Judge — November 9, 1929 — page 28: what you’re looking at

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ot Views love him. He's so original. He sends me gorgeous cartons of beautiful Congress Playing Cards, Score Pads and Tallies just as regularly as he sends flowers, because he knows I’m a bridge hound. Isn't that clever and thoughtful?” 4 YOU SCORE A GRAND SLAM fin good taste when each bridge is adorned with two packs of new colorful gold-edged Con- gress Playing Cards and a_harmo- nizing ensemble of the new Congress Score Pads and Tallies in brilliant modernistic designs. End Verbal Discord, Too! Are bridge hands dealt one card at a time? Does doubling affect the slam premium in contract? Does vulnerability? See answers in Easy Lessons in Auction Bridge, 128 “winning” pages, 10¢ postpaid The Difference Between Contract and Auction by Milton C. Work, Free or Windsor, Canada Sponsors of Bridge by Radio — new series under personal direction oj Milton C. Work, q CONGRESS Playing Cards | best position to m: | the Spade suit. Score Pads and Tallies , with South's hand. 1 PROBLEM No, 7 @K 0632 9392 006 asg74 roce GH sume \ A 08 aJ62 Mr. Lenz’ Bidding WEST NORTIL soUuTIL EAST PROBLEM No. Mr. Lenz’ Bidding SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST Pass Pass | 1 No Trump | 1} Club Pass Pass (Marimum score 7 points) Although South holds two quick- tricks, the hand docs not contain a | biddable suit or stoppers in’ three to bid a No Trump. West, and after pass, is in the a minimum bid and should show the Clubs. East's | No Trump bid is sound and prefer- | able to a Diamond or Heart bid. suits, second While West ha minimum bid, East ind is justified in tak y close to a | pt tell this | a chance on ve an A number of players passed West's hand and bid a fourth-hand No Trump in the East position. ‘The North hand is hardly strong enough for a directive bid, but nevertheless there were numerous two Spades bid, after the No Trump declaration, Some players even doubled East's No Trump after passing orgin: 26 | 1 Spade | Hearts | 2 Clubs Pass | Pass 3 Diamonds “Pass | 4 Clubs | Pass | Pass | (Maximum score 11 points) th’s opening bid of a Spade was ated on the convention of bid ding the higher ranking suit first, when equal in length and practically so in strength. The Club was bid by West because the longer of two bid- dable suits should usually be shown first. The secondary Heart bid by South and Diamond bid by West was quite in order. If West had passed the Heart bid, North would have gone back to Spades, to show his prefer- ence for that suit, but after West's bid, North at no time was in position to freely assist his partner. East's four Club declaration was proper pro- cedure. West, having bid the lower ranking suit first, must prefer that suit if partner is not stronger in the second su The best chance for game seems in the Club declaration. nts bid No Trumps ade bid, and a number bid the Diamonds in prefer- ence to the Clubs, After South had shown two suits some players thought North was jus- tified in giving a Spade assist. Neither the North nor the East hand was sufficiently strong to offer free support to the partner. comicbooks.com