Judge — September 26, 1931 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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

HOW WOULD YOU BID THIS HAND? For solutions of this and nine other problems at Contract Bridge I will award prizes valued at more than $23.000.00 Contest sponsored by GENERAL @ ELECTRIC MAZDA LAMPS Tt doesn’t cost a penny to enter or win the prizes. Nothing to buy. Nothing to sell. No service to be rendered. HERE will be ten problems. One will appear each week. Be- low are the rules of the contest. Please read them carefully. Contestants are urged not to write letters, set down the problem or at- tach copy of problem to solution. In Problem No. 1 perfect score will be given to solutions showing all bids and ps in order, exactly as Mr. Lenz has set them down, until the contract is secured. But partial credit will be given for the correct. contract, cured by any method of bidding. To facilitate the work of scoring, a simple form of presenting solu- tions to Bidding Problems is sug- gested below. South West North East 1 Heart 1 Spade 2 Hearts 2 Spades 3 Hearts and so on Do not give reasons for bids. Do not play the hand. Explanation —Throughout the contest, both in the bidding problems and in the prob] where inferences are to be deduced from the biddin d the One-Two-Three months. The Challenge conventio: Whitehead, have follow Problem No, 1. BIDDI PROBLEM Contract Bridge e@KQJ973 SOUTH BIDS FIRST. NO SCORE Do not bid by “double dummy” method. Until the contract is cured South, West, North and East should bid or pass in turn on values held and in consideration of previous bids ten artificial | Conditions of Contest — Please Read Solutions must not be written on two sides of a sheet of paper. Contestants are urged to confine each solution to a single sheet. Not more than one solution to any one problem may be submitted by one con- testant. Contestants are urged not to te this rule by sending solutions in the names of other members of their fan friend: Solutions to more than one problem must not be submitted on the same sheet. No solutions subm may be wit drawn, Name and address of contestant and the number of the problem must be clearly written or printed on each sheet. Name must be exactly the same on all solutions. Solutions must not be submitted on the printed forms or pages from Juvce or on other printed forms in which the problems may be published. Solutions to any or all problems may be submitted at any time, up to the close of the contest on December 17th. Only solutions received by December 17th will count in the contest. Contestants may send in their solutions week by week as the problems appear in Jupce. The prize winners will be the contestants in order whose solutions m nearly cor- respond to tions by the authors of the problems which have been written and sealed. Not only correct play, correct correct reading and correct ree struction, as any of these may apply to the different: problems presented, but the d rectness with which the solutions are rived at and the clarity with which t are stated will be considered in awarding prizes, Contestants in order of most nearly cor- rect solutions will be awarded the prizes in order of value. If two or more contestants tie they will receive like prizes. Each problem will have a scoring value in points, making it possible for a contes- tant to win any prize, no iter when con- 1 the authors, Lenz, Work, as presented in Juoce for the pa and Ace showing will not be used. PRINCIPAL PRIZES STUTZ CLUB SEDAN Valued at more than $6,000, this car v be delivered to the winner fully and beautifully rial paint job, Chromium wheels—two extras, side mounts. Six tires and tubes. Interior furnishing ine ludes lambskin rug. plush robe, igue cush- ion. Radio installed. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. will install as one prize a com- plete Electric Kitchen: G-E Re- frigerator; Edison G-E Appli- ance Hotpoint Range, Toaster. Mixer Perco| G-E W Fans, appropriate lights: com- G-E wiring system for t. power and h Sew pages 24 and 25 for addi- tional prizes, hepard Carefull testant starts and even if soluti to all problems are not submitted; but those who submit solutions to all problems are most likely to secure the winning scores. Mr. Lenz will be the impartial judge of all awards. In the December 26th issue of Juoce we will begin publication of solutions of the problems, and in succeeding issues will publish solutions of all problems. In the celled: possible issues of Juoce thereafter we will publish the names of all prize win- ners; and all prizes will then be awarded immediately. Prizes will be delivered to winners only. No employee of Juvce or member of an employee's family or household may enter this conte: Address all solutions to Lenz Bridge Contest Judge Publishing Co., Inc. 18 East 48th St., New York City comicbooks.com