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match in the middle Of the street. and thus
far no suitable indoor boxing drome had been
found. This difficulty, however, was met in a
satisfactory way.
The owner of once barn but now gar
age where bakery wagon and tin lizzie
were stored in their idle moments, had noticed
that for several days the course of his ex-
istence had run more smoothly than had been
its wont. (You can guess how much chance
bakery wagon has with "gang" in the
neighborhood.) Investigating the phenomenon
of manifestation, the baker discovered that
the cause was traceable to the soon-to-be-set
tied differences of "Slim" and "Red." He
felt that movement so much to his advan
tage deserved his support and, besides being
a red-blooded herman, he was not averse to
peeping in on little ego" himself, while.
Furthermore, he had always figured that if it
came to a showdown "Red" could knock the
stuffings out Of "Slim" any old day. (He was
inclined to be sandy himself.) So what did
he do but offer the upper story of his barn
New-York tribune., 1921-09-04

crowd was there early, impatiently stomping
about the garage part Of the barn waiting for
the loft to be opened. Anon heavier footballs
would sound on the gravel walk leading to the
place, and father Or an elder brother, try
ing to appear dignified and austere, would
slide in among the younger lads with self
conscious grin. From the loft above came
occasional hamnlerings and bumpings as
Berry and his satellites hurried about putting
the finishing touches on the "pit." The crowd
grew restless.
"Have hearth" 'Ring the gongw CAV
cum'on, buddy; open 'er upv'
Among the many supplicatory cries some
one must have sounded the "Open sesame"
for very shortly trapdoor was thrown open
and Barry's flushed face appeared at the
opening.
ga right there, below! One at time!
Don't crowd! Less noise! Cum'on make
it snappyv'
When the spectators were finally ranged
upon the improvised seats, the place did not
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and the dealer happens to get the contract,
where is the dummy placed? Some say the
declarer moves, which would alter the Lead
Mrs. C..
Answer-The players do not move under
any circumstances. The final declaration de-
clded, the dummy is placed between the two
adversarles, so that the play is precisely the
same as in regular auction. A revolving table
Top would be great assistance in this game.
Questionable final bid is three spades.
doubled. The declarer made four and held
tour honors. For this she scored 72 below. So
above and 50 for making the contract, with
loo for the trick over, doubled. This last
count is disputed, but the declarer says she
would have lost 100 trick if defeated, so she
should get 100 a trick if she got any over the
contract.-M. L. A.
AnsWer-lf the contract is not doubled the
over-tricks are worth only each, with no
bonus for making more than the bid If de-
feated, the opponents get SO trick. If they
double and defeat it they get an additional so
trick. If the declarer succeeds she gets an
additional so trick, so that it is practically
the same thing. The score should be SO for
making the contract and SO more for the extra
'trick, as the making of the contract is in
itself a trick more than the opponents thought
could be made.
Questionable dealer bids a spade, doubled
by A, second hand. AS partner, B, holds
king jack, small. four diamonds to the queen
and four hearts to the nine, eight and two
small clubs. She bids no trumps says it is
heart take-out.-E. j, J.
Answer: 1t is considered better to call any
four cards of major suit in preference to no
trunps, as the double usually has for it's OBJ
ject major suit contract
PINOCHLE
Question-Playing two-hand, A lays down
the trump sequence for 100. On the next trick
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Whereupon the men assumed owlish looks
and kept mum, while privately resolving to
take the afternoon off on the day Of the bat
tie, news of it through devious channels hav-
ing percolated to their ears
But after few days of intensive prepara-
ton on the part of the onetime gang the busi-
ness Of "Whosis, the baker," fell off, the rea-
son being that the stage was all set for the
affray.
