1938-05-14 — Page 22

Comment On M.C.C. v. Australians

By Percy Fender

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 14, 1938.

Today's Wireless

12-12.20 p.m.-Relay of Service of Int tercession from St. John's Cathedral. 12.80 p.m.-Songs by Jan Kiepura

(Tenor).

12.40 p.m-London : Palladium Orches.

tra.

1 p.m.-Local Time Signal and Wea.

ther Report. 1.03 p.m. Patricia Rossborough

(Piano) & Reginald Foort (Organ) Serenade (Moussorgsky). Song Of Paradise (King).

Reginald Foort.

52nd. Street-Selection. China Doll Parade (Zamecnik).

ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c.'s

chestra with vocal refrain, by Den-| ny Dennis.

Waltz-Don't Forget The Old Folks

At Home.

Fox-Trot-So Many Memories.

Billy Thorburn & His Music, with vocal refrain. 6.30 p.m.-Sea Shanties & Choruses.

Tom Costello In Song Memories (McGlennon & Gilbert)......Tom Costello &. Chorus with Orchestra. (a) Fire Down Below; (b) Hullaba-

loo Balay (Harris).

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(n) Haul Away, Joe; (b) What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor (Arr. R. R. Terry). .John Goss (Baritone) and the Cathedral Male Voice Quartet.

Patricia Rossborough.. Hit Parade......Reginald Foort. Crazy Days-Selection. Crest Of The Wave-Selection.

Patricia Rossborough. "The King Steps Out" Medley 6.45

(Kreisler)

Reginald Foort. 1.40 p.m.-Murgatroyd & Winterbot. tom, Frances Day (Soprano) And Roy Fox & His Orchestra.

2.15 p.m.-Close down.

6 p.m.-Dance Music & Variety.

Tangos-Cabecita; La Ultima Cane

ción.....Heinz Huppertz and His

Orch.

Fox-Trots-Am I Blue? My Kinda Love....Dorsey Bros. & Their Or- chestra. vocal refrain by Bing Crosby.

I

Swing Music -- Ain't

Misbehavin':

Way Down Yonder In New Or leans... ..Max Abramis & His Rhythm Makers,

Fox-Trots There's A Gold Mine In The Sky: True Confession (From the Film)....Roy Fox & His Or-

BRIDGE. NOTES

p.m.-London Relay-Take Your Choice', A Weekly Entertainment Festure.

7.30 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-

tions.

7.32 p.m. Variety Programme.

Piano Solo-Parade Of The Sand- wich-Board Men (Billy Mayerl); Phil The Fluter's Ball (W. P. French-arr. B. Mayerl).. Mayerl, Vocalist: Billy Coomber.

8

8

neidge (Comedienne). Orchestra-Little

Heaven Of The

Mei Lan Fang In Chinese Play Over ZEK

GSD 11,75 Mc/s (25.53 m.) GSB 9.51 mc/a (31.55 m.) G.M.T.

Seven Seas; On Linger Longer 5.00 a.m.-Big Ben, "The Strange Story Island....Mario ("Harp") Lorenzi & His Rhythmics.

p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.

p.m.-12 midnight-Relay on 640 Ki- locycles - Mei Lan Fang from the Lee Theatre. A Relay Of A Chinese .Play.

8.03 p.m.-Albert Sandler & His Or

chestra.

Rosa Mia (Guizar, Fisher & Potter). The Fairies Gavotte (R. Kohn). Soliloquy (Alan Murray).

Gipsy Melody (Nelson & Knight). 8.15 p.m.-London Relay Cricket'--|

'M.C.C. v. The Australians'. A com- mentary during the first day's play

Mr.

of Louis de Rougemont.” 5.45 a.m. At the Black Dog.'

Wilkes at home in his own bar-par- lour,

6.15 a.m.-Sweet and Lovely." A mu-

sical presentation. 6.40 a.m.-London Log. 6.50. a.m. The News and Announce- ments.. Greenwich Time Signal at

7,00a.m.

7.15 a.m.-Close Down.

TRANSMISSION ♣

Frequencies

GSJ 21.58 Mc/s (18.98 m. GSH 21.47 Mc/s (18.97 m.) GSG 17.79 Mc/s. (16.86 m.) GSO 15.18 Mc/s (19.76 m.)

by P. G. H. Fender from Lord's Cric-10.45 a.m.-Big Ben. Take your Choice.' ket Ground, London..

