1938-05-05 — Page 22

Chief Justice On St. John Ambulance Brigade

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 5, 1938.

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BRIDGE NOTES

Produk

'At The

By ELY CULBERTSON

Lack Of Tricks

Mr. Culbertson is conducting, WEST through this column, an examina-S.-Q 8 2 tion of bridge players. Rate your-H.-10 9 8 5 4 self by subtracting from 100 the D.-8 6 3 2 points for each wrong answer.

Question 34 appeared yesterday. It was:

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Question 34: Both sides vulner- able. Rubber bridge. You are South, second hand. East deals and bids one spade, Your holding is: 5-6 4 3. H.-7 2, D.-A K 10 7 5,]

C.-A 6 3.

What call do you make?

C.-7

EAST S.-A 6 4 2 H.-A K2 D.-10

C-Q J 9 4 3

SOUTH

S-J 9 7 5

H-Q J 3 D.—A Q 7 5 C.-A 10

The bidding:

East

1 club

South

West North

5

Double 1 heart 2 d'monds

2 hearts 2 no trump Pass 3 no trump Double Pass

Pass Pass

ZEK 640 k.c.'s.

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TRANSMISSION 1

Frequencies--

GBG 17.79 Mc/s (16.86 m.) GSO 15.18 Mc/a (19.78 m.) GSD 11.75 Mc/s (25.53 m.) GSB 9.51 mcʻs (81.55, m.)

Answer: You should pass. Your East's double was decidedly opti- three honour tricks do not begin to mistic. True, he had a very fair compensate for your lack of suff hand but West, his partner, by cient playing tricks at the two level. bidding directly over the take out You should not double one spade double, had shown a poor hand and since you are quite unprepared for inability "to stand" even one club G.M.T. partner to bid the other major suit, doubled. Also, East might have hearts, and an overcall by you of imagined that the opponents would 5.00 a.m. two diamonds may be severely pena-have a good diamond suit to run lised. (Two points demerit for off, which would embarrass him for any call other than a pass.)

TO-DAY'S QUESTIONS

Question 35: Both sides vulner- able. Opponents have 80 part

You are South, and hold: S.—K J 9 8 6, H.-Q 3, D.-K 7 5,

C.-8 6 2.

score.

East (your right hand opponent) deals and bids one spade.

discards: Speaking of optimism, South also did some pretty aggres- sive bidding.

own

Choice.' feature.

Big Ben. "Take

your

Piano Recital

By H. Ozorio From The Studio

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|5.45 a.m.-'World Affairs.' A talk by.

H. Wickham Steed. 6.00 a.m.The BBC Empire Orchestra. 6.35 a.m.-Talk by the Chief Engineer The News and Announce-

of the BBC. 6.50 a.m.

ments.

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TRANSMISSION 1

Frequencies—

GSJ 21.58 Mc/s (18.98 m) GSH 21.47 Mc/s (13.97 m.) GSG 17.79 Mc/s. (16.86 m.) GSO 15.18, Mc/s (19.76 m.)

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TRANSMISSION 3

Frequencies-

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"The

Gang

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Smasher (Episode 5). A radio serial adapted from the novel The Gang Smasher by Hugh Clevely.

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A weekly entertainment 4.30 p.m.-Operatic Excerpts.

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What's On At the Cinemas

AT THE ORIENTAL—“Merry-Go- in which gangster guns, swing music Round of 1938", with Bert Lehr, Micha, and underworld intrigue and a hectic Auer, and Alice Brady. The funniest romance are combined. and most entertaining picture of the

season.

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West opened the heart ten. East cashed the ace and king, and re- turned the deuce. Declarer won, dummy discarding a club, and ran four diamond tricks. East imme-

AT THE KING'S "Borneo.”—Mar- diately was in difficulty, as he had

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tin Johnson's last and greatest adven- to find three discards. Correctly reading declarer for the ace-10 of Pastures."

AT THE MAJESTIC "The Green ture film, taken but a few weeks before The most talked about his death in the world's most mysteri- clubs, East saw that he could not film for several years. Banned inous.island and bringing for the first shorten his

club suit too England and then permitted to be time to any camera" many fantastic What call do you make?

much, otherwise dummy's remain-shown, it has since passed the Censor scenes and strange new animals.

* * * in China and Hong Kong, ing four card club suit would be Question 36: Both sides vulner-established. East, therefore, let go

AT THE ALHAMBRA—“She's Got Everything", with Ann Sothern and able.

You are South. The bidding two spades and one club. Now, with with Allan Lane, Joan Woodbury and of an impoverished society and a coffee AT THE QUEEN'S "Night Spot", Gene Raymond. A gay romantic story proceeds:

the play in dummy, declarer led the Parkyakarkus. A fast moving drama millionaire. five of clubs. East split his honours. West

Declarer won with the ace, then led a low spade, and finessed against the queen. East won with the ace and hastily exited with his remain- ing spade. Declarer then led a 86, low club toward his own ten spot, and East made a fatal error. To prevent declarer's ten from winning, as East realised it would, he went up with the queen. It was an ex- pensive trick, since he then had to return a club from the 9-4 into dummy's tenace.

North East

South

1 heart Double Pass

You hold:

?

8.-K 10 9 75, H.-

C.-Q 9.4.

What call do you make?

TO-DAY'S HAND

East, dealer. Neither side vulnerable.

NORTH

S.-K 10

H.- 6

D.-K J 9.4 C.-K 8.65 2

Had East graciously permitted the club ten to win declarer 'would have had to present West with the last two tricks, namely, the high spade and a long heart.

It sometimes is very profitable Ito give up a sure trick.

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