Canvas had been stretched on the floor,
benches in the way Of packing boxes and
planks had been arranged, the ring was
roped off, the gong Borrowed from the bakers
cart) was in its place; dressing room had
been curtained off in an angle adjacent to the
ring, boxes for the two pugilsts were placed
in either corner of the roped square, and be-
side them stood water bottles, while towels
hung over the ropes within convenient reach
ing distance. When the job was completed
the fellows gazed upon it with charmed ap-
proval. Some arena!" they breathed.
Then came the day of the big event. The
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meld is made until a trick is won. and then
only one meld can be made at time, but it is
scored as soon as shown, as the trick previously
won makes the meld good
Question-A opens jack pot, B, C and D
staying. All four draw cards. stood pa.
While drew three cards to a pair Of eights
and made full hand. When he called and
raised, and D dropped, asking to see As
openers when he dropped. A did not have q
straight, as he thought. Now the others in
the game, it being seven hand, insist that as
no one had openers originally, they should
have a chance for their money What is the
rule?-J. F. L.
Answer-Of the several ways of settling the
matter in case pot is falsely opened the
most satisfactory and the least open to dis
putes Is to rule that il any one comes IN
against the false openers the pot shall be
played for just as if it had been legimately
opened. Both c and D had as good chance
as B, and the others who did not come in at
all had the chance to do So
RUSSIAN BANK
Question-A turns the FIVE of diamonds
which goes on the foundations. B has the SIX
of diamonds on his trash pile. Can A pay
that card or must it be left until it is BIS turn
to play?-C. C. B.
Answer--Any card that is face up, no mat
ter where, that fits on the foundations must
be played at onsa, before any other card IS
touched, under penalty of calling stop.
Question-We understand that only the top
card of any pile in the tabIeau can be moved
at time. Suppose one pile is red, to U
and another is to red Z. If black =
drawn that fits the red nine. can the s to
pile be moved bodily to the @ pile?-H. J. +. s..
hnswer-No, NOT according to the strio
rules, but many persons now play it that way
as It makes it livelier game and shortens ~
the play considerably.
POKER
Question What is a wild widow I'll. B. .
Answer-Instead of playing deuces via
after four cards have been dealt to each play
er one is turned face up, and the three Others
Of that denomination are wild" for thai ea1ll
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ne gets an extra king Of trumps. Can he meld
the marriage?-S. C..
Answer-No, because that would require
the help Of the queen that is in the sequence,
and an inferior valued meld cannot be made
with any card that has already been used as
part Of a meld of greater value in the same
class. Marriage and sequence are in the same
class.
Question-Playing two-hand, has 900 ON
the slate, has taken in 20 in play and wins a
trick, whereupon he shows marriage for 20
more and calls out A bets he must win an
other trick to make the meld good. X.
Answer-Players who are accustomed to
three and four-hand pinochle are continually
making this mistake. In those games all melds
are made before card is played, and any trick
won makes them all good. In two-hand no
BRIDGE PROBLEM NO. 70
New-York tribune., 1921-09-04
By R. F. FOSTER
Author OF Foster Auction, Auction Made Easy.
Fosters Complete Hoyle, Etc.

tricks followed, winning the last round.
Where b had led the small heart the eight
came through, making the jack good and win
nlng the game. In the other case r saved the
game by the Deschapelles COUP
When B led the ten of hearts. which is tho
correct lead, as it is an equal chance that A
holds king or jack, had to put on the lack
to protect the ace, that he lost three heart
tricks later as an alternative to letting the
heart king bring in all the diamonds.
Here is the solution to Problem No. 60,
gwen last week, in which hearts were trumps,
to lead, and w to win four tricks:
leads the top club and plays the nine.
If B wins with the ace he must lead trumr
or will ruff the third club lead. If A dis
cards club on the second round of trumps
Y can lead the four Of clubs through B, CIV
ing two club tricks, after which the dia-
mond ace makes. If A discards diamond on
the second trump lead the losing club throws
him into the lead, as z will pass up the four.
This gives the spade queen and the club
later
II B refuses to win the first trick z shifts
to the diamond queen. If A covers, passes.
