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Il dealt and pa ssed. \ bid a dta mond,
refusing TO call the hearts because he
had not the tops in that suit. y said
no trump. X and u passing. w%hereupon
A said two hearts. which Y doubled.
and y took his partner out with two
spades.
Here we have the same error made
by both sides. as neither A nor Y pays
sufficient attention TO the silence OF thu"
mariner. The me \ bids the d!i-
mond, showing two sure tricks In that
suit. the possibilities OF Us cards are
considerably reduced. because n cannot
nave a trick in diamonds. and II he
cannot take Y out Of the no trumper
with two spades he has a dead hand.
unless he has the king OF hearts.
II IL impossible for 4 to go game In
diamonds gains Yts cards. and = has
simple honors TO score against him.
The cautious player would have waited
To see what Il had TO say 10 the dsa-
monds,
On the other side OF the table. 4 Is
In too great a hurry TO bid the hearts
and pays too little attention TO his
partners silence when b goes no trunnps.
That b could not assist the diamonds
is obvious. as Y must have that suit
safely stopped but there are two pos
sible reasons for the silence OF the
partner.
The more important Of them IL con-
stantly overlooked in just such s'tua'
tons as this. This IL that 4 has the
that his partner has the diamonds safe.
With this knowledge OF HIS ability 20
put \ in at any time. II may not he
afraid of the no trumper, The other
,eason Is tina, Il may be helpless, In
which case As heart bid exposes him
to severe penalties. No matter which
may he the situation, 20 nope Tor a
game in hearts - folly. and nothing
short OF game % worth playing FOR. u
the cards lie 50 that 4 can go game,
Whit wi. happen 20 the 10 trunper:
VS. double Is IN line with his bad
Judgment in bidding no trumps, because
1t drives b TO taking his part1er out.
and there Is thu strong probability that
B has the spades. y bid two spa i's
md every one passed.
r was Sc. for one trick In spades
and scored four honors. a net loss OF only
fou'tee7 points. 4 would have ios' ZIG
a. hearts, but the interesting point is to
observe what would have happened to
the no trumper y \ had paid sufficient
attention to his partners silence and
had let Y play the hand at no trump.
y would lead the spades and Y would
try to drop the clubs. Falling In that
he would have nothing left but to start
the diamonds and hope for the hearts to
come up 10 him for a hnesse, THIS
would allow \ 20 return the spade and
after p had made five tricks In tn It
nit and the Jack Of clubs. 4 would make
the ace OF diamonds. after Y had had
some anxious moments as to his dis-
cards. aud faced a net loss OF l?0
points on the deal.
one OF the more common faults OF TIN
beginner is pursuing an ORIGINAL dec,ara-
ton in spite OF his partners silence. The
temptation to this errov usually comes
when the decllrer Is able to ruff IA"
OPPONENTS suit. Tlis seems to blind him
To the possibility hat his partner may
have tina suit bottled up, Here is an
Illustration % what larnens every day.
The hands went the rounds of duplicate
match las. winter and the writer was
unable to nnd more than one table NJ
which the original bid was not followed
up.