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

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HOW WOULD YOU BID THIS HAND? For solutions of this and nine other problems at Contract Bridge Mr. Lenz will award prizes valued at more than $235.000.00 Contest sponsored by GENERAL @ ELECTRIC MAZDA LAMPS It 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. Bi low 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. Do not give reasons for bids. Do not play the hand. In Problem No, 2 perfect score will be given to solutions showing all bids and passes in order, exactly as Mr. Whitehead set them down, until the contract is secured. But partial credit will be given for the correct contract, secured 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. Problem No. 2. BIDDING PROBLEM 95 eKQ6 9106 9j842 0Q954 oK6 @kjs72 aQ1064 i SOUTH BIDS SCORE Do not bid ‘by “double dummy” method. Until the contract is se- cured South, West, North and East should bid or pass in turn on values held and in consideration of previous bids. The late Wilbur C. Whitehead See Item on Page 32 PRINCIPAL PRIZES STUTZ DV 32 CLUB SEDAN Valued at more than $6,000, this car will be delivered to the winner fully and beautifully equipped. Special paint job, body and chassis, Chromium wheels—two extras, side mounts, Six tires and tubes. _ Interior furnishing includes lambskin rug, plush robe, fatigue cush- ion, Radio installed. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO, will install as one prize a com- plete E ing a G-E Refrigerator; Edison G-E Appliance Hotpoint Rang Toaster, Mixer and Percolator; G-E Walker Dishwasher; G-E Fans, G-E Clock; appropriate lights; complete G-E wiring s tem for light, power and heat. See pages 26 and 27 for addi- tional prizes, See September 26th issue of Jupce for Problem No. 1. Explanation —Throughout the contest, both in the bidding problems and in the problems where inferer Whitehe: months. 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 vitiate this rule by sending solutions in the names of other members of their families or friends, Solutions to more than one problem must not be submitted on the same sheet. No solutions submitted may be with- 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 1ith 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 most nearly cor- respond to solutions by the authors of the problems which have been written and sealed. Not only correct play, correct bid- ding, correct reading and correct recon- struction, as any of these may apply to the different problems presented, but the di- rectness with which the solutions are ar- rived at and the clarity with which they 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 matter when con- 1 sare to be deduced from the bidding, the authors, Lenz, Work, Shepard and 1, have followed the One-Two-Three system as presented in Jupce for the past six The Challenge convention, artificial bids and Ace showing will not be used. Carefully. testant starts and even if solutions 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 Junce we will begin publication of solutions of the problems, and in succeeding issues will publish solutions of all problems. In the earliest possible issues of Junce 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 Jupce or member of an employee's family or household may enter this contest, Address all solutions to Lenz Bridge Contest Judge Publishing Co., Inc. 18 East 48th St., New York City comicbooks.com