The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-20

u dealt aud bid no trump. which \
passed. took his partner out with two
hearts, as he could run one suit and had
two Others stopped. When h passed. =
went back to the no trumprr. bidding two
His view Of the situation was that he
had every suit stopped and "A certainty
that If his partner had tiVo hearts. they
would all make tricks. as had the ace
king. and a small one to lead
This view Is quite correct. rs all the
hearts did take tricks, but that did not
help Il to go game ON the hand. as he did
not even make his contract. Had he let
the two hearts stand when r passed \
would probably have bid the diamonds. as
he can run hearts. but Y and u would
have gone on with the hearts
As 1t was. \ said nothing, as he had
the lead, with n good suit and two re-
entries. lie started with the king OF dla-
mondS. having three houOrs. and dummy
diamonds which was his second best, and
Il won with tho ace.
Now the flvo heart tricks make. as z
had figured they would. T. discardlng n
spade and u two small diamonds 4 let
~ two spades, one club and diamond.
While he was sure z would nnessr the club,
he did not care TO risk q game that was
surely saved. led the small club, z
finessed. and \ got in.
The beginner should observe that 10 Is
useless 10 lead "A Jack Ia an ace-queen
suit without the ten, and the proper play
Is TO lead small and finesse the queen.
\ proceeded 70 make his -four good dia-
munds, his partner being marked with the
jack or no more. SO that y could have
led small for the second round, had II not
been for rs discards. - gave up the
Jack ON the queen 10 continue his unlock
Ing. as he knew \ would not lead the king
without three honors or seven or more in
suit Dummy carefully kept two spades
81 az 10 allow u 10 blank his king and
keep the ace OF clubs
/ At no trumps 4 makes the odd only
and goes down for 80 points. II he had
/ let alone with his two hearts or had
/ supported the hearts in case \ bid the
diamonds Y would have won the game
/ instead of being set. Suppose II leads
the diamond, although any lead will suit
/ Y, and u puts on the ace TO lead the
| trumps. After two rounds. finding 4 is
| out. ne will stop.
The king OF spades forces the ace and
/ clears up a suit. runs the next dia-
/ mond leads n small spade 20 dummy
| and wins the third round with the Jack. Y
/ cannot risk drawing the trumps and then
nnessing the clubs for fear OF letting In
the rest of the diamond suit. Neither
/ can he draw one trump and force the
! other. because his own trump would
/ he forced out with the diamonds and
the club finesse might stlll be against
/ him.
His play IL therefore to try the Clun
finesse at once because II II holds dummy
has "A trump to lead and the rest is
easy. As It happened. the finesse lost
20 AS king and he led another diamond
, forcing Y and leaving Is with the Ions
trump, The spade lead Is now perfectly
safe because il II trumps 1t he cannot
lead another diamond. even If he has
one, while dummy has the deuce Of
trumps. II u ruffs the spade and leads
the trump, 50 AS 10 get two for one
the two club tricks win the game for Y
In this case q Is clearly in the wroni
! 10 persist with his no trumper in tn,
face OF his partners take out when h
Is not by any means sure OF the foul
extra tricks required to win the game
at no trumps. even If all five hearts viii
tricks. But here II an illustration OF
precisely opposite situation, in which thu
partner that persists with the M
trumpcr IL undoubtedly IN the right.