Judge — April 1936 — page 23: what you’re looking at

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Contract By Pre bids were once a popular ad among the better Bridge players. In the early days of Contract, experts discovered the devastating opening the bidding third hi no tru effect ¢ 1 at one little or no high card ipoon strength. The scoring structure made for a non-vulnerable p Mluff to his he danger if he rt’s content riskin; reld a lo} nto in case opponents doubled him for penal- ties, instead of bidding their own g. As the passing partner was usui weak to kite the psychic to di its, one had little to fear from th The ¢ f Dlutfed x suit to rt trous ghtened few » well known that proper defense was deve ped, The method was to double the psychic for penalties driving its maker into his real suit, which, by r sness on of carel "t hold. It developing and boldness, he often dic was the old army game bullet proof bullets The psyc rmor to st rmor piere- bidding xt. Single- ue of suits you d suits were bid with don partne or five trumps we ly pre the bombs by jump raises st chies soon gave them a bad name. players, however, were smart enough to bid only if it consisted of t sm. > or of two, headed by a high dor » that they cou to stand peat partner jump il bluff at Pok em that is appr of surprise must be complete Mark Noble of Boston won a in a New } nament by droppin in when opponents ce really etfective, the top score 1ampionship tour- vely two bs in this hand: consecut psychic smoke be aK 7 A10942 9 &AQ108 43 6 O4 #765 ner, at North, dealt and passe East bid and Mr. Noble, playing South, bid one heart! West promptly e diamor Coffin doubled for penalties. North and East passed, and Mr. Noble continued to fool “em and bid one no trump! West, smell- ing something phoney, jumped to three clubs, East bid three diame and Mr Noble kept quiet. West gambled on three no trump, and all passed ce West advertised great strength in hearts by his pe trump call over Mr. Noble's h Mr, Bonney decided to le ity double and no art bid, 1 the three of s instead of his partner’s bid heart suit. Mr. Noble played his and the irate West slammed down his soli- tary king with a migh South ran six more spade tr gz West thre ble, while other West play- ers bid and made six hearts. Thus Mr Noble psyked his most psychic psykes spac y slap. vuln: OMPOS probl king ERS of double dummy s bewail the difficulty of 1 endings hard enough satisfy exacting solvers. For the problem below, however, we have Ir, Ivar Andersson of Stockholm to thank. He shows us in six cards how they squeeze ‘em in Sweden. @k7 QgN Q643 & None $106 xn |@J8 eo) | > | 104 a4 9 as > 8 ud A Question of Finessing PEAKING of fir M. Scott, a well teacher in the s, the late Gratz known Brid; ly days of Auction, had One of those ze pupils, who offers of the better e teachers aby ¢ to him ns on finessing. Mr. Scott concluded her first lesson by giving her sev all il ce-queen finesse. ut town, ca for some less eral prepared hands to play, lustrating the simple It so happened, pure the finesses were all in spades At the end of the lesson, she Scott, I have enjoyed ind clubs much and T have learned fi Next week I want you to how to finesse in the red suits.” ssing, teach 21 by chance, that | | THE NATION'S ‘e LIST HE telephone directory is the nation’s calling list. Millions | of people refer to it daily — in homes and offices and in public pay s It is the busiest book — it plays a part in countless activities, For the names in the tele- phone book are more than names. They are friendships and homes and families. They ure bridge parties and golf games—success in business — ers and sellers of wheat or pins or skyscrapers. More than 12,000,000 names are listed in the directories of the operating companies of the Bell System. You can go straight to any one of these millions of people — ions. easily, quickly and aN economically —by Bs) GFA telephone, BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM comicbooks.com