1939-12-19 — Page 17

YES, I BELIEVE SHE

WAS!

DID SHE HAVE A GREEN COAT TRIMMED WITH SILVER FOX FUR, AND A RED HAT WITH

CHERRIES, AND

BLACK SHOES?

Wenn demon Sanur Sennevalt

YES, THATS THE WOMAN!

SHE WAS HERE ALMOST TWO HOURS,

'

THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 19, 1939.

By BUD FISHER

GOOD GOSH!

WHAT DID

HOTHING!

SHE SAY?

THAT WASN'T

"Cards On The

Table" And

Other Relays

6.00 p.m. CARROLL

Today's Wireless

GIBBONS

(Piano) and His Orchestra. 6.28 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota.

tions.

son,

6.30 p.m.-VARIETY with Paul Robe- Albert Bandler Trio, George Tzipine and Others. 7.00 p.m.-LONDON RELAY -"The Hammer of God" by G. K. Chestor- ton. A Father Brown thriller with Richard Gouldan as Father Brown. 7.30 p.m.-LONDON RELAY - The

News.

ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s) and 31.49 M.

9.52 Megacycles

8.00 p.m.-Local Time Bignal, Weather, 9.02 p.m. — A

Report and Announcements.

8.03 p.m.-A SPANISH PROGRAMME

with

Supervia (Mezzo-

Conchita

Soprano).

D

8.30 p.m.-BCHUMANN — Trio In

Minor, Op. 63. Cortot, Thibaud and Casols.

Winning

CONTRACT

(By The Four Aces)

David Bruce Burnstone, Merwin D. Maier, Oswald Jacoby,: Howard Schen- ken...

World's leading Team-of-Four, Inventors of the system that has beaten every other system in cxistence.

RISK V8. GAIN

were quickly removed.

From this reasoning two inescapable tacts emerge: The bid of three hearts could accomplish nothing and would almost surely be doubled; secondly, that South should have double three clubs and opened a trump.

The thinking player is one who, be- | whatever clubs were in the West hand fore making any bid, stops and re- flects: "What risks am I taking if "I make this bid, and what can I hope to accomplish?" In our opinion even a poor card player will make out rea- sonably well if he follows this formu- la, for far more points are thrown by thoughtless bids than by mistakes in the play. For instance:

West, Dealer North-South vulnerable

10 8

♡ q #

O QJ 10 6 5 4 GA 78

•

475

♡ 8 EOAK 933

If South had doubled three clubs and opened a trump, East would have been held to six tricks for a 500-point penalty. At three hearts doubled South by very careful play managed to escape with only a one-trick pen- nity. However, South's thoughtless bid was responsible for a total swing of 700 points.

✡

✡

SONG by Elisabeth Schumann (Soprano). In Chambre ('Der Opernball-Heuberger),

Comments on 9.05 p.m.-STUDIO

ONE-SIDED

BADMINTON MATCHES

Three extremely

one-sided

Schumann Trio: Cortot, Thibaud

And Casels

Recent Events.

9.15 p.m.-LONDON RELAY — News

Summary.

9.30 p.m/-LONDON RELAY-"Cards

on the Table".

9.45 p.m.-B. B. C.

"Postman'a Knock".

RECORDING

10.40 p.m.-DANCE MUSIC, 11.00 p.m.-CLOSE DOWN.

CHINESE "Y" TROUNCED RECREIO At Bridges Street, Chinese Y.M.C.A. best Club de Recreio by @ games to nil in the "A" Division of the Badminton League last night.

C. Au and H. Koh (Chinese Y.M.S.A.). beat L. A. Carvalho and A. M. Silva 21-11 beat M. A. Oliveira and J. J. Reme-

dios

21-12

beat C. C. Pereira and R. Marques .. 21-6 !

P. bad-

Chong (Chinese H. Wong and A. Y.M.C.A.).

minton matches were played in the League last night, overwhelming victories being scored by University "A" and Chinese "Y" in Senior Divi- slon, and St. Teresa's in "B" Divi- sion.

