THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 16, 1987.
From The Studio:
Songs By Muriel Portallion
12.30-2.15 Am European Program
12.30 p.m.-Orchestra)}- Mü
La Scala di
(Rossini)
Seta
Today's Wireless
Overture
Sir Thomas Reecham and the
London Philharmonic chestra.
Or-1
Alborada del Graciose (Ravel).
Orchestre des Concerts Straram, Aire Andaluz No. 2 Pasacalle.
No. 4 Pasodoble (Lucena). Córdoba Philharmonic Orchestra.
BRIDGE NOTES
A
ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c's :::: ZEK 640 k.c ́s
Ea Habanora (Lucena)
Cordoba Philharmonic Orchestra. p.m.-Local: Time Signal- and Wea- ther Report.
1.03 p.m.-Leslie Hutchinson
Piana.
Afterglow.
The scene changes. Empty Saddles.
the
By ELY CULBERTSON
Some Tournament Hands
The following hands were play-1 ed recently in London at a tourna- ment in which many leading play- ers took part.
The first of them occurred in an invitation pairs event, which was played on Match Points scoring:—
Y
A
S.-A Q 4
S-J 8 5 2. H.-8.5 3
D -K J 7 3 C.-A 8
D-Q 10 8.2
*Z
S-8 7 6 H.-Q 8 7 3 DK 10 9
C. 42
Score: Y Z vulnerable.
A the
1.13 p.m.-Roy Fox and His Orchest
Fox-Trot-
The Changing of the Guard. Harbour lights..
Page
Schumann Recital By
Luba Shaftain
Sweet Sue. (Young), Grinzing (Benatsky).
Jack Hylton and His Orchestra Give me back my heart (Novallo). Albert Sandler ad His Orchestra. 8.15 p.m. London-Big Ben. Cricket: Gentlemen - Players. A Commen-
You do the darndest things, Baby.tary during play by P. G. H. Fender. The Wanderers,
From Lord's tricket Ground, Lon- don.
Your heart and mine. No regrets.
1.31 p.m. Beuter Press; Rugby Press; Local: Weather Forecast. Time and Announcements.
1.40 p.m.-Band Music.
dealer. The result of the hand de- ponded upon whether or not A2 passed initially.
In many cases "One Spade," visualised
the opening call was and B immediately
game and possibly a slam. In one or two cases the bidding between and B went as follows:
The Jolly Coppersmith (Peter). Washington Post March (Sousa),
The Silver Stars Band. Valse des. Alouettes (Drigo). Amoretten Tanze (Gung).
Band of H. M. Coldstream
Guards.
Swastika March (Klohr). Entry of the Boyards
March
8:30 pm—From the Studio, Frank. V.
Read on Local Tennis League. 8.40 p.m.-London-Dance
Music of
· the 16th and 17th Centuries. (Elec-. trical Recording).
9.10 1-From the Studio. A Schu-
mann Recital
Luba Shaftsin (Pianoforte);
Soaring.
Whims,
Conclusion..
Scenes from Childhood, Nos. 1, 3
and 5.
Papillons, Nos, 1, 7, 8 and 10.
9.30 p.m.-London
nouncements.
News and A
9.55 p.m.—A Variety Programme.
Instrumental-
(Halvorsan),
Band
of H. M.
Coldstream
Guards.
pm-Dance Music.
Fox-Trot
gentleman
Vocal-
When a lady meets
down South.
Tain't no u52.
Jingle Bells.
Tango
Fox-Trot
On your toes.
There's a small Hotel:
2.15 pm-Close Down.
No bid 2 Clubs: No 010 4-7 p.m. Chinese Programme.
H.-A J 10 2
B S-K H. K Q 9 7 6 4 D.-9 6
C.-K 9 6 3
1 Spade
Z
2 Diamonds No bid 2 Hearts No bid [2 Spades · No bid 6 Clubs. No bid No bid Double No bid No bid
No bid
C-7 2
S-10 9 7 63
H.-None
D-A 5 4
C.-Q J 10 5 4
Other pairs reached "Three No- Trümps," played by B, and some Trumps," "Four,”
Score: A B vulnerable. B dealt, "Four and in most cases passed.
No
7-11 p.m.-European Programme.
7 p.n-Willem Mengleberg an
Concert Orchestra.
Overture
Romeo and Juliet
Fantasie (Tschaikowsky). Perpetuum Mobile (Johann
Strauss).
tions
Damnation of Faust (Berlioz).
p.m.-Closing local. Stock Quota- Les Sylphes, Hungarian March.
7.35 p.m. Cinoms Organ Music.
and Hong Kong Exchange Market Report.
Wedding of the Painted Doll.
Leslie James..
