Judge — December 20, 1930 — page 25: what you’re looking at

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| LENZ 4 | Bridge Contest | Time yet to enter and win any of the hundreds of prizes valued at $22,139.01 See issues September 27th to December 13th for the twelve k the final problem of the — this contest was not Contract instead pectin af ie aoe which cond Annual Bridge Contest of Auction Bridge. closes) December ost. ed in Jencr, Prizes aggregat- Although Contract is coming in sa wes 000.00 will be awarded — fact, ther nan canitnunitite PRINCIPAL PRIZES but Auction is played | INCLUDE ssful solvers. The full list of here nothit and, furthermore, there is little uni- | s will be found in’ this issue. formity yet in Contract bidding. French Line Trip Contestants submitting solutions up to and including December 31 of this Card-reading and play is prac ; 2 year have equal chances of winnin al in ! ! Round trip from New York to any of the prizes. Back issues con- first four problems France for two people on one taining the twelve problems—starting — While a good many Contract players | of the palatial steamers of the September 27 and ending December —qight arrive at the same final declara- | French Line. Includes a week 13—may be consulted at practic: tion on a large i - Yi a all public libraries or copies of tl deals; tlie: vesult<c in France under direction of fourteen times, department of J iy the snout remarkoble card player the world hes ever Know™ and Wlict Championsuir as said: “Sidney nber of spec ned would very issues can be obtained from Jepcr. —— Jikely he the outcome of devious and | /homas Cook & Son; trip | The problems consist of a com- circuitous methods of bidding. across the Mediterranean and a posite series of Auction Bridge deals A short time ago T was requested three-week motor tour of North- and situations that ordinarily confront to be the ad idicator between two. ern Africa cities. every bridge player. followers of different Close decisions on points in bid- Contract prophets. My decision was Peerless Automobile ding, playing, leading and card-read- so violently assailed that I did not | ., = { ing that oceur in most sessions of — even have opportunity to submit | Five Passenger Custom Sedan. ladies who we every-day play will be found included my qualifieations—if any—as an ex- | One of the finest: cight-cylinder 14 in this series of problem situations. pert. cars made in America. On January 17, 1931, Jeper will Tt was the rubber game and the publish the solutions to the first two dealer held French Line Trip problems, together with my reasons e@ AKQJ for the preferred modus operandi and KQs | Round trip for one, first class, number of points credited for per- 9 ANKQT52 from New York to France or 1 ! t fect answers. o KI England on the Tle de France, Following issues will contain either ak the Paris. or the France. In- one or two solutions each week, and cludes a land trip of twenty-six the full list of prize winners will be The bidding opened with a bid of | days (England. France. Holland published immediately upon the com- two Hearts, Second-hand passed and | eye Sarah ciae opie pletion of the tabi work: ihe artaee vol tie -dealee elgium. Switzerland) under di- It might seem to readers that solu- two Sp After a pass by tions should appear in the first Janu- 1, what was the proper dee ary issue, but a little thought will tion by the dealer? rection of Franco-Belgique Tours Co., Ine. show this to be impossible. Jepor This situation was presented toa | Kungsholm West Indies goes to press about seventeen days be- fe number of noted players and the ver- Cruise dict was split up between—four, five, six and seven Spades. It must be re- | Eighteen-day cruise for two membered that Little and Grand Slim | people by the Swedish American are worth and 1,500 points, re- | Line from New York to the nd very few high cards | yr ; ‘ are outstanding to elicit a rebid from | West Indies and South America. the partner. ‘This hand illustrates a | Outside stateroom with two moot point in Contract bidding that | beds and private bath. is worthy of deep study. The com- i 3 Quite a large number of Junar plete deal and further discussion will | See pages 24 and 25 for addi- readers have written me asking why — bi to next week, tional prizes. 23 ¢ its publication date, and as the ontest does not close until December 31, the release of solutions before that date would be unfair, While’ the printing profession has been an hon- erable one, even before the ‘ranklin, we have of printers’ devils, who simply dote on bridge prizes. speetivel comicbooks.com