The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-12

small trump from dummy. the finesse or
the ten going 10 tho ace.
A led a small heart, trying to get his
partner In to see what he hah IN the o'e-
mond suit. d led tho king Of diamonds
and then cnrne back with the heart. Y held
this with the queen and tried TO put
dummy In With n club. so as 10 get
TRUMP lead through the queen. which was
marked In rs hand.
A ruffcd tho club and led tho diamond,
n overtrumpinG VS. seven with the nine.
ana this cross run in diamonds and clubs
enabled A and p to make SIX tricks IN
trumps, which with the ace OF hearts ana
king Of diamonds set the contract for
two tricks, and they would not have made
any more n they had set 1t for six.
AT some tables n was rash enough 10
bid a club, which Is a hopeless PROPOSE
ton. No one wants 10 play CLUBS Tor
trurnps, and what r. the use OF showing y
minor suit 10 a partner who mas reused
10 show anything himself when he had the
chance? A had to take him out with
diamond, and was set for 100 points and
simple honors.
Al that table Y led a small heart. which
won and returned, leading the King
OF trumps and getting two more rounds
Of hearts. z running the fourth and Iead-
two tricks In spades later. This made q
swing OF 200 points. which IL no small
matter In a duplicate game.
. AT one or two tables u was rash enough
TO risk q no trumper simply TO reopen the
bidding hoping that A had long weak
suit Of hearts or spades that no trumper
would support This IL taking chances
that the situation does not warrant. IL
A had any length In spades ne would have
bid three with outside cards. II he has
no outside cards he cannot go game on
la nod ho tfsi1A PdA he
would have called them.
On the no trumper Il went down for
$50 at one table. The opening lead was
the interior eight OF Diamonds, r winning
the return OF the Jack with the king. He
then put the dummy I'm with the are OF
spades, hoping the diamonds would drop.
ON the diamond queen discarded the
nine Of clubs. AZ A had no reentry he
quit the diamonds and led back the spade,
hoping had the king. but won the
queen.
After making his ten Of diamonds. upon
which Y completed his echo In clubs, Y
led the small club. Y put on the ace and
came back with small heart. which r
passed. made the Jack and returned
the queen. which brought the ace from
n. Another SPADE went to US Jack and
he made two hearts before returning the
club. Nine tricks for and z. II looks
as II should have done better than this
with his cards. He risks everything on
dropping the diamonds.
II 10 remarkable that after all that has
been written and taught about the hope
iessness of going game with weak suit
declaration against a no trumper there
are stlll to be found thousands OF per-
sons who will try II. Such players are
not by any means confined to the ranks
Of the also rams but are to be found in
the best clubs.
Here Is an illustration OF one of the
many ways In which this weakness In bid
ding ruins the possibilities Of the partner
ship. The hand was No. ~ in the knick-
erbocker duplicate game on March 49,
The partners were apparently bounI TO
lose no matter what they did. but bad
bidding made their loss at one table I'M
usually heavy.