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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 14, 1940
By BUD FISHER
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LUCK,
MUTTJ
Magic Flute. Act I. By The Berlin
Philharmonic
Today's Wireless
6.00 p.m.-MOZART "Magic Flute." Act 1. Singers in order of appear- ance: Roswaenge, Scheppan, Mar- hen, Berglund, Husch, Sohn, Berger, Tessmer, Lemnitz, Beilke, Spletter, Grossman, Strienz & Chorus with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. 7.05 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-
tions.
7.07 p.m. - CONCERT
by Vladimir
Horowitz and Pablo Casals. Gavotte Tendre (Hillemacher)
Pablo Casals with Piano Accom→ paniment by N. Mednikoff. Menuet (Debussy)....Pablo Casals with Piano Accompaniment by N. Mednikoff.
Etude XI pour les Arpeges .Com-
ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s) and 31.49 M.
9.52 Megacycles.
poses (Debussy).... Vladimir Ho- rowitz at the Piano. (a) Pastourel (b) Toccata (Poulenc) ....Vladimir Horowitz in a Plano- forte Solo. Chanson
Villageoise
(A Village Song) Op. 62, No. (David Pop- per)....Pablo Casals.
Apres un Reve (Gabriel Faurc)
Violincello with Piano.
7.30 p.m.-LONDON-The News. 8.00 p.m.-Local Time Bignal, Weather
Report and Announcements.
Winning
CONTRACT
(By The Four Aces)
David Bruce Burnstone, Merwin D. Maler, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schen- ken.
World's leading Team-of-Four, Inventors of the system that has beaten every other system in existence.
Extravaganza : "Playing
The Game
leigh)....Paul Robeson with Plano Accomp. by Lawrence Brown, Go Down, Moses (Burleigh)
Paul Robeson accomp. by Law- rence Brown.
News Bum.
9.16 p.m.- LONDON Great
"Some 8.03 p.m.- STUDIO
Authors"-2: 8wift. The second of a Series of Talks by Father Ryan, S.J.
8.30 p.m.-Dannis Noble-Baritone.
(Francis Airlle); The Trumpeter
Stephen
-
Nirvana (Weatherley Adams) .... with Plano Accom- paniment by Gerald Moore. 8.40 p.m.-Barnabas Von Goczy and
His Orchestra.
Paul Lincke Medley; Adun (Oll- vleri); Black Orchids (Richartz); Bavarian Wedding (Waltz in Folk Style) (Josef Blxner); Gee-Up (Polka) (Josef Rixner); The Lam- beth Walk (From "Me & My Girl" Noel Gay); The Donkey Serenade (Film "Firefly"-Friml-Stothart). 9.05 p.m.-Negro Spirituels.
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen (Traditional)....Louis Arm- Murray the Lyn strong with Quartet.
(a) I Stood on de Ribber; (b) Peler, Go Ring dem Bells (arr. Bur-
mary.
19.30 p.m. - BILLY RUSSELL — "On Behalf of the Working Classes". 9.45 p.m. The B.B.C. Dance Orchestra
directed by Henry Hall. Paso-Doble-Le Touquet. Fox-Trot - The Merry-Go-Round
Broke Down.
Slow Fox-Trots-Every Minute of the Hour; Here Comes the Bride. Comedy Novelty-A Feather in Her Tyrolean Hat....Sung by Annette Mills. Comedy Waltz The Travelling
Salesman.
-
Slow Fox-Trot-Rusty & Dusty (Adventures of Rusty & Dusty Brown).
. Novelty Fox-Trot-The Fairy on the
Christmas Tree.
10.10 p.m.-B.B.C. Recording-"Play- Ing the Game". A Farcical Extra- vaganza
L. du Garde Peach. by
Produced Music by George Baker. by Charles Brewer. 11.00 p.m.-CLOSE DOWN.
