The Washington times., 1926-12-31

! one suit: ace In one suit land Il. q
In another; or K, @ In two suits.
In this case Mr. Whitehead chose
to show his strength by bidding dia.
monds rather than no.trunp because
of his singleton heart and because
his spade suit was not surely
stopped.
i Mr.. Work Passes
Mr.. Work passed. He did, not have
even enough strength for . de-
I fensive bid.
Mr.. Coffin bid one no.truntp.
He had diamonds with his partner,
and valuable side strength in his two
major aces and his king and queen
OF clubs
There seemed to him better
chance to go game with n0.trump
than with diamonds.
Mr.. Fraser passed.
Mr.. whitehead, holding q single.
ton heart, did not like to leave mis-
| partner In mo-trunp without some
warning in regard 70 the heart situa-
ton.
However, he decided It was better
to take the chance that his partner
had the heart suit than to rebid mis-
diamonds. which would have indi-
Gated diamond strength that he did
not possess. or to bid two clubs with
q kour-card ace-jack suit. Therefore,
Mr.. whitehead passed. 50 did Mr..
| Work. Mr. Coffin became the De.
clarer with hts contract one no
trump.
Mr.. Fraser opened with the Of
clubs. the fuorth-best Of his on.3
four-card suit.
Before playing from Dummy, Mr..
paign. He counted one spade trick,
one heart trick. probably four Ola.
morld and four sure club trtcks--
ten in ali. or one more than game.
The lead Of the OF clubs showed
him that Mr.. Fraser had originally
only four clubs, since, according 20
conventional leads. the must have
been his four best. MIR. Coffin also
deduced that since Mr.. Fraser led
from four-card suit that could not
have been better than 10-spot high
Orr. Coffin himself held the higher
clilbs). he did not hold any stronger
four.card suit. Had he done 80. he
would have opened Il.
with this information 70 help him
plan his campaign. Mr.. Coffin
played the Of clubs from Dummy;
Mr.. Work played the 8; Mr.. Coffin
the queen from his own hand.
Finesss HI rlaying
Mr.. Coffin held several cards In
his own hand that blocked Dummy;
namely. the king Of clubs, .and the
queen, lack, 10 Of diamonds.
He got rid OF the club block first,
by leading the king. Mr.. Fraser
played the 4; Dummy the 9; Mr..
Work the 8.
Mr.. Coffin then led his queen Of
diamonds. intending to finesse. Mr..
Fraser. however. playsd the King.
He knew he could sever make
his king good. bur by playing II
and forcin. Dunmy's ace, he might
make high diamond good In his
partners hand. Dummy played the
ace: Mr.. Work the 3D.
Mr.. Coffin continued his unlock.
Ing tactics by leading the ace Of
clubs from Dummy.
Mr.. Work played. 3 9; Declarcr
the jack OF diamonds; Mr.. Fraser
the OF clubs.
Dummy led the Jack Of clubs; Mr..
Work played the of hearts, to
show he had some strength in that
suit; Declarer threw off his 10 of
diamonds thus getting rid VI his
last block In that suit; Mr.. Fraser
played the 10 OF clubs.
Dummy led the Of diamonds:
Mr.. Work played the 8; Declarer
discarded the 3 OF hearts; Mr.. Fraser
played the 2 OF diamonds.
Dummy led the Of diamonds;
Mr.. Work discarded le 3 Of hearts.
being encouraged to continue the
heart discard because Of Mr.. Cot.
fins discard Of the same suit: MIR.
Coffin discarded the OF hearts;
Mr.. Fraser followed suit with his
last diamond. the 4 spot.
Dummy continued with the Z OF
diamonds. Mr.. Work discarded the
Of hearts. as he was now sure
that Declarer was holding on to
20. Mr.. Coffin discarded the Of
hearts: Mr.. Fraser the Of spades.
Mr.. Work IL Marked
Dummy led the of diamonds:
Mr.. Work discarded the 10 Of
hearts.
Although he did not like to bare
his queen OF hearts. he was com.
pelled to do so In order to keep his
| protection In spades. Mr.. Coffin
discarded the Of spades: Mr.
Fraser the 8 Of hearts. having al.
ready shown his partner spade
weakness by his discard of the
Of spades on the previous trick.
Before leading again from Dunn
my. Mr.. Coffin took stock OF tho
situation.
The play had convinced him that
Mr.. Fraser originally had held four
clubs and three each of the other
suits.
This being true. Mr.. Work must
have held five hearts and three
| spades. As Mr.. Work had dis.
carded four hearts and Mr. Fraser
| low spade. It was apparent that
the adverse spade strength lay in
Mr.. Works hand.
Anyhow. Mr.. Work was marked
as still holding one heart and three
spades. Mr.. Coffin was certain
that one Of these spades was the
| king.
Therefore. Mr.. Coffin led the tack
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