The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-13
PROBLEMS FOR sun READERS
SOMETHING FOR THE BRIDGE
PLAYERS TO THINK OVER.
A New Kind Of Competition Suggested
A skat Discard n an End Game nj
Chess-A Lewis Carroll p~uzlie-The
Length Of q Fishing Rod In n Fireplace


Length OF \ Fishing Rod In n Fireplace
Bridge problem No. q, printed last
week, has developed an interesting siela-
ton which suggests something quite
new in the way Of solutions. There was
no error In the statement. he cards being
shown exactly as arranged by the author.
yet %curiously enough there Is only one
solution out of all those 80 far received
which Ia the one intended by the com
poser of the problem.
This has led to the suggestion that THF
Sun should ask its readers to imagine
that the solution they have already found
is wrong and that they should try to ma
| the solution intended by the author, which
Is not by any means an easy oil TO dis
cover. Only two solutions are possible.
Those who send in both. the authors
and their own. before Thursday. June "a
, will 20 into the second roll Of honor, winch
| this problem No. q was Intended to ilhish
up. the third roll Of honor starting with
No. 20. printed to-day.
Some bridge players found No. 20
too easy: others found it just about hard
enough to amuse them until they were
sure they had it right, but no one found
il really difficult, chiefly because the one
trick that ABB we're to win was n little
too prominent. and because there were
not enough variations to lead solvers
astray.
Several express u hope that the COM
poser will try again, as they see promise
of better work in the fact that his first
attempt was built on a good idea to
make A kill his partner tenace in trumps
by leading through it n to prevent
that partner from discarding a diamond
on a spade.
The authors solution is 10 lead the ace
Of hearts and follow it with a small dia-
mond, discarding another diamond on
Us king Of hearts. Y then puts A in
by leading q losing trump. Az several
~solvers point out, an original diamond
lead by 4, won by Y, who returns the
smaller trump, will bring about the same
result. II A leads u heart y can trump
a second diamond lead with the jack
and lead the king Of hearts through B.
These double solutions are usually
considered defects, and n c~orrespon-
dent suggests that the problem might
serve as a model for q new sort Of COM
petition, which would be to give a prob
lem like No. 20 and see who could fix
it up to the best advantage. so as to make
il harder to solve, just as experts a
hold OF an easy golf course and put traps
all over it.
Correct solutions from Grace +. Rey-
nolds, j. l.. Scott. o. II. Boston. A. /.
%Strasburger. W. j.. Julien, A. Porges,
Chapman L. johnson. f. l.. Tyler, NJ. f.
Mueller. A. c. Sigel. James Hunter. TIL.
Fabritius. Richard F. Hall, K. Hem
mings, Thomas c. Balloon, W, f. Mayor.
A. 2. Huntington, W. H. s.. Edward l.,
Leeds, Jules X. Gimbernat, Paul Dunbar.
Milton c. Isbell, s. p. H., Algernon Bray.
J. l.. B.. Arthur Judd Ryan. George b.
Glover. aCarina.- H. W. A., A. NJ. Onder-
donk, Percival Levy. W. r.. G. G. Foster,
L. H. Dwinell. $. b. r., Mrs. George c.
Flint. B. b. Osborn, NJ. c. Phelps, ]. p.
D. George T; Jargens' H l. b pl IT,, F, Roy Y
b.. N. H. Herbert, j. F. Darling. j. W. W.
!, Julia s. Trask, Charles A. McMartin.
q. w. F. II. Mills, George p. Britton.
Frank l.. Rogers, lgoe, Victor Du Pont'
Dr. Ed% WaSa Pan amsr + I e. smi BFate = z
III ; VAoit n
J. W. Cromwell. Jr., f. W. Elkins. PRO
lessor R. C%rothers. Or. George c: Bailey,
Walter Andrews. FIG. r.. G. C.. Buckley,
r. l.. Morris, j. q. Walsh, W. 7. Langdon,
A. r. Dunlap. NJ. Suttle, A. C. McKinnie,
Arthur l.. Brown, FIT. H., s. F. Barnett
W. W. Dudley, S. r. Hemingway. l.. G. F.,
Thomas n. Quincy, Mack, A. S. Kirkman,
r. johnson, T, J, Wertenbaker, r. +,
Plat, c. 3. Howell, James Hunter. James
A. Tanner, F.. ID. Thompson, F.. w. Lam
bert. Philip X. Meynen, Hattie l.. Soon,
George w. Welsh, John s. Hills and Rou-
gier Thorne.
Here is something that is the work OF
n composer who has already appeared
in this column more than once. Those
who still have aspirations to solve any
thing in two minutes will please hold the
watch on themselves while they think
this over. The suggestions given on
May 80. il carefully followed out. will
probably "a at least ninety seconds
; Of the two minutes here.
Clubs are trumps and u ia in the lead:
BRIDGE PRohIEM No, -.