Z also "Five", or "Six Spades," the high-.7.30 passed, and A opened with "One er contract usually being doubled. Heart," which was immediately One pair, playing the A B hands, raised by B to "Four." At nearly reached a "Four Spades” contract every table 2 now put in a saving by passing on the first round. bid of "Four Spades," which is a opened the bidding with “One cheap sacrifice if the opposition Heart," B passed, and Z raised to doubles, since Z should not be de-Two Hearts." At this point A in- feated by more. than two tricks tervened with “Two Spades,” and -with a penalty of 300 points, jumped to "Four Hearts." B's raise Y whereas "Four Hearts" cannot be to "Four Spades" closed the bid- lost. As it happened, B felt that ding, with the enormous Club suit he could not stand his partner's not bid at all. The contract was double, since his defence tricks successful.
and rebid into
With so many different contracts
were negligible, "Five Hearts," which was at some it is not surprising that the swings tables doubled.
on this hand were very large, In more than one case a slam was
*
made, but more often than not a five contract in one or other of the black suits was defeated.
Four
7.45
A Japanese Sunset. Ninette
R. E. McPherson.
p.m.-From the Studio. Songs by Muriel Portallion (Contralto).
Music when soft voices die.
Besley.
Sea moods,
Catford..
Sweet chance.
Head.
Song of Thanksgiving.
Allitsen.
In Haven Elgar.
8. p.m.-Local: Time Signal, Weather
Report "and Announcements.
8.03 p.m.-Light Orchestral Items.
What's On At
Swanee Moon.
Len Fillis (Hawaiian Guitar).
Le Tango- des Filles.
Lucienne Boyer (Soprano).
Instrumental-
An old Hawaiian Guitar:
Len Fillis
cal
L'Hotel du Clair de Lune.
Lucienne Boyer.
Humorous
Tennis.
Clapham and Dwyer. Piano Solos-
Orange blossom.. Limehouse Blues."
Billy Mayerl.
Orchestra
Bihari's Lament.
Cockchafer, yellow cockchafer.
Magyari Imre and his Hungar
jan Gypsy Orchestra.
10.26. p.m.Dance Music.
Fox-Trot
11
I'm nuts about screwy music. I got rhythm.
Weakness.
Chinese Rhythm.
Robins and roses.
Is it true what they say
Dixie?
Tango
Questa notto ti diro.
Waltz
Coronation Waltz.
Rum
El Capullito de Aleli.
Walt
Alice Blue Gown
Tox-Tro
Knock, knock, who's there?
p..
Close Down.
the Cinemas
AT THE ORIENTAL "Plough and Barbara Stanwyck is star-
If the right defence be found Y and Z can defeat this contract with the Ace of Clubs and two Diamond tricks, but more often than not the play was missed, and the declarer succeeded in getting rid of his Diamond losers in Dummy on the tracts in turn.
Let us look at the various con-Fables",
AT THE MAJESTIC "Les Miser- Ace and Queen of Spades, if he had Clubs" the opponents
with Fredric March, Charles the Star."- If B plays in “Five Laughton and Sir Cedric Hardwicke: red in this screen version of the noted a Spade lead made against him.
can defeat Victor Hugo's immortal story produced Irish drama by Sean O'Cassey. Preston "Five Hearts" doubled scores 800 and the Ace of Spades.
him by taking two Diamond tricks in every detail. points, whereas if the doubled con-
Foster who is much in favour to-day ** * * tract be defeated Y Z obtain 200 Spades" by A can also be defeated with Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. tured role.
AT THE QUEEN'S
epitomises a virile type of leading man "Top Hat" and is cast opposite the star in a fea- points. The par score for A B on Diamonds, on
by the opening lead of the Ace of A sophisticated musical romance. the hand is obtained by doubling "come-on" with the 10.
which
Z signals a Z's "Four Spades" sacrifice, be-
A second cause "Four Hearts", which
Diamond lead allows Z to make his not be defeated, should not be left
King and gives Y a ruff, and the în by the opposition.....
Ace of Spades provides the fourth It was singular that so many Y
trick. Z pairs, having pushed their, op- "If B plays. “Three No-Trumps," Z ponents into an unmakeable con-leads a small Heart, and provided tract, should have missed their that Y ducks, as he must do, B can golden opportunity of obtaining a be held to eight tricks. The lead
can-
7
best possible score on the hand allows Y to count declarer with the But most startling results came singleton Ace of Hearts, and, by from the following hand, which oc-refusing to cover
cover Dummy's Heart, curred in the Pachabo Cup
Y prevents the Knave, 10 from pro- teams of four:--
viding a second guard in the suit. All the Declarer can do is to run off his seven Clubs, and the oppon- ents then make their established Hearts, the Ace of Spades, and thể top Diamonds. Strangely enough, therefore, there is no game in the hand för A and B against proper defence. But in more than one case “Six Clubs” was made, even K Q J 8 6 5 against an Ace and an Ace, King:
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Y
S.-
10 9 78
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one
AT THE KING'8—“China Seas", with Clark Gable, Jean Harlow and the China Coast, in which the cast give Wallace Berry. story of piracy on outstanding performances.
Father with Jed Prowty, Shirley Dean AT THE ALHAMBRA “Educating
youngsters of the Jones Family bring and Kenneth Howell. A happy hilari- ous story of how the up-and-coming dad up-to-date.
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