Judge — February 1937 — page 35: what you’re looking at

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BRIDGE BY GEORGE COFFIN ONE GREAT fascination of Bridge is that, no matter how long or how often one plays, the variety of combinations parading before one's eyes always pro- duces some new play. In his latest book, Vital Tricks, Frank K. Perkins shows a hand that seems to defy all the laws of Bridge gravity, yet the principle involved is just common sense when one stops to consider it. Should East continue diamonds at trick three, South must take the pre- caution of trumping with his eightspot in order to preserve his five of trumps for dummy’s six to overtake. W. H. Whitfield, the first composer of double dummy problems, is famous for his “Whitfield Six,” the Granddaddy of all double dummy problems, and the “Whitfield Eight,” which was the basis of a fine thirteen card problem used by Sidney S. Lenz in his last JupGe prob- Jem solving contest. Ivan Whitfield, the son, is carrying on his late father's Bridge tradition with research in hand AK 10862 valuation. Here is the “Whitfield Ten,” K J 10 one of W. H. Whitfield’s lesser known compositions: @Ajos4 78 06 @ags | —— N 10 Double] 20 ‘ Ww eo:g 40 4@ Pass 590 Pass Pass HOW MUCH DOES IS | 5 3 ros [roe | Ps = THE TELEPHONE 2 tee at tee el ce Hearts are trumps and South leads. VOsT? SA VE turned the ace. The dummy trumped, North and South must wo eight tricks and after Declarer found it necessary to against any defense. Solution next issue. pull three rounds of trumps to get all East's, and ran the ace-king of hearts, Trump, Trump, Trump he somehow found it impossible to Here 1s another tricky problem for you reach the dummy's good hearts. He puzzle bugs. An eight.carder that re- tried leading a low club toward dummy’s quires neat trump handling and timing queen, but East's king gobbled her up to develop the squeeze. unceremoniously. Hence, Declarer lost may be worth more than the cost two clubs and a diamond for inglorious @K83 of the service for months and defeat. QO A1072 years to come. The old saying, “A stitch in time O4 The telephone saves you price- : oxy applies poignantly to this deal, less hours of time each week— and the stitch must be caught at the Spares you trips through snow second trick. The dummy must refuse and storm these uncertain winter to trump East's second diamond play. days. If the trumps split 3-1, as they most Without moving from the probably will, this safety play wins the @ A104 warmth and comfort of your game, because East has no killing lead os own fireside, you are in touch to trick three. If he leads a club, South OA2 with stores and must take no chances and hop up with $05 friends and office—by his ace, run three top trumps and two telephone. top hearts, and the six of trumps in the Hearts are trumps and South leads. dummy is the biggest entry card in North and South must win all eight |BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM North America to get dummy in to run tricks against any defense. Solution next three vital heart tricks. month. ] East | South | West It is easy to figure how much the telephone costs. It is not easy to reckon how much it saves. A single telephone call may save a life—brighten a friendship or a day—sell a bill of goods or land a job. One telephone call 33 comicbooks.com