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MUTT AND JEFF

MUTT, DID YOU NOTICE THAT NEW COUPLE ACROSS THE

STREET-- HOW DEVOTED THEY

ARE?

M-M

EVERY TIME HE GOES OUT HE KISSES HER THEN HE GOES : ON THROWING KISSES TO HER ALL THE WAY DOWN THE STREET:

MUTT, WHY DON'T YOU

DO THAT?

ME?-

I DON'T KNOW

HER WELL

ENOUGH!

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 24, 1940.

"

By BUD FISHER

NO LEAGUE TENNIS SURPRISES

All matches on the "D"

Division League Tennis pro- }

Winning

(By

CONTRACT

The Four Aces)

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

played with no surprises.

C.R.C. "B" scored a big win over K.T.C., their "A" team beat C.B.A., South China beat Craigengower, and K.C.C. secured their first points at the expense of I.R.C.

;

Following were the results:-

I.R.C. v K.C.C.

At Sookunpoo. Kowloon Cricket Club beat Indian Recreation Club by 6 sets to 3.

M. A. Wahab and M. R. Abbas (.R.C.). lost to G. Gillard and E. Eymard.. 36 lost to L. Jack and A. E. Perry.... 4-6 lost to H. W. Crabb and R. Turpin 1-6

M. P. Madar and M. I. Razack (1.R.C.). lost to Gillard and Eymard

beat Jack and Perry

lost to Crabb and Turpin

S. A. R. Bux and K. M. Rumjahn (I.R.C.),

· lost to Gillard and Eymard

ken!

A BAD DOUBLE

A well-known principle of success- ful bidding at Contract is: If

your partner has not bid, do not double the opponents with the expectation of finding a trick in his hand.

South, Dealer Both sides vulnerable

A 10 6 4 QJ 2

4904

KKKJ

9.7

♡ 9 7 6 4 ◊ 9 8 2

36

J 3

63

3- 6

KQ 76

10 8 5

W

9 8 6 4

20

8 6 2

beat Jack and Perry

6 2

beat Crabb and Turpin

♡ A 3

6 4

◇ A 10

C.C.C. v S.C.A.A.

AK 10 76'3

At Craigengower, South China beat Cral- gengower by 8% sets to 1⁄2.

The bidding:

K. M. Au and C. M. Lee (C.C.C.). lost to C. S. Wong and C. S. Lee .... lost to K. T. Ng and K C. Wong lost to K. Sung and K. C. Wan

2- 6

South INT

8NT

West North Pass 2NT Pasa Dbl. Pass Pass Redbl. Pass Pasa Pass

Bast

G. Souza and O, W. Chal (C.C.C.). last to Wong and Lec

lost to Ng and Wong

lost to Sung and Wan

M. C. Hung and Ai Hưng (GC,C), drew with Wong and Lee

lost to Ng and Wong

lost to Sung and Wan

At Causeway

C.R.C. V K.LT.C.

Bay, Chinese

4- G 3 G

2- 6 South's irregular one-notrump open- 2-6ing was based on the fact that West 48 liked to make brilliant doubles and. he hoped to give him a chance.

G— 6. 2- 6 1-6

Recreation

Club "B" beat Kowloon Indian Tennis Club

by 7% sets to 11.

L. How and K. M. Wong (C.R.C.). beat M. Ramjan and S. R. Salleh 6- 0 lost to G. Singh and M. H. Hassan

HIGH CARD VALUES

OF THE ! FOUR-ACES SYSTEM

ACE... 3 KING..2 QUEEN.1 JACK...

The King and Queen af spades were allow- ed to win the first two tricks. Now West. led his singleton Jack of clubs, and then the roof fell on him, South simply ran six club tricks, discarding three diamonds and a heart from dummy. West let 0-2 go of two hearts, two diamonds and a low spade. Now Declarer. cashed his Ace of hearts, played a spade to dum- my's Ace and on the ten of spades dis- carded his low heart. West, who was

beat M. Singh and A. Azan

Пришта о 6 0

C. N. Chang and C. W. Chu (C.R.C.).

beat Ramjan and Salleh

beat Singh and Hassan

drew with Singh and Azan

6 4

- 8

Y. Y. Lam and S, Cheung (C.R.C.).

beat Ramjan and Sallch

O

1

beat Singh and Hassan

6- 0

beat Singh and Azan

G 0

C.R.C. "A" y C.B.A.

At King's Park, Chinese Recreation Club "A" beat the Central British Association by 7 sets to 2.

T. Lockhart and V. C. Bond (C.B.A.). lost to T. F. Lo and H. N. Chan .... lost to P. H. Chiu and K. N. Lee .... lost to S. T. Chan and T. C. Yuen

E. Bull and M. Dunne (C.B.A.).

Lost to Lo and Chan

lost to Chiu and Lee

beat Chan and Yuen

36

1- 6

26

00

TOTAL VALUE IN PACKING -

AVERAGE HAVE A 26.

GOLF CLUB STARTING TIMES

Following are Royal Hong Kong Golf Club 06 starting times for Fanling:- 7- 5

C. Semmelman and A. Komorsky (C.B.A.).

Lost to Lo and Chan

lost to Chiu and Lee

beat Chan and Yuen

OCEAN"

SUNDAY

Old Course

0—0-(~0:16¬¤;m; JP, Murphy, R, M. M. King.