8.30 p.m.-Musical Interlude

A weekly entertainment feature.

Vivian 11.30 a.m.-Recital by David Martin

(Canadian Violinist).

Ellis at the Piano. Let Me Play- By Vivian Ellis (In which the Com-11.50 a.m.-Sailor Songs. The B.B.C. poser introduces some, of his best Billy known tunes). Scott-8.35 p.m.--London

Log'.

Relay

Vocal-Rosalie (From the Film); 8.45 p.m.-Concert Waltzes.

London Is Saying Goodnight.

Gracie Fields accomp. by Fred Hartley and His Orch. Orchestra-Chinese Legend (Schu- lenburg); Majarska (Schulenburg) .Eugen Wolff. & His Orch. Humorous-My Wild Oat (From

'Aunt Sally). .Cicely Court-19

By ELY CULBERTSON

How Good Are You?

WEST

Mr. Culbertson is conducting, through this column, an examina- S.-8 6 4 2 tion of bridge players. Rate your-H.-—A 5 3 self by subtracting from 100, the D.-7, 6- points for each wrong answer.

Yesterday's question was: Question 39: You are West, de- clarer at a four spade contract. Opponents made no bid. Your

hand and dummy

WEST

S.—A K J 10 8 H.-5

are as follows:

EAST [dummy] S.-Q 7 3

EAST S.-Q 7 3 H.-K J 8 6 4 2 D.-8

C.-10 7 3 SOUTH

C.-K 8 5 2

S.-K 9 5

H.-10

D-A K J 10 5 4 3 2 C.-9

The bidding: North

HK 9 8 6 4 2

1 club

D.-A 10 7 4

D.-6

C-A 7 4

C-10 8 3

East South West Pass 3 diamonds Pass 3 no trump Pass 5 diamonds Pass 6 diamonds Pass Pass

Pass West opened the heart ace. East

North opens the diamond king. What_are_your_first_two_plays,_as signaled_with_the_eight, and a heart.

declarer?

was continued, declarer ruffing.

Men's Chorus. 12.15 p.m.--Cricket:

*London

M.C.C. V.

The

Australians. A commentary during the first day's play, by P. G. H. Fen- der. From Lord's Cricket Ground, London.

Rosenkavalier Waltzes (R. Strauss).)

Bruno Walter conducting the 12.30 p.m.-Musical Interlude. Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. 12.35 p.m.-London Log." Spring In Japan-Waltz (Tadasuke 12.45 p.m.-Rhythm Express.' Benny

Frankel and his Orchestra. Ohno). Blossom Dreams-Waltz (Kojo Ho 1.30 p.m.-The News and Announce-

ments. Orchestra Mascotte. Tsuki)

Greenwich Time Signal at p.m.-Studio — A

1.45 p.m. Talk on Local "Lawn Bowls" by C. B. Hosking. 1.57 p.m.-Close down. 9.10 p.m.-Songs.

TRANSMISSION 3

The Almond Tree (Schumann). The Mocking Fairy (Besly).

Elsie Suddaby (Soprano). Love's Old Sweet Song. O Lovely Night....Archibald Winter. O Peaceful England ("Merrie Eng-2

land"-German). Serenata (Braga).

Essie Ackland (Contralto). 9.30 p.m.-London Relay-The News. 9.50 p.m.-Relay of the Dance Orches- tra from the Grill Room of the Hong Kong Hotel.

12 midnight-Close down.

BROADCAST FROM DAVENTRY

TRANSMISSION 1

Frequencies——

GSG 17.79 Mc/s (16.86 m.) GSO 15.18 Mc/s (19.76 m.)

GSH 21.47 Mc/s (13.97 m.) GSG 17.79 Mc/s (16.86 m.) GSF 15.14 Mc/s (19.82 m.) Frequencies-s

1.57 p.m.-Opening, Announcements.

p.m.-Big Ben. At the Black Dog." Mr. Wilkes at home in his own bar- parlour.

2:30 p.m.-Orchestral Music.

2.40 p.m.-Eight Bells': World Cruise.

