The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-01
hand and quit all this talk about impossi-
billties."
Here Is the hand.
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Now" says Smith. after looking over
the situation, Ito begin with. the dealer 8
bid Is shocking. He should have bid a
club. The no trumper IL all right
whether the dealer bid club or n spade
In the face OF your partners spade bid
your two hearts is inexcusable.
IF your partner had bid his hand cor
rectly. you could have bid three hearts II
you liked. Fourth hand is right to bid
royals. no matter what you did, but your
partners refusal TO assist you is mon
strous. lie should have bid four hearts
at once and been ready to double four
royals. Any player that will bid two
hearts over no trumper when his partner
has started with spade must have a
tremendous hand or be n wildcat bid
der"
This Is fair specimen OF what comes
out of all this talk. II there Is any one
present who will take the trouble to get
down to the facts. Jones holds up Us
hand as a remarkable example of the
folly OF conservative bidding. and laughs
at any person who would pass a no
tfumper with such cards as six hearts to
the ace king, five diamonds and two sin
gletons.
Yet the fact remains that II his partner
has spade hand and refuses 10 assist
hearts after they are overcalled with two
royals, Y Ii wasting his time calling
:
penalties to save the game. 'rhe sist of
the whole matter Is thn~wlth convcn-
tional bidding the winning declaration
will be four hearts. With very bad bid
ding by the dealer and worse by his part
ner they arrive at the same result.
II the hand Is analysed for play We
get three different results according to
the winning declaration. Vt no trumps
II will be found that smith was correct
In his estimate, as 4 and B cannot get
more than five tricks. opens with q
small heart, which goA to the ten. A
starts the diamond suit with the ace
and must follow with the ten and eight,
all of which passes. u can make his
fourth diamond and establish the queen
for Y, or he can lead spade 80 AS 10
hold over the diamonds.
Acc of spades from Il and i've heart
tricks are taken into camp at once. after
which the two clubs make on IL echo
In that suit If tine diamond queen has
not been established only three diamonds
have been made and a gets the nth
trick with the queen Of clubs. This sets
the no trumper for two tricks. although It
WAS alleged 10 be good for little slam.
Against the ROYAL declaration by r,
had IL been left IN. z leads three rounds
OF clubs, getting In a run with his
singleton trump. The heart king Is
trump.d by r. after which must make
make three bv cards At ROYALS would
be set
The i've by cards at hearts was not
diGtHu!t u manage. and should have been
y little slam. but made the mistake OF
leading a round of trumps when won
the FIRST trick with the ace Of spades
After that dummy could run three dla-
monds and y could ruff three spades
but had To lose two tricks AT the end
Had he not led trumps at all but
taken out two rounds of clubs and then
started the cross ruff dummy would
have had a fourth trump left at the end
for the fourth round OF diamonds, which
would force an honor from A. and that
s the only trick and Il could make on
tn. hand
The temptation To lead one round OF
tfunps may appear natural. but what Is
afraid Of IL h can oyertrump the
eight II must be with an honor, and after
that Y can drop the Gumps at any time
While II Is urQuestionably true that the
chief merit In auction IL In sound bidding
there is great deal In the play, and
every now and then hand will come
along that shows a coup which makes the
oystsnders sit up and take notice. Take
this one. II was played in London: