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CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 17, 1937.

Beethoven's Eroica Symphony: Conducted By Albert Coates

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140 pm Arthur Schnabel at the

Piano.

Rondo In C Major, Op. 51, No. 1

(Beethoven).

Fur Elise (Beethoven).

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1.49 pm-Orchestral and Lily Pons

(Soprano)

2.15 p.m. Close down.

4-7 pan-Chinese Programmę.

p.m.-Dance Music.

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Lily Pons. Arthur Schnabel:

Light Orchestral

Mills's Training Quarters at Ascot

Three Cornered Hat (de 11.05 The Wessex Players. Falls)-The Miller's Dance". $1145

Cecital of Schumann's Symphony Orchestra conduct- Songs.

ed by Walter Goehr Poupee Valsante (Poklini).

Orchestre Raymonde.

12:00 pm.

Christmas is. Coming! 12.30 pm-Henry Hall and his Dance

Orchestra

Concert Waltz Joyousness (Haydn 115 pm. Quarterly Technical Talk

Wood). Light Symphony Orches

The News and Announce- tra conducted by Whe omposer

Greenwich Time Signal yat- Quarterly

(Tenor) & E. O'Neil Shaw at the 9.15 pm-London Rel

Piane.

9 pm-Light Orchestral, ·

Nights At The Ballet, No. 3

Spectre of the Rose (Weber)-In-

vitation to the Waltz.

Prince Igor (Borodin) Polovtsian

Dances.

Petrouchka (Stravinsky) Danse

Russe (Violin solo-Antonio Bro

By ELY CULBERTSON

The Hazards Of No-Trumps

The spirit of adventure, withoutyed. If he was doubled, he could go which bridge would lose most of its back to Spades.

savour, is seen at its best when there Here it was only game that was are no trumps. For the sake of snatched, but in one of the teams-of- making game with only nine tricks, four events of the American Bridge the declarer cuts himself off from the League's meeting at Asbury Park protection that even the most strag-last month a slam in No-Trumps was gling trump suit affords, and invites made, although one suit was entire- attack at his weakest point if the ly unprotected.. enemy can discover it in time.

It is this deliberate invocation of hazard that so often turns a hand of the lifeless 4-3-3-3 pattern into an exciting battlefield of wits. And occasionally No-Trumps is bid on the basis of a long-minor suit, to the confusion of adversaries who treat No-Trumps as synonymous with bal- anced distribution. There are more risks run, more victories cunningly or impudently snatched, and more disasters suffered at No-Trumps than at contracts of any other de-

nomination.

WEST Sx

xx

S

NORTH

S-AXI HA 10 x D-AQ xx CJ 10 9

DK 10 9 x x

K XXX

EAST SJ 10 x HXXX I D-Jxx

CQxx

SOUTH S-K Q XXXX HK Q J x Dx

South dealt and opened with One

I speak particularly of experts, for it is a mark of the expert to run risks open-eyed which the moderate Spade, and West bid Two Diamonds. Torth thought this was a psychic bid, player will timorously avoid Butt

and was

so fearful lest his side the expert will usually so manoeuvre as to reduce the risk. Take, for in- should be robbed of a slam that he stance, this deal from one of the straightway went Six No Trumps. rubber bridge matches which Mr. East led his lowest Diamond, and Howard Schenken and Mr. Michael North promptly made two Diamonds, six Spades, four Hearts, and his con- Gottlieb played in London.

tract

WEST

SJ x

H-J x x

Gottlieb

NORTH

S-A 10 9 8 x H-10 x

D-Q J

C-K JI.

DK 10 x x

€10 x x x

$--

EAST

S-Kxx H-AXXX D-A X X X

€ xx Schenkeu

SOUTH SQ XX H-K XX D-XXX C-A

North: 1 S

X X

2 $ 3 NT

Mr.

Sometimes, however, the boot is on the other leg. Here is a case where a psychic bid played havoc with a No-Trumps contract.

WEST

NORTH SK 9x H-AJXxX Dix C-AKQx

I X

XXX

D-AX

X X X

EAST SJ XX H-X

D-K Q J 9 xx

C22 10 x SOUTH

S—A⋅ 10 XX H-K 10 x D 10 8 7 x

C-xx.

North 1.H.

East

1 NT

South No

20 3 H

No

2 NT

*No

3 NT

Technical Talk 1

9.30 pan-London Relay The News 9.50 p.m. Frank Merrick (Piano).

Piano Sonata In C Minor, Op. 1,

3 (John Field). 10.02. p.m.-Maria Maller (Soprano).

Dreams (Wagner)

South: 2 D 2 NT 2 Both sides were vulnerable. Schenken's simple little ruse of bid-West ding Diamonds to inhibit a lead of No that suit worked. West led a small No Heart, which was taken by East's No Ace A Heart return was captured Dble

Al pass by dummy's Queen, and when East North-South only were vulnerable. again got the lead with his King of West led a small Spade, which was Spades, he led another Heart, North-taken by South's Ace South, think- South made four Spades, two Hearts ng that East's No-Trumps must and four Clubs -the contract and have been based on the guarded an over-trick while all the time Queen of Hearts and a solid Dia- East-West could have taken four mond suit, entered dummy with a Diamonds, the Ace of Hearts, and Club and played the Heart finesse the King of Spades.

through East West took the trick

It will be noticed that Four Spades with his Queen, led his Ace of Dia- cannot be made, since. East-West monds, and continued the suit. East must take four tricks against that thus made all his Diamonds, and the contract. It will also be noted that contract was defeated by three tricks the risk South ran was not unlimit- a penalty of 800%

In The Hothouse (Wagner)

Piano accomp by Ivor Newton. † 10.10 p.m.-Beethoven Symphony No: 3 In E Flat Major, Op. 55 (Eroica). Played by the Symphony Orchestra conducted by Albert Coates.

II p.m.--Close down.

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