The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-18
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Good bidding on this hand would prob
ably be for to bid II heart, A a roya,
and three clubs. This would push y
| 70 three royals, us prelude to doubl!ns
hearts IL Il went any further. z would
then go TO four clubs. which a wouln
have TO pass. as ho has already bid his
hand, and would most likely shift to
three no trumps to reduce the contract
But the actual bidding Oh the hand
was nothing SO good as that z started
with diamond. which would be all right
II he had not an excellent winning dec
laration as we'll a had to declare his
royals. so as To indicate n lead in case y
accepted the invitation to go no trunps
because the cali of a losing suit fire.
qucntly leads 10 no trumper in the
third hand
Now look ut the immediate effect of
rs opening bid upon Y. II z has no
game going declaration he is short in
hearts. and that suit Is all against Y
as well as the spades. AZ IL long in
spades II IL very probable that IL
short and that he will shift TO the hearts.
so bids his clubs, just 10 indicate a
lead.
The beginner may think that II would
I've better for Y TO support the diamond
declaration than 10 shift to another los.
Ing suit but II must be remembered
that one trick bid in LOSING suit
shows nothing but two sure tricks in 1t.
The expert may object To the club
declaration as quite unnecessary. as Il
will surely start with the winning dla-
monds II he IL let alone and will get
in with the queen II the suit goes three
times, but the bidding is given as il
occurred.
i, assisted his partner by bidding two
royals. He argues that he can ruff rs
declared suit and that If has the
clubs AS supporting suit for the royal
declaration must be hearts, in which II
has two honors himself As matter
of fact \ has no supporting suit, his bid,
| as already pointed out, being chiefly to
indicate a lead or to get II to go no
trumps, II II can do So on short spades.
Now Y is In the hole he has dug for
himself. He cannot go two no trumps
on his partners club showing without
n spade In his hand and the ace Of
hearts almost certainly against him. The
best he can do now Ia to support his
partner in clubs and say nothing about
the hearts, but he does not seem to have
taken that view Of the situation. as he
bid three hearts This only adds to his
partners troubles.
a and both passed, imagining that
u had nothing In clubs, but had a long
string of weak hearts. Il doubled the
three hearts. which confirmed Y In his
belief, and u missed a great chance to
to Y who could not guess the length of
his partners diamonds and trusted him
for nothing beyond the ace and king, he
passed and let the heart contract be Set
for 100 points
A led the spade and z ruffed II. leading
the trump. which b took with the ace.
putting another spade force upon Y. so
that A could make his high spades II u
did not trump In. But Y ruffed again
and led two rounds of trumps, hoping to
find with four only. Then he led
club and made three tricks In that suit.
Being afraid that h would get a dia-
mond discard on the established spade
suit, n made his king of diamonds. but
that ended It.
The student of tactics will sec that had
Y not led trumps after being forced tho
second time. but gone directly to the
clubs, the weak hand, A. would have got
tho run, which would have cost an
extra 100 points.
AS already pointed out, II Y opens the
bidding correctly Y will show the clubs
to deny support in hearts and b will
four royals they are doubled and set for
200. If they let the no trumper bid by
y on the second round stand goes
game because three spade tricks and the
ace Of hearts are all that A and Il can
, make any way they play tho cards.
ouCH IL uuicTcNSo Az Ito bcSuite
| on account OF the selection OF the wrong
suit for the opening bid, should teach a
| useful lesson but there il also the point
| that could have atoned for his original
mistake by supporting the clubs. there
being a game In that suit, II not little
slam.
If r leads his partners spade suit
| dummy trumps 1t and leads q heart.
No matter what b leads next Y or z gets
| In. II II IL u with u heart he leads
the small diamond, gets another run In
| spades and then leads the trump. after
| which three more diamonds and two
hearts are good II 1t Ia Y that gets
| In he ruffs Y with another spade and
then draws tho trumps with the same
result In the red suits.
Had z returned to his own diamond
! suit instead Of bidding hearts Y would
have supported him. knowing that tho
second bid must indicate length as well
ns strength. Y could have gone game
| In diamonds. but tho result II not a.
! obvious as It IL In clubs, 4 would natu-
rally lead the spade, which would force