The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-27
Radio Bridge GameNO. 10

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GENERAL interesting situations
- were brought up in the six
tenth of this seasons radio bridge
games, broadcast Tuesday from Sta
ton WFBM, in which Miss Annie
Blanche Shelby of Portland, Ore,
and R. L. Rutter of Spokane, Wash,
were the guest players.
Rutter, dealer, in the South,
opened the auction with one no
trump on: Spades, A. Q; hearts,
A, 9, 5; diamonds, @, 10; clubs, A,
@, j, 10, 6, 5. Though he held long
and strong clubs. his hand was SO
strong in high cards that he feared
a club would be left in.
AS five-odd at clubs are necessary
for game, and only three at no
trump, Rutter preferred the no
trump as an initial bid Although
h, did not have diamonds stopped
IL, his own hand, so Insignificant q
diamond holding by his partner as
Jack and two small would go a long
way toward producing a no trump
game.
Rutter properly did not allow his
high honor count at clubs to prevent
him from bidding the suit at which
there seemed the better chance for
game.
Miss Shelby, West, also held a no
trump: Spades, K, j, 10, g, 2; hearts,
@. j, 6; diamonds, A, K, j; clubs
9, 2. Her hand was not strong
enough to pass in the hope of de-
feating the adverse bid.
Neither did it seem that by bid
ding she would drive the adversaries
to a suit bid at which they could
make game. Her choice of a decla-
ration lay between two spades and
an informatory double. Whether it
was better for her to show her FIVE
card major or general strength was
a close question.
A double might bring heart re-
Spouse from her partner on -four
weak hearts, while Miss Shelby her.
self had only three headed by
queen-iack. In such case she prob
ably would be better off bidding hel
spades, if her partner had only
three.
However, Miss Shelby decided or
the double, as she figured she hao
about equal chance of gain with
either of her two possible declara-
tons.
NXTORK, North, held: Spades, 5
w 4, 8; hearts, K, 8; diamonds, 9
8, 8, 2; clubs, K, 8, 7. He passed.
Whitehead, in the East, respond
ed to his partners double with two
hearts, on; spades, 8, Z, s; hearts
10, Z, 4, 3, 2; diamonds, 7, 6, 4; clubs
4, 8.
Butter, South, with single stop
per in hearts, and with strength ly'
ing over him, as shown by Mis-
Shelby's double, then bid three
clubs
With q heart opening at no truml
and with strength in spades ant
diamonds presumably in Miss Shell
by's, Vests hand, Rutter realized
that game at no trump was no
probable.
While game at clubs was equal!
problematical, still a partial scort
at clubs, with high honor count
was preferable to a score short O.
game at no trump.
Miss Shelby was unable to go OF
with her partnre's hearts, unles
he could show her, by a rebid, tina
his response to her double was
made with more than four small
hearts.
Therefore she passed, as die
Work and Whitehead. Rutter
therefore, played the hand at three
clubs.
Miss Shelby, West, opened tt'
play with her king of diamonds
Work, North, laid his hand dowr
as Dummy, and Rutter, Declarer
played from it the 2 of diamonds
Whitehead played the 4 and De
clarer the 10.
Miss Shelby, observing Dummyi
hand, switched to her partners
heart suit, leading her queer
through Dunmy's king. Dummy
played the king; Whitehead the
and Declarer the 5.
Dummy led the 8 of diamonds
it being Declarer's intention to es.
tablish the suit, if possible, for the
discard of his queen of spades, ap,
parently the only loser outside o.
diamonds in Declarer's two hands
Whitehead played the 6 of dia.
nlonds, declarer the queen, Miss
Shelby the ace.
MISS SHELBY, marking De-
N1 clarer as holding the ace Of
hearts, and realizing that Dummy
could trump the third round Of
hearts, led a trump, the of clubs
to reduce Dummy's ruf1ng posi-
biIities.
Dummy played the z of clubs;
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