THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 17, 1937.
“Pettaisika” Suite By The London......... Symphony Orchestra
Today's Wireless
12.30-2.15 p.m.-European Programme. 12.30 p.m.-New Light Symphony Or-
chestra.
:
Raymond Overture (Thomas). Buffoon (Confrey).
Jazz Nosturne ("My Silent Love"),
(Suesse).
An Américan in Paris Suite
(Gershwin).
1 p.m.—Local: Time Signal and Wes-
ther Report.
Rigs by Raymond Newell
1.03 p.m.-Songs
(Baritone). In
Follow me ome-A Barrack-Room
Ballad (Ward-Biggs).
Mandalay (Willeby).
BRIDGE NOTES
ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c's
Here's to life (Atkinson).
115 pm.-Marek Weber & his Orches-
tra.
Spring Song (Mendelssohn). Simple Aveu (Thome). Her first Dance (Heykens). The music comes (Straus).- "Faust"-Waltz (Gounod)..
1.30 p.m.-Reuter Press; Rugby Press; Local: Weather Forecast, Time and Announcements.
1.40 p.m.--Songs by Lucienne Boyer
(Soprano).
Ducking In
A player “ducks” when he plays
a low
1
Dans la fumee. Parlez-moi d'amour.
By ELY CULBERTSON
Contract
The bidding:
card, rather than a high West North card, in order to save his high card Pass
Pass
East
South
1 heart 1 spade Pass $ spades
ZEK 640 k.c ́s,
Dancing with my darling 1.50 p.m. Dance Music.
Fox-Trot
At the Cafe Continental. On the beach at Bali-Bali. Truckin'.
Cotton
There won't be any Spring. Waltz-Marie Louise.
Fox-Trot
Yankee
Town.
Doodle never
Stop! Look and listen.
2.15 p.m.Close down.
4-7 p.m.-Chinese Programme.
7 p.m.-12 midnight..
gramme.
went
to
European Pro-
7 p.m.- "Petroushka” Suite (Stra- vinsky), played by London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Albert Coates.
7.32 p.m.--Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Summary and Exchange Market Re port.
7.37 p.m.-A Violin and Pianoforte Re-
cital,"
Pianoforte Solo-
Polonaise No. 6 in A Flat Major,
Op. 53 (Chopin),
Arthur Rubinstein.
Violin Solos-
[final bid]
Allegro (Piocco),
La Capricciosa (Ries),
lay
as a future entry. You have 2 clubs 2 spades learned that in establishing long suit winners; you first make the propen honour triek plays, then establish your low cards by sacri÷ The failure to reach the fice. Sometimes you then will down contract of four spades was have no entry to the established 100 per cent. South's fault. East'ä low cards. In such cases you give opening bid was rather light, but up the necessary number of tricks strategically sound, not vulnerable, to
the opponents. immediately.in third position. South; with
Then, when you finally use your three and one-half honour tricks, honour tricks, they act as entries was almost justified in making a to the remaining lõng suit winners, take-out double rather than simply overcalling with one spade, but in NORTH
actual fact his overcall was a bet- ter course. If he should double and North should respond with two diamonds, South would be greatly embarrassed. His spade spit was not nearly good enough to show at the two-level in the face of, per- haps, a worthless hand in
the
S.-A K-9 7 4 2
SOUTH
If the ace and king of spades North position, and two diamonds were played and then a low spade might be crucified. But, while the led, the remaining cards probably one spade overcall was the best would be established, but without bld, South's subsequent action left an entry North could never lead much
desired North put in them. If North ducks the first a free raise to the spades over round, South can play spades again West's club bid, and it now was up проп regaining the lead. Now to South to bid his full strength. North will take his ace and king and run the rest of the suit.
Relieving the Burden
It is your own bidding which can
WAZE either iscrease or reduce your
Part ner's burden. The essence of good bidding is to make one's partner's decisions as clear cut as possible.
West, dealer.
