The Washington times., 1927-03-09

SAh 5AOA Wy JIG 0AAdJCuAs
Paired against Mr.. Work and Mr..
Whitehead were two champions
from Cleveland: w. s. Firestone. a
keen analysist of the game and one
Ct the most active officials Of the
Chic Whist Association. and II. p.
Jaeger. a member Of the Cleveland
Whist Club Team. one of the
strongest teams III the Cleveland
Inter-C Club League.
To Mr.. Firestone. dealer. in the
South" position. fell these cards:
Spades. @. j, 10. 3. 8: hearts, Z. .;
diamonds, K. 8, s: clubs. X. 8. 6.
Mr.. whitehead. West" held:
Spades. 6, 5. o; hearts, A. @. J. 8;
diamonds, 10. 6. 4: clubs. 5. I. 5.
Mr.. Jaeger. North held: Spades.
z. 8; hearts, X. 6, 5, 4; diamonds.
Z. 8. 2: clubs, 10, 4. 8, 2.
Mr.. Work, East was dealt:
Spades. A. X, 4; hearts. 10. ., s; dia'
rnonds, A. @, J. S; clubs. A, Q. ].
Mr.. Firestone passed. He would
have bid his five-card. @. ]. 10
spade suit had 1t been accompanied
by two side quick tricks two side
aces or their equivalent.) But since
he did not have the strength his
partner would have expected had
Mr.. Firestone made an original bid.
he passed rather than make q
deceptive declaration.
Mr.. Whitehead also passed. He
was not justified in bidding his four.
card A. Q, J heart suit inasmuch
as his highest side card was a 10
spot.
Mr.. Jaeger passed.
An Auction Whale
Mr.. Work held what he called an
auction VIII ale"-with great
strength in three suits and the
fourth suit containing three cards.
Had his defenseless suit been Of
only one card, he would not have
dared a no-trump: with q doubleton.
he would have hesitated: but with a
trebleton. he was justified in bid.
ding a no-trump, which he did.
With his high-card strength. it was
most unlikely that his opponents
would get far. either in a second
round heart bid, or in running the
heart suit against him.
Mr.. Firestone passed, as he felt
that he had a good chance Of saving
game by leading his spades. With
his weak hearts 1t looked to him
as If a bid Of two spades from him
might steer the opponents into
hearts, at which they might make
game more easily than in no.trump.
Mr.. Whitehead also passed, using
good judgment in not taking out his
partners no-trump with his strong
Iour-card major. Modern practice
finds these four-card take-outs rarely
advisable, unless the hand is void
suit or contains q worthless
singleton.
Mr.. Jaeger also passed, giving Mr..
Work the bid for one no-trump.
Mr.. Firestone. for the opening
lead, played the queen Of spades.
the top of his three touching honors.
This Is the correct lead rather than
fourth best, from this holding. BY
It his partner knew that Mr.. Fire
stone also held the jack, and either
the ten or nine, together with q
SUIT OF at least four cards.
DeClarer Takes Stock
AS soonas Dummy was down, the
Declarer, Mr.. Work, took stock Of
his assets and planned his cam.
paign. He could count two winners
IN spades; either three hearts or
three diamonds, depending upon
which Of these two suits he decided
to establish; the other red ace; the
ace OF clubs; and probably one other
trick. This would give him eight
tricks-one trick less than game.
But to get the ninth trick that
meant game, he would have 10 de-
velop an additional trick In one Of
the latter suits. His only fear was
that all his illnesses would fail and
that the adversaries' spade suit
would become established before his
game-going cards were set up.
After analysing the situation from
the viewpoint that all of the breaks
would be against hina-that So, that
Mr.. Jaeger, NORTH" had the king
OF hearts, and Mr.. Firestone,
South" had both the king of dia-
monds and the king of clubs, Mr..
Work decided 1t was necessary to
establish a long diamond by sacri-
ficing the possibility of a successful
diamond finesse before he was
forced out Of spades. Then, If he
could make two spade tricks, three
heart, and three diamond tricks, he
would not need the club finesse to
ensure game.
Therefore, to trick one, Mr.. Work
played the Of spades from Dunn
my; DR.. Jaeger played the 3, and
Declarer the king.
Leads Ace Of Diamonds
Declarer then led the ace Of dia.
monds; Mr.. Firestone played the 8:
Dummy the 4; Mr.. Jaeger the 2.
Mr.. Work continued with the Of
diamonds. Mr.. Firestone played the
8, in the hope that his partner had
either the queen or jack. Dummy