on Parade
Eleven of Columbia's Famous Artists
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Fox Trot-
Just Another Dream of You
Joe Moss & His Orch. 2673-D Nightfall Three on a Match
Fredy Martin & His Orch, 2706-D. Waltz
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You'll Always be the Same Sweet
Fox Trot-
Twae Only a Summer Night's
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Harold Stern & His Orch. Fit as a Fiddle Just a Little Home for the Old Folks!
Roger Wolfe Kahn & His Orch.
2726-D. 8.10-9 p.m.Orchestral. Homage March (Wagner)
Sir Dan Godfrey conducting the
Symphony Orch. 7165-M. Maritana Overture (Wallace)
might have thrown in Admittedly this will happen sometimes if you do not throw in all hands which are not out-of-the-way strong. But Bridge and life are both like that. You may be smashed up any time you go anywhere in a car or by train, but that does not prevent you roing. It is all a question of odds, and the odds against the smash are so great that you ignore them. Similarly, the odds on your scoring: by opening the bidding on handa only very slightly better than you would require as dealer are greatly
in your favour.
Attacking Hand.
When the situation arises we know three things. Neither of our opponents, nor our partner, tas thought fit to open the bidding. That is two confessions of weakness in our favour, against one to our disadvantage, Hands on which we would open the bidding as dealer may be divided into two classes; firstly, those which in themselves contain assistance for our partner should he have an attacking hand.
In the second class come hands lauch as
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C - Qxx With hands of this nature I would; open as dealer, but not as fourth in hand. My partner having been un-j Columbia Symphony Orch. able to bid, this hand holde no pros-
50071-D. Thousand and One Nights (Strausu) pects of scoring. If, on the con- Felix Weingartner & Symphony trary, my hand- le suitable for at- Orch. 50315-D. tack, such as a major euit bid, or a |Offenbachiana (arr. Finck)
Against Approach Biddere, very Horman Finck & His Orch. DX327, no-trumper, I require only Anaereen Overture (Cherubini) slight addition to the requisite
Care must be taken, however, not Willem Mengelberg & Concertge- strength for a dealer's bid to feel to carry this idea too far when play- bouw Orch. 67420-D. justised in opening the bidding. ing against approsch bidders. It 9.9.30 p.m. From the Studio. A Pianoforte recital by Mr. Harry Ore.
Programme. Variations in A flat (Beethoven? 2. Six Studies (Chopin) www3. Rhapsody No. 2 (Liszt)
9.30-9.45 p.m.-Octets. The Ant's Antics (Squire) The Fly's Courtship (Squire)
J. H. Squire Celeste Oetel
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9.45-10.15 p.m. From the Studio. Selections by The Imperial Three" introducing
Al Baldwin Carl Hendrick
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Programme.
1. Trio-Get Away Jordan
(Spiritual)
2. Solo Lonesome Road from "The Show-boat ...... Al Baldwin,
3. Trio Ronnie True
4.
5. Peach Calliope
8. Solo-Gipsy Sweetheart
Carl Hendricks
7. Trio-Harvest Moon
8. Solo-Roses in June
Gux d'Aquino
9. Trio-All God's Chillan
10. Piano Solo
Ronnie Trae
11. Trio Jeremalam Morning
12. Trio-Roll'em Bones.
10.15-10.30 p.m. A relay
from
ALEXANDRA BUILDING.
Drastic Reforms By Gypsy King
Old Habits Changed In Yugo-Slavia.
Vienna.
tasks."
Theft and begging have de- creased markedly since his elec tion a fact which has pleased
Mischa uses this money to send
I have held these views and acted must be remembered that they are on them very successfully for many not allowed to open (with a one- years when playing Auction. In bid) without two and a half honour the case of Contract, they are still tricks, so it behoves us not to help further strengthened for this rea-them to overcome this disability by Gypsies in one district of Yugo-the local council so much that' son. At Auction, players holding opening for them when we have no slavia are wondering what the they allow Mischa 15 shillings a long suits without the top honours defence against the major suits, frequently hold up their bid until which they could bid on the second world is coming to, for they have month as "royal revenue.” the second round, which is what the round. It would be dangerous to a new "king," a "live wire," who his sons to school-an example advocates of the throwing-in policy open with Ope Diamond on is changing their immemorial which he hopes his people will
follow. habits. fear. But this practice is not near- xx xxx: AKxxx: KJK ly so prevalent at Contract, because but practically safe to open with by taking that course they run the Three Diamonds on risk of the bidding having got so high before their second turn comes! that they are shut out from bidding
His name is Mischa Radu, of! He is now in Belgrade, seek- Becskerek, and one of his Royalling the return of lands taken pronouncements runs: "Begging from the gypsies 10 years ago. The chief danger in calling fourth is a disgrace to the noble gypsy because they were left unculti-
xx:xx: AK Q J xx: KQx.
at all without unite risk. Hence in hand is danger which ought not people, who are worthy of greater vated-Reuter.
the fear of giving the opponents an- to exist at all. It is that when one no-trump in this other opportunity to get going has called one
than at Auction. ebould be much less at Contract position, one's partner jumps to the
conclusion that one has a two no- trumper, and raises the bid without Value Of Partial Score After the four-in-hand has the necessary wherewithai. ». thrown, in, how often his partner
There is one other extraordinary
says, "I wish you could have called: fallacy to which the fourth-in hand
1 could have backed you in any-bidder's partner is prone. If the thing," or, "If you could have called.bid is higher than a one-bid, he is
we were bound to have gone game." still apt to think that it is stronger
And how frequently the throw-in is than if it had been made sa dealer. accompanied by the remark, "I had If one realices that there could have a good hand, but did not think we been no question of throwing-in could make game, as you had said this hand, there is no conceivable Daventry of the Bournemouth Music- nothing." That, surely, is a sad reason for crediting it with any pal Orchestra conducted by Sir Dan confession of failure to realise the extra strength. The gap between a Godfrey, from the Pavilion Bourne great value of a partial score to-dealer's One-bid and Two-bid is Wards game, the Half-way House sufficiently wide to contain any position.
extra strength he may require to Continued at foot of next Column) justify a fourth-in-hand One-bid.
mouth.
If reception prove satisfactory this relay, will be continued to 11 p.m.
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