THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1933,
CONTRACT BRIDGE
By W. E. McKenney Stoppers in every euit often induce players to try for same at no trump on apparently weak. hands. Then, after the hand is. played, they will ask what is the
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Of course you will explain that a game contract should not have been reached," and then they will boastfully reply, "Well, we made a game.
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the turn. It was glorious. Skim- ming like a bit of thistledorn, Dancing on a breath of wind.
Across the stage, then back" again, this time progressing slow. ly, Hands crossing in front, hend bent just a bit, feet flying She had it down pat!. Tum-tum ti-tum! Tum-tum ti-tum!
Now a run up the stage, à few steps around Roscoe, who beamed as she skimmed past him, his baton flicking in approval. She darted toward him, whisked away coquetishly as Bill had taught her,
The saxophone droned a fow bars unaided and, shielded by Roscoe's bulk, Phil winked at her. Roscoe nodded emiling. It was all in the act, of course, but Sheila knew he was pleased. Shella, too, was pleased. This was like old times again. Darting, shuffling
The fact that you make a game does not always justify your bid- ding. It is far better to fail to bid for game on some hands, even though they will produce game in the play, than it is to deceive your partner with your bids. You must also expect to bid some encorer hands for game that will fail to suddenly the dance was ended. There was a tornado, of ap "Mar. 20 produce game, but on the averace.
Apr. 3 you will gain far more points with plause and Sheila bowed quickly, Apr. 12 confident partnership bidding than disappearing. Then, waiting for Apr. 24 with the speculative type of bid-Roscoe's nod, she reappeared. A Mayding."
bow. Roscos beckoning her. She May 2
For example, in the following fluttered toward him on her toes, June 7 June 18 hand every card lics right, and the smiling, bowing. They advanced
game at no
toward the footlights, bowed to Jug, 4 declarer makes o
trump.
the house, to each other, her finger tip in his moist, fat palm.
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The bidding, when the hand came up in a tournament, was:
South and Weat passed. North is third hand.
Applause, loud, clamorous, in- sistent. It broke in sudden gusts, now here, now there, and rippled over the entire house. Another tornado as Sheila stood still. Was she going to dance an" encore? Bowing again, a low sweeping, skipping bow. Shella ran off to.. change for the next number. But not before she had seen the man in the front row who was still applauding vigorously...
Shella had seen him! There in correct evening attire, a strange sight in that cozy Httle neighbour hood house, sat Dick Stanley. He was alone.
(To be continued.)`
PARIS STRIKES
CIVIL SERVICE PROTEST AGAINST CUTS
Paris, Feb. 20. Paris was almost completely cut off from the outer world for two hours this morning, owing to protest strikes.
Having strength in both majors, a hand not strong enough to open with an original one, no trump bid (remember that a one no trump bid shows an especially good and) and a hand too strong to
Telephones and telegraphs were pass third hand, it is best to open with line weak "minor suit bid, temporarily cut off and transport therefore North bid one diamond., was stopped for 10 minutes accord- South, having every sait stopping to plan.but so for there have been brief and spasmodic strikes ed, bid one no trump. North, who was keeping all third hand bids only in various services and they
passed off very orderly, open, even with a very good hand, decided, that "hie must show his partner fair distribution and bid two no trumpa bald bid, but one that is generally considered forc- ing due to the fact that a one no trump response does not show any tricks.
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South now took the long gamble and bid three no trump, and we find the declarer in a game con- tract when the bidding should have been simply one diamond, South one no trump, all pass,
The Play
West opened the six of clubs. Dummy's king lost to East's acc, and East returned the four clubs, dummy winning with the
jack.
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A small heart was returned and South's queen Was won with West's acc. Not wishing to turn a club into South's tenace, he led back a heart.
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The ten was played from dum- my and East won with the king. He could not return a heart, as dummy had a tenace position, so ho led back his fourth best,, spade. West went right up with the king and dummy won with the ace,
Dummy returned.a small dia- mond and the declarer Ünessed
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the ten spot. West won with the king and led back the nine of spades, which the declarer won with the queen.
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He now cashed the queen of elubs, discarding dummy's losing eight of hearts. The diamonds broke and he had made his tract of three no trump,
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In order for him to make bis contract, it was necessary to find the king of spades and the jack of diamonds right, the diamond suit must break and East must hold only two clubs. If anyone of these conditions had been chang- ed, his contract would have been defeated.
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