If A returns the diamond Y gets in and leads
through the club, and if does not put in
the ace will trump the next round with the
king. The mistake most persons would make
in this variation is to play the ace of diamonds
on the king, overlooking the discard of the
Jack by B. Then, whatever leads, B gets
in and leads the small diamond, which A wins
with the nine, and trumps the third round,
while B gets a club discard. Now makes
both his trumps.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-04
. HERE is one element in the defensive
play which probably causes some
players to hesitate longer over il than

play which probably causes some
players to hesitate longer over it than
any other, and that is when thew gre
oDnged to lead up to dummy. Strange as it
may appear, there are some persons who
seem to imagine that if they do not lead up
to sure winners, like aces and kings, dummy
Will in some mysterious manner be obliged
to throw those cards away and never take a
trick with them.
Now, there is one very simple and useful
rule to member about leading up to dummy.
which is this: If there is anything that the
declarer can do to give dummy tricks, or to
let dummy trump, you may as we'll do it for
him as to take chance on some other play
that you know nothing about
Another weakness of many PLAYERS IS re-
fusing to go with their partners suit be-
cause dummy has the best card of it. Thev
do not seem to realize that as long as dummy
holds that commanding card the rest of part
ner's suit is no good. Even ten-ace NAV
be led up to in preference to guessing at
something else, if it is clear that the declarer
can lead to that ten-ace any time, or that your
partner will have to do so eventually
IN leading up to dummy's weak suits one
follows the general principle of leading
through strength; but it is often a nice oues-
tion as to the partners chances Of having
certain high cards over the declarer's high
cards. Apart from any decided inference as
to the declarer having control of a suit, such
as because he has bid no-trumps there are a
few probabilities that it may be useful to re-
member, so as to avoid throwing away any
cards that might be useful later.
:. 1t is q common mistake to lead the Jack
through strength, without the ten behind it,
Such lead is useless unless your partner
has two honors, and it is an equal chance that
any named card is in your partners hand. or
that he holds either Of two unknown cards.
It Is to against Your partners holding
both, or neither. OF three unknown cards, it
is to against his holding all three, or none
OF them. It is about an equal chance that
he holds two of the three, or only one For
example: You hold 10 8 of a suit, dummy.
on your right, A 8 2. The 9 may be
distributed in eight different ways, in any
OF which your partner will pass up your ten
second hand does not cover. In four cases
leeo1d hand will probably put on the king; in
New-York tribune., 1921-09-04
o PAIR OF GLOVES Sol We \ BRONX PROBLE1

CucGEsTIoNs Of all kinds havs bssn
made by social workers FOR overcoming
the lawless "gang' spirit Of tho New
York youth. Some are Tor more COM
munity centers, others say that boys avoid
snch places and hock to the poolrooms, hence
poolroons should be abolished, and still
others say that boys will be boys, no matter
what IS done to suppress them. But it has
recently been proved in the Trinity Avenue
section Of the Bronx that the gang can be
dealt with most effectively by no greater
effort than is entailed in the purchase Of two
pairs OF boxing gloves and the providing of
place In which to use them.
Not so very long ago Trinity Avenue had
its "gang." Perhaps this ''gang" was not so
vicious as some in less prosperous sections Of
greater New York, but there were all the ele-
ments Of lawlessness in its makeup neverthe-
less, and many the itnerant huckster who
would go blocks out of his way to avoid
coming under its maraudng influence, while
cigarette counters and occasional bootleggers
found themselves doing an increasingly lively
business in the neighborhood
Now all of that is changed. The hucksters
frequent the neighborhood unmolested, the
bootleggers' revenues have ceased and the
cigarette dealers business is confined to the
elders-and all because King Barry, of "The
North Side News" chanced to overhear an
alteration one evening a month or so ago
hot $xuN he sofh
was sn1itten by an idea. Barry interfered
At first the boys resented his intrusion. But
as he outlined his scheme their interest be-
came intrigued, and when he enlarged upon
it their doubts were dissipated and they
greeted the idea with enthusiasm
Why not settle their differences in "pro-
fessional bout? Why not don the mitts in
regular pugilistic style, mark off ring, de-
eide upon referee, let the "gang' be present
to witness the encounter and "go to it'' in a
real sporting manner-three minutes to fight,
two to rest and six rounds to go?
