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WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1932.

CONTRACT PLAYGROUNDS FOR

BRIDGE

By W. E. McKenney.

Secretary, American Bridge, Lesgus.

COLONY

ROTARY CLUB DECISION. NOT UNANIMOUS.

H.K. PRE-HISTORY

The question of providing mora children's playgrounds in the Pre-emptive bids of four of a sult are made primarily to shut out Colony came up for discussion at the opponente. They should be yesterday's Rotary Club luncheon, made only on hande containing which was held in Messrs. Lane long suit and little or no defen- sive strength.

Crawford's restaurant under tho chairmanship of Sir William Hor- nell. It was unanimously decided to maintain the two existing grounds, but a resolution for pro- viding two more met with some dissent.

They indicate to partner that with the suit you name aa trump you will take eight tricks-in other words, you are over-bidding your hand two tricks. If partner happens to hold two tricks, you may be suc- The Chairman welcomed the cessful in making your contract. following visitors-The Rev. E. C. Under the writer's system, it is II. Tribbeck, Capt. Hopkins, of the Impossible to make a pre-emptive.s. Yatching, Rotarian G. J. Mc- bid of three and they rarely, if ever, Carthy and Rotarian Yinson Lee, accomplish their purpose. If you both of Shanghai: are going to pre-empt, do so high

The Chairman said: On August enough to keep the opponents from 25, the Club carried the following arriving at their best declaration.

resolution ananimously: "That ap- There are a few hands where pre-pllention be made to the Govern emptive bids of four in a minor ment for the use of Blake Gardens will work out well, but generally and as area opposite the Soldiers' the best minor pre-emptive bid is and Sailors' Home on the Praya an original bid of five. You are

East Reclamation; that the Govern- only endeavouring to accomplishment be asked to enclose and level one thing with a pre-emptive bid, and that is to stop the opponents from bidding.

these grounds, and that the Rotary Club equip them with games ap- paratus and pay the salary of a Play Director by a levy on each member of the Club, and that the Chinese Y.M.C.A. be invited to secure the Director and supervise his work."

Support Pre-Emptive Bida Au partner has told you that he in overbidding his hand two tricks and has no side strength, do not support his pre-emptive bid even

You will notice that the Rotary though you hold quick tricks, un Club's undertaking to equip the less you hold a sufficient number of playgrounds with games apparatus quick tricks to assure a slam. The and pay the salary of a Play Direc- main point to remember in pre-

tor was not limited to any specific emptive bids is that if the opperiod. However, on writing pri- ponents should overcali partner'svately, as I did, on August 26 Inst, originat suit bid of four and your to the Hon. Colonial Secretary, I hand contains only one to two said that tho Rotary Club's quick tricks, you can make a good guarantee to find the cost of the sacrifice bid by supporting partner. initial apparatus and the salaries With partner advertising no defen- of a Play Director and grounds- sive strength and you with very little, undoubtedly the opponents have game.

When you suppori partner's bid, holding one trick, you can expect to go down only two tricks, and in the majority of cases for a very good sacrifice. If you hold tricks, partner should be down only

one,

two

Pre-emptive bids can also be

en was for a year. I added I had no doubt that if the experiment was successful, and I was sure it would Club would be successful, that the Rotary assume practically permanent responsibility for this work, which it would almost cer- tainly try to extend.

Extension Recommended,

You have before you, in The

Bulletin, certain proposals of the

Servicemmittee.

The first recommendation is that the present work be maintained. The third recommendation is that the present arrangements with the Chinese Y.M.C.A. be continued. The second recommendation is that two new grounds be applied for, and

made after the bidding is opened; c. g. partner bids one heart, oppo Community menté pass, and you bid three or four spades. In either case, this would be purely a pre-emptive bid informing partner that your hand was worthless for anything hut spades. There are very few hands, however, where this will prove auc. cessful as generally the only one it shuts out from bidding is part-fourthly that the amount required be raised by voluntary subscriptions from members of this Club.

nek.

Again, supposing that opponents opened with one heart. If you bid

Now, I hold that the Club has three or four spades, this would be committed itself to running, as two or three more than necessary, organised playgrounds, the exist and would in no way be a forcinging ground at Wanchai and that bid. Partner would immediately which occupies half of Blake Gar

I propose, however, to put take it for a pre-emptive bid indens. which you were announcing that it to the Club whether or not the you had nothing but spades. This existing playground work should type of bid is used more frequently be maintained and maintained on than the overcall of partner's suit the same basis, that is to say at a with pre-empt.

cost as per the estimate in The Bulletin of about $1,360, and also whether or not the present arrange- ment with the Chinese Y.M.C.A. should be continued..

LATE PRESIDENT DOUMER

MEMORIAL SERVICE AT ST. JOSEPH'S

There is also before the Club a proposal that the playground work should not only be maintained but extended. I sincerely hope there is no one here who would wish to close down the work which the Club has already taken up. There may be members who feel the existing work should be maintained but not extended. Both those who feel that the work should be maintained, and those who feel that the work should be extended, should vote for the resolution which I shall shortly put to you, that the play- ground work of the Rotary Club Vice-Admiral Herr, Commander-be maintained, In-chief of the French Naval forces in the Far East, will be pre- sent at the funeral service which

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Having got this resolution ac- will be celebrated in St. Joseph's cepted, if it is accepted, I shall put

church at 11 a.m. to-morrow,

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