Judge — March 22, 1930 — page 29: what you’re looking at

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wer isl not Just two Oh, ints ling, nee sue, re- ap- we Ks ain, WOW GwD 1¢ to Auction and Contract prot Tene is no prettier stra than irately counting up a hand at Bridge and being able to definitely state carly in the hand exactly how the unseen cards are distribu’ rs ago T held a hand where rd could be located after the first trick had been played. Some every ¢ Usually, however, it requires. sev- eral leads to obtain exact information, ind some players who always seem to have bad luck at the card table don’t know any more at the twelfth trick than they do at the first. Combining perfect card-reading with correct play on the following deal will land a game that many good players are likely to miss. @ AKQJ106 9 7 2Q & 10986 The Bidding SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST 2 Hearts Pass Pass 4 Hearts | Pass 1 Pass South starts with a Demand Bid and West jumps to three Spades. While West's bid is not a Demand to his partner, it asks for an assist with markable card player the tcome correspondence from Judge readers and ded correspondents send ational Bridge and IWhist Championships y Wilbur C. Whitehead has said: “Sidney d has ever known.” I give advice and answer questions nped addressed envelopes for reply. one quick trick. practically certs contract, it see’ Although South is n of defeating the s like better tactics to As a matter of fact, West will be set but two tricks and the 150 honors will be a big offset. try for the game. West led the King and Queen of | Spades nd East played the nine and seven, South trumped and led the high Diamond, hoping to trump the third round in Dummy. When the Queen fell the trumping idea did not appear so good. South now tried the high Club, and the fall of the Queen from East per- mitted both East and West hands to While West might easily be false-carding in playing the Queen from the Queen-Jack, East is marked with but one Club as the Jack is in Dummy. Therefore West held origi- nally four Clubs and six Spades. ‘The Spade situation is apparent not alone on West's preémptive bid, but also on East's echo in the suit. If West had held two Diamonds, then his h: could have had but one Heart. ‘T would give five Hearts to East and the contract would have been assur- edly doubled. So West is undoubtedly ing without guile and held two ts and one Diamond at the start. with this information the cannot be won, except by per play. Declarant takes in the three high trumps and follows with the Ace of Clubs, but East refuses to trump. The last trump forces him in the and the Jack of Diamonds is perm ted to win. The next Diamond taken by South and now the de squeeze is operative. West holds two Clubs and the Ace of Spades, while Dummy is waiting comfortably with the two Clubs and the de. As early as the fourth trick it was appar- ent that West could not escape this neat squeeze position, be counted. ne 27 lf | 7 ever you have |a cough “Se | Beech-Nut Coush Drops A cough drop with an agreeable flavor SEECH-NUT PACKING CO, Canajoharie, N.Y. Makers of BEECH-NUT | LEMON, LIME AND ORANGE DROPS comicbooks.com