Judge — May 28, 1932 — page 26: what you’re looking at

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Reeipe for a suceesstul week-end worrying cuss out Congre about politic: office on Mon keeper? Forget it! grouse back to Come down to Al try the Chalfon ecial for and Hall ys—Saiurday, (come down 1 go home Monday night)—fill them to the brim with sunsh nd pour this slowly into your syste Hl again with the tang of old ocean and rep taste the salt, Cut the days into larg jeces of luxurious comfort— alternate the daylight hours of ty with nights of rnish with th day. You'll go ck to town with a new zest for life and work. olf, And riding. Si h. health baths, Game rooms. neerts, Dane And the Boardwalk, ... And the thoughtful hospitality of Chalfonte - Haddon Hall. the week-end hal It's not yan I do you good, in the spirit of 1932. Special fares on the railroads. Atlantic City 4-0141, American and European Plans CHALFONTE- MADDON HALL ATLANTIC CITY Leeds and Lippincott Company related to Auct YOUR BRIDGE AND MIN Mr. Lent has held. fourteen times Mr. Lene witt v the individual Contract pout as e: as pick- ing the winner in a beauty contest, nobody i. tisfied with the judges’ ice—except the winner. sing the players in groups » might not be so bad. I would suggest about six grades something along the following lines. The Maestro. This class is the last word, the ve plus ultra of Contract. Only a Maestro is qualified to bawl out an expert. There are exactly three players in this class. The Expert. At least one player in every com- munity belongs to this group. They know the proper declaration and the correct play in any situation that arises and are always gracious and condescending in offering advice to players not so skilful. The experts are numbered in the thousands. The Player. Now we come to the average, mill- run fan, who loves the game, does not care particularly if his partner loses a trick and would be thoroughly happy and contented if his partner permitted him to do li se. He looks up to the expert with respect and reverence. Over eleven million play this division. The Drib. This classification covers the great number of players who are ready to admit that they play a fair game and —siven the cards—can hold their own with anybody. When they bid their hands well, they often play badly and when their play is good, their bidding is unsound. They drib- ble away about a trick a hand. The Geck. Here we have the player who is quite satisfied with his game and can- not understand why nobody else I ANKI Player Pv ers are in agrees with him. He is never at a loss for a bid, always rescues his 24 By Sidney S. Lenz the National and International Bridge and Whist Championships Those who follow this department of Judge will understand why th Sidney Lenz is undoubtedly the most remarkable ca ¢ correspondence from Judge read d Contract provided correspondents seni ¢ late Wilbur ©. Whitehead said. world has ever known envelopes for reply dp partner and doubles the opponents on, “general principles.” He bo: that he has never read a book on the game and does not need to play any better than he does. The sad thing is that he never will. The Whyncha. Every bridge y has sat in with a member of this group, but us- ually they are known under other appellations. As this is a family magazine, I will not yo into de The Whyncha is innocent, naive and exasperating. He is always dis- tinguished by his form of question such as, “Whyncha lead me my suit?” “Whyncha go up with the Ace “Whyncha bid for the game “Whyncha finesse the ten?” Whyncha! Whyncha! Whyncha! More anon. The deal shown last week was ayed in the final session for the Jontract Pair Championship repre- sented by the Goldman Cup. Only two pairs succeeded in bidding and making a Small Slam in No Trumps. 410 998 OQ974 &KQI1N54 4 E 45983 IKQI7T3 210.54 O35 ? ©K1063 e962 &87 Y @AKQ52 VAGb62 OAB2 eAS The Bidding North East South West Pass Pass 3NoTrump: 3 4 Clubs Pass 4NoTrumps Pass 5NoTrumps Pass 6NoTrumps Pass Pass Pass It is a close question whether South should open with three Spades or three No Trumps. comicbooks.com