Judge — May 14, 1932 — page 27: what you’re looking at

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ren= ron= y lo » the reat YOUR BRIDGE AND MINE By Sidney fourteen times, the Natio his department of dudge st remar this issue of JUDGE appear the names of the leading prize winners in the Third Annual Lenz Bridge Contest. I very much regret the delay in publishing these results but the work involved in checking the so- lutions was tremendous. ONTRACT has come into its own. Now that the job is done we feel fully repaid for the labor in- volved, because of the widespread in- terest in the contest and the general excellence of the solutions submitted by contestants. Every part of the United St as well as foreign countries, represented in the con- test and it is now clear that Contract is rapidly supplanting Auction, not only in the larger cities but in every community. It is of great interest that most of the prizes, even those of highest value, go to contestants whose nes have not been known in tournament play, or as outstand- ing in the Bridge circles of the lead- ing centers. This makes it clear that Contract is everybody's same; for scores of the best known names in Bridge are included among the contestants. The obscure student as well as the active player has scored well in this contest. A number of contestants wrote me, expressing d faction over the solution of problem number two. They were sure that every first class player would keep the bidding open, after the partner had started with one Spade. Well, if all the good pl; ers flopped at that point, there was no great harm done. The competition, after all, was against the other pla ers and not against a perfect s Quite a few contestants qualified for prizes, notwithstanding that they omitted sending in solutions to the problems. One fine bidder in perfect solutions to the first four problems—and then stopped. Some- what analogous to the tennis player who is putting it all over his oppo- nent and when he is at match point, he defaults. S. Lenz ! and 1 unde spondence from Judge ational Bridge why the late yer the world Whist Championships hue ©. Whitehead said and rill give A stamped. o My good friend, K. O. Mott-Smith, of New York, could have consulted this bidding genius to advantage. k. O. did not belie his name on the last five problems, as he was 100 per cent correct. Bidding, predicated upon results s the best procedur either in post-mortem discussions or in problem contests. A SPECULATIVE bid, when the “breaks” are right may land the | game and rubber without difficulty, while a conservative declaration m be badly defeated when the distri bution is unfavorable. In a match game recently, my partner and I obtained a contract at three No| Trumps and made ten tricks. The Iver jes held ten Hearts topped | by the Ace-King-Queen. The Hearts were opened and on the second lead, my partner played the Jack and it} won the trick. I held a low Heart! and my partner held the Jack and one small. Of course, it might ap-| pear that the opposition was not very expert, but the best of 7 ers some- times fail to take their tricks. | The South hand of the following deal was the Declarant at one No Trump, doubled. | It is not a bad hand, as hands go, but how few tricks would you expect to take with it, even though you made no grievous error? We will dicuss the result next week. | i= | COLLEGE INY Spuuege int COLLEGE INN “To-miay-to” or “to-mah-to”, as you choose, the real difference is what’s in- side. That’s why you must say “orig- inal College Inn” for the most full- hodied, full-flavored Tomato Cocktail obtainable. Compared to canned juic: College Inn is like fresh, rich cream instead of thin, watery milk. One reason—this tomato cocktail is the product of finest whole tomatoes, expertly blended by Hotel Sherman chefs into an invigorating cocktail. Another—it’s packed by the new, exclusive Hi-Vita process—preserves the full body, full flavor. Always put up in glass contair yousee what's inside—and the new cap is simple to take off and replace. No matter how you pronounc your taste will tell you “Orig College Inn Tomato Cockt Order today from your own dealer, Glleealng THE ORIGINAL TOMATO JUICE COCKTAIL Cot.ece Inn Foop Provucrs Co. Motel Sherman « 444+ Chicago 415 Greenwich St... New York