THE
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salls FRIDAY, SEPT 14th.
for MANILA
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Summer Excursions to
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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
CONTRACT . BRIDGE
By W. E. McKenney
Solution to Previous Contract Problem
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1934.
BANKS.
THE CHARTERED BANK OF HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI
INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
BANKING CORPORATION.
Incorporated by Heyat Charter 1911.
KRAD OFFICE-LONDON.
Fald-up Capitel
While contract has gained rap- idly in popularity, a lot of auction bridge still is played throughouters lability of Proprietors.. the country. I feel that if overy | Reserve Fund auction player would take up can- tract and play three games of it,
he would never return to auction. ALON TAR ILOILO
The trouble with auction bridge
is that you may have a very
£3,000,000 3,000,000
| Autherleed Capful ....................... $50,000,000 Issued and Falty Fald-Up ... 10,000,000
Reserva Funda-
Sterling
| 3,400,000 Buver ***** $10,000,000 ·
8,000,209 Barry Liability of Proprietory".. $20,000,000
AUBNCIES AND DRANCHES1
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HRAD OFFICE:-HONGKONG
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Kobe
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Nov. 7
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Nov, 8
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Nov. 21
Nov. 23 Nov. 20 Dec. 4
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East
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wonderful partner-but you are the dealer, you bid a heart, and everybody passes. Your fine part- ner becomes the dummy. You! make a grand slam. There is not much thrill in that you simply! had all the cards.
In contract, however. you and your partner would have had to show some real partnership bid- ding to arrive at that alam con- tract.
The American Whist League, in Its recent All-American tourna ment In Chicago, conducted an auction team-of-four event which was won by Sir Derrick J. Wern- her of Deal, N. J., past president of the American Bridge Lengue, paired with Mrs. Anne Rosenfeld of Cleveland, and George Unger and Mrs. Helene Scranton of New York. To-day's is one of tho hands played in this match.
I have shown you how the hand would probably be bid at contract. In the actual match, Mrs. Rosenfeld was sitting in the South, and East bought the contract at hearts,
The Play
Mrs. Rosenfeld costed her ace und king of diamonds. Her part- ner played the nine and then the eight of diamonds. Of course, East followed with the jack and queen, which accounted for all out- standing diamonds.
Mrs. Rosenfeld next played the deuce of diamondsnot the ten, The six was played from dummy.
Lend of the deuce definitely asks. Mrs. Rosenfeld's partner to trump the trick-and when your partner makes such a request, you should not trump it low. Ruff it with a high card, as partner is probably trying to establish a trump trick.
If Mrs. Rosenfeld's partner had trumped with the six of hearts, East would have over-ruffed with
Today's Contract Problem
North blés six spades. I want you to look only at the West hand. Your partner has done no bidding and the alx spado comes around to you. Would you double?
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Hakusan Maru
Haruna Maru
"Cargo only.
.Sat., 29th Sept.
Tel. 30291.
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