The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-23
PROBLEMS FOR sun READERS
TEASER FOR BRIDGE SOLVERS
GOT UP BY AN AMERICAN.

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TEASER FOR BRIDGE SOLVERS
GOT UP BY AN AMERICAN.
Experts Interested In . Composition b,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of tho thirteen
Carder--A Pecuiiar Position Ut Chess
--Bpeed PRebiem-Brain Hackers,
The bridge players seem TO have ac.
Sspted that remark about cutting down
the list OF solvsrs AZ a sort Of challenge,
70 q number who never sent In solutions
before wrote u their analyses Of No. II
for fear the list OF solvsrs would be too
short without them.
Tho problem IL another Of Werteu-
bakers compositions. and It II subject
for oongrltulaton that an American
has produced something which 10 quite
up to the mark set by the English OK.
perts. Next week We shall have some
thing by another American composer
who Ia getting ambitious and who writes
that trying to make up q good problem
that will fulfil all the requirements Is
just as entertaining as solving one.
A number write that they are sure
No. IL 10 the work Of an old hand at the
problem game. because the line Of play
Is 80 clear cut from the start to the fourth
trick. Not only 10 there no choice about
the opening lead but the second and third
leads by Y and z remain unchangeab bic
no matter what the adversaries do.
Some critics point out that this forced
play on the part Of A and B is the only
defect In the problem. and that II they
were free to mix matters up q bit 1t might
not be 80 easy to find the winning attack.
This criticism il just. and goes to show
how hard 1t Is to compose q really first
class problem. The hint should be help
technique Of the art.
In spite Of any trining defects, many
experts are quite satisfied. with the
problem a. II stands. and those who are
not 80 critical think 1t ranks with come
Of the bsst, a. 1t IL we'll trapped. as the
golfers say. A correspondent In Fonda
says that he found 1t quite q teassr. as 1t
took him some time to determine whether
Il was the ace Of hearts or the four Of
trumps that was to take the trick for Alb.
A man writes from Memphis that he
expects q large number to get the key
move right. but to make Y return the aoe
, and another diamond. forcing A to trump
the second round and compelling A TO
lead = spade. This is precisely what q
large number did do. overlooking the fact
that A need not trump tho second dia.
mond.
A lady in New York remarks In the
usual feminine postscript: II anybody
tells you they did this one in two min
utes do not believe them One Of the
cracks thinks the manner in which B Ia
prevented from making q trick with the
ACC Of hAarts II very clever. A Phila-
delphia solver thinks No. II one Of the
best ons.triok-lossrs yet, and remarks
that the acs Of hearts looks - big A. q
house,
The correct solution. and the only one,
is for z to lead tbs spade. Y wins with
the queen and returns the small spade.
which 2 trumps with his ace. 2 then
leads the six Of diamonds. putting Y In,
aud Y then Iesds the losing trump. This
makes A give Y a spade trick.
Correct solutions from Milton C. Is
bell. r. E. Plat, Mrs. W. L. Heidelberg,
william B. Orr, A. !. Strasburger. 8. d.
T., A. N. Ondsrdonk. Z. H. Dwinell,
r. L. Leeds. ]. L. Scott. Jules r. CHM
bsrnat. Homer L. Smith. Charles n.
saeger. H. B, L.. E. NJ. Dudley. o. H.
Boston. Richard +. Hall, j. Gilbert. Lor-
ing Clarke. C. .. johnson. Mrs. George C..
Flint, F. H. Mills, Victor Du Pont. Jr.,
Arthur Judd Ryan. A. ". Putnam. Newell,
Edmonds Putnsy. F. P. Maynard. j.
Row. Margaret Hennings. j. @. W.. Wal
Ter Andrews. r. Crothers. e. w. Elkins.
Igoe. william T. Newman. Oscar Schosn-
herr. F.. Roy. W. Bancroft. Mack, l.. l..
Rothschild. Tn. Fabritius. Tramp Trays,
o. w. Hill. b. b. Osborn. C. p. Linea-
weaver, A. C. McKinnie. W. +. Mayor,
Mrs. F. J. c. Little. j. A. Tanner. Roukier
Thorne. 8. p. H.. Algernon Bray. Patrick
Charles II. johnson. F.. A. Tracy. A.
McMartin, j. B. Crandall. Marie Than
houser. A. B. Ginner. +. T. H.. George Y.
Jurgens. W. r., Frank l.. Rogers. Philip
X. Meynsu. G. w. Gordon, n. B. b., Paul
Dunbar. A. N, Harrington. w. w. Dud-
ley, II. X. Thaw, James Hunter, G. 8.
Howell, John s. Hills. p. E. Morr9ll, T..
W. Lambert, Arthur l.. Brown. L. q. E.,
C2fiuA, J.. ~. DTaiuAru. .. r. barn0tt,
8. X. Hemingway. c. c. Buckley. J. W.
Cromwell, Jr,; N. H. Herbert II. +. W,
f. d. Thompson, Peroival Levy, q. W.,
A. z. Huntingdon. A, 8. Kirkman. DR..
George c. Bailey. Julia s.. Trask. Edith
A. Murdoch. Thomas N. Quincy. H. b.
Bellamy. F. NJ. Horton. j. w Bright. II.
U. Schon, Walter Darkin and NJ. f.. j..
Solutions from j. T. Mills OF Santa
Lucia, Cuba. aud Henry Whiting Of Mex loo
city, for No. 10. were too late for scknowl-
edgement last week.
In answer to several inquiries IL may be
said that the order In which the names
appear in these lists Of solvers does not
signify anything. 30 many come In every
mail, and they are gone over. examined
and sorted out 20 often In order to sepa-
rate those that answer more than n OF
the puzzles on the same sheet, that any
classification ID impossible.
By way Of . change hero IL something
that allows A and b to get more than one
trick. and it will probably keep some Of
the solvers guessing to find out which
two tricks Alb may be allowed to win
without their getting three.
Clubs are trumps and z ID In the lead.