The suggestion was hailed with vociferous
appreciation when it was presented to the
gang" and from that moment juvenile &C.
tivities along Trinity Avenue commenced TO
take on less sinister aspect. The "ganp"
had no time to worry street vendors when
up IN vacant lot "Slim" and his followers
were going through the routine of training.
ard just around the corner cred" was trv-
ing out his sparring partners in the basement
OF an apartment house.
OF course. the members Of the "gang" took
3 sldes Tor the forthcoming encounter. Some
OF them were sure that "Red" was piker
and would probably fall dead from fright be-
fore the fight took place. The rest opined
that Slim was sadly lacking in the small
matter Of gameness. They declared that one
blow on the beezer would mark his retirement
. from public life for number of days. And
thus the debate waged back and forth. with
constantly growing interest.
IL the mean time the instigator Of this new
method OF social adjustment was hard put to
make good on his end of the enterprise #
was all very well to talk of "rings" and "ref-
erees" and all that sort Of thing. but one
could hardly be expected to hold sparring
New-York tribune., 1921-09-04
AUCTION BRIDGE,

AUCTION BRIDGE
Question-ln playing dummy-up, three hand.
II the dummy is dealt to the left of the dealer
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meld is made until trick is won, and then
only one meld can be made at time, but it is
scored as soon as shown, as the trick previously
won makes the meld good.
Daily picayune., 1921-03-25
FARE YOU MAKING ANY USE
 OF THE COUNTY AGENT" :"

This Is the question prepounded by the Virginia Extension Service which then proceeds 10 suggest three praeti- cable ways of using the county agent right now.
 l Have you a big flock of hens that will eat their heads off this winterf
 Two flocks Of hens were culled one day q short time ago One flock con sisted of - birds. 5o of which were cnlled out and sold The other hoel, number about 100. and 6o of these were discarded The owners of these two nocks report that they get as as many eggs as before the culling was done Think of that In he first case the feed bill reduced ta one=third. and in the second ease cut to less than half what f woul dhave been had the chilling not been done, with no appre. ciabe decrease in the egg yield
 9. Are you using purehred sires ex- clusHely on xour farm Have yen enrolled in t6p Governments Pure bred sire Camnaiea, Cal q the coung agent to furnish tho enroll ment blank and sign the pledge te Use only purehred sires on yeur faem thus lining mp with the progressive farmers Of this county and lhe rest of the eoun- try
 3. Have you children or do yoH know of children that ought to he in the or ganized elug work of this county. Help the county agent get them interested The Progressive Farmer
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don't know any more about poetry than a porcuplne knows about Para disc. If you'd stand up and recite few pages from a mail-order catalogue I have no doubt you'd put the proper feeling into it, and move your audi ence to tears, but it's a crime for man like you to mangle beautiful poem full of sentiment and melody.
 "There ought to be a law against that sort of thing. Some of the best poems in the country have been ruined by common or garden elocutionists. Nowadays people smile when you mention 'Curfew Must Not Ring To-
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night. II has been rectted So much bv ppopis with cracked voices that U has become a joke Yet if you eXaih- inc the poem calmly and impartiaiiy vou will find that it has a great deal of merit.
 "In the schools the pupils are per mitted to recite some of our pest noems. and the poems aren't mt TOT anything after it. The school author tics should prohibit this sort of thihs' and prepare a volume of cheap asoes- tos poetry that Is fool proof, that can he injured. no matter what you do to if. There is plenty of punk poetry ID the world. and a collection Of this stnfr would serve the schoolboy eio cutionists just as well as the hlgh class poetry that is so easily spoiieu.
