The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-19

trump his sole remaining heart IN
Dummy.
AS to diamonds, the king was
almost marked in BuSs', Vests,
strong hand. so that a f1nesse of the
queen probably would win; in which
case Declarer would lose no diamond
trick. There remained three losing
spades in his own hand. If he lost
these, his contract would be set one
trick.
The only way he could obtain a
discard of one or two of his losing
spades would be to establish Dunn
my's diamonds.
This he saw he could do, if the
adverse diamonds were divided 3-3,
by successful finesse of the queen,
followed by the play of Dummy'S
ace and then by the lead of third
diamond, which he would trump,
making the rest of Dummy's dia-
monds good.
But to bring in Dummy's eStab-
liShed diamonds, three trumpS must
be left in Dummy's hand to provide
for the very possible holding of
three trumps by one of the adver-
SarieS.
Declarer then could win the third
round of trumpS with Dummy'S ace,
and secure two spade diScardS on
Dummy's last two diamonds, thus
limiting his loss to one spade and
one heart trick.
fYtfY,oTNc un1.Q di-
vided %, only two rounds of trumpS
would be necessary; in which case
Dummy's third trump could be uti-
lized in ruffing heart, thus giving
Declarer a small slam.
ONCE the diamonds we're the key
- to the success of his plan,
Whitehead at once led his of dia-
monds. Buss played the 10, Dummy
the queen and McDiarmid the 6.
Dummy led the. ace of diamonds,
McDiarmid played the 8, Declarer
the 3, and BusS the jack.
Dummy continued with the 2 of
diamonds; McDiarmid played the
9; Declarer trumped with the of
clubs, and Buss dropped the king,
setting up the two diamonds in
Dummy.
Now Declarer saw he could make
game if the adverse clubs were not
all in one hand. He led the king of
clubs; Buss played the a; Dummy
the 2; McDiarmid the 5. Whitehead
continued with the Queen of clubs;
Buss discarded the of hearts;
Dummy played the 8 Of clubs; Nc
Diarmid the 6.
Since McDiarmid still held a club,
Declarer was obliged to lead trumpS
again, instead of using Dummy's
last trump to ruff his losing heart.
Declarer therefore led the 7 of
clubs; Buss discarded the of
hearts; Dummy played the ace of
clubs, and McDiarmid played the 10.
Dummy then led the and of
diamonds, permitting declarer to
discard the and of spades. Nc
Diarmid discarded the 4and 8 of
hearts; Buss the and jack of
spades.
Dummy led the 4 of spades; Nc
Diarmid played the 3; declarer the
10, and Buss, West, won with the
queen.
Buss led the queen of hearts;
dummy discarded the of spades;
McDairmid played the of hearts;
declarer the S. The last two tricks
we're won by declarerS two remain
ing trumps, giving Whitehead his
contract, five clubs doubled, for
which he scored 60 points in the
trick score, with SO points in the
honor score for making his doubled
contract, and 40 points for four
honorS divided. AS these radio
games are bid and played as the
first hand of rubber, no bonus for
game is allowed.
IN discussing the handling of this
Il deal at contract bridge, Work said
the bidding would not differ greatly
from the auction bidding. The first
round would be exactly the same in
both games Ca rather unusual Oc-
currence) South'S club, Vests in
formatory double, and North's jump
to four clubs would be justified in
contract for the same reasons that
made them sound in auction.
There would be even more reason
for East's passing in contract than
in auction, because of the severe
penalties that attend sets in con-
tract.
The first contract difference likely
to occur in the bidding would be
when South's second turn to declare
arrived. Knowing that his partner
had made triple jump, and that
he had six clubs zone more than his
initial bid had shown, he doubtless
would risk a bid of five clubs-a
game-going jump.
He would however, make his bid
with some trepidation because its
success, viewing only his own hand
plus the strength his partner must
have for the triple jump, would be
far from assured; but the result
could not be very disastrous and the
possibility of game would be too
great to cast ruthlessly aside.
Vests double would be as sound
in contract as his similar double in
auction bridge, and the play in the
two games would be identical.
In contract South would score 200
below the line, and above the line
so if not vulnerable, 100 if vulner-
able.