THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 7, 1937.
Varsity Rugger
From Twickenham
Today's Wireless
Relay of Special Service]
12-12.20 p.m.
from St John's Cathedral.
12:30 pm-Tehaikowsky
Engen. Onegin", Walt
Eugene Goossens.
Nutcracker Suite, Op. 714
Royal
Opera Orch; Covent Garden Cond
Leopold
Stokowski and the Philadelphia Or- chestra.
pm-Local Time Signal and Wea- ther Report
ZBW 355 M. 845 k. c's ・ ・ ・ ・ ZEK 640 E.c's
Duet A Little White Boom (Flood- FightNichols)....Frances Day &
John Mills.
("Flood-
Frances Day
ocal Artificial Flowers
lightNichols). (Soprano).
Organ Popular Melodies No. 3.
Harold Ramsay.
103 p.m.- London Piano-Accordeon 8 pm- Local Time Signal, Weather
Band and Sam Browne Garitone).
Report and Announcements.
1.25 p.m.-Beater & Rugby Press; Lo-8.03 pm-Turner Layton (Vocal and
cal Weather Forecast & Announce- ments.
1.40 pm Relay of the Rotary Tifin Speech from the Roof Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel Speaker: Rev. L1 D MacLean: Sabject: "Housing and Citizenshup. ANKA
4-7.p.m. - Chinese Programme. 7pm-Dance Music.
7.30 p.m.-Closing local Stock Quota
tions & Hong Kong Exchange Mar- ket Report
735 pm-Variety...
Vocal.
I Want To Be A Nudist.
The Wedding Of A Gigolo (Pols, Nesbitt & Walker). Eddie Pola with Orchestra..
Piano).
When My Mammy Smiles
(M. Hodges)
I Feel Lige A Feather In The Breeze
(film The Charm School).
It's Great To Be In Love Again
(Koehler & McHugh).**
A Waltz Was Born In Vienas
(Crocker & Loewe).
8.15 p.m. London Relay
Wheels. A
programme by Jonquil Antony and ever goth the whele about. 8.45 pm-Studio Precini recital by Francesca Denies (Soprano) accom- panied by Luba Shaftain (Piano)......... 9.15 p.m.--London Relay Stars of Ta
riety.
9.30 p.m.-London Relay The News
p.m.-Light Symphony Orchestra. Mannin Veen (Haydn Wood). Shepherd's Song.
Dance Orchestra Favourite Favour-9.50
ites, No. 3-Fox Trot Medley. The Ballyhooligans.
BRIDGE NOTES
By ELY CULBERTSON
Cautious Bidding; Clever Play
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Most experts have a veritable would have made a more encourag horror of doubtful overcalls. This ing response than one diamond if horror is increased when they his hand had contained a near-bid. no trump themselves are vulnerable against South's delayed one nonvulnerable opponents. They therefore was largely predicated on fully appreciate the fact that if East's sudden cessation of bidding. the opponents are alert they will His three no trump bid after be ready to pounce on even a one North's raise was further influenc- bid with ferocious intent.
ed by the fact that West had taken But this fear applies only to no action over the one no trump.. immediate overcalls. Although ex- The play had to be pretty good perts always are wary of "traps," to justify the bidding. West. opened they rarely hesitate to enter the his highest club. Since East had bidding on a medium sized hand only one outside entry, he decided when the opponents, by stopping that the best defense lay in the at the one or two level, virtually diamond suit. Therefore he put guarantee that they do not hold up his club ace and returned the big hands. Consider the bidding diamond eight. technique of the South player in If South had slipped at this point the hand shown below. Then con- 'the
would have been sider his excellent play for the doomed. Had he played the dia- contract which was reached with mond queen, West merely would comparative caution
West, dealer.
North-South vulnerable.
NORTH
S-A 19 9 4 E-A 10 8 5 D.-10.6 3
C-9:8
WEST
S. J 5 3 2
HK 7
EAST K7
H-5 4 3 2 TL-A 349 4 2. D.—8 5
SOUTH
S-Q 86-
H-QJ9
D-KQ7
C-KQ 62
The bidding
West North
contract
have signaled with the nine spot. Later, when East took the lead with the spade king, another dia- mond through declarer would per mit West to run his suit
Rondel; Mina
Like To The Damask Rose (
arz. Haydn Wood). Homage March Concert Waltz
Wood).
