1940-03-29 — Page 26

MUTT AND JEEF

WHAT?

GOSH!

READY MEN!

WAIT POR

CHARGE!

REE

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 29, 1940

TWO

By BUD FISHER

FOUR, SIX

EIGHT

'Cello And

Piano Recital

From The Studio

2.15 p.m.-CLOSÉ DOWN.

6.00 p.m.-An hour of Dance Music.

7.00 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-

tions.

Today's Wireless

7.02 p.m.-Variety with Quentin Mac- lean, Charles Kullman, Olive Gilbert and Others.

Organ Lily of Laguna

(Leslie

Stuart); Little Dolly Daydream (Leslie Stuart)....Quentin Mac- lean,

Vocal The Wings of Sleep (from "The Dancing Years'-Novello) Mary Ellis & Olive Gilbert with Ivor Novello (at the Piano) and Orchestra.

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

Vocal-Rose of England (from 'Crest of the Wave'-Novello).. Edgar Elmes (Baritone) with Orchestra & Male Chorus. Vocal-Haven of your Heart (from 'Crest of the Wave')....Olive Gil- bert (Contralto) with Orchestra. Organ Serenade (Heymens); The Song of Songs (Moya)....Quentin Maclean.

Vocal-The World Is Mine To-night (Marvell & Posford); By The

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 existence.

BACKWARD FINESSE

The backward finesse is a play that is made very rarely. The reason, of course, is that not only do certain exact conditions have to exist, but they also have to be recognized. This

play consists of taking an unnatural or backward finesse, thereby dropping an honour from each opponent's hand the same play. Oswald Jacoby récently executed this play.

on.

West, Dealer

Neither side vulnerable

K. J. 5. 2 KJ 7.3.

0:6 4

9.8

10 4 OAK 953 *К 762

W

A 7 6 4 3 ♡ Q 6 5

8.7 2

A Q 10

A 9.8.2 Q.10. A.10..4 3 Mr. Jacoby

The bidding: West

North East Раев

P485 ༡ཀ་

Paes

Pass

:

had already shown up wiht the Ace- King of diamonds. He might in ad- dition hold either the club, King or heart Queen, but certainly not both, for otherwise he would have opened the bidding. ́_I

Dvorak Symphony And

Wagner

(Ravel); 5. Variations Symphoni-- ques (Boellmann).

9.15 p.m. London: Relay-News Sum-

mary..

Dark Lagoon (Baddeley & Leigh) | 9.30 p.m.-London Relay-"World Af-

Charles Kullman (Tenor) with Orchestra. 7.30 p.m.-London Relay-The News. 8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.-Dvorak-Symphony No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 70. Czech Philhar- monic Orchestra conducted by Va-

clav Talich.

and Plano 8.40 p.m.-Studio-'Cello

Ettore Pellegatti and Recital by Nura Kanis, 1. Indian Lament (Dvorak-Kreis- ,ler); 2. La Gitana (Kreisler); 3. Chanson Villageoise (Popper); 4. Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte

...

L.T.A. MEETING

faire".

-

9.45 p.m.-Wagner's "Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg" Act III, Scenes 1-4. Characters and Soloists in order of appearance: David....Martin Krem-- er (Tenor); Hens Sachs.... .Hans- Hermann Nissen (Bass): Walther von Stolzing.. Torsten Ralf (Ten- or); Beckmesser Eugen Fuchs: (Bass); Eva...Margarete Teschem-- scher (Soprano); Magdalena....Lane Jung (Soprano); with Chorus of the Dresden State Opéra and The Saxon State Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Bohm..

11:00 p.m.-CLOSE DOWN.

son

It was decided that the League sea-- commence on Tuesday, May 14, while entries would be closed Monday, April 15.

on:

During discussion, Mr. J. J. Fergu- son proposed that members who were A successful year was recorded at not residents of Hong Kong, should' the annual meeting of the Hong Kong not be permitted to participate in the Lawn Tennis Association held in the

League games. Registrar's Office, Supreme Court, yes-He pointed out that last year, visit- terday. Mr. Justice R. E. Lindsell, Pre-

ors had been invited to play for a club. sident, was in the Chair.

in League matches. Addressing the meeting, Mr. Justice

The proposal was carried by a ma-

Lindsell said that the Association had jority, and a rule will be drawn up against players participating who have He congratulated the Chinese not been residents in Hong Kong for a successful, if somewhat uneventful, year, FR.C. on their brillant success in the at least three months, or who do not therefore reasoned ƒ “A”, “C” and Mixed Doubles divisions intend to reside here for that period.

and also their section of "D" division, while in the "B" division they were beaten only the S.CA.A.

NEW OFFICERS Officers elected for the current year

www.comm

that if West held the Queen of hearts, I would lose a trump trick, but then the club finesse would surely be suc-

As regards visiting teams, the Asso- were as follows: cessful. In other words, I played

the President H. R. B, Hancock; Vice- East for one of the two missing hon-ciation were able to entertain

Of course, East might have Philippine Island, Davis Cup team, President-M. W. Lo, Hon. Secretary Hon. Treasurer-E. ours...

C. J. Abraham; League Secretary held only the Queen and one heart, Messrs, Sanchez and Ampon, in MayT A. Pearce;

E. de in which case I would have lost the and to note their subsequent, progress,

But it seemed to me that the especially that of Mr. Ampon, in Tacchi; Executive Committee

Souza, A. el Arculli, T. F. Lo and the best tournaments in the United States. play I attempted offered

The visit of the Thailand goodwill Capt. C. H. R. Hyde (representing chance for success."

team was unfortunately marred by Army) Interport Selection Commit- what amounted to a virtual boycot di tee:-A. E. P. Guest, M. W. Lo, Ho the visitors by most of the Chinese Ka-lau, H. A. Barros and Capt. C, H.

R. Hyde. community.

hand:

**

* *

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

AAK 10 9 x x

VA.XX

OK X

10%

Burdstone Jacobf.

Pasy Pass

The bidding:

You

Mater

South 10

Pass

3

Pass

(2)

West cashed two diamond tricks, then shifted to a spade. Winning in his hand, Mr. Jacoby HIGH LARD VALLJES led a low heart and,

ACE KING

QUEEN

ب ماندگی

ANSWER:

Your correct bid is to pass. You have already shown the full strength of your hand and hence are not justified in bidding six.

Score 100% for pass, 50% for six instead of taking the clubs, 0 for any, other bid. natural Jack finesse,

QUESTION NO. 370

You Neither side is vulnerable. He are Oswald Jacoby's partner and

went right

dummy's with |

then led the Jack hold:

through East, and while that player refused to cover, it

didn't matter for now

both the ten and Queen were bound to be captu

This is what we mean by the "back- vard fin but now let's dalve into

tinnati

for making the

xplained 18 this:

passed origin

bidding:

Dbl.

blet {(Answer

Bell Syndicate

CHESS TITLE

He deplored the attitude that was adopted on what were, in his opinion, quite insufficient grounds, and said he desired publicly to thank the Rumjahn In the Colony Chess Championship Sir Henry Pollock cousins, and other players, who made yesterday the staging of the Interport contest beat K. M. A. Barnett and D. E. da

Carvalho beat L. Blair. possible.

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