Judge — April 20, 1929 — page 26: what you’re looking at

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WOW GwD \e ran PRI IDGE IDNEY @ LENZ = Mr. Lenz has held. fourteen times, the Netionet end Taternational Bridge and Whist Cham Those tho follow this department of Jud y Wilbur C. ‘Stincy Lenz is undoubtedly the most remarkable card player the wo sad has will welcome correspondence from Judge readers and will give advice and auswer Jated to Auction and Contract provided correspondents send stamped addressed The modern home of the Swiss Family Robinson... Of course you've climbed into a platforr in the trees at Chez Robinson, just outside Paris... for one of those superb lunch- cons with fraises du bois as a Fe ++ just as you've mo- out to the Restaurant Kilometres Cent Quartre for an omelette ‘lighter than egg” ++. or have sat in silent ad- miration while the chef at the Chantecler in Vichy bestowed his final artistry ‘on crépes suzettes, To taste these miracles, you sail Cunard because their 4 la carte service (without ex- tra charge) is like a private reminder of these French “little places”. Crépes Suzett Cunard are the merest airiness .. Pouf!... a lift of the fork and they are deliciously lost under the tongue... the most sophis- ticated of desserts... And as for strawberries, you will im ine that you taste the wild woodsy ones that grow near Dreax...ifyou cross Cunard... the shortest bridge to Europe. TO FRANCE AND ENGLAND MAURETANIA May 1 - May 22+ June 12 AQUITANIA May 8 - May 29 - June 19 BERENGARIA May 15 - JuneS-June26 CUNARD LINE See Your Local Agent THE SHORTEST BRIDGE TO EUROPE qe envelopes for reply. QJ 1097 Hearts are trumps. West leads the Queen of Diamonds. How many tricks can North and South ast any defense by Fast and West? It may secm strange to a great number of excellent Bridge players, but the solution to the above problem, which in last week's issue of - showed the only way in which thirteen tricks could be made by the North and South players y defense of the adver- Thousands of players Jed in taking thirteen tricks and wrote letters asking me why they not receive prizes. Of course, perfect defense would in every instance defeat the play as shown, although one irate individual insists his method of play is undefeatable as the best player in hi wb could not stop from making a grand slam. The popular error of the better ‘ de at the very first North was allowed to duck the Queen of Diamonds, South trumping, and at the end pl North was in the lead and East's trumps were picked up. This method of play worked fine, when t discs the “worthless Spades". If, however, East had felt an eee to throw Clubs, North would grievously disapp everything was ready for the star play, to have East trump the high 4 The majority of solvers had t trump the second Diamond honor and from that point on they played wonderful Bridge—every trick in par! It apparently never occurred to them that East could pass the enemy Ace. Possibly the most naive play of the contest was made by a Chi- cago man, North won the first trick with the King of Diamonds and followed with the Ace. cleverly refused to trump, dis- carding the Club. Now North led the two of Diamonds and Zast trumped with the Queen of Hearts! A number of players had less difficulty in solving the problem than with the conditions. The 300-word limit disqualified many skilful players. Such a line as this: Trick 1. QO KO 40 2& was ruled by the Judges as being ten words. Three such charts, with a few hundred words of ex planation had no chance of get- ting by. It was somewhat surprising that many contestants did not think it even necessary to men- tion the defense of East trump- ing the high Diamond at the second trick. With over 60 per cent of the solvers giving that play as the only answer, it appeared to the Judges that no solution could be considered perfect that —com- pletely ignored such an essential contingency. Neither would the Judges pass a solution that did not give South's discard to the first trick. Several hundred an- swers, otherwise correct, forgot this important detail. The method of judging the so- lutions was rather unique. A careful selection was made of those technically correct. Names and marks of identification were rarefully covered with numbered rards. The Judges voted without nsultation of discussion and without knowledge of authorship. comicbooks.com