Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-23
Radio Bridge Analysis
Being a Report of Bidding and Play Over
the Air from KWWG

own hand. he played the latter to the
trick.
Mr.. Whitehead, West, having noted
his partners play Of the 2 to the first
trick, interpreted It merely as an in
dication that his partner did not hold
the King, rather than as ar invitation
10 shift suits. Since Declarer evil
IDENTIFY could make Dummy's Queen Of
Hearts at his convenience, and since
Mr.. Whitehead, BY q shift TO Spades
or Clubs. might readily lose a trick
in the suit led, Mr. Whitehead con-
tinued with Hearts, leading the o.
Dummy played the Queen o. Hearts
MIR. BruelheiGe the u Deelarer the 4
U~eelarer's two hands were then eN-
hausted Of Hearts; he also planned
10 eliminate Clubs, after which, by
an end play, he could force the Ieaa
" = SHADE from an adversary, thus
limiting mis- loss in Spades 70 one
trick. This one SPADE trick added 70
tie Ace of Hearts already taken by
a~dyersaries, would still give Deciarer
Therefore Declarcr started the
Club elimination b. leading Dummy :
Ace OF Clubs; Mr. Bruelheide played
the ,; Declarer his lone 3; Mr.. mite
head the 5. Dummy continued Win
the I Of Clubs; Mr. Bruelheide played
the S: Declarer trumped with the ~
~ Diamonds; Mr.. Whitehead played
the Z OF Clubs. Declarer next leo
the . OF Diamonds TO put Dummy IN
for another Club lead and incident.
allv 10 reduce the ad~versaries
Mr.. Whitehead played the :
Of Diamonds; Dummy the King; Mt.
Dummy's last Club, the q; Mr.. Bruel-
heide played the s; Deelarer trumped
with the Ace Of Diamondsi MI
Whitehead played the 10 OF CluDs.
Hearts and Clubs were now elimih-
ated from DeclaTers two hands. Az
cordingly he led the 8 or Diamonus
10 draw the adversaries' last trump
and put Dummy in for a Spade leaa:
Mr. Whitehead played the Jack OF
Diamonds; Dummy the Queen MI
Bruelheide discarded the > o. Hearts
Dummy then led the 4 Of Spades;
Mr.. Bruelheide played the :; Deciar-
or the .; and Mr.. Whitehead won
with the Jack. At this point the ad-
yersaries were beaten. Whatever Mr..
whitehead led. Deelarer would win
all the rest Of the tricks. II Mr..
Whitehead led a Heart OF a CLUB, De-
clarer would discard Dummy's only
losing SPADE and trump in his own
hand. IL he led a Spade, IL would
come up 10 Dcclarer's Ace-QGeen,
both of which would then make.
AS his only chance, Mr.. Whitehead
led the 3 OF Spades; after which II
was easy for Declarer to show that
the rest Of the tricks were his, Civ
ing hi mfive tricks, game IN INA
monds-a score Of 35 for tricks ard
40 for honors.
Mr.. Works play OF this hand,
which would be the same both at Auc-
ton and at Contract Bridge, was an
interesting Illustration Of what u APP
propr;atelv called elimination.
There are many deals in which, II the
cards of a certain suit or suits are
exhausted IN Declarer's two hands,
and then an adversary Is placed III
the lead. the adversary VIII have 70
lead the suit the Declarer wishes leo
up to the hand to which the Declarer
wishes the lead to come. In hanns
in which elimination can be worked
the sdversaries are helpless and have
no way 10 circumyent the scheme q
the Declarer.
In discussing the bidding OF this
hand az Contract. Mr.. Work stated Il
as his opinion tina 1.-THE Contract bi1-
ding would follow the Auction declar-
stion. with the possible exception n.
North's second-rourd assisting bid r.
four Diamonds. n Contract Mort
probably would feel justified in bid
ding five Diamonds, a rame-goer. IN
stead Of four over Vests three
Hearts.