The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-11-02

Those VINO wers left TO play the hand
at no trump. with q as the deciarsr,
went game. as A did not double. Y did
not bid the spades and B did not ask
for a diamond lead.
Not being directed as to the diamonds
A led the seven of hearts, which z won
with the king, clearing his clubs at
once. At this point A chucked the gam
at both tables by leading the ace OF
hearts and then another, instead of lea
ing the jack letting the queen make, 80
as to leave B with heart to return,
In case b got in, as AS reentry in dia-
monds looks very slim. This play would
have saved the game.
The five clubs forced some inconve-
nient discards, and when q finally led
the spade b had no hearts left. The Ave
clubs, two hearts and a spade won the
game against 80 aces. Had A known to
lead the diamonds. 2 would have been
set, instead of winning the game, as the
diamonds clear before the clubs This
shows the advantage the declarer has in
knowing what suit to go for.
Those who took out the no trumper
with two spades started something A
went to three hearts and to three
spades At one table Y made his con-
tract and should have won the game. At
the other the hand was played SO badly
led the heart nine, and A let Il
run. b stopped the trump lead at once
and led another heart so that dummy
had to trump the third round with the
king. Now, instead of clearing his clubs,
was so anxious to get trumps out that
he led two rounds of diamonds, trump
Ing the second and leading the jack and
another trump which succeeded in
knocking the trumps together; but he
had to use his last trump before he got
his clubs going, and lost all the rest Of
the tricks
At the other table A gave Y a chance
for the game by putting the ace OF
hearts on the first trick, and B held up
the third heart, leading a diamond in
stead of forcing dummy. This enabled
to get out trumps before touching the
clubs, as he still held the best heart
When 2 started with no trumper and
A doubled, Y passed and B called two
diamonds. Then 2 shifted to three clubs,
but A went to three diamonds, Y to four
clubs, and B to four diamonds, which q
doubled.
This game was lost through US fall
ure to show the spades when his part
ner started with no trump. another IL
lustration Of the value of the invariable
takeout with five of either major suit.
Knowing nothing about the spades, z led
club. The queen of diamonds knocked
ace and Jack together Now z shifts to
the spades, but it Is too late. B wins the
third round Of trumps with the king and
runs the nine of hearts.
At this point Y had a narrow escape
from giving B five odd. If he tries to
hold tenace in spades over dummy, and
forces dummys last trump with club
instead, can drop all the hearts and
get two spade discards
: At the other table, the bidding being
! the same, B failed to make his contract
| through leading a small trump from
| dummy. and then ruffing dummy with a
club, after which he cannot get into the
lead himself for the heart flnesse, losing
| two hearts and two spades, with the
ace of trumps. II bids spades, and z
leads that suit, three by cards is the
| limit of possibility for B in diamonds.
At clubs. all z loses is the three aces.
At hearts, all A loses u having started
with club instead of no trump, Is a
| diamond, heart and two spades. He
! should have won the game, but he forgot
| the excellent maxim. High cards from
the hand that is shorter in the suit"
Y led the club. and A the spade, let
| ting the nine of trumps run. Y led q
| spade, reading his partner for king or
no more. z led another club, which A
| trumped, and dropped both Y's trumps.
Then he made his mistake, leading o
small diamond instead of the queen or
[ ten. This cost him a spade trick at the
! end.
Leibenderfer's remark seems still to
hold true. that eight games out of every
ten are chucked. Here Is a deal played
on five different declarations. In all but
! clubs, some one chucks the game. 1t is
chucked twice playing against no
| trumper once in playing a spade con-
tract once playing diamonds and once
against diamonds, and once in playing