Judge — June 4, 1932 — page 26: what you’re looking at

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PROVE YOUR SKILL FF. ] Play DUPLICATE BRIDGE Auction or Contract 16 Folders to set VALPARAISO DUPLICATE Bridge Folders Duplicate Bridge, either Auction or Contract, makes the game many times more enjoyable. Eliminates luck Rewards skill. Improves your game Duplicate is sweeping the country. The Valparaiso Duplicate Bridge Folder is a patented device. It has many advantages over large boards The folders are made of artistic but strong and durable material that will last for years. set of 16 folders can be that measures 4 Inches by 6 Inches by 8 inches and weighs only a few ounces. Price 83. 00 per set Booklet on led free How ny mail, WV Mon nded if you an ni 48th St., New York City Enclosed $ for sets of Valparaiso You pay postage, Name Address City & State | classic. YOUR AND MINE By very “few losses or gai | rectly attributable to | ding. A consider: | may be registered by must ever be on the lookout for bids. This has now come to be rec- ognized as the bad feature of the enticing “psyke.” I illustrated a deal last week. where a slam contract was played in the Goldman Cup Championship, and | when the partners could place re- liance on each other's bids, the slam y to arrive at, either with trumps or at No Trumps. No Trump declaration, the deal required correct workmanship but it was quite worth while. Tite opening bidder held 98 © Q974 & KQI1054 and seemed to be just the sort of layout that appeals to the psychic addict. A number of players started with the semi-psyke, of one Club. The partner bid Spades and No Trumps, but when the contract got a bit high, with the opening bidder ys ing back to Clubs, it was apparent that a ‘phony’ might be lurking about somewhere. One of the leading teams, for their free bidding, deal at five Clubs, doubtless because their style was cramped by the open- ing psyke. It will be remembered that the partner held a five card suit headed by the Ace—King—Queen, in addition to the other three Aces. Archie Milne, of the Knicker- bocker Whist Club, is probably the champion psychic bidder of the world. He is also an honorary mem- ber of both the “Suicide” and the “Dynamite” Clubs, but of course his real thrills come from his psykes. A few days ago he tore off this noted d the Sidney ¢ National and International Bridge and Whi S. Lenz st Championships Whitehead eard. West t Pass Double Pass Milne was South with McCoy as his partner and Reith was the leader, sitting opposite Phillips, of Water- bury, Connecticut. When the contract got to a Small Slam, Milne thought there was some- thing about McCoy’s jaw t pre- saged a Grand Slam, doubled and redoubled, so he called a_ halt. Reith’s opening lead was the nine of Spades and Milne, with hardly more than a glance at the dummy, hopped up with the Ace, caught the lone King and made his contract like nobody's business. There is nothing wrong with Archie’s play! Problem endings do not occur on every deal, but this came off last wee aad 9 None 097 #& None K98 9d © None #& None (Page 32, please) comicbooks.com | | | i i