5.6
MUTT AND JEFF
AND I WON'T GIVE
YOU A CENT MORE THAN SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS!
AND I WON'T GIVE YOU MORE THAN SEVEN HUNDRED PUNCHES ON THE NOSE!
WHAT DID YOU
DO, JEFF?
BUY THAT TAXI?
NO! I RODE
IN IT FROM - SAN FRANCISCO
TO NEW YORK!
BOY, THAT'S A LONG EXPENSIVE
TRIP!
THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 18, 1940
AND THE WORST OF IT WAS
By BUD FISHER
I DIDN'T DISCOVER
IT WAS A GYPCAB
UNTIL WE GOT
PAST CHICAGO!
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Fourth Of "Toast”
Series On Naval Occasions
Today's Wireless
6.00 p.m.Bizet's "Carmen" Act ́I.}.
Singers in order of appearance: Ines Alfrani Tellini; Astrid Baracchi; Aureliano Pertile; Bruno Carmassi; Aurora Buades and Chorus of La Scala, Miland, with the Milan Sym- phony Orchestra conducted by Lo- renzo Molajoli.
6.58 p.m.-Closing Local. Stock Quota-
tions.
Korjus 7.00 p.m.-MIliza
(Soprano) and Marek Weber & His Orchestra. The Czarina (Ganne); Czardas from "The Spirit of the Voyevode" (Grossmann). ..Marek Weber & His. Orchestra, Oriental Prayer (Lakme-Delibes) ....Miliza Korjus (Soprano) with Orchestra & Chorus.
"Tosca" Selection (Puccini)... .Ma-
ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s) and 31.49 M. - 9.52 Megacycles
with
rek Weber & His Orchestra. Bell Song ('Lakme-Delibes).
Miliza Jorjus (Soprano) Orchestra, Songs Without Words-Potpourri.......... Marek Weber & His Orchestra. 7.30 p.m.-London Relay-The News. 8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather
Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.-A Light Orchestral Concert. 8.32 p.m.-The Band of His Majesty's
Royal Marines, Plymouth-Division........ Quick Marches-On The Quarter Deck (Alford); H.M. Jollies (Al- ford).
Winning
CONTRACT
(By The Four Aces)
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.
Ceremonial March-By Land and
Sea (Alford).
Quick March-The Middy (Alford). 8.45 p.m.-Studio-The Toast" Series
on Naval Occasions No. 4.
8.57 p.m. A Varlety Programme.
"Carmen" Act |
And
'Cards On The Table'
9.15 p.m.-London Relay-News Sum-
mary.
9.30 p.m.-London Relay-"Cards
the Table".
on
9.45 p.m.-Dance Music. 10.30 p.m.-Musical Comedy Selections
Excerpts from the Revue
The Sharp"
Little Company.
11.00 p.m.-CLOSE DOWN.
"Ninz Theatre
CROWDS RUSH STADIUM; SEE EASTERN BEATEN
Singapore, June 10.
A CROWD OF OVER 20,000 about 1,500 of whom had not paid for admission-saw a combined Singapore eleven beat the Eastern Athletic Association by two goals to one in a poor soccer match at Anson Road Stadium yesterday.
of the Easterners who gave themselves-- / The victory was a conspicuous one. Take a look at the team and you will and were given by the Singapore defence- little time to beguile Webber or beat him see why. The stalwarts of Singapore with tricky shots. are missing-Abdul Rahman, Yalıya,
The goal the Easterner. got came from a Aziz, Butler and Smith, of the Royal penalty, and Chang Kam-hol, top goal-get- mention a few, ter for the 'side, 'added another to his belt Air Force, just to These either could not get into the sta- with a shot which beat Webber all the way. The visitors played a moody game. They dium to play because they could not
owing to the terrific began brilliantly. Then Singapore, against gain entrance Scheuer of Boston, illustrates a fine just like all the other West players. crowd which had to be shut out, or every expectation, scored, and there was a defensive play by Frank K. Perkins, | But at this point he foresaw the full had been unable to accept the invita-perceptible change in the attack of the.
CLEVER DEFENCE
To-day's hand, submitted by Jerome the clubs. and won the first heart lead,
well-known Bridge. authority, in a possibilities of the hand and hence re- recent Duplicate game.
