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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1932,
CONTRACT BRIDGE
By W. E. McKenney
While studying an Interesting hand the other day, one of the boys dropped in and said, "Mac, in every hand you write about the declarer makes a nice play to make his con- tract. Don't these experts ever make a mistake?" Se, foliowing is a çal calamity hand that happened In tournament play.
410-7-5-4
10-3 +Q-7-5
*A-4-3-2
NORTH
▲A.Q-8-
2
WEST
9-7-6- 5.4 Dealer
+9.5.2 SOUTH 9
AK-9-6
WK-3-3
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8-4
| 4K-J-10
J.3 VA-Q-2
•A-J-3
*Q-8-7-6-5
The Bidding.
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WEEK-END MOTOR
ACCIDENTS
KOWLOON MOTOR BUS WRECKED
int
A public touring саг and a Kowloon motor serious accidents which occurred
bus figured in the New Torritories yesterday. Five people are now in the Kow- loon Ilospital as a result of the accidents and the condition two is reported to be serious,
of
Half way between Sheung Sho Wan and the Taipo Road, a Kow- toon motor bus lies with its wheels in the air, the result of ita dri- vor's violent awerve to avoid a small boy who was crossing the
road.
The bus which was carrying 10 passengers was going from Yuen Long to the Mongkok Ferry wharf, Rounding a bend the driver. saw a small boy on the road ahead. The adhesitated, ran to the left and then doubled back.
The driver applied both brakea and swerved to the right. An earth coolle sitting on the side of the road was taken too much by surprise to get out of the way and the front wheels passed over. him.
Completely out of control, the bus went over an embankment and North and South were vulner-omersaulted before coming to a able and South opened the bidding standstill. with one No Trump. This suited West and he passed. North and East also passed.
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The Play.
All the passengers wore found quickly forthcoming and many to be injured. First aid Was
were allowed to go to their homes. The earth coolle is in a serious internal injuries, a broken leg and condition, suffering from probable severe shock.
The driver and a small boy sus-"
Car Hits Tree
The better player will usually advise against opening away from a king at No Trump, but there is only one thing for the West player totained slight concussion and their do-open a amall diamond from the condition is not serious. king. The four of diamonds was led, which the declarer allowed to ride to his jack. A small club was then led by declarer, West played the ten and dummy won the trick with the ace and returned the deuce of clubs from dummy, East discarding the four of hearts, dis- couraging a heart lead. The de- clarer played the six of clubs and West won the trick with the jack.
Three people were seriously In- Jured and five others received rainor injurios when a public car owned by the Blue Taxicab Com- pany crashed into a tree near Au Tau yesterday afternoon. .. Kwan Shung-sin was thrown from the car and sustained a frac- Lured spine. Othera injured in- clude Kwan Wai-lin, fractured leg and shock; Li Sze, 29, fractured wrist and shock.
The driver of the car 'escaped without a scratch.
The car was badly damaged.
TROTSKY IN ITALY.
Weat now decided to try his spade suit and led the nine. A small spade was played from dum- my, East won the trick with the ace, declarer playing the three. The deuce of spades was returned by East, declarer playing the jack. West won the trick with the king and returned the six of spades. Th seven was played from dummy, East won the trick with the eight, and South discarded the deuce of hearts. The queen of spades was returned by East and here is where South made his serious mistake- lie discarded the queen of hearts insisting of two burly Czecho-Slova stead of a small diamond. West discarded the eight of diamonds and dummy played the ten spades.
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GOVERNMENT PERMITS HIS LANDING FOR TRIP
London, Nov. 20. Surrounded by a bodyguard con-
klans, one Italian policeman, his Czecho-Slovakian secretary and an- American friend, Leon Trotsky and his wife, who are on route to Copenhagen, landed furtively in Naples for an excursion to Sorrento from the steamer Praga.
the the
The nine of diamonds was now returned by East and declarer made his second serious mistake When the ship had moored he played the three spot from police drew a cordon round. his own hand. West won the trick gangway to prevent unauthorised with the king of diamonds and then persons from approaching, while an led the king of hearts, dummy play-officer went aboard and formally notified Trotsky of the Govern- ment's permission for him to land.
and
M. Trotsky pulled his hat well over his face and glanced appro- hensively at the spectators while ho made a dash for a motor car drove off with his escort.
His passport bears the name of Leon Sedof-Our Own Correspon- dent.
ed the three, Enst the five, and the declarer won the trick with the ace, The declarer should now cash his ace of diamonds, but instead he played the seven of clubs in an endeavour to set his clubs and keep the ace of diamonds us an entry. West won the trick with the king, dummy played the three and East discarded the six of din- monds. West now led his jack of hearts and followed with the eight SENSATIONAL ARREST.
of hearts, which East overtook with the nine and cashed the last trick with the seven of hearts-the de- clarer's ace of diamonds going to sleep.
at one
Declarer took only three tricks, going down four tricks vulnerable No Trump contract, thereby receiving a minus 700 score. The good points of the hand were West lending the nine of spades instead of the six and Enst discarding the four of hearts, show ine West that he did not want hearts led..
SALESMAN SAM
ESTONIAN INDUSTRIALISTS IN BUSINESS TROUBLE
London, Nov. 20,
A sensation has been caused in Tallinn, Estonia, by the arrest of two Estonian Industrialists who control the majority of the shares in the textile industry in the Baltic States.
The charges that brought against them have not yet aro to be been published. Our Own Corres pondent.
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