The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-09

| heart tr1cKS, WHICH, WIN Cne ace OF
spades and king of diamonds, would
stop game.
Hosack, Declarer, therefore saw
| that he must take out NeedhamS
possible ace of spades re-entry be-
fore attempting the diamond
finesse. This would ALSO establish
DeclarerS spades.
Subsequently the diamond finesse
could be taken with safety, if Work,
West, we're meanwhile exhausted of
hearts; for Needham, East, could
not then be put in to make his es-
tablished suit OF course, if Work,
West, originally held four hearts, he
could put his partner in; but in that
case Needham, East, could have held
only four originally, and could take
but two heart tricks-not sufficient
to stop Declarers game.
Accordingly, at trick 2, Hosack,
Declarer, led the of spades. Need
ham, East, played the 8; Dummy,
the 10; Work, West, the 4. Dummy
returned the queen of spades; Work
played the 6; Declarer the Z; and
Needhan, East, the ace. While re-
luctant to give up his entry, Need
ham saw he could gain nothing by
holding off longer.
Needham then led the 5 of hearts
to his partners marked jack.
Dummy played the 9; Work the
Jack; Declarer the 3, holding of to
exhaust Work of hearts, if possible.
Work continued hearts, leading the
4; Declarer played the ace; Need
ham the z; and Dummy discarded
the of clubs.
Hosack, Declarer, then led the
kin gof spades; Needham, East,
played the 9; Dummy the 2; Work
the 8; Hosack continued with the
jack of spades; Needham discarded
the of diamonds; Dummy the 2 OF
diamonds; Work the 4 of diamonds.
Declarer was then ready for the
diamond finesse. He led the jack
of diamonds; NeedhaIn, East, played
the 7; Dummy, South, the 8; Work
West, won with the king. Since he
could not lead his partners hearts
Work led the of clubs, in the faint
hope of finding his partner with
that ace. Declarer played the 2 of
clubs; Needham the jack, Dummy
the king.
Dummy led the of clubs; Work
played the s; Declarer the ace;
Needham the 5; Dummy three dia-
monds won the last three tricks
Having limited the adversaries to
one trick in spades, one in hearts
and one in diamonds, Hosack, De-
larer, scored four odd at no trump,
4 0trick points and 80 honor points
for three aces.
THE play of this hand would be
Il the same both at auction and at
contract bridge. The principle in
volved is an important one, and
only too easy to overlook. An entry,
in what is called the danger hand,
should be removed before the long
suit of that hand has been eStab-
lished, whenever it is possible to
extract it in time.
In this hand, thoughtless De-
clarer, winning the first trick and
seeing that he is sure to make two
clubs, two hearts, four diamonds if
the fineSSe lose, five il it win, and,
after the adverse ace is taken out,
three spades, is likely to overlook
the fact that if West holds the king
Of diamonds Declarer's finesse will
lose, and then hearts will be led.
NorthS ace of hearts which blocks
the adverse hearts will be taken out
and, without using his spades, De-
clarer will be one trick short of
game. In that situation, if the ace
of spades be held by East, game
will be lost.
But by leading spade first, the
menace of the possibility that the
ace may be in the danger hand will
be removed; and it will not matter
where the two adverse high cards
are, or what the distribution of the
hearts may be; game is assured.
The principle involved in this
play should be in the mind of every
Declarer when he is planning his
campaign for no trump hand.
In bidding this hand at contract
Work advocates the bidding of one
diamond by dealer, as opposed to
the school of bidding which does
not believe in opening the bid at
contract on anything but an excep-
tionally strong hand.
In contract the dealer would not
think of bidding one no trump. The
worthless doubleton in hearts would
be menace, but not necessarily a
bar; but that weakness. coupled
with spade suit not surely
stopped. put the, no trump outside
consideration.
Furthermore, the hand figures up
to only II on the basis of counting
ace 4, king. 8, queen and jack l.;
and while there are some lis that a
dealer will bid in auction bridge,
he should have a count of Is to JUS
tify conservative no trump in con-
tract.
/ Playing contract, North would
jump at once to three no trumps
after South's diamond and Vests
pass. He has help for Scuth's dia-
monds and has the three other suits
all stopped.
With every suit taken care OF
and hand which counts Is. North
! is amply justified in bidding for
game.