VERY RESOURCEFUL
Robert McPherran of Philadelphia | there were eight diamonds outstanding This being the and only six clubs. recently found himself in a very per- plexing situation. Holding the South case, I stood a far better chance of finding three or more diamonds in my hand, he opened the bidding with a
If club, only to be informed that it was partner's hand rather than clubs,
in clubs, I the East had dealt
I had played the hand not his bid as cards. Mr. McPherṛan having made would have been set in as much as the suit did not break. But with dia- a bid out of turn, the penalty of com- pletely shutting his partner out of the monds trumps, I was fortunate enough to find West long in both suits so that bidding was exacted. Mr. McPherran
the bad club break actually did not thereupon came forth with the startl- ing bid of six diamonds, which West matter." promptly doubled!
Bast, Dealer
Nolthor side vulnerable
Q 9 6 5 ♡ QJ 84
*
You were Oswald Jacoby's partner in yesterday's question and held:
AK 2
♡ AJ 10 x x
◇ x x
The bidding:
0 8 7 7
€ 8
AK 84 ♡ K 7 3 0J65
J 10 7 8
XXX
W
A 10 9 8
52
You
Schenken
◊ 10 4 B
10 (7)
Pass
Jaceky INT
Major Pass
SAIGON LEAVE FOR MACAO
They
The Saigon Football team left for Macao this morning. to play a game there this afternoon. expect to return to-morrow.
the On Friday they will be guests of the Chinese Athletic Federation at an informal dinner.
CLUB HOCKEY TEAM
CHAMPS WIN
In a friendly match at the bowling alleys yesterday, the Champs beat U.S.S. Ashe- ville by 438.
Dick Venezia.. Ernie Hearther Doc Molthen Gene Faggiano
Total
THE CHAMPS
U.S.5.
W. J. Balaski L. S. Pawloski C. G. Cunning M. O. Gray
Total
180 156 188 194 175 893 127 200 153 179 149 808 173 185 128 169 143 768 124 142 143 143 149 703 .3.172 ASHEVILLE
141 191 183 120 147 782 156 157 135 146 110 704 121 131 122 149 105 628 135 119 131 126 109 620 2,734
dan, Wakefield; Smits, McLellan, Colledge; Kong Corner, Stone, Hong
Pennington, Coombe, Bald- on win.
Following will represent Hockey Club against Rajputana Rifles the Club ground to-day at 5 p.m.-V, M, Benwell; V. C. Bond and E. V. Reed; N. B. Whitley, W. A. Reed and R. A. Bates: 8. A. Fowler, D. 8. Carey, G. E. Divett, T. D. Whitley and B. 1. Bickford.
Y.M.C.A. TEAMS
BATURDAY
Firsts (v. Kumaon) Marina, 4.15 p.m.- Benwell; Jordan, Yourieff: Kempton, Pen- ❘nington, Waldron; Smith, A. N. Other, Tay-
lor, Gilchrist, Bates.
Seconds (v. Rajputana Rifles) Shamshui- The following will represent Y.M.C.A. at po. 4.15 p.m.-Cleggett; Killeen, Tomlinson. hockey this week:
Mackenzie, Coombe, Grant; Macey, Dor To-morrow, v. H.K.S.R.A.:-Benwell; Jor mer, Wakefield, Blone, Banks,
HIGH CARE VALLICS
AKQ98
A X 10 9 764 Mr. Merbarran
West opened the King of spades, then shifted to
Mr. trump. A McPherran drew two rounds of trumps, then establish- ed his club sult by POULACES SYSTÉM - playing the Ace-King and ruffing a club in dummy. He then spread his hand and claimed the contract.
ACC..
3 KING 2 QUEEN 1 JACK
ANSWER: Your correct bid is to pass. The hand offers no game possi- bilities, and with 5-8-3-2 distribution there is little point in rebidding your suit.
Score 100% for pass, 40% for two hearts, 0 for any other bid. QUESTION NO. 883
Merwin Maler is your partner to- day and you hold:
K Q J. 10 X KI I X
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The bidding: You Pass
Pass
What do you bid? (Answer tomorrow.) •,
10
the
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"Ot course, your Slam bid was a pretty good gamble," we said to him, "but why did" you bid it in diamonds rather than clubs?"
Mr. McPherran replied, "You see, | Ino.)