Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29
BRIDGE TALKS
BY MRS. JOHN MuNcE. IN.

The hands as given last week, for
which the leads and plays will be given
today. are as follows: Dealer holds in
spades king, queen, 10, 3, 3; hearts, 8;
diamonds, jack, 8, 8, Z; clubs, ace, 4, 2.
west. or second hand, holds in
spades, ace, S; hearts, queen, 9, Z, 5, 2;
diamonds, ace, S; clubs, king, queen,
7, 5.
lack a. hearts, ace. 8; diamonds, king
queen. 10, 4, 2; clubs, 8, 8, 6, 3.
East. or fourth hand, holds in spades
81 6 2; hearts, king, jack, 10, 6, 4;
diamonds, g. 3; clubs, jack, 10.
The final bid was the same in both
auction and contract-namely, four
hearts.
of this deal, and North mas to lead; To
trick No. / North leads the Jack of
spades. the highest of his partners suit,
and the lead Of the jack always denies
the olIeen in the leaders hand Had
North led a small diamond from his
longest and strongest suit, or had he led
the king. the result would have been
lust the same, as West would have
taken it with his ace of diamonds. After
the Jack of spades was led and the
dummy hand went down, oeclarer care
fully and thoughtfully planned his
hand East played the 2-spot, South the
8-spot and West took the trick with the
ace of spades. After taking the first
trick. he naturally wants to exhaust
trumnS. but If they are led now the OPP
ponents will take the first trump trick
with the ace Of hearts and then make
another spade trick. In studying these
hands you will see that the nigh card
which troubles the declarer Is the ace
of clubs. and the best play to trick
No will be to lead small club. De-
clarer now leads to trick No. the
5-spot of clubs, North plays the 3-spot,
the lack is played from dummy ana
South PLAYS the ace and takes the trlck
TO trick No. South leads the king
of spades. declarer plays the 5-spot,
North plays the 4-Spot, ana the b.
spot is played from dummy.
of diamonds, declarer plays the ace,
North plays the 2-spot, and the 3-spot
is played from dummy.
To trick No declarer leads the
king of clubs, North plays the 6-spot
the 1O-spot is played from dummy, and
South plays the 2-spot
To trick No. declarer leads the
queen of clubs, North plays the 8-spot,
and the discard from dummy is the g.
spot of diamonds. South plays the a
SPOT of clubs This club lead was made
for the purpose of getting the diamond
discard, so they could be trumped II led
again.
To trick No. 7 declarer leads the q
spot of hearts. North plays the ace, the
4-spot is played from dummy, and
South plays the 8-spot.
To trick No. North leads the king
of diamonds, and it is trumped in dunn
my with the 6-spot of hearts, South
plays the 8-spot of diamonds and de-
clarer plays the 5-spot of diamonds.
To trick No 8 declarer leads from
dummy's hand the 10-spot of hearts, as
there Is one more trump out, and 1T
seems wise to get that small one out OF
the way. South plays the 9-spot Of
diamonds, declarer plays the 5-spot OF
hearts, and North plays the 3-spot OF
hearts.
To trick No. 10 declarer leads from
dummy the 7-spot of spades, South
plays the 10-spot, declarer trumps in
his own hand with the 7-spot of hearts
and North discards the 9-spot of clubs.
To trick No. II declarer leads from
his own hand the 7-spot of clubs. North
discards the 4-spot of diamonds, de-
clarer trumpS in dummy with the jack
of hearts and South discards the jack
of diamonds
To trick No. II declarer leads from
dummy the 9-spot of spades, South
plays the queen, declarer trumps i'll his
own hand with the 9-spot of hearts
and North discards the 10-spot OF dia-
monds.
To trick No. 10 declarer leads his
queen of hearts, North plays the queen
of diamonds, declarer plays the king of
hearts from the dummy and South
plays his last spade, the 3-spot.
The tricks lost by declarer in this
method of play we're the ace of clubs,
the ace of hearts and one spade trick.
Declarer made his bid of four hearts
and this gave him game.