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THE CHINA MAIL,
TWO NO-TRUMP DEFENSIVE BIDS
BY FRANK ENGLAND
The uses of the Two No Trump abilities peculiar to that state. But bid are many and various. It many occasions ariso, I think, in makes a strong opening bid. It is which it may be used in the first a denial bid in response to the ori- game with good effect. ginal Forcing-Two bid, and 0
Actual Hands
PRADIO
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME
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ROUND HONG KONG'S
CINEMA THEATRES
The following programme will be broadcast to-day from the HORE MAIL REVIEW Kong Broadcasting Station Z.B.W. on a wavelength of 855 metres (845 K.C.D):-
Therport.
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"THE KID FROM SPAIN" KING'S THEATRE
"Srd BIG NOVELTY PROGRAMME"-QUEEN'S THEATRE
12.30 p.m.-European programme of
"The Kid From Spain" the The Queen's Theatre are now Victor & Brunswick records.
greatest musical extravaganza showing their third big "novelty strong response to the original] I will now give some illustrations I p.m.-Local Time & Weather Re-since "Whoopee" and starring programme with Stan Laurel and Two-Club. It is a mildly encourag-to make my meaning clear.
Eddie Cantor as the pop-eyed Oliver Hardy in "Another Fine 1.30 p.m.-Rugby Press News, etc. ing declaration of the full strength, are all cases of actual hands which A relay of the Rotary Club Tiffin matador, is now showing at the Mesa" as the outstanding feature, of a hand in response to a part- I saw bid as described by reason Sprech-Dr. Vaughan Thomas, M.A., King Theatre. ner's bid of One of a suit, or to ably good players of fairly equal on "The Principality of Wales"
calibre. his showing of a second sult.
That is my practical Here I propose to discuss its use, answer to any criteism which may somewhat more dangerously, as a be made of the timidity of the op- defensive bid against opponents ponents. who seem to be finding their way
to bidding a safe game.
As a defensive bid, the bid has In the Arst very peculiar merits.
gramme.
pro-
2 p.m.-Close Down.
p.m.-Chinese recorded 4.30.7. 7-10.30 p.m.-European programme, ต
p.m.-Cloring Local Stock Quote llons, etc.
7.3-7.20 p.m.-Vocal Gems. Blossom Time (Schubert-Berte)
I.-N. S. vulnerable in second game. No score. North:-
The Yankees Princess
(De Sylva-Kalm)
S.-Q x x x
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only JoseR-
H.- xxx
D.-K x x
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eight against five. Jumping to the highest rung of the two-bid ladder, West:--
it forces the opponents, if they wish to go on, to contract to make- nine tricks againet four-that is, five more tricks than they lose, a much more difficult thing than three. It is like occupying a trench from which you can be dislodged only by a much greater force.
or
SA 8
H.-K 10 x
D.-Q 10 x * C.-Q J x x
South:-
S-KJ 10 X
D.-A Q x
D.-A J x
C-K x x
East:-
S. xx H.-9 x x
D.-9 x x
C-10 x x x
South bid One Trumps. West
Chary of Doubling Secondly, it in a bld which op- |ponents are rightly chary of doubl- ing, even if they suspect it to be a bluff, for they may double you out. With a bit of luck-unexpected strength in the partner's hand the establishment of a long slut bid Two No Trumps. North and the player of two hands in com- East passed, and South bid Three bination may succeed, to his own Spades on the shrewd supposition Even if the contract that West would have doubled if he surprise. cannot possibly be made, the Doub- had held the major suits strongly.[
Four ler of Two No Trump bid gives a North refused to support. hostage to fortune and must make tricks were made by South, but he had failed to bid the game. If the Two No Trump bid had stood, West, with no support from his partner, might have been four down. bui this would not have been serious unless he were doubled, and it was worth taking that risk to prevent a game being bid in No Trumps or Spades.
TO-DAY'S BRIDGE TIP
North-
Clubs-A Q 10 1 2
South:-
Cluba-9 4
South is playing Д small slam in Spades and has three the re-entries in North, and only three trumps left in his own hand and one other entry Club card. How should the suit be played to lose only one trick?
ANSWER
The Ace of Cluba murt be led first. This is the only play that makes certain of losing Clubs
Subse- are divided. quent play depends on the dis- tribution of the ault with East and West as shown by the first trick. Test this by trying out all possible distributions of the unseen Clubs,
On No Prefert will Children be per- mitted in either Enclosure during the sure of setting the contract with Meeting.
