The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-19
PROBLEMS FOR sun READERS
BRID6E SOLIERS WORRTING
STILL OVER NO. a.
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4 number % splvers still refuse - be-
heve that there are not tWo tricks for 7
AMI 2 = bridge problem No -. and Nsv-
S~l base written insisting that an FiRinsl
diamond lead will secure them. u ID
oa-tainly remarkable that tho variations
possible In the play of seven CARTS should
b. ~ nufnerous that one cannot be sure
enc has exhausted them even after apend-
ina ten DAYS on their Investigation.
The reply a the diamond lead in No n
q for A N hold tho trick With the eight and
O. lead = club. putting Y in Y has two
Combinations
n he leads n Gpafe. any spade. p wins
The trick with the queen andplavs the ace
Of hearts. followed by the ten IT diA-
monds. which brings everybody d,un 10
tEo ra-ds The two csrds in BE hand will
b. eiih~' a club and . speds oF twO spades.
acorri.ng n what 4 keei,s Y must keep
heart and a SPADE because u ~ lets @
the heart Va deuce IL Rnod for a trick
II leads q heart instead Of a spade
BVinsthe heart trick snd makes the spade
Lad for him with the queen When the
ten II diamonds follows the sane situa-
ton is brought about a. before for the
last twc cards In each hand
As No a will not ~ included In the
nest honor lst th1se IN did not succeed
IN fathoming its depths mead not worry
about IL. but take u sll in an u vas IN
sxtFsrrdinary problem Who M aIg-
ges, the change that Will make u RoOd
for tao tricks Nithout spelling 10
Bridge problem No "a. printed two
wceks ego. u anothsF II 3 e. Kinsey's.
Ire theme II Which IL 10 transfer Whit
fields famous unhlorkinG rlay 10 tho
trun9 suit The authors solution l. for
z n lead the high trump. upon which Y
plays The nine. no matter what A DIES.
This - the ksy N tho whole situation
n all lee variations
n A rpfii~ea n plav the ace ~ tFrrmps
on the first trirk. which il considered
By many ~ 10 hls best dsfenca. z cornss
slonE with he jack n spadss. ard II 4
paasss thai up alan Y wins hia partners
tack viih ths king ard lced- the ten
Of srsds-. up0n which 2 diaoards the
queen ~ hearts n A still refuses 10
trump the seoond round q SPADES. Y leads
heart and the rest " easy
should 4 rass the first trick hut trump
the second h. viii naturally Lead a dia-
mond This 7 must trump With the
jack. - az to shut out B Y then leads
the hing n spades 20 give his partner
that heart discard. and after that he
can coTne through BIS minor tsnaca in
tr,unrs with the tFpy This j. the varia-
tim provided for by giving up the nina
On ths ftrst lssd oi tr,Inps
n wins the first trick n All With the
ace of tF'Imps he will stili lead he die.
mOnd hut IN this variaii0n Y must truTpp
With he jack and lad the trump - once
a. would r'Td a spade lead The trey
q trImrs j. again in evidence a. superior
~ the nine here. a. Z can win he trick
and exhaust the trUmps sitter which
b. can put Y IN with . SPADE and gee his
1iscard II the queen ~ hearts on she
second round ~ spades.
Mhile this problem vas not particularly
difiiCult after the key was found. the
variations u the defence had To ~ care
fully met. and Il Was IN failing n provide
Tor them that many solvers went astrlv
Correct solutions from:
" q johnson. j. g. Walsh, Ben Maid
D. G. ShanLs. = g. 7. Arthur T.. Brown.
WP. W, J. l. Scott 7 G. Baicum. Tramn
Trays. Victor du Pont. Jr Roacoe 4.
Harris. y D. ". J Warren Merrill.
Y. III Hawkins. Milton Isbell. D. AN.
c. y. johnson. James Hunter. " e.
Mayor. o. n Boston. J W Cromwell Jr
George B Glover. Anna G. levitt. " "
Dudley DT. Cie0ree e. Bailey. ! T..
Lazarus. IgUe. A. I Str1sburKrr Richard
p. Hall. Robert CrOtheru. n y Eng
lander, AlgeVnOn Bray Dennie N. Hare.
n y W. Burton D. Blair. u X Thaw.
A. z. Huntington. Bay state. Henry
Andersen. T. A. Abom. e. D. Wade
J. NJ Athegton. &. " D.asun. " e.
Collins. John Martineau and y. J Hul~e
About twenty solutions we're thrown
oui because they piaved the small Ciub
from vs. hand On the firsi trick. although
they still managed 10 ct home with the
Y and 2 hands. Quite a larxr uImler
wrote a. say that Y Vas no Isuss,tle 20
solve this one ~ 3 could discard she Jack
d hearts on the hrst diamond bad
Anumher u requests have heeur.caiveti
from various ambitious solvers who hay W.
been on THE Suns honor lists To- some
thing more from Harry BOaryimaH One
% them SAYS
While ] have 20 acknoWledge that
BOardman knocked me clear through the
ropes the last time I tackled him. / IN
i0yed the round immensely. although ha
got the decisiOn u you viii match "a
up again wiil agree 90 surrender my share
ef the purse and ell the moving pictur.
privileges for the sake u another @ Nith
hirn. and ] shall 10 qtiite satisfied 10 have
AirRari or any one else referee
Mr. Bnardman icing apparently made
always ready 10 meet anybody. steps into
the nng with the following proposition.
IN which clubs ars trumps and z n IN the