The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-13

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sequence, Denison played the 5;
Gardner the 2; Dummy the king,
since it was apparent to Declarer
that Gardner was out of spades, in
asmuch as Work, East, must have
held five originally to warrant his
bid.
Therefore there was no reason for
Dummy to hold off with his king
since Gardner could not make
spade lead to Works established
suit.
Dummy then led the of dia-
monds; Work played the 8; De-
clarer the jack; Gardner the Z. De-
clarer continued with the of dia-
monds; Gardner played the 8;
Dummy the 8; and Work discarded
the 8 of hearts, indicating strength
in that suit. Dummy led the ace OF
diamonds work discarded the 4 of
clubs; Declarer the 2 of hearts;
Gardner the of hearts. Dummy
led his last diamond, the 10; Work
discarded the of clubs; Declarer
the 6 of hearts; Gardner the of
hearts.
Denison, the Declarer, at this
point could read Works remaining
cards as consisting of three good
spades, with probably the guarded
king of hearts and singleton club
Ii Work had the king of hearts
twice guarded, he must be void Of
clubs. In any event he had but one
club, which is held, Denison pro-
ceeded to take, leading the 3 OF
clubs from Dummy.
Work played the 8; Declarer the
ace, as finesse was needless, if he
had read Works holding correctly.
Gardner played the 2.
DENISON then led the of
~ spades, prepared to lose three
spade tricks in order to assure him
self of two heart tricks after spades
we're exhausted. Gardner discarded
the 6 of clubs; Dummy played the
4 of spades; Work the 10 Of spades.
Work proceeded to take his two
good spades-the jack and 6-Deni-
son discarding the 10 and queen
of clubs; Gardner the jack of clubs
and Z of hearts; and Dummy the 7
and 7 of clubs.
Then, as Denison had deduced,
Work was obliged to lead either his
king or jack of hearts, either of
which gave the last two tricks to
.Denison, holding queen-ten in his
hand, and ace in Dummy. Denison,
therefore, held the adversaries to
three spade tricks and one diamond
trick, While he himself made game
80 points, at no trump, and 40 for
for aces divided. The most delight
tui feature of DeniSon's handling of
the deal was that when his diamond
f1neSse lost, ne forced discards from
Work, East, until he found out
whether East's side strength, in adj
dition to the Ing of diamonds, to
justify his spade bid, was the king
OF hearts or the king of clubs. Deni-
son then was able to manage his
play accordingly.
THE contract bidding of this
n hand, according to Work
would be somewhat different from
its auction bidding South. with
four suits stopped and a count of
10 a for the ace of spades, 2 for
the queen of hearts, 3 for the queen
jack of diamonds, 6 for the ace
queen Of clubs, and 1 for the two
tens) would be tempted to bid two
no tl-umpS.
AS a matter or fact, it would not
be a serious overbid, as a count of
just one more (lD, would fully jus
tify the declaration.
However, it would not matter
whether South bid one or two no
trumps; North would jump the one
no trump to two. or the two no
trumpS to three. If thu former case
that Of North jumping to two
South, having bid with much more
than a minimum, would jump to
three. East would have to bid at
least three spades to insert his
lead director, and it is very doubt
full if any player, under the same
circumstances in a contract game,
would do so.
The spade bid by East not being
made. the play in contract would
be quite different from the auction
hand
Vests initial lead would be
club up to South's double ten-ace,
so that Declarer, without any diff
flculty, would make a minimum of
two spades, one heart, four dia-
monds and two clubs. Doubtless
he would be able to make another
trick. but that would be the trick
immaterial.