E. T. McMullen, S. L.. Lloyd..

A. D. Humphreys, E. G. Price.

J. E. Dovey, I, B. Trevor,

A. N. and Q. A, A. Macfadyen.

. J. A. D. Morrison, E. P. Streat-

fleld.

J. Linaker, M. Pollock.

Om B 9.20

*

7- B 9.24

•

T. Megarry, J. W. Mayhew.

9.20

#

9.32

0.30

**

9:40

Golfer's Policy

9.44

9.48

Public Liability,

9.53

A, B, Allson, G. Thomerson.

Breakage of Clubs,

9.54

F. A. Redmond, R. G. Parker.

10.00

·P. E: Annis; W. Harper.

Burglary, Theft, Fire.

10.0%

10.08

10.12

D. Humphreys, H. M. Rowland. A. Sommerfelt, K. B. Morrison. GC. Worrall, I. H. Geare.

10,16

Premium $10.00.

GILMAN & CO., LTD.

Wing Cdr. Steele Perkins, Col. Matthews.

G. M. Park,' R. Young.

J. C; C. Matthews, R. J. K. Thompson.

'New Course.

9.32 a.m. W. Sharp, A. A, Bremner,

now forced to retain the King of hearts, threw away the Queen of dia- monds, whereupon Declarer made the last two tricks with the Ace-ten of diamonds, thereby making two over- tricks.

Incidentally, it should be noted that West could have held the contract | to four-odd if he had played a third spade at Trick 3, since then Declarer would have been under to operate the squeeze.

*. *

You were David Bruce Burnstone's partner yesterday and held: A KJ 9 II X ♡ AXI

A XX

The bidding: You Mater 14 Pass

(7)

ANSWER:

Barnatone Jacáby

24

Pass

Your correct rebid is two spades. Your partner's response in the suit in which you have a single- ton does not improve your hand.

Score 100% for two spades, 40% for three spades, 0 for any other bid,

QUESTION NO. 418 Your partner is Mr. X and again you hold:

K J 9 XXX ♡ A I I ◊ A XX

* X

Jacoby Pass

The bidding:

You

14

Mafor Pass

Mr.

20

.(?)

(Answer

What do you bld? tomorrow.) (Released by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)

Under the auspices of the Hong. Kong Chinese Women's Club, the Chinese Amateur- Dramatic Club will present the Chinese Operetta ""The Romance of the Mighty Amazon” in the Taiping Theatre on June 1 and 2.

In the

TO-DAY'S WIRELES

6:00 p.m.-Prokofieff—“Peter and th

Wolf,"

An Orchestral Fairy Tale, Op. 6 play by Serge Koussevitzky an the Boston Symphony Orchestra Narrator: Richard Hale.

}

6.25 p.m.Molselvitch at the Plano.

Mouvements Perpetuels (Poulenc) Etude (Stravinsky); Jardins Sou La Pluie (Dobussy). Flirtations In A Chinese

Garden

Rush Hour in Hong Kong (Chasins).

:

6.40 p.m.-Closing local Stock Quota-

tions.

6.42 p.m.-Tchaikowsky-"Romeo and

Juliet"-Overture Fantasie. Willam Mengelberg and His Con-

certgebouw Orchestra.

7.00 p.m.-Relay from Saigon-A Visit of an Englishman to an Annamite family.

With Annamite music and songs. 7.15 p.m.-New Mayfair Qrchestra.“ 7.30 p.m.-London Relay The News 8.00 p.m. Local Time Signal, Wea ther Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.-Magyari Imre & His Hun-

garian Gypsy Orchestra. '8.15 p.m.—An hour of Variety with Ar- thur Askey, Gracie Fields & Others 9.15 p.m.-London Relay-News Su̟m-

mary.

9.30 p.m.--London Relay-"World Af-

fairs". 9.45 p.m.-Amy Woodforde-Finden' "Four, Indian Love: Lyrics" sung by Nelson Eddy (Baritone). 9.58 p.m.-A Dance Programme.

11.00 p.m.-close down.

POLICE RESERVE DINNER DANCE

A Dinner Dance, sponsored by the Chinese Company, Hong Kong Police Reserve, will be held at the Penin- sula Hotel to-morrow, in aid of the funds of Company's Headquarters,

A feature of the function will be a cabaret programme. The numerous at- tractions offered include song selec- tions by the popular duet, the golden- voiced Miss Elvie Yuen and Mr. Banks Yip. Versatile Mr. Herbert Tong, will render the latest catchy melodies. Ar outstanding feature of the evening will be "Tango Poema" with Miss Jane Ma and Mr. Herbert Tong, the Chorus comprising such lovelies a: the Misses Elsie Law, Mary Chan Bella Ma and Dora Chow..

Tickets at $6.00 each, Dinner includ- ed, are obtainable at the Peninsula Hotel.

HONG KONG

HOTEL

DINNER DANCE

With Nick Korin & His Swing Band NIGHTLY 9 P.M. TILL 1 AM.

TEA DANCE

SUNDAYS 5 TILL 7.

THE HONGKONG “ BHANGHAI HOTEL&,

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