"An Old Spanish Custom"--Bull Nonsense and songs, as nervous fighting -a comedy, "On the and bubbly as Centor is himself, Loose," with Thelma Todd and propel a gay romantic fable of love Zasu Pitts, "The Tobacco Kid”- under the Southern moon, a story with Charlie Chase, "Over The Sens of the dark smiling eyes that give To Borneo," A Travelogue,
Scale" matadors the grace and valour of!"Colour
In gorgeous Spain's noble sport of bull-fighting. Cuba and England Wins the Davis Three songs, "In the Moonlight," technicolour and the Revolt," In "What A Perfect Combination” and (Cup. News Speciality, comprise"
Victor Light Opera Co. 35722. "Look What You've Done," are this full and very attractive pro- Whoopee (Kahn-Donaldson)
The New Moon
(Mandel-Hammerstein-Romberg)
heard from the lips of this accom- grogramme, which is worth whille plished comedian against a back seeing
Victor Light Opera Co. 35969. gound.of lavish beauty, beautifu! 1.20.8 p.m.-A Concert
Orchestral
Carmen Suite Soldiers Changing
the Guard (Dieet)
gals and tuneful melody and WAR VETERAN DIES spirited dancing.
Prominent in the big cast that
Philadelphia Symphony Orch. 6874. support Eddie Canton and his lead-,
'Cello Solo-
Mazurka (Popper) Murette (Bach-Pollain)
Song-
IN AMERICA:
ing lady, Lydia Roberti, are Robert' Young and Ruth Hall as the Love Among Germany's Most
and Efficient Officers.
Pablo Carals 1940. Interest and John Miljan Carrol Naish as the menaces.
Robin Adair (Keppel)
The Last Rose of Summer (Moore)
Frances Alda (Soprano) 1388. Piano Salo-
Capriccio (Dralime) Album Leaf (Grieg)
Song--
Harold Bauer 1413.
I Look Into Your Garden
(Wilmott-Haydn Wood) Devotion (Wenda-Hayin Wood)
John McCormack (Tenor) 1147. ) Violin-Solo-
Randino (Beethoven-Kreisler) Fair Rosemary (Freisler) 8p.m.-Local Time & Weather
port.
8.3-6.45 p.m.— Concerto in A Minor
Noah Berry, Stanley Fields and Sidney Franklyn, the Brooklyn boy who went to Spain and became the world's greatest bull-fighter, are also seen.
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"GIRL CRAZY”— ORIENTAL THEATTRE
LT.-GEN. BARON VON BELOW
Waynesville, North Carolina. Lieut-Gen. Baron Hana von Be- low, a former German army officer, who was in command of a German: army corps in the latter part of the World War, has died suddenly here. He had been ill for several days after suffering a stroke of paralysis. His age was 74.
"Girl Crazy" is first and fore- Baroness von Below said the Fritz Kreisler 1380.
Remost a slapstick comedy of the planned to remain in Waynesville "wisecracking" type popularised by for the summer and the body of her Wheeler and Woolsey.
husband would stay at an under. Woolsey. characteristically taker's until taken to Washington equipped with cigar and chequered for burial next month, suit, is.a gambler who goes to The Baron came to this, country, Arizozna, accompanied by his wife, jln 1919 and had Irved in retirement
the behest of Danny Churchill in Washington. (Eddie Quillan), an enterprising
(Schumann, Op. 54) Alfred Cortal and London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir London Ronald
This Suite is Kindly loaned by
Listener).
8.45-9.25 p.m.-Vericly,
Song-
Dixie (Emmett)
Old Folke at Home (Foster)
Mary Lewis (Soprano) 1345. apparent B.-E. W. vulnerable and 90 up Organ Solo In the second game.
Why Can't You?
North:-
S.-Q x x
R-A Q 10
D.-A Q x X C.-Q xx
West:-
S. A 1098 H-K 9 8
D. 10 9 8 7 C.-A 18
South:-
S.-x x x H.-J x x x
D.-K X X C. J x x
Emst:-
S.-K J x
H.-X X X
D. J x
C.-K x x x x
West dealt and bid a thin No
certainly rather than sim to get the Tiffins are obtainable at the Club maximum penalty. I have seen the Trumps and secured the contract. House provided they are ordered from
No Trump bid On a Club lead North threw his the No. 1 Bey in advance. Telephone doubler of a Two 21020.
nervously make his six winning Queen of Clubs, thus making PUBLIC ENCLOSURE
cards in three suits сп realising second re-entry in dummy. Dummy The Price of Admission to the Poblie Enclosure is $2.00 per day including that, if he did not do no, there was led the Jack of Hearts on entry. Tax, for all Persons, including Ladles, just a chance of the declarer mak-South made his contract in this
and scoring a case, as Spades were not led. and payable at the Gate. Soldiers ing his contract
IIN. S. vulnerable and 60 up in the second game. North:-
Thirdly, unless the opponents' strength is massed in one hand, the bid of Two No Trumps may well keen them from bidding a game which is theirs for the asking.
HE Undersigned have received and Sailors in Uniform are admitted game. Tin Esq. to sell by Public Auction
ON WEDNESDAY, the 4th Oct., 1933, commencing at 10.30 am.
at
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A Quantity of
VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
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Tenk bedsteads, Teak wardrobes, Teak dressing tables, Teak chest ut drawers, Teak writing desks. Воексарев, Table lamps, Card tables, Cooking utensils, etc., etc.
