Judge — December 27, 1930 — page 28: what you’re looking at

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, HOW Gard Ie Miimne is still time to get in under the wire on the big Bridge Contest that closes December 31st. With well over a thousand for players who a know when to there is little excuse for not sending prizes bridge in solutions to these twelve problems and takin prize. Even if you “miss the (French or Swedish-American) there a free chance to win is always a good possibility of landing the bacon (Beech-Nut brand) or, if you play ‘em as badly as your wife Life Saver. Mac illus- thinks you do, there iss (Ed: How about trate this one?) having A source of great wonderment to me is the carelessness shown by hun- dreds of contestants in omitting to number the solutions tley send. in. Without the problem number, identi- ication is very difficult and in some ases almost impossible. The first four problems are simply bidding hands—nothing whatsoever is asked about the play. Many con testants have submitted answers giv ing the entire play, trick by trick, at their preferred d tion. The con test condition of “directness” will militate against these solvers. In Contract bidding, the question of rescuing the partner when void of suit is of great importance When the attempted rescue is mad with a generally worthless hand, ther is usually considerable trouble in store for someone, t Championships. aids “Sidney Last week's hand an extreme example of what can happen en such Was deals. OWwses e\l652 AK QT Kd h The Biddi SOUTIL WEST RTH EAST 2 Hearts | ass 2 Spades| Pass GSpades | Double! Pass | Pass Redouble | Pass | Pass | Pass It was the vulnerable and Declarant was set three tricks, a mat ter of two thousand points. The question asked, with only the South hand shown, was what response to make after the partner had bid two Spades? Assuredly the six Spade bid was not open to criticism, although the redouble Was a question rather more dependent upon the partner than upon the cards actually held On the Demand bid of two Hearts. North should have declared two No Trumps, showing a hand with prac tically little quick-trick — support. Whether South then called three Spades or three Hearts, North would cither bid or assist the Spades and the deal would have been played at four Spades, Correct play would defeat the hand, but the loss would be ible. If South had opened with one Heart. North should not have tried to rescue, even though it seemed that Hearts were the least desirable make for the combined hands. When the adversaries are not strony enough to bid or double, the usually minimized by passing worthless cards. Holding a ough, as in this instance, the is very likely to hold such powerful cards that there are not sutlicient high cards inissing to look for a rebid Then the jump toa game or slam dec Jaration is usually disastrous. loss is with Yarbor partner New Low for Troupers ie ever-veracious Larry Smits is back in town with a new story. The members of a burlesque troupe, what with the hard times and every thing, found themselves stranded in Buffalo with only $10 among the lot of them. Their next ¢ ment was in Utica. If they could only get there they might pick up enough to make their way back to Broadway. The leading man had an id whether the take us by the barge canal.’ They finally found hard-boiled captain who agreed grum pily to take the whole company aboard 10. The barge moved off slowly rd Utica, the chorus 4 “Let's see S10 won't rls, chorus boys, comics and stars crouching z miserably wherever they could find « place. Soon another barge approached from the other direction. “Ahoy roared the old) captain with the customary hail, “The Naney B., a cargo of fertilizer and burlesque troupers.” . The leading man, a Shakespearean actor in better days, winced. But t captain was a d. rous-looking man S10. Soon « the h y B., a cargo of fertilizer and burlesque troupers.” Half a dozen more this oc curred, the hoarse hail ringing hor ribly over the whole countryside like a Joe Humphries announcement. At last the leading man, goaded be yond endurance, arose and approached the scowling skippe “I say, captain, you don pout ain imes he pleaded, “if mind, IT wish you'd mention us first. Beventey Sarit in the Herald Tribune Little Bo Peep The one about the couple who had 1 room at the Lincoln Hotel. facing the Paramount, is funny. in blotto at 6 a. m. and lov window and saw Kelly on the flag pole... . “Good Gahd!” the woman shricked, “there's that Winchell !" Warren Wixeurit. in the Daily Mirror They came dout the comicbooks.com