The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-25
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weeks ago. IL tn. latest from Prof Ner
f"nhaker. who T. now NJ Prince'on Uni
lily II is IN" tr~' II his compost 'oi
slnC" No. - prini.d last July. but u
shows hat h. hsS lost non" ~ his cunning
a. composer IN tn" interval
The sohIt ION ~ for u IN start with
spade an'i tbs. ConrInuatio ion depends
uInn wh"r her or NO, covers the first
trick with the king
| III covers, which appears 10 be- he
simpler varia' ION OF he two. wins the
trick and leads Two rounds ~ trumps
so n to forc'. two di-cardst from u and one
from \. T. discarding his useless heart
rs best plan il clearly 20 keep his two
r'd Jacks and all his spades so h., let's SO
the small hear aud Tho small diamond
a bs-r discard is a diamond, ah though
hlS small shade IL apparently useless
The forced discArd- de not seem 10 have
done much harm 50 far
Snow throws Il back into the lead wit h
spade. which reduces A y hand 90 three
diamonds When Y lea d. the diamond
queen through 4. N IL clear that the
object il To knock the king and jack 20
gether aud establish the ten
Bnt " covers and y iTumps. Y loses
N" last wo tricks: therefore when A put :
the king az diamonds on the king. Y mus,
Pass ~ uD. disCarding his small heat
A must then lead diamonds up Ia u
i"na"" In this variation u looks as " \
had a -Ipsrhous tr,imp
the second variation. when 4 refuses
toTov-r The spade, lead with the king q
NOR" complicated situation has TO h."
dealt with Y also passes. and 4 drops
the spade suit nj once. coming through
4 with the queen Of diamonds A. best
defence il ~ cover Immediately. forcing
Y 10 trump
Y does trump aud leads both his re-
naming trrImp- Rs discard on the first
trump lead il easily the small heart
hut on IN" second TRUMP lead he ~ IN
troubs" II he iet- 20 III. spade. both
VS. spades are rood u Y leads the ace
first IT II dISca"d~ a heart. hs loses n cold
rick. 40 ne il forced to discard the
diamond. on IN" "hanc" that cannot
get III To make "a trick with the ten
After u discsrds his small heat. il is
As turn TO think about il II he lets 60
m" snad. king. can 90, into the lead
Will The srSdeiac and MAKE he I'll anond.
50 A must discard "A diamond
Along comes a small spade from y and
again has 10 lead right up 10 Esmalor
,ena"s in diamonds. which are good for
Two tricks In the variation m. value
OF the third trump in " hand il evident
Oi course. A might refuse TO cover tn.
queen Of diamonds. just a. he refuses 10
cover the queen OF sDade- but thar gives
Y n ct a1c" 10 get rid OF his losing near'
or spade. and a. his three trumps are good
any TIME. the only trick he will lose will
be h. small card that he keeps
As usual with Prof Werten haker's
probl-m- a number Of correspondence
thought hey had this one solved when
they did not Some OF these discovered
their error later and some tried again
hut most OF them CAV" " up 4 number
will not know they did not get II until
they zee tho solution this morning. rs
thew evidently feel sure they are RICH,
The fsvorite failur. was to start from
Is hand with a trump. discarding
heat y then either returned the trump
lead ar tried n spad. If IN. trump lead.
II disca-ds the small diamond L. a heart
and 4 y diamond wow leads the small
spade. which goes mp to As aing
II \ leads the king ~ diamonds AT this
stage 'ruDD~ u and puts his partner IN
nth a spade - make the diamond tricks
II leads a small diamond. Nh" queen
wins ana tha 'sn forces IA" king and Y
can still get IN with the spade 10 make the
third diamond
The variation 10 this was 20 ref,is. 10
win the sp1de trick. letting T. hold ~ and
making y lead the diamond When \
put on the king Y irumped IL and led
another spade. putting 4 IN and making
HIM lead his losing diamonds toy
The fallacy IN both ihes. analyses lies
in overlooking - immediate return ~ the
spade II Y wins ~ with IN" ace. N. loses
Two tricks. the spade and heart. II he
eis u go round 10 "a queen. must lead
? dIrmond and must trump u II A puts
IN the king and rhanSY loses "A heart trick
spade ~ returned AZ the second trick or
after two rounds - irunp-
Correct solutions from
". %. Johnson. Pauln" Ne~hoId.
Thomas & Balcpm. ! l.. Scott. > &.
>in-.y. Warren Merrill Milton &.
shell ". y W. ConstluC" Gardner "
'IcMart in. william L. Van Antwerp J G.
alsh H"rh-r' Rik.r. r. VI. &. A |
It rl~bnrger. Rn-co" &. Harris. Victor Du
'nnr. Jr II W. Intl" John, Henry
Unforeseen. +. '. Macomrer BAY STATE.
Burton -. Blair. {. +. Johnson. William
Henry Trntrer. kirkman & Quincy
Tramp Trays NJ - B. Harry q New
I X Coats ! ". Cromwell. Jr. u. e
;hlnks ". " Dudley " \ Buckley and
Dr. Georg. L Bailey
A number s..n' ia on" variat ION. which
TaS correct. hut iii not S,y what ~houli
,. Zone II 4 playa tn. ~ n.r wav on the
ir-t trick. -
Today another 81 The ever increasing
rmy 81 American composers makes his
,ow - m" readers Of THE SUS with III.
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