Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-26
BRIDGE TALKS
BIT MRS. JOHN MuScE. Jr.

| In the hands which were bid last
week, and for which the play is TO be
given today, dealer holds in spades, ace,
king, jack, 9, 4; hearts, ace, king. 9, q, 8:
diamonds, 10, 2, and clubs, queen.
| West or second hand holds in spades,
diamonds, jack, 4, 3. and clubs, ace,
10, 9.
North or dealers partner holds in
spades, g. s.; hearts, jack, 10. 8; dia-
monds, king, queen, 9, z, 3, and cluos'
jack, 6, 8.
East or fourth hand holds in spades,
| Z, 2: hearts, 8, 4; diamonds, ace, 3, g.,
and clubs. king, 8, 7, 5. 4, 2.
The bidding in auction was two hearts
contract was four hearts, dealer being
| the declarer.
To trick No. /, West leads the ace of
clubs, the 3-spot is played from dummy,
| East PLAYS the 7-spot and declarer plays
| from his own hand the queen.
To trick No. q West leads the 10-spot
of clubs, due to the play of an encourage
| ing card, the 7-spot from his partner on
| the first trick. The jack is played from
dummy, East plays the king, and de-
clarer trumps the trick in his own hand
| with the 3-spot of hearts.
To trick No. 3, declarer leads the ace
of spades, as he wants to establish the
spades, and run one or two of them in
dummy. West plays the 3-spot; the
5-spot is played from dummy and East
plays the 2-spot.
To trick No. 4, declarer leads the king
of spades, West plays the 6-spot, the
S-spot is played from dummy, the East
plays the 7-spot.
To trick No. S, declarer leads the
4-spot of spades, West covers this with
the 10-spct, and declarer, not willing TO
take the chance of playing small card.
trumps with the l0-spot of hearts in
dummy. East discards the 8-spot of
diamonds, and by this discard tells his
partner that he has the next trick in
diamonds. Declarer by this play located
the queen of hearts, for had East held
it he would have overtrumped this
trick.
To trick No. g. declarer leads the g.
spot of hearts from dummy. East plays
the 4-spot, declarer takes the trick in
his own hand with the ace of hearts,
and West plays the 2-spot.
To trick No. Z declarer leads from his
own hand the 9-spot of spades, West
plays his last spade, the queen, and de-
clarer trumps. in dummy with the JACK
of hearts, and East discards the 2-spot
of clubs.
To trick No. 8, declarer leads the
king of diamonds from dummy, East
takes the trick with the ace Of dia-
monds, deciarer plays the 2-spot from
his own hand and West plays the 3-spot.
To trick No. 8, East has the lead, and,
as there is no advantageous lead TO be
made so far as they are concerned, leads
small club, so that declarer will have
to trump 1t. The 4-spot of clubs is led,
declarer trumps with the 7-spot of
hearts, West plays the 9-spot of clubs,
and the 6-spot Of clubs is played from
dummy.
To trick No. 10, declarer leads the
king of hearts, West plays the 6-spot of
hearts, declarer plays from dummy the
5-spot of diamonds, and East plays the
6-spot of hearts.
To trick No. IL, declarer leads the
10-spot of diamonds from his own hand
West plays the jack, the queen is played
from dummy and East plays the 6-spot
To trick No. IL, declarer leads from
dummy the 9-spot of diamonds, East
discarus the 5-spot of clubs. declarer
discards the jack of spades and West
plays the 4-spot Of diamonds.
To trick No. 10, declarer leads from
dummy the 7-spot of diamonds. East
plays the 8-spot of clubs, declarer
trumps with the 9-spot of hearts, and
West overtrumps with the queen of
hearts, which card has been a recog-
nized trick winner for some time.
Declarer made four odd, or took in
all ten tricks, and made game.