Judge — September 12, 1931 — page 28: what you’re looking at

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HOW GwD .\e %G ya PIDGE Id, fourteen times, the Nationat and Internationai Bridge and Whi ist Champions! if Judge urll understana why the tate Wilbur C. artment Whitehead Breakfast is on your host...not on your bill Delightfully different is the Continental breakfast that awaits your pleasure each morning at the Barbizon-Plaza—placed in a special recess in your door. No charge, no tip, no delay. Yet it is but one of many un- usual and appreciated courtesies tendered you at this new and modern hotel. Overlooking Central Park, yet just around the corner from the smart shops, theatres, and clubs, the Barbizon-Plaza offers peace and quiet in the very heart of everything gay and worthwhile. Surprisingly moderate in cost as well, with rates commencing at $17.00 per week, $3.00 per day. Of course, there is a radio in every room, BARBIZON.|: PLAZA HOTEL 101 West 58th Street central park south new york Room, Bath and Continental Breakfast From $17.00 Weekly... From $3.00 Daily AQOQLQQLQLALALLLALAALLLLLLALLLAD this dep. Mr. Lenz related to Auctiox HE Third Annual Bridge Contest commencing in Judge on Septem- ber 26th, will be conducted on the One-Two-Three System of Contract bidding. In next week’s issue will be given a summary of this system. The contest will feature a number of situ- ations that confront the player in almost every session at the card table. In certain problems, as in actual play, two hands will be seen, that of the dummy and that of the player making the decision. All the bidding will be reviewed, so the player is 'n precisely the same position as in real play. A great number of rubbers are won and lost, according to the procedure at a critical point in each game. There is usually something in the bidding or play that offers a clue to the observant student as to the best course to pur- sue. A good guesser might do as well as a fine card-reader, were it not that each contestant will be required to state the reason for the preferred play. At Contract Bridge card-read- ing is an art even more useful than the alibi. It is lots more fun winning than having a plausible reason for losing. I have received many re- quests to explain exactly what is meant by card-reading, and possibly a simple example may prove helpful, Let us say a player obtains the contract at No Trumps and the open- ad is the two of Clubs which the deciarant wins. Holding five Dia- monds headed by the Ace-Queen- Jaci, he leads the Ace and the op- ponent on the left plays the King. Up to this point only one card has been played by the opponent on the right, but nevertheless the declarant informs him that his oyiginal holding consisted of one Spade, five Hearts, four Diamonds and three Clubs. It appears like necromancy to the novice, but it’s all really quite simple. The opening of the two showed four cards in that suit. The fall of the King, with the Queen in view, marks a singleton. 26 dly the most remarkable cara player the world has ever known.” me correspondence from Juage readers and will give advice and answer question and Contract, erovidea correspondents send stamped, addressed envelopes for reoi At No Trumps, the longest suit is generally opened so the leader can not have had a five-card suit te lead from and must have had three suits of four cards each, Adding the cards in dummy and own hand and subtracting the total from the magic number “thirteen”— and there you have card-reading. In case somebody failed to discover now the West player was rooked ou! of the King of trumps in last week's illustrative deal, I will elucidate. @KQs8 GABE 08652 4753 03643 93 oQs10 aQI964 @A105 9QsI194 OAKS 4102 South played the deal at Hearts and after trumping the third round of Clubs and leading the Queen-Jack of Hearts, East showed out. Now dummy held the ione Ace and West had the King-seven, so it did not seem possible that the hand could be pre vented from making a trump trick and thereby defeating the contract of four Hearts. However, there is an old bridge adage which cloquently and elegantly declaims that there is more one way of skinning a cat and West, though a lady, was a bit kit- tenish, By the simple process of cashing in three tricks in Spades and two in Diamonds and then throwing East in the lead with the high Diamond, there was nothing left for East at the twelfth trick but to lead a Club or a comicbooks.com