1939-12-21 — Page 16

MUTT AND JEFF

I'LL TAKE A SHORT CUT THROUGH THE PARK OVER TO JEFF'6 PLACE! MAYBE HE'LL GO HUNTING WITH

ME!

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BANG!

THE CHINA MÀIL, DECEMBER 21, 1939.

By BUD FISHER

YOU ARE CHARGED WITH SHOOTING THIS PARK SQUIRREL!,

WHAT DO YOU

PLEAD?

SELF-DEFENSE, JUDGE! HE TRIED TO PUT ME AWAY FOR THE WINTER!

a.

Gracie Fields.

& Others

In Variety.

Today's Wireless

5.45 p.m.-STUDIO-Chlidren's Hour.

8.45 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota.

tions.

6.47 p.m.-8ONG8 by Paul

(Bass).

Lullaby

Robeson

(from 'Porgy & Bess'-- Gershwin); 11 Take A Long Pull To Get There (from 'Porgy and Bess' Gershwin): I Don't Know What's Wrong (Dyrenforth & Eric Ansell); Roll Up Sailorman (Alm 'Big Fella').

7.00 p.m.-Light French Music.

Cafe-Chantant (Wal-Berg); C'Est Dans Un Caboulot (Marc Lanjean) Damia (Vocal) with Orch. Ah Dis, Ah Dis, Ah Bonjour (Char-

les Trenet); La Vic Qui Val (French film 'Je chante')....Char- les Trenet (Vocal) with Orch. Valse Ma Banlieue (from Revue "Feerie de Paris"); Java Sous Revue

Les Becs De Gaz (from

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

9.52 Megacycles

"Fecrie de Paris")....L'Accor- deoniste Alexander & His Orch. Du Soleil Dans Ses Yeux (Gaston Claret); Je Crois N'Avoir Jamais Aime (film 'Premiere').... Damia (Vocal) with Orchestra.

Le Petit Quinquin (Desrousseaux); Aupres De Ma Blonde (Duhamel)

..Jean Sorbier (Vocal) with Orch. 7.30 p.m.- LONDON RELAY - The

News.

8.00 p.m.-Local Time Bignal, Weather

Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.—STRAUSS—"Der Rosenka

valler" Suite. Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Karl Alwin. 8.20 p.m.-SONGS by Amelita Galll-

Curci (Soprano),

Air and Variations (Proch); La Fau-

Winning

CONTRACT

(By The Four Aces)

David Bruce Burnstone, Merwin D. Maler, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schen- ken · World's leading Team-of-Four, Inventors of the system that has beaten every other system in cxistence.

OSTRICH TACTICS

Just as the ostrich buries his head in | trump was down two tricks. All you the sand to hide from his enemies, so did was give them 200 Instead of us." a certain type of Bridge player passes "Well, I knew your two-spade bid indefinitely as long as his opponents was weakness," said North, "and I are under game, and once they get to couldn't see how we could game he desperately defends.

contract."

East. Dealer East-West vulnerable

9 8 5

▲ 3 2

O Q9 8 7 2 W

net the

"Then why didn't you bid three spades over the three diamonds?" South answered. "Then if I had no defence, I could have gone to four spades over their three notrump. If I had defence, I could pass."

*

*

•

Yesterday you were the dealer and

JI 6 3 2 6 3

A 10 4

N

AA 74

Q 10 9

♡ AK 4

E

KJ 8

4

O AJ 10 6 978

held:

KQ J 10

♡ 7 5

OK 4

-Q 63 2

The bidding:

East

South

10

24(1)

3NT Dbl.

Pasa

Рава

Wast North 30 Pass Pass

Pass

Pass

AK 7

♡ A 9 6 8 OAK 10 2.

K 10 9

ANSWER:--Your correct bid is one notrump. With a High Card Value of

vette ("Zemire et Azor"-Gretry) ....with Flute obbligato by Cle- ment Barone. Carnations (Valverde); Little Star (Ponce)....with Piano accomp. by Homer Samuels.

8.32 p.m.-VIOLIN SOLOS by Fritz

Kreisler. Liebesleid

(Kreisler): Liebesfreud (Kreisler)....with Piano accomp. by Lamson. Caprice Viennois (Kreisler)....with

Piano accomp. by Rupp. 8.45 p.m.-STUDIO-Talk on "Hitler 9.05 p.m.-SONGS by Lina Pagilughi

and the Aryan Race".

(Soprano),

"The Pearl Fishers" (Bizet-Zanar- dini)-Cavatina di Leila; "Rigo- letto" (Verdi)-Gilda's Aria: Carol

M'SEX BOXING

H.Q. WINS EASILY

Children's Hour And Songs By Galli-Curei

nome;

"Mignon" (Thomas)-Io son Titania.....with Orchestral

accompaniment.

9.15 p.m.-LONDON RELAY Nows

Bummary.

9.30 p.m.--LONDON RELAY-Talk by

Lord Chatfield.

