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Ducts Froin. Marriage Of Figaro
And Don Juan
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Some funny things can, and do, the contract would have been a lay- happen at the bridge table. It is down had declarer merely ruffed a not the rarest thing in the world heart to reenter his hand and drawn to see an expert fall on his face the outstanding trumps in two leads. with a hand that would not give the But it must be borne in mind that slightest trouble to a palooka. This he had no idea that there was such is particularly true when the ex-a good division of trumps. East's pert is playing against week oppon-double made it appear certain that] eats. He realizes, of course, that the trumps would he divided at least. he cannot depend implicity on bids as badly as 4-2. Declarer had been that have been made by players who shortened at the second trick. If he have only a hazy sense of values.voluntarily shortened himself again Nevertheless, it sometimes is impos-The would, presumably, be down to sible for him to believe that a cer-the same trump length as East. tain bid, or double, could have beenHe still had the club ace to knock made without certain cards and, at out, and this would give the oppon Goes To Town with Eddie Cantor, Fred MacMurray, Frances Farmer and AT THE MAJESTIC—“Ali Baba, AT THE STAR "Exclusive, with these times, he is apt to go far as-lents the opportunity to shorten him Tony Martin, Roland Young, June Charlie Buggles. With the battle be tray in his card placing.
below East's trump length. This Lang and Louise Hovick. The long tween two rival newspapers as The hand shown below came up it looked like suicide to attempt to awaited musical comedy with several background, the story concerns the in a match-point duplicate game. In draw trumps. I venture to say that song hits.
a field of sixteen teams only one there is not a fine player alive who, team reached a four spade contract. when doubled, would play for a 3-3 This particular declarer was a ex-trump break on this hand... pert, which fact in itself was a rea- son for failure.
South, dealer.
East-West vulnerable.
S
WEST
6-8 5 41
H-A 9
EL-Q J. 10 753 D-108 CQ 10 5.4.
EAST SJ 7.2. H K 8.6 431
D-K 7 6 4
D-AQ5 3 2}
None
SOUTH
S-A K 10 96 3
-None
DJ 9
C-K J 8 7 6
The bidding
South West 1 spade Pass
3 spades Pass
4. spades Pass
Pass Pass
It seems
North 2. hearts 4 hearts
Pass Pass incredible that
What's On At the Cinemas
THE ALHAMBRA
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sacrifice a father is forced to make when he must choose between the strict adherence of the newspaper code or the betrayal of his own daughter.
* * AT THE KING'S "Thin
AND Declarer made the wise and nor-QUEEN'S -“You're A Sweetheart.” mal play, under the circumstances. This picture has tuneful tunes, dance Sonja Heme and Tyrone Power in He led a low club from dummy. Tolable music, hearty comedy. It moves spectacle of undreamed of beauty, a- along with a swing-time pace, pack-sparkle with fun and gajety. Lovely his disgust East ruffed and led aling, condensing, jamming more enter ballets, ear-haunting melodies, breath- diamond. West won, cashed the ace tamment into a given number of reels taking ensembles. The supporting cast of clubs, and gave East another club than has been done before. It stars includes Arthur Treacher, Raymond
Alice Faye, who has never been seen Walburn, Joan Davis, Alan Hale, Leah- ruff
to better advantage. Alice sings in Ray and hundreds of the world's best- her own inimitable style; she puts skaters.
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When declarer saw that he had gone down two on a hand which he class, finish, and finesse in her per- could have made against the de-
formance and makes her every minute AT THE ORIENTAL "The Sing-
the screen cout. And so do fense that was actually used,
ing Marine" Dick Powell, Lee Dixon, his George Murphy, Ken Muray, Oswald, Doris Weston, Hugh Herbert, Doc feelings can better be imagined than Andy Devine, William Gargan, Frank Rockwell, Jane Darwell and Allen Jen- described. When he later saw,on Jenks, Donald Meek, Frances Hunt,kins in rollicking musical romance, examination of the traveling score
fighting corps.
Dave
sheet, that he had been the only Sastaver and the others of the built round America's most famous.
player in the room to reach four spades he did some genteel foaming
at the mouth.
Apropos of the bidding and the farrival at the final contract, it is Itrue that South's jump rebid was on the aggressive side, but there Pass was logic in the bid South righly Pass considered that his distribution wat Double ranted a game-try, in spite of th
fact that North's response was:1 East at all encouraging. On the combin should have passed over four hearts, ed North-South holdings. the only to double four spades. It would tract was a good one. There were appear to the casual observer that three tricks in the minor suits de- East had a good double of four finitely off the hand, but there was hearts and a highly questionable a good chance that the spades could four spade double. The fact re be picked without loss mains that that is what happened.
West opened a low diamond. East won with the ace and shifted to a low heart. Declarer ruffed and led} to the queen of spades. Obviously
Question: What is the correct opening bid on the following:
S. AQ 7, E K Q J, D. AK63,
C. ASK 10.
Answer: Three no trump.
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