Judge — April 25, 1931 — page 27: what you’re looking at

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

1, fo io follow this department of Judo ne is undoubtedly the most remarkable « crleome correspondence from Iwction and Contract provided T! line of demarcation distinguish- he difference between the One-Two-Three and the holding correct re- sponses by the partner is so clearly tleined that little study quired in transition from Auction to Contract Bridge. Simplification of Contract is there- reatly a matter of the system Intricate and involved ions tend to delude the Aue- tien Player with the belief that Con- a difficult game really quite simple, larations necessary for very is re conve tract is when it. is if simple methods wre used. When a player holds cards that bout justify rid of one it is dan- if ) ing against strong ad- versaries, for the partner to keep the bidding open without certain quick trick values, If, however, the spread between the one and the two-bid is the difference between a mere bid and a game hand, the partner is often confronted with a problem situation—whether to and possibly pass out a game hand or keep the bidding open. and heavy penalty set. gerous, pass Duavine the One-Two-Th there ystem, is no need to even consider keeping the bidding alive on a one- vid. unless holding adequate support. important information has been Nroadeast that partner does not hold sufficient values for a border-line-game twohid or a Demand Bid of thre The requirements needed to raise a hid of one ormal support in the suit, together with two quick- When holding less than nor- wal support, No Trump may be bid if the two tricks are not both in the same suit and another suit be bid with shout one and one-half tricks, if sup- port is lacking in partner's suit. By hormal support is meant at least three of the suit or two cards headed by the Ace or King. When the original bid- 1 Whist Championships. d has said: “Sidney © and answer q der has started with only suit, he should n the hand is stror it should be in No t rebid his suit. If enough for a re-bid. ‘ramps. I IDDING systems that refuse to ree- ognize anything less than four cards as normal support. because the at the wrong end. ty per cent of suit bids have five or more ecards and the “four- fetish” is the me-loser I know of, rinal-support @AQIR2 Q108G OAGS a5 South as dealer opens with a bid of one Spade and North passes. On most systems South would cither keep the bidding open with one No Trump or two S} Either contract should be defe: justify three Sy n opening bid of two or les, North could raise the contract one trick. With a low card in North’s hand in place of the Queen of Hearts, North should pass an open: ing bid of two Spades, bat should raise to four Spades a Demand Bid of three Spades. The Heart Queen is the added “plus. value” over the nor- mal support and one trick that is re- quired to assist the non-foreing bid of two, The two and three bids will be shown in next week’s issue. 25 a four-eard | If South had held cards | when vou lunch DMAny's the busy day you've only a minute to swallow your lunch on the jump. That's bad for your digestion — and for your disposition too =! Try chewing a stick of Beeman’s after every meal. It’s the pepsin gum — the pleasant, convenient ¢ tive aid that Dr. Beeman perfected over 30 years ago. Millions favor this delicious gum for health, for flavor and for its satisfying smoothness, When you pay yourluncheon check, ask for a pack of Beeman's. BEEMAN’S PEPSIN GUM aids digestion ¥ comicbooks.com