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Average players seem to feel that thus placing South with the remain- hold-up plays (ie., deferring the ing diamond. Therefore, instead of winning of a trick) apply only to no trying to cash the ace of hearts, trump contracts.
for West made, the much safer play of this feeling is beyond me; it must cashing a diamond trick, then laid be rooted deep in the subconscious, down the heart ace. Declarer ruffed, Certainly, there's no sound basis for drew the outstanding trumps,
and the notion that hold-ups cannot be finessed spades successfully, return- used just as effectively at suit con-ing to his hand by Tuffing the second tracts. The entire crux of a hand, heart to repeat the spade finesse.
AT THE STAR-“Love Is News land forms the background for Fred whether at no trump or a suit, may The defenders were quite content! Penniless reporter and madcap heiress Astaire latest hit "A Damsel in Dig be the refusal to part with an ace with the three tricks they had taken form an excitingly new and hilarious tress written by the World famous until the proper time. The fate of for the contract's defeat and, indeed, angle, "Ride him, heiress," cry the rest humorist P. G. Wodehouse Beautiful. and does she do it! Starring Tyrone Joan Fontaine, George Burns and. South's contract in the hand shown they should have been highly grati- Power, Loretta Young, Don Ameche, Gracie Allen, Reginald Gardiner, Ray below depended on his play to the fied. Declarer had tossed a beauti-Slim Summerville, Dudley Digges, Wal- Noble, Constance Collier, Harry Wat- ful opportunity out of the window ter Catlett, George Sanders, Jane Darson and Montague Love fill the roles by his failure to apply a simple well and Stepin Fetchit. Opens to-day. in the supporting cast. This picture is recommended as good clean healthy en- safety measure. West's repeated
AT THE QUEEN'S "Thrill Of Atertainment. diamond bid made it likely that he Lifetime", with Eleanore Whitney, held six diamonds, in which case
Johnny Downs, Yacht Club Boys, Judy AT THE MAJESTIC “The Prisoner" East would have only two. There liant cast of comedy players in a fast leine Carrol, Mary Astor and. Douglas Cavova and Dorothy Lamour. A bril of Zends, with Ronald Colman, Made- was a distinct chance that the club moving story of young love done to Fairbanks, Jr. Anthony Hope's master- S.-9 5
ace was held, not by the doubler, music and produced on a lavish scale. piece ilmed in all detail and with out- H.-K Q 10 9 7 5 but by East. If that were so, it was
standing performances by Ronald Col-. AT THE ORIENTAL—“High, Wide man and Madeleine Carrol. D.-6 2
vital to leave East with no-diamond
And Handsome". A hard-fighting, C.-A7 5
communication card to the West thrill-studded drama of America's first AT THE KING'S "Broadway Me---- hand. The hold-up of the diamond oil boom, with a background of lovely lody Of 1938. With Eleanor Lowell ace for one round would have done Jerome Kern. The huge cast is head-its giant cast including such celebrities song's by Oscar Hammerstein II and and Robert Taylor co-starred and with the trick Winning the diamonded by Irene Dunne, Randolph Scott, of the stage, screen and radio world as continuation, South should lead the Dorothy Lamour, Akim Tamiroff, Ray George Murphy, Binnie Barnes, Buddy club king. East would win, but, mond Walburn, Charles Bickford, Ben Ebsen, Sophie Tucker and Judy Gar
Blue, Elisabeth Patterson and William land, Roy Del Ruth who was behind The bidding (neither side vulner- having no diamond left, would,
of Frawley.
the making of such earlier musical~~- able)
course, return a heart. This declar-
films hits as “Broadway Melody, of West
North East Souther would ruff and, after - drawing] - AT THE ALHAMBRA-A sparkling. 1986," "Gold-diggers" and "Born 1 diamond 1 spade 2 hearts 3 clubs the outstanding trumps, would love feud in a medieval castle in Eng-Dance," directed the film. 8 diamonds Pass 4 hearts 5 clubs finesse against the spade king. Re- Pass Pass turning to his hand with a heart West's final double was none too ruff, a second spade finesse would good; with a spade bid over him vir- bring in the entire spade suit. tually nullifying the value of his · TO-DAY'S QUESTION king, he could not be at all sure of Question: Both sides vulnerable, defeating five clubs. As it happen-South dealt. Opponents made no ed, however, due to the ineptness of bids. How should the following the declarer's play, the double turn North South hands be bid? ed out well, since it dissuaded East SOUTH from the five heart bid he might SA J
H.-A J
D.-K Q J 10 8.5
C-10 9
Double
SOUTH
S.-7 3 2
H. None.
D.-A 4 3.
C-K Q J 8 6 4 2
Pass
well have made.
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K
The diamond king was opened and D-A Q 10 6 5. South, apparently without thought, C.-38 6 4 pounced on it with his ace. high Answer: Bidding
club lead was taken by Bast, who returned his rema ing diamond. Since East had "high-lowed" on the diamond plays, West had no difficulty in reading him for a doubleton and1*
SOUTH
diamond 3 diamonds
4 no trump Pass
-NORTH
34 3 H-QJ 10 7 D-KJ 8 4 CKS should be:
NORTH
heart
4 diamonda
diamonds
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