Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-05
Radio Bridge Analysis
Being a Report of Bidding and Play Over
the Air from KWWC

Followers Of this seasons Radio
bridge Iames, the latest Of which
Was broadcast Tuesday. from Station
h""1 here, arc carrying away from
each presentation a definite knowl-
edge of how "a recognize and handle
one or more Bridge situations which
are muffed BY the average player.
In this weeks game the ~demonstra-
ton was given BY the play Of Mrs.
a. X. Coffin, of Indianapolis. a cham
nlonshIp player of the American
INST League. Her partner was Z. J.
IobIn, Of Chicago, also a league
champion.
The hands were: Wilbur G. White
head. dealer. south: Spades. Q. 10. 8:
hearts, s, 8, 2: diamonds. X. Q. q:
clubs, X. Q. 10, s. Mr.. Tobin. west:
spades, j. 2; hearts. j. 9: diamonds,
A, J, 3. 4, 2; clubs. 3. {. 3. ?; hearts.
a, X, @, 10, z, 4; diamonds. 10. clubs,
A, j.
Mr.. Whitehead dealer opened the
bidding Cfirst hand OF RUBBER with
one club. Even though his club suit
consisted of but four cards his hand
was too strong TO pass.
Mr.. Tobin. west, passed. Although
his diamond suit was Of five cards. ii
contained only on quick trick, which.
without any high-card support In side
suits, is not sufficient for even a fol-
loving or defensive bid. Mr.. Work.
North. with a Marlborough. OF course
ha dto pass.
Mrs. Coffin, east. with q magnifi-
cent hand. bid one heart. There. was
nothing TO be accomplished bv a
higher bid. Mrs. Coffin did not fear
adverse bidding. IN fact. She would
have been glad to have the bidding
forced IN TO a noint whore she could
either make a profitable business
double Of the adverse bid. ~ else
enticc a double Of her own bid BY
gradually raising it.
However, Mr.. Whitehead passed. as
he had shown the full strength of his
hand by his initial bid. Mr.. Tobin
also was forced 20 pass. although.
holding but two cards az his part
ner's suit. he would have denied her
suit had he been able to do so. The
weakness OF his diamond suit made a
take-out bid impossible. Mr.. Work
also passed. Therefore Mrs. Coffin
became the declarer, with her con
tract one heart.
Mr.. Whitehead led out Ms king OF
clubs. the correct lead from a king
queen suit against a suit declaration;
and Mr.. Tobin spread his hand for
Dummy. From il Mrs. Coffin PLAYED
the 2 Of clubs: Mr.. Work nlayed the
n; and declarer won the trick with
the ace.
Pauslng a moment 70 plan the play
OF her hand. Mrs. Coffin could see an
easy little slam. obtainable by ruff
ing her two small spades in dummy.
after taking her ace and king. unless
M Of the ad~versaries held only one
spade. These four tricks. her six
solid trump tricks. dummy's ace Of
diamonds and her own ace Of clubs
would leave her only one loser, the
jack Of clubs.
But Mrs. Coffin was not content
with a small slam. She felt that a
grand slam was possible. because the
bidding had shown that the king
queen IF diamonds must lie in Mr..
Whitehead's. South's, hand. These
two cards would form the only
possible side quick trick which he
must have held in order to bid clubs
initiallv d a k~inE-queen club suit.
Mrs. Coffin therefore saw the oppor-
tunity for a Squeeze play tina.
would give her a Grand slam.
Proceeding on this basis. Mrs. Cof-
fin led her ace and kind Of snades TO
tricks two and three. Mr.. whitehead
played the 3 and 10; dummy the 8
and lack; Mr. Work the ? aud 3 Mrs.
Coffin continued with the 4 Of
spades; Mr.. Whitehead dropned the
queen. dummv trumped with thu
. or hearts; Mr.. Work played the s
Of spades.
The fall ~ the Queen 81 Spades
had made Declarer's 2 Of Spades
good; therefore there was no need