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EITHER!

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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 28, 1940

By BUD FISHER

1562 WHERE THE GIANTS ARE GETTIN' READY FOR SPRING TRAININ”.

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Two-Piano

Recital

5.46 p.m.-Studio-Children's Hour.

Today's Wireless

6.46 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota.

tlons.

6.47 p.m.---Dance Music.

Fox-Trots-My Pony Boy; Horsey, Keep Your Tail Up.....Freddie "Schnickelfritz" Fisher and His

Band.

Slow Fox-Trot-The Day We Meet Again; Fox-Trot-The Man With The Mandolin....Geraldo & His Orchestra.

Tangos-Se Lo Llevaron; La Puna-

ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s) and 31.49 M. 9.52 Megacycles

lada....Orquesta Tipica Francisco

Canaro. Fox-Trot-We've Come A Long Way Together; Novelty Dance-The Billy Handsome Territorial 'Cotton & His Band. Swing Fox-Trots--Undecided;

The

Lady's In Love With You (film

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 existence.

PART SCORE A BOOMERANG

A partial score is usually an asset, the defence their sixth trick 'fro a nice because many opportunities arise 500-point penalty. wherein an additional part score can be made that will produce the game. On this particular hand the partial Sometimes, however, a part score

score was a detriment for, without it, 30 (especially if it be only 20 or

we feel certain that North and South points) can prove a boomerang. The reason is this: When once a player would have gotten no higher than a with a part score has opened the bid-contract of two spades. ding and his partner has responded, the partnership is committed to a con-

tract which, if made, will be sufficient

to complete the game. Knowing this,

***

*

Yesterday both sides were-vulner-

a wily opponent may contentedly passable and the opponents had 40 on a strong hand until the game contract score. You were Howard Schenken's

is reached.

Observe West's restraint in passing his fine hand until North and South reached their game-fulfilling contract.

North, Dealer

Neither side. vulnerable

North-South 80 on score

partner and held:

1 x x 10 X X K x x x Qxx

The bidding:

You Jacoby

Рава 10 (7)

Schenken 14

Burnstone

*♡

A. 5

A 10 9 7

A Q 10 3

4..

6 3

WE

A 9.4:2-

A KJ:9 8 4'8 ♡ K

0 Q 10 %

КОБ

J 9.65 - 10 8 73...

..

ANSWER: Your correct bid is to pass. You are too weak to "push." Your partner, who also knows the score, will not let your opponents "steal" the rubber if he has a good hand.

'Some like it Hot') *... Benny Goodman & His Orchestra. Waltz-Don't Forget. The Old: Folks At Home; Fox-Trot So Many Billy Thorburri & Memories.. His Music. Slow Fox-Trot Broken-Hearted Clown; Fox-Trot-Why Can't We Make Love....Harry Roy & His Orchestra.

7.80 p.m.-London Relay-The News.. 8.00 p.m/Local Timo Signal, Weather

· Report' and Announcements. 8.08 p.m. Studio Two Plano Recital by Herbert and Bernhard Ruff (from the Gloucester Hotel)..

8.23 p.m. Variety, with Gracle Fields, Arthur, Askey, Zora Layman, and Others.

Children's

Hour

(Luther); Don't Go In The Lion's Cage To-Night (Luther)....Zora Layman & The Hometowners with Orchestra.

Humorous John Henry's Night Out (Henry)....John Henry assisted by Gladys Horridge. Cinema Organ-"The King Steps Out" Medley (Kreisler)........... Rē- ginald Foort.

Comedian The Wedding of a Gigolo (Nesbitt & Others); I Want To Be À Nudist (Nesbitt & Others).... Eddie Pola with Orchestra. Vocal-Poor Me, Poor You (McCon- nell & Others); Fidler Joe (Lon- don & More)......Gracie Fields with Orchestra." Vocal-Night Nursery (Kelly A Arundale); The Village That No- body Knows (Simpson-Haydn Wood)....Turner Layton at the

Plano.

9.15 p.m.-London Relay-News Bum.

mary.

