The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-02

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Whitehead; who played as par
Mr.. Whitehead, the dealer, In the
south position held: Spades. HI
]. 8: hearts. S, 4, 3: diamonds. A !,
X. 10; clubs. @, J. 10. ?.
Mrs. Warren, west, held:
Spades, Al. @, 2; hearts, A, ], Z. g..
2. diamonds, 8, I, 2; clubs. Z, 4.
Mr.. Work, north, held: Spades.
., 5. 4; hearts. 10. :; diamonds, @.
2, -. S, 4: clubs. A, x, s:
Mrs. Boyden, east" held:
diamonds, j, 3; clubs, 8, S, 3, 2.
Mr.. Whitehead opened the bid
ding with one no.trump. He had
more than two quick tricks in his
hand, and three suits-spade dia
flonds, and clubs-stopped each of
them probably stopped twice.
While his heart suit was weak,
no-trump was the only sound We
h;cle with which to shoW his part.
ner the high card strength of his
hand 1t Is not often that the
bidder Of an original no-trump Is
fortunate enough to have prOtec.,
ton in all four suits AS a. rule.
he must depend on his partner lor
some one suit.
Mrs. Warren Passes
Mrs. Warren passed While she
had q strong five,card heart suit,
and the ace and queen Of spades
on the side, her hand did not war
rant an overcalI of no-trump on
A1er right. Game at hearts was
Extremely unlikely, and in her posi-
lon she. felt it much better to pass
h the hope of preventing declarer
From going game.
She preferred to pass rather than
to run the risk of driving the adj
versaries into a suit at which they
might have had an easy game. She
also feared that il she bid her part
ner might carry her to q point
where she could not make her con-
tract.
Mr.. Work passed. While he was
weak in SPADES and hearts, he had
five-card diamond suit, and his
ace and king Of clubs offered good
support to his partners no.trump.
With a hand of his. character, a
pass after partners no-trump is
advisable, trusting partner to be
able to take care Of the weak suits.
Mrs. Boyden passed.
Mr.. Whitehead knew he was in
hot water when Mrs. Warren led
the 6 OF hearts and Dummy put
down only the and 10. His adj
versariea had the entire heart suit
and the ace and queen OF spades.
However, if either the ace or queen
of spades were in Mrs. Boydenss
hand. at his right. and II Mrs.
Warren had no more than five
hearts. he saw he could make his
contract. If the adverse hearts
CHANGED to be divided A, It was
possible he could make two-odd.
But the loss of at least four heart
tricks was inevitable. He played
,the 9 Of hearts from Dummy.
i Mrs. Boyden. using the Rule of
sleven subtracted s, the value Of
heart led, from IL, thereby dis
ering that there were five hearts.
landing better than the heart led
ally by Mrs. Warren. Two of
the were in Dummy and the other
three in, her own hand. Therefore,
Mrs BOyden knew that Mr.. White
head had no heart better than the s.
and as Mrs. Warren must have led.
from a suit OF at least four cards,
Mrs. Boyden could see that she and
her partner had at least that many
heart tricks. with nothing to fear
from Declarer in that suit. Mrs.
Boyden played the queen; Mr.. White
head the 3.
Continuing her partners suit, Mrs.
Boyden led the king of hearts; Mr..
Whitehead played the 4; Mrs. War
rem the 2, and Dummy the 10.
Hearts Continue
Mrs. Boyden played the 8 of
hearts: Mrs. Whitehead the 5: Mrs.
Warren the Z. Mrs. Warren ducked
under her partners heart because If
she won the trick she would be COM
PEELED to lead. She realized that
Mr.. Whitehead, in order to have bid
no-trump originally without any
high hearts and without the ace and
queen of spades or the ace and king
of clubs, must have the ace and king
of diamonds. the king OF spades and
the queen OF clubs.
The chances were. therefore, that
Mr.. Whitehead could make his con-
tract, seven tricks. in the club and
diamond suits alone. Mrs. Warren
depended on her partner to recognize
the situation and on the next trick
lead up to Dummy's weakest suit.
This would give Mrs. Warren two
spade tricks in addition to her heart
tricks and enable her to set Declarer.
Mr. Whitehead realized that Mrs.
Warren had some motive in not
winning this trick and at once max
ing her two good hearts. His club
suit in the two hands was solid and
good for not more than four tricks
no matter how it was played
whereas the three spades in Dummy
might prove valuable. So he dis
carded the king of clubs from
Dummy.
Leads to Spades
Mrs. Boyden deduced that her
partner passed the heart trick
because she desired Mrs. Boyden to
lead some other suit through the
DecIarer. The discard Of the king
of clubs from Dummy showed that
Declarer must have a solid club
suit. The length of Dummy's dia-
monds, and the fact that Mr.. White
head did not discard a diamond from
Dummy. prohibited a diamond lead
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