Judge — June 13, 1931 — page 27: what you’re looking at

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vate GWD \& SouUR PRIDGE rl GAME Ble P Lenz will welcome « ciated to Auction and Contract pr J, the April, and) May Jevcr To have described in great detail all) phases of the One-T'wo- Uhree system of Contract bidding. It wight be well for readers to lay these irticles aside for future reference is. When the next B © contest omes along, it will be impossible to isnore Contract bidding any long With the coailess points in the various bidding systems, it is fair to resin that I will follow » methods that, in my opinion, are simplest and best. Fair warning! Last week's hard-luck deal: @ None 9AQJ 9 QI 8710975 ded corvesp issues of ntroversial © 1098532 © 8642 486 The Bidding soUTH WEST Sener |sSpades | Pass | $ No Trumps |7 No Trumps Pass | Pass : East led the ten of Hearts and North bitterly complained that that was the one opening capable of de- feating the contract. Of course, rth's No Trump bid was a bit sour. Four Clubs” would h. been far seunder and South would have jumped to the Grand Slam, which would have been made easily However, it so happened that North sccured the con- tract at the most advantageous decla- ration as the cards ually were dis- tributed. . The Grand SI at No ‘Trumps was really very simple, if the decla- rant had discarded from dummy a few worthless Aces and Kings. The dummy, holding three Aces and four srespondence from Judge veaders and will give a ¢ and answer questions f send stamped addressed envelopes for reply Kings, should not have been permitted ake a single trick and so. the Grand Slam ild have been made. On the opening Hearts should have over! King and the Que Hearts would have afforded dis for the Ace-King of Diamonds. the Queen-Jack-ten of | Diamonds should be played and the Ace-King- Que of Clubs dise do from dummy—freeing the seven good Clubs in North's di. ‘The difficulties that harass the Con- tract player are further illustrated in the following deal: @ None ORT63 eksos 9 Q9 o 102 @QI1094 The Bidding souTH WEST NORTH FAST le | Vass | 2 Dia | Pass Double No Trumps} Pass | Vass ‘This is rather a commonplace hand und given as a comparison between the bidding systems showing two and three types of hands. When only two types are shown, North does not ¢ pass the partner's Spade bid, as game might readily be made if South should have a secondary suit. . South must keep the bidding open with No Trumps, as the Spade suit is not strong enough to rebid. I have not found a single two-demand- player who would pass the partner's one Spade with North’s cards, This deal was defeated at two No ‘Trumps, doubled, for 1,800 points. d, the Ace of | So the head chef cooked her meal himself R little lady. The doctor had said, ‘* Your food must be cooked just a certain way.”” And here she was in a big hotel. She called the manager and told him. He sent for the head chef and the head chef cooked her food himself. Just a little extra service, per- haps not worth telling. But it's one of the things that bring people back again to United Hotels. Of course our rooms are bigger... our closets larger. . . our Cafeterias low priced. All that counts. But it’s that extra effort to please that really sets people talking. Try us... then you'll understand. Extra service at these 25 UNITED HOTELS NEW YORK CITY'S only United PHILADELPHIA, PA SEATTLE, WASH. The Roosevelt The Benjamin Franklia The Olympic The Bancroft ‘The Robert Treat The Alexander Hamilton The Stacy-Trent « The Penn-Harris The Ten Eyck +» The Onondaga « Thé Seneca The Niagara - The Lawrence «The Portage The Duranr KANSAS CF The President TUCSON, ARIZ. El Conquistador SAN FRANCISCO, CAL e St. Francis The Washington-Youree ‘The Roosevelt . The Bienville The King Edward - The Clifton PATERSON, N. J TRENTON, N. J HARRISBURG, PA. ALBANY, N.Y. SYRACUSE, N.Y ROCHESTER, N.Y NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. TRIE, PA. FLINT, MIC NIAGARA FALLS, ONT WINDSOR, ONT. The Prince Edward KINGSTON, JAMAICA, B.W. 1. The Constant Spring comicbooks.com