Judge — June 15, 1929 — page 28: what you’re looking at

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ever known.” questions related to Auction and Contract pr envelopes for reply. An axiom that all Bridge play- ers should regard with profound reverence is the old stand-by, “A little knowledge is a d. thin, It is infinitely better to ignore any system or convention of play than to endeavor to apply it when it is not perfectly clear and un derstandable. erous me time ago T received the following letter from Hamilton, Canada, “Dear Mr. Lenz: Playing Contract Bridge, i held this hand, as dealer, on my vulnerable ® AK 108632 ames 9 AQY OK #Ak Playing your system, I opened with a Demand Bid of two Spades. Second hand passed, my partner bid three Hearts and fourth hand passed. What should I do?” Answer: “I would bid six Hearts.” Apparently both my — corre- spondent and myself were all wrong, because a second letter in- forms me th: The six Hearts were bid, bled and the contract was defeated for 600 points. Fortu- nately, the entire deal was sent my system “is not so ho me, so we can thrash out an in- teresting point in this column, Poce® Unquestionably South’s bidding was sound and even the bid for will welcome correspondence from Jud ce readers and will give advice and answer ided correspondents send stamped addressed a Grand Slam, after his partner had shown the Hearts, would not have t open to harsh criticism, The trouble lies entirely with North! The partner's response to a De- mand Bid must be the exact num- ber of No Trumps necessary to overeall, unless the hand holds a quick trick. In this deal, if Nesth holds a biddable Heart suit and one quick trick, how in the name of Horatius e: Little Slam in Hearts be defeated ? Of cours the Heart bid is very intriguing, and many Contract players would not think of any other declaration. ‘The difficulty is that in) most nces exactly what happened is almost certain to reoccur. vriginal bidder, holding a big hand, is afraid that the partner cannot rebid and bids for the slam at once. With correct bidding, South's two Spades would be taken out two No ‘Trumps. South must then bid three Spades and North's four Hearts show precisely the kind of hand he holds. The Ace of Diamon marked with the adversaries, and the location of the Heart honors remain in) doubt, South may gamble if he so desires, but the fe procedure the deal at f cept and gr Next week Tam inaugurating in Jepor a Bric st that will run for twelve consecutive weeks. A series of Auction Bridge deals will be bid exactly as in ac- tual play. Each hand should be bid accordin seems to be to play ir Hearts and ac- ly and rubber gratef iously. ‘o its own value and consideration of the other bids on that deal. The objective will not be to arrive at the best final dee- laration at double-dummy, but to bid the hands as you would in a real game of Auction Bridge. The first problem | gether with full conditions, will appear in next week's Jupor, 26 Durable Pastry A certain small restaurant was | kept by a man who prided himself | on his cookin He was amazed | to he vung salesinan criticize a pic, one day. | “Pie, young feller? Why, I made pies before you were bor “OW K. But why sell ‘em now —Monrnrear Stan ra Cireus Hand—Why is the per: forming-flea trainer undressir Clown—He's mislaid his juve nile lead. —Evervnopy’s Wrenry Small Boy—Granny, what's the difference between a buffalo and a bison? Granny—aA buffalo is and a bison is what you r puddings in, —Passinc Siow “Well, T might a: ‘ mit it. I came to clove with your daughter.” comicbooks.com