ON
JACOBY "RIDGE
Signal Is Way To
Improve Came
NORTHI (D) 11
4A78
WEST
VKJ
Q10032
❤ADE
2003 53
+37
4KQJ072
SOUTH
AJD4
EAST
AKS
8833
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Q1087
AKQ
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North-South vul.
North East
Booth
West
14 Рока
1
24 Post
2 N.T.
3 N.T. Pass
Раз
Pass Poss Poss
Opening lead-3
By OSWALD JACOBY
THEN I properly used,
WHE
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kult-preference signal can be of great assistance to the defenders. In general, a player who wants to tise til igual plays a higher cart than necessary (when not trying to win a trick) to indicate strength in
high-ranking suit, and plays w low card to indicate strength "în a low suit. We can see one way for the signal to operate in today's hand,
Wost opens the three of spades. dummy plays low, and East wins with the king. East returns a low npade, South hopefully Anesres the nine, but West covers with the ten. if eclarer
Irick with takes this dummy's ace of spades, the de- fenders have no chance to alguns, It declarer refuse the Decond round at spades, however. West
should lead the mult again in sucki a way as to Indicate where his re.. entry happens to be.
In this case, West's miry 1 เก hearts, the higher ranking of the two red sulls. (It is obvious that declarer will promptly go after the cluba, and East will then have to gue whether to return a heart or a dmmand to allow Wert to run the rest of spaden.) To that his entry is in a West returns the queen of spades even though dummy has only the blink ace of spadeń left.
high
Indleate ut
East has no trouble in noticing that West Tian played a lilgher pade thon necessary. When Fast wine the ace of chibis, he will re- turn a heart, and Weiit will detzat the contract.
It East and West were nut jong thila Algral, Eaul would probably return a diamond after taking his ace of clubs. Then South would make his contract with five glutis, a spade, and three diamond tricks,
♥CARD Senses.
North
The bidding has been;
East Bonth West
iHeart 1 Spruce
1 Diamond Pa
2 Cluby
J'ana
You, South hold: Spades 7-9. Hearts A-Q-1-3. Datṇands. QQ-3-3-20 Clubs K-7-4. What do you do?
A-144 thres diamonds. With 11 points in high enrás, 1 point extra for the queen of your partner's bid sút and I paint for the doubleton, you can well afford to show a sign of strength. Bince your distribution
is balanced you avoid going past the level of three no-trump.
TODAY'S QUESTION
The bidding is the name as in the
question Juint answered. South, hold; Spadea 7-9, Hearti A-Q-7-3, Q-0-3-2. What do you d67
Answer Tomorrow
CROSSWORD
THE DUFFLE TWINS
THE "CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1958.
YOUR BIRTHDAY..... By STELLA
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11-
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enorgies just to prove
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pending sume-
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12
SCORPIO (Ort 21-Nov. 22)- It does n.borly good to have Hobby. It les down tensions and Klves you a chance to relax,
HAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec, 22)
Wisum
There may be a surpris, enting-a pleasant one, Tho vili you work tay instigate it.
CAPRICORN Wer, 23stan, 201 You might plan to visit relatives
DUMB-BELLS
DO YOU
RETIRE
A LOAN
NO!
1 SLEEP WITH AUNT EMMA
BANK
this evening. The old folk" will appreciate a call.
by DODD
BY THE WAY
By Beachcomber Mceived yesterday from
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declaration.
Mim
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ANIES
21-Apr.
20 secret
Keep ung confidences which been given you. To let a rip nut could prove disastrous,
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note than you anticipate.
22-June GEMINT May
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ni important decisions.
CANCER (June 22-July 23)-
awkward meldent occurred in
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want,
LTURA
willaz kamething you think You
into a dustbe when Stanley Tulee. 43, of Whitstable, tried to blow out the 34 candles on his grandmother's tiklay cake. The fire brigade was summoned, but, in error, they turned their hopes on the candles, which were quickly put out. The cake was destroyed.
She tried everything once
WOMANSENSE
"LA FRONDE”
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