JoyonsD
10:15-pm-London Relay
West Of England Singers TES tional Songs and Folk- West Country
10.30 pm.-London Re sion A programızą o bers and solo piece 10.55 pm Londons
Cambridge Am
on the Inter Universi
Football Matda by H. from Twickenham
Page
Rotary Club. Speech:
Rev. D. MacLean
TL15 2.3.
at St
Entertainment George's 1867-1937) The story of a London Hall of Entertainment: through seventy years.
12.15 pm Wheels feature pro-
gramme by Jonquil Antony.
cdn 1245 pm
Organ Recital by Geor,
Stars of Variety
and Announce.
1.15 p.2
11.30 pm.
The News
the
Greenwich Time
courtesy
of
215
the Rugby Football Union). 11.45 p.m.-Close down
BROADCAST FROM DAVENTRY
TRANSMISSION 1
Frequencies
GSG 1779 Mc/s (16.86 m) GSƠ 15.18: Me/s (19.76 ma GSD 1175 Mc/s (25,53 GSB 9,51 mc/s. (31.55) G.M.T 18.15 am
9.15 am.
Ben Music
Short Pianoforte Res 9.25 8.12.--Gladys Young in The
Maid'
ISMISSION 3
Big Ben of-England Singers;
Fest
and Folk Songs of the West Country-
-Intermission. A programme
of Dovelty numbers and solo pieces. 255 p.m.-Oxford v. Cambridge: A run- commentary by HB 4 Wake- the Inter-Univery Rugby football match. From Twie- Courtesy of the Rugby
20
the Age sposers.
9.35 am. The News and Announce
ments. Greenwich Time Signal at 9.45|
9:55 am-Recital of Traditional Welsh
Songs
10.10 xm-Empire Exchange.". 10.25 am--Close dowIES
Frequ
TRANSMISSION 2
GST 21:53, Mc/s. (13.93 13 2147 Mc's (139
GSG 17.79 Mc/s (168
GSO 15:18 Me/s
10.45 11
the Ozean
Swansea.
Harry Lauder (Songs)." “Annoncements.
ignal at 4.15 pm. Music - throng
odern French Com-
4.45 pm- World Affairs? A talk by the Right Hon. Sir Malcolm Robert- son, G.CMG, KRE
5 p.m.-Close down
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What's On At the Cinemas
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wit
Gary Grant, Roland Young and Con-
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From the bidding, South concluded that the diamond ace certainly was Jon his left and, that being so, nothing could be lost by ducking He therefore played the seven and, by doing so, took all the wind out Born"
AT THE MAJESTIE
THE STAR Easy Living",
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comedy riot that is going to be ·
Starring Jean
Ray Milland,.
Menjou
A
Pangborn.
THE
of the defenders sails. West won nor are co-starred in this technico
production. It is a glamorous story C-A J 10 54 with the jack, but could make no Hollywood in which Janet rockets from
return that would defeat the con-lextra gift to star overnight. tract. For lack of a better play, liant cast includes Adolphe and hoping against hope that he Andy Devine, May Robson, Lionel Sta
der, Owen Moore, Edgar Kennedy might get on lead again, he Guim Wiliams. turned the ace and another dia- mond. Declarer won and succes- fully finessed against the heart king, then made spade lead, my tổ Pass 1 no trump dreamy, na order to keep 2no trump Pass 3 no tramp lead. The defenders had to be [contented with one club, two dia- two and one-half plus monds, and the spade king. tricks did not justify a no
To-day's Question
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pa
Pass
East South
Lclub Pass
Pass
overcall to the club bid. Question: Dealer opened the Such an overcall shows virtually bidding with one heart. Should ame values as an opening no second-hand put in a bid with the trump bid After Bast bad drop following.
West's diamond response, how-
the
S-Q 9764
assumed quite a First, East third hand,
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