Judge — October 1932 — page 24: what you’re looking at

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PICTURE PUZASLES TO RENT Assembling jig-saw picture puzzles is great fun, the popularity of which, as an adult pastime, has been growing rapidly in the last few months. The puzzles, how- ever, are not inexpensive, so the Leisure Hour Picture Puzzle Club has been formed to rent puzzles to members at a small frac- tion of their retail price. You remit, with membership coupon below, $1.00 which covers the rental for 14° days of a 350-piece Picture Puzzle, sent you prepaid. If you return it so that it reaches us in less than 14° days from the date we shipped it, you will receive a rebate slip at the rate of 5 cents per day which you can use as partial payment of future rentals. If, on the other hand, you retain the puzzle more than 14° days, a fine of $ cents per day will be charged (Members cest of the Mississippi River have # days extra, or 18 in all.) When you return the puzzle by insured parcel post, you simply use the shipping carton in which it arrived and enclose another dollar as a 14-day® rental on another puzzie, which will be sent you promptly, This can be repeated as many times as you desire, and by our keeping accurate records, you will never be sent the same puzzle twice. Our. stock of puzzles is among the largest in the country, so you are assured of a never- ending supply of fresh subjects. * n vod nearly all interlock Sign Membership Coupon Below. Mail with $1.00 (Cheek, Money Order or Stamps). Leisure Hour Picture Puzzle Club, (8 Division of €. 8. Hamuont & € 358 Furman Street, Brooklyn, N.Y Gentlemen: Enroll me as a member of sour Club. [enclose $1.00 for I4tay* rental of a O-piece Leisure PU t me prepaid. 1 return it by post and will receive ) A Rebate ¢ ents per day h day & zle has been out of your Clab, oF (b) A Charge at the for each day over 1 of your Ch next rental Name Address #18 days, if you are wert of the Missiesipp YOUR No MINE By Sidney S. Lenz Mr. Lens has held, fourteen times, the National and International Bridge and Waist Championships Those who follow this department of Judge will undersiand why the late Wilbur ( Whitehead said Sidney Lenz is undoubtedly the most remarkable card player the world has ever known Mr. Lenz will welcome corresponde: elated to Auction and Contract pro } Y PRIZE offer of a free trip on the Monarch of Bermuda, for the best play of a Contract Bridge deal, was won by Commander Donald Neish, R.N. With but one correct solution sub- mitted, the surprising thing was that hundreds of solvers were utterly un- able to resist telling me how simple the problem was and not at all up to the standard set by me. Against indifferent defense, a natural squeeze play developed. This was offered as a bait and eagerly pounced upon as the proper solution by a large percentage of solvers. An alternative solution, based upon correct defense, appeared to be un- beatable but by clever defense this | method of play could be defeated. The Prize Hand: 4Q109 9598 OAIG South plays the hand at three Hearts doubled. At double-dummy play, with all four hands exposed, North and South must win nine tricks against any defense by East and West. The obvious play of three rounds of Clubs, with East trumping the third Club, taking in the King of Spades and leading a trump, gives East-West the first four tricks, but the setting trick cannot be made from Judge readers and will give advice and ansiver questions d correspondents send atamped, addressed envelopes for reply although it seems as if a Diamond trick could hardly be shut out North-South simply gather in all their trumps and Clubs, leaving three Diamonds with South and two Dia- monds and a Spade with North. East is forced down to three cards and as he must hold the high Spade to prevent North’s Queen from winning, the protection in Diamonds must be given up. The best defense, however, is to open Spades and force South to ruff twice before the Clubs are established. East finesses the Jack of Spades and leads the King. South ruffs and can take out the trumps and lead a low Club. West wins and leads an- other Spade which takes out the last trump and the Club lead puts West in to make one Spade trick, but the seven in East’s hand blocks the fifth Spade from winning a trick. Correct defense by West would be to refuse to win the second Club trick, but to wait for the third round so that East is able to discard the blocking Spade and permit West to take in the two last Spades. The perfect solution is to open the Spade and on the second round, South trumps and leads two rounds of trumps only. North must win the second trump trick and lead the last Spade for South to trump. A low Club is now led and West is in distress. Taking the second Club and ruffing East on the third Club, gives East the choice of leading a Spade and allowing the enemy to trump in one hand and discard in the other, or leading a Diamond for the loss of a trick in that suit. If West, instead of the Club lead, plays a Spade, the opposing ruff and discard produce the extra trick. * A Diamond lead by West will be taken by South and another Club lead gives West the same three alter- native plays, none of which will net more than four tricks. comicbooks.com