 "When I went to school, about a hundred years ago, there waS a tail, freckled gangling boy, who taiked through his nose. with a sort of whine that sounded like filing saw. There was to be school entertainment, anu this boy was down for recitation The teacher never asked him what ne was going to recite, but gave him the right of way. Teachers continue to make the same mistake, even as we go to press. They should choose the noems which are to be butchered to make Roman holiday and select something that won't rip, rayei or run down at the heel
 "This boy stood up before the schooi and droned through Grays 'Etegg. Now. that's one of the best rhymes ever composed. It was written ny iourneyman poet who put in seven years at it, in the time when they had ten-hour days. He wanted to leave behind him a poem that would stand the seyerest tests of the government inspectors. and he did. In my opinion there is nothing better in any ian- guage. II is rather melancholy. but II has a sort of doggone soothing quat- itv that is a balm to the bruised spirit of a landlord when he finds that the receipts of his hotel don't equal the
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expenses.
 "Time and again. when discouraged and played crt, have started to read that poem, and as soon as get talr, lv into it. I seem to see that blamed gancling schoolboy, in his high-water oorr,ents and hear him dronlng through those verses, making a noise like q sawmlll on a wet day It's more than forty years since he made a violent assault upon the Elegy' but i+ sooms like yesterday. It's the same way with Hamlet's 'Soliloquy' hvers time I hear or see that gem l tlihh ol a fat youth who recited it ID our school and then I burst into tears.
 "There's no sense in such a ousi- ness and congress ought to do some thing doggone it."
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afraid that when l stand up to re- cite, I'll have for gotten every word of it,"
 Il hope so," said t h e hotelkeeper. "Such a poem as 'Annabel Lee de- s yes better treatment { h a n you are qualified to give 1t. You have q voice like a guinea hen, and you telescope your words. and you
Daily picayune., 1921-03-25
HARD ON THE POETS

ksTM SCHEDULED to recite Anna
 \ bel Lee at an entertainment to- night confessed the retired merchant. i've been repeating the poem to myself almost constantly for several days. and know every comma in 1t, but I'm
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PRICES ABROAD HIT
us. STEEL AND IRON
Continental Producers Under
sell All Competitors in British
Market, Official Reports Show
GERMANS GET BUSINESS

Washington. Sept. 2s. - American
iron and steel is meeting with keen
competition in the British market from
producers of Germany. France and
Belgium. according 10 the Department
of Commerce. Continental producers
seem in a position to undersell all COM
petitors.
Continental mills arc delivering pig
iron in England at only slightly moro
than $3.50 per ton. tho reports SHOW.
American pig prices at Pittsburgh range
from $40 to S21. To thi, must be
added delivery cost If the American
price in England is to BE- estimated.
British manufacturers are trying to
beat down prices of their domestic steel
producers. and arc holding of from
buy ing. The industry throughout Eng
land is in the deepest ,taGnation in
months. with foreign producers taking
the. bulk of the busincs.. british steel
and IRON manufacturers contend they
cannot offer lower p'ircS until coal
prices are reduced at least 81.
Despite pcssimisti" reports Of the
Commerce Departments trade officials
in London. tho United States customs
reports indicate America is selling to
TIC, United Kingdom about ~ Per cent
Of her total iron and steel imports.
Describing the British situation
! nitcd States Trade ComniS i"n"r
Wilbur I. Page reported ircm l.ondcn
"GCrmany seems to have taken the
bulk of .bu>ine.s offered and is in 4
iairIr wcll booked condition. It Is
Understood Somc Belgian works had TO
N'"n through lack of water.
'hut there Is no !ouht tho Continent
j, getting whatevc" d~n&nd there is for
iron and steel IN Great Britain. EritiSh
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