Judge — May 9, 1931 — page 27: what you’re looking at

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Beet ac old held, fourteen times, the Netional and International Bridge and Whist Championships. eth e this department of Judge will understand why Wilbur C nz is undoubtedly the most remarkable card player the world has ever known.” WwW the suit bid of three as the Demand declaration, the tive information is given that hid is merely an intermediate hand ind does not force the partner to re- When the partner does rep! with a bid of some kind tain values nega- a two spond. it shows and is never entirely rescue bid or an arbitrary response to keep the bidding open. “This point is undoubtedly the most important thing in Contract biddi The border-line hand, one that re- quires very little support to land the xaie, iy the most difficult to. manipu- ite for the maximum result. A large nunber of hands are of this type. ‘Too strong to open with a bid of one nd not quite strong enough to compel the partner to keep the bidding alive with a Yarborough. Employing the One-Two-Three sys- tem, all’ doubtful hands should be started with a bid of two and the bid of three held ina arrives that the pl bid for game. The quick-trick requirements for the three bid are not so important as bility to discount the eyance until a hand er is prepared to partner's pos- Unless the partner holds four cards in the suit hid or normal trump support with one trick, the reply must be in another suitor No Trumps. Should three No Trumps be declared, it is possible that the responding hand may be utterly orth ss and the Demand bidder must be prepared to rebid his suit, bid- another suit, or permit the contract to be played at No Trumps. It should be apparent that if the hand does not contain the distribution es- sential for a rebid and is forced to let the partner's No Trump hold, all four uity must be under control, and an inal bid of three No Trumps would have been started were it not for the Slam possibilities in the hand, if the partner could show some help. sible minimum response. Whitehead has said: “Sidney er questions es for reply @Q1093 OST4 o3 aeKIsit The Bidding WEST NORTH om souTit EAST Pass J} It will be noted that North's sup- port is of the flimsiest description and South's opening Demand bid has no excess values. The one redeeming fea- ture is the six-card suit, which allows an exit to four Hearts, if partner is compelled to bid three No ‘Trumps. This hand was played at the Contract Bridge Club of New York in a dupli- cate match and only two tables bid it up to four Hearts. T" contract was defeated at one ble by the lead of the Ace of Diamonds. When the Jack dropped fourth hand, West led the Queen and the declarant tried to obtain a valu- able discard on dummy’s king, but East trumped and South was com- pelled to over-tramp. The usual ery of distress was duly registe t the extraordinarily bad distribution and ccrable luck in West holding seven Diamonds; just think of it—seven! It seemed like an almost near alibi, but if you or [ had been playing the m sure we would have ducked ond, trumped in our hand and taken the discard after the trumps were extracted. | Now you can go | to places you have | dreamed of . Santa Fe LOW summer fares bring FAR WEST scenic regions within your budget. Grand Canyon eee Santa Fe Pullmans to the rim. Indian-detours... Off-the-beaten-peth by motor escorted by courier. Dude Ranches . . . California Colorado Rockies ESCORTED ALL-EXPENSE TOURS, weekly during June, July and August, include Colorado Springs, Old Santa Fe’, Indian-detours, Grand Canyon of Arizona, Los Angeles, San Diego, Agua Caliente (Old Mexico), Yosemite, San Francisco, Salt Lake City end Feather River Canyon or Glecier or Yellowstone, or Canadian Rockies, according to tour selected. Santa Fe Lines may be used either on the going or retum trip. Every detail cared for by experienced travel directors. CLIP AND MAIL COUPON AQ w. J.BLACK, Pass. Tral. Mar, o. Santa Fe Sys. Lines, 958 Ry. Exch. BE Chicago, lilinois Check thoe wanted. O California Picture Book O The Indian-detours 1 Grand Canyon Outings 0 Dude Ranches O Colorado Summer O All-expense Tours Name. Address, poewencnns comicbooks.com