The sun., 1915-06-27

- 01st As1o ~ sutssls - n.ahs n
fsf the shortage These cannot - b
hearts. nor In diamonds. % thsy usus,
b Ia padsa A must have ne ao>
OF olubs therS are in sight fivs club
tr1c9rs, two spades and two acsa which
10 three ~ cards at no trump, and
game.
b was MOI sSss 10 rsaA the situation
~ clearly a. 7, and imagined that 7
must have the hearts safely stopped
twice and as he had only two little
hearts himself he thought II a fair risk
to show the unnamed suit. bidding four
royals. 2 doubled the four royals to
encourage to 90 on. but could not
quite sec the tenth trick. 90 ne let the
double stand.
As the cards lie. Y could have made
his four odd at no trump by putting A
In with a heart at the end and forcing
him to lead away from the king Jack
OF diamonds. But the double paid much
better. as was set for 500, less simple
honors.
This was chiefly due TO Z's opening
the hand correctly with two rounds Of
trumps. When your partners no trump
er Is overcalled with a suit and the
suit Is left In. the best thing to do IL to
assume that your partner really had
some sort OF a no trumper and in order
you should get the trumps out Of its
way.
The two rounds Of trumps exhausted
both a and Y, and y then led the dia-
mond through AS minor tenace came
back with a club. the fourth round OF
which u trumped. pulling rs last trump
and leading a heart Y let the frst
heart hold. won the second round with
the ace and led his last club. so that
mad to lose diamond trick Al the
end.
II the outside trick is in the other
major suit. hearts. neither the two in
spades nor the one In hearts can be
shown, but the player 10 no worse on
than he was under the old count when
he held two sure tricks in a short heart
suit and only one in spades. He could
not call two spades nor one heart. but
was usually well satisfied to sit back
and walt. fully prepared to defend him
self against an adverse declaration in
either OF the major suits or to save the
game against a minor suit by taking
home his three tricks
SO far as the legitimate two spade bid
Is concerned. therefore, the PLAYER doe.
not seem TO have been deprived of any
thing in the way OF opportunities for de-
claring. except In one particular In
stance. In which he holds exactly two
sure tricks in short spade suit and one |
sure in a short heart suit. In these rare
Instances he is probably better off by be- !
ing In a position to play defensive
game IL the adversaries make a strong
attacking declaration.
Quite number OF interesting guesses |
have come TO hand for the probable dis |
tribution OF the cards in the conundrum |
printed at the end OF the article on |
June s. but none OF them accounts for |
the bidding Of all the players.
The cards held by the second bidder
and all the declarations made were |
given. the point being that z started |
with a diamond and passing, and !
Il bid royals Y and B continued to biz +,
their respective suits without any word |
from A or until 1t got up to four
diamonds. which A doubled. whereupon
Y bid four hearts overcalled by B with
four royals. doubled by Y.
AS hand was given. the question being
70 decide what cards were held by the
other players TO Justify or even accoun,
'or the bidding that actually took place.
l. Strasburger OF Washington places
he remaining cards this way:
= 4