The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-17
PROBLEMS FOR SUN READERS
HEEE HIDDEN TRAP FOR
THE BRTDGE PLAYERS.

Prof. Nertenbaker's nau fov Ou,es
s"hers &C PrSa'iemS- llgebrs.
cai Farasiox Accounted Fop -rur,.
"si''es % Chess-A colr nan Dpal.
RTidRe problem No. - had In Il A tran
which vas -Nt Tor the spsrial beneft Of
those Sho think thav can solve anvthina
~ "a" minutes after they get started
tight. In this case Prof. wortsnbaker
80 his halt a~av hack CIT Of sight. wherv
01 one would think 81 looking for u, In
tho last two or three tricks instead Of
rlacing Il &C the start OF che plav.
The kew to the situation u ~ discard
N" Jack ~ disnondr on ono Of re trump
leads. Tho-e who did not 80 thia little
rolnt arrived at THAR solutions in vaViou.
ways. all 81 which we're unsouud. the most
common method being to discard from
'he and hands 40 ~ to accommodate
the requirements 90 Y md T.
Several remarked that the nrobleuo
looked EASY at arSt and then Il didn't. A
member Of the Union Club Of Boston puts Il
this way: No. ~ In my opinion h a corker
! rassed thres times through the variona
tages 81 puBzledom that I invariably
experience In handling these prohlems.
First. End Il extremely dinicult. second.
WHY. u Is ab-urdly easy after all. Third.
II 10 impo~siblei There rnust be some
mistake in the vay u h set up In type,.
He might have added that there wsa
vet fourth stage. In which the divinlnw
rod held true and the joint In Abs a..
fensive armor was found.
The correct solution IL for y 10 lead IN.
siI n clubs. which A wins With the ten.
Y di~carding the jack OF dlamonds or n
small heart. 10 the diamond h not d,a-
cardsd on this trick o. must be on the next
trump lead. II n now clear that n A
returns e spade he makes the jAck az |
shades good for q trick In z's hand. after |
which the hieh trump. two tricks In heart. |
and one in diamonds are a certainty.
But IL A returns q heart Y must Lee \
the trick 90 up to Z's king and z picks
up the trump In NJ hand. UOon Iris
trick II A diecarda q spade Y diacards
= heart and z leads Ire four Of tiiarnoDds-
- A. to force A 10 make another discard
before Y dOes 20. This IL where the
trouble begins.
II nov discards q heart Y will dis
card a spade. compelling B TO keen two
hearts and to discard q spade also. z
then leads q heart. 60 that Y can win
the trick and lead through BE nine Of
spades. which 2 win cover with the jacs
4 has the choice of letting z hold this
rics ~ OF takinx u and leading his losing
SPADE up 20 Z's six.
Rut u A's dsscard on Z's diamond lead
v spade must keep both his spades.
40 as "a ~ able To put z In again after
leads the small shade. setting As queen
mt of the way and making the jscsk good
'nr a trick
should A Discard a spade inatead Of a
heart upon the trump lead. will dia-
rard . heart, and when Y comes along
Si'h the diamond the same situation
'rises. bena'se must either make IL
'os@ihle for Y to drop the queen % spades
" viii compel p 10 keep two hsarta.
ZION which Va lead through the nine
" Snades puts A in with the queen and
osing spade to lead to z. a. before.
Correct solutions from
J Warren Merrill. Thomas ~ Gusrnav.
Mrs Robert vickery. VI n. b, Edrnonds
Putney. Ted. Edgar Joeepkson. p. All.
brs, Charles PolIack. A \ Kirkman. Il
!, Johnson. q. T. A. ]. Strasburger.
surton ID Blair J W wortz. n &. Jewe,t. y
r. Huntington. James Hunter. Con-
fance Gardner. B. ". G. Robert Crothera.
AAUfaaDA hNays - n Wtttctte. " I. NJ.
Alexander PORES. Victor du Pont. Jr
Gorge \. Glover. W Pw W. W. Dudley
, " Boston. 2. A. Gunther. IgOe. " q
\ y ID. W. Thomas G Balcom n n T q
Walton Aborn, W. B. o. y b Barker 3
ramp Trays. J. T.. scott Elisabeth white
3 l. Baggs. Everett A Aborn. r. n y
IAEkine. a. \. Kirkman. = G. Kinssv. y
, { Shanke. Bav STATE. 3. p J. nc a
'chwecke. Milton {. Isbell. = D.T. BF
ick cage. yr, Arthur l. Brown. JOHN q
Walsh, sadie 0adsden, n d CroIIch.
y Mayor. James T. Eagny, Richard
Hall. q W. Cromwell. Jr. = p n.
tarv Ann. DR. Oeorwe C. Bailey. Mrs
" whitnev. II n. Thaw. Edgar Boodv.
W. l.. Tyler and Arthur Grant.
Here i- an eight card no trumpsr for
chang" which has . rather peculiar
80 20 e. the ohisce u which viii doubt.
as he discovered by Aoss Who succeed
solving u
There are ne trImps and y IL In the