9.45 p.m.-DANCE MUSIC.

Tango-Black Orchids; Spanish

March-A Ball In Madeira.... Oskar Joost Tango Orchestra. Fox-Trot-Swingin' On The Moon ....Bob Howard & His Orchestra. Waltz-The Waltz In Swing Time (Alm 'Swing Time'); Fox-Trot-- The Way You Look To-Night (Alm 'Swing Time')... .Fred As- taire accompanied by Johnny Green's Orchestra. 10.00 p.m.-VARIETY

with Handley,

Gracie

Oliver

Fields, Tommy Wakefield, Charlie Kunz and Others. 11.00 p.m.-LONDON RELAY-"Back-

ground to News”.

11.15 p.m.-CLOSE DOWN.

FOOTBALL

CHARITY TEAMS FOR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS

In the Inter-Company Novices Box- ing Competition of the Middlesex Re-

The following are the teams for the Semi- giment concluded at Nanking Bar-final game of the Sunday Herald Interna- racks last night the Headquarter Com-tional Charity Cup between China, holders, pany came out first with 71 points as

and Portugal:- against the "A" Company's 44, "B"

Portugal (from the following):-R. Mar- Company's 44, "C" Company's 41 and Joseph's), D. Alves (St. Joseph's): N. Del- ques (St. Joseph's): C. Marques (St. "D" Company's 32.

FEATHER WEIGHT ist. Pte. Macey lost to Brs. Bolam and 2nd Pte. Bradford beat L/c. Barrett.

BANTAM WEIGHT Pte. Tait lost to Dmr. Dewbury.

HEAVY WEIGHT Pic. Bridle beat Pte. Flood.

L/HEAVY

Pte. Revell beat Pte. Webb.

MIDDLE

1st. L/c. Wookey lost to Cpl. Manning: | 2nd Ple. Marable lost to L/c. Wilson and 3rd Pte. Fredman beat Pte. Williams.

WELTER

1st. Pte. Robinson beat L/c. Shaw: 2nd Pte. Baker beat Pte. Bridge: 3rd A/Bds. Nix lost to L/c. Colebeck and 4th L/c. Weav- er lost to Pte. Cohen.

LIGHT

1st. Ple. Whitehouse lost to L/c. Williams; 2nd Pte. Samuels was absent A/Cpl. Miller W/O and 3rd. Dmr. Grossmith beat Pte. Day.

The following winners of Good 12 (4 quick tricks) and 7 honours, a Prizes in previous bouts were notrump bid is preferable to a suit, particularly since with King and one spade it is preferable for you to be

(1) South was playing the jump | Declarer at notrump rather than your overcall as a weakness bid.

Against the four-spade doubled con- tract the seven of diamonds was open-

HIGH CARD VALUES

OF THE FOUR-ACES SYSTEM

ACE KING:.2 QUEEN 1 JACK...

ed. East won-with the

partner.

Score 100% for one notrump, 60% for one diamond.

QUESTION NO. 289-

You are David Bruce Burnstone's Neither side is vulnerable and

Ace and played the partne Ace and another you hold spåde. South guessed the clubs correctly and eventually Was forced to lose "one spade, two hearts, one diamond and a club and was down two tricks less 100 honors for a loss of 200 points.

POTIA, SNARE Me What do

"Pretty good save, wasn't it?” ask- ed North, whereupon South replied,

· “It would have been if you saving anything. But three

A K 10

0. A 9

The bidding:..

Maler.. Burastone Jacoby

You Pass Pass

1

(7) What do you bid? (Answer tomorrow.)

were •(Released by The

· no- | Inc.)

Bell Syndicate,

gado (International); J. Pereira (St. Joseph's): T. Castilho (St. Joseph's); A. V. Gosano (St. Joseph's): B. T. Gosano (St. Joseph's); J. Gomes (Electric); A. Alves (St. Joseph's): R. Ribeiro (St. Joseph's); C. Fernandes (International); R. Rocha (In- ternational): H. Campos (International) and C. Santos (Kowloon).

Manager:-Mr. A. V. Gosano.

China:-Tam Kwan-kon (S.C. A.); Lee Tin-sang (S.C. A.) and Mak Shut-hon (S.C. A.); Hou King-cheng (Eastern). Leung Wing-chlu (S.C. A.) (Capt.). and Lau Hing- chol (S.C. A.): Yeung Shui-yick (S.C. B.). Fung King-cheung (S.C. A.), Chan Tak-fai (S.C. A.), Chow Man-ch! (Kwong Wah) and Ip Pak-wa (S.C. A.).

Cheuk Shek-kam, The Kam-hung, Hou Yung-sang, Lau Hin-hon, Tsang Chung-wan. Lal Chi-tsan, Law Wal-kuen, Chung' Yung- sum and Chang Ching-hai.

Manager:Mr. W. H. Chen,

Weight:--Pte. Claridge, 3rd String.. Welter Loser's Weight, Pte. Mansfield-3rd String, Walter awarded Weight.

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