West, Dealer
Both sides vulnerable
Mr. Perkins
A 9.6 5
VA 2 O A7 I
QJB 83.
A AJ. 3
♡ Q 7 4
◇ J 8 6 5
A 10 6 2
N
W
Mr. Scheuer મઢ 8 ટ ♡ 10 3
OQ 109..
AK 75
4
K 10.7 4
♡ K J 9. 8 6 5
K 3 2
The bidding:
West North
Paso
East Раве 14 8%
B♡
Pass Pass Радо Рави
turned a heart. If Declarer had hopped right up with the Queen of hearts, he could still have made the hand; but he carelessly played second-hand low, whereupon he was unable to get into dummy both to finesse the spade and to lead and ruff a club. Hence, he was down one.
*
Yesterday you were Merwin Maier's partner; both sides were vulnerable, you had 40 on score and held:
A QIX
X X
You .. Jacoby
The bidding: Bchonken
South 1♡
At several tables four hearts was made in the following manner: The Queen of clubs was opened. Declaror |
ruffed and led a low heart. West played the Ace of hearts and led another club. De- clarer ruffed, played
HIGH BARS VALUES
FOUS-ACES SYSTEM-
ACE KING.. QUEEN 1 JACK...!
Pass
Maler
Pass 10 Pass 1A
(?) ANSWER: Bid three spades. This is a Slam invitation inasmuch as two spades is sufficient for game. Your partner is under no compulsion to bid again.
Score 100% for three spades, 50% for two spades (no reason to make any other bid.).
QUESTION NO. 489 Howard Schenken is your partner,
another Heart to both sides are vulnerable, you have 40 dummy's Queen, on score and hold:
cashed the Ace of
spades, successfully finessed for East's
Queen, · discarded
dummy's third club on his own fourth spade and led a low diamond, ducking in dummy and throwing East in with
K JIXI V KII OK Q
· The bidding:
the nine. Then if East led a club ter
Pass Pass.
Schankan Burnsions
Pase Pass What do you bid?” (Answer tomorrow≫
South was able to discard a diamond from his own hand and trump în dum- my; if East led a diamond, Declarer ducked and made a trick in that suit.
Mr. Perkins opened the Queen of Inc.)
(Released By The Bell Syndicate
tion to play.
and · rushed over
.'
Chinese.
then Singapore scored again and from on until the half, the visitors were ragged. with only three men keeping up the morale two centrehalf and the of the side, the backs who just could not afford to slump.
The second half was a similar tale of the Easterners pulling up their socks at perio- dic intervals. They, were clearly, tried by the play of their opponents.
TOURISTS OPEN BRILLIANTLY Singapore won against a team which opened with a dazzling display of football which threatened to overwhelm them just as the crowd overwhelmed stadium keep- ers, turnstiles and police constables just before the match began barriers to storm on to the field to get front grass seat positions for nothing.
Their penalty nuccess saw them resume The reason why Singapore won was he-play with renewed vigour and some inspira- cause they were opportunists, hung on grim- tion, but Bowley and Collins and 1y to their two goals, the scoring of which Webber nullified every attempt they took the vim completely out of the play of to get the equalizer. the Easterners, and then fought strenuous- The visitors scored once through ly in the second half when the visitors de Ching-to, but, he was off-side. They got a cided that they had to do something.aboutcouple of free kicks but were unable to getting goals.
+
lastly
made
Hau
turn" these into goals. The Singapore net, however, had a few narrow escapes, and it was on these occasions that one muttered, "Luck's. with Singapore,"
Wu Chi
it was when they stormed the Singapore goal, dangerously that the Easterners were beaten by one man-Webber who reached
Easter A.A.-Lau Hin Hop; great heights (literally and metaphorical- ly speaking) by bringing off some magni- | Chiang and Lee Kwok Wan: Chi Kam Hung, ficent saves.
Hau Keng Cheng, and Lo Wai Kuen; Ching There was no fuking about his saves. He Mung Sum, Chang Kam Hol, Hsu Ven Kwel, was aided in a way by the desperate play Cho Chow Ting and Hau Ching To.
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