1940-02-13 — Page 16

MUTT AND JEFF

MAYBE YOU DID SEE THIS SILVER DOLLAR FIRST, BUT I PICKED IT UP! I FOUND IT!

YOU GIMME THAT EIGHT

BITS OR

ELSE..

LISTEN, STRANGER TELL YA WHAT I'LL DO-I'LL PLAY YOU ONE HAND OF POKER FOR IT!

HOW'S THAT?

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 13, 1940

By BUD FISHER

I GOT A PAIR

OF SIXES, A CLUB

AND A PILE OF

BRICKS!

WELL--- O.K! I'LL BE SOCIABLE!

{AH! I WIN!

GOT FOUR

ACES!

WAIT A MINUTE! I WIN!

WHY?

WHATRE

YOU GOT?

FLIP

"In England Now"

& Other

London Relays

Today's Wireless

6.00 p.m.-Compositions of Ravel. 6.30 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota.

tlons.

6.32 p.m.Selections from Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Pirates of Penzance". 7.00 p.m. - A Light Spanish Pro-

gramme.

7.30 p.m.-LONDON

News.

RELAY

The

8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements.

8.03

p.m.-SAINT-SAENS — Concerto In G Minor, Op. 22. Arthur De Greef (Piano) and New Symphony Orches- tra conducted by Sir Landon Ronald. 8.28 p.m.Compositions of Sibelius.

Berceuse; Musette from King Christian Sulte....Royal Opera House Orchestra, Stockholm.

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

9.52 Megacycles

(Violin)

Humoresque....Henri Temlanks

and the Temianka Chamber Orchestra. Finlandia-Tone Poem, Op. 26, No. 7....Sir Thomas Beecham conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Flickan Kom Iran Sin Alsklings Mote; Sev, Sav, Susa, Op. 38, No. 4....Marian Anderson (Contralto) with Piano. Karelia Suite-Alla Marcin Symphony

Orchestra cond, by Robert Kajanus. 9.00 p.m.-VAUGHAN WILLIAMS-

Serenade to Music. Sir Henry Wood conducting the B.B.C. Orchestra. Soloists: 1. Baillie, S. Allen, E. Sud- daby, E. Turner, M. Balfour, A. Des-

Winning

CONTRACT

(By The Four Aces)

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

ken.

PRETTY LUCKY

mond, M. Brunskill, M. Jarred, H. Nash, W. Widdop, P. Jones, F. Tit- terton, R. Henderson, R. Easten, H. Williams, and N. Allin.

9.15 p.m.-LONDON RELAY — News

Summary.

Selections

From "The Pirates

9.45 p.m. Organ.

of Penzance"

the

Reginald Foort at

By The Blue Hawalian Waters-Selection

(Ketelbey); The Vision of Fuji-San-Se lection (Ketelbey); A Day's Hunting (Based on "A Hunting Scene" by Buca- loss); At The Hunt Bali (arr. Foort). 10.00 p.m.Variety with Renate Mul- ler, "Fata" Waller, Teasie O'Shea, "Hutch" and the New Mayfair Orchestra.

9.30 p.m.-LONDON RELAY—"Cards | 10.30 p.m.-DANCE MUSIC.

on the Table".

11.16 p.m.-CLOSE DOWN.

CHEUNG KAM-HOI PLAYS BRILLIANTLY FOR EASTERN

(By "REFEREE")

FIELDING SEVERAL RESERVES and still feeling the effects of the two previous strenuous matches, Saigon Foot- ball team, after a brilliant opening, were trounced by East- ern by 5 goals to 1 at Caroline Hill yesterday.

Last May, Eastern, when visiting Saigon, were beaten by 9 goals to 1. The game was played at a fast pace and the midfield work of the visiting team was good, but they again failed and should badly in front of goal have obtained an early lead but for faulty shooting.

Surveying dummy with distaste, a six-card suit. Declarer now took South reflected that he would have to his only chance to win the contract. be extremely lucky to make his three-He led a heart and finessed dummy's

Ngay, who played in goal, did not dis- notrump_contract. It looked as though nine. East won with the King and

play-much-confidence - and -lacked anticipa his only chance would be to find the cashed two club tricks. At this pointton: Tal, the regular goalkeeper would King-Queen of clubs blank in one of East's two remaining cards were have saved several of the goals. his opponents' hands.

hearts, and he therefore had to lead right into dummy's tenace.

