The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-23

u. A32.
= 49,
In 'hs beginners system the rrd on
thus hand would l.. one club u,.,atl-..
there IL "A sure trick in that suit II no
4 ~ doubled he can shift to ON" diamond
and then his partner knows ~ al To
hid one spade would D.. "a drnv a SURF
! trick IN any suit. except SPADES and IA"
partner does not realize the pos-IbI tres
" the hand at all
In the expert system m. rule - never
! 10 name a red suit unless the hand :
| good for four tricks. taking trImpS and
| PLAIN suits tng-th-r. II - only IN" black
| suits that ar. named a. a suggsstiuu
10 the partner a. go no trImp-, and IA"
! Limitations of such system must b.'
obvious The whole thing gets down
To- the clubs
/ II III" spad. bid dos uo' mean any
thing IA spades u may lie. covering
totally worthless hand or u may b.
hand with two ACES IN ~ OF un" which
- good for thr'.. tricks with a red sui'
brt not four. Countless opportunities
Tor good no trump calls by IN" partner
ar. consequently lost a. the ia" thing
49, often uro,'--ary the SUR trek ~ a rcd
: suit - not shown
IN" sam" j. trtIe a. 10 the suggest u
f.T safe lad IA ,t-.. h. stdv.r-arI,'-
. maxi. 'hs Winning declaration Ne SUIT
Dau b" shown With certainty sN,-.pt the
b club Unless the hands arr good for four
ur five tricks MANY players consider
thus serious handicap. and II Is cpr-
talnly So - III" hegInuer. who wants
all the hight he can get On the situation.
Tn" expert arguments m favor II
bidding un red suits only when they arr
both lnng and strong arr chiefly negative.
II the r'd -ru' - named on hugh cards
alone. they -ay. without length ~ well
the partner NAV Incraa--i the hId m IN.
same suit % he holds something ~ anOth"r
slIIt or thu bidder NAV y" ."fi ~ To- play
IN" hand
II the partner understands 'n. theory
81 tn. bidding h.. " IIl never support a
one trick bid by naming IN" -am" -uIf
unless h. has that suit himself and wants
u for the trump n" knows the bud shows
a sur. trick only and b" viii wait for hI-
partner e. inCrsass the call Il b" has len 9Th
a. well II he has winning cards m ofhar
suits which would support a hear call
~ - hes business t. ~ On" Iu no trtImT-
which leaves u OYER - the original caller
10 ~ ~" h"artS OF - Vet th- no 'rImT"r
stand
A. - The. second part II tn. objection
that the player may l." l"ft ~ - play the
one heart call when he has mad n on
nothing bui the ac,. and one Or 'wp small
cards the answer - tins - that o. never
hapt-an- IN real life In all m" llnl-trat y..
hands 49, far published IN huok- and maga-
Zines there ~ not "A singh ou" ~ which
the winning dsClaratIuu - IN" trick lu a
red stmf one trick d'ClaratIO IA no
rrumps ar. rarely good enough - win
olis blt 'HA" Nllfh 'dlt@ wa n NAlN at WI
In the ieEinneTs sys'am when the
player has "A hand winch shows length
ia the sIit named by hlE partner h.. can
pass u zap 10 show that II suits HIM or he
can support " by OVerUalllng an inter
vening bid. In this system ~ ~ fixed
principl. that II the SUIT named 10y your
partner on th. first round does not TT
your hand a. well as another you should
nam" IN" other suit IN order a. show the
.aFs .I.4
M which TIA" dealer started with On"
diamond and second hand I,s,--.'d third
hand holding thsSs cards
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The diamond declaration does not suit
this hand either a. u trump -uit or a.
part Of a no trImper - the third hand
should Overcall his partner with on"
heart a. hint that lac cannot support
the diamond make but thinks h" should
be able 20 pull through with heart
All these secondary hid-. ~ should be-
observed mean business the invitation
10 a no trufnpsr being by them reI"'t.d.
The ds.ClaratI On 81 one heart on the fore
going cards means that IN" hand IL not
good enough for "a no irImpsr even with
the assistance" Of the sure trick shown m
diamond II conveys the return hint
that unless the original caller y strong
enough to 20 two IN diamonds 10 get the
declaration or has the making II = no
'rtlinper himself II would be safer "a
shift ~ th. hearts but not Ia bld too high
on them.
In one respect both -vsten@ ar" ~ ac-
cord and that - IN starting with a suit for
- full vain. when YOU intend Ia support
II FOR the trump even n your partner has
a no 'rump"r Two trick rcd bids shut
out adv"r-" Information and tell ~"
partner not 10 Interfere unless he ~ very
sure Of what b" - doing.
But Wh.n the hand ~ not quite up 10 an
original btd II Two tricks but would taxi"
q chan"" on ~ after hearing from ~"
other players ~" idea ~ Ia begin with a
one trick bad ~ ~" SUIT dsr"ga riding IN"
~ renRth ~ another -iut that would help
no irImp"r TAX" These cards
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The player would not nam" "luD- no
matter which system ~ bidding h." h"-
h.y,.d m b..calIsa the clgb bid IL an INV
"A 49, trlImpar ~ not wanted IN" heart
beng infinitely better and safer N ~"
rurffinr has tho elements NJ - no triIfnp"r
and would hid no tuImps n the club
-frpuRfl we're shown the fwO hands
should be- sure game ~ hearts
The Fundamental difference IN tho two
sv-'smS IT budding ~ that IN the he
zinner- system an original hld ~ IN"
trirk ~ rod suit must b" supported nv y
second bid ~ two tricks n y ~ over called.
NJ matter what the partner may bid
unless the bid wAs made 90 high cards