Judge — May 18, 1929 — page 30: what you’re looking at

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(aly Lite ~ SNOWBALL wk IN THE BAD BAD PLACE, HAT BIG wes ti me ane RANE LITTLE RED-RIDING-HOoD PocKET ComG AND ITS char os MER R HIE Sy, creme as A SKWATT AND A SKWITTLE SKWILLING A SKWOPULAI SKWONG, O(2 _ P'HAPS ITS A SKWILL AN' A SKWONG SKATING A SKWOPULAR SKWITTLE. really dont know, an’ Mot care “a great deal. Doyou?) HIGH BROW SAFETY VAWWE JusT Fuie OF INHIBTTDNS. 7 ANT GAT NO BH, w, YU, HEK APPEAL. A Hexamerous Heradon. eckles @ Hexangular Hexapod = 000% AN 13 is Aa “WAT! Wl) Mr. Lenz will welcome correspondence from Judce readers and will give advice and answer questions related to Auction and Coatract provided correspondents send stamped addressed envelopes for reply. A controversial question that will be settled shortly after the Einstein Theory is Successfully applied to correct a golf-bail slice, is the much debated point whether the bidding or is more important in a fter the sev eral decades of years of experi- mentation that Auction Bridge players have indulged in, that most players should be able to bid a hand without the mental anguish and physical writhings that tend to suggest the presence of a sharp tack in a Southerly position—pointed North. Recently I selected a Bridg ge hand that was played ‘Tournament, manufacturing « of cigarettes o| Bridge players of the country as the basis of a prize contest. The Melachrino Bridge Hand: South is the dealer and has the first bid. The bidding of all four hands must be shown and one hundred prizes will be given to the answers that are the nearest to my bidd In next week's issue of Juoae I will publish my solution. Although the play of this deal is not a part of the contest, I will also play the hand, not as a double-dummy problem, but as in al competition. I am giving this hand as a matter of general interest to 23. Bridge-players. It would be futile to send in solutions at this time as the contest closed last month As ypening bid, South has the choice of four bids—three of them more or less meritorious. Among the many thousands of solutions received, even the origi nal Diamond bid is in evidence Zvidently the devetees of camou » bidding are bound to have their fli I might state right here that the Diamond bidders, with South's cards, will be left at the post. After starting with the preferred opening bid, the four hands will have a total aggregate of exactly fourteen bids and passes. With this knowledge, which was not vouchsafed to the con testants, Jupce readers may di- vert themselves with the four minutes left over from their allot- ment of ten minutes to solve the cross-word puzzle, in finding my fourteen bids. A further hint— which will show the love I have for the readers of these columns even when they give me “I Columbia” for omitting to award them a prize—is the information that on this deal, preemptive bids are taboo as well as camouflage bids. Apropos of preemptive or shut- out bids, Lester Wilbur of Port- land, M s this to “Bridge Editor of Ju Dear Mr. Lenz: Playing Auction, the dealer, a lady ‘who plays a fine game. started the bidding with three Hearts. 1 was second and bid three Spades, holding seven spades topped by the Ace, King Queen together with two more Aces. The lady objected strenuously, saying I was not permitted to bid after she had oper ned with a shut-up bid. ems to me like a bum rule. P.S. Anyway I stung her one.” Answer: Oh, Lester, how could you be so merciless? comicbooks.com