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BRIDGE NOTES
Bridge Swindles
No, 19
By The Four Aces
West knew that South was a One player and that he would make his contract by an end play unless he could be sidetracked:
South, Dealer Neither side vulnerablo
swindle sidetracked a successful ploy in favour of an unsuccessful
one.
Yesterday you were Marwin D. Maler's partner and, with neither side vulnerable you held:
Q 9:3 2 J 5 AA. 5 748
The bidding: Mater
Jacoby
Хад
14 10
Pass
10
Bohagkan
Pass
Рива
(7)
ANSWER: Bid one spade. The suit is not a good one, but there is a faint chance that partner has good spade support. Also, this is the cheapest bid you can mako ---an important consideration sincé your hand is so weak:
Score 100% for one spade; 50% for ane no-trump; 90% for two clubs.
Question No. 599
, are
Howard
To-day you Schenken's partner and, with nel- ther side vulnerable you hold:
THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 27, 1940.
OFF THE RECORD
By ED REED
A 13
K 7 6 3
3 months
H.K.$ 9.00
◇ 6 3 2
6 months
H.K.$18.00
12 months
H.K.$36.00
AJ 98
A Q J 10
N
A 7 6 2
9 6
* J 8 6 2
3 months
H.K.$17.00
W
E
1
Q9
6 months
H.K.$34.00
0 8 7
!}
KJ 96
S
H.K.$68.00
Q 7 6 2
4 3
AAK B
A 10 4
O AQ 10 4
♣ K 18 5
The bidding: South
West
North
East
A Q 4 3
I '.
14
Pass
Pass
The bidding:
INT
Pass
N'T
Разв
Bebenken
Malor
Pass
Pass
Pass
14
Puss
10
Pass
You
10 (?)
Jacoby Pass
# |
(Answer
see you're doing your Christmas Snooping early!"
AK J 9
♡ J 5
◊ A Q 6 6 3
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PUBLIC AUCTION
3NT
opened the Queen of
West spades, South
HION CARD VALUR CE THE
FOUR-ACES RYETEM
ACE KING 2 QUEEN.1 JACK...1⁄2
TETAL, KAAYE OF JOEN -
IVKRASS MAN AV
winning with the
King.
Declarer
eashed the club
What do you bid?
Ti-morrow.)
(Released by The Bell Syndi-
King and led the cate, Inc.)
club ten, finexsing
to East's Queen, South won the spade return with the spade Are and led a club towards dummy.
West could place all the high cards from the bidding and correctly assumed that South's plan was to cash the clubs and the two high PARTICULARS AND CON-hearts and then lead a spade to DITIONS of the Sale by Public force a diamond lead up to the Auction to be held on MONDAY, Ace-Queen. The only danger, for the 30th day of Dec., 1940, at 3 South, was that West might be , at the Offices of the Public able to blank the King of diamonds Works Department, by Order of and win four instead of three His Excellency the Governor of tricks at the end. And West's ope Lot of Crown Land at Castlej only chance of heading off South Peak, in the Colony of Hong was to make South think the Kong for a term of 75 years, diamond King had been blanked. Commencing from 1st July, 1898. On the third round of clubs, with the option of renewal at a therefore, West discarded the five Crown Rent lo be fixed by the of diamonds; and on dummy's last Surveyor of His Majesty the club West blandly dropped the Hing, for one further term of 24| Jack of diamonds. Now South years less the last three days looked worried. Had West blank- thereof.
ed his King of diamonds?
If so, Intending bidders are advised correct play was to play the 1bat immediately after the dis- diamond Ace rather than throw posal of the lot the Purchaser (if West in with a spade. Or was . the applicant) will be required West just pretending? If so, the
deposit with an authorised
end-play would work after uil officer who will be present at the
As it happened, South guessed sale, the sum of two hundred dol-
wrong, by playing for the King of lars, ($200) in cash. This sum diamonds
Sv to drop. will be refunded on payment of the Purchase price.
to
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
I
No. of Sale
Ping Shan Inland Lot No. 6.
Registry No.
Castle Peak.
Locality
Boundary
Measuremonts
N. S. W.
24. ft.
نے
fL.
As per
sale plan
be
Contents in sq. ft.
Annual Rental
Upset Price
About 18,000
006$
West's
D'YA
SUPPOSE HE
CARRIES
GUN
11-6
by The-Bell Bralicate Tõel
girl- friend thinks her beau hap lost his sense of honesty when ho announces he thinks helil rustle a couple of theatre tickets.
Here's Luck
EWO BEER
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SCHOOL TEACHER NEARLY FAILS HIS CLASS
THE BOYS WILL NEED 4 LOT MORE COACH-Y ING IF THEY ARE TO PASS THEIR SENIOR' CAMBRIDGE NEXT
TERM.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE BOYS?
IT'S PARTLY MY FAULT
I JUST CAN'T CONCENTRATE ON MY WORK, BUT I MUST NOT LET THE CLASS DOWN THEY ARE SO KEEN TO PASS THEIR,
EXAMS. I'LL
SEE A
DOCTOR.
AT THE DOCTOR'S
EVEN
WAKE TIRED
YOUR TROUBLE IS NIGHT STARVATIÓN. YOU SEE, WHILE MOU SLEEP, YOUR HEART, LUNGS AND OTHER
AUTOMATIC
PROCESSES
CONTINUE
USING.UP
ENERGY
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AT THE DOCTOR'S
IN YOUR CASE ALSO THIS HAS |
LED TO AN EXCESS OF 2 ACID WASTE.. PRODUCTS IN
THE BLOOD.: RECENT TESTS HAVE PROVED THAT HORLICKS
AT BEDTIME
IS WHAT YOU NEED
SIX WEEKS LATER THINKS PEN THE BOYS HAVE MORE BRAINS THAN'T GAVE: THEM CREDIT. FOR MUST HAVER AN EVENING CLASS-FEEL I cbulo WORK
ALL INIGHT
WELL DONE BOYS-WE HAVE NEVER HAD SO MANY PASSES IN THE SENIOR CAMBRIDGE. (THINKS) FHORLICKS S
THE SECRET.
THANKS TO YOUR GOOD COACHING SIR.
DO YOU FEEL WORN OUT, DEPRESSED, OR NERVY? DO YOU EVEN AWAKE TIRED?..
DOCTORS AND SCIENTISTS USE HORLICKS
RECEN
IN HOSPITAL TESTS
DECENTLY tests were made in a great
hospital on men and women who com plained of always feeling tired.
It was found that these people had an excess of acid waste products in their blood during sleep. ・ “
This acid waste kopt the brain and nerves) "on edge" all night even though the rest of the body was sound asloop,
But when Horlicks was given to those people last thing at night, this excess sold, waste was completely neutralised.?"They: woke refreshed, with increased energy andˇ vitality;)
Take HORLICKS
THEN VOD WEL SLEEP SOUNDIY: WAKE REFRESHED AND HAVE EXT ENERGY A
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