Judge — March 1, 1930 — page 29: what you’re looking at

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HOW GwD I¢ SOUR PRIDGE GAME he a LENZ = nat and Int ‘understand ! Bridor and Whist Championships, Sidney d player the Heome correspondence from curious and ex- als are played at Auc- tion and C ‘act Bridge. I wonder if there is a single bridge-player in the world who is so bad that he has not been buttonholed by some friend and forced to listen to the harrowing de tails of a hand that was thrown for a loss of five hundred points, when any player with merely the brains of a rabbit could have made the game and rubber. If you know of some such hand and fear that the urge to inflict it upon your friends will be irresist ible, I am ready to offer myself as a sacrifice in the line of duty. Should the hand possess any outstanding fea- ture in the way of bidding or play, zood or bad, it will appear in a series of Judge Bridge Hands, this issue. y many starting in To make the crime “punishment. fit. the is as difficult now as it was in the days of Gilbert and Sullivan, but with Contract Bridge in vogue we are doing very nicely, thank you. At the Stuyvesant Bridge Club of New York one misplay resulted in a loss of 12,090 points! It might appear that the bidding had something to do with this terrific cataclysm, but on the part of the losers at least there was no lapse in that phase of the game. With one game to the good and not even a “gon- lash” to mar the even tenor of natural distribution, Mrs. J. Warren Morse, sitting vis-a-vis to Mr. Morse, dealt Judge re tion and Contract provided correspondents ver questions lopes for reply. in the South position. East snappy and East was particularly taking deep finesses. Mrs. Morse opened the Auction with two Diamonds and West over- called with two Hearts. Mr. jumped to five Clubs, Both West and Contract-players fond of were Morse effectually shut- ting out a Spade bid from East, but | Mrs. Morse ventured to six No id North passed, East dou- jouth redoubled, securing ation at six No Trumps re- original Demand bid and West's overcall were both sound, but North was Clubs. While the bid could 1S: quite certain to a Figur ing a trick in partner's hand, which must be the Ace of Spades, South's chance for the Small Slam and subse- quent redouble were not open to criti- cism. Had West opened the Queen of Hearts, the conventional lead on a hand void of re-entries, the slam would have been easy. West, how- ever. eraftily led the six of Spades and t made a bad faur pas in re fusing to put up the Ace. The finesse of the ten permitted South to win with the singleton King, and only the game limitations prevented Declarant from tak in fifteen tricks. 840 for tricks, 750 for small slam, 700 for game and 600 for bonus, gave total of 2 very 90 points. gone up with » Ace of Spades, brin cold King, a Heart lead to the part ner’s declaration would have been in | order. West would have won, re- turned the Spade, and now East's finessing proclivity could be safely mpered. After the Spade deluge, the remain ing Heart through the singly guarded | King would have been good for thir- | teen tricks! The resultant penalty of 9,200 points, added to the the adversaries, would show the gigantic loss on one misplay of 12,090 points. 27 a bit brash with his five | Scoring + ng down the | FOR TWO Just “Him” and You Milton C. Work makes it a real game with his new rules and card racks. Only $1.25 MER; Serk's master mind has ironed the Kinks out. of. two-handed Bridge and evolved racks that hold the Dummy hands perfectly. Makes Honeymoon Bridge as anappy'a ganic asa foursome. Work's new rules and racks, complete for am At your de we will n paid if he can't supe ply you. Helpful Pamphlets for Bridge Players If you want to learn Contract, send for Mr. Work’s authoritative explanation of “The Main Differences Between Contract and Auction.” It is FREE, If you want to play better Auction, send for “Easy Lessons in Auction Bridge” . . . 128 pages on expert bid- ding ‘and play. 10c postpaid, THE U. S. PLAYING CARD CO. Dept. J-9, Cincinnati, U.S. A. or Windsor, Canada Sponsors of Bridge by Radio and Manufacturers of BICYCLE and CONGRESS PLAYING CARDS comicbooks.com