Judge — August 1, 1931 — page 26: what you’re looking at

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

HIGHER STRATEGY By Davin B. Apams, Recognized Pullman Player and Holder of Vanderbilt Quip. interesting problem in card reading came up recently in a sectional contest played in ‘The Pullman, “Carmel Springs.” The dealt came out even so there was redeal. Si rth, opened the bidding with nt and the match, ade bid and listening to a funny story. In his hand (the game was Contract) were the Spade Ace, Queen of Hearts, the four and deuce of clubs and nine diamonds to the ten. A slam at diamonds looked probable if West should drop dead or if North, himself, could put into play a few of the spare cards he had brought along with him. George McExpert, who was sitting North, called three Hearts to indicate the exact situation to his partner. East, the next bidder, mentioned a few of his experiences in two of the National Parks but finally passed. The bidding of the hands up to this point had been: South—1 Spad West—Double and Swede and Match story. North—3 Hearts. East—Reminiscences and pass. On the second round, South, to show how the There was North combined I NEVER WANT _TO SEE YOU AGAIN “Generous? Why, she'd give you the shirt off her back!” hands stood at Hearts from his point of view, bid four No Trump, a slam try. West, whose holding looked better than ever to him, finished his highball and again doubled, this time telling about the salesman on the transat- lantic liner, McExpert’s problem was now one of strategy at cards which marks the suc- cessful player from the dub and re- quires a smaller checki Holding only the Sp knew that if his h partner pl: ved the nd at No Trump he could ruff every Je lead after the first round, pro- i he did not run out of trumps which was not likely as he planned using both his diamonds and clubs, So he bid seven No Trump and ex- cused himself by saying he to the wash-room. “The point I want to bring out is that the amateur player might not have been able to think as was going rapidly as McExpert and might, even, have been playing on a train without a wash-room, Ingenious Inventions (None of the following has ever been patented.) Tvnes of paste in which the paste comes out every place but at the top. Adhesive tape that insists on coming off when you want it to stay on and sticks tightly when you want to take it off. Garters which are so tight as to hurt your leg, but which somehow manage to slide down nevertheless. Shoe laces which always break when you are in a hurry. Corks which break off just below the neck of a bottle. comicbooks.com