1938-03-05 — Page 7

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FIVE-SUIT BRIDGE.-The Queen of the new suit, Royals, which has been added experimentally to the normal four-suit pack, making 65 cards in all. In place of the usual sult marking is n crown. Bridge is being played with the enlarged pack at Bates Club, Park-lone,

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SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1938.

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BY WAR POEM

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war veterans from Britain, the Empire, France

and America gathered in the cemetery of Wimoreux to-day for a ceremony in memory of Colonel Dr. John McCrac, the Canadian poct, author of "In Flanders Fields."

The ceremony was presided over by Mr. Philippe Roy, the Canadian Minister to France, who laid a wreath of poppies on the tomb of the poet.

Mr. Roy also read a message from Mr. Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada.

Two New Transmitters

For B.B.C.

Blg developments at the B.B.C.'s Daventry short-wave alation are fore- shadowed by the announcement yes- terday that two new high-power transmitters have been ordered. Con- tracts have been placed with the Marconi Company.

The extension of the buildings at

EXCITING NEW GAME Daventry has already begun.

FROM VIENNA

TRIED BY LONDON EXPERTS

By NORMAN DE V. HART,

A variation of contract bridge has come to London from Vienna which allows a player to hold five Aces-or five deuces, for that matter,

since there is a whole extra suit. Recent- ly I watched four expert pinyers at Bates Club, Pork-lane, trying the new game, which it as fascinating and exciting as it is dificult.

out

The invention of n Viennese selen- tist, Dr. Marculin, it has been taken up with some enthusiasm by the Austrian world champion team whose captain, Dr. Paul Stern, hos written the rules, It seems likely to become the vogue in Vienna, where a pairs contest of experts has been prganised to test the new game.

The extra suit is called "Leaf" or "Green" in Austria, but at Bates Club the name "Royals" has been pack have been turned into Royals by posting a small gilt crown at two opposite corners. The extra suit makes a pack of 65 cards, of which each player is dealt 18.

This leaves one card over, and the declarer has the valuable privilege of exchanging that card for any. in his own hand.or in dummy. Game is 120 points. Diamonds and Clubs aire 20 a trick, Hearts and Spades 25 trick, Royals 30 a trick, and No- Trumps 40 a trick.

HOW SCORES ARE MADE

The "book" is eight tricks, so that it is only with his ninth trick that the declarer starts scoring towards his contract. Six must be bid-a Small Stan-to score game in Clubs or Diamonds, five to score game in Hearts of Spades. four to score game -in-Royals, and three-to-Score game

In No-Trumps.

The Small Slam is ull tricks but two, and gains a bonus of 500 non- vulnerable and 550 vulnerable. The Grand Slam is all but one trick, with bonuses of 1,000 and 1,500. The Super-Slam is all 16 tricks. scoring bonuses

of 1,500 and 2,000. Four Aces in one hand at No-Trumps score 150 and five Aces 300. Penalties are as in ordinary contract.

The four players in the game I witnessed were Lt.-Cal. H. M. Beasley, who is fathering the ex- periment in the new game, Mrs. Felix Goetz, Mr. J. Pavlides und Jhr. Carl Repelner. Here is a Small Stam bld by Col. Beasley and Mrs. Felix Goetz:

Mra. Goetz R-Q 9 5

JB 2

Pavlides

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S-10 7 5 4 H-10 9 7 2 D-Q J 3 C-6 3 2

QB 3 W D-10 6 6 4

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Beasley

R-A K 19 7

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EH-6

D-AK 5

S C-AK Q 10 8

R-3843.

S-A 0 3

HI-A K S 4

D-9 7 2

C-D 7

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Enst: 23 G 4 C West: 2 DJ NT NT No Col. Beasley and Mrs. Goetz were playing the Two-Club convention. Jr. Repelser led the King of Hearts, and when dummy was exposed Col. Beasley exchanged the Club Knave lying in the middle of the table for his Six of Hearts, thus giving him- self six Clubs with five honours and reducing his Hearts to a singleton.

FREQUENT FREAK HANDS After inking the first trick South led a Club, and the contract wha made, Col. Bensley losing only to the

two discards on dummy's Spades for his losing Diamond and a Royal, And then successfully finesser ngainst South's Knuve of Royals. As both sides were vulnerable, he won gamo and rubber, with 150 for honours and a 750 bonus for the Small Slam.

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Col. Deasley told me that he finds the new game much more varied and interesting than ordinary contract. Although reports from Vienna Ray that freake hands are more frequent in the new game, that has not been the experience at Antes Club in the limited time it has been tried there. It is the play of the cards. In or dinory distributions that seems to have so much wider possibilities.

Major J. B. Brunel Cohen, hon. treasurer of the British Legion, added his tribute. Ho Bald:

"In 1921 a French Indy, inspired by the poem 'In Flanders Fields," came over to London and suggested to the British Legion, which had then Just been formed, that they should purchase poppies made by French ex-Servicemen and sell them in the streets on behalf

of our own ex- Servicemen.

"This plan was taken up whole-1 heartedly by the British Legion and by its president, Lord Haig."

I understand that these new trans- mitters will be as powerful as any As a result, sald Major Brunel projected by other

countries and will Cohen, more than £7,000,000 hnd probably be capable of using 100 been collected and distributed to ex- kilowatts. It was announced recent-Servicemen in need. ly that construction of a 100-kilowalt short-wave station at Rome is pro- posed.

At present the most powerful short- wave transmitters in the world use GO kilowatts. The great majority use considerably less power than this.

Expansion at Daventry follows the Inauguration of foregn Innguage broadcasts by the B.B.C. Construc- tion of new transmitters is necessary to avoid curtailment of the Empire service as more foreign languages are Introduced.

The poem was recited at the graveside, after which "Last Post and "Reveille" were rounded by buglers of the 1st Battalion, Cold- stream Guards.

Major Brunel Cohen placed a wreath of poppies on the grave.

Licut-Colonel McCrae, who died; in hospital at Wimereux on January 28, 1018, wrote the poem when in netion during the second Battle of Ypres.

FUND INSPIRED

SONJA'S FAMILY-Sonja Hente. Norwegian skating queen and flim klar, as she arrived in New York from Hollywood to make a five-day appearance at an ica carnival. She is greeted by her mother, right, and her brother Lelf. The dainty figure skater was scheduled to take part in a varied program.

MILLIONAIRESS SHOT DEAD :

New York. RS. JULIA BARKER is In Detroit Gaol to-day accused of slaying her V friend and business associate, Mrs. Edith Cummings, a phone girl M who became millionairess by her own ability.

Mrs. Cummings was slot early yesterday morning on the banks of a river outside Detroit after the two women had returned from Chicago. It is sald that they went to Chileugo to raise money to fight extradition to Kentucky on a charge of taking part in a real estate swindle. Both women made fortunes out of property dealings.

An eye-witness of the tragedy reported seeing a woman fleeing across the river, which is leebound, with a revolver dangling from her neck. Mrs. Barke

who surrendered to the police,. is alleged to have said:

out of our car to look at a bit of innd Mrs. Cummings proposed to buy. She suggested I should walk ahead. She caught me by the foot and pulled me down. I saw a gun in her hand. She said she was going to murder me and commit suicide because things were going badly.

"We tussled, and the gun went off."

Mrs. Cummings was shot twice. A farmer's wife stated: "I heard three shots and later saw one woman bending over another lying in the snow. The former was kicking and beating the prostrate figure, and finally kicked the body down the river bunk."

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