The sun., 1919-01-19

4 dealt and bid spade. 4 two hearts
assisted the spades, bidding two. and
IL went to three hearts, although he
knew that AS hid might be forced and
not UP to standard, n little detail that
many partners fail TO make proper al
lowance for. a safe rule is to discount
all forced bids a full trick.
H.. z. encouraged by his partners assist
which should show at least four tricks,
went to three spades, which Is n per-
fectly Legitimate bid IL vs. assist is
sound. Ashsd too many losing cards in
his hand to go further, but when it..got
round to he doubled the three spades
This il the conventional way Of show
ing after an assist that part of the
strength ON which the assist Was MADE
il a sure trick in the opponents suit
This did not change AS opinion that he
could not 40 game in hearts. so he let
the double stand. ''
Thanks TO VS. error in assisting they
se: the spade contract for 400 points A
led the king of diamonds. As soon as
dummy went down realized that IN
stead of being above average for an as
slst VS. hand was actually two tricks
below. This is making the proper de-
duction for tho shortness In trnmps and
the inability to ruff anything Dummy
never took \. trick
A followed with the queen Of diamonds
and Il discarded a heart Knowing from
the double that B must have the spades
stopped \ led the singleton club and z
won the jack with the ace. leading a
trump. p won the trump and led the
king OF clubs to make sure that \ had
no more and then rulfed him with n
small club. a in return ruffei y with
the losing diamond and made his last
trump on the fourth club.
Tho acc OF diamonds won the next
trick and A had TO lead heart, hut z
was all trumps by' that time and had to
ruff dummy's ace of hearts. The rest
Of the tricks left him with only five on
contract TO make nine.
Y should have passed the two heart
bid and been prepared to double three
hearts il u went on with his spades and
Was again overcalled. His assist an
nounces average trump holding. which
he does not possess. and four outside
tricks.
BIS bid. on the contrary. is conven-
! uonally sosInd. He can afford to asset
the hearts once. even II the bid is forced.
as his hand is worth four or i've triCSs.
The double after the assist marks him
with sure trick in spades. ..
Ii Y had passed the two hearts bid
nothing more would have been said. as
cannot rebid MS hand II cannot as
sist him In the event of Il being able
to rebid his hand after VS. refusal to
assist. Y will he ready to double any
more hearts. II z cannot rebid his hand
game i'll spades IL impossible and vs.
play Is to save the game at hearts He
would not only have done this but would
have set the contract for three tricks in
spite OF the opposing strength III the
minor suits.
y would lead the spade and Il would
put on the ace and lead tho trump. hav-
Ing no reason 20 anticipate any unusual
or unfavorab!e distribution 7 would
win the queen Of hearts With the ace
and lead small club, u having dis
carded a diamond Dummy would prob
ably put the king right on, as A has
only one club.
u now makes two winning spades ami
leads a third. 4 viii have 10 trump
with the king or discard diamond II
he trumps Y gets rid Of the third dia-
mond Just the same. and when A at
tempts to ruff II by leading two rounds
of diamonds shuts out BIS trump with
the ten and leads the jack and trey,
Now dummy has to lead away from his
tack OF clubs The net result * 10 bet
the heart contract for l5u instead OF
being set for 400 at spades.