Judge — July 12, 1930 — page 26: what you’re looking at

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All roads | lead to the Roosevelt T.. Roosevelt is conveniently lo- | | 7 cated to all main railroad and bus termi- nals, steamship docks and airport. A private underground arcade from. the ‘if lobby takes you to the Grand Central Station and the subways which reach any part of Greater New York. Direct routes, avoiding congested trafic, lead from The Roosevelt to the Holland Tunnel and to all main motor highways of New England and the North. When you make The Roosevelt your home, you are in the center of the Grand Cen- . tral Zone, with its towering skyscrapers, the world’s most famous stores and smart- est specialty shops. The Great White Way, a few blocks distant, offers the latest amusement attractions. See special offer below.* Te ROOSEVELT Edward Clinton Fogg, Managing Director Madison Avenue and 45th Street, New York City *Retere you visit New York write The Roosevelt for this Ie amusement guide, Lite, published t tut ¢ folder on request ue distributional bogey for the td, fourteen times, his department of most re ct pre is blamed loss of more games than all the poor players in the seven lead- | it ing clubs of the dwells learnedly on tribution.” management” is factor. When a * player loses the game on a looking hand, he country. usually “unexpected dis- that “bad an important It seems to me often the Bidding SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST 1 Spade [2 Clute 2 Spades|3 Hearts |3 Spades |Pass + Spade s|P. ass: Pass | Double | Pass Pass | Pass | | | North's rebid to four Spades is a bit sanguine, that seem to look better than the actual those double, but the nd is one of West's after the partner’s Heart bid, values contained. is apparently in, and only perfect tac- ties can defense. win the game against proper It appears that two Hea ts, one Diamond and one Club must be lost. Of course, if the opposing Dia- monds had not been obsessed by that old demon, distribution, it would have been smooth sailing. West led two rounds of Clubs, South trumping the second trumps. and taking two leads of The King of Diamonds was 24 ®IDNCY @ LENZ = ional and International Bridge and W. understand why Wilbur C. Wh: d player the wild has ever kno from Judge readers and will give advice and ided correspondents send stamped st Champions cad has said: “Sid! newer questions addressed envelopes for reply. Ace and West then led the singleton three of Hearts. Dummy put up the Ace and the two high Dia- monds taken when East sad news that the suit k. At this stage, a master-mind is not required to mark won by the were dis- closed the would not. bre. West's hand as holding nothing but Clubs and the Spades and Diamonds are high Diamond. The located by punt and the Hearts by direct Hearts hold less than five, alance of his hand is known to be valueless. A’ further West's lead of the thre in Declarant’s hand. North leads the fourth round of Diamonds, but in- stead of trumping, South discards one of the two worthless Hearts. That allows West to make his third trick, but also lead of a Club, which North trumps, and South gets rid ofthe last Heart. It is worthy of note that on plays of this kind, even if an inexperienced player miscounts inference. East has bid three and could hardly as the check is with the two forces the the hand, no loss can occur, as the Hearts are certain losers. @Q10543 G93 9Q10987 ry This deal was played by South at a Little Slam in Hearts. Apparently there is nothing to it and yet the deal was not only defeated, but delicious!y alibied by a very fine player. If you saw only the North and South hands, as he did, you, too, might come a crop- per. It will be “Judged” next week. comicbooks.com