In both the senior games, no games were lost by the winners although match in the case of the University the "A" team's first string did not play their final game.

were

beat Carvalho and Silva beat Oliveira and Remedios

beat Pereira and Marqués

21-6

... 21-12

21--12

F. Koh and T. J. Ong' (Chinese Y.M.C.A.).,

beat Carvalho and Slive

beat Oliveira and: Remedios beat Pereira and Marques

$1-18

31-13

...... 21-11

ST. ANDREW'S LOSE

In the "B" Division of the Badminton League, St. Teresa's Church beat St. An- drew's 7-2 yesterday,

At St. Teresa's the scores

J. Chen and F. Teang (St. Teresa'a). somewhat closer and St. Andrew's,

beat A. E. P. Guest and W. Gillies 31- 9 although eventually beaten-7-2,-at-beat E. F. Fincher and II. Kew. 21–19 ---- one stage were as close as 2-3.

beat A. E. Brown and A. S. Bliss .. 21-12 Josaph Teang and Pater Lo (St. Teresa's). beat Guest and Gillies beat Fincher and Kew

31-15

21--14

beat Brown and Bliss

21~~11

or

Austin Ho and Joseph Lum (St. Teresa's). beat Guest and Gillies

24-1#

lost to Fincher and Kew

6-II 13-31

The home team's third string had an off day and never really settled down. John Chen and Francis Tsang and Joe Tsang and Peter Lo, how- ever, although extended on one two occasions, did not drop a game.

For the losers Gillies was in splen- lost to Brown and Bliss did form and would have done bet- ter if he had received more support.

UNIVERSITY "A" WINS EASILY

In the "A" Division of the Badminton League last night University "A" University "B" by 8 games to nil. P. K. Hul and K. L. Yong ("A"). beat C. B. Cheah and K. B. Low

MRS. LUCE'S SUCCESS

JO 8 2.

beat

7 6

N

W

S

♣ K J 10

24-21

Redshank

The following were the results of the Ladier Corinthian race held by the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club yesterday over distance of 9.05 milles:

Finished Pos. Pts. .16.50.21 1 ་་

2

6 4

AK 64

AK 10 8

Yesterday you were Merwin Maier's partner, you were vulnerable and held:

| beat T. C. Pang and T. C. Chin

P. $. Bun and M. S. Lim ("A"). lost to Chin and Pang

24-19

(Mrs. M. N. Luce).

| True Blue

19-34

◇ 8 7

beat K. S. Yeo and T. E. Teow

21-3 Jean

17.00.213 * (Miss H. Crawhall · Wilson).

.17.00.48

4

3

B

4953

beat Cheah and Low

21-10

(Mrs. V. Gowlland).

AAK XX

C. K. Les and H, F. Chaw ("A").

La Linda

.17.02.53

4 3

The bidding:

West

Pass

North

Pass

14

Dbl.

10 Pass

East South 10 8 Pass

AK 10 8 0 8 7

beat Yeoh and Teow

21-16

(Mrs. M. I. Johnstone).

Dbl.

Pasi

The bidding: Burnetene

PASS 14

beat Cheah and Low beat Pang and Chin

21-9 Guri.......

.17.03.17 5

3

21-8

MalerTM Pass 20

10

Dbl.. (?)

ANSWER: Double. With the correct

defeat the three-club.contract, as ex- plained in to-dayis artiplé..

North's bid of two diamonds, while rather unusual, was actually sound in view of his partner's take-out double (North could have made two dia-opening of a trump, you should easily monds). At this point East, being not vulnerable, decided rather, foolishly to risk a bid of three clubs. But now came the really thoughtless bid- South's bid of three hearts.

South should have known:- (1)

Since his partner has passed originally, a game-"war' very"re. mofa (2) Since East was long in diamonds | and-clubs, Hirwauld:

HIGH SARD VALUES

FOUR-ACES SYRTEN

ACE. 3 KING 2 QUEEN 1 JACK...

"Be almost' sure to hold lengthy in hearts, '- (3). Since North could take some tricks "in dia- monds, the three-club', contract would surely

QUESTION: Today you are Howard Schenken's partner and holds:

The bidding:-

10

Pass

What do you bid?» (Answer tomorrow.

(Released By "THUGI

이 (Miss L. A. Helberg)..

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