North-South vulnerables
NORTH
WEST
EAST
S
H.
SOUTH
K7 9.8
-A 7
K6
His greatest worry, namely, the trump suit itself, should have been virtually swept away by North's raise, and the possession of three outside honour tricks, with good distribution, should have told South that a game was an odds-on chance. Perhaps he e was proud of his own courage in "pushing" to three spades, but he should not have been. North fed &
tele- scope to find another raise on his hand, and his pass to three spades was eminently correct. He already had given a free raise and, as far as he knew, his hand, outside the spade suit itself was worthless, since his heart honours were under the heart bid
was just another case of.
bidding, South had held back on the first due the uncertainty of ump suit. Once this was re- by rth's free bid, South should have let go the anchor.
TO-DAY'S QUESTION
Question: Dealer [my partner] opened with one diamond. Next hand bid one spade. What should have been my response with S. J 9 6 H. AJ 8 7 5 D. 10 5 C. J 8 3?
Answer: ass.
8
Master Yehudi Menuhin. Pianoforte Solo-
Mazurka în A Flat Major, Op. 59,
No. 2 (Chopin),
Violin Solos-
Ignace Jan Paderewski,
Sicilienne et Rigaudon
Francoeur),
Guitarre (Moszkowski),
Yehudi Menghin
p.m.-Local: Time, Signal, Weather Report and Announcements. 18.03 p.m. Songs by Frances Langford.
Melody from the sky.
Is it true what they say about Dixie? When did you leave heaven?
8.13 p.m.-Piano Medleys by Charlie
Kunz
No. R. 1,
No. R. 15.
8.23 p.m.-A New Variety Programme.
Vocal
South Sea Island Medley,
The Twilight Serenaders. The Valley where wishes come
true, I'll walk beside you,
Special Relay From
Bisley Rifle Range:
King's Prize Shoot
Jano
Broken-hearted clown
teed you.
Humor
Julietta
die love, bugky
Votal Duets
Leslie Hutchinson
du, (Comedian).
was anything but sentimental. Birdie out of a cage,
Cicely Courtn
Orchestra
dge & Jack
Hulbert.
Favourite Favourites, No. 2,
The Bellyhooligans.
p.m.-From the Studio. Frank V.
Sports Commentary.
9.10 pm New Mayfair Orchestra. “Balalaika” Selection (Posford). Venetian Nights.
A Vision of Spring.
"Mother of Pearl" (Straus).
9:30 pm London
nouncements.
News and
An-
9.55 p.m.--Relay of the Dance Orchés- tra from the Grill-Room of the Hong Kong Hotel.
This Relay will be inferrupted be- tween the hours of 10 and 11 p.m. for a special Relay of the King's Prize, Bisley.)......
DANCE PROGRAMME.
10.15-10.30pm—,
1. Where the lazy river goes by.
There's something in the air.
2
8.
4.
Breakfast in Harlem.
Night in Manhattan.
10.30-10.35 p.m.-Interval of Recorded"
Dance Music from Z.B.W.
10.35-1050 p.m.-
Aristocrat. of Harlem.
5.
6.
Restless.
7.
8.
You turned the tables on me. Shine,
Recorded
10.50-11 p.m.-Interval · of
Dance Music from Z.B.W.
11-11:15 pme...
9. Stars in my eyes.
10.
11.
12.
The King steps out. Ramona.
Black eyes.
11.15-11.20 p.m.-Interval of Recorded
Dance Music from Z.B.W. 11-20-11-35 D
13. Virs, Vira
14. Adios, Argentina.
15. Jose O'Neill, the Cuban Heel.
11.35-11.45 p.m.-Interval of Recorded
16. Song of the Slave.
Dance Music from Z.B.W. 11:45 p.m.-12 midnight
17.
18
19.
20
Sweet is the word for you. Blue Hawaii.
Sweet Leilani:
Sweet Sue.
Walter Glynne (Tenor) 12 midnight. Close down.
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