Port of call: Sydney, Australia. 3.40 p.m.-Pianoforte Recital by Do-

rothy Hesse.

4 p.m.The News and Announcements. Greenwich Time Signal at 4.15 p.m. 4.25 p.m-Dance Music. Billy Cotton

and his Band.

4.45 p.m.-Cricket: M.C.C. V. The Australians. A commentary - during the first day's play, by P. G. H. Fen- der. From Lord's Cricket Ground..

London.

5 p.m.-Close down

What's On__At_the_Cinemas

A AT THE ALHAMBRA—“Bulldog

Answer: You should win with Now, blinded by the length and AT THE ORIENTAL"Make the diamond ace and lead your strength of his own trump suit, Wish."-An outstanding cast of fav-1 Drummond's Peril", with John Barry- singleton heart. It would be futile declarer hastened to draw the out his latest starring picture. These in-and Reginald Denny, The further ad- ourites appear with Bobby Breen in more John Howard, Louise Campbell to return a diamond immediately, standing three trumps. Only af- clude Basil Rathbone and Marion ventures of Drummond when death with the thought of cross-ruffing. ter dummy's, two valuable trump Claire, featured, Henry Armetta, Ralph threathens a prominent chemist, who You would land in dummy at the entries had thus been squandered Forbes, Leon Errol, Donald Meek, Her-happens to be his prospective father in second trick, with no comfortable did declarer awake to the fact thatbert Rawlinson and Leonid Kingsley. law.

Otto

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catch in its heart-presenting

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.in

exit. You then would have to lead he might lose a trick in spades.

AT THE KING'S—“Wife, Doctor a heart from the king. The oppon-Now (too late, too. late!) he be-

and Nurse."--A witty and penetrating ents would win, and surely shift to thought himself of establishing a trumps, thus destroying dummy's second trick in-dummy's club suit, Jeanette MacDonald has a new sing-

AT THE MAJESTIC "The Firefly" drama, with a twinkle in its eye and a ruffing power. Your outstanding in order to avoid guessing about ing sweetheart in the person of Allan humourous fashion a very real problem. hope is that the heart ace is in the spade queen. The club acé

Jones in this filmization of the cele With Loretta Young, Warner Baxter, front of the king and that you can was cashed and the queen led, in operetta. Allan Jones plays his most ney Blackmer.

brated

Harbach-Rudolf Friml Virginia Bruce, Jane Darwell and Sid- establish the king for a discard, in the naive hope that East, if he held important screen role as the dashing саве the opponents shift to the king, would cover. This birth- |Don Diego who pursues the elusive AT THE QUEEN'S—“Snow White trumps, 45 they should. [For day gift not materializing, declarer "Firefly" throughout a series of tur- And The Seven Dwarfs", Walt Disney's failure to lead the singleton heart ruffed and, after aimlessly running new musical hit. The supporting cast shown as the masterpiece of the indus- bulent romantic adventures in this full length feature, Heralde wherever at the second trick, take a two off a few more trumps, finally re- includes Warren William, Billy Gilbert try. Children and adults alike will en- point demerit.]

ached the point where he made a and Douglas Dumbrille. blind stab at the spade finesse. playing

TO-DAY'S QUESTION

Question 40: You are South, and When he misguessed it, vulnerable; opponents are notWest instead of East for the queen, vulnerable.

he called on heaven to witness his horrible luck.

West, your left hand opponent, deals and the bidding proceeds: West North East South 1 heart Pass Pass

You hold:

S. A KJ;9:8.5 ́ ́H. 2.

D. A 10 8 3

C. 6 4

What call do you make?..

TO-DAY'S HAND

North, dealer. Neither side vulnerable.

NORTH

S. —AJ 10 H.-Q 9 7 D.-Q.9. C-A Q J 6

Obviously, the proper play, after ruffing the second heart lead, was to cash the club ace and ruff a love, club with an honor, then to enter the dummy with the nine of trumps |and ruff another club. The dia- mond queen then would be an en- try for the ruffing of a third club, and it would be hard luck indeed to find the clubs so badly split that the king could not be ruffed out.

The contract also could have been made by a double squeeze, but, of course there was no need for any complicated play on such simple problem-

aredciation

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