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By W. E. McKenney

Solution to Previous Contract Problem

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to convey that Information to partner so that If, lator in the bid- ding, he'ls forced to select the suit to play for a slam, he can make the proper choice. Always remem- ber, when you hold a four-card nuit- and your partner has four of that suit, that unless that auft dropped it will take only its owa high card tricks, while a five-three ault quite often can be established for valuable discards.

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clubs, but after he has bid five and! South as gone to five spades, showing a five-four distribution, 1 belleve North should carry the contract to alx clubs, since he can see that the long spades, will be valuable for discarde.

However, at several tables the North player went to six spades, but only one made the contract. Six clubs, of course, easily is made, as one heart from dummy is dis- carded on declarer's spade and a losing heart ruffed. Six spades is made in the following manneri

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West opens the queen of dia- monds, which is won in dummy!

the ace, and the jack of spades Is led, West winning with the king of spades and returning. the jack of diamonds. The trick is won with king In dummy, the four of hearts being discarded by declarer.

The six of diamonds then is ruffed by declarer and now threa rounds of spades are taken, West following with one spade and dis- carding two hearts,

से heart 18 discarded from dummy. What East discards is immaterial.

West is marked with the ten of diamonds by the play of the queen anti jock, and of course his bid- ding marka him with the king of hearts. The declarer now cushes his ace, king and jack of clubs. West discarding a heart.

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(Continued from Page 8.) Drugan that I forgot. I've been rather busy lately, too."

Bannister nodded. "I can under- stand," he said, "but I wish you'd seen her just the same. talking to her brother a while ago."

I was

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He isn't. In fact he's looking bet "No. That's the queer part.

ter than I ever saw him before."

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The seven of clubs is led and West is squeezed. If he discards Coleman raised his eyes in sur the ten of diamonds, it makes priae. And It was then that, the dummy's nine good, while if heiden came to Bannister, drops the inck of hearts the de-

(To be Continued)

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