MUTT AND JEFF
THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 23, 1940.
By BUD FISHER
YOU SPELLED DUMBBELLS WRONG! IT'S SPELLED WITH
TWO Bs.
THAT KID
FRANKIE WHO
ALWAYS COPIES from that dopey
MY LESSONS
DROPPED THAT NOTE! I THINK HIS FATHER WROTE IT!
Mutt kid. Him and his old man is just plain dumbells!
Son:- Keeps away
I'LL FIND OUT QUICK!
NOTE?
DON'T GET SOWELL,COME ON, DID YOU WRITE:THAT] EXCITED, SIR!
WAIT, I'LL GET MY SPECTACLES SOI CAN SEE
(T!
DID YOU WRITE IT?
YES, I WROTE IT! WHY?
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Fely
Morales
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David Bruce Burnstone, Merwin D. Maier, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schen- ken
World's leading Team-of-Four, Inventors of the system that has beaten every other system in existence.
TOO VALIANT
been set. two or three
A certain well-known expert once | Actually, it would probably have made
that the startling assertion against some players he would some- times refrain from bidding what he felt to be a sure game in order to acquire a partial score. He would of course do this only against certain specifled opponents and when both sides were vulnerable. His claim was that some players were overvaliant in defending against a part score. Thus, if the cards ran slightly in his favour, he would garner some sizeable penal- ties and frequently wind up with a tremendous rubber.
We cannot agree with this expert's contention, and would never under any conditions pass up a chance to win the rubber; but we do admit that some players seem to get a panicky feeling that their opponents can always make whatever contract they bid. Here is
a typical example:
Bast, Dealer
Both sides vulnerablo
East-West 80 on soore
A 10
V 9 8 7 8
◊ 6 5 4
♣ Q J 10 78
A A 958
♡ AJ 64 O AT
KIB
Q 7 6 8
10 8 2 ◊ J 8
A964
W E
A KJ84 ♡ K OK Q 10 98#
5
The bidding:
Blast
South
1NT
20
West Равв
2♡
BO
SV
North Pass P085
P888
BAL
Dbl.
40
Dbl.
Ранв
Pass
Pass
South was in reasonable bounds in bidding up to three diamonds. How- ever, when East and West contracted for three hearts, South ́should have realized he had reached his limit and any further 'bid AGE..... 3
would be doubled. A KING QUEEN [glance at the East-and
HESH GARE VALUES that
OF THE FOUR-ACES SYETEN
JACK.
tricks.
South's last desperate bid was fatal. His opponents doubled three spades four-diamond rescue and then the bid. There was not much to play. At his first opportunity East drew two rounds of trumps so that South had to lose two spade tricks and one trick in each of the three other suits for a com- pletely unnecessary 500-point penalty.
*
Yesterday, with both sides vulner- Schenken's able, you were Howard partner and held:
A
❤K Q XXX OK I I AKXXX
The bidding: Barnstone You Jacoby Schenken 1课: 1♡ Pass 2♡ Pass (7)
ANSWER: Your correct rebid is four hearts, At worst you should have a good play for this game contract.
Score 100% for four hearts, 40% -for-three hearts, 0 for any other bid.
QUESTION NO. 417
David Bruce Burnstone is your part ner to-day and you hold:
AXI x
You
The bidding:
Maler Marmetume
Pass
Jacoby Pass
What do you bid? (Answer tomorrow.)
West hand will reveal that three hearts can- not be made even if played double-dummy, Inf)
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