The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-22

He had to discard this plan for
the reason that if it failed, Work,
East, securing the lead, would lead a
Diamond through Declarer's Ace
Jack and establish the suit in Vests
hand, leaving Declarer with no plan
in reserve for making the extra
trick he needed for game.
Giving further thought to the OPP
ponents' holdings, Jones assumed
Mrs. Ohaver's 6 of Spades, her lead
to the second trick, to have been
her fourth best, which would place
her as having held four Spades
originally.
She was also marked as having
hold four Clubs originally. 1t was
safe to assume that her lead of the
King of Diamonds was from a suit
of at least four cards.
The thirteenth card in her hand
might be either a Diamond or a
Heart To determine this point
Jones led his King of Hearts Mrs.
Ohaver played 7, Dummy the 4 and
Work the 6.
AS Mrs. Ohaver had followed suit
with Heart. Jones at this stage of
the game could mark her definitely
as having held originally a 4-4-4-1
distribution. This information en-
abled Jones to see his game.
He led the King of Spades; Mrs.
Ohaver played the 7; Dummy the
3, Work the 2. Jones continued
with Spades, leading the 4 to throw
the lead to West.
This would force West to lead
either a Diamond or a Club. after
she had taken her two Spade tricks.
Either of these leads would give De-
clarer the needed trick for game.
Mrs. Ohaver played the Jack of
Spades; Dummy the 9; Work the 3.
NNRS. OHAVER led the Queen of
1V1 Spades; Dummy discarded the
of Diamonds; Mr.. Work the 6 of
Diamonds, and Declarer the 3 OF
Hearts.
Mrs. Ohaver then led the 10 of
Diamonds; Dummy played the 8;
Work the 7; Declarer the Jack. De-
clarer continued with the Ace of
Diamonds. and Mrs. Ohaver fol-
lowed with the g. Dummy discard
ing the of Clubs and Work the 8
of Hearts.
Declarer then led the Queen of
Clubs; Mrs. Ohaver played the g.
Dummy the 10; and Work discarded
the 8 of Hearts.
Declarer led the of Hearts; Mrs.
Ohaver discarded the Club Jack;
Dummy won with the Ace of Hearts;
and Work played the 10 Of Hearts.
For the last trick Dummy led the
Jack Of Hearts, which was won by
Works Queen, Declarer discarding
the of Clubs and Mrs. Ohaver the
Queen of Diamonds.
Jones, the dealer, won in all three
tricks, game in No Trump, giving
him 80 for trick points, and 40 in
honors for four Aces divided.
TINE play of this hand illustrates
4 how beneficial it is to Declarer
to count the hands of the adver-
SarleS. whenever able to do so, and
utilize to his own advantage the in
formation gained.
Frequently the size of the card led
originally will furnish the needed
data. When a small card is led,
the cards played on the first trick
and those held by Dummy and De-
clarer generally will enable Declarer
to determine whether the suit is
one of four or more cards.
But in this case a King led origi-
nally did not show number; it might
have been led either from a suit
Of four or from one of five cards.
But Declarer, after discovering
that West originally had four Clubs
in addition to four Spades and long
Diamonds. was able to find out to
within one card the length of the
Diamond suit, after which, by the
lead of the King of Hearts, he was
able to eliminate any danger from
the one possible Heart in Vests
hand. After that, by placing the
lead with West, he was sure of his
game