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THE HONGKON

CONTRACT |

BRIDGE

By W. E. McKenney

Solution to Previous Contract Problem

As an opponent, sometimes you will find high cards are a little

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declaror keeps throwing you in with these high cards, forcing you to make loads that are to his ad- vantage.

The following band combines not only a Bath coup, but some neat and plays. It was played in the recent Vanderbilt tourna ment by Miss Helene Scranton, one of Now York's women contract

stars.

West opened the king of spades. Miss Scranton, In the South, hold- ing ace, Jack, and nine of spades, decided to refuse to win the first trick.

To refuse to win a trick, avhon holding the co-inck, is known as the Bath coup. It is made with the hope that the opponent will continue with that suit and it then

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will be possible to make both the ace and jack, while, if the trick is won immediately, the other oppo- nent may get in and lead through the declarer's jack,

However, West refused to fall into the trap and led the seven of diamonds. East went up with the queen and South won with the king.

The olght. of hearts, then was. played and won in dummy with the queen. Misa Scranton returned the jack of clubs from dummy. West won the trick with the queen and led back the nine of hearts, which South won with the king, following with the king of clubs.

West refused to win the trick and played the eight, but Miss Scranton continued with the clubs, forcing West to win, with the acc. West exited with a heart, which was won in dummy with the ace, Miss Scranton dis carding the nine of clubs.

Dummy's good ten of clubs was cashed, West discarding a spade. Now the three of diamonds was led from dummy, South going ap with the ace, and leading the ten- spot, which threw West into the lead.

And now West, holding the queen and ten of spades, must lend into Miss Scranton's ace and jack, and the Bath coup produced

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