The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-28
Radio Bridge Game No. 3

permitted to win the first club trick
with the' king, Leibenderfer, de-
clarer, upon the return of the clubs
by North, would have to win the
second trick with dummys ace III
order to try the trump finesse
against the outstanding king of
hearts.
Should this finesse fail, Shepard,
South, winning the heart trick,
would lead a third round of clubs,
which Work, North, could trump,
This club ruff, the king of clubs,
the king of trumps, and the ace of
spades would give the adversaries
four tricks and stop game.
To prevent this possible cstas-
trophe, Leibenderfer played dummys
ace to the first trick Work played
the 4 Of clubs; declarer the 6.
n n n
MNR. Leibenderfer led the ace of
1V1 diamonds from dummy; Work
played the 4; declarer the queen;
Shepard the 2. Dummy continued
with the king of diamond Work
played the 5; declarer discarded the
of clubs; Shepard played the Of
diamonds.
Having rid himself of losing club
limiting his possible loss in that suit
to one trick, declarer proceeded to
try the heart finesse, leading the
| jack from dummy. Work played
the 2; declarer the 3; Shepard won
with the king.
Shepard then led the 2 of clubs;
dummy played the 3, Work the
king, and declarer the queen.
Work led the 6 of diamonds
rather than lead up to the strong
spade suit in dummy. Declarer
trumped with the of hearts; Shep-
ard played the z of diamonds;
dummy played the 8. Declarer then
led the Of hearts; Shepard played
the 5; Dummy the 9; Work the 4.
Continuing trumps, declarer led
the 10 from dummy; Work played
the 8; declarer the queen, and Shep-
ard discarded the of clubs.
Liebenderfer,, declarer, then led
the of spades, which Shepard
South, won with the ace, dummy
following with the g. and Work with
the 4.
Shepard led the jack Of clubs;
dummy played the O.; Work dis
carded the of Diamonds; and de-
clarer trumped with the ace OF
hearts. Declarer then led a spade
to the three high spades in Dummy,
which were good for the last three
tricks, giving declarer four odd
game at hearts, with thirty-two
points for tricks and forty, for -four
honors divided.
TN discussing the bidding of this
Il hand at contract, Work stated
that Whitehead, West, would bio
no trump, for the same reason that
he bid no trump in the auction
hand. The only question in con-
tract would be whether to bid one
or two. The general rule is to bid
two no trumpS when the hand
counts II, (reckoning ace 4, king 3
queen 2 and jack y, and has -four
suits stopped; but with one un-
stopped suit, to bid only one nc
trump.
The West hand counts 18-one
more than no trump minimum. II
would unquestionably be a two nc
trump bid if the hearts were
stopped. However the hearts, with
J, 10, 9, are as strong as they pos
sibly could be in an unstopped suit
These facts, combined with the
favorable 1888 distribution Of the
hand, seemed to Work to warrant g
two no trump bid. Another factor
in determining on a bid of two is
that East, with sufficient strength
to produce game, might pass bic
of orr.
After vests two no trumps and
north's pass, East would bid three
hearts, which would give West the
choice of trying for game at three
no trurnps or at four hearts.
After East's three hearts, West
would be in the same position as ir
the auction bridge game, wher
called upon to elect between hearts
and no trumps, and for the same
reason his single stopper in clubs
would choose hearts. He would raise
his partner to four hearts, a game
bid.
The play Of the hand at contract
and auction would be identical.