Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-30

portant for him to retain his trumps
in order to Withstand two more
forces to which he would inevitably
be subjected. The risk Of having the
third round of Spades trumped had
to be taken. D~eclarer's first move
was to lead the 3 Of Spades. Mr..
Work followed with the =; Dummy
with the 10; Mr.. Whitehead won with
the King.
Mr.. Whitehead led the 10 OF Dia-
monds; Declarer was forced to trump
with the Queen Of Hearts; Mr.. Work
! played the . of Diamonds; Dummy
the s. Declarer continued with his
Spades. leading the s; Mr.. Work
played the 5; Dummy the Jack; Mr..
Whitehead again won, with the Ace
Mr.. Whitehead then led the 8 az
Clubs: Declarer trumpet with the
Ace Of Hearts: Mr.. Work played the
Jack Of Clubs; Dummy the 1 Of
Clubs.
The Spades established, Declarer
led the 9 of Hearts; Mr.. Work played
the 2; Dummy the 10; Mr.. White
head the 4. Dummy continued the
suit with the Z OF Hearts; Mr., Waite
head played the s; Declarer discarded
the z Of Spades; and Mr.. Work tie
3 Of Diamonds.
Mr.. Smiths, D~eelarer's two good
Spades took the last two tricks, Civ
ing him game on the hand. with q
score Of 50 trick points and 40 for
honors. Mr.. Smith showed his COM
mand Of the game, after his tramp
finesse failed, BY taking the risk
OF leading Spades before exhausting
adverse trumps. The Spade lead
might have resulted fatally, and
would have done so had West, instead
Of East. held three Spades. 50 that
he could have given his partner =
ruff after taking the second Spade
trick with his Kind. However. De-
clarer recognized that he could not
establish his Spades without taking
the risk. so he did the n thing
that made game possible.
In discussing the bidding Of this
hand rt Contract, Mr.. Work gave II as
his opinion that South should open
the bidding with One Club, just rs IN
Auction. He also stated trait many
able Contract players would not ap-
prove that bid because they object
to naming a four-card suit. Mr..
| Work conceded that there is more
danger in four-csrd suit-bidding in
Contract than in Auction, but also
there IS even greater necessity for
the accurate portrayal Of "A players
holding, for the benefit az his part
ner.
Mr.. Works own belief Is that in
the long run-even in Contract-It
pays to bid four-card Ace -king suits,
Major or Minor, when the hand has
a side Ace.
Therefore, the Contract bidding Of
this radio hand, according 70 MT.
Work. would be-South. one Club:
West, pass; North, one Heart. Easts
first declaration would be more
doubtful in Contract than in AUG
tion. because the loss. il the two Dia-
mond bid were defeated, would be
greater. II would be a contract 70
take eight tricks with a hand that
could expect TO produce only five,
facing a partner who has passed one
Club. II must be remembered. how
ever, that each opponent has bid only
one. so there is a probability that
West has some high cards. There
! fore, as a lead-directing bid, Easts
I Diamond declaration probably is
justified at Contract.
After East's two Diamonds. South
should bid two Hearts. and West three
three should bid two Heartsf. Fwts
Diamonds. He cannot tell that Easts
bid has been made with 50 light
holding. He himself has passed with
two quick tricks, and he has nor