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Auction Hong Kong, September 28, 1988.
Bookmakers, Tic Tac Men, &c, win! not be permitted to operate within the Precincts of the Hong Kong Jockey Club during the Race. Meeting.
By Order,
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C. B. BROWN,
Secretary Hong Kong, 2nd October, 1988.
8.-10 I
Little Pel
Voral Trio-
Jesse Crowfaid 21951.
Clover Blossom 12th Street Rag
| Sung-
י
reason.
One of the "side shows" is pro-
The Old Apple Trio 24311.vided by little Mitzi Green, who makes a big hit with her imper. Wait Til You See "Ma Cherie" Ponations of Roscoe Aten, George Louise
Arliss. Edna May Oliver. and others.
Maurice Chevalier (Baritone) 21918. Piano Solo-
The Flatterer (Chaminade) Scarf Dance (Chaminade)
Songs-
Hans Barth 20940. |
Sweet L'Ain't She Sweet? Mississippi Mud- Left My Sugar
Standing in the Rain
Bing Crosby & Whiteman's Original;
Rhython Boys 24240.
Piano Solo-
Ramona 24803.
I lay me Down to Sleep Stay Out of my Dreams
9.25.9.56 p.m. Qourtet No. 16 in F Major
(Beethoven, On. 135)
Flonzaley Quartet M-8 9.30-10.20 p.m.-Dance Numbers. Fox Trot-
Continued at foot of next Column)
Bouth:-
S.-A J xxx
HJ x
D-I x x x
C-k x
North bid One Heart and East!
Two No Trumps, which held
EL-A Q x x x D.--X X. C.-A-xx
ed.
West:
8-K xx H.-xxx.
The bid of Two Trumpa upon * weak hand as a defensive overbid should, of course, be resorted to only in conditions of maximum safety-that is, when the bidder is not vulnerable. Further, an the loss of a first game is not so serious East & as the loss of a second, the bid.
COASTWISE will usually be indulged in only if
by
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the opponents are vulnerable, and suffering from the bidding dis-
D.-K x x
C. 10 xx
8-4 x x K-K 10 x DAXX
istinguished Officer
General Hans von Below, who
young man who has turned a ranch into a night club known, for no commanded the Fifty-first German
a 48 "dude Corps during the war, was a brother. ranch." Wheeler, a taxi driver, is of General Otto von Below, 'one of hired to drive them from Chicago the most successful officers in the "because train fores have to be Kaiser's armies.
He married the former Mrs. paid in advance."
Frederick Turnbull of Philadelphia and Columbia, South Carolina.
The von Below family, in from Meckeenburg and dates from about the year 1,000. Ita,men have been in the army ever since the Fruaalan kingdom existed and have fought in In Ita wara. During the World War there were no less than soven Generals von Below, two of whom, "HAPPY EVER AFTER"
Otto and Fritz, commanded armies, MAJESTIC THEATRE
three commanded corps and two had divisiona "Happy Ever After," now show.
General Hans von Below was ini ing at the Majestic Theatre, again command of the Imperial Augusta brings to us three of the best of Regiment, the guard of the Kaiserin, our British fun-makers, Jack Hul-at the outbreak of the war. He bert, Cicely Courtneidge and Ben-was entrusted with a brigade and nle Hale, together with the dainty was in the drive through. Belgium, and fascinating Lilian Harvey, the His men were the first to enter English girl who rose to stardom Namur. He served on all the fronta.. in Germany.
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The music fa catchy and
the
•
playing of the whole of the cast is SOUP-TASTER SUED good throughout.
Melody.
Give me a Roll on a Drum A White House of Our Own Farewell to Arms
Walls
I Bring a Song
the
24089.
24288.
FOR DIVORCE.
The Tactless Wife.
Chicago. As a taster of soup, George Ververka was busy because thate)
My Tingdom for a Smile from You his business.
beld. He was two down undoubl- Fox Trot
A
In the above cases the Two. No Trumps bidder has hande which are of No Trump pattern, but not
Gay Young Lady
Hey Young Fella
Tango-
Guardia Vieja Don Esteban
You Are the Song
Td Write a Song
6418.
of Two No Trump strength. I Walte doubled, he must, take his punish Fox Trot ment. In another article I will discuss a different type of 'hand 10.30 pm-Cinse Down
All records in the above apon which a dashing defender may programmes are kindly supplied try the same bid.
POP
A Jolt. All Around.
YOU THINK THAT
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24222
A canning company pays him.
a salary for tasting soup.
But his wife, Jeanette. charged in a Bill, for divorce 6599 that when she set down'a plate of her own soup for him to eat he looked at it and shouted
"What, more soup"
24298.
It was after that, she alleged. European that he picked up the plate and
by threw its contents in her face
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