Judge — June 11, 1932 — page 28: what you’re looking at

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3 | CaFencccllifes | Play DUPLICATE. ... BRIDGE Auction or Contract | By Sidney HE av to be situations rare rage Bridge player fails impressed with problem because such plays are occurrences in his regular The Grand Coups, Squeezes and Elimination plays appear to be manufactured to order by the ex- perts to illustrate points that never seem to confront the player who plays just an ordinary game. The truth of the matter is that the situa- tions are there, but are not recog- nized. I have seen three succe: deals, where the only way of filling the final contract was by cor- rect use of the sque: play and still many Bridge players contend that, “there ain't no sich animile.” In last week’s Jut only the last sames. | four cards in each hand were shown, jas the 16 Folders ; to set VALPARAISO DUPLIC! Duplicate Bridge, either Auction of Contract, makes the game many times more enjoyable. — Eliminates luck Rewards skill. Improves your game. Duplicate is sweeping the country The Valparaiso Duplicate Folder is a patented device advantages ov folders are m Bridge | It has Price $3.00 per set . 1 Do. first dec s were taken without unusual ne tric the arant strain or effort. by aad NONE 97 & NONE NORTH aKI8 J NONE & NONE SOUTH aQl10 NONE 6 aK South was in the lead at a small slam contract in Spades and could afford to lose but one trick. As the loss of a trick in Diamonds was un- sscapable, the difficult problem was presented of preventing West from taking a‘trick in trumps. At t ight this would appear impossible, but it could be done by perfect play. On the lead of the King of Clubs, We t must trump or he will be com- pelled to take the Diamond trick and lead away from the Spade tenace. 26 S. Lenz and leads the discarding — the Heart. Now st has nothing left but Clubs and South's trump forces West to overtrump and lose his K to North’s Ace, or to undertrum) and allow North to discard his re- maining Diamond. The difference between perfect procedure and slip shod methods, was the scoring of a small slam doubled or taking a vul- nerable penalty of 200 points. One of the worst habits a player can acquire is to continually hesitate in stages of the bidding and e when an honor is ays y bad. It is usually preferable to err in cover- ing or not covering than to stop and think about it. If the honor is held by the hesitating player it is a yive away and if not held, it is most un- ethical to hesitate. In bidding, an occasional situation comes up wher. a decision can hardly be made off hand, but in many instances lon he ancy may put the opponents on the right track to fulfill a contract that otherwise would be defeated North overtrumps Diamond, We als KQ874 2QI5 e110 AK1IO8732 1062 are J953 > 987 wIGA2 aAAQG A >AK10642 e&KIS THE BIDDING ney, after the opening great help in permitting the declarant to make his contract. comicbooks.com