Judge — January 10, 1931 — page 28: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

Here is something to your liking the only apartment hotel in New York where you con do os much privote housekeeping os you please +. 0f none ot oll. Combines the home otmosphere of on oport ment building with the facilities of © hotel. Sui kitchens with cer hove complete ol refrigera: tion. A few steps from Filth Ave- ve, Central Park, ond ten minutes from the theatres ond shops Apartments with 2, 3, 4, of more rooms by the doy, month er year, furnished or unfurnished. Write for illustrated booklet. The Croydon 12 EAST 86" ST.-+-NEW YORK TELEPHONE: BUTTERFIELD 4000 UNDER THE DIRECTION OF WILBUR T. EMERSON Grass Greens in Mid-South Drive over pertect ai Atlaptle Coast) Li Ocean-Forest Country Club Myrtle Beach, S. C. Hatiway, to retary of th their friends EDWARD H. CRANDALL a day keeps un- Tri eo amd your Gi either hand, stores. Gem % (wateb-cbain model), The H. C. COOK Co., 3 Beaver St. Ansonia, Cona. fourteen times, the National and Inte this department of Judge will understand why IW undoubtedly the most remarkable card player the world has ever known.” Tt solutions to problems 1 and 2 will appear in next week's issue of Jeper. While it would be impract cable to discuss each bid and play in the entire series of hands, I will en- deavor to explain the reason for my procedure whenever the issue is sufli- ciently close to warrant an expla tion, And I am frank to admit tha cach problem has at least one point where many Bridge players could tod : easily agre It would that there were enough opportunities in this contest to go astray without violating the condi- tions set forth. When a reason is asked for, in a limit of fifty words, it does not mean that a hundred words would be given double credits. Quite the contrary! seem On the final problem, I stressed the point that “brevity” was a vital con- sideration. With many thousands of contestants to check up, a brochure of six thousand words is ing and hardly qualifies as either clear or direct. A number of answers submitted to problem number twelve contained well two thousand words, just a bit try- over Last week's study in psychology may seem very simple and possibly futile, but it would work advants ously at least half the time. The Bidding SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST Trump | Pass |2NoTrump| Pass | | Pass | | Pass | Pass monds was won by the King. Dummy was put in by a low He the Queen of Clubs was take King. West then ran off four t Diamonds and the contract was de- feated one trick. It is apparent that the Club finesse must be taken, so what can declarant possibly do to help the situation if the finesse lose The one chance is to create a doubt in West's mind as to the solidity of his Diamond suit. On the rule of eleven there are ex- actly four cards out that will beat the card opened by West. With the King-Queen-cight in sight, East can hold but one, which cannot be the Ace. If it were the Ace, West's three cards above the led seven would be the Jack-ten-nine and the proper lead from that combination would be the Jack, instead of the seven. So, knowing the Queen of Diamonds will hold the first trick, that card should be played and the Queen of Clubs led from dummy. If South had held three Diamonds, he would have played the Queen from dummy as an obligatory play, and therefore he must try and force West to believe that there is still a guard to the King of Diamonds which, of course, is known to be in Deelarant’s hand when East cannot beat the Queen, If West can be inveigled into lead- ing another suit, in the endeavor to put partner in the lead, to come through the King of Diamonds, then the game must be won. And many West players would do just that. However, the Declarant has nothing to lose, whether his strategy is suc- cessful or not. comicbooks.com