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TELEGRAI'II. THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1932.
CONTRACT AMATEUR DRAMATICS,
BRIDGE.
By W. E. McKenney,
Secretary, American Bridge League,
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ENTERTAINING EVENING BY
ST. ANDREW'S CLUB.
In past years the St. Andrew's Club has set a high standard in its perlodical amateur. dramatic efforts, and that standard has not been lowered as a result of this year's productions, which were played at the Church Hall last night. Selecting three short plays Without a doubt the greatest of which comedy was the keynote thrill in contract bridge is the bid and which proved well within their ding and making a grand slam. capabilities, the Club scored an and kept the Slam bidding fascinates the play impressive success er who is hrat introduced to con- large crowd well entertained.
"Wurzel-Flummery," the main tract and only too often to
Games and rubbers are attraction, was a typical A: A. Borrow. repentedly sacrified on the altar
Milno two-net comedy rippling slam bidding.
with witty dialogue and brimful of situations. Many systems have been devin-clever and humorous ed tor alam bidding. The showing system was in vague for quite some time but lately it has | been losing some of its popularity, Our readers, however, anould be
tamiliar with come thoroughly
it 181 that when nvo-showing so used against them, they will not become contused.
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While the system is generally termed "ace-showing," it could bo bester termed "showing no losera" as ander tas system void suits The ace- are as well as aces.
in a convention showing system
that as MOONI which proviuen both partners have agreed on the same declaration, all subsequent tus in other suits are made only to show that you can win the first round of that suit-elther the nee or by ruthing.
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The action began right from the start when Sidney Edgar and N. V. Halward, playing two friendly but rival politicians. were burdened with £50,000 and the title name, and jogged along merrily to a satis factory curtain.
S. A. Sweet; a popular performer on concert platforms and amateur dramatic stages, added grently to the fun in the part of Denis Cir tos, and Winifred Itobinson and Maud White, As the politician's Re. doughters were suitably cast. ginald Woolley made the most of a small part.
were
The other two offerings short sketches by Ronald Jeans on more farcical lines, which kept the audience in continuous merriment. Raperi Baldwin, Bessie Hirst, Pat White and Irene Gittins were the fun-makers of "The Old Lady Dick Shows Her Muddles" and
Variety was added in the evening by several ausiest items and selection of gramophone recorda during the interval. Miss F. Wat- ker pleased with a bracket of papu- jar songs. And Ronnie True, as usual, kept the audience entertain- ed with his inimitable pianoforte.
The fact that you and your part-Wong, John Baldwin and Reghald ner have agreed on the same suit Woolley played "Not Lost" to good does not necessarily mean that effect. you must stort in and show aces and avoid suits. It is only when you believe there is a good chance for a slum that ace-showing is used. Ace-showing should not be used until either you or your part- ner has made demand bid. 1f your partner makes an original forcing salt bid and you support h.s declaration, a shift now lo an- other suit denotes that the first MOSCOW TRIAL ENDS. trick in that suit can be taken and i
contains values that the hand which paint to slam possibilities.
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TWO ACCUSED SENTENCED TO DEATH.
Moscow, Apr. 6. e. g., South bids two spades, West
Judas Stern and Vaslev,
11 passes and you, sitting in the North position, raise partner to trial here, have been condemned to death for wounding M. Twar- three spades. If your partner were doma of the Corman, Embassy. now to bid
diamonds, he
-Reuler. would say that the first diamond trick can be won by him-elther
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The case opened recently, and was remarkable for i sister giv-
with the ace or he was void of dia- ing evidence against her brother." mords--and that the hand had they brother was always hostile appearance of a possible slam.
to the Soviet," declared Kocasina He would also inform you imme-Stern, In giving evidence against diately that he did not have con- Judas Stern, on trial for his life. trol of the club suit because if he Stern pleaded guilty before the held no clubs or the age of clubs, Supreme Court to a "terroristic net" in attempting to kill M. Twardowski, the Counsellor of the German Embassy.
his shift would have been to four
clubs rather than to four dia monds, therefore unless you con: trol the clubs, you immediately know that, there can be no slam made unless, of course.
partnering system is being used. he would happens to hold a singleton club say that he could win the first
or the king and ane and clubs are open.
trick of that suit. But supposing he also holds a good biddable spade suit,
Showing of void suits is also
South now hids four spades. If done when the opponents enter the contracting. Supposing partner he were to bid three spades, this bid two spades, West bid three dia- would be ace-showing, but as he monds, and you bid four diamonds, has bid one more than necessary, You inform partner of three im-he informs partner that he has a portant factors regarding your hand:
1. You tell him that you have no losers in the opponents' suit.
2. You have normal support for his suit.
3. There are strong slam pos. sibilities to your hand, and you and show request him to start nces.
With two-nuit hands, it is nec essary in making the shift demand one more than necessary to In- are not form partner that you showing nces; e. g., South opens
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