North, Dealer

Neither side vulnerable

10 4

AJ 10 9 6 OAK 10

A 3 2

J 9,86

5 2

W

AK 7 VK 8 1 0 Q 6 5 2

Q10 9 7

A Q 8

❤ 2

♡ Q 7 6 8

0 9 4

A K

OJ 8 7 3

h ob-

GRUICHARD AGAIN Gruichard, on the right wing, was again prominent, but Hoa on the opposite wing could not get going.

Cheung Kam-hol Was in great shooting

South nad made his contract in rather unusual manner, having tained three diamond tricks and two form and was by far the most dangerous in each of the other suits.

*

You were David Bruce Burnstone's partner yesterday and held:

AAK 10 9 x x

♡ A Q X

◊ x x

4 x x

The bidding:

You

Maler

4 3 8 6 6 4

14 Pass

The bidding:

North Bast

South

West

26 Pass (7)

Barnstone INT 2NT

Jacoby Paes Раве

1♡

Pass

a♡

Pass

2% 3NT

Pano Pass

Pass

Удоб

is

ANSWER: Your correct bid four spades. You should have a good play for game, with spades preferable

West opened a spade. Dummy to notrump.

played the ten, East the King and Score 100% for four spades, 80% Declarer won with the Ace. South for three notrump (even though your played the Ace and partner has bid notrump twice, the another club. On the hand will probably play better in your second lead East play-suit), 30% for three spades (an un- ed the nine and De- derbid), 0 for pass. clarer, after some re-

HIGH CARD VALUES

OF THE FOUR-ACE# BVSTEN

AGE....... 3

KING....2

QUEEN 1 JACK.N

QUESTION NO. 332. Oswald Jacoby is your partner to- the Jack, which won day. You are the dealer and hold:

flection, covered with

the trick, West dis- carding a diamond. -

Abandoning the club suit, South_now-shift- ed to a diamond and, feeling the finesse would be unsuccessful, played dummy's Ace and King, then the ten. East now returned a spade, which Declarer Won, then cashed the dia- mond Jack.

West had been discarding spades 'at every opportunity, which gave South the hope that he had originally held

AK 3

♡ AJ 10 XX

X X X

The bidding:

Schenken Pass

Jacoby 1NT

Mater Pass

You 10

(T)

What do you bid? (Answer

* tomorrow.)

(Released by The Bell Syndicat Inc.)

SAIGON TO PLAY AGAIN ON SUNDAY

The Salgon football team, who have been forced to prolong their stay here, will meet Hong Kong Chinese Amateur Federation "on? Sunday at Caroline Hill at 3.30 p.m.

ther goals before the end. Gruichard scor ed for the visitors.

Eastern:-Lau Hin-hon; Cheng Ying-kuen. Tsang Chung-wan: Lau Tae-tsang, Hsu King-seng. Lo Wai-kuen;. Chung Yung-sum, Cheung Kam-hol, Teul Ah-fai, Wo Ge-talang

of the Eastern attackers, Hle netted four goals in succession. Tsu Ah-fai, who led the attack, was far from impressive and apart from distributing the ball, did noth- and Hau Ching-to. ing of note.

Saigon:-Ngay; Corea, Loug; Bun, Pacini, Hou King-seng was the mainstay of East-Nga; Gruichard. Tien, Tot. Quyền and

and kept the visiting

for HOA.

ern's defence wards in check,

The game started with both goals being visited in turn, but Eastern were the more dangerous.

was Corea

often beaten by Hau Ching-to in the opening minutes but later had this winger under control.

• Eastern opened the scoring through Hau Ching-to and shortly after Cheung Kam-hol netted with a fast grbunder.

In the second period Cheung Kam-hol put his side further ahead and scored two fur

LOCAL DOLLAR

The demand rate on the Hong Kong dollar to-day was 1/2 27/32,

Silver was quoted at 21-3/16 spot and 21-1/8 forward.

The London on New York rate was quoted at £-U.S.$4.025.

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