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CONTRACT
BRIDGE
By W, E. McKenney.
Secretory, American Bridge League.
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It is not necessary always to bid and make game or n in order to get a thrill out of con- tract bridge. The following hand came up between Cleveland and Chicago in a national champion- ship challenge match, and is one of the greatest battle of wita seen In a bridge hand,
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South, the dealer, opened with one no trump, West doubled, North passed, East must bid something as his partner has doubled, there. fare, he bile two diamonds, South passed and West went to three lin
This was the final con- monda, tract.
The Play.
South had the opening tead and did not care to open clubs us, ni- though headed by an ace, it was only a three-card suit. The heart snit was out of the question as it, was headed by a king, therefore the spade suit was chosen. While some players might prefer to open fourth best, most players holding jack, ten, eight will lead the jack. The jack was lead, dummy played the queen, North covered with the king, and East, the declarer, won the trick with the ace. The three of clubs was led by declarer and won in the dummy with the queen, The next play from dummy was the king of diamonds and when South played small, the queen of diamonds was continued, South won with the ace and threw the dummy back in by leading the 10 of diamonds.
As the declarer held the nine of spades, he had South marked with He the and eight of spades. also und South marked with the ace of clubs. His play was to try to throw South into the lead. therefore the small heart was led from dummy, East, the declarer, playing the queen, South winning with the king, and even though South knows he may set up a long heart for the declarer to take n discard on. he returns the 10 of hearts, asain putting West, the dammy, in the lead. rather than
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lend his spades or clubs. The ace FAITH IN THE FUTURE. SIXTEEN of hearts is then returned from dummy.
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The declarer cannot lend spades (or clubs, or he will only make one
more trick, so he leads the good six. of hearts from dummy, North dis- cards the deace of clubs. It might look natural for East to take a dis- Fellows card on this good heurt, but he pire Society, for Empire Day Chinese passengers and Hevernl makes a very brilliant play and has been received by the Hon. Chinese members of the crew were trumps with the eight of diamonds.
Pollock, from the drowned. No foreigners were lost, all having been picked up by another Would you discard the five of Sir Henry
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The Iling foundered in the Yangtaze "The Chairman and Council tract because he will immediately send greetings on Empire Day Gorges on Wednesda striking a rock
about 236 miles above lelang. return a club which South will and an affirmation of their belief have to win with the ace, and all that, granted faith and patience, he can eash then is his 10 of the prevailing economic depres spades. But, as explained before, this hand was a battle of wits hesion may lead through the Ottawa j tween the declarer and the South Economic Conference to the re-
establishment of British prosperi- } player, and when East.trumped with the eight of diamonds, put on a new and firmer basis of ting himself in a position to make mutual help within the Empire."
the South player his contract, made the brilliant play of discard-
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ing his tee of clubs. All the de-by South. If he returned a club, KING'S BLOG clater could do was to lead a small North would win the club trick club and win in the dummy with the king. If he returned the spade. the last three tricks would be won
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