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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 1, 1940

By BUD FISHER

Tchaikowsky's

Fifth Symphony

Today's Wireless

6.00 p.m.-Schumann-Fantasia In C

Major, Op. 17.

Wilhelm Backhaus (Plano).

6.30 p.m.-Beethoven-Eleven

nese Dances.

Vion-

Felix Weingartner conducting the

London Philharmonic Orchestra. 6.44 p.m.-Songs from Verdi's Operas.

of 7.00

Welsh p.m.-Programme

Songs.

7.30 p.m.-London Relay, The News. 8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Wea- ther Report and Announcements.

p.m.-Tchaikowsky-Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64.

8.02

New Symphony Orchestra conduct-

ed by Sir Landon Ronald,

8.48 p.m.-Studio-Talk on Psychology by Father C. Byrne, S. J. 3: A Bore Interrupts Me.

Το

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

9.52 Megacycles

Heart-Easing Mirth (Purcel Davies)

Isobel Baillie, Elsië Suddaby, Astra Desmond and

Chorus.

The Cloud-Cap't Towers (Stevens); Massed Choirs. cond. by Sir Hugh

Allen.

Y Bore Glas-Welsh Folk Song: Margaret Rees and Welsh Chorus. Song; Twankydillo-English Folk

Robert Easton and English Chorus. England (Parry), Mary Jarred

& Massed Choirs.

Jerusalem (Parry); National An-

them--Final verse Choirs.

Massed

8.68 p.m.-The Royal Command Con- 9.15 p.m.-London Relay-News Sum-

cert, 1989.

Komary.

Winning

CONTRACT

(By The Four Aces)

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

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

DOUBLED INTO GAME!

There is something about bidding club ruffed, and then another spade a suit that has previously been bid led. by the opponents that has a psycholo- At this point West trumped in with gical effect. They feel hurt or in- the Queen and returned a trump. But sulted that an opponent has had the Mr. Fry then made two more trump temerity to bid their suit, and a double tricks to make his doubled contract naturally follows. This happened in with an overtrick. to-day's hand when Samuel Fry, Jr., bid his opponents' heart suit: Mr. Fry might have rescued in spades, but he preferred to gamble on making two hearts doubled.

East, Dealer

Neither side vulnerable

Q J 2

J

J 9 8 7 4 3 AQ G

A A 7 5

4.

A 10.6 2

9 3

W

K J

2

K 9'8 8 3

9 8 6 3

A 10, 7·66 2

$74

The bidding:

Mr. Fr

East

South

Pass

Рдва

West 10%

Dbl.

Pass Pasa

North

20 Pasa

West opened the King of diamonds. Mr. Fry trumped and led a spade, which was won by East's Ace. The diamond return was again trumped and Mr. Fry then played. two more rounds of spades. West trump- ed the last spade played a

ALC KING

QUEEN I JACK

mond. Mr. Fry trump- idance, – mõteği tisin” played a club"/"Thiais, ing dummy's Next the club Ace was cashed

Needless to say, West was not strong enough to double two hearts. While he might have bid two notrump, his best bid was one which occurs to so few players-pass.

*

Yesterday, with both sides vulner- able, you were Merwin Maler's part-

ner and held:

KJ XXX A I

Béhenken You

The bluding: Burnsione Maler 1NT Pass

ENT (1)

ANSWER: Your correct bid is pass, A bid of three spades on your broken. suit will almost surely be doubled and severely penalized. Furthermore, a heart

or

diamond opening offers some defensive possibilities.

Score 100% for pass, 50% for three spades, 0 for double,

QUESTION NO. 847 Howard Schenken is your partner. You are the dealer and hold:

AKI

♡ AXI

The biddin

Pass

bidt (Answer

(Released The Bell Syndicatey

Inc.)

"World

Song

Welsh Programme: Dance Music

Evan Williams (Te with Orchestra.

Y Delyn Aur; Gipsy Laug Chorus (Bell) Rhondda W Glee Singers with Plano. Praise of Wales (Geirionydd Wwlyd); The Gipsy (Crv William Edwards' (Tenor) Harp accomp. 10.07 p.m.-Variety

gramme Others...

9.30 p.m.-London Relay

· Affairs." A 9.45 p.m.-Rhondda Welsh Glee Sing gers and Evan Williams (Tenor). The March of the Men of Harlach Rhondda (Old Welsh' Air) Welsh Glee Singers with Piano, Adieu To Dear Cambria-Old Welsh

Song Mentra Gwen-Old Welsh 11.0 p.m.-Close down.

&

with

Max

Dance

Miller

ARMY SPORTLIGHT

(By "SQUADDY")

CRICKET comes into its own this sulted as follows:-

.

"B" Coy Middlesex Bye. 40 Coy R.E. - V R.A.S.C. H.K.S.C.".

V

R.A.M.C. R.A. Lymuen

R.A.O.C. This should result in a final bety 40th R.E. and R.A.M.C., althoug cricket anything may happen.

*

*

Curran Fit Again THE Small Units Rugby League

month when the Large units and Small Units knock-out competitions Following is the draw for the Large Units competition: Middlesex v C. S. Units March 10 RA.. v R.E.

March 12 Middlesex are a team to be reckon- ed with, but on form their opponents should win this game. Mainstays of Middlesex are Lt. Peal, Lt. Mann and Pte. Hatfield, all of whom play re-

lagged during the past week gularly for Army. Combined Small revives with a game to-day bety Units, however, are composed entirely 24th Bty. R.A. and R.A.M.C. The of Army players and on paper look a time they met Medicals just got h véry formidable team. Names were by 3 points to nil and, as menti submitted to the Signals, who were previously, it would not surpris selected to choose the team, and of those submitted I understand the final R.A.M.C. will field the following t

see the result reversed this

selection to be-Major Swyer Pte. Morgan, Ple. MacDonald, (R.A.M.C.), Major Harvey (R.A.M.C.), Whylre, Pte. Pratt, Capt. Scriven Sgt. Webb. (R.A.M.C.), S/Sgt. Garden-Coombes, Pte. Sinclair, Cpl. Milne, er (R.A.O.C.), S/Sgt. Emberson Chandler, Pte. Wigglesworth, (R.A.O.C.), Cpl. Boocock (R.A.O.C.), Furnell, Cpl. Edge, Pte. Mohan, M Capt. Lawrence (RAS.C.), L/Cpl. Curran, and Pte. Minney.. Logan (R.A.S.C.), L/Cpl. Young Major Curran had to retire (R.A.S.C.), Cpl. Blount (R. Signals) about 10 minutes in the game ag the Signals owing to a leg injury and L/Cpl. Murphy (R. Signals).

According to the averages the stars is quite fit again. Attention will are Sgt. Webb, who is second in the focussed on Pte. Pratt, who is Senior League averages, Major Swyer, ing in his first game. top of the Junior League, and L/Cpl. Young, who heads the, bowling aver ages, in the Senior League. Murphy and Blount, Gardener and Emberson can all bowl, while there does not ap-

à "tail" to the batting. pear to be a

I presume the Gurners will turi their usual team unless they too been hit by injuries and departu

R.AS.C. are having a lot of tro féiding a team but are · strugs along gamely. They had to forfelt points to Signals last week owin inability to play-off their fix The draw for the Small Units.com-They play 24th Bty, R. A. on Satu petition has also been made and re- Iso R. A. will have a busy week-

Likely Final

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