The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-06
Radi0Bridge Game No. Is

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plays. Her own suit of diamonds
was headed by ace-queen. Her part
ner assisted diamonds on the second
round and might hold the king.
If not, then Whitehead, South,
probably held it, with protection. In
that case, Mrs. Ryan saw that if she
led her ace, Whitehead's king would
become winner. To prevent such
possible happenings, Mrs. Ryan
avoided a diamond opening, and
selected spades in preferences to
clubs. She led the of spades.
Mrs. Busby. North, spread her
hand for Dummy, and Whitehead,
Declarer, played from it the 3 of
spades.
Work, East, read Mrs. Ryan's 9 as
the top of a short spade suit. 1t
could not be her fourth best, as a 8
is not led as fourth-best card.
When a is fourth best Of hand,
then the three higher cards held
must be honors; and suit with
three honorS is opened by the lead
of one of them.
With the queen of spades showing
in dummy, Work, East, marked De-
clarer as holding the ace-jack. As
the play of Works king would make
Declarer'S ace and jack and Dunn
my's queel all winners, barring their
being trumped, Work held off play
ing the of spades. Whitehead, De-
clarer. won the trick with the jack
of spades.
CTUDYING his situation, White
- head, Declarer, saw he would
have to ruff there diamonds in or
der to make his game contract. If he
could do that, he might be able
to limit his losses to three tricks-a
heart trick (since the king was
marked in Mrs. Ryan's. Vests
hand, a diamond trick, and a spade
trick.
The lead of trump would pre-
vent the ruffing of three diamonds
in Dummy, and thus stop game.
Should Work, East, obtain the lead,
his obvious lead would be trump,
because of Dummy's singleton dia-
mond. If Mrs. Ryan, West, were put
in, she might not lead trump, as
it would cost her a trick to do so,
if, as was possible, she had only
two trumps to the king.
Whitehead, therefore, made a
brilliant maneuver by leading the
king of diamonds. quite naturally
assuming that Mrs. Ryan, West,
held the ace. Thus he planned to
keep the lead from Work, East,
while at the same time ? placing
Dummy in position to ruff dia-
monds. Mrs. Ryan, West, played the
ace; Dummy the 4; Work the 8.
| Mrs. Ryan would have liked to
lead a trump, to reduce Dumny's
ruffing possibilities, but was pre-
vented by fear of sacrificing her
king. She wanted to put her part
ner in, as she knew he would ap-
preciate the necessities of the stu
alton and would most certainly
lead a trump through the Declarer.
Having figured out the probable
spade situation, from her partners
/ low play to the first trick, Mrs. Ry-
an decided that her best chance to
reach her partner was with club.
Therefore she led her queen of
clubs. Dummy played the 2; Work,
the s.; and Deolarer won with the
! 2 of hearts.
Whitehead, Declarer, then led the
/ 2 of diamonds for a ruff in dummy.
Mrs. Ryan played the 7; Dummy
trumped with the of hearts; Work
played the of diamonds. Dummy
returned the of clubs; Work play
ed the 6; Declarer ruffed with the
s of hearts; Mrs. Ryan played the
IL of clubs. Again Deelarer led a
diamond. the 5 spot; Mrs. Ryan
/ played the 10; Dummy trumped
with the of hearts; Work played
the Of diamonds. Dummy led the
4 of clubs: Work played the jack;
Declarer trumped with the OF
hearts; Mrs. Ryan played the 10 of
clubs.
DECLARER led his last diamond,
| ~ the 6 spot; Mrs. Ryan played
the jack; Dummy ruffed with the
10 of hearts; Work discarded the
8 spot of spades. Dummy led the
8 of clubs; Work played the ace:
declarer trumped with the jack of
hearts; Mrs. Ryan over-trumped
with the king.
Mrs. Ryan then led the queen of
diamonds; Dummy discarded the 8
Of clubs; Work discarded the 10 of
spades; Declarer trumped with the
queen of hearts. Whitehead, De-
clarer, then led his ace Of hearts,
on which Mrs. Ryan played the 3
of hearts. Dummy the king OF clubs,
and Work the of hearts.
Declarer then led the ace of
spades, to which all followed, giving
DeclarsE his contract and game
Work, East, still held one trump,
the 8 spot. which took the final
| trick.
Whitehead, Declarer, scored 81
| trick points for four hearts doubled;
| so points in the honor score for
making his contract, and 40 for
honors-