Vocal Why Did I Have To Meet

You? (film Queen of Hearts'). Gracie Fields with Orchestra. Comedian-Ding Dong Bell (Askey); I Pulled Myself Together! (As- key). Arthur Abkey with Piano accomp. Saxophone-Some Of These Days (Brooks) Coleman Hawkins with The Remblers Dance Orches- tra and Vocal. Chorus. Vocal The Beautiful Bearded Lady11.00 p.m.-CLOSE DOWN,

ISOBEL WINS

1

The following were the results of a sweep- stake race held by the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club yesterday over 8.03 miles:

Finished Corrd. Pos. Isobel

4.20.65 (Surg, Lt. Cår. T. A. Page);

4.20.57 (Major C. V. Seogrini). Zephyr

"Can

4.24.20 4.31.07

3

(Capt. G. E. Neve).

True Blue

4.21.45

(Capt. À, O. G. Mills).

Hve

4.23.47 (Miss Crawhall Wilson). Gull

4.20.40 (Cdr. R. B. H. Johnstone).:

D.N.F. La Linda

-(Capt, T.-H. Brown).

Y.M.C.A. Teams

The following hockey teams will repre- sent Y.M.C.A. to-day and Saturday in friendly fixtures:

9.30 p.m.-Landon Relay "Vive La France"-5. The fifth of a series on the Life of the French Army and People. jainst bar end 9.45 p.m.-A French Programme with

Georges Thill (Tenor) Bathork (Mezzo-Soprano). 10.16. p.m.-B.B.C. Recording

the Garden Wall". A Sketch, 10.30 p.m.-Dance Music...

and

Jane

"Over

FANLING GOLF

the best rounds The prizes for

in the

Shanghal Visitor's Cup golf competition.

held at Fanling over the. Easter holidays, were won by the following:

Morning:-Wing Comdr. Steele-Perkins 88-10-72. P. L. Lloyd scoredTM 87—15—72, but had the higher score over the last nine holes.

Afternoon! W. W. C. Shewan 80-0—71. There is no alteration to the leading scores which have already been published except the inclusion o D. I. Bosanquet 7577—152. Other competitions resulted as follows: L.. R. Andrewes (5), one, up, won the Bo- gey Par- Pool, over the Old Course, while

(8), Surg. Comdr. C. B. Nicholson down, was second. S. L. Lloyd (15) and Major, W. E. Harvey (10) were also one down, but the prize goes to the player with 85 the best homeward halt. There were entries.

one

L. Reidy with a card of 85-21-64 won the Medal Round from 33 other entries. To-day-1st XI v Recrelo ("Y" ground, Capt. A. C. F. Drew-Wilkinson (15), four the 5.15 p.m.):-Benwell; Jordan and Yourieff; down, won the Bogey Par Pool over

Re- Pennington, MeLellan and Waldron; High New Course from 14 other entries.

sult of the Mixed Bogey competition will lands, Gemmell, White, Rose and Walls. ---Saturday.fat XI ̄v Nomads ("Y" ground, be announced later.

and Toulinson; 4.15 p.m.):-Benwell; Jordan and Yourleff. Kempton, Pennington and Waldron; Bates, p.m.):-Millington; Killeen Elaly Taylor, Rose and Walls.

Smits, Gilchrist and Ireson; Macey, Dor- Score 100% for pass, 40% for two 2nd XI v "y", Ladies ("y" ground, 3mer, Stone, Greenberg and Banku, spades, 0 for any other bid.

The bidding:

North East

West

Pass

Pasa

Pass

Pass

BNT

Pass

Dbl.

40

Dbl.

Fass

Pass:

David partner. hold:

Against four diamonds doubled West opened the club. then shift- ed to the Ace and a small heart.

spade

from

HIGH CARD VALUES

ACE ··· KING

JACK

discarded

QUESTION NO. 369.

Bruce Burnstone is your You are the dealer and

AK 10

A 10 bidding:

PASI

Pasu

tamorraw

(Ralensed